Confucius Temple, Kuiwen Pavilion.

Kuiwen Pavilion is the library of Confucius Temple. Kui Xing is one of the 28 constellations, the main article, the ancients compared Confucius to the Kui Star in the sky, so it is named "Kui Wen Ge".

There are two stone tablets under the front porch of the pavilion, the east is "Kuiwen Pavilion Fu", which is written by Li Dongyang, and written by the famous calligrapher Qiao Zong; The west is the "Kuiwen Pavilion Reset Book Record", which records the situation of Emperor Chu asking the Ministry of Rites to rebuild the library of books.

Wang Xiao and Tang Qianqian held hands and walked around the rows of bookshelves, feeling like visiting a library.

Tang Qianqian was quite interested in these ancient books, and took a copy of "Dongguan Hanji Proofreading" in his hand, adding a bookish atmosphere.

Outside, Huazhi came to protect them today, and after standing under the porch for a while, he finally got angry and shouted inside: "Just go shopping, why stay in this place all the time?" ”

She had the heart to go in and see what the two of them were doing, but when she saw so many books, she felt that her head was big, so she still stood outside, and shouted: "There are so many properties and fields that have not been counted, and so many treasures have not been read, why are you running to see these......"

"Stupid girl." Tang Qianqian scolded her and said, "Wait outside." ”

"What are you waiting for, what the hell are you doing?" Hanade shouted, "I'm telling you, that's too much in there......"

There was a soft thud, and the door opened. Tang Qianqian stared at Hua Zhi with an angry expression. Scared her back several steps.

"I ...... I'll just talk about it casually. ”

"Take it." Tang Qianqian handed over a long wooden box.

"What is this?"

"Qingming Riverside Map."

Hua Zhi didn't understand what the Qingming Riverside Map was, so he took the wooden box and hugged it in his arms.

Wang smiled, shook his head, and led Tang Qianqian out.

"How do you know that "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" is here?"

"I don't know, just try to find out." Tang Qianqian said: "It is said that Yan Weizhong, the first generation of power ministers, wanted this painting, and sent the governor of Jimen, Wang Confession, to kill the member who collected this painting, and killed Wang Confession on the charge of 'losing the opportunity to govern the army'. Later, Yan Weizhong was convicted of raiding his home, and "Qingming Riverside Map" was searched from his son Yan Donglou's home and was included in the palace...... Has Xiaolang ever seen this painting in the palace? ”

"How have you ever seen it, the palace is not my home." Wang Xiao replied casually.

"The palace is now my home." Tang Qianqian smiled and said: "There are also some people in the righteous army who can distinguish ancient paintings, named Gao Xingsheng, after his father-in-law got the volume of "Qingming Riverside Map" in the palace, he asked him to identify it, but it is a fake. ”

"Huh?"

"Expected? Yan Donglou was called a ghost at that time? Knowing that his house is going to be raided, it is not difficult to leave some arrangements. Does Xiao Lang know the wife of Kong Shangxian, the former generation of Yan Shenggong? It is the granddaughter of Yan Weizhong and the eldest daughter of Yan Donglou. ”

"Kong Shangxian is not a good person? Yan Weizhong scolded him like this when he was in power. As a result, once the Yan family was convicted, he let the old man sit on the cold bench. Wang Xiao smiled lightly? Thinking of the Kong family's 'old stool', he shook his head.

He asked again: "So you think the "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" will be here?" ”

"Huh? Guessed. Tang Qianqian waved the book in her hand? Said: "What I find, belongs to me." ”

"You will be yours." Wang Xiao put his finger on her forehead and said with a smile: "This can be found by you, how wise it is almost a demon." ”

Tang Qianqian looked quite happy? Said: "What do you say? Actually, you don't think I'm good, do you? Other men are jealous of me and afraid of me, but you treat me with a normal heart......"

Huazhi listened behind them, pursed her lips, and thought to herself, how tired it is.

- But is the river map in this wooden box valuable?

~~

"Of course it's worth a lot!" Wang Jue's whole body jumped up.

It's been three days since he followed Wu Pei to Qufu? Responsible for the inventory and registration of the Confucian family's rare antiques, celebrity calligraphy and paintings.

At this time, Huazhi came running to him with a wooden box and asked, "Hey, boy?" Let me ask you, is the Qingming Shanghe map worth the money? ”

Fortunately, in the past two days, he counted countless good things in the Kong family? The horizon is completely different.

After a word came out, he stretched out his hand? Said to Huazhi: "Quick? Make a book for me. ”

"Take what? This is Your Highness. ”

"Won't it?"

"Wang Xiao has agreed."

Wang Jue blinked, suddenly shook his head, and said, "Although the Shanghe map is good, there are too many valuable things in the Kong family. It's just average in comparison. Sister Huazhi, look at this large square mirror, the carving on this gold frame is lifelike. This mirror is more valuable than a painting. ”

"Shut up, I'll ask you, how much is this painting worth?"

"It's like this mirror...... Eh, Sister Huazhi, don't go, or you can show me the painting. ”

Wang Jue saw that Huazhi was walking fast, and hurriedly chased after him, only to turn the corridor, and with a bang, he hit a person and fell to the ground.

When he looked up, it was Wang Zhen.

"Ah, big brother." Wang Jue was overjoyed, got up, pulled Wang Zhen and said, "Big brother, come and see, this Kong family is too damn ...... No, there are so many collections, I really feel like a dream. Su Dongpo's "Huangzhou Cold Food Poems" is actually here, this is a cold food post! There is also Huang Tingjian's "Songfeng Pavilion Poems", you can take a look, they are all genuine...... That ...... The river map was taken away......"

He was babbling in his mouth, and suddenly felt that the atmosphere was wrong, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that Wang Zhen's face was gloomy and very scary.

Wang Jue still rarely saw Brother Lobby so angry, so he was so frightened that he let out a "uh" sound, and suddenly didn't dare to make a sound.

"What about Wang Xiaoren?" Wang Zhen asked.

"He, he, he...... I don't know. Wang Jue was frightened and muttered, "Big brother, this is ...... I don't know, when I came to Qufu, that Yan Shenggong had already been killed by Brother Xiao'er, and I didn't know it at all. ”

"Take me to Wang Xiao......"

~~

Wang Xiao and Tang Qianqian returned to the Guangou Hall. Tang Qianqian picked up the letter from Texas again.

Wang Xiao patted her hand and said: "You don't have to worry, if the situation is really urgent, the Rui Dynasty should also send someone to ask me to send troops to fight together, but there is no news at the moment, which means that it is not serious." After all, although Tang Festival was defeated, there is still your father-in-law in the capital. I have already asked the Qinshanhe troops on Phi Island to lead troops to intrude on the rear of Jiannu. ”

"I understand. It's just that you should also understand the matter of Qufu as soon as possible. ”

"Count the time, Mr. Fu and Xuan Ce should also come." Wang said with a smile, "Give the inventory to the second brother and Wang Jue, and hand over the field to Wu Pei and Mr. Fu, as soon as the big obstacle is solved, we can go back to Jinan." ”

Tang Qianqian had a tacit understanding with him, and said with a slight smile when she heard this: "Quickly cut the mess? ”

"In this situation, we don't have the time to spend ...... with them one by one"

At this point, a guard outside the door said: "Guogong ......"

Then the door was pushed open.

Wang Xiao turned his head to look, Wang Zhen and Wang Zhu walked in with calm faces, and there were a large group of people standing outside, including Fu Qingzhu, Qian Chengyun, and Qin Xuance, and they also saw the descendants of the Zuo family, presumably Zuo Jinglun also came.

"Hmm, say Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived." Wang Xiao smiled a little bitterly.

Tang Qianqian, who was dressed in an official uniform, pretended to bow and said, "Guogong, the official retires." ”

She smiled narrowly, a little excited, picked up a box of account books and walked out of the hall, not forgetting to close the door.

Wang Xiao was a little helpless.

It seems that his eldest brother is here to ask for guilt.

"Big brother, Sage Kong is Sage Kong, and Sage Kong Yinzhi is Sage Kong. I didn't kill Sage Kong, why are you calm......"

Wang Zhen shook his head and said, "Dad is sick, and he is angry with you." ”

"Huh?" Wang Xiao was quite puzzled, and said with a smile: "Dad can't still have a friendship with Kong Yinzhi?" ”

Wang Zhen's face was uncertain, but he still said according to his temperament: "Although our Wang family is rich, we have been businessmen for generations, and we are not a family, do you know why?" Just because I couldn't get out of a jinshi. ”

Wang Xiao thought to himself, in this way, this is your fault eldest brother, how can you say that my father is angry with me?

When Wang Zhen said this, he sighed and said: "In the past two years, you have been a princess, a marquis, and a duke, and gradually held heavy power. But do you still remember that it took my father a full fifty years to make the Wang family among the scholars. Yes, he has worked hard for 50 years, and it is not worth two years of your work. What he hopes for is that the world can afford the royal family. But what have you done now? You ran to kill the saint portal! Now because of you, the Wang family has been nailed as a vulgar and despicable gateway by the world's corporal clan, and his life's hard work has been ruined! Also, the news has been hyped up by people with hearts, all the Shandong scholars are scolding you, and everyone in the world is scolding you. They didn't dare to scold you in front of you, so they surrounded the Wang family and scolded their father. Do you think those reading people's harsh words can stand it? ”

"What if you don't have a 'scholar'?" The king smiled and said, "One day, the clan of the world will surely perish. ”

"I don't care if the warriors die out or not, you did something wrong this time!"

Wang Zhen said, pinched her forehead, and sighed: "Xiao'er, don't you think that the eldest brother doesn't let you touch the Kong family because of pedantic." You don't know how many connections the Kong family has at all. For more than 200 years since the founding of the country, there have been countless important ministers who have married with the Confucian family. Let me tell you, even under your command, Dong Jihe's former teacher Li Yuanqing, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, is the son-in-law of the Confucian Mansion and Zuo Jinglun's father, who also married the Confucian family...... Not to mention other families in Shandong. You proposed to divide the field, and you killed Kong Yinzhi. This move is tantamount to declaring war on the world's families and literati. You don't think that the wind is calm now, I tell you, literati kill people and sharpen them with slow knives. ”

"Big Brother ......"

"For such an important matter, you actually did it without consulting me!" The more Wang Zhen spoke, the more angry she became, and interrupted: "You think I'm a pedantic literati, but have you considered the stakes clearly?!" ”

"I just know the stakes and know that my eldest brother will stop me, so I won't discuss it with you." The king laughed, "Otherwise? How can this impasse be broken? The fields, grain, and money are all in the hands of the big family, and the family and country are poor and weak, and the people are poor and weak! These big families do not pay food or taxes, like appendage gangrene sucking up the flesh and blood of the world. The weaker the nation and the people, the stronger they are. And then what? Because they're strong, we don't touch it? Or wait until the rogue and the alien come and let them turn around and surrender. The Chu Dynasty is not without capable people, and these problems are not that no one can see clearly. It's because there is no thunder means that this knot cannot be cured! ”

"Why cure?"

Wang Zhu, who was standing on the side, said lightly: "Kill half and win over half." Over the years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have killed many people, and there are many ownerless fields in the world. When the war subsides in a few years and there are fewer people and more land, these problems will naturally be solved. ”

He glanced at Wang Xiao and sneered: "It is smarter to win over the Kong family and the Shandong clan." You don't consult with us, you insist on going your own way, and you choose the stupidest thing to do, you know? ”

Wang Xiao sighed and said, "I know what the second brother said is a more labor-saving approach. It's less effortless, but not efficient enough. ”

His tone became solemn, and he said: "In this way, the two brothers will do it, Tang Zhongyuan will also, Zheng Yuanhua will also, and even Dolgon will do it." We enlist these clans to support us. It will soon be able to stabilize the situation in Shandong...... However, productivity is too low. The people who farm are all tenants, who are willing to work hard to farm for others, and the grain produced throughout the year is not enough to feed and clothe? If the military family loses their land, who wants to protect their family and country? Changed to recruitment, the court can't collect taxes, where does the money come from? Yes, we can grind with them little by little, squeeze a little bit, the so-called hard work? But we are the smallest and the weakest. With such productivity, it is no longer possible to catch up with them, and sooner or later it can only perish.

There are many ways to increase productivity. For example, technology, such as higher-yielding crops. But this is far water, and there is no effect without ten years of work. The fastest and most effective way is to solve the problem at the root. It's like curing a disease, treating the root cause, not the symptoms......"

"You can't do it!" Wang Zhu said.

He sneered, raised his hand and pointed at Wang Xiao, and said, "I'll tell you why you can't do it." Because all the people of the world are stupid. They are blind, cowardly, and short-sighted, and they will not be able to hold on to the fields you have won for them. The imperial court will never be able to directly manage millions or tens of millions of people. Do you think they will work hard when they have a field?

I'm telling you, as soon as the decree is loosened, they will slack off, and you don't know how lazy they can be. And it is these scholars who you regard as 'appendage bones' who can squeeze out their hard-earned money through exploitation. Let's put it this way, the family can get ninety percent from them, and as long as we win the support of three percent of them, we can achieve great things. And not to offend the light directly like you! ”

"Second brother, you are biased." Wang Xiao smiled lightly and said slowly: "I know how many miracles the people in the fields can create, I have seen them. ”

"Heh, you've seen it in your dreams." Wang Zhu sneered.

Wang Zhen shook her head, feeling disagreed with the concepts of the two younger brothers, and sighed: "Second brother, you are too extreme. Third brother, you are too anxious, you want to change the current crux of the problem, you should slowly figure it out......"

"Big brother, you don't have to talk about me." Wang Zhu said lightly: "All in all, this kid did something wrong this time." ”

Wang smiled: "I have my own measure, and I am too lazy to argue with the two brothers about right and wrong." ”

"You don't fight with us. But I might as well tell you that this matter is not only us, but also King Qi, Qin Shanhai, Zuo Jinglun, Fu Qingzhu, Dong Jihe...... Everybody thinks you shouldn't do that. ”

"So what?" Wang Xiao spread his hands and said, "Kong Yinzhi has been killed by me." You have the ability to revive him. ”

“……”

"You're running around in a rage, what do you want? Well, Kong Yinzhi's coffin is placed in the lobby, you go and save it. ”

“……”

"The matter has been done, and it is useless for the two brothers to be angry. It's just in time, help me divide the Kong family's fields. The descendants of the saints should also learn to support themselves. ”

“……”