Chapter 44: The Invitation of Li Longji
Li Longji really didn't know what to reward Pei Min. He has always been generous with the matter of rewarding ministers who have made great contributions to him. However, Pei Min's contributions have really made him not know what to reward, so he simply handed over the right to Pei Min.
Pei Min pondered for a while and realized Li Longji's difficulties.
Now he is the governor of Taozhou, and he is the governor of the upper level. As a sparsely populated Xiazhou, it is impossible to establish the governor's office. The only one who can establish the governor's office in Longyou is Shanzhou, and the governor of Shanzhou is Guo Zhiyun, who also serves as the ambassador of Longyou. Guo Zhiyun is also a general of the Tang Dynasty. He has outstanding achievements and has no reason to withdraw him for the sake of Pei Min.
With a thought, Pei Min made a decision in an instant and said, "Min's achievements today are all due to his mother's careful teaching since childhood. If it weren't for her mother's words and deeds, Min would probably still be joking on the streets of Youzhou to survive."
Li Longji also understood Pei Min's meaning and said without hesitation: "It is indeed a great achievement to cultivate talents like Jingyuan. He turned around and issued an imperial edict himself, and appointed Lingtang as the Lady of Wenxi County." He paused and said: "I have signed Lingtang, and Lingzun will also give him a posthumous gift. I will be the chief official of the Tongyifu, and the marquis of Wenxi County. What do you think of Jingyuan?"
Pei Min is now very famous. Looking at the entire Tang Dynasty officials, only Yao Chong is comparable. All his experiences have been untiredly discovered, including Pei's mother's identity, and the fact that Pei Min broke up with the Pei family for his mother and came to Chang'an alone to work hard.
As the emperor, Li Longji naturally knew it clearly.
Pei Min asked for imperial edicts for his mother, which was nothing more than to enhance Pei's mother's status.
Li Longji was flirting with his heart and named Pei's mother the third-rank lady of Wenxi County.
You should know that the ancestor of the Pei family was the descendant of Qin Shizui. During the reign of King Xi of Zhou, the sixth-generation Sun Ling was named Jieyi Jun. He went to "Yi" to follow "Yi" and took "Pei" as the surname. Later, the Pei family was divided into three branches and lived in Hedong, Yanjing, Xiliang and other places. However, the origin of the genealogy was found in Wenxi Pei family, so there was a saying that "there is no two Pei in the world".
The hometown of the Pei family in Hedong was Wenxi, and Wenxi also regarded the Pei family as the most respected. In Wenxi, there was a sacred place of the Pei family...the Pei family's ancestral hall.
Li Longji specially appointed Pei's mother as the wife of Wenxi County, which undoubtedly vented her anger for Pei Min again!
Pei Min was stunned, and communicated with the causes and consequences. He grinned and said, "Your Majesty is wise, and I cannot repay you for your kindness in love with me."
Li Longji waved his hand and said, "Jingyuan doesn't need much politeness, this is what you deserve. Lishi, you can play a few games of chess with Jingyuan..." He said, and turned to Pei Min and said, "I have just made a court meeting, and I still have a few memorials to deal with. I will handle the business well. Let me show you something fun..."
Pei Min hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is the most important thing in the country. When I return to Chang'an, I am called seducing the enemy. In fact, I am lazy. I do nothing all day and don't have to worry about me."
Gao Lishi had already taken the chessboard and started playing chess with Pei Min.
Piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, songs and essays!
Pei Min's piano, painting, poetry, lyrics, songs, and fu are all in the beginner level, but the chess and books are of good quality.
Especially calligraphy, Pei Min's calligraphy has evolved, not simply imitating the "Leyi Lu" by the saint Wang Xizhi, and has his own style. As for the chess skills, it is slightly inferior, but his overall view of playing chess is very strong, just like using military forces, with extremely clever layouts and a very deceptive style.
Pei Min did not expect that Gao Lishi's chess skills were also good. He was very focused, held heavy hands, and took one step at a time, with a very solid foundation.
The two of them instantly became Zhuge Liang's battle with Sima Yi. Zhuge Liang had many wisdom and tricks but could not hide. Sima Yi knew that he might not have fought Zhuge, but as long as he defended himself, he could stand invincible, guard the central army, and respond to all changes. This also made Pei Min's plan end in vain.
But Pei Min is not old Zhuge, Gao Lishi can't kill him.
After the final game, Pei Min defeated Gao Lishi with a slight advantage and won with a slight advantage.
"The Duke of the National People's Republic is good at chess, and Li Shi is convinced to lose!" Gao Li Shi looked at the chessboard with an unsatisfactory look on his face. The biggest pleasure of playing chess is that he meets the opponent and can't solve the problem. In the previous game, he used his best to resist the offensive again and again, but in the end he failed to defend the last wave and was at a disadvantage.
As the winner, Pei Min was happy in body and mind. Looking back on the game of chess fight, he said sincerely: "Eunuch Gao's chess skills are like an iron shield, turning all offensives into invisible, which is really amazing..."
"Don't flatter each other!"
Just as the two of them were singing, a chuckle came from beside them.
Li Longji was already standing beside them at some point.
Pei Min and Gao Lishi hurriedly stood up and said hello.
Li Longji looked at the chessboard with a smile and said, "Jingyuan is indeed literary and elegant. He dances well with good swords, writes well with good writing, and writes well with good poetry. Now he plays well with good chess. You should know that the chess skills of Lishi are among the top among all civil and military officials."
"It's just a lucky draw! Another game, the outcome is unknown." Pei Min said modestly.
Li Longji said: "I am not good at chess skills, but I still have eyesight. You attack and defend with beautiful attacks and wonderful defenses. It is indeed a match for the opponent. However, there is not much time, and I don't have time to let you play another game. Let's go to Wude Hall, don't let them wait for a long time."
Pei Min realized that they had been waiting for most of the hour, and I don’t know how long Li Longji had been watching.
Following Li Longji towards the Wude Hall, Pei Min was thinking at first that he was going to take him to meet some big man. After entering the Wude Hall, he realized that there were a group of musical actors holding musical instruments in the hall, and there were more than ten people.
Pei Min's heart moved and instantly understood the reason: Li Longji, the ancestor of the Pear Garden, inevitably tossed the Pear Garden!
When Pei Min thought of the Liyuan, two beautiful figures immediately appeared in her mind. Before she knew it, she parted outside Jicheng City. It has been five years since then, but she didn't know where the Gongsun sisters who were famous all over the world will be? When will they come to the Liyuan and perform the magic trick of "being as bright as Yi shooting the nine sunsets, as sharp as the emperors flying dragons; coming like thunder and closing the anger, and as if the rivers and seas condensed the green light"?
After coming back to his senses, Pei Min looked at the more than ten people in front of him and thought to himself: "I don't know if there is Li Guinian among them!"
In the Pear Garden in history, there were only two people who really left an impression on him.
One is naturally Gongsun Auntie who is famous for his sword dance, and the other is the music saint Li Guinian. Pei Min still has some acquaintances.
Li Longji called Pei Min to sit down and said to the group of people: "This is my important minister of the Tang Dynasty, Pei Min, and my confidant. You can have a military participation show for him."
The leader is naturally the Huang Banchuo, which Li Longji values the most.
Huang Wanchuo glanced at Pei Min with a little envy, full of infinite yearning for his status and thought that Li Guinian would not come again to make things difficult for him. He was the number one celebrity in front of Li Longji. Sooner or later, he would follow his worth a hundred times and gain a higher and better position. His heart was also full of heat, and he greeted everyone: playing, making a decision, and working hard to perform a special military drama.
At this moment, in Pei Min's eyes, this military drama is a combination of crosstalk sketches and music, with rich and colorful content, and is not inferior to those classic crosstalk sketches in later generations.
The general plot of the military drama is a local bully, a local bully, and the actors use their wisdom to play the bully invisibly, making them look ugly one after another, thus creating a funny feeling and making people laugh.
The story is the same as all crosstalk sketches, with an average plot, but the baggage is very clever and smooth, without any stiffness, and does not exist for the sake of laughter.
Pei Min was also overjoyed when she saw it, and she laughed out loud from the bottom of her heart.
Of course, this is closely related to the actors. Although Huang Wanchuo has a bad character, his attainment in military participation is indeed extremely profound. Zhang Yehu, who is opposite to him, is also a good player in military participation. The effect of the combination of the two is no less than that of the white clouds and black soil in later generations.
Huang Banchuo was so happy to play as a "Cangxiao", and Zhang Yehu, as a "joining the army", had a very sad expression.
After about ten minutes, Huang Banchuo and Zhang Yehu finished their performance. Pei Min clapped vigorously and gave their works recognition.
"How?" Li Longji said with a little smugness.
Pei Min praised: "It's really good. The two performed very well, the stories were smooth and natural, and the laughter was naturally reflected without realizing it. Min has watched a lot of military participation, and today's episode is the most exciting. I didn't expect that there were such talents in Taichang Temple." He guessed in his heart that these people were from the Pear Garden, but in order to avoid exposing his foresight, he deliberately called them talents in Taichang Temple. Taichang Temple is the place where the imperial court specialized in rituals and music.
Li Longji smiled and said, "Jingyuan is a mistake. They are not the artists who study elegant music in Taichang Temple. They are the pear gardens I specially set up. They regard common music as the best and are my pear garden disciples. My greatest hope is to develop common music and compete with the elegant music, so that this pear garden can be found."
More than a dozen artistic artists could not help but raise their chests and were proud when they heard Li Longji say that they were "my disciples of the Pear Garden".
Pei Min was a little amused and cried. Li Longji really loved vulgar music. He did not have much prejudice to elegant and vulgar music. To put it bluntly, it is the difference between bel canto and popular.
"I have decided to be the Yagong of Liyuan in person, and I also know that Jingyuan's sword dance is unmatched. I wonder if I am willing to surrender the Lexing General in Liyuan?" Li Longji said here, looking at Pei Min with a burning gaze, with anticipation in his eyes.
Pei Min didn't know where Li Longji knew that he was good at sword dance. After thinking about it carefully, he also thought of the mysterious drum sounds that came from the huge pleasure boat in Qujiang Travel Lake, and suddenly understood!
He and Jiao Chen have always had no idea who the mysterious man was. Now the answer to the mystery is revealed, it turns out to be Li Longji.
Chapter completed!