On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the sacrificial stove is also called a small year by the northerners.

I don't know what Yan Shu's psychology is, so he sent someone to inform him the night before, asking Fang Zhongyong to come to the door to meet him on the day of the sacrificial stove.

Fang Zhongyong didn't know the bottom of his heart, so he invited Zeng Ye and Zeng Gong, who came to visit, to accompany him. Zeng Ye was not fooled, he just smiled and said: "This sacrificial stove is called sweeping, but it is actually praying." Your family is happy, and we brothers and outsiders won't participate, right? Besides, since Yan Mansion let you come to the door on the festival, in fact, it is even if it recognizes you as a son-in-law, but it is inevitable to take the school examination. Are you still afraid that people will not succeed in the school examination? ”

Zeng Gong, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes, also echoed: "Yes, yes! ”

For Fang Zhongyong, who has experienced more than ten years of examination-oriented education, he is not afraid of the exam, if it were not for the poor family conditions and the covetousness of the scholarship given by the third-rate university, Ximen Fugui would not have fallen to such a point in any way. Alas, the past is gone, and if there is no accident, how can you have the opportunity to walk in this world of flowers?

After entering the Yan Mansion, Fang Zhongyong understood what Yan Shu thought. Without him, there was one more guest on the seat, uh no, relative, Fubi.

Shi Fubi served as the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture and the Governor's Yuan. The matter of pushing the official to push the prison lawsuit is equivalent to the director of the public security bureau in the capital. The Zhiyuan is very powerful, almost a position comparable to that of the Imperial History, responsible for collecting suggestions and comments in the imperial court. In the face of such a high-ranking official, I ask you if you are afraid?

Fang Zhongyong said that it is not terrible at all. People will be prime ministers in the future, and they will be the prime ministers for many years, and they will eventually be the masters of the temple. If you are scared now, you will not be scared to death in the future when people "open the palace and the three divisions".

Strange to say, the relationship between the brothers-in-law does not seem to be particularly good.

Presumably, there are several reasons for this.

One is that there is no common language. Men are together, either bragging or talking about women. Bragging, inappropriate. When you are boasting about how happy you are diving on the Great Barrier Reef, people say "the fish and insects in the fish tank should be cleaned up", wouldn't it be embarrassing to die.

The second is to be harmed by women. When women are together, if they don't order something, it's as tasteless as not putting salt in the dish. than clothes, more than jewelry, more than children, and ultimately more than husbands. Clothes and jewelry are not as good as others, and I complain that my husband has no ability to make money. The child is not as good as others, complaining that the husband is negligent in discipline, and complaining that the husband's breed is not good. After all, the opportunity to compare with outsiders is limited, and if your relatives often come and go, there will be many opportunities for comparison. After going back and forth, there is no resentment between the brothers-in-law before seeing the ghost? more

What's more, there are still some rumors about the "story that the brother-in-law and sister-in-law have to tell" in it, how can the relationship between the brother-in-law be good?

However, it is expected that Fu Bi is not worried about this, because Fu Bi is already thirty years old at this time, and his wife is also twenty-seven or eight (born to Yan Shu's first wife, Li). And Fu Bi is cautious by nature, speaks slowly, has a solemn and serious expression, and does not see joy and anger. is not as innocent as Fang Zhongyong, and the laughter is overflowing.

Seeing Fang Zhongyong enter the living room to salute, Yan Shugao sat still, just made a nasal "um" sound, and then pointed casually, and introduced: "This is Fubi Fuyanguo, you know it." ”

Fang Zhongyong hurriedly saluted his brother-in-law and said, "I have heard the name of Brother Yanguo for a long time, and it is really a blessing for three lives to see it today. ”

Fu Bi didn't hold it up, got up and saluted: "I was born in the next non-department, and I was promoted by the official family, so I was in the court." It's a shame. It is not as good as Brother Wenyuan's success in the science field, and he has many achievements in the fourth yuan. ”

Fang Zhongyong complimented: "Brother Yanguo is generous, and Fan Xiwen praised him as 'Wang Zuozhicai', isn't he good at science, but he just disdains it." And Brother Yanguo raised Ke Mao's talents, and he was awarded an official position by the official family, which is not comparable to such a bookworm who only knows how to dance and write. Brother Yan Guo is too humble! ”

Yan Juhou, who was in the last seat, couldn't listen to their business blowing, and interrupted: "It's all my own family, why bother complimenting here sourly, it's not annoying!" ”

Yan Shu glared at him and scolded: "Do you have the right to speak?" Then he turned to Fu Bi and said: "Juhou is stubborn, and if he is lucky, he doesn't know the height of the sky, and he clamored to talk about poetry and literature with you, 'Wang Zuozhicai', which is really ridiculous." Poetry, trails also. Although the old man occasionally does it, it is just a mood, how can it be used to assist in political affairs? If you judge from this, wouldn't the former Tang Li Dubai be all talented people who have passed through the heavens and latitudes. Ah Bi, if you have the leisure, you can teach one or two methods of governing the country, don't insult my Yan's lintel. ”

Yan Shu's words with a gun and a stick made Yan Juhou and Fang Zhongyong only dare not say much.

shocked the two juniors, and Yan Shu talked to Fu Bi about national affairs: "Ah Bi thinks that Yuan Hao wants to be called the emperor? Many of the previous suggestions were ridiculed as exaggerations. ”

Fu Bi said: "That Yuan Hao has been on the throne since the first year of the Ming Dao, so he made great efforts to govern the country, issued a bald decree, and built the Western Xia script to show that he is of the same kind as my Chinese language. It is even more to change the yuan to 'show the way' on the grounds of avoiding his father's obscenity, and the ambition of the wolf son has been revealed.

The son-in-law heard that after his accession to the throne, the official family conferred the title of Li Yuanhao as the envoy of the special inspection school and the envoy of the Dingyan Army, Xia Yinsui Youjing and other states to observe and deal with the envoy of the fall of the Emperor, and the king of Xiping. But Li Yuanhao was not interested in the knighthood of our Emperor Song, and even extremely disdainful. When he received our envoys, he did not serve the Song Dynasty with courtesy, and did not bow down to the edicts given by the officials. When he reluctantly accepted the edict, he was indignant in his heart, and looked around at the ministers on the left and right, and said, 'The first king was very wrong, there is such a country, and the ministers worship the people!' He took advantage of the opportunity of holding a banquet to entertain the envoys, and from behind the banquet hall came the sonorous sound of forging weapons, intending to deter the envoys; In terms of etiquette, he deliberately made things difficult, intending to provoke the princes of the court and the central government and provoke trouble. I don't know if this is the case? ”

Yan Shu nodded and said, "After careful retribution, what he said is indeed so. Yuan Hao's arrogance is so rebellious, it is ridiculous that some people in the DPRK and China think that he can be allowed to use the false title of a high-ranking official to ensure that there is no war in the West. However, since the old man is involved in political affairs, how can he not offer advice and suggestions to ensure the safety of the society? And the official family is kind, but they are not stupid, but they can't bear the border war to start again, and the lives are ruined. Although the eight things you have stated, they are all words for the country, but the words are too extreme, and the people in the political hall are regarded as clay sculptures and wood carvings. How can your words make you successful? If the official family is all accepted, doesn't it seem that we are all wine bags and rice bags? ”

Fu Bi arched his hand and said: "It's the son-in-law who has thought about it, and he just wants to explain things clearly, but he forgets his scruples, which really shouldn't be." Embarrass Tarzan, right? ”

Yan Shu waved his hand and said, "What's the difficulty?" At present, the government is clear, although I dare not say that it is the Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty, but the talents and minds of the princes are still there, and no one will embarrass you. But sometimes, your advice isn't necessarily wrong, and those who oppose you aren't necessarily wrong. It's just to see if it's in their interest.

If you propose to close the field this time, it is a bit inappropriate. Not to mention that Xungui has many business names, and once it is closed, it will suffer heavy losses. Just closing the field, can it really cut off the goods needed by Western Xia? Not really. ”

Fu Bi defended: "You can make the border army more inspections, and if there are people who trespass privately, they will be severely punished." ”

Yan Shu asked, "What if the border army does this business by itself?" ”

Fu Bi was stunned. You can't kill the border army just because you smuggled some goods, right? That would have to provoke a mutiny.

Fang Zhongyong "studied" for a long time, and finally seized the opportunity to speak, and said: "I have some opinions, I don't know if I can say it?" ”

Yan Shu and Fu Bi talk about political affairs, which has the meaning of training and school examination, and it is inevitable to hear it. Yan Shu said: "Zhongyong has a good plan, just say it." Even if it's a useless scholar's opinion, it's okay. ”

After all, Fang Zhongyong was young and vigorous, and he couldn't be provoked, so he said angrily: "Banning the exchange of goods is really a strategy that hurts the enemy by a thousand and damages yourself by eight hundred. After all, although the Western Xia relied on the tea, grain, cloth, etc. of the Great Song Dynasty, our Great Song Dynasty also needed horses, livestock and other things from the Western Xia, and the Western Xia communicated with the Western Regions, and there were many rare things in the West, so we must not rashly cut off the transportation. Of course, if there are no restrictions on the grain and iron tools that flow into Western Xia, it is tantamount to cutting meat and feeding tigers, and it is even more undesirable.

In the next opinion, it is possible to impose dozens of times the heavy tax on merchants dealing in cloth, grain, and other goods. Take corn as an example, the price of grain in the capital today is only one hundred cents and one stone, and if it is transported to Lanzhou and Xining, it will be five times as much. If the government had taxed every stone heavily, how much would the Tangut people have to spend to eat corn? ”

Fu Bi smiled bitterly: "Grain is different from silk, that is, Western Xia is rich in livestock, and grain is also indispensable. But what if the government collects such a high tax and provokes a popular uprising? The forces behind those grain merchants cannot be underestimated, but the foolish brother has just suffered a loss. ”

Fang Zhongyong smiled very "insidiously": "Then let the border army collect taxes." Presumably, those Qiu Ba's knives are not good for slashing and killing the enemy, and there is still a way to deal with a few grain merchants. Divide them into threes and fifty percent, I'm afraid they will all rush to collect taxes! At this time, let them arrest the murderers who smuggle grain and iron weapons, presumably they will not shirk it again!

In addition, no tax was charged to anyone who transported silk and poetry collections. In this way, all the people of the Western Xia are dressed in silk that cannot keep out the cold, and they are hungry and reading my Chinese poems and songs, which can be regarded as very elegant! After saying that, he burst out laughing.

Yan Juhou saw that Fang Zhongyong was talking happily, and also took the opportunity to say: "Wen Yuan's method is really a plan to kill three birds with one stone!" It can not only increase the tax revenue for the imperial court, but also consolidate the border defense, and weaken the strength of the Western Xia. What a brilliant plan! It's just that such an act is not quite in line with the way of a gentleman? ”

Fang Zhongyong said hatefully: "Pixixia set up a capturing army, calling my Great Song people two-legged sheep, I have often heard of cooking and killing, and they can have half a bit of humanity at all. I think that all those who admire my Chinese civilization, those who wear my Chinese costumes, and those who practice the Chinese language and language of my Chixian Shenzhou are my generation, and they can all be the people of the Great Song Dynasty. The rest are all barbarians, what is the way? ”

With such radical words, Fang Zhongyong thought that it must be undesirable for Yan Shu, and he would be reprimanded or even scolded. Who would have thought that Yan Shu was actually an old "angry youth", and praised with his palm: "Zhongyong has the wind of Ban Dingyuan!" Come on, serve wine, serve good wine. No, on the jade frozen spring. With such a bold statement, how can it not be accompanied by spirits! ”

After drinking a few bowls of twenty or thirty degrees of "spirits" Jade Frozen Spring, Fang Zhongyong's face did not change, and Yan Shu and the others were already full of red light. Yan Shu even sang: "Candles float flowers, incense covers embers, and the wine wakes up at the beginning of the night." Two or three remnants of the painting building. The moon is bright outside the window. The curtain hangs, and the magpie goes. Good dreams out of nowhere......"

Before he finished singing a song, he said, "Not good! The old man is not good at this impassioned speech, and he is less heroic. The second and third sons, Mo Xue's old man often makes the words of no disease, and he groans quickly. If you can't do it, you will be punished with a huge penalty. ”

Is this the rhythm of getting drunk and playing drunk?

Fu Bi said: "The son-in-law works hard all day long, and he has not been a poet for a long time. I hope that Lord Taishan will forgive his sins and be willing to admit punishment! ”

Yan Juhou didn't say anything, and drank it with difficulty like a medicine.

Fang Zhongyong could drink it, but he didn't want to be cold. It is rare to be praised by Lao Taishan, how can he hold back. It's just that most of the drinking poems written by the ancients are sentimental, and it's not easy to do (copy)!

Pregnant! Yuan Dynasty Yuan Hao asked that there was a song "Jiangchengzi" that was very good, copy it!

Then he said loudly: "I have heard others sing a song "Jiangchengzi", which is very appropriate. Please listen to it.

Drunk with long sleeves dancing roosters. tanka line. Frightened. Northwest China, still a new pavilion. The thirty-six peaks are long swords, the stars are fighting and the stars are strong. The ancient heroes counted the secluded and merged. Sideburns stars. How can it be. He was named the Marquis of the day, and he was shortened to who was green. A handful of tears on the fishing altar, the wind is mighty, and the rain is dark. ”

Fu Bi praised: "A good sentence 'he will be the marquis of the future', when the floating is white!" He drank the wine from the giant tree.

Several people all raised their glasses and drank like cows.

Before losing consciousness, Fang Zhongyong thought: This brother-in-law is really going to be obtained!