It is said that Jia Cong returned to Rongguo Mansion, first went to go around elsewhere, and finally went to Jia Huan's courtyard. Jia Huan was crooked on the kang and watched the two little girls catch up with Go, knocking melon seeds in their mouths.

Jia Cong was not happy when he saw his comfortable appearance, kicked him and complained: "I beat Pegasus all the way to the south, and I am tired and thin, but you are comfortable." ”

Jia Huan looked him up and down, and said, "Not to mention, you have to run ten more round-trips, so that you can barely be fatter than me." ”

Jia Cong glared at him, sat on the couch crookedly, and covered his face with his right hand: "I'm really tired." ”

The two little girls hurriedly came forward to greet Jia Cong, and knew that the two of them must have something to say, so they both withdrew.

Jia Huanai said: "I didn't say Tong Situ Pan. ”

"Huh?"

"He didn't say yes." Jia Huan said, "He said, it is absolutely impossible to discuss politics. Even if the land occupied by those princes is occupied by foreign nations, they cannot discuss politics. ”

Jia Cong muttered: "Old old! Don't open your mind! ”

Jia Huan took two sips of tea and said, "Since you are here, I am not strong in the matter of lobbyists, you go and talk about it." After waiting for a long time, I didn't hear Jia Cong's squeak, and when I turned my head, I saw that the thing was asleep. I had to purse my lips, yawn, and said, "No wonder I heard people say that I will be sleepy when I see others sleeping." Then he fell asleep crookedly.

When Aunt Zhao came back from outside, she saw the little brother snoring, complained, and called the little girl to come in and level the two of them, and hugged the bed quilt to cover them for them. Jia Cong didn't even eat dinner that day, so he slept on the chaise longue in Jia Huan's house until dawn.

The next day, the two of them went to the Taiping Dart Bureau to discuss the matter of the morning; In the afternoon, there was no way, Jia Cong took the horse and went to the Lin Mansion.

Lin Hai has been idle in the mansion since he returned to Beijing. Fang Xiong gave him a bachelor of Hanlin, and he did not go to the Hanlin Academy to take a job. Yesterday, after Jia Cong returned home, he sent someone to Lin Mansion and Su Mansion to report the news, so Lin Hai guessed that this kid would come tomorrow if he didn't come today, and heard Menzi come to report that "the third master of Rongguo Mansion is here", snorted, and pretended to sit in front of the desk and read.

Jia Cong came in with a hippie smile, but when he saw the old man, he couldn't laugh, and frowned and shouted: "I haven't seen you for a few months, why did you add so much gray hair!" ”

Lin Hai also wanted to give him some food for the first time, but when he heard the words, he forgot about it, dropped the book and sighed: "How old am I!" I have long had gray hair. ”

Jia Cong said angrily: "Where were there so many in the past! It's all so hard to eat in the edict! That old boy named Liu Tong will one day kill him and get angry! ”

Lin Hai glanced at him.

Jia Cong smirked twice: "That...... In fact, the scenery of Wuyuan is not bad. There is really nothing they can do about drugging gentlemen. ”

Lin Hai was still angry, sighed, and stroked his neck: "It's also embarrassing for you." but the falsification of the decree shall never be done again. Even though the Son of Heaven is gone, Tianwei is still there. ”

Jia Cong gave a big roll of his eyes when someone else said this, but this person was Lin Hai, so he had to say: "We didn't say that it was a holy decree, we only coaxed that person, didn't he think it was true." ”

Lin Hai shook his head: "I know you are bold...... That's it. ”

Jia Cong grimaced and saluted again before saying, "What are your plans for the coming day?" Why don't you go back to Taiwan with me? Just take a break and look at Sister Lin. She's busy. ”

Lin Hai asked, "What is Yu'er doing over there?" ”

Jia Cong said: "There are many disadvantages in Taiwan, and the best thing is that there is a lot of wasteland. The construction of roads, the construction of ports and workshops are all under her management, which is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and she complains about the lack of labor every day. ”

Lin Hai was taken aback: "She's in charge of the construction?" What about Jia Lian? ”

Jia Cong said: "Where does the second brother Lian manage so many reads by himself;!" Uncle, it's very easy to mix up a casual term, and it's much harder to turn a barren place into a prosperous place. No one was idle. We're all young, and my dad is a guy who doesn't care about anything, so you can help us see if there's anything wrong with us, after all, it's a person who has been a scholar. ”

Lin Haidao: "Tell me what you are doing." ”

Jia Cong smiled and said what he could say about the affairs of Taiwan's government, what he could blow, what he could say, how good and how good he was, like a paradise. At the end, Jia Cong said: "Uncle won't be reluctant to give up this house, is it home to have relatives, how good it is to be with Sister Lin." Besides, it's not like I won't return to Beijing in the coming days. ”

Although Lin Hai did not explicitly say whether he would go or not, it was obvious that he was already tempted.

After another day of mixing and meeting a few must-see people, Jia Cong changed into a moon-white Confucian robe and came to Feng Ziying's house wearing a Confucian scarf.

Feng Ziying rarely saw him like this, a little funny, looked at him for a long time, and said, "It seems that he has lost weight." It's just that it's autumn this time, what's the matter with a fan? ”

Jia Cong waved the folding fan: "This is called comprehensive packaging, pretending to be Sven!" I wanted to take the goose feather fan, but I thought that everyone took the goose feather fan, which was too uninnovative. ”

Feng Ziying said: "Why didn't I see everyone taking a goose feather fan?" ”

Jia Cong said: "Everyone who pretends to be a master takes a goose feather fan." Probably the goose hates Zhuge Liang the most. ”

Feng Ziying said with a smile: "What are you doing with this appearance?" ”

Jia Cong bowed to him to the ground: "The student wants to bother Feng Gongzi to introduce the student to Xianwang Chitose." ”

Feng Ziying looked at him for a long time and said, "What the hell are you messing with?" ”

Jia Cong said: "Touching the dragon said that the Empress Dowager Zhao, Zou Ji satirized King Qi Wei, and there can be one more in the history books of the coming days, Jia Cong persuaded Wang Pan." ”

Feng Ziying saw that what he said didn't look like a naughty smile, so she looked at him again and said, "That's it, let's see what you're making trouble." ”

Feng Ziying changed her clothes and led Jia Cong to King Xian's mansion.

Situ Pan also felt funny when he saw Jia Cong's Confucian appearance, and looked at it a few times and said, "It's a scholar." ”

Jia Cong arched his hand to him: "Xianwang Chitose, the student has a word to persuade him." ”

Situ Pan said: "If the kings discuss the matter of government, there is no need to talk about it. ”

Jia Cong said: "Two thousand four hundred years ago, the great sage of Western Greece was called Aesop, and Mr. Yi once told a story. The lion went to the creator Zeus and complained, 'I am the mighty beast of all beasts, and I am the ruler of the party, and I am afraid of the rooster's crow!' There is no light on the face. Zeus said: "Your heart is brave, and the rooster's crowing is nothing more than a trivial matter, so why be afraid." And he sent it away. The more the lion thought about it, the more he felt faceless, and he almost wanted to die! At this moment, he met an elephant on the road, and when he saw that the elephant kept shaking its ears, he wondered: 'Brother elephant, what are you doing shaking your ears?' The elephant said, 'Although I am a behemoth, I am most afraid of small insects in my ears.' When the lion saw that the elephant was afraid, and the worm was worse than the rooster, he suddenly realized that he was not very faceless because he was afraid of the rooster's crowing, so he lost his desire to die, and ran away with joy. ”

Situ Pan smiled: "What are you talking about this?" ”

Jia Cong said: "This story tells us a truth, everyone has shortcomings. It is the right thing to face up to the shortcomings, and don't admit it because of the loss of face. ”

Situ Panqi said: "How can I have the shortcomings that hinder my face and refuse to admit it? ”

Jia Cong said: "Isn't Your Highness unwilling to admit that he is not the emperor, but the same as the King of Wu, the King of Shu, the King of Qi, etc., just an ordinary prince and king?" When it comes to the orthodox succession to the throne, King Chen is the most upright one, and even King Lu also occupies the title of the eldest son of the Emperor Taishang. As for this little saint in the capital, how is it different from the king of Lu? Chitose Tsubame. ”

Situ Pan was stunned: "Why don't you admit it?" I wasn't an emperor in the first place. ”

Jia Cong said: "There is a piece of flatbread, which originally belonged to the owner. The guys are hungry and want to share the food. The owner didn't want to give it to the guys, and the guys wanted to eat it more and more. He paused for a moment and said, "The kings discuss politics and give the princes and kings the right to participate in politics. If you were a prince or a king, you would be as eager to do so, just as a man wants to eat the bread of his host. If you are the emperor, you don't want to have brothers and nephews to participate in what you should be the sole ruler of the family. King Yan Chitose, you are not the emperor, you are the prince king. Governing rivers and imperial examinations are things that cannot be bypassed. If you don't rely on the fiefdom to happen to be near the capital, you just happen to have a little saint in your hand, the things that used to govern the river were all presided over in Beijing, and the scientific examinations in the past were all held in the capital, so that the people of the world are used to coming to the capital to take exams, etc., and come out to preside over these things first, believe it or not, there will be a prince next to you to preside over it in two years? ”

Situ Pan's brows moved.

"Most of the purpose of the world's scholars participating in the imperial examination is to be an official, not to be loyal to the monarch. If you really participate in the scientific examination for the sake of loyalty, people are not loyal to you. King Yan Chitose, you can't give many officials, because your territory is so big. Believe it or not, wait and see. If in two years, King Wu and other six princes join forces to open the imperial examination, see if there are more talents who come to you to take the exam or more people who go to other places to take the exam? He paused, took a sip of tea, and said, "Acknowledging that you are a prince is like a lion admitting that he is afraid of roosters, and it is not a big deal." Don't you still want these benefits that could have been easily obtained for the sake of that idea? At present, all the princes are busy subduing the hearts of the army and the people, and when they stabilize and recover, they will immediately think of establishing their prestige and becoming famous. When the time comes, they will rush to do these things that you don't want to do. Lord Wang, I don't take advantage of this right now, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to take advantage of it in the future. Such a big advantage cannot be taken advantage of -- as the saying goes, the general trend of the world must be divided for a long time, and it must be divided for a long time. Now that the world has been divided, there will always be a day when they will be together. Who will unite the world in the future, what matters is not the name, but the strength. During the Three Kingdoms, Liu Hantian was divided into several parts, but it was the Sima family that was finally unified. Guy is the strongest in their family. Why did Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, Liu Yu, and Liu Bei with the surname Liu never succeed? Aren't they more famous? It's not that the Sima family stole the foundation of the Cao family, and the Cao family is the strongest. Anything that can strengthen one's own strength is a good thing. Jia Cong stood up and bowed to Situ Pan to the ground, "That's all for the late life." ”

After a long time, Situ Pan said, "You let me think about it." ”

Jia Cong nodded: "I hope the prince will think twice." Yan Yan rubbed his neck, "I'm tired of speaking so seriously." ”

Feng Ziying said on the side: "Where is it serious? It's the same as talking on weekdays, but it's true that it's just sitting seriously. ”

Jia Cong grimaced.

Situ Pan sat for a while and said, "You just went back not long ago, what are you doing in the capital again?" ”

Jia Cong said: "My sister is happy, I am afraid that the midwife in Ping'an Prefecture is not very skillful, and I want to find a few good ones for her in Beijing." ”

Situ Pan said with a smile: "Your brothers are also amazing, and they all take their sisters so seriously." On the one hand, I don't know whether to be glad that Ping'an Prefecture has not been divided into kings or regret. Fortunately, the Gao family in Ping'an Prefecture is friendly and close to the Jia family, and there is no doubt that the Jia family is on their side. Although Ping'an Prefecture is not in the land of Yanzhao, sooner or later it will be regarded as its own territory. Those who regret it, if they are in the hands of their brothers and nephews next to him, if they start a war in the coming day, they can be easily subdued.

Jia Cong said: "Why don't we take our brothers seriously? Are they all the same blood and bones, innate? The only one who doesn't value blood and bones is your emperor's family. ”

Situ Pan's face sank, Feng Ziying coughed a few times, and opened her mouth to speak, but there was nothing to say.

Jia Cong sighed: "Don't be sorry, this is not innate, but it is also born reads;." ”

Situ Pan glanced at him and picked up the tea bowl: "What do you have to say?" ”

Jia Cong said: "People are born to love blood and bones, and the people of the emperor's family are also human, so this is innate." ”

Situ Pan took a sip of tea and put down the teacup.

"And everyone loves power, and this is also innate. There are too few people who are born without power, and most of them are either smart, lazy, or incompetent - pretending that they don't love power is actually not capable of getting power. ”

Situ Pan and Feng Ziying both smiled indifferently.

"The emperor has the greatest power in the world, and even his brothers and sons are in charge. This right can be held by one person and cannot be shared. Jia Cong clapped his hands, "This power is too big and too tempting, who doesn't want it?" The women of the emperor's family are not ambitious, they can't get it. All the men in the emperor's family want it, will they want it? Men are not the same as women. Women value affection, and men value profit. Therefore, the innate love for power will make the men of the emperor's family abandon their innate love for blood and bones. This matter is also innate. ”

Situ Pan was silent for a long time when he heard this, and asked, "Do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing?" ”

Jia Cong shook his head and said, "Students think that everything that is born is not good or bad. Most people will promote good and eliminate evil. It is only that what can be promoted and eliminated from evil should be something that can be promoted and removed, that is, something that can be changed. Most things that are born cannot be changed. Assuming that sunny days are good and rainy days are evil, how can we promote good and eliminate evil? ”

It took Situ Pan a long time to understand what he meant, and said, "You mean, the emperor's family doesn't love blood and bones, just like a sunny and rainy day, it is unchangeable?" Didn't the heavenly family cherish the blood and bones? ”

Jia Cong shrugged: "Yes." Women without ambition, and men who are both smart and lazy, and men who are too incompetent. ”

Situ Pan was silent again when he heard this.

Jia Cong waited for a moment, and then said, "There is another thing that a man wants, that is, 'name'. Those old Confucians always said 'justifiable' over and over again, as if the matter was really important. In fact, since Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, became a generation of British lords, the 'justification' of the succession to the throne is not important at all. He shrugged his shoulders, "Whether it was at that time or in later generations, Li Shimin was full of praise. Who cares how he came to power! It doesn't matter whether Li Jiancheng is a good person or not, whether he died unjustly or not, whether he has talent or not, as long as Li Shimin is good to the people, successful in governing the country, and leaving behind a peaceful and prosperous world," he paused and said with a smile, "He, Li Shimin, is the Emperor of the Ages!" ”

Feng Ziying applauded when she heard this.

Situ Pan nodded again and again: "Good boy! Waiting for me here. ”

Jia Cong said: "Things have come back again. Lord Wang, what matters is strength. Without strength, everything is empty. ”

Situ Pan sighed: "I already know what you mean, I'll think about it again." ”

Jia Cong nodded and said, "That's it, everything the student can say has been said." Does the prince know where there is a good doctor? ”

Situ Pan said: "Naturally, it's too hospital." ”

Jia Cong's eyes lit up: "Can I please go out of Beijing?" ”

Situ Pan smiled: "Why doesn't this king have such an idea? ”

Jia Cong was overjoyed and bowed to Situ Pan again and again: "Thank you, Lord Wang!" You're so nice! "Jia Cong, the bear child of the Red Mansion

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Chapter 195 of the text

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