The dinner party was buried by a slightly sarcastic poem by Lu Zifei, and the later eating session also lost its fun, when Ouyang Xiu announced the end, Wen Weishen and Xia Bosun, who had lost face, said goodbye and left, giving people a feeling of being anticlimactic, but they didn't know that in the capital, there were really no candidates who didn't give them face.

Ouyang Xiu said with some schadenfreude: "Boy, you are offending them to death!" Wen Shangshu is the chief examiner of this year's autumn school, and if he is determined not to let you pass the exam, there will always be a way. ”

Lu Zifei said confidently: "It's not fun for adults to intervene in the struggle between children, Wen Shangshu is busy all day and can't touch the ground, so he has time to take care of these trivial things, if others know that he took this matter to me, it will damage his reputation, and I don't think Wen Shangshu will do it if he picks up sesame seeds and loses watermelon." ”

Ouyang Xiu said: "It's good that you have a sense of proportion, the reform and change of the law is in full swing, you don't participate in it, this is a good opportunity that will be famous for eternity, and you may not be able to encounter such a time in your life." ”

"I've told you everything, I'm too small, and it's my duty to help if I can, and I can't do anything beyond my ability."

Ouyang Xiu stared at him for a few seconds and said: "I see that everything you did when you came back from the northwest was to prepare for something, why did someone take the lead for you, you are still afraid, you can't have both fish and bear's paws, you should understand this truth!" ”

Lu Zifei said: "How much of a role can I play as a small person, I can't make a ripple, let alone waves, what I want most at the moment is to win the exam, and the others have to make way for the exam." ”

Ouyang Xiu said: "I found that you are a combination of contradictions, saying that you are cowardly and afraid of things, you can fight to the end with the children of the Wen and Xia families, say that you are bold!" When things happen, you back down, which is not like what you did in the previous two years. ”

Lu Zifei didn't talk to Ouyang Xiu for a long time, he must know better than anyone what happened to him, the Qingli reform in history was a failure, but many things have also changed because of his arrival, and it was his own preconceived idea that denied the success of the Qingli reform, so he didn't want to get involved.

On the way home, he didn't let people follow, walking alone in the bustling Kaifeng City, the autumn is approaching, the streets are becoming more and more lively, people from all walks of life want to make a little more money during this time, bustling, all for profit.

Lu Zifei's mind returned to the beginning, what did the Great Song Dynasty need most, what did he need to change, and would the "Jingkang Shame" come again in the near future because of himself? Will the years of Zhao Zhen's reign be the last glory of the Northern Song Dynasty.

At the beginning, the first thing I thought of was the Northern Expedition, taking back the sixteen states of Yanyun, and paying attention to the formation of 50,000 Northwest Army for the Cao family, and now I find that the Northwest is peaceful, and there will be no war in 20 years, so is the 50,000 Northwest Army also wasted.

The Liao people saw that there was no hope of going south, and the nobles began to share the fun, Yelu Zong really wanted to start a war just to let the Liao people see the potential crisis, but the nobles who had enjoyed themselves for many years were no longer the courage of the past, and Yelu Zong was really alone.

Li Yuanhao is even more stubborn, with no one in his eyes, satisfied with the status quo, not thinking of making progress, guarding his own one-third of an acre and not wanting to move, and years of war have made the tribe tired of war.

The founding emperor of the Jin Dynasty, Wanyan Aguta, who started the shame of Jingkang, should still be a baby now, and Genghis Khan's father was not yet formed in his grandfather's womb, and the war seemed to be far away from him.

The external pressure has all disappeared invisibly, and the problem of the Great Song Dynasty is internal, and the first tangled problem has appeared, land annexation, where is the root of this problem, in the policy set by Emperor Taizu at the beginning, the heroes do not give power, give you land, money, on the issue of land annexation, Taizu has a supportive attitude and ideas.

There is a lot of grain in the south, there is no grain to eat in the north, and the three crops of rice and corn introduced by themselves are still in the initial stage, and it is impossible to solve the problem at once.

After figuring out his future path, Lu Zifei's steps on the street were much lighter, and he shouted behind him, and several guards didn't know where they came out, looking at their sons stupidly.

"You didn't eat at Ouyang Shangshu's house, okay! It was also my first time visiting the night market in Beijing, and we went to eat something together, and it felt very good to smell the smell. ”

After eating a bowl of chaos, a meat clip full of donkey meat burned, I went home satisfied, Bianjing! I hope it will always be crowded, and the faces of the people here will always have the color of hope.

Back at home, if someone hadn't led the way, Lu Zifei would have almost found Lu by himself, it seems that it's not a good thing for this family to be big, Banxia served him to take a bath, Lu Zifei went to ask his parents to say goodbye, and came back from the palace and said a few words hastily, and his parents' worries were on their faces.

"Brother, why did you come back so quickly when you went to Mr.'s house, I heard that there were many people tonight." Lu Ziyun hugged his nephew and said.

Jun Xiang saw his father kicking two little short legs and shouting for his father to hug him, Xue Ning was jealous and said: "You haven't seen you for ten days and half a month, why do you remember so much, I hold you all day long, and I don't see you so rare." ”

What does Jun Xiang care about you? smirked at his father, saliva flowed on his clothes, Lu Zifei hugged him and wiped his mouth and said to his younger brother, "Are you on vacation today?" I can't see you for a day when I go to the capital, why don't I check your homework later? ”

Lu Ziyun hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Big brother, you don't have to worry about this little thing about your little brother every day, you just need to care more about your father and mother, or you can care about the weak and Junxiang, I have grown up." ”

The family sat together and chatted, and Lu Zifei said: "Father, tomorrow we will go to find some tenants, and I want to plant grain in the spring of next year for the thousands of acres of land we bought, and it will be cold this day. ”

Lu Li knew that his son Qiu Yan was about to happen, and he still had to worry about these things, so he agreed without much thought, Xue Ning interjected and said: "Xiao Fei, this is in the capital, you asked that girl out for me to meet, I always feel that I owe something, you say no." ”

Lu Zifei's head is big again, why is it talking about getting married again, which still doesn't let people live, "Mother, I'm only twenty this year, and you're in a hurry to hold your grandson, isn't this there now?" ”

"I can't hold a few more! Look at those people who are the same age as you, they don't have several sons, I'm embarrassed to go out to see people, do you think twenty is still young? After the New Year, it will be twenty-one soon. ”

In the matter of marriage, you'd better not get entangled more, you can't say a mother even if you have a thousand mouths, he can debate with you for a day and a night and still refute you speechless, in line with the idea that more is better than less, Lu Zifei surrendered.

At night, Lu Ziyun slept on the same bed with his long-lost eldest brother, telling his brother about the strange things in the capital, the concubine of the big official stole people again, and whose son-in-law was in the limelight again, and finally begged Lu Zifei to get him a few more little Tibetan mastiffs, and his one had to die of illness, and he was sad for a long time.

The next morning, Li Lin appeared on time at the table at breakfast time like an alarm clock, and after eating, several people walked to the field outside the city together, weak and Jun Xiang were still as happy as ever.

Li Lin said: "Huailiang is going to come over in a while, he heard that we are buying land here, and asked my old man for money, shouting to buy a piece of land next to us, a person who can't tell the difference between wheat and leeks I don't know what to do when buying land." ”

Lu Zifei said: "I remember that the land near there has been bought by us, and there is no place for him to buy it!" If you want to buy near Gyeonggi, others may not sell it to you! ”

Li Lin said: "The Gao family has always been inconspicuous, that is because of Huailiang's autism, now that he is well, a piece of land is nothing, he has been operating in the capital for several generations, only they don't want to, they can't get it without them." ”

Lu Zifei said: "Speaking of which, the Gao family has not fallen out of favor, there is a holy family, do you think the Shi family still has that strength?" ”

Li Lin held his head in both hands and said indifferently: "Let's talk about it when he buys it!" Let me make it clear to you first, you have to plant the land of me and Fengzi, ask for people, ask for money, and toss whatever you want. ”

"I don't want you to plant, I want to plant this land as a benchmark, let the world know that grain can still be grown like this, at this time there are more people in the farm, find more people, I have to do some preparations."

Li Lin looked at Lu Zifei in surprise and said, "Xiucai, seeing that you are doing a lot of work like this, you want to farm and take the top prize in Laoshizi." ”

Lu Zifei said: "I can't see the situation clearly for the time being, but farming is a very important thing now, don't run to the Qinglou if you have nothing to do, study and study farming, this is also a science." ”

"I don't need to understand, you just need to understand."

What else does this say, as the saying goes, 'all roads lead to Rome' Li Lin was born in Rome, there is no comparison, Xu Da has already commanded some people to start leveling the ground, and when he saw Lu Zifei coming, Xu Da said: "Master of the family, how do you want to plant this land!" ”

Lu Zifei said: "Thousands of acres of land is not a small amount, you must have a number of people in your heart, next year to plant 500 acres of sweet potatoes, leave 200 acres to plant vegetables, and the rest of the corn, now you will let people dig wells and repair canals, and the greenhouses in winter should also be put on the agenda, sweet potato seedlings, I will hand over this land to you." ”

Xu Da patted his chest and said, "As long as the manpower and livestock can keep up, the head of the family has no problem planting whatever you want." ”

"The cows and mules will be in place in a few days, how many people do you want to find Li Lin, and plant these fields with snacks." Even if I don't participate in the reform of the law, I can use the land to make things move in the direction I expected.