Since Xi Zhicai was silent, several people talked for a few more moments, and the banquet ended because of Xi Zhicai's sentence "I can't drink enough".

Although I don't know if the drama is really because I drank enough in the wine shop before, I still pretended to have not enough alcohol, but Fu Quan didn't keep it in the end. From beginning to end, Fu Quan never thought that he could take down these strange people at one time, unless, he could have the luck in Ba County, and Dong Fu, a Yizhou scholar, could only follow the routine and slowly invite these wild hermits out of the mountain, Liu Bei invited Zhuge Liang to visit three times, Fu Quan didn't think that he could be worse than Liu Bei's old ge!

"Pingkou, a proud person who is a brother in the play, is not formal, if there is something offended, I hope Pingkou will not be angry!" Because most of the time he ignored Fu Quan, Xu Fu was afraid that Fu Quan would be angry, so he hurriedly explained.

"It doesn't matter! Strange people have their own pride, and how can they be incompatible with people who are not immeasurable? Fu Quan naturally didn't get angry about this, and said some comforting words, which appeased Xu Fu.

Of course, in Fu Quan's view, Xi Zhicai is just the norm of waiting for the price and selling, and the subordinates choose the monarch. And this kind of person is generally a person with a lot of ability, otherwise, if he is replaced by a person who is obviously not capable, it is estimated that he would have already knelt and licked his allegiance in front of Fu Quan, and he would not need Fu Quan to tolerate it so much at all. And the kind of people who have no ability, but still pretend to be famous and prodigious, naturally there are also them, but this kind of person can become a high-ranking official is really rare.

Thinking of this, Fu Quan thought of this Taiping Dao rebellion, when the princes of the imperial court were helpless in the face of the Yellow Turban Moth Thief, the one who said that as long as he sent someone to recite the "Book of Filial Piety" loudly to the Yellow Turban Moth Thief, it would definitely make those Moth Thieves automatically disintegrate, this is the example of those few who can pretend to be a genius and mix with big officials all the way.

As for Xiang Xuqiren, his deeds are also shocking and laughable in later generations, it can be said that after he reads books, he is ready to play a big game of chess for his life.

Xiang Xuzi Fuxing, a Hanoi dynasty singer, is a descendant of Xiang Chang, a well-known Taoist figure at the turn of the Han Dynasty. When he was young, he was a living being, with a strange temperament, and he was a very strange person, and when he was young, he read "Lao Tzu" at home, as if he was studying Taoist learning, as if he was learning Taoism, but he was like a madman, and his madness was also very unexpected.

For example, Xiang Xu often likes to wear a drape, holding a red raw silk headband tied on his head, and then sitting on a board bed on the north side of the stove for many years without getting up, and even sitting on the board bed to the point where the marks of his knees, ankles and toes appeared on it.

This is nothing, Xiang Xu also made himself into an image that he doesn't like to speak, but likes to scream loudly and loudly, and roars twice when he is happy. When a guest comes to visit him, he doesn't refuse, but after the guest enters the house, Xiang Xu often doesn't talk to people well, and even directly ignores them. He also compared himself to Confucius, accepted some disciples, and named them "Yan Yuan", "Zigong", "Ji Lu", and "Ran You".

Sometimes, Xiang Xu rode a donkey into the market and begged for food; Sometimes he invited all the beggars to stay at his house, set up wine and food for them, and took them to eat 10,000 more. At that time, people didn't know his depth, and they all thought that he was a tall person, after all, ordinary people who saw such a strange person either thought he was crazy, or thought he was stupid, or they would think that this person was tall.

Obviously, Xiang Xu is neither crazy nor stupid, so everyone thinks he is a master, and over time, his fame even spreads directly in the state and county. And the county finally heard of his reputation, so he recruited him, and then even named him filial piety, virtuous and square, there is a way, the government recruited, etc., and even he was recruited together with Pengcheng Jiang Qiu and Jing Zhaowei, but Xiang Xu did not agree.

Later, when others saw that Xiang Xu even cared about the great Hanshi people as the foundation of the official, filial piety and honesty, they didn't want it, so they thought that Xiang Xu was a master. So much so that local states and counties and even the Han court are also like this. Therefore, later the imperial court issued a special edict to recruit his people and make him the prime minister of Zhao. When he went to work, people said at the time that Xiang Xu would definitely stay frugal, but Xiang Xu took a gorgeous carriage and drove a good horse, and it was not until this time that some people began to suspect that he was a hypocrite.

And what Xiang Xu did after he took office also verified this sentence very much, because after he arrived, he didn't read the official documents, and he almost didn't go to the official office to handle government affairs, so that after he joined the office, the official house was overgrown with weeds. It's just that, like Xiang Xu, a person who doesn't do practical things at all, his official fortune has been rising step by step, and finally he entered the court, recruited and served, whenever the court discussed military affairs, he refuted with righteousness and righteousness, so that all the officials and ministers were afraid of him, and they didn't know what was going on with this person.

If it weren't for the chaos of Taiping Road, the Yellow Turban Moth thief would have the worry of overturning the society, I am afraid that Xiang Xu would be so muddy for the rest of his life, until he is no longer an official.

However, the Taiping Dao Zhang Jiao made a rebellion, and stated the country's interests and losses to Xu Shangshu, slightly satirizing the eunuchs and temple people around the emperor, who did not want the country to use troops, as long as they sent generals to read the "Book of Filial Piety" on the river to the north, those rebellious Yellow Turban Moth thieves would naturally collapse by themselves.

When Zhang Rang, the regular servant, heard this, he immediately ridiculed him because Xiang Xu had ridiculed him before, so he framed Xiang Xu for not wanting the country's destiny to leave the school, suspecting that Xiang Xu and Zhang Jiao were all the way, and wanted to be the internal response of the Yellow Turban Moth thief. Emperor Liu Hong was dissatisfied with Xiang Xu's rudeness, and saw that Xiang Xu whimsically said that reading the "Book of Filial Piety" could quell the rebellion, when even if he understood the unreliability of Xiang Xu's ability, and also doubted Xiang Xu's motives, he issued an edict to arrest Xiang Xu, send him to Huangmen North Temple Prison, and order someone to kill him.

In fact, Xiang Xu died a little unjustly, and it can't be said that he was wrong, only that he was incapable. Because Xiang Xu's "Book of Filial Piety" provided a theoretical basis for the Han Empire government to suppress the Taiping Dao foolish rebellion by force, "The Book of Filial Piety: The Son of Heaven" said that the so-called "filial piety of the Son of Heaven" is "morality and religion are imposed on the people, and punishment is imposed on the four seas." ”

Under what circumstances is it necessary for the Son of Heaven to be "punished by the four seas"? "The Book of Filial Piety, Ji Xiaoxing" gave a very clear answer, but it was "for the sake of chaos and punishment", the leader of the Taiping Dao, Zhang Jiao, as a commoner, organized the people to confront the court without authorization, of course, it was "chaos for the bottom", and the punishment should be increased.

It's just that, obviously, whether Xiang Xu is reading too many books and reading by himself, or he wants to make a special exception to go alone, he is incapable anyway, and he finally plays himself to death. Of course, regardless of whether Xiang Xu has the ability or not, he relies on self-promotion, so as to rise and become a role model for high-ranking officials, compared to Xi Zhicai, a capable guy who can't make a career, is obviously much better.

Of course, if Xi Zhicai also uses Xiang Xu's routine, whether he can mix it well or not, Fu Quan can also think about it. However, it is obvious that for the proud guy of Xi Zhicai, he can be impatient and uninhibited, but he will never use deception to gain his background, this is probably a kind of arrogance, they want to get ahead, they want to rise, they can only rely on their own talents, as for other ways, it is not in their plan at all.

Therefore, Fu Quan can't help but feel sad for Xi Zhicai and Xu Fu, I am afraid that if it were not for the princes of the late Han Dynasty to fight for hegemony and the opening of the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, these people may have to live in seclusion in the countryside for the rest of their lives.

The selection of officials of the Han Dynasty has long been precipitated over time, and it has become the backyard of the powerful family, except for the occasional official position that slips through the net, otherwise there is no background, and there is almost no way out for the poor family. This is also the emperor Liu Hong, the establishment of the Hongdu Gate School, not because the world monopoly on the vast majority of the way to select officials, Liu Hong in the face of his own hands are the people of the family of the preparatory officials have no way, in order to cultivate loyal to their own forces, specially recruited students from the children of the Han family, another way to recruit and train officials with poetry and songs, in order to fight against the foreign dynasty party scholars.

However, it is obvious that for Xi Zhicai, who is good at strategy, his strategy is simply not able to participate in Hongdu Gate School. Moreover, in the context of Yingchuan as the hardest hit area of the party, Xi Zhicai, as a native of Yingchuan, is estimated to have the courage to take refuge in Hongdumen, which is controlled by eunuchs, so as to break with the family of Yingchuan.

Xi Zhicai's home is in Yangzhai County, in Lilu, near Dongshi, but it is said that after saying goodbye to Xi Zhicai and Fuquan, he was slightly drunk and went home to rest, and when he woke up, it was already the evening when the sun was setting.

When I woke up drunk, I was most thirsty, and Xi Zhicai was the same, so he found the dilapidated clay pot at home and took some cold water to drink, which was a little comfortable.

After that, with a lazy body, Xi Zhicai reclined on the couch at home, put his hand against his thin cheek, and his dark and shining eyes scanned around his somewhat dilapidated hut, and the thoughts in his mind slowly spread.

A man's husband gets married and starts a family, and his wife is a child, this is the dream that every man should have, and Xi Zhicai is no different, otherwise he would not know that his family is a poor family, and it is difficult to afford his study, and resolutely go to a private school in Yangzhai County that is also a poor scholar.

It's just that the original dream is still there, but now it is empty, knowing that he has been married for many years, he is still in this market, although he is also a little famous among scholars, but it is obviously not as good as he wants.

Now, an opportunity is in front of Xi Zhicai, and according to the information he has inquired in the past, he also knows that that person's personality is different from that of ordinary scholars, but he is a worthy object, however, he still has some concerns.

It seems that we have to find a way to test it again, the sincerity of this Fuliuchuan!

Xi Zhicai thought slowly in his heart, and at this moment, the door of his house was pushed open, and then he saw a thin and slightly hunchbacked woman, wearing shabby clothes, this woman was Xi Zhicai's wife. But in her hands, she was holding a few torn clothes, and Xi Zhi knew that they were the clothes that his wife sewed for others, and in the past, his wife relied on these to earn some spare money and subsidize the family.

The two said hello, and the wife was in a hurry and wanted to save a little money, so she was in front of the window, relying on the last bit of light of the sunset, to sew clothes.

Looking at his wife, Xi Zhicai suddenly felt countless guilt and hatred in his heart. His wife, Xi Zhicai thinks that she is extremely virtuous, even if he does nothing, but he has been diligent and thrifty, saving money to give him a chic outing, but he himself, but until now, he still has achieved nothing, and he is also tired of his wife, from a beautiful girl, to a rickety woman early, and even his eyes have been significantly reduced because of the perennial sewing of clothes, which is obviously not what he should do as a man.

Time passed minute by minute, and finally Xi Zhicai's wife finished sewing a piece of clothing, and then, she carefully brought the clothes in front of her, and gently opened her teeth to bite off the thin thread. Looking at the sunlight outside the window, his face was happy, and he didn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly took out another piece of clothing and continued to sew it.

It was also at this time that Xi Zhi saw that his wife's perennial laundry, cooking, housework, and extremely rough palms were like old women in their forties and fifties, which was distressing, you know, his wife was only more than 20 years. However, it is these hands that support themselves when they have no life income and blindly wander between the markets.

It's really a shame to my wife, no, this opportunity, no measures, my drama ambition must get ahead.

Like the last straw that broke the camel's back, Xi Zhi saw his wife's rough palm, and finally made up his mind, and said to his wife, who was still sewing clothes: "You don't have to clean the house for the next two days, and if there are distinguished guests at home the day after tomorrow, you can prepare coarse tea!" ”