Chapter 22 The Liquor Order
"It's not what the lower officials want, it's that since they are fighting wine, they have to fight a fair and fair fight, and Zheng Tongju is not a cheater." Xu Heguang deliberately provoked Zheng Hao, "Of course, if Zheng Tong is judged to be unable to drink alcohol, there is no problem for the lower officials to do it for him." Come on, serve the wine. ”
"This official and Xia County are fighting wine, what does it matter to you?" Zheng Hao was a little drunk, pushed Xu Heguang hard, and shouted, "Wine!" Didn't you just spill half a jar of wine? The official will make up another altar to see who dares to say that the official is cheating. ”
Xia Xiang had the heart to persuade Zheng Hao not to be rash, but he saw Cui Xiang with a smile on his face, Li Heng drank tea without caring about himself, but Xu Wangshan and Ma Qingyuan were eager for Zheng Hao to be ugly, he sighed secretly, Zheng Hao was too young and vigorous, and he became the target of everyone.
"This official accompanies Zheng Tong to sentence an altar." Xia Xiang knew that it would be difficult to end calmly today, so he simply accompanied him to the end, and today's events also made him see something clearly.
"Xiaomin also dared to accompany Xia County to respect an altar." Xu Wangshan made up his mind to get close to Xia Xiang, he saw it, Xia Xiang was mellow, he didn't leak in front of Cui Xiang, and he could deal with Zheng Hao's aggressiveness calmly.
"It's this official and Xia County's respect for wine, why do you bother?" Zheng Hao squinted at Xu Wangshan with cold eyes, "If you want to accompany you, this official and Xia County will respect one altar, and you will have two altars." ”
I'm really not afraid that things won't make a big fuss, Cui Xiang is also a little angry, Zheng Hao is so incomprehensible to human nature and so willful, how will they work together in the future? Today's matter, he had to participate in Zheng Hao's book, so he impeached him for a crime of rudeness and etiquette on the grounds that Zheng Hao was drunk and caused trouble and teased the court officials. As an official of the imperial court, he behaved misbehaps, disrespected the prefect and disrespected the county, and was not worthy of being sentenced by the government.
It would be great if Zheng Hao could be dismissed or transferred out of Zhending, thinking about this section, Cui Xiang secretly glanced at Xu Heguang.
Xu Heguang and Cui Xiang had the same mind, and immediately understood what Cui Xiang was thinking, and immediately smiled: "Zheng Tong's judgment is wrong, you have one altar and two altars, which is obviously bullying Xu Yuanwai." Xu Yuan is also a well-respected rich man on the outside, and even Cui Fuzun respects him for three points......"
Xia Xiang frowned slightly, Xu Heguang's words were obviously suspected of fanning the flames, he was digging a pit for Zheng Hao, his intentions were sinister, Zheng Hao must not jump in.
To Xia Xiang's disappointment, Zheng Hao immediately sneered when he heard it: "This official did not bully Xu Yuanwai, it was Xu Yuanwai who had to join the wine fight between this official and Xia Xianzun, and he asked for it." ”
"Okay, good, it was the people who asked for it, and the people who accepted the punishment." Xu Wangshan looked grinning, he couldn't tell if he was aroused by Xu Heguang or didn't care at all, he arched his hand towards Cui Xiangyi, "Cui Fuzun, can Xiaomin borrow a few jars of good wine from the house?" He will pay back tenfold in the day. ”
"Just a few jars of wine, just take it." Cui Xiang waved his hand generously and smiled, "Fighting wine is just for fun, don't take it seriously, let alone get drunk." Come on, take ten jars of Changchun wine! ”
"But the Changchun French wine prepared by the cold soak method with more than 30 flavors of precious Chinese medicine?" Ma Qingyuan exclaimed, his eyes showed surprise and envy, "This wine is a tribute wine, it was created by Ye Muping, a master of Taoism, after entering the emperor, the emperor loved it very much, and personally wrote the title of Changchun French wine." It is said that this wine has the effect of 'dehumidifying and strengthening the spleen, stagnation, nourishing blood and veins, strengthening muscles and bones, widening the diaphragm and eating and drinking'. ”
"It's this wine." Cui Xiang twisted his beard and smiled, with a smug face, "This official is fortunate to meet Ye Zhenren, Ye Zhenren will give the prescription to each other, this official has brewed more than a dozen jars, and there are exactly ten jars left, it is rare to be happy today, and the good wine will be shared with you." ”
"That's it......" Ma Qingyuan smiled, his mouth moved, "Thanks to Cui Fuzun's love, he is so generous to share good wine with us, and Xiaomin also has the courage to join the wine fight, I don't know what Zheng Tong's judgment will be?" ”
"This official only has to fight with Xia County, and it is your business that you are willing to accompany you, and it has nothing to do with this official." Zheng Hao's eyes flashed with a hint of disdain, and he was very contemptuous of several people who had never drunk Changchun French wine, and at this time, Changchun French wine came up, he patted open the seal, picked up the jar, and drank another jar in one go.
In the summer, the degree of wine is very low, and even the car once said, "The mountain road is close to a hundred miles, and the wine glass will be three liters in one fell swoop", and the people who can drink three liters of wine are massive. A jar of wine seems to be a lot, but in fact it is about one liter.
"Changchun French wine has medicinal effects, Cui Fuzun might as well drink a few glasses, it is very good for the body." Xia Xiang turned against the guest and instructed the housekeeper next to him, "Come, take the warm bowl and inject it." Cui Fuzun is not in good health and should not drink cold wine. ”
The housekeeper answered, and after a while, he took a blue and white glazed bowl with a warm bowl from the Hutian kiln in Jingdezhen. In the middle is the infusion, which is the jug. There is a warm bowl around the infusion, and the bowl is filled with hot water to warm the wine in the infusion.
Xu Heguang's eyes flickered, and he wondered how Xia Xiang could know that Cui Fuzun's health was not safe, could it be that he knew medical skills?
Cui Fuzun nodded and smiled: "Xia Xianzun has a heart...... and groaned slightly, "If there is no wine order, wouldn't it be boring?" Zheng Tong sentenced, this official proposed to fight wine while carrying out the drinking order, how about it? ”
"It's no problem with the lower officials." Zheng Hao was three points drunk, and looked at Xia Xiang with a provocative gaze, "I don't know if Xia Xianzun dares to compete with this official?" ”
"The civil and military fighting wine mentioned by the official is not only about the pairing of red wine and white wine, but also includes the wine order." Xia Xiangxi smiled, applauded and said, "Wouldn't it be better if there were geisha to help the fun?" ”
Cui Xiang instructed the housekeeper: "Bring in a geisha." ”
After a short time, several geisha appeared on the stage, each with its own characteristics. Some of them beat drums, some spread flowers, and some sang.
The flower bearer turns behind several people with flowers in his hand.
"I have a sprig of flowers, and I pour some wine. Only the heart of the flower is like my heart, and I will stay together at a few years. Full of pan-gold cups, heavy flowers to smell. I don't want to be by my side and give it to others. ”
As soon as the drums stopped, the flower geisha handed the flowers to the person in front of them, who had to drink. After a few times, Ma Qingyuan mostly drank. Ma Qingyuan did not refuse, and drank several large bowls in a row.
The geisha passed the flowers just to cheer up, and after a few times, they stepped aside, just beat the drum and sing, and no longer spread the flowers. Zheng Hao couldn't hold it back for a long time, plus he was a little drunk, rolled up his sleeves, slapped the table and said: "Xia Xianzun, I said that it was you and I who were fighting wine, why did you join in?" ”
"Okay, from now on, it's just me and the two of us fighting." Xia Xiang's eyes rolled and he thought about it, "This official issued a wine order, and each person wrote two poems, and each poem must violate the laws of Great Xia, and the crime is above the prison sentence." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. Everyone has seen a lot of various liquor orders, and it is the first time they have heard of the guilty order. Zheng Hao was stunned for a moment, and then laughed inexplicably excitedly: "Wonderful, wonderful." Xia Xianzun is really extraordinary, the official came first, listen to it - coax the widow with a knife, go to the sea to rob the ship. ”
Cui Xiang smiled slightly, and it was the first time he had seen or heard of it, so he couldn't help but be curious.
Xia Xiang thought for a while: "The moon is dark and kills the night, and the wind is high and the sky is on fire. ”
"Okay." Xu Wangshan and Ma Qingyuan applauded at the same time. The two no longer understood the laws of Great Xia, and they also knew that murder and arson must be a great sin.
Zheng Hao thought for a moment and said: "Aconite is in the tea, and ephedra is in the wine." ”
Cui Xiang and Xu Heguang's faces changed slightly, and Zheng Hao had something to say, alluding to Fu Ke's murder case.
Xia Xiang seemed to be a little drunk, and he didn't hear the meaning of Zheng Hao's words, he tilted his head and thought: "Killing officials on the street will harm the people behind their backs." ”
Zheng Hao raised a jar of wine: "You and I are no different, how about drinking a jar together?" ”
"Okay." Xia Xiang also raised a jar of wine, the two touched it, and at the same time picked up the jar and drank it all.
As soon as this jar of wine was in his stomach, Zheng Hao's wine was surging, and he couldn't support it, he got up and left his seat, swayed to a geisha, and reached out to touch the geisha's chin: "Ask the geisha under the flowers, and go to the Yao Pond late at night." ”
"Haha, these two verses did not violate the law, they should be punished, they should be punished." Xu Heguang finally seized the opportunity, and seeing that Zheng Hao was six or seven points drunk, he hurriedly got up and took a jar of wine and handed it over, "Zheng Tongju, you are not allowed to rely on the account and not drink." ”
"This official will never cheat." Zheng Hao took the jar, and when he was about to raise his head and drink a fine light, Xia Xiang got up and grabbed the jar.
"The official is divided into half." Xia Xiang poured out half of the wine in the jar and poured it into another jar without saying anything, and then touched the jar with Zheng Hao, without waiting for Zheng Hao to speak, he drank it dry, "Haha, happy, happy." ”
Although Zheng Hao was slightly dissatisfied, he couldn't, so he had to drink up the remaining half of the wine, laughed and said: "Huaxia asked the geisha, go to the Yao Pond late at night, Xia Xianzun, do these two poems violate the law?" ”
Xia Xiang said without thinking: "Huaxia asks the geisha, since it is not against the law, but it depends on what the geisha is asking. ”
Zheng Hao said with a smile: "The official wants to pay 3,000 yuan to invite a geisha to linger with a person day and night, so that he will run out of money at the bedside and go home without shame, and finally regret committing suicide...... Is it a violation of the law? ”
Xia Xiang thought for a while: "No. ”
Zheng Hao smiled again: "When you go down to the Yao Pond in the middle of the night, it is Li Shangyin's Yao Pond, is it considered a violation of the law?" ”
Cui Xiang's face changed, and he immediately coughed: "Zheng Tongju, don't mess around." ”
Li Heng also heard the clue, and his face changed greatly, with a look of consternation.
Xu Heguang, Xu Wangshan and Ma Qingyuan looked at each other, and the three of them didn't know what Zheng Hao meant by Li Shangyin's Yaochi.
Xia Xiang's heart jumped, Zheng Hao's words were not implying that he knew something about the emperor's condition? Li Shangyin has a poem called "Yao Chi": The window of Yao Chi's mother is open, and Huang Zhu's song is moving. Eight horses travel 30,000 miles a day, why don't King Mu do it again?
The poem borrows the myth of King Mu of Zhou traveling west to meet the immortal Queen Mother of the West, and ridicules the emperor's vain of seeking immortals and delusional immortality. In the late Tang Dynasty, several emperors were superstitious about the way of immortals, took pills, and vainly sought immortality, so that they were poisoned by Jindan and died. Today's emperor also respects the art of immortals, and trusts Taoist Ye Muping the most, and treats him as a national teacher.
Ye Muping not only can refine the golden pill, but also concoct medicinal wine, and is proficient in the art of Qihuang. However, the emperor's greatest belief in him is to refine the golden pill, and the art of Qihuang still relies on the golden armor more.
It is rumored that the emperor has always been in good health, but since taking Ye Muping's golden pill, his health is not as good as before. After falling ill, many imperial doctors pleaded with the emperor to be far away from the virtuous ministers, obviously to alienate Ye Muping. Ye Muping wrote several times to defend himself, and also prescribed a prescription for the emperor's illness. However, Jin Jia is the most sincere, and when he saw that Ye Muping's prescription was in line with the emperor's illness, he spoke well for Ye Muping in front of the emperor.
Ye Muping stayed because of this.
In fact, Xia Xiang also knows very well that Jin Jia seems to be simple and does what he wants, but he is actually very discerning. Jin Jia saw that the emperor had no intention of expelling Ye Muping, so he took advantage of the situation to speak well for Ye Muping, so that the emperor could have steps to go down.
Zheng Hao's poem is obviously a satire of the past, alluding to the fact that the current emperor, like King Zhou Mu back then, wants to live forever, but in the end it can only be wishful thinking.
Although the atmosphere of Daxia is clear, the emperor has always been tolerant of the people's discussion of the royal voice, and even the emperor laughed at the anti-poems of Xiucai, but Zheng Hao is an official of the imperial court, and it is not the duty of a courtier to use poetry to satirize the emperor's quest for immortal immortality. Moreover, Zheng Hao has another identity - a child of the Zheng family.
Although Xia Xiang didn't know the current emperor's attitude towards the four great families, he could guess that no matter who became the emperor, he didn't want to have a family that could compete with the imperial court. Nowadays, the four great families are far less brilliant than they were in the Tang Dynasty, but the residual power is still there. It is also related to the intention of the four major families to act in a low-key manner, and now it is obvious that the four major families want to re-raise their heads, not to mention that the identity is unknown, but most of them are from one of the four major families, Lian Ruohan's gradual layout in business, and then there is Zheng Hao's son Zheng Hao's move to be an official in the examination, if you count the identity of Li Heng is a person from the Li family's side branch, and Lu Zhiyue's appearance is really determined to seek an official and a half-position, plus Cui Fuzun is a person from the Cui family in Qinghe, and the small place of Zhending has gathered all the four major families of Cui, Lu, Li, and Zheng.
If the emperor misunderstands that Zheng Hao is mocking him as a child of the Zheng family on behalf of the Zheng family, the matter will be delicate. Fortunately, the children of the family are outside, if they are not the head of the family, their personal remarks have nothing to do with the family.
Xia Xiang's mind flashed, and he instantly thought about the inside and out of the matter, and said with a smile: "Li Shangyin is from the Tang Dynasty, even if Xia Yaochi violates the law, it is also the law of the Tang Dynasty, what does it have to do with Great Xia?" Zheng Tongju, you still lose, drink, drink. ”
Cui Xiang heard Xia Xiang's exculpatory intention for Zheng Hao, and wanted to grasp this matter, but after thinking about it, although the relationship between the Cui family and the Zheng family is average, they are also world friends, and it is inconvenient to tear their faces, and the Cui family and the Lu family have always married each other, and recently the Lu family has a tendency to get closer to the Zheng family, so it is better to put it down for the time being, and it is not too late to find an opportunity in the future, so he coughed and stood up: "It's rare to have such fun today, come, everyone raise a glass of wine together, and he will meet friends with wine in the future." ”
Everyone got up and toasted their glasses of wine. At this time, there are not many jars of Changchun French wine left, except for Cui Xiang, they all have six or seven points of drunkenness, Zheng Haoshao said that he is also ** points drunk, and he can't even walk steadily. Xu Wangshan and Ma Qingyuan wanted to help him, but they were pushed away by him.
He broke a branch, held it in his right hand, lifted the hem of his clothes with his left hand, raised the branch with his right hand, and let out a neighing sound of a horse from his mouth, and laughed: "In the past, it was not enough to boast, but now there is no end to debauchery." The spring breeze is proud, and you can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day. ”
Xia Xiang, a poem by Meng Jiao in the Tang Dynasty, naturally knew that it was chanted by the drunken Zheng Hao at this time, which had a different flavor. He took a step forward, saw Zheng Hao stumbling and almost fell, and hurriedly supported Zheng Hao and said, "Zheng Tongju, be careful of your step." ”
"Don't worry about it, this official is fine." Zheng Hao pushed Xia Xiang away, strode through the arch, walked away, and disappeared in a blink of an eye. ”
"Cui Fuzun, please stay." Xia Xiang stood at the door of the second hall, refusing to let Cui Xiang send one more step, he arched his hand and said, "Fuzun take care of your body, Xiaguan has developed a medicine chair, which can relieve the pain, and he will send a pair of Fuzun one day." ”
"Then the official laughed and accepted." Cui Xiang didn't shirk and smiled.
Out of Zhending Mansion, in front of you is the endless flow of the Hutuo River. Xu Heguang stayed in the mansion, Li Heng was sent to the door, Xia Xiang waved goodbye to Li Heng, and walked along the river with Xiao Wu, Xu Wangshan, and Ma Qingyuan.
"Xia Xianzun, Liu Changting and Xie Huagai are of unknown origin, if they are used to do things for the government, I am afraid there will be problems." Xu Wangshan boldly said what he thought in his heart through the wine, "If it is in the opinion of the small people, the small people would prefer Lian Ruohan and the little lady to take over the granary and grain business." ”
"So, you two really let go of the grain and grain business?" Xia Xiang stared at Xu Wangshan and Ma Qingyuan with interest, he had a good impression of the two, and the two of them had the unique simplicity and boldness of the people in the intersection of the north and the Central Plains, and they were very easy to deal with.
"It's really thankless, it's nothing if you don't make money, it's not good to be scolded by the villagers. Wangshan and I are both natives of Zhending, people want faces, trees and bark, and we can't go on like this. Ma Qingyuan recognized Xia Xiang even more after drinking today, and felt that although the new magistrate Xia Xianzun was not very old, he was a serious person and acted in a very measured manner, so he saw hope, "Xia Xianzun, I don't understand, it's obviously not a good thing, why can't the new law be abolished?" ”
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