Chapter 5 Gu Family
In the evening, the Gu family came to Akihito Hall.
Zhao Xing’s biological mother was not favored before, otherwise she would not be just a talented person.
After Zhao Xing was born, the mother made her a noble concubine based on the wealth of her son.
The official family cherishes sons. When Zhao Xing is in front of his biological mother, the official family will rest there almost every night.
Since Zhao Xing moved to Mingren Hall, almost all the official family lived here.
I come back every evening to have dinner with Zhao Xing.
No matter how tired he is, whenever he sees his son, Guan Jia feels instantly full of energy.
As soon as the official came back, he hugged Zhao Xing and told him to go to school tomorrow and study hard with the two teachers.
Queen Cao ordered people to pass on the food. After the food was delivered, she invited the father and son to come over for dinner.
"Let's go eat."
The official hugged Zhao Xing and walked towards the dining table.
"Father, please let me go on my own. I am in trouble now, so don't burden my father." Zhao Xing said.
As an adult, even though he is a child now, Zhao Xing is not used to being held by others all the time.
There was nothing I could do about it before, but now I am still being hugged while walking, which is so shameful.
"Haha, brother Fu already knows that he feels sorry for his father, and his filial piety is commendable. But, my father is in good health and cannot be tired."
The official laughed, very pleased, but did not let go of Zhao Xing , and held him until he was at the dining table before putting him down.
"Brother Fu has never made anyone worry about him since he could speak. Naturally, he knows that he feels sorry for Your Majesty." Empress Cao said with a smile.
"That's right, Fu'er is my Qilin'er." The official said with a smile.
"Father, let's eat first. You are hungry after a busy day." Zhao Xing said.
"Yes, yes, yes, let's eat first, don't let Brother Fu get hungry."
The official said, picked up the chopsticks, took a bite of the vegetables and started eating.
Zhao Xing waited for Queen Cao to move her chopsticks before picking up the chopsticks and eating.
"Your Majesty, Brother Fu told me today that he wants to learn martial arts." Queen Cao said.
“Huh?”
The official was stunned, put down his chopsticks, looked at Zhao Xing, and said, "Why are you studying martial arts?" My son, I want to be the emperor in the future.
"Father, I want to learn martial arts to keep fit. Look at how tall and strong those soldiers are. I am afraid of taking medicine. I think that after practicing martial arts, I will be in good health and will not get sick easily, so I don't need to take it. The medicine is gone." Zhao Xing said with a deliberately grimace.
Zhao Xing knows how to impress his father.
For an official family whose sons have died in infancy, nothing is more important than the health of their sons.
Sure enough, the officials hesitated after hearing this.
The civil servants in the court are weak, while the generals are strong. He still knows this.
After several children died in infancy, the official family was really a little scared.
What if Zhao Xing happens again...
The officials dare not think about it anymore when they think of this.
"Xing'er is right. Practicing martial arts can strengthen your body and you must learn it."
The official nodded, pondered for a while, and said: "Ning Yuanhou's martial arts skills are rarely matched by anyone in the army. He That son came to the palace to perform for me during the Mid-Autumn Festival two years ago. His marksmanship is very good at a young age. I will let him come to the palace tomorrow to teach you martial arts."
"Father, why don't you let the Ningyuan Hou family. The young master came to the palace to read to his son." Zhao Xing said. Do you know that although the world is set in the Song Dynasty, there are still some differences from the Song Dynasty in official history.
And even if it is official history, Zhao Xing’s understanding is limited.
Therefore, Zhao Xing will naturally not give up on the talents who have appeared in the original drama.
Gu Tingye was born as a general. In the play, apart from appearing a bit stupid when facing Xiao Qin and Mannia, he can be regarded as a talented man with both civil and military skills.
“That’s not impossible. His boy is a bit spiritual. He dares to ask for rewards from me at such a young age. However, this temperament needs to be tempered. Let him be your reading companion. It would be better if he learns the rules and calms down his temper." The official said with a smile.
The Song Dynasty valued literature over military affairs. This was only in terms of status. In order to appease the generals, there were many compensations in other aspects.
The status of military generals at the same level is much lower than that of civilian officials, but their salary is indeed twice that of civilian officials.
Although Zhao Xing was not canonized as a prince, as the only son of an official family, he was no different from the prince, except for the name.
The purpose of choosing Zhao Xing as a companion was not only to cultivate his confidants, but also for political considerations.
It is not only necessary to choose some children of civil servants, but also children of military generals and lords.
The Gu family is both a lord and a general, so it is natural to choose one of the children of the Gu family to be your companion.
So when Zhao Xing mentioned it, the officials agreed without rejecting it.
Empress Cao once again told the story of Princess Pingning entering the palace and wanting Qi Heng to enter the palace to read to Zhao Xing.
The official didn't say anything, he also had this intention.
After dinner, the officials directly ordered the servants to go to the Gu family to deliver oral instructions, asking Gu Yankai to bring his second son into the palace early tomorrow morning.
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The Gu family and Gu Yankai were ready to wash up and rest, but suddenly they learned that someone was coming from the palace. They quickly sent someone to call their children and brought their wives to listen to the holy edict.
After the chamberlain finished delivering the oral instructions, Gu Yankai stuffed some money into the chamberlain and sent it out of the house himself.
Then he took his wife and children back to the main hall with an excited look on his face.
"Sir, how old is this prince? Why would the government allow him to enter the palace to teach the prince how to practice martial arts?" Xiao Qin frowned.
"What considerations does the official family have? Is it for us ministers to speculate? Just follow the orders." Gu Yankai said calmly.
"But what did the officials ask me to take Erlang to do?" Xiao Qin said.
She really didn't want Gu Tingye to enter the palace. After the official rewarded Gu Tingye with a red tassel gun when he entered the palace two years ago, Gu Yankai's attitude towards Gu Tingye changed.
In the past, Gu Yankai was not happy with Gu Tingye, but his eldest son Gu Tingyu was in poor health. Gu Tingye was the second son, and he would probably inherit the title in the future.
So even if Gu Yankai didn't like his son very much, he still had very strict requirements on him.
However, due to Xiao Qin's deliberate flattery, Gu Tingye often made Gu Yankai angry, making the relationship between father and son worse and worse.
Gu Yankai became more and more disappointed with Gu Tingye, and even became less strict with him, as if he wanted to give up on Gu Tingye.
But since that time when Gu Tingye performed for the officials in the palace and received rewards from the officials, Gu Yankai once again paid attention to Gu Tingye's education.
The inheritance of a title is different from the inheritance of a family business. It is not just about appointing someone to inherit.
But it must be reported to the court, and only after the court gives permission can the king be attacked.
If Gu Tingye enters the palace again and pleases the officials, it will be even more difficult for her to let her son inherit the title.
Gu Yankai didn't know what Xiao Qin was thinking. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "What do you know? This is a great thing. I heard that the officials have recently been selecting teachers for the prince's enlightenment. Let me Take Erlang, probably to let Erlang read to the prince.”
Among the nobles, the title level is only secondary. The most important thing is whether they can be reused and whether they can win the favor of the officials.
(End of this chapter)