Chapter 785 Change

It has been several days since Qi Tai met Gao Xianning and talked about Concubine Xian’s brother Yao Fang going to Tsushima Island, Japan.

Today, Qi Tai was off duty early and went home. He looked excited and walked very quickly. So much so that when his young wife saw him, she also asked with a smile what good things she encountered today.

Qi Tai brought back a painting, a fake from Xuexi Wandu; he searched for a few days in a pawn shop, calligraphy and painting shop, and antique shop, and found something today.

He was a little excited when he suddenly obtained this thing, even if it was just a fake.

When Mrs. Qi Yang Yunniang came in to bring tea and water, Qi Tai was already sitting upright on a chair and was watching the painting for a long time.Yang Yunniang gently placed the teacup on a few tables, but she didn't dare to disturb him.

Qi Tai suddenly asked: Yunnan ripe tea?

Yunniang said: My husband’s nose is so smart.

New tea?Qi Tai turned around and asked again.

Yunniang nodded and said: My husband doesn’t like the old tea hidden in the cellar, so I asked someone to buy new tea.But I heard that old tea is much more expensive.

Qi Tai said: I am not from a wealthy family and I can’t get used to the expensive things.Although the aged tea is mellow, its taste and aroma are too light.

Yunniang forced a smile: I don’t understand even more.

Qi Tai is very nice to the young lady, but she usually speaks like this, and he thinks Yunniang may not be very interested.But Qi Tai couldn't talk in a way she was interested.

He couldn't help but sigh slightly.

Yunniang was also very attentive, as if she wanted Qi Tai to be more satisfied with her, so she stood beside her and looked at the snowy stream late ferry.

This is an ancient painting, very... very valuable?Yunniang asked carefully.

Fakes, not very valuable. Qi Tai said, but the imitation is very good. Look at the paper, it is specialized in making old and yellowing. If it were not for those who are proficient in antique calligraphy and painting, they would almost be able to make the fake a real one. So it doesn't make any difference to me, true or false.

Yunniang smiled bitterly and said: My husband's words are too profound.I can understand every sentence, but I don’t know the deep meaning.

Qi Tai stood up, walked a few steps behind his back, and suddenly asked: Madam, have you seen my student Gao Xianning?

Yunniang said: I have met Ah, and my husband invited him to dinner at home several times.

What kind of person do you think he is?Qi Tai asked again.

Yunniang's expression immediately became more vibrant. She said without thinking: If it weren't for knowing that Gao Xianning had also become a high-ranking official, I wouldn't have seen it. He was very interesting and could talk to anyone, without any airs.Last time he was telling a joke at the dinner table, even the maid bent over with a smile... She seemed to realize something was wrong and stopped immediately.

Qi Tai said: Madam is not wrong.

Yunniang whispered: Xianning is still young and is indeed not very calm. She still needs to learn more from his mentor.

Qi Tai shook his head and said: Gao Xianning's mind is not below me.You said what he said first, it is right.I have known him for many years, how could I not know?That is because of temperament, and it has a lot to do with experience, but it has nothing to do with age.Before Gao Xianning became an official, he loved to be romantic, traveled around, and made friends.But I used to study hard and stayed in my arms, and most of the time I was a little bored.

He said this, pondered for a while, and then said, "When I first met you, I had lived in the place I went to Beijing for the exam."I remember that I lived there for a long time, but I had almost no extra conversations with the waiters and peddlers around me. It was not because I looked down on those people, but because I really had nothing to say.The same was true when I was in my hometown.

When talking about these things, Yunniang seemed to be able to understand Qi Tai. She comforted her kindly: My husband has ambition and spends time reading poetry and books, and now she has such great luck.

Qi Tai said: That's true. Passing the Jinshi exam and then entering the officialdom is the safest way to rely on one's own.Like Gao Xianning, he became famous because of an article and refused to attract Emperor Taizong and attracted the attention of the world. It was indeed just luck to enter the officialdom.However, Gao Xianning seemed not very interested in the officialdom. His family was wealthy and wealthy, and he had no intention of pursuing fame and fortune, so he was not considered a scheming career.Some officials in the court didn't like him, probably because they thought he had taken a shortcut.

He paused and pondered: If you want to express your noble spirit, Gao Xianning is more noble than me.But ordinary people can't understand it.

Yunniang smiled bitterly and said: If my husband hadn't said it out loud, I wouldn't have known that he was such a person.

Qi Tai said: Such a noble person, a person who was jealous and excluded by his colleagues, has been in the officialdom for a few years and is still like a fish in the officialdom. I remembered Yang Shiqi, who has different personalities from Gao Xianning, but has some similarities.When Emperor Taizong summoned Gao Xianning to the court. If Xianning had become an official at that time, I believe his official position would still be a good official.

But I am different from them.That day, the emperor was right, being an official was to "enter the world"; I could be an official because of my talent and a Jinshi. If it weren't for this, I might not be suitable for being an official at all.

Yunniang said: But my husband still became a high-ranking official like Shangshu.

Qi Tai shook his head and said: In the past two years, I have been looking back at the past. I remembered that during the Jianwen period, I had tried my best to plan for the court, but my proposal was never adopted. At that time, there were different forces in the court, and I also hit a wall in all parties.So I suddenly thought of something, what would happen if Gao Xianning was in my position during the Jianwen period?

Yunniang also asked curiously: What was Gao Xianning doing at that time?

Qi Tai said: He is a student of the Imperial College. He studied in the capital for a while and wandered around his hometown and county school for a while. Except for writing an article by chance in Jinan City, I did almost nothing. Of course, I did nothing, but I just said some useless words in the temple. When I think of everything, I just feel that my whole life has been wasted. It's quite boring and it hurts my family.

Yunniang said kindly: My husband is in his prime and is already the highest official minister in the Ming Dynasty. Don’t think so.

I can sit at my current position all depends on one person.Qi Tai's expression changed and he sighed.

Yunniang said: Master?

Qi Tai nodded and said: Emperor Taizu valued my talent and knowledge, and what he valued today was my insight and talent.If a person like me is not trusted and valued, he will not be able to accomplish any major thing.This is the difference between me and Gao Xianning.

Yunniang whispered: I roughly understand what my husband means.

Qi Tai breathed out and pointed to the fake painting on the wall. A few days ago, the emperor summoned me alone, and the emperor was repeatedly appreciating the painting.

Yunniang responded, and the couple stared at the painting together and fell silent.

After a while, Qi Tai murmured: The emperor wants to change the law, but I can't fully understand how to change it.However, most of the court officials are the same as my opinion. There is no need for reform in our current situation in the Ming Dynasty.I don't want to go against the Lord, I just want to do my job.

He said calmly and firmly: But if the Lord is right, I should be the leader of the king.

...A few days after Yao Fang left Beijing, Zhu Gaoxu learned about this.

For the emperor, it was a trivial matter, and Yao Fang had no reason to submit a memorial; Zhu Gaoxu only learned about it now, which was normal, and he didn't care much about it.

It was a while before You hour, Zhu Gaoxu arrived at Dongnuan Pavilion and asked all the eunuchs around him to go out.

He walked to the bookshelf by the wall, took out a wooden box from under the books, then took out a key from his arms, and opened the lock on the wooden box.

He took out a booklet and several maps from it.

After doing this, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt like a local rich man, and was quietly taking out his hidden treasure to observe, as if he was afraid that someone would see it and steal it.

He sat behind the imperial case, opened the booklet, and began to look at the scribbled handwriting on it.

Zhu Gaoxu wrote very well, but he was not used to writing things down, and most of them were thinking in his mind.

However, his attempt to transform the ideas inside and outside was too complicated and complicated, so he could only keep recording some ideas in order to gradually form a relatively complete set of solutions.

Every thing will benefit and lose; how much resistance it will cause, whether it can be suppressed, or whether there are ways to compensate and appease it, are different.So Zhu Gaoxu was also very imposing.

When it comes to some important figures such as vassal kings, he uses the first letter of the pinyin instead to avoid the fact that this thing is leaked and causes unnecessary political panic.

Although this possibility is not great, there are people on duty every day and night in the Ganqing Palace, and the eunuchs and palace maids on duty will not act alone.

I don’t know what happened today, but Zhu Gaoxu felt that he couldn’t concentrate.

After a long time, I couldn't write another sentence on the booklet, and the page I opened was not turned around for a while.

He stared at the things on paper and couldn't let himself think more deeply.

Zhu Gaoxu put down his brush and rubbed his forehead with his hands for a while.He then stood up and walked to the window with the South Asian style straw curtains hanging, looking at the courtyard outside.

Suddenly, a small doubt that had been before surged into my mind again. Why did Ma Enhui suddenly become indifferent?

When he thought of this, he began to use the thinking methods he had recently adopted to figure out the reasons, think out various factors and deduce them.But it still doesn't make sense.

However, Zhu Gaoxu found that he could concentrate on thinking again.Compared to his abstract personnel identity, he is indeed more willing to think about people he is familiar with.

Dong, Dong, Dong... The sound of drums came from the Hongwu Gate Tower in the distance, and the hour of You had arrived.Zhu Gaoxu let out a breath, turned around and hid his baby again on the bookshelf.

He walked to the slanting corridor outside, and the eunuch Cao Fu stepped forward and bowed and said: Emperor, Concubine Li should be serving the bed tonight. Will I ask someone to send Concubine Zhuang to the Qing Palace?

Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

He looked down at the stone bricks underground and found that the floor tiles were worn very smoothly.I don’t know how many generations of emperors and ministers have been here many times.