I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country - Chap 148
Early the next morning, Gu Yuanbai quietly delivered breakfast to Xue Yuan’s room. After hearing this, General Xue thought it was disrespectful after much deliberation. He walked to Xue Yuan’s courtyard early in the morning and waited in front to ask for an interview.
After a while, the boy was ordered to bring General Xue into the courtyard. General Xue didn’t take a few steps when he saw the thousand-mile horse that the servant in the mansion mentioned yesterday.
The horse was tied up in a tree, without a trace of hair on its body. This is a good horse, but it is not the horse that Xue Yuan bought. The horse that Xue Yuan bought has a ring of dark hair on its four hooves, which is as eye-catching as a black rope. It is extremely heroic. . General Xue took a second look at the horse and walked to the door.
The door creaked, and the smell of rice came with it. Gu Yuanbai was sitting behind the table and pointed to the seat in front of him, “Xue Qing, sit down.”
General Xue came forward respectfully and sat down. Xue Yuan handed the bowl and chopsticks to his old father. Old General Xue felt upset when he saw him, but in front of the Holy Lord, he only kept a straight face.
Xue Yuan glanced at his father lightly, and then focused his attention on the saint’s body. His hands quietly supported the saint’s waist from behind, giving the saint the strength to sit up straight.
Gu Yuanbai felt a little more relaxed.
Breakfast should be lighter, but the food used by the Lord was too light. Old General Xue took two bites, but he really couldn’t eat it anymore, and worriedly said: “The slaves in the house are really slack, how can the Holy Lord eat these things?”
Gu Yuanbai took a mouthful of the tasteless clear soup and smiled, “Xue Qing, it would be nice to try some clear porridge and side dishes by chance. Apart from that, you happened to be here this morning, so why don’t you come with me for a walk? I have some things for you to do.”
General Xue immediately said: “I accept the order.”
*
After the meal, Xue Yuan carefully helped the Lord up and walked outside.
Xue’s carriage has been prepared outside the mansion. Xue Yuan went up to take a look, frowned, jumped down and ran to the mansion, “Your Majesty, wait for me.”
Within a moment, he brought three cotton quilts and spread them in the carriage in a hurry.
Gu Yuanbai stood beside the carriage with a calm expression, his posture upright, but in fact his waist was weak and weak, and his calves could not stand straight.
Xue Yuan was not around, and no one dared to approach the majestic Holy Lord. Underneath the neat robes, these weaknesses were firmly concealed.
General Xue stood aside and murmured doubtfully, “Where are the three quilts needed?”
Gu Yuanbai was filled with embarrassment. Fortunately, after a while, Xue Yuan spread the quilt, got out of the car and held the His Majesty’s hand: “Your Majesty, I will help you get into the car.”
He was careful and walked slowly, and asked from time to time: “Are you walking fast? Please check first to see if you feel comfortable. Are you thirsty, Your Majesty? Are your feet tired?”
The voice gradually became lower, and the Holy Master said: “Shut up.”
General Xue was stunned for a long time before he followed on horseback.
*
The place where Gu Yuanbai went was the residence of his crown prince and tutor Li Bao.
Li Mansion.
There was a guqin placed in the pavilion. Everyone was sitting in the pavilion. Warm tea was served by the maid. Li Bao stretched out his hand tremblingly, wanting to pour a cup of warm tea for the Holy One with his own hands.
The Holy Master gently stopped him, “The Master is old, how can he be allowed to do such a small thing?”
As soon as the Lord finished speaking, Xue Yuan stood up in time, picked up the teapot and quickly poured four cups of tea.
He poured tea as if he were chewing peonies, and he didn’t understand the art of drinking tea. Gu Yuanbai’s eyelids twitched, but he still smiled and took the tea bowl, taking a sip.
But no one at the table paid attention to Xue Yuan’s action of pouring tea.
Li Bao was a little uneasy and a little anxious. However, the Holy Master slowly and leisurely told him about the scenery in the courtyard, and read two more lines of poetry: “This poem spread from the south of the Yangtze River to the north and south of the Yangtze River. If I remember correctly, this talented man once studied under the Taifu’s disciples ”
Li Baodao: “Yes, this child is full of energy and has some talent in poetry.”
Gu Yuanbai smiled, “Taifu has been teaching and educating people for ten years, and he has gained a lot of peaches and plums all over the world, and everyone has extraordinary knowledge. I am sure that the person who is praised by Taifu must be a talent.”
“Your Majesty,” Li Bao was moved by His Majesty’s words, “I am ashamed, my young son… Your Majesty, you trust me so much, I am truly ashamed.”
“Taifu, please don’t be too modest,” the Holy Master smiled, “Your youngest son made a mistake when he was young and ignorant. As long as he corrects his mistake after he realizes it, I won’t care about it.”
Xue Yuan was thoughtful, looking deeply at the Holy Emperor and the Crown Prince.
The youngest son of the Crown Prince and Tutor has ever offended His Majesty?
Li Bao was overjoyed and immediately knelt down to thank him. Gu Yuanbai stopped him, took out an envelope from his sleeve, and said with a smile: “Master, come and take a look at this first.”
On the letter paper is an article “Cao GUI’s Debate” that uses punctuation marks to break up the sentences.
After Li Bao read the first sentence, he noticed the little things mixed in between the words. He looked up at the Holy One in surprise, and the Holy One nodded and said: “Read on.”
The great scholar at that time calmed down and continued to read.
After Li Bao finished reading, he was silent for a long time. Gu Yuanbai took a sip of tea and then asked: “What do you think of this article?”
Li Bao was speechless and said in an extremely complicated manner: “This…”
“This is called punctuation,” Gu Yuanbai said slowly, “After reading this article, the master should know its function.”
After Gu Yuanbai finished writing this article last night, when he showed it to Xue Yuan, even a “literary man” like Xue Yuan could see the general function of these punctuation marks, not to mention the world-famous imperial master Li Bao.
Li Bao opened his mouth several times, “Your Majesty, I—”
Gu Yuanbai shook his head and asked with a smile: “Master, you just need to tell me, is this a good thing?”
Li Bao’s face trembled. After a long time, he said with difficulty: “This is a good thing.”
Gu Yuanbai took the article over and said, “I’m afraid that Tufu didn’t understand it, so I’ll explain it to him again. This curved symbol is called a ‘comma’, and is used to separate short sentences that don’t end in a sentence…” ”
As he talked one by one, Li Bao’s hand holding the cane was trembling. Gu Yuanbai pretended not to see it. After he finished speaking, he smiled and said to Li Bao: “The master, like me, thinks this is a good thing. Since it is If something is good, I must promote it throughout the world and benefit the people, right?”
Li Bao: “…”
His eyes suddenly opened wide.
In this world, what people who have gained power and money are most afraid of is someone coming to share the money or power.
The imperial examination is a real path to the top to change one’s background. People who are already officials cannot cut off this road, and cannot prevent it from coming up to disperse their power. They can only find another way, using the most basic thing of the imperial examination – sentence reading, to cut off some people’s road to heaven. .
The concept of sentence reading is the key to reading. If you don’t understand sentence reading, you will not be able to read. Students and schools use various differences in sentence reading to strengthen themselves. Scholars who devote themselves to learning sentences and reading to become officials will form their own sect with the people of their own school in the court. Great Confucian scholars and imperial teachers like Li Bao were followed by the famous “Shangxue” school.
These punctuation marks used by the Holy Spirit basically touched the cakes of all the top figures in various schools who were already officials.
Everyone is following this unspoken rule. No matter how power is divided, the school will grow stronger. I am willing to give you power because you are mine. Officials no longer reject the imperial examination, and the money will eventually return to their own hands. However, such a result will only endanger the emperor in the long run.
Even in modern times, such things are endless. As small as a student class, as large as the international world, this kind of thing is unavoidable everywhere.
Li Bao couldn’t answer, so Gu Yuanbai turned his attention to General Xue and asked with a smile: “Xue Qing, what you said is useful to the country and the people, should I promote it to the world?”
General Xue didn’t know why, but he still nodded vigorously, “I think it should be so!”
On Li Bao’s old forehead, a drop of cold sweat followed the wrinkles and penetrated deep into his temples.
“Your Majesty, this thing is a good thing,” he hesitated and said implicitly, “I’m just afraid that some talented people…can’t accept such novelty things.”
Gu Yuanbai took a deep look at him and put down the tea cup, “Master, you are right. If this is the case, then call a few talented people and I will ask them personally to see if they think they can accept it or not. ”
“Come here,” Gu Yuanbai said without waiting for Li Bao to stop him, “call Chu Wei and Chang Yuyan to come.”
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Chu Wei and Chang Yuyan, on the one hand, made a real name for themselves by their talents, and on the other hand, they were praised by the Holy Emperor, and their talents became even more famous in Xixia. When the two of them stood in front of Li Bao, Li Bao felt something bad and kept wiping the cold sweat from his head.
The two tall young men passed this article back and forth, looking either puzzled or suddenly enlightened, and then fell into deep thought.
As the talents that Gu Yuanbai valued, these two people were naturally clean behind them. When Gu Yuanbai asked them what they thought about punctuation marks, Chu Wei was the first to say bluntly, “For the poor people in the world, it is a natural chasm that turns into a thoroughfare.”
After he finished speaking, he couldn’t help but said: “It’s a good thing that you can distinguish the sentence readings like this.”
Chang Yuyan put down his article and rarely stood on the same line as Chu Wei. He quickly continued: “Your Majesty, I also think so.”
Gu Yuanbai turned to look at Li Bao. Although he was smiling, there seemed to be a sword hidden in his eyes, “Taifu, all the talented people in Daheng think this is a good thing.”
Li Bao sighed dejectedly and whispered: “Your Majesty, I am not afraid to tell you directly that this thing is indeed a good thing, but it cannot be used.”
“If I say it can be used, it can be used,” Gu Yuanbai said, “The great master has many peaches and plums all over the world. As long as the great master thinks it is good, then it is really good.”
Li Bao instantly understood that this was the emperor’s intention to push him out to be the first.
His face turned pale and he subconsciously wanted to refuse. But as soon as he stretched out his hand, he met the Holy Master’s eyes.
The Holy Master looked at him quietly with dark eyes.
Li Bao’s mind flashed, and he suddenly thought of what the Holy Father had said before, and of his youngest son.
It is a capital crime for a young son to break into the palace without permission, and it is not an exaggeration to confiscate the house. But the Holy One sent his youngest son back with great fanfare. Everyone in the world knew that the Holy One was benevolent and tolerant towards him. Could he really refuse the Holy One?
Or should I say that the Holy Spirit had already planned for today at that time.
The more Li Bao thought about it, the more dizzy and frightened he became. The Holy Master asked with concern: “What’s going on, Master?”
“It’s nothing,” Li Bao shook his head with a pale face, his lips trembling, “I’m fine.”
Those young people, including Old General Xue, had been dismissed by Gu Yuanbai. They were talking under the pavilion. In the pavilion, there were only two people, Gu Yuanbai and Li Bao.
Gu Yuanbai chuckled lightly, “What are you afraid of, Tai Tu? This thing is a good thing that will benefit all people and future generations. As a disciple of Qiankun, your achievements are destined to go down in history and be highly respected.”
“Li Qing, you are a great Confucian known to everyone in the world,” Gu Yuanbai’s voice lowered, “What you learned is the words of Confucius and the words of the sage, but have you achieved what the sage said? You are called a great Confucian. , is my Taifu, are you worthy of the title of Imperial Master?”
Li Bao was leaning on crutches and was about to kneel down.
Gu Yuanbai said: “Sit tight.”
Li Bao could only stop.
Gu Yuanbai snorted coldly, “The poor people in the world want to study but don’t know how to read sentences. Do you know how difficult it is for them to learn how to read sentences? Once this method of punctuation is popularized, poor people will no longer have to use all their methods to do so. If you learn to read the sentence, there will be more talented people in the world, and Daheng will be better. I know what you are afraid of, and I will tell you this. If you have the people of the world in your heart, I will protect you from behind. My mediocre sons, I can allow you to live in the Li family for three generations. If you only regard the words of the saint as a means to gain fame and wealth…”
Intimidation, inducement.
Li Bao’s mind was spinning rapidly. In fact, there was only one outcome for him to choose from. The Li Mansion is in the hearts of the people of the world, and it is they who owe the Holy Sage, who bypassed the Li Mansion because of Li Bao. Because of this, they all died speechless.
All the officials in the imperial court and various academic schools… Li Bao finally lowered his head and said, “I understand what the sage said. I have studied the sage’s words for most of my life, so naturally I should…should use them for the people.”
Gu Yuanbai smiled, “Okay, this is my good master.”
