Chapter 107: Huashan Returns

When the news came from Yuyang County, the northernmost county, Li Jun finally let go of a big stone in his heart, and this time the immigration was a good result.

Li Jun instructed Li Lin: "Li Qing, I want to trouble you to summarize the experience of this immigration for future use, and there are also shortcomings to write out." ”

"No, Your Majesty."

Li Jun suddenly found that he hadn't seen Sima Da today, so he asked, "Li Qing, what did Sima Da do again?" It's so unbelievable that I dare to be absent from work under my nose. ”

Li Lin replied with a smile: "Your Majesty forgot?" Yesterday, Sima Da had already asked you for leave, and you also approved it. ”

"Really?" Li Jun turned his gaze to He Shen.

He Shen immediately stood up and pleaded: "Your Majesty, last night you were happy, drank some wine, and rested early, Lord Sima did come, but the old slave didn't let him in." ”

"Hmph, did he say anything?" Li Jun snorted coldly.

He Shen replied: "He said that Huashan is back, and he will conspire to get drunk at night, and I am afraid that he will not be able to get up tomorrow morning." ”

Li Jun was even more furious after hearing this: "Huashan, this bastard didn't say a word to me when he came back, it's really unreasonable, He Shen, let's go, let's go to Sima's house now to catch these two bastards." ”

"No, Your Majesty, the old slave will go and prepare the car now." He Shen replied with a smile.

The two went straight to Sima Da's mansion, Sima Da deliberately set up his home in Anyuefang in the south corner of the city in order to show his integrity, so Li Jun walked for a long time to arrive, Li Jun got out of the carriage and scolded and said: "This bastard, I give him a lot of money every month, so I have to go to live in a place where this bird doesn't." ”

"Your Majesty, the old slave's former home is also here." He Shen said a little nostalgically.

Li Jun coughed and looked left and right, this is a slum, and then an old man came over and asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

"Uncle, I'm here to find Master Sima." Li Jun said with a pleasant face.

"Haha, what the noble man is talking about is that Sima Qiang donkey?" The old man asked with a smile.

Li Jun nodded and said, "Exactly, I don't know why my husband calls him that?" ”

"This guy was a historian before, he didn't have much money, and he was still a donkey temper, didn't he offend the first emperor and was arrested, the villagers were grateful for teaching his children to read for free, so when he was in prison, he took care of his parents, who knew that this guy didn't know what shit luck he had, and he was taken by His Majesty today, and he was suddenly developed, but he still had that temper, no one accepted the courtesy, and he didn't go to live in a big house, so the villagers gave him a nickname called Sima Qiang Donkey." The old man explained as he walked.

Li Jun sighed: "Alas, there are not many good officials like Sima Da now. ”

"Your nobleman's words are not right, as far as the old man knows, the newly appointed Jing Zhaoyin is a good official, help us clean up the streets, and actively arrest bandits, two years ago, our square is the most robbers, but also the dirtiest one, are almost unable to live in people, to the old man I said, there are many good officials in this world, I am afraid that there is no good emperor, like the first emperor, only know their own pleasure, who cares about the life and death of our ordinary people."

As he spoke, the two of them had already arrived at Sima's Mansion, and Li Jun arched his hand to the old man and said, "Uncle, the younger generations should be taught." ”

"Haha, it's better for you to talk to this offspring, you usually mumble to other offspring, it's annoying to the old man, it's rare to see a polite offspring like you." After saying that, the old man shook his head and left.

After the old man left, He Shen said to Li Jun: "The old slave lived here when he was a child, and I know this old man, this old man is a famous broken mouth in the workshop, and His Majesty doesn't have to care about his words." ”

"Oh, so were you neighbors with Sima Da before?" Li Jun asked.

He Shen hurriedly shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, before the old slave entered the palace, the Sima family had not moved in, and then the minister's family moved out, as if the Sima family had only come in at that time." ”

"Then where did the Sima family live before?" Li Jun continued to ask.

"Just next to Yuchun Tower, the old slave seems to have heard that Master Sima was obsessed with an Oiran in Yuchun Building when he was young, and later that Oiran was bought by a businessman, and it was because of this incident that the old man of the Sima family moved." He Shen explained with a smile.

"Haha, I can't imagine that the plain and boring Sima Da has such a past, it's really unseemly." Li Jun said with a laugh.

Li Jun's laughter attracted the servants of the Sima family, and a young boy poked his head out to watch, and before the boy could speak, Li Jun suddenly pulled the boy aside, and then broke in.

As soon as he arrived in the front hall, he heard a loud snoring, Li Jun opened them, and saw that Huashan and Sima Da were sleeping like dead pigs, and they were still disheveled, and the house was full of the smell of wine and stinky feet, Li Jun covered his nose and said, "He Shen, wake up these two bastards for me." ”

"No." He Shenyin said with a smile.

Soon He Shen brought a bucket of water over, and then splashed it on the bodies of the two, and immediately the two screamed again and again, and Hua Shan scolded: "Sima Da, you kid, didn't you just lose to me by drinking last night, as for such revenge?" ”

"Bull nose, what nonsense, don't you see that Lao Tzu is also covered in water." Sima Da scolded back.

At this time, Li Jun coughed and said, "Okay, don't fight, I asked you to sober up." ”

The two immediately saluted and said, "The ministers don't know that Your Majesty is coming, please forgive Your Majesty for your rudeness." ”

"Okay, this is not the place to talk, let's go to the study."

Sima Da immediately led Li Jun to the study, Sima Da opened the door of the study, and there was a smell of, Li Jun scolded angrily: "What's the situation? Sima Da, why are you still raising chickens in the study? ”

Sima Da said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, it was raised in the study. ”

Li Jun couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this answer, and finally the three of them went to the small pavilion in the garden to talk, Li Jun took a sip of Sima Da's tea and said with a smile: "Sima Da, your family is sloppy everywhere, I didn't expect this tea to taste good." ”

Sima Da replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is what Brother Huashan brought to me from Shuzhong. ”

Li Jun turned his gaze to Hua Shan and sneered: "Doctor Hua is really free, it will be half a year to go out, and he also went to Shuzhong, why don't you want to be your living immortal now, and you have time to run back?" ”

Hua Shan immediately shouted: "Your Majesty, this is a bad word, I obviously went out to understand the people's feelings for Your Majesty." ”

Li Jun snorted coldly: "Okay, then you can tell me what you have observed during this time, if you can't tell me why, I will make you look good." ”

Huashan seemed to have been prepared to open his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, the minister went deep into Zhongnan Mountain for thousands of miles this time, and later went to Shuzhong, do you know which is your most popular policy in the eyes of the people?" ”

Li Jun said thoughtfully: "It's never given." ”

Hua Shan shook his head and said, "No, Your Majesty, your most popular policy is the establishment of a martyr's monument. ”

"How could this be?" Li Jun asked puzzled.

Sima Da explained: "Your Majesty, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, I have been fighting every year, and the people are now happy without war, but many times the Tang Dynasty rewards the soldiers very little, so this has led to the contradictions of the people, on the one hand, the people are proud of the war, and on the other hand, the people feel that the price of going to the battlefield is too great." ”

Hua Shan nodded and said: "What Brother Sima said is very true, the minister once saw a young man in the deep mountains of Shuzhong, and the minister felt that this young man was very smart, so he stayed at his house for a period of time to teach him to read and write, and the minister asked him the night before he left, what kind of life do you want to live in the future?" Your Majesty, guess what he answered? ”

Li Jun said with a smile: "An ordinary young man in the mountains, no matter how smart he is, if he is not taught by a famous teacher, his knowledge is limited after all, I guess his future life is to farm well, collect more grain, and then marry a mother-in-law, have a bunch of children, and live this life honestly." ”

Hua Shan shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, you guessed right before, but the last one you guessed wrong, this young man doesn't want to live this life honestly, this young man wants to join the army after getting married and having children, and then die on the battlefield, Bo has a martyr's name, and he can also engrave his name on the monument in the future, so the minister will say that building a monument to the Tang Dynasty is His Majesty's most popular policy." ”

"If the people think so, that's the blessing of the Tang Dynasty." Li Jun sighed.

Hua Shan asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, is this a matter of understanding the people's feelings?" ”

Li Jun nodded and said, "Hmph, you passed the test this time." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Huashan's funny reply led everyone present to laugh.

At this moment, a little girl walked in and said in a milky voice, "Father, what are you doing?" It's so noisy early in the morning that people can't sleep. ”

Sima Da said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, this is a little girl, who has been spoiled by her father since she was a child. Then he said with a straight face: "Le'er, hurry up and say hello to Your Majesty." ”

When Sima Le heard his father's words, he suddenly fell asleep, looked Li Jun up and down, and said: "Le'er see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live." ”

Li Jun took off a piece of jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Sima Le and said, "Le'er, I came in a hurry today, you can accept this jade pendant, and it should be used as a greeting gift." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Sima Le said happily.

Sima Da frowned and said, "Your Majesty, is this gift too precious?" ”

Li Jun waved his hand and said: "It's okay, the child just likes it, by the way, I haven't come to see Lord Lingzun today, Sima Da, hurry up and take me there, Lingzun is the Taishi Ling of the Emperor's Ancestor Period, I have long wanted to ask for advice." ”

Sima Da shook his head with a wry smile, and then Sima Le replied: "Your Majesty, grandfather, he doesn't recognize anyone, and he doesn't even know Le'er anymore." ”

When Li Jun heard this, he turned his gaze to Sima Da, who smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, my father hasn't known anyone since the beginning of this year, and I also asked Brother Huashan to see it, but there is no good way." ”

Li Jun sighed: "The old ministers are all old, and now the teachers are the same, I don't know if it's right or wrong to let him be the prime minister now?" ”