Chapter 96: Receive the edict
This time, he became a little hero and Chen Kaizhi's situation improved greatly. However, even so, he still went to Mr. Fang's school on time every day and went to school in the palace as usual.
Reading has become his habit. It is precisely because of reading that he can understand the history of the Great Chen Dynasty and various customs and customs more deeply, not to mention its core.
Every dynasty has its core engraved in its bones. For example, although the Great Chen Dynasty followed the Taoist tradition of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Gao of the Great Chen Dynasty was said to be just an ordinary citizen, but he could suddenly rise up. In just ten years, he pacified the world. This legendary Emperor Taizu was said to have created countless miracles.
Of course, Chen Kaizhi did not dare to believe in classics and history, and he would never go into delving into these deeds. He just gradually realized it in his mind during the learning process.
On this day, he got up early in the morning as usual, preparing to leave to visit his mentor at the county school.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I walked out of the house, I saw Song Aishi coming towards me.
Song Aishi walked up to him and said, "Kaizhi, Kaizhi."
If there is something wrong in the county, Zhou servants come to pass on their lives. Song Ai Si is the right-hand man of the county magistrate and his affairs are busy. Why is he here today?
Chen Kaizhi frowned slightly, but he was quite worried about Zhou Massachusetts. Could it be that Brother Zhou is sick?
When I saw the courtesy of Song Ai Si, I saw that Song Ai Si's usual serious face was actually a little joyful: "Kaizhi, congratulations first. The imperial envoy has come to the imperial court and I want to issue a mercy edict. I will follow me to the county government to receive the order."
Is the eunuch here?
Chen Kaizhi had long thought about this possibility, so he naturally could not neglect this matter, so he hurriedly followed Song Aisi.
On the way, Chen Kaizhi said: "This epidemic prevention matter is all the contributions of Emperor Taizu Gao. Emperor Taizu Gao made great contributions. Students are just running around. How can they get a kind order?"
However, Song Aishi looked at Chen Kaizhi strangely and said, "Why, you haven't read that memorial?"
Chen Kaizhi said embarrassedly: "The county official wants to invite students to see it. The students are afraid that this will cause hindering the voice of the county official. They said that the county official abolished the public because they privately deposed the public, so they refused."
Song Aisi smiled and said, "The memorial was drawn up by me. Although Emperor Taizu Gao made great contributions here, he has polished you a lot."
Song Aishi seemed to be very excited and was more willing to get close to Chen Kaizhi, so he said, "I still remember this draft now, so I might as well read it." As he said that, he was walking side by side with Chen Kaizhi, he began to recite with emotion.
Chen Kaiyi listened to it, damn, Song Aishi has the talent to write fantasy novels.
In a blink of an eye, the two arrived at the county yard and saw that there were Ming Guang armored guards guarding the sword outside the yard.
Song Ai Shi went in first to report, and after a while, someone invited Chen Kaizhi to enter and entered the lobby. An internal official said with a stern face: "Chen Kaizhi, receive the imperial edict."
Chen Kaizhi had read books and knew the etiquette and law, so he could not help but bow down reluctantly: "I am the scholar Chen Kaizhi of Jiangning County who received the imperial edict."
The internal official solemnly raised the edict and recited: "Is there a scholar Chen Kaizhi who helped Emperor Taizu Gao to quell the plague. Although he had no merit, he had troubles..."
Uh... it's a bit embarrassing.
Chen Kaizhi's face was not very good. What does it mean to have no size? Although this contribution was all on Emperor Taizu Gao's head, it would not be like this hurtful thing.
The inner official continued to recite: "What's more, the student respects his teachers and values the Tao, and this is a great virtue. I remember that he had once offered Emperor Taizu's advice in his dream and was taught by Emperor Taizu's words and deeds. I hereby awarded a relic of Emperor Taizu's Gao! I'm here to express this."
When he came, Chen Kaizhi was in a pretty good mood. He was thinking about improving his life. Since he had a reward, the royal family would not be stingy in theory, but who expected that he would send a relic.
Chen Kaizhi was a little confused.
However, the internal official solemnly delivered the edict to Chen Kaizhi.
Chen Kaizhi took it, opened it and looked at it, thinking to himself, why did he feel like a little red flower or a good child certificate awarded in the previous school?
Then, an eunuch brought a brocade box, which looked quite heavy and laborious, and handed it to Chen Kaizhi.
Chen Kaizhi took the box and did not reveal it. Instead, he thanked him, but the inner official stood still and refused to leave.
Chen Kaizhi knew what he meant, and most of the time he wanted to ask for some benefits. After thinking about it, he sighed. The eunuch was so corrupt. He gritted his teeth and took all his belongings, totaling thirty-seven cents. He was confused and said reluctantly: "Thank you for your hard work, let's have a little tea."
Seeing Chen Kai's tactfulness, the inner official was still as if he was bathed in spring breeze. When he saw the copper coins, his face changed. He shook his sleeves with righteousness and said, "Take it aside, whoever wants your money, we are the emperor's servant, and we are loyal and responsible."
He was still a clean official, Chen Kaizhi was amazed. It just so happened that he had saved money and could add an egg to eat at night. He looked sincerely grateful and said, "My father-in-law is honest and the students admire him."
The inner official had to leave in disappointment, obviously too lazy to argue with such scholars.
Chen Kaizhi held the brocade box and asked Song Aishi, "Don't you know if the county magistrate is here?"
Song Aisi said: "The county magistrate has gone to the countryside."
Chen Kaizhi said: "I originally wanted to visit me, but since I was not here, the students would come back."
I took the brocade box and returned home, closed the door and gave me a book. This brocade box should be more valuable than a book.
No matter what, Chen Kaizhi was still quite curious. He opened the brocade box and there was indeed a book lying inside. But... This book is strange, the texture is simple, but when he touched it, it didn't look like paper, and the texture was quite hard. Chen Kaizhi took the book and wrote the three words "Wenchang Tu" in the book.
Wenchang Picture...but I don’t know what kind of Confucian classic it is.
Chen Kaizhi opened it casually and couldn't help but laugh.
The words inside are a bit mysterious, quite a bit Taoist metaphysics, and the words are awkward and difficult to understand.
However, according to the edict, this book... is a relic of Emperor Taizu Gao.
Um?
Chen Kaizhi suddenly remembered the allusion of Wenchangtu.
This is a story he knew from the records of Taizu in classics and history. When Taizu died, he left two things and issued a special will, except for a sword, which was the book.
Is this book... different?
Chen Kaizhi felt more and more strange. Of course, the court had an explanation for this. The so-called calligraphy sword, Taizu's profound meaning was to let his descendants hold the sword in one hand, intimidate the reluctance of the resignation, and hold the book in the other hand, to educate the world.
This explanation is nothing wrong.
The book that educates the world is this "Wenchang Tu".
Could it be that it has the original intention of prosperity in literature and morality?
Chen Kaizhi sneered and said, afraid that he would not be able to go to school today, so he sat down with peace of mind and read the book.
But the more I looked at it, the more I felt something was strange.
I still think something is wrong. If the literary way is prosperous, there is no so-called classics and history in this book except for the awkward metaphysics. The title of this book is Wenchang, but it is more like a miscellaneous book. Taizu, you are funny, Chen Kaizhi, right? According to the Confucian scholars of Dachen, this book is simply a miscellaneous book. Taking this from Wenchang, no wonder the emperors of later generations put this so-called relics on the shelf.
But the more Chen Kaizhi was like this, the more curious he became. He looked over and over again, and the more he looked at it, the more incredible he felt, because at the beginning, the words were awkward, but as he looked, if the following text was connected to the previous text, there seemed to be some wonderful connections in the dark.
This book is only 60,000 to 70,000 words. Chen Kaizhi spent a full day reading the whole book.
Then, he fell into thought.
Chapter completed!