The current weather is very cold, the cold wind is blowing, and there is a biting gust of bones, You Yuanfeng does not stay in the room, but is in the courtyard clearing, alone, eating and drinking wine.

"Old man, on such a cold day, drinking outside, your old interest is too good."

Li Xun smiled and sat down opposite You Yuanfeng.

You Yuanfeng glanced at Li Xun and said with a smile: "What do you kid know?" The old man is so old, and there are still a few years to live, so he naturally has to be chic, hiding in the house all day, in the old man's opinion, that is not recuperation, that is waiting for death. ”

Li Xun smiled bitterly: "How can there be so much truth in drinking wine?" ”

You Yuanfeng took a sip of wine and said lightly: "Everything in the world makes sense, if a person doesn't make sense, he can only be played with by others in the palm of his hand." ”

Li Xun nodded silently, he only understood a little at this time, You Yuanfeng is talking about himself, a person is in the big stage of officialdom, if the status is low, it is an ant, the wind blows gently, that is a catastrophe, even if you stand at the top, you are still walking on thin ice, accompanied by crises, there are gains and losses, you get it, what you have to bear, this truth will remain unchanged through the ages.

Li Xun said softly: "Old man, I've been confused lately. ”

You Yuanfeng glanced at Li Xun: "What are you confused about?" ”

"When Guangyuan was fifteen years old, I was still worried about three meals a day, full of despair for the future, and even recognized my aunt, these are no longer problems, time flies so fast, ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, ten years ago, my biggest dream was just three wives and four concubines, family wealth, five years ago, my biggest dream, but also to be a general, and later, from Longyou to the present, I have done so many things, but I don't want others to despise me, now, I am about to enter the political hall to become the prime minister, To be honest, I never thought that I would have such a day, at the beginning, I was very excited, very excited, dreaming of becoming a generation of famous faces like Yang Daosi, leaving a name in history, but now ....."

Speaking of this, Li Xun sighed: "It's a shame to say, I'm very scared about the things that are about to join the political affairs hall, I'm afraid that I won't do it well, in that way, everyone will say that you Li Xun really relied on the relationship of the Queen Mother, so that you can sit in a high position, in fact, you don't have the slightest ability, so all the hard work and all the credit I have made are gone." ”

"Boy, your experience is still too shallow, and it is normal that you have been suddenly elevated to such a height, you are unprepared, you have no confidence."

You Yuanfeng smiled and said with some reminiscence: "I still remember back then, when I joined the political affairs hall as a prime minister, how can I be similar to your current mood, but I didn't feel scared, I just felt excited and ambitious, and my life's hard work finally got what I wanted, and if I didn't show my ambitions, wouldn't it be in vain to live a lifetime?" ”

"It's just that when you enter that environment, you realize that all bullshit ambitions and ambitions are just a bunch of shit."

After saying this, You Yuanfeng smiled coldly, raised his wine glass and took a sip.

Li Xun said silently: "It's rare to get drunk a few times in life, and you won't stop if you don't get drunk." ”

"You're playing a good analogy."

You Yuanfeng smiled slightly, put down the wine glass, and then pointed to the wine glass and said: "Xiangquan is like this glass of wine, the vast majority of people can only watch from a distance, and they can't see clearly, a small number of people can get closer, they can see clearly, and they can even smell the taste of wine, but they can't understand it after all, and then some people, these people have reached a critical point, and they are already qualified to stand in front of this table, and even qualified to touch the wine glass, raise the wine glass, whether this wine glass is heavy or light, the feelings are different, In the end, the few people are qualified to sit down, raise their glasses, and drink that glass of wine. ”

Li Xun stared at the wine glass and understood what You Yuanfeng meant, this table is the court, the wine glass on the table is the political hall, and the wine in the cup is the most important Xiangquan, some people, such as Qin Anming, are very trusted and reused by Zhao Zhi, although he is not yet Xiangguo, but his rights and status are not inferior to most Xiangguo in the political hall, but in the final analysis, he is still not qualified to taste the wine in the cup.

You Yuanfeng pushed the wine glass to Li Xun: "Drink it in one gulp." ”

Li Xun glanced at him, then raised his glass and drank it down.

"What a bitter wine!"

The taste of this wine was very peculiar, very strong, and at the same time very bitter, and Li Xun almost spit it out.

You Yuanfeng laughed and said: "Do you know that when the old man entered the political hall as a phase, it was like this cup of bitter wine, when he drank it for the first time, the bitter tears were about to flow out, but there was no way, in the bitterness, you have to swallow it, after a few falls and blows, since then, the old man has also learned to be smart, every time he drinks a little bit, he has the courage to drink it in one gulp, the entire political affairs hall, from beginning to end, there is only one person, after drinking so much, he has not been bitterly died, and he is also a character, So he is the person he admires the most in the old man's life, even if Liu Wei and Yang Daosi are so famous, they don't have a hard scalp, and they just drink most of it every time. ”

Li Xun was completely shocked by You Yuanfeng's words, and he said extremely puzzled: "There are so many scholars in the world, all of them must have a common dream and goal, that is, one day you can become the prime minister, change the country, change the world, cultivate yourself and rule the country and level the world, this is the dream and goal of every scholar in the world, but now, old man, what you said, how dark it is, the younger generation is really puzzled." ”

You Yuanfeng was silent, and after a long while, he stretched out his finger and dipped a little wine, and then drew a circle on the table.

"This circle is white, this is the imperial power, it is the rules and principles, outside the circle, all are black....."

Speaking of this, You Yuanfeng paused, and then continued: "Wuzong Dynasty, there are twenty-five people who come and go in Xiangguo, fifteen people from the Han clan, ten people from the family, Yizong one dynasty, twenty-eight people from Xiangguo, half of each from the Han clan and the family, one dynasty of Xizong, twenty-three people from Xiangguo, nine people from the Han clan, fourteen people from the family, one dynasty of Pingzong, thirty-five people from Xiangguo, five people from the Han clan, thirty people from the family, and when it comes to the Xingzong dynasty, there are only twenty people in Xiangguo, which is the smallest number since the five dynasties of Wuzong, but with the Han clan being promoted to the political affairs hall as the phase, It's just Li Zhong. ”

Li Xun's heart was shaken, and he looked at You Yuanfeng blankly, these words, in fact, he shouldn't have said them to himself, because You Yuanfeng also represented the side of the family's gate valve.