Because he was thinking about the problem, Jiang Tian couldn't hear the girl's words at the first time, and he didn't realize it until the people came to him. However, it was only a little cold, and Hongyun seemed to notice that Jiang Tian was a little distracted just now, so he continued quietly: "Hongyun has heard of Mr. Hongyun's name for a long time, but it's a pity that he hasn't had the opportunity to see him, and he will definitely bother him today, and please don't hesitate to give advice." ”

At this time, Jiang Tian finally figured out the situation, and after a careful glance, he found that although the girls who were found were also good-looking, they were naturally inferior to the beauties in the family. Only this red cloud seems to be a spring girl next door, and she has a clever and lovely appearance, and depending on your meaning, this red girl in charge naturally wants to accompany herself.

"Where did the Red Cloud girl say, it was fate to meet each other, so how dare you not give it up."

Today is a group of officials eating flowers and wine, so the girls who are looking for a natural way to say what to say and what not to say, generally speaking, this group of old men are obviously a stealing cat, but they also have to pay attention to an elegant artistic conception, and the girls also speak in a crepe as if they want to meet friends with literature. So at the beginning, Hongyun said that he admired Jiang Tian's name or something, which was also a routine opening. The next thing is nothing more than talking about Fengyue and poetry, and then after three rounds of drinking, you will find a room to do errands, as for whether you are in full shape or still holding your identity, then no one can see it. But today's situation is different, although this group of people are also officials, but unlike those civil officials who were born in the imperial examination, they have made a name for themselves even if they have been famous before, but they have been marching and fighting for so many years, and they have long been trained like soldiers and have no face and no skin, so on the contrary, those girls were a little uncertain at first, why are these officials and masters not much different from the martial artists today? When Jiang Tian saw this situation, the stone in his heart fell slightly, he was afraid that these people would also chant poems and answer correctly, or an allusion to everyone's riddles, and when the time came, with his half-bottle of vinegar Chinese culture skills, it would be really embarrassing to lose face to his grandmother's house. But he didn't know that these people had already made a calculation, not that they didn't want to be vassal, but that the scene of Jiang Tian and the emperor in the Golden Palace was still in front of him. Originally, those Confucian scholars who thought that he didn't learn and didn't know how to do it were still real people and didn't show their faces, so these guys who got more to cut people than they did to write naturally didn't dare to get axes.

After a few words, the red cloud saw that Jiang Tian was always absent-minded, so he hurriedly mentioned: "Sir, today's wine and food are current, why don't you play a song for the adults?" ”

Jiang Tian didn't answer yet, but these people around him applauded one by one, and while they were taking advantage of the piano, someone gossiped and said: "At the beginning of the draft above the Golden Palace, this Hongyun girl can be regarded as a five-level and six generals, but that exquisite girl has superior skills, and she has to be taught by Master Jiang to compose music, and finally beat Qunfang to win the first place." Since then, the red cloud has not been played in front of people, and it seems that we have heard it again today. ”

Before he finished speaking, someone said: "This is still thanks to Lord Jiang, otherwise how can we ordinary people have the opportunity to listen......

Listening to these flatteries, Jiang Tian's doubts in his heart would only increase. Even if these people are not outstanding in battle, but at least they are also highly accomplished, especially in the army, it is also a place to look at military merits by qualifications. Is it just because of his relatively high official position? Or is it related to King Ji who appeared inexplicably? He was thinking about it, Hongyun had already brought a zither over there, and the room that was still noisy suddenly became a lot quieter, regardless of whether he understood it or not, how could he give the beauty a face, so at this moment it was really a bit of a literati. The red cloud girl over there looked at Jiang Tian and smiled slightly, and played it lightly without speaking, a few notes came, Jiang Tian knew that the other party was prepared, because this was the pipa song "Bright Moon Night" that he taught Linglong to them, this song was originally cold and concise, just suitable for three or five friends to enjoy the moon quietly, and it was originally inconsistent with today's atmosphere. But after she switched to playing the guzheng, she added some variations, and the tune was much more cheerful, which sounded more in line with the current atmosphere, which showed that she was not only familiar with the song, but even could change the tune at will to suit the atmosphere, and there was no need for advice.

After the song was played, everyone applauded, don't say that this beauty is pleasing to the eye to play, this piece alone also has its own flavor in the simplicity, even if you don't know anything about the rhythm will not feel obscure, on the contrary, there is a feeling of lingering sound. After playing, Hongyun Shi Shiran walked back to Jiang Tian's side, and his flattering appearance was revealed again, and he casually picked up a wine glass and raised it in front of Jiang Tian's eyes: "My lord, do you think this song of the slave maid is still in your ears?" ”

Jiang Tian reluctantly took the wine glass and took a sip gently, and squeezed out a little smile: "Girl Lan Xinhui." can be self-taught without a teacher, the official is so impressed! ”

Hearing him say this, although it was obviously perfunctory, Hongyun still looked flattered, and quickly lowered his head to look ashamed, but took this opportunity to quietly put his hands on Jiang Tian's thighs. At this time, everyone was even more commotioned, and some people even shouted out the words of asking Jiang Tian to redeem Hongyun. Jiang Tian is surprisingly calm about this, because of the relationship between the quiet sisters this year, he is no longer a love novice, and he will definitely not be like some junior brothers who can't walk when they see beautiful women, and he is also secretly vigilant in his heart, there is always a group of people waiting outside his yard to plagiarize the score, which has almost become a well-known secret in Beijing, there is no concept of copyright in these years, even if it is plagiarized, it is not a big deal, so he has not stopped this behavior, but he learned from Liu Baokai, Although there are many people in Sijiu City who want to learn new tunes, there is no one who can play Linglong's level at present, this is because the modern music of the 21st century is not compatible with many techniques in ancient China, whether it is the performance habit or the style of the tune, it is a thing that is incompatible, and the use of harmony by the people is even rarer. As for this "Bright Moon Night", which has only been played on a very small number of occasions, and has not had a chance to be heard by outsiders, how did she get the complete score? Although this Hongyun has first-class skills, just looking at the playing of the guzheng is by no means exquisite, but without her own teacher to guide her, how did she master the essence of modern music proficiently? And can you also integrate and play the pipa music with the guzheng enthusiastically? Unless she is an unborn master of performance, but then she can only adapt and create a zào after listening to the original work! Besides, if he was really proficient in music and rhythm, why didn't he show his talent when he performed in the original Golden Palace? So Jiang Tian's paranoia of being killed flared up again, and he instinctively listed Hongyun as a dangerous object, and preliminarily judged that it might be a beauty trick cast by some enemies hiding in the shadows.

As for the girl who pretended to be shy, she didn't know that Jiang Tian was positioning herself so in her heart at this time, her cheeks were crimson, it seemed that she was being ridiculed by everyone, or it could be caused by her lack of alcohol, in short, a shy beautiful girl peeked at the young official next to her from time to time, as if waiting for the other party's answer. Jiang Tian's mind was fast, he knew that his house was already messy enough, and he couldn't take another one back. Although he is the head of the family, it is up to him to decide how many women he takes home, but if he doesn't want to see a group of women intriguing there every day, it's best not to provoke this flower butterfly.

When he was hesitating and didn't know how to perfunctory, a loud voice suddenly came in from the door: "Yo he, it's lively enough, you guys are too boring, you don't even look for me when you drink flower wine!" ”

Jiang Tian was very familiar with this voice when he heard it, and everyone was also attracted to him, but when he saw the person who came in, Jiang Tian almost didn't make a sound, so he responded to him first: "If you don't want to smell it, it seems that you will save the time to invite it next time!" ”

The person who came was not an outsider, it was the famous pervert Liu Baokai, I saw this kid greeting these officials with a big grin, as if he was very familiar with them, and then without thinking about it, he walked to Jiang Tian and found a chair and sat down: "It's not right for Mr. to say that, you are Mr. in class, and outside this class is my brother Liu, we still need to place an invitation when we come out for a drink...... Why don't you quickly introduce who this beauty is next to you? ”

With this self-cooked mix, Jiang Tian naturally withdrew from the embarrassment just now, on the surface, he seemed to be much more relaxed than at the beginning, and laughed with Hongyun from time to time, it seemed that he was no longer so restrained because of an acquaintance. But those who really have a heart can find that since Liu Baokai appeared, a lively circle with his little grandfather as the core has been formed at the wine table, Jiang Tian has been marginalized, and as soon as everyone's attention is shifted, no one cares whether he will redeem Hongyun.

After laughing for a while, someone suddenly turned the topic and talked about next year's Enke, to say that even if these people have made a name for themselves before joining the army, most of them are showmen, and there are very few people who hold the title of lifter, not to mention the Jinshi who is from a genuine background, so when it comes to scientific research, it is naturally different from those officials under the civil official system, but they have a grudge against themselves for not being able to be named on the gold list, and naturally there is nothing good to say about the previous scientific examination. But they are more concerned about what the rules of the court are in the future, even if they are already in the system, there will be someone in the clan who will be an official in the future, and they can't fail the old scientific examination, and the new one still can't pass the exam, so as soon as this is mentioned, everyone naturally focused their attention on Jiang Tian. Jiang Tian, who was still a little relaxed, became nervous now, wondering if these guys were playing the idea of their own qualifications, who let him still hold the title of deputy examiner, and even in the newly learned course, he had the final say, and even the sub-word was saved.

"Well...... this" Jiang Tian pondered for a moment and then smiled slightly: "You can rest assured, as long as you learn according to the textbooks issued by the imperial court, you will definitely not be embarrassed by talents from all walks of life, and everyone also knows that during the Hongwu period, it was only a good future to raise people in the examination, but in the Chongzhen period, there are also many people who have nowhere to go for the two Jinshi backgrounds. ”

As soon as he explained this, many people breathed a sigh of relief, what he said was very reasonable, from ancient times to the present, there are more people who have studied for a long time, and the natural admission rate will be reduced accordingly, and there is even a situation in the Song Dynasty where literati go to the martial arts championship and squeeze into the civil service first, so at present, there is no need for these people to worry about their children being too uncompetitive, Jiang Tian said that as long as they are loyal and patriotic, there are still these people in the world who are more users of the Zhang Dynasty? But since this issue has already been mentioned, it is natural that someone will follow the conversation.

"Then I don't know what Lord Jiang thinks of the changes in the imperial court, we have all been rewarded by the emperor's favor, but if the more fields, the greater the cost, how should we deal with these lands?"

Jiang Tian knew that tonight's main topic had finally appeared, so he didn't believe that these people would suddenly want to engage in any kind of friendship with him, and they must have to approach him for some purpose, so at least Jiang Tian would explain the reform policy, which would be more convincing and authoritative, and the topic that was originally interrupted and covered up by Liu Baokai would still be turned to the table.

"Actually, you adults don't have to worry about this, the land tax set by Your Majesty is not high, and the reason why some people are dissatisfied is because these people did not pay taxes at all in the previous dynasty." Jiang Tian took a sip of the wine glass and said: "But think about it, in the education of this saint, there is only a few words that mention that scholars do not need to serve and do not pay taxes?" The use of the country is from the tax, these people sit on thousands of acres of fertile land but do not talk about the slightest kindness to the country and the king. If you copy the old example of the previous Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid that these adults here for more than ten years have thousands of acres of fertile land and thousands of mansions, right? When the time comes, you will say how to deal with your majesty, so thinking about the lessons of the previous dynasty, it is not a matter of caring for you to put forward this policy, so as not to let some people fish in troubled waters! ”

Hearing his explanation, everyone's hearts were tight, who dared to say that he didn't plan to return to his hometown to be a big landlord back then, so he followed Zhang Tao out to fight Tartars. And some people must have annexed a lot of land in their hometown, according to the meaning of Jiang Tian's words, it seems that if you want to keep your black yarn hat or even keep the head of Xiang Shang, it is best to stop fighting the idea of land in a proper manner. For people who only have "thousands of miles of officials just for money" in their minds, it is tantamount to a bolt from the blue.

Jiang Tian also saw their loss, so he continued with a smile: "Everyone seems to have only seen the agricultural tax, why didn't anyone ask me about the commercial tax?" Since the customs tariff has been set in the draft, the opening of the sea to the sea is not far away, even if no one of you is willing to sail and rock, but you can still hire people to go to sea, I heard that last year only since the opening of the sea ban at Dagukou, the tariff will be more than 50,000 taels, little grandfather, you say yes? ”

Liu Baokai knew what Jiang Tian wanted to say as soon as he heard it, so he hurriedly put on a distressed look: "Alas...... It's still too little, listening to the accounts reported by my old house, if it weren't for the fact that many of those foreigners didn't know that there was a seaport just a stone's throw away from Gyeonggi, this number would have doubled several times, and I heard that the ports of Quanzhou and Guangzhou could provide no less than hundreds of thousands of taels of tax and silver for the imperial court every year. Moreover, since the abolition of the river yamen, the goods from the north and south rely on shipping, and many of my family's southern goods are landed from Dagukou, which saves a lot of silver compared to the previous canal or official road! ”

In fact, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all knew that the rice transported by the Southern Liberation Army was transported by sea, and after the expulsion of the Tartars, the rapid resumption of circulation of goods from the north and south also depended on the rise of maritime merchants, but the idea of making a fortune by being a landlord was still deeply rooted, and although some people also instructed their families to do some small business, the inertia of thinking made them not set their sights on the ocean for a short time. Historically, the aristocrats of Europe have become more and more difficult to provide a luxurious life because of cultural development and the production of the territory, and they have also walked this road of investment in ocean trade and exploration, and it is precisely because those merchant ships have more or less aristocratic or royal backgrounds behind them, so almost no one in Europe dares to take the maritime trade, in China Zhang Tao listened to Jiang Tian's analysis of European history, this road will definitely work, really to guide these greedy guys to go to sea to trade, it is difficult to guarantee that China's own Age of Exploration will not be ushered in in the future, With the interests of the sea, it is natural that violent institutions will be born to defend interests, then the rise of the Chinese navy will also be an unstoppable trend, maybe dozens or even a hundred years later, China will also send a fleet to fight with a certain country because of trade disputes, and it is more likely to block the door of a weak country and forcibly demand the switch of trade. When he first depicted this bright prospect, Jiang Tian's harazi almost flowed down, if it wasn't for the fact that he couldn't build a working navy in a short time, he Jiang Tian would like to send troops to the South Seas now, and first occupy a colony for the Chinese Dynasty.

With his remarks, regardless of whether these people are willing or not, they have already understood the determination and purpose of the imperial court, to say that they are not stupid, and they belong to the people in the system, they should have seen such a simple truth a long time ago, but these people still have a little luck mentality, the good days of being landlords and collecting rent still attract many people, even if they make more profits in business, but in the hearts of traditional literati, they are also inferior people's livelihood, and they are even more dangerous and unpredictable in the face of unknown areas. Until now, it can be regarded as a complete death.

Seeing that the business was over, the officials were not really happy or not, at least they had to show a relaxed expression and continue to talk about the ups and downs. At this time, some people remembered those jokes just now, and praised Hongyun's superb qin skills and Jiang Tiannai as an excellent pink bosom friend.

The pervert, who secretly gasped for breath, blinked his eyes and looked at this beauty when he heard this: "It turns out that Miss Hongyun still has this ability?" Oops, I didn't hear it when I was late, so why don't you play it again? ”