Chapter 398 [The favorite talent of the superior! 】
"Come on, let's register for you."
Old He seemed very happy and turned around and walked back into the room.
I saw him pick up a brush from the table, and first he habitually stuck out his tongue and gently added it. Just this action made Gu Tianya and Li Shimin stunned.
The little girl Li Mingzhu was also stunned. She subconsciously reached out and pulled Gu Tianya's corner of her clothes, shouting in surprise: "Uncle, uncle, have you seen this official Lao He, he licked the brush with his tongue..."
Gu Tianya nodded subconsciously and said with a lot of laughter and cry: "This should be his habit!"
At this time, Lao He in the room was already sitting behind the table.
He acted as if he was serious and showed an inexplicable solemn appearance. The extremely serious look did not seem to be writing, but rather to write a masterpiece of the past.
He saw him dipped his brush in ink and carefully took out a booklet from the drawer. Suddenly, for some reason, he frowned and sighed, "I'm going to write again, why do scholars invent writing?"
While speaking, he looked sad and frown. The back of his hand holding the pen was rising, and his eyes widened as if he was about to go to the battlefield.
Suddenly he glared fiercely and said in a gritted voice: "Damn, let's do it, my old man has been reading for half a month, how can we be stumped by this writing? I will write what I can write, and draw circles if I can't."
As soon as this was heard from the house, everyone outside felt as if they were struck by lightning.
Draw a circle?
Can't write circles?
The little girl Li Mingzhu opened her beautiful eyes wide and looked at Gu Tianya in disbelief and said, "Did you hear it, uncle? This official wants to use circles instead of writing."
Gu Tianya took a deep breath and whispered: "I suddenly realized that I was outrageously wrong. I shouldn't have imagined that I could train these old soldiers to become civil servants. Their suitable places are military forces, not these meticulous offices."
Just when Gu Tianya sighed bitterly.
I heard Lao He laughing loudly in the room.
I heard the guy say proudly: "We will register this group of migrant military families with a dispute as per the advice of the scholar just now. With this disputed registration, the military families can go to the headquarters in the city to sue, hahahaha, the matter is really wonderful..."
He finished speaking with pride, poking the booklet hard. However, although his posture was very strong, he was unfortunately not able to write the first word. His face turned red and he hummed in a low voice: "Damn it, how did you write the word "wen" in the document? I seemed to have just written it once yesterday, why did I suddenly forget it today? Please draw a circle first and then talk about it..."
So with a big stroke, he drew the first circle on the registration book.
Everyone outside the house was twitching in their faces, and everyone's eyes showed strange expressions.
However, Lao He in the room didn't care about other people's opinions at all. This guy was holding a brush and was tracing there. Finally, he successfully wrote a word, and he was so happy that he couldn't control himself. He laughed and said, "Isn't this enough? Lao He is also a person who can write! From now on, we are also scholars..."
After saying that, his face suddenly changed, his head shaking like a rattle, and he kept saying, "No, no, we, Lao He, can't be a scholar. Scholars have too many minds and their minds are full of twists and turns. For example, the two scholars who made suggestions just now, we can tell at a glance that they are full of bad water."
The last sentence was muttering, but the voice could still be heard clearly. Gu Tianya's eyes twitched a few times, and he looked confused and laughter on his face.
As for Li Shimin, it was even more serious. He directly clenched his teeth and groaned: "It's very good, it's very good. I dare to say that I'm bad, but I dare to say that I'm bad..."
And the ministers hiding in the crowd, one or two of them looked strange at this time.
Suddenly, Liu Hongji gently pulled the corner of Li Xiaogong's clothes, lowered his voice and chuckled, "Prince Hejian, do you think this official surnamed He has a problem with his brain? Can't he notice it at all? Standing opposite him are His Majesty of the Tang Dynasty and Lord Youyun..."
Li Xiaogong looked at Liu Hongji and said sarcastically: "If you didn't know Your Majesty and Brother Gu, you might not be as good as this official named He. You actually joked about other people's brain problems. Is your Liu Hongji's brain very good?"
Liu Hongji was stunned for a moment, then a little angry, glaring at him, "Let me explain it clearly, why is our old Liu's brain not good?"
Unfortunately, Li Xiaogong no longer paid attention to him, but turned around to continue to pay attention to the situation there.
Liu Hongji was bored and couldn't help but come to another minister, stretched out his hand and pulled the corner of his clothes, and asked again with a low smile: "Xu Shim, do you think this official named He is not good at thinking?"
However, Xu Shimeng was even more reluctant to pay attention to him and squeezed to the side and avoided him far away. Liu Hongji was immediately deadlocked on the spot, with a embarrassed expression on his face and couldn't get out of Taiwan.
Fortunately, some of the ministers had a good relationship with him. Zhang Liang, Duke of Yun, quietly walked up to Liu Hongji, sighed in a low voice, "Brother Hongji, stop talking nonsense anymore. The more you say, the more everyone laughed at you."
He is Liu Hongji's brother-in-law and can't bear to see his brother-in-law being ridiculed. Therefore, he stood up to persuade him, after all, his bones are broken and his tendons are connected.
But Liu Hongji frowned slightly and said in wonder: "Why is this?"
Zhang Liang turned his head to look at the other side of the room, lowered his voice and explained to him: "This official, Lao He, probably has fallen into Gu Tianya's eyes, and even our Majesty may have developed a love for money. For the superiors, their favorite subordinates are such subordinates. First, they have a straight-tempered temper, are stupid and do not know how to bend around, and secondly, they adhere to principles. Even when facing a Gu family like Tan Shijiu, they dare not give in..."
Zhang Liang said and stopped, then continued to explain to Liu Hongji, and said, "For example, among the ministers of the Tang Dynasty, there is also a guy who is in this situation. Brother Hongji, you might as well recall the memories. Is that guy Cheng Zhijie's behavior very similar to that of this official Lao He? But if you don't do it, Zhijie is pretending to be crazy and stupid, deliberately pretending to be honest and vulgar in front of His Majesty, and this official Lao He is due to his nature. The sentence he just muttered was due to his personality..."
Zhang Liang said and stopped again, looking at Liu Hongji and said, "You understand now. This old man is the favorite talent of the superiors. Whether Gu Tianya or our Majesty, he has already appreciated this life. Once they appreciate someone, how can they not reuse a position?"
Liu Hongji was dizzy when he heard this, and he said blankly: "Just just by this old man's mutter, you guys have analyzed so many things?"
Zhang Liang nodded slowly and said with a smile: "Things are so simple, only you can't analyze them."
As he said that, he suddenly looked at Liu Hongji with great meaning, and smiled and said, "Actually, you also belong to someone like Lao He."
Liu Hongji was stunned and said in a daze: "Me?"
Zhang Liang smiled leisurely and woke up with a hint of words: "Otherwise, how could Your Majesty tolerate your vulgarity and indulge you to often speak chaotic words in the court. Hongji, you are actually the kind of subordinate that the superiors like the most."
Liu Hongji stood there in a daze and fell into confusion.
This guy was a son of an official in his early years, but his favorite thing was to hang out with a group of scoundrels. What he was best at was fighting with people and he didn't know how to think about things at all.
Later, in the end of the Sui Dynasty, the guy defected to Li Shimin by chance. He was not flexible enough and was a good player in fighting. Therefore, he was deeply loved by Li Shimin and gradually cultivated himself to become a powerful general under the command of Tiance Mansion.
However, although this guy was trained to become a powerful general by Li Shimin, he himself had no idea of the reason. He only thought that he was brave enough in combat and did not understand at all because his personality made the superiors feel at ease.
Zhang Liang suddenly stretched out his hand, patted Liu Hongji's shoulder gently, and whispered: "Hongji, work hard. Now both of our families have the opportunity to prosper for generations. It is because of your personality that your Majesty trusts you, and even Gu Tianya also admires people like you. Although I am an existence that is neither superior nor inferior in the court, my son has joined the Gu family's disciple!"
He said slightly and said in a more humming voice: "Gu Tianya has only seven true disciples in total, and these seven disciples are equivalent to his children. After Gu Tianya founded and became emperor, the seven disciples could be named kings... This means that my sons will go further than me, and the future of our Zhang family will be in this child."
Liu Hongji's eyes widened and said in surprise: "What did you say? Can Yan'er be the king?"
After his sister married Zhang Liang, she died early, leaving only a single child. As her uncle, Liu Hongji always felt pity for the child. At this time, she suddenly heard that the child was able to be crowned king. The surprise in her heart was imagined.
Zhang Liang was afraid that he would scream, so he quickly signaled him to shut up with his eyes. Liu Hongji's reaction this time was very good, and he really obediently closed his mouth.
This guy even covered his mouth with his hands, for fear that he would not be able to help but shout and talk nonsense, but he couldn't help but feel excited. Finally, he still giggled and muttered, "My nephew can be the king, and that little guy can be the king, Gu Tianya, Gu Tianya, hurry up and be the emperor soon..."
Zhang Liang looked speechless and turned around and stopped looking at him.
...
It took a cup of tea for a long time to finish the beginning of the registration book.
At this time, according to regulations, we have to ask some questions about the migrant people.
But when Old He Dalala was sitting in the room, staring at the women who had been led into the door by Tan Shijiu, he solemnly said: "Let's ask the next rule, and you can answer it. Don't talk nonsense, let alone make up random things. Do you understand?"
The women nodded quickly, feeling a little kicked.
Lao He looked extremely solemn and said solemnly again: "First of all, we want to ask you, where is the place where the migration comes from? What's your surname and name? Why did you come to Youzhou? What did you bring in? Is there food to eat? Is there any money available? Who did you come here to join? Or is it a pure escape from famine?"
Good guy, there were several questions. The women were dizzy when they heard it, and obviously they couldn't remember so much for a moment.
Fortunately, Gu Tianya and others also squeezed into the house and stood aside with a smile when they heard the words and gave reminders. So the women began to answer related questions based on Gu Tianya's reminder.
"We came from Shandong. The name of our hometown is Jeju Prefecture. We live at the foot of Mount Tai, and the village is called Zhaojia Village."
"My family's surname is Tian, and the man in the family is named Zhao Laosi, so the person in my family is called Zhao Tian."
"My man has made contributions on the battlefield. Now he is working in Liaodong. I heard from the people in the yamen that he will not be able to return to his hometown in the future, so I will migrate with my children. It is not a situation where we come to Youzhou to escape from famine."
The woman who answered the question was Zhao Laosi's eldest daughter-in-law. At this time, she seemed very nervous and her voice was timid and inconsistent.
However, Lao He suddenly raised his head, looked at her with a flash of eyes, and said, "You just said that your man was called Zhao Laosi? And he is also a person in Liaodong?"
Zhao Tian nodded subconsciously and said quietly: "Yes, this is how I answered."
Old He suddenly waved his hand and said, "No, this answer doesn't count. You say it again, say it in another way."
Zhao Tianshi was stunned for a moment and said with a confused expression: "Why?"
Lao He's face pulled and he said in a deep voice: "No, you must say it again."
Gu Tianya watched coldly and explained to Zhao Tianshi with a low smile: "He is a kind help, and let you answer the question again. This time, you should not say that your man has military merits, let alone that you are here to join your own man. You should answer that you are a refugee who fled to famine, so that there is controversy in the notes on the registration book..."
Zhao Tian suddenly realized and was immediately grateful.
She quickly reorganized the language and replied: "I am Zhao Tian, and I bring my children to Youzhou to escape from the famine."
Old He was immediately very satisfied and laughed and said, "That's right, you are refugees."
After being guided by Gu Tianya, Zhao Tian finally understood how to answer the question. Next, she no longer needed Gu Tianya's advice, and all the questions were answered very well.
For example, the question of ‘Is there any food to eat?’.
Zhao Tianshi began to cry and wiped her tears, and replied: "I have been hungry for several days, and the children have also been hungry for several days."
Another example is the question of ‘Is there any money available’.
Zhao Tian held the small package he had put on his money and kept shaking his head, "No, I've spent all my money."
This kind of scene of lying with wide eyes and lying with Lord Youyun personally guided him and lying is simply unprecedented in ancient times. The ministers in the yard were collectively stunned.
...
Finally, the initial registration of this group of migrant soldiers was completed.
At this time, Lao He's face was serious again. He took out a stack of papers from the drawer again. The papers were all documents. He wrote the four words "There is controversy" on the documents extremely solemnly.
There are three words he actually can't write, but when he was about to draw a circle, Gu Tianya stopped him, so these three words were personally helped him hold the pen and taught him step by step to finish the words on the document.
This scene made the ministers outside envious.
Chapter completed!