Chapter 680: Offering Tea
Li Jing followed Wang Pu into the palace, looked at the surrounding buildings and nodded, he has been to a lot of places, such as Liang Shicheng's mansion, Liang Zhongshu's mansion and even the Inner Palace, etc., but after entering Wang Pu's mansion, I knew that sometimes, the real identity is not a luxury building can be purchased, Wang Pu's mansion is full of a trace of simplicity and weight, low-key and contains traces of time, but it is the owner of the mansion that people dare not underestimate. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
The real Taiyuan palace has long been destroyed in the war, Wang Pu's family has always been a family with poetry and books, there are three sons in the family, the eldest son Wang Mu is only a scholar in Taiyuan Mansion, but the second son and the third son are born in Shangjia, this arrangement is extremely strange.
Wang Pu was also secretly observing Li Jing, and when he saw Li Jing nodding again and again looking at the surrounding buildings, he was very comfortable in his heart, and said with a smile: "The humble house makes the general smile." ”
"It's enough to have a place to live here, and the old gentleman is humble." Li Jing followed Wang Pu into the hall, but saw that there were still traces of the banquet in the hall, and immediately smiled: "The banquet is not over yet, why are the guests gone, it won't be because Li Jing, a villainous guest, came, so he left!" ”
"How dare you, how dare you, if the general is a villain, then there will be no distinguished guests in the world, today's father's birthday, originally just wanted to invite three or five friends to get together, but I didn't expect that in the end there were many people in the forest, and my father had no choice but to feast everyone." Wang Mu hurriedly explained on the side. He believes that Li Jing must know everything about tonight afterwards, since this is the case, it is better to say it honestly now, at least he can get a good impression.
"The old gentleman is the head of the Shilin, and it is also appropriate for the scholars to come to pay their respects." Li Jing said indifferently: "You see that it's not just those scholars who are here, but also Li Jing?" ”
"It's an honor to have the general come, the old man is honored to win the cold, the general, please." Wang Pu did not introduce Li Jing into the hall, but bypassed the hall and asked Li Jing to sit down on a rockery not far from the hall.
"Please, old sir." Li Jing nodded, and sat down with Wang Pu.
"Go and let Lu'er serve tea." Wang Pu said to Wang Mu on the side. Wang Mu was stunned for a moment, and finally glanced at Wang Pu, seeing that Wang Pu was not looking at him, there was a hint of discoloration in his eyes, and he hurriedly retreated.
The old gentleman was sitting in front of the court watching the flowers bloom and fall, smiling and looking at the clouds rolling in the sky, but he was very relaxed. It's just that I don't know that the world is about to change greatly, the old gentleman is full of poetry and books, and when he knows the way of Confucius and Mencius, why can't he seek some benefits for the common people in the world? Li Jing looked around, the hill was not high, but he could see everything outside the palace, and couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Sit and watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court, and smile at the clouds rolling in the sky. The world says that although the general writes well, he classifies the general as a reckless man, but he doesn't know that the general has his own hills and valleys in his heart. Wang Pu touched his gray beard and said, "Just for this sentence, you can also drink a pot of wine." ”
Li Jing suddenly smiled wryly when he heard this, this old gentleman looked very confused, but he was changing his topic. At the moment, he couldn't help but ask: "Why does the old gentleman think Tian Hu rebelled?" ”
"This is naturally caused by the ambition of the Tian Tiger thief." At this time, Wang Mu walked over, and there was a woman in white beside him, with her head down, she couldn't see her face clearly, but her temperament was attractive, Li Jing couldn't help but take a look, but finally looked at Wang Pu.
"General, please." A gentle voice came, the sound was like a warbler's chirp, which made people immediately attracted to the other party, Li Jing couldn't help but look at the other party again, but this time he saw the other party's appearance clearly. His eyes lit up, and he saw that the other party's willow eyebrows were green and cuidai, and his body was like a swallow and a willow, and it was even more rare that he was dignified and beautiful, and his bearing was graceful, Li Jing saw it clearly, and suddenly thought of an actress named Huan Xi in his mind, not to mention the similar appearance, but more importantly, the temperament was similar.
"This is the old husband and the queen of the queen, who has heard the name of the general for a long time, so he came to serve tea before." Wang Pu touched his beard and said a little proudly.
"Thank you, Miss." After Li Jing heard this, his face was stunned, and he arched his hand towards the other party.
Wang Lu glanced at Li Jing, his face was slightly red, but he saluted Li Jing and said, "The general is polite." Saying that, he nodded to Wang Pu, and then retreated.
Li Fu, who was sitting under Li Jing, saw it clearly, touched his beard, nodded secretly, and glanced at Wang Pu with a little deep meaning in his eyes, and Wang Pu's old face was slightly red.
"Brother Wang, although this Tian Hu has some ambitions, he was just a hunter at the beginning, if there is no change, he will always be just a hunter, how can he have today?" Li Fu said with a smile.
"What Lord Li said is very true, in the final analysis, it is just the local officials who oppressed the people and expropriated them violently." Wang Pu nodded and said: "In recent years, traitors in the DPRK and China have been in charge, so there are today's Tian Hu, Fang La and others, and the people are oppressed by these traitors and have no way to ask for help, so there is today's chaos." ”
"The people actually need very little, just a few acres of land, to be able to support their families too safely and steadily, but unfortunately, now can not meet these, most of the fields are controlled by the rich, the gentry or the government, but there are very few that can be left to the people, and even in order to avoid paying high taxes, they will take the initiative to mortgage the land to the gentry. Without the land, these people lose their roots. Li Jing let out a long sigh.
Wang Mu was about to speak, but he was met by his father's cold eyes, and quickly took back the words in his mouth, only to hear Wang Pu say: "General, in fact, most of the rich families on Hedong Road are from business, but there are not many so-called wealthy gentry. ”
"Yes! When Li Jing was in Beijing before, he once heard a joke that in Jiangnan, after those rich businessmen made money, they tried to expand their manpower to make more money, and on Hedong Road, after making money, they did two things, the first was to buy land, and the second was to build a house. Li Jing laughed and couldn't help but say: "I just don't know, how many people are in his family, what do you do with so much land?" But I don't know that land is actually the most unsafe thing, once the disaster year comes, the people lose their land, lose the foundation of survival, if the imperial court is not effective in disaster relief, it will cause riots, impact the gentry, don't say that their money can not be guaranteed, even their lives are difficult to protect. ”
Wang Pu's face was stunned for a moment, then his face changed slightly, and he finally said with a wry smile: "The general's remarks were unexpected by the old man, but I don't know how to refute them. ”
In fact, there is another way, that is, to use the sword in his hand to get more land for the people of the Great Song Dynasty. It's just that right now, the country is in turmoil, and there is no way. Li Jing's eyes showed a hint of deep meaning.
Wang Pu's eyes lit up, and he was about to speak, but Li Jing on the other side stood up and arched his hand and said: "It's not too early, the old gentleman is tired today, Li Jing won't bother, and will leave first." Regardless of Wang Pu's obstruction, he led Li Fu and Li Daniu down the rockery and out of the palace, Wang Mu trotted all the way to send Li Jing out.