Li Longji asked Gao Lishi to arrange a eunuch to send Huang Wanqiu, Zhang Yehu and others away, leaving Pei Min to eat together, and specially instructed: "I remember that Xinghua Village in Fenzhou gave me a few jars of eighty-year-old Fenjiu the year before last, and let people find it and burn it, I am happy today, and I want to drink it with Jingyuan." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

After wooing Pei Min, Li Longji was really happy, and he talked a lot, and said his yearning for the pear orchard at the dinner: "Jingyuan, do you know that I was still a child, and I remember that it was still the post-martial arts period. Empress Wu invited Wang Xiaojie and Ashina Zhongjie, who had won a great victory in Anxi, to celebrate the two of them in Luoyang, and ordered the court to play the music of King Qin's breaking formation. I was only seven years old at the time, but I was struck by the magnificent dance music. Imagine how majestic my Emperor Taizong was in sweeping the Eight Desolations and fighting Liuhe. At that time, I had a small thought in my heart, one day, I would expel the Wu family and reproduce the style of my Tang Zhenguan. ”

Pei Min sniffed the eighty-year-old apricot blossom Fen wine, after the scorching fire, the wine smelled out, and the whole hall was filled with the fragrance of apricot blossoms, and the wine insects were moved.

After 80 years of brewing, the taste of Fenjiu has become stronger and stronger.

Pei Min couldn't wait to fill himself with a cup and said, "That minister congratulates Your Majesty first, half of the wish has been fulfilled!" "The defeat of Empress Wu has nothing to do with Li Longji, it is the credit of Zhang Khan Zhi and others, but the remnants of the martial family, Wu Yanxiu, Zong Chuke and others are undoubtedly killed by Li Longji, as for Zhenguan's demeanor, it is still early.

Li Longji also raised his glass and said, "It's not half, but thirty percent." He drank all the wine in the cup and said: "Not only governing the country, but also in terms of music, just like Emperor Taizong, create a song as famous and mighty as 'King Qin's Breaking Array Music', but now I don't have a clue." ”

Pei Min was feeling the unique taste of the Fenjiu wine in his mouth, and when he heard Li Longji's words, he couldn't help but say, "I'm afraid that Your Majesty's wish will not be fulfilled." ”

"How?" Li Longji squinted at Pei Min and said, "Think I don't have that talent?" ”

Pei Min shook his head and said, "Your Majesty's talent for music and rhythm is definitely much stronger than that of Emperor Taizong." The real large-scale 'King of Qin's Breaking Array Music' is not an honor to see. However, I have seen a few times the small breaking array music adapted from the Qin King Breaking Array Music. The music of King Qin's breaking formation originated from when Emperor Taizong broke Liu Wuzhou, and the majestic and domineering plough court sweeping the cave was the military song of my Tang Dynasty. I heard that the real formation breaking music, the military horses will use 2,000 people, all the dancers wear armor and hold halberds, and carry out drills, as if the two armies are facing each other. Without the battlefield experience of a hundred battles, how to create it? ”

Li Longji was stunned when he heard this, he had seen a lot of coups and killings, but the real battlefield, how could he be an emperor, how could he take the risk in person?

Thinking like this, I felt very lost in my heart, and after thinking about it, I said: "Jingyuan, you said that I am driving the expedition, is it feasible?" ”

Pei Min was eating stewed mutton, but when he heard this, he almost choked on himself, forcibly swallowed the mutton that had not yet been chewed, and smiled awkwardly: "This is not a good idea." Li Shimin threw away the identity of the emperor, and it is also a rare famous general in history to be a general, and his command is not as explosive as Li Jing, and it is also more than ninety-five. You're old, thirty or forty, so don't join in the fun.

In order to dispel Li Longji's terrible thoughts, Pei Min said: "It is not necessarily only martial arts that are dance music, but also dance music, there is no need to entangle the grand breaking array music and beautiful small dance music, but you can enjoy it from time to time." Rather than a break-through music that is rarely held once in a few years, it is better to be able to perform three small dance music a day. ”

Of course, he knew that in the near future, Li Longji would come up with a song that was no less famous than King Qin's broken array music. Compared with the grandeur of the breaking array music, the feather coat song is praised for its fineness and beauty. Especially Yang Yuhuan, one of the four beauties later, was also favored by three thousand because of the dance in front of the emperor.

Li Longji made him stunned again, thought for a long time, patted his thigh and said, "It makes sense, what Jingyuan said makes sense!" Not to mention, I dreamed a few days ago that I was in a beautiful and picturesque place, and I vaguely remembered that there was a fairy girl in a neon dress and feather robe dancing, and my heart was very touched, maybe I could really make a song......"

Pei Min shut up and stopped talking, and he had a hunch in his heart, maybe because of his interference, it was not necessary that the Ni Clothes and Feather Song would come out a few years earlier.

Drinking with Li Longji, Pei Min suppressed the amount of alcohol, and did not drink happily, in case he accidentally drank Li Longji down and made the dragon feel unwell, it would be a big crime.

Li Longji wanted to meet the envoy of Tuqi Shi in the afternoon, but he didn't drink too much, and said to his heart: "I know that you have good wine, and you can take the rest of the Fen wine back and taste it slowly...... Lux, send Jingyuan out of the palace for me! ”

Pei Min was overjoyed to thank Li Longji for the reward, and hugged the remaining seven catties of Fenjiu in his arms.

Walking all the way to the gate of the inner city, Pei Min asked Gao Lishi to stop and go back.

From the side of the city gate, he found the little chestnut hair and went out of the city in a hurry.

Huang Wanqiu walked out from the corner on the side, looked at Pei Min's back, and there was some envy and a little jealousy in his eyes: he has been in and out of the palace many times, and Gao Lishi has never sent himself.

After hesitating for a while, Huang Banner plucked up his courage and walked towards the palace.

Pei Min did not return home, but walked to He Zhizhang's mansion. He knew that He Zhizhang loved Du Kang and Fenjiu the most, and with the best Fenjiu, the first thing that came to mind was his two good brothers, but Zhang Xu Shenlong couldn't see the end of the head, so he could only taste it with He Zhizhang.

When he came to Hefu, Pei Min had lived in Hefu for a few months, just like his own home, and said to the porter: "Brother Wang, your master is not here, I brought the wine from the emperor and sent someone to ask him, can he come back early, I will wait for him in the house." ”

The porter surnamed Wang was flattered and replied: "Grandpa Guo, don't bother the villain." My lord is in the house, and today he accompanied Zhang Xianggong to drink and did not go to the Ministry of Rites. ”

"Zhang Xianggong? Which Zhang Xianggong? Pei Min asked curiously.

The porter said: "It's Lord Zhang Jiuling!" But I don't know what the reason is, he is no longer a left, it seems to be a dismissal official. Detailed, small ones don't know how. ”

Zhang Jiuling?

Pei Min instantly remembered his "Looking at the Moon and Huaiyuan", the bright moon was born on the sea, and the end of the world was at this time. The lover complains about the night, and he is lovesick at night.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were countless outstanding poets like fish crossing the river, but there were not many who could really do both poetry and officials. The most famous poets of this era are Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Wei, etc., who have left a brilliant mark on poetry culture, but their performance in their careers is extremely average and they have not made much achievements.

Zhang Jiuling is one of these few people, and his attainments in poetry are extremely high. One of the opening poems of "Three Hundred Tang Poems" is his "Feelings: Part I", whose poems are like his "plants and trees have their own hearts, why ask for beauty to fold" has noble moral sentiments. As an official, as a famous minister of the Tang Dynasty after inheriting Yao Chong and Song Jing, he made great contributions to the rule of Kaiyuan. Zhang Jiuling is known for his flying style, uprightness, and the demeanor of Wei Zheng's reincarnation, but it is a pity that Li Longji at that time has turned from bright to dark, although Zhang Jiuling denounced the wrongdoings of An Lushan, Li Linfu and other traitors, and tried his best to thwart his conspiracy. But after all, it can't compare to Li Longji's trust in An Lushan and Li Linfu.

If Li Longji could listen to Zhang Jiuling's words or two in the late period, he might not repeat the scene of the late Western Jin Dynasty when Shile of the Qian nationality rebelled against the Jin Dynasty and the chaos in China.

For such a good person, Pei Min didn't have the opportunity to contact him when he was in Chang'an, and he didn't know much about it. Now that you have this opportunity, how can you miss it?

"Go and inform your master, and say that Pei Min is coming to visit with fine wine!" Pei Min said with a smile.

The porter went to spread the word, and after a while, the two of them hurried into the distance.

The leader is naturally He Zhizhang, and beside him is an elegant and extraordinary middle-aged man, who is the future Tang Dynasty minister Zhang Jiuling. As an official in the same dynasty, Pei Min did not have the opportunity to have a deep friendship with him, but he knew each other and met several times.

"Brother He!"

Pei Min shouted and greeted him.

"I've seen Pei Guogong!" Zhang Jiuling's facial features are not handsome, and there is an elegant demeanor in his gestures, which is unique.

Pei Min bowed back and said: "Zhang Xianggong doesn't need to be polite, you are my brother's friend, you are my friend, you don't have to be restrained in private, you don't have to be restrained ...... in private" said to He Zhizhang: "I just came from the palace and got most of the eighty-year-old Fenjiu. The first one thought of my brother, and it happened that Zhang Xianggong was also there, so we drank it? ”

He Zhizhang is as good as life, when he heard that it was eighty-year-old Fenjiu, he couldn't wait to snatch it from Pei Min's arms, unsealed the mud and sniffed it: "It's really authentic eighty-year-old Fenjiu...... Quick, take it and burn it, and add a seat to Pei Di to prepare the dishes. ”

Zhang Jiuling said with a smile: "I have long heard that Fenzhou has paid a few jars of eighty-year-old Fenjiu to His Majesty, and I didn't expect that there would be such a blessing when I left." God treats me well, treats me hard! ”

The three of them went to the main hall and took their seats.

Pei Min asked about Zhang Jiuling's "dismissal" and expressed his doubts: "Zhang Xianggong dares to give direct advice, and he has the demeanor of Wei Xuancheng in the early Tang Dynasty, who has the courage to dismiss your official?" ”

Zhang Jiuling was stunned, and suddenly smiled: "The rumors in this world are really terrible, and it has only been a few days, and there have been such rumors." Returning to the country, it is not a dismissal from the office, it is a position that is full of rank and takes the initiative to go. ”

Rank satisfaction is the expiration of the term of office of an official, and in the Tang Dynasty, every official had a term in his position. If there is no promotion within the time limit, the officials will reward and punish the officials according to their performance. If the officials with outstanding political achievements are omitted, they will be promoted, and if their political performance is bad, they will be demoted, and if they are not mediocre, if there is no suitable candidate to continue to serve.

Pei Min was suspicious in his heart, even if he had heard of Zhang Jiuling's political achievements, he couldn't get promoted, and he offended someone, but with his talent, even if his term of office expires, he won't be out of office, right?

Could it be Yao Chong?

"That Xianggong just offended someone, and he was not happy to stay in the temple." Pei Min asked tentatively.

Zhang Jiuling was silent.

He Zhizhang said: "In Brother Pei's words, Zishou couldn't get used to Yao Xiang's approach, so he specially repaired a letter to him, admonishing him not to be stubborn, and didn't want to attract Yao Xiang's jealousy, so he simply quit. ”

Hearing Yao Chong, Pei Min also had a headache, and he couldn't imagine that it was really him.

Zhang Jiuling muttered, "It's not all Yao Xiang's reason......" he said, unable to continue.

Yao Chong has the talent of a famous appearance, but he has no bearing of a famous appearance.

The contribution of Datang to the development of culture and governance, Yao Chong can be called the four words of high merit and greatness.

But Yao Chong's open-mindedness, as his political achievements become more outstanding, the more obvious it becomes, engaging in a small group of prime ministers to turn the government into a hall of words, and half of the eight prime ministers let him be hollowed out, and the others are all obedient to him. If Yao Chong is a traitor and a powerful minister, it is inappropriate. Yao Chong is neither greedy for power nor obsessed with power, nor does he make any specialization, he just can't listen to other people's opinions, and he is not happy that others are pointing fingers in front of him.

Zhang Jiuling respects Yao Chong very much and admires his level of governance, but his obvious shortcomings make Zhang Jiuling feel like a fish in his throat, and he doesn't vomit or feel unhappy.

So, Zhang Jiuling personally wrote a letter to Yao Chong "Shangyao Linggongshu": the text said, "Those who have a discussion say that they don't know the prime minister, they can't move, they can't hand over, and they can't advance." The lord is above, the prince is the prime minister, and he has to say this! It's hard to say this. For the sake of the prince and the prince, thank the media, although they have some strengths, they are all depressed; The act of conspiring to elect the crowd must not be ignored if it is a mistake in the way of the other, and it will not be ......neglected."

There is no shortage of passionate words in the private letters he wrote, but the basis of his words is that it is sincere and close to bitter medicine, and in terms of its fundamentals, it is from the protection of Yao Chong. I hope that Yao Chong can change his administrative style a little, and the prime minister will not only help the monarch handle government affairs, but also promote useful talents for the country. Only in this way can we become as famous as Xiao He, Zhuge , Fang Du and others, and become a real generation of virtuous ministers.

But for Zhang Jiuling's kindness, Yao Chong did not appreciate it, but said, "The disciple of Youyou is not careful enough; The mouth of the screaming is to be slandered. ”

also because of offending Yao Chong, Zhang Jiuling's career was bumpy, although Yao Chong did not deliberately target Zhang Jiuling, but Yao Chong's status, he didn't like Zhang Jiuling, and others naturally didn't dare to like it, so that Zhang Jiuling not only couldn't get promoted, but was excluded and lived a very depressed life. As soon as his term expired, he simply quit.

Pei Min faintly felt Zhang Jiuling's feelings, he still admired Yao Chong at first, as a famous person who single-handedly created the prosperity of Kaiyuan, Pei Min had the heart to have a good relationship with him and work together for the benefit of the Tang Dynasty. But as soon as that guy became the prime minister, he began to clean up the ministers of the dragon and deal with those ministers who resisted in front of him, and instantly broke off the idea of befriending him, and even almost fought.

"Brother Zhang doesn't need to say much, Yao Xiang's temperament makes people respect and hate, and Pei Min also has a deep understanding here!" He raised his glass in salute.

The sentence "respect and hate" was talking about Zhang Jiuling's psychology, and he also raised his wine glass.

Pei Min looked at Zhang Jiuling, but his heart moved, and said: "Brother Zhang's talent, if you don't serve the imperial court, you are really condescending, why don't you come to my Taozhou to serve?" ”