Chapter 1032 Can the prince be saved?
Qin Lang looked at the invitation card in front of him.
The post is very exquisite and elegant, as expected from Wei Wang Li Tai's residence, the materials are exquisite, and the style is also classic. What's more, the words on it are all written by Li Tai himself. The cursive script is really beautiful. This is definitely everyone's favorite post. Level up.
In the early Tang Dynasty, there were many calligraphers, such as Ouyang Xun, Yu Shinan, and Chu Suiliang, who are famous in regular script through the ages, are all ministers in the court today. Even Li Shimin is also a great calligrapher. , this calligraphy is also a must.
Li Shimin is also a crazy fan of Wang Xizhi. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the most respected by scholars in the world was not Wang Xizhi's calligraphy, but his father Wang Xianzhi. Later, Liang Wudi Xiao Yan even more admired Wang Xizhi's calligraphy. The order of degrees was changed from Wang Xianzhi, Wang Xizhi, Zhong Yao to Zhong Yao, Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi.
In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, as Wang Xizhi's super master, was crazily obsessed with Wang Xizhi's calligraphy, and collected Wang Xizhi's authentic works everywhere. A collection of Wang Xizhi's characters was assembled into a thousand-character stele. The three thousand characters on it are all copied from Wang Xizhi's works, and there is no repeated character.
Not only are the three thousand characters written on Wang Xizhi's works, but also the overall level of this thousand-character stele must not be rigid. Just finished.
The last character stele is hidden in the imperial palace, and the rubbings are collected in the Secretary Supervisor, Chongwen Museum, Guozijian, etc., and it has also been engraved and printed. At that time, it was called Qianjin Monument.
Under the influence of Li Shimin, even the calligraphy circle of the Tang Dynasty was greatly affected.
The princes and princesses of the royal family have practiced calligraphy since they were young, and their attainments are very high. Li Shimin's Feibai, Li Tai's cursive script, Chengqian's regular script, and even several princesses are also good at Feibai.
It is said that Li Tai's calligraphy is very valuable. Outside the market, ordinary calligraphy works are worth at least a thousand yuan a word, and any work is worth several hundred yuan. This is not only because he is a prince, but because his works are indeed Very good, and Li Tai's painting skills are also very high. After all, he married the daughter of Yan's family, the most famous calligraphy and painting family today.
"Sanlang's writing is worth more than Wei Wang's!"
Ma Zhou smiled and said, Qin Lang's calligraphy is also very valuable, and he was even called a great calligrapher by the people at that time. However, Qin Lang's calligraphy is famous because the world said that he created the two fonts of Qin style and thin gold, and said that he was the founder of the calligraphy. Lipai everyone.
In fact, this is completely taking advantage of the traversers. Calligraphy is of course not easy to create a font. Only after reaching a very high level can it be truly innovative. Although Qin Lang used to play elementary school calligraphy, his level can only be said to be average, but after all, no matter how average it is, he came from later generations. Wait, it can be said that these masters are all the masters of calligraphy in history, representing the trend and peak of calligraphy in history, and even innovation.
Just like the thin gold body, the new calligraphy created by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty is very famous. Qin Lang copied it for many years before, so it is quite tasteful to write. For people of this era, wow, this font is similar to that of Jin Dynasty The difference between Kai and Tang Kai is huge, the contrast is strong, the handwriting is thin and strong, so thin without losing its flesh, the brushwork is agile, and the brushwork is exposed. You can clearly see the traces of the brushwork such as running Teton. The large characters are especially graceful and graceful, which is quite unique. font.
Many people even say that this font is very expensive.
In addition, Qin Lang is also known as a Poet Immortal, so his unique font is still very popular when it appears, and the Song typeface that he produced for the convenience of engraving and printing, also has an obvious personal style, and has become a new favorite among scholars. font.
An ordinary calligrapher may not be able to create his own fonts in his lifetime. At most, he may just realize some of his own unique brushwork. For example, Qin Lang is really a self-contained school, not to mention creating two fonts by himself. Woolen cloth.
Therefore, Qin Lang was called one of the four masters of calligraphy in the Tang Dynasty by the people at that time. He was ranked alongside Ouyang Xun, Yu Shinan, and Chu Suiliang, and even ranked ahead of those three.
So in Ma Zhou's view, Qin Lang, a great calligrapher, has no reason to like Li Tai's calligraphy so much. After all, although Li Tai's cursive script is famous, its level is not up to the level of a master, let alone established a school.
"What's Sanlang thinking?" Ma Zhou asked tentatively.
Qin Lang smiled, put away Li Tai's invitation and put it aside.
"Lao Ma, your father-in-law is now the chief of Wei Wangfu, and your brother-in-law is now serving in the military of Wei Wangfu. They have completely boarded the ship of Wei Wangfu. Didn't they come to pull you on board?"
Ma Zhou chuckled.
"I've said it many times, but I, Ma Zhou, don't want to get involved in it."
Ma Zhou also said bluntly, his attitude is very clear, he is a humble scholar who was promoted by the emperor, and now he is reused by the emperor. Too much mixing.
Qin Lang heard what Ma Zhou meant. Although he had a good relationship with Qin Lang and was favored by Qin Lang, he had no personal feelings for the prince. If Cheng Qian was the prince, he would naturally be a courtier, but if Cheng Qian was the prince If the position is not guaranteed, he will not get involved too much.
Anyway, he is loyal to the emperor and Datang.
Even if Ma Zhou now has the title of Prince and Shaobao on his head, it will not change his position.
However, Qin Lang was not surprised by this attitude, and was not even dissatisfied. Since he always had such an attitude towards the prince, then naturally he would not be keen to mix with Li Tai.
It seems that the two are not helping each other, but now it is Li Tai who wants to challenge Li Chengqian's reserve position, so the prince's reserve position is still recognized if the two are not helping each other.
Qin Lang smiled slightly, and didn't mean to change his mind. Ma Zhou was too busy and tired. As the minister of Zhongshu who specialized in confidentiality, Ma Zhou is now a member of the prime minister of the Zhengshitang, and his affairs are very busy. The decisions of the Zhengshitang, He has to participate in the deliberations, and he has to assist Changsun Wuji in handling the daily affairs of the Ministry of Education. In particular, he is also Li Shimin's confidential text secretary, and the external system is basically handled by him.
He still has the title of Prince Shaobao, one person holds multiple jobs, and he also has severe diabetes.
"Sister-in-law will add a baby for you, if you don't give my father-in-law face like this, sister-in-law will not embarrass you?" Qin Lang asked with a smile.
At the beginning, Qin Lang was a matchmaker for Ma Zhou, and married Du Chuke's daughter Du Shu as his successor. Although it was a second marriage, but Du came from a famous family and was well educated. Ma Zhou was not good at financial management. I just like to drink some wine, write a few poems and write occasionally, and don't care about the rest.
Since marrying Mrs. Du, Mrs. Du not only brought a lot of dowry, but also took care of all the housework for Ma Zhou, and even took care of money and bought property for Ma Zhou. In a few years, Ma Zhou had already owed Qin Lang a lot of money from before. Up to now, the family business is well off.
Not to mention, Du Shi also gave birth to a son and a daughter for him.
The eldest son Ma Zai is now studying in the Imperial College, and the birth of the second son Ma Xun has added more joy and warmth to the family.
"She is very virtuous and rarely cares about these things." Ma Zhou said that Du Shi was smiling and happy.
He is the prime minister. It is enough for a humble scholar to be appreciated by the emperor. It is enough for Qingyun to be the prime minister.
No matter how they fight, or who will be the emperor in the future, Ma Zhou doesn't care. Even if the king of Wei really becomes the emperor in the future, at worst he will resign and return to his hometown.
"You accepted the invitation from the King of Wei, are you going to invite him?" Ma Zhou asked.
Qin Lang chuckled, "I just think it's well written, so I'll keep it in my collection. As for Wei Wang's invitation, I'm not interested."
"Aren't you afraid of offending King Wei?"
"It is not the first time that I have rejected the invitation of King Wei, and not only King Wei, but also King Wu have refused many times before."
Ma Zhou looked around, and then asked seriously.
"San Lang thinks that the crown prince's position is stable?"
"It's hard to say." Qin Lang confessed that in history, Chengqian hadn't stabilized his reserve position, but Li Tai didn't reap any benefits, and in the end Li Zhi took advantage.
This was probably something that no one expected at the time. The reserve position fell from the sky, and Li Zhibai took advantage of it.
Now Ma Zhou, Fang Xuanling and others all believe that this reserve position must either be kept by Chengqian, or be snatched away by Li Tai. It is impossible to have a third possibility, but history is often so unexpected.
Qin Lang didn't know whether Chengqian could still hold on to the crown prince. After all, there were many differences between Chengqian in this world and that time and space, but it seemed that there was always a thread entangled with Chengqian in the dark, to be pulled. He went back to the established track.
Chengqian broke his leg and hated the emperor. Even Li Tai's reputation is getting higher and higher now, and many important officials have joined the side of King Wei.
"Saburo doesn't have any plans?"
"What plan?" Qin Lang asked back.
"Actually, I think that with Saburo's status, qualifications, and reputation, you don't need to get involved in this at all, let alone tie yourself to the East Palace. You just need to remain neutral and detached. In the future, no matter who wins or loses, you It won’t be affected much.” Ma Zhou said, it’s not entirely true that it won’t be affected much, if Qin Lang really walks away, doesn’t get involved in it, doesn’t support any party, then no matter who wins out to be the emperor in the future, Qin Lang will definitely have to stand aside, it is impossible to maintain the position of the central core, this is almost inevitable, and even if Cheng Qian keeps the reserve position and becomes emperor in the future, Qin Lang may have to liquidate the guilt of betrayal.
But with Qin Lang's achievements and reputation, Cheng Qian is unlikely to liquidate Qin Lang. At most, he will retreat to the second line and leave the center, but this is better than the current gambling.
Ma Zhou didn't understand why Qin Lang insisted on getting involved.
"It's a long story. Although Chengqian is ignoring me now, the relationship between a teacher and a friend in the past ten years is not just gone. It's no burden for others to abandon him, but I can't do it now. He still has it." When he was young, he went astray for a while, no matter as a teacher or as a friend, I always had to give him a hand, this is the most basic morality of being a human being."
"Furthermore, I am still optimistic about Chengqian. After all, I taught it all by myself. I think Chengqian has a lot of temperament that King Wei doesn't have. A kind of ruling a big country, leading the Tang Dynasty to a more prosperous state, and being able to bring more prosperity to the people of the world. What a blessed temperament."
"There is one more, very important, the Tang Dynasty has already experienced some chaos in the Xuanwu Gate, and we can't do it again. If it happens again, the Tang Empire may be entangled forever in the future and cannot get out of it, keeping Chengqian. The storage position is also to ensure that the order of the Tang Dynasty will not be corrupted, and the system of heir succession cannot be destroyed, otherwise there will be endless troubles!"
Ma Zhou was thoughtful.
"But is the current Crown Prince Chengqian still alive?" Ma Zhou asked again.
"But the prince is lame."
Qin Lang smiled, "It's just a lame leg, and it's not that the brain is broken. Does this affect being the emperor? Thinking that Emperor Liang Yuan of the Southern Dynasty also lost one eye due to illness when he was young, but didn't he also become the emperor later?"
Ma Zhou shook his head, "That's different. Xiao Yi has never been a prince. He is the seventh son of Xiao Yan. He was first named King of Eastern Hunan. Later, he came out of Jingzhou and served as governor of Jingzhou.
Emperor Liang Yuan led the troops out of the town as the prince at that time, but the Hou Jing rebellion happened in the middle of the court, and hundreds of thousands of rebels besieged Jiankang. Broken, let his father be starved to death in Taicheng.
As soon as his father died, he did not rush to attack the rebels. Instead, he sent troops to attack his nephew King Xiaoyu of Hedong and his brother Xiao Lun of Shaoling first, and then sent troops to the east to attack Hou Jing. After Hou Jing died, the emperor Located in Gangneung.
Emperor Liang Yuan was never a prince at all. He was only the seventh son of Emperor Liang Wu, a vassal king. Taking advantage of the rebellion in the country, the emperor was killed, and after winning the war with his brothers and nephews, he established himself as emperor.
But he was also the king of subjugation. Later, he fought against the Western Wei Dynasty and was defeated and captured.
Qin Lang used him as an example, but Ma Zhou felt that it was inappropriate and unlucky.
Qin Lang thought for a while, and it seems to be true. It seems that there is no disabled prince who became emperor in history. The descendants of Emperor Hui of Jin said he was an idiot, but the idiot is not necessarily accurate. Liu Chan couldn't afford Adou, but Adou had been emperor for decades, so he might not be really stupid.
I really can't think of who is the prince and the emperor even if I have a disability.
It seems that Emperor Shunzong, the prince of Dezong in the late Tang Dynasty, had been the prince of Dezong for more than 20 years. Then when Dezong was seriously ill, Shunzong also had a stroke and could not speak, but he became emperor later. , and carried out reforms, but was later abolished by the eunuchs. This should be regarded as an example, but it has not happened yet.
But to be honest, in the late Tang Dynasty, the eunuchs had already controlled and manipulated the emperor's abolition and establishment. It can't be argued with common sense. After all, the more problematic the emperor, the easier it is for them to control.
The prince Zhu Gaochi of Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, also seemed to have diabetes, was obese, and later became lame, but he still became emperor, but died within a few days.
"I still think lameness doesn't affect the crown prince's position, and it's not the imperial examination to select officials." Qin Lang said.
Ma Zhou shook his head, "If the prince is as virtuous as before, this accident will certainly not affect him, but the problem is that the prince's virtue now, plus this lame leg, do you think it will not affect the sage's thinking?"
(end of this chapter)