"Don't hide it from Zhao Hou, just a few months ago, Su was recommended by Lord Deng, and he had the honor to meet Chen Xianggong in front of him, and stated in front of him that this 'gathering sand into a tower, gathering armpits into a fur' way of financial management, but unfortunately Chen Xianggong failed to adopt it. Su was a little disheartened, but he didn't expect that Zhao Hou's various measures in Yangzhou had a lot of secret coincidences with Su's ideas. ”

"How fortunate is Zhao to let Mr. Lao Jiasu come after hearing and hearing, but he wants to see what he sees?"

Zhao Xingde picked up the teacup, took a sip lightly, looked at Su Tongfu, and waited for him to explain his true intention. If it were just an ordinary scribe, saying this would mean something to be effective. But the "Three Victors" are famous, and they have a lot of relationship with Deng Su, so it is impossible for such a person to travel thousands of miles to serve. Zhao Xingde guessed that he was just releasing a kind of kindness, or something else, or even a temptation on behalf of others.

Su Tongfu held the teacup and said with a smile: "Zhao Hou is elegant, but Su is a layman in the red dust. Even if he admired Zhao Hou, he carried several volumes of "Moral Debate" and "Gentleman's Country" with him for a long time. Reading a book is like sitting across from each other, and you don't need to work so hard. Su Tongfu shook his head from afar, "Su Mou's life, but the three wishes of 'getting money, talent, and longevity', but it is the common wish of these three people, and it has also attracted a lot of slander, which is still indefinite, and it makes people sigh when they think about it." He sighed, like a scribe who had never met a talented scholar, but in fact, Zhao Xingde knew that although Su Tongfu had never been a scholar, he was quite famous for his writings, and he was good at farming. He called himself "Three Victors", and in the year of not being confused, there are indeed a lot of "talents" and "money".

"How much more is one?" Zhao Xingde shook his head and said, "Mr. Su is so greedy. ”

"Those who travel a thousand miles begin with a single step. Even if you can't walk, as long as you are in the right direction, 100 steps is better than 50 steps, and 50 steps is better than standing still, or even going in the opposite direction. Su Tongfu sighed and said in a deep voice: "Everyone in the world calls me greedy, but they don't know my truth." Money, talent, and longevity are necessary for the world. Who can give up the pretense of being a high person? If a mortal stands on the earth and is empty for a day, he will suffer a day of distress. Zhao Hou mentioned the 'way of a gentleman', and it is known that Zhao Hou is not good at lying about the mansion in the air. ”

Zhao Xingde was silent, holding the pot and filling the two teacups.

"If you talk about money, talent, and longevity, it is the 'three gains' I want. On the other hand, poverty, ignorance, and infirmity are the 'three evils' that I want to get rid of. Zhao Hou, you said it well, if you don't have the position of a gentleman, let the people learn the way of a gentleman, it is to ask for fish for a tree, or even tempting to send people to death. In the same way, if the people are trapped in poverty, ignorance, and infirmity, how can you say that they are in the position of gentlemen? Not to mention anything else, hunger and cold alone can turn a martyr into a prostitute and a righteous man into a bandit. No matter how high-status a gentleman is, he can also kneel down and lick other people's toes. Without him, dress and eat, and the situation is compelled by the situation. ”

"Enough food and clothing to know honor and disgrace, cangqiao to know etiquette, known in ancient times."

What Zhao Hou said was. Therefore, I look at the way of the gentleman of Zhao Hou, although I have never met the Hou Ye, but I am the same way, and I hope to return to the same place on different paths. Su Tongfu said with emotion, "However, what I have seen is that the way to achieve peace in the world is not to be tempted and forbearing, but to guide according to the situation." People's hearts are selfish, and they want to achieve public welfare against selfishness, such as sailing against the current, if they start from selfishness and cause public welfare, they will sail with the river and get twice the result with half the effort. My 'three gains' are nothing more than the hope that everyone can work hard to improve their wealth, talent, and longevity, and expel the three evils of poverty, foolishness, and weakness, and the other three kinds of evil, stealing money, ignoring people's hearts, and harming people, which can be described as three thieves. ”

"I'm also lonely," Zhao Xingde said with a smile: "The 'Three Virtues' are known, and the theory of 'Three Evils' and 'Three Thieves' is the first time I have heard of them." Shame. Su Tongfu's statement is fresh and appropriate, easy to understand, and quite impressive. Zhao Xingde looked sideways and meditated, nodded secretly, and forgot to guess Su Tongfu's true intention for a while.

"Don't hide it from Zhao Hou, this 'three gains' is what Su said in the past, and the 'three evils' and 'three thieves' are deduced after he was imprisoned this time, and he was touched by Zhao Hou's 'way of a gentleman'." Su Tongfu had palpitations and sighed, "In the past, Su Mou, wandering leisurely between the mountains and rivers, only knew that life should be 'three gains', to be honest, no fame and career are in my eyes." Zhao Xingde nodded slightly, Su Tongfu's words seemed arrogant, but it was not uncommon among the scholars of the Song Kingdom.

When Cao Bin crusaded against Jiangnan Triumphantly, Taizu originally promised him to be the prime minister, but later changed the hexagram to a reward of 200,000 yuan, some people thought that Cao Bin must be indignant, but Cao Bin said, "Why should you be a prime minister in life, a good official is not too much money." "Taizu was very happy when he heard it, and he didn't add a privy envoy. Coincidentally, Zhao Xingde also heard another strange news in Taixue, a certain official in Guangnan was transferred back to Beijing, and brought some local specialty goods on the way, but this year it happened that the price of such goods in Beijing skyrocketed, and the official made a windfall, and as a result, he didn't even do it as a Beijing official, and he returned to his hometown to be a rich man.

"Zhao Hou smiled at the ignorant thoughts back then." Su Tongfu shook his head, without the ease of talking about the right talents, with a hint of sadness on his face, "If it weren't for some reason, Su Mou might have ended his life in such a mess, maybe he would have been buried in the loess like this, and maybe he would have left a notoriety of absurdity and dissoluteness in history." After he was imprisoned for some reason, the jealous villain, the enemies he had made in the past, the scene of falling into the well, coupled with the corrupt officials and corrupt officials who took power and asked for bribes, although some old friends ran to help each other, and finally asked for pardon from the prime minister, most of his family property was tossed out, and his body was also empty.

Zhao Xingde vaguely guessed one or two of these things. After Su Tongfu got out, with his friendship with Deng Su, it was not difficult to take revenge on some people. Deng Su also took this opportunity to clean up some corrupt officials. However, Su Tongfu was devastated by this scene, and his mind was shaken a lot, so he didn't care about things before, but now he has redoubled his attention. remembered that when the case was exposed, several colleagues from the council died unjustly in prison, and Zhao Xingde's heart was covered with a layer of haze.

He sighed: "Life is always full of variables, if it weren't for the big case that was exposed, Zhao might not have put pen to paper." ”

"The one who husbands heaven and earth is the reverse journey of all things; Those who have passed through time have passed by for hundreds of generations. And floating like a dream, for joy? Su Tongfu muttered with emotion, "If we take floating life as a dream, our fate will be manipulated in the hands of an unfathomable fate." If a person is not stupid or stupid, he thinks that he may be imprisoned and die tomorrow, how can he indulge in joy today? If life is like a dream, why should it be polite and shameful? Why bother? If life is like a dream, the world in which people live is but a hell. He looked at Zhao Xingde, and there was a certain resoluteness in his eyes, "The tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, I want the 'three gains' I want, and I don't want it to be so illusory and ethereal." He was shocked a lot, and he was usually able to maintain a calm demeanor, but now he was a little excited.

"So what?" Zhao Xingde said lightly, he looked at the tea in the cup, his eyes were deep.

"If we want to make the 'three things' not a fool's babble, we must expel the 'three thieves', otherwise, no matter how well we operate, if we are bitten by the 'three thieves', we will inevitably sink into the quagmire of the 'three evils' of 'poverty, ignorance, and sickness'. We should stop the thieves, drive them out, and destroy them. Life is in the world, and there are many constraints, and it is impossible to be clean. Do you know that today is a thief who brings calamity to others, and another day does not come to calamity me? Therefore, we should not only expel the 'three thieves' ourselves, but also help others to drive out the 'three thieves'. This should be true not only for individuals, but also for the imperial court. General Zhao's way of being a gentleman, for me, is to do everything possible to enhance the 'three gains' of the people, expel the 'three evils' of the world, and conquer the 'three thieves' who do evil. ’”

The more Su Tongfu said, the more excited he became, he suddenly coughed, his sleeves flicked, only to hear a "bang", the teacup smashed on the ground, the tea overflowed, he quickly let go, while still covering his mouth and coughing, Zhao Xingde changed a cup of tea and handed it to him, Su Tongfu took it and poured it down, which suppressed the cough. Since Su Tongfu takes "longevity" as the key, he has always been extremely concerned about the way to maintain his health and protect his life. According to legend, the "three Taoist people" are as strong as the wrestlers. But now, who can see that a prison disaster has greatly damaged his health.

"Mr. Su," Zhao Xingde asked with concern, "Do you want Lang Zhong to come over and take a look?" ”

"It's okay," Su Tongfu waved his hand, and said gloomily, "I'm sorry, let Zhao Hou ruin his fortune." ”

Zhao Xingde shook his head, he suddenly remembered a sentence he heard in a trance before, "It is easy to break the mountain and the thief is difficult." He was touched in his heart, shook his head and said: "Mr. Su wants to crusade against these 'three thieves', but it can be seen that the 'three thieves' are also an aberration of people's hearts. When a man desires money, he takes it by virtue and becomes a thief to others. If a man cannot match the wisdom of others, he wishes that others are more ignorant than himself, and that he will become a thief who ignores people's hearts. In the world of the weak and the strong, people kill each other, people are weak, people cannibalize, and people become thieves who harm people. There is no good or evil in human nature, it is born of light and shadow, so all kinds of moral theories, in order to promote evil, the way of government, should be as Mr. said, the 'three gains' of helping others, and the 'three thieves' of chasing others. ”

"Mr. Zhao is high." Su Tongfu high-fived and praised, "That's right." ”

"In that case," Zhao Xingde said directly: "Mr. Su's intention, you might as well tell me clearly." ”