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When he went to a leeward pavilion in the garden and sat down, he ordered the wine and food, and Xu Ping said to Wang Su: "I just have leisure today, let's get together and talk about gossip." After a while, Boyong and a few of them will also pass, drink wine and eat meat today! ”

Wang Su said with a smile: "I bought the Zhuangzi two years ago, and now I finally taste the sweetness, there are pigs and sheep raised in the village, all of which are selected meat to eat, and there is never a shortage." Yunxing, I don't like to eat meat now, this season, I just want to eat some fresh vegetables. ”

"Vegetables too! It's not that I'm boasting, at this time, if you want to eat fresh vegetables in the capital, there is no place like my Yongning Hou Mansion! Wait a little for them to come, set up a stove over there, and we'll do whatever we want! ”

Wang Su rubbed his hands: "That's the best." While they weren't coming, let's have two drinks to warm up. When I went to Luoyang City, the most unpleasant thing was that I couldn't drink your family's wine often. Speaking of Luoyang City, there is also your family's wine for sale, but I always feel that there is less taste, although the wine taste, but not without the mellow of the capital. ”

Xu Ping just smiled and didn't speak. How expensive it is to transport wine from the capital there, and the wine of the Xu family sold in Luoyang now is brewed there. In order to choose the water, the brewing workshop was deliberately placed upstream of Yishui, where the water is the clearest. But wine still needs time to brew, and if there is not enough time, it will inevitably have less taste.

Let a shabu-shabu come on, Xu Ping said to Wang Su: "The sheep raised in the village this year are fat and beautiful, and there is no peculiar smell. They were all slaughtered after they were sent to the house, and Zhong Yi tasted them and used them for wine. ”

The two opened a bottle of perfume and sat opposite each other, drinking and gossiping.

People will always change, Wang Su has been in contact with an astonishing amount of money every day since he arrived at Xijing Bank, and before he knew it, he was different from before. In the past, Wang Su, a sage and sage, did not leave his mouth, although he paid attention to the interest in life, but he did not particularly care about money. Even if he followed Xu Ping to buy Zhuangzi outside the city, he was still a little embarrassed to make a profit. Now it's different from before, inside and outside the words, it's always inseparable from the word money, money and food are the key, and seeking the public interests of the world is the righteousness.

Near noon, Wang Yaochen, Han Qi and others arrived at Xu Ping's mansion. When we arrived at the back garden, after the ceremony, everyone sat down.

Liu Xiaoyi commanded a few servants, set up a few stoves downwind next to him, and set up a large table of various vegetables and meats, and lit a fire there.

Xu Ping said: "We haven't gotten together to talk for a long time, so if we have free today, we will have a good drink." I don't have any delicacies from the mountains and seas here, only the usual meat vegetables and vegetables, only eat one fresh, don't be idle. ”

Hearing this, several of them laughed together. In the middle of winter, fresh vegetables are much more expensive than delicacies from the mountains and seas.

Xu Ping said again: "The home-brewed wine, whether it is strong or light, will be fine." What you like to eat, just go over there and let the people in the house fry it out to your own taste. ”

Wu Yuchang sighed: "The first few I was a local official, and occasionally I mentioned in the letter what you ate and drank when you got together, and I still don't think so. After returning to the capital, I realized what kind of blessing it was to be with Yunxing. I knew that this was the case, and I had to return to the capital no matter what. ”

Everyone laughed together, and when they were with Xu Ping, they never lost their mouths.

In the same year, if you talk about the status of the imperial examination, Wang Yaochen and Wu Yu are naturally the highest. Wang Yaochen is the champion, and Wu Yu is in the fifth year of Tiansheng and after the first, he is the third class in the middle system, and he is treated the same as the champion. But when it comes to the current status, the Heavenly Sage Five-Year Jinshi naturally takes Xu Ping as the leader. With the privy councillor and the right counselor, he almost entered the two mansions in one step, but the others were only middle-level officials in the same year, and there was still a distance from the attendants. Because the status is too far apart, it is now Xu Ping who is pulling the others, and it is difficult for them to help Xu Ping.

Everyone got up and went to the side to order their favorite dishes. Anyway, I know that Xu Ping's family has money, so I don't need to save him, just order whatever you like, and I just want to have a good time today.

Returning to his seat and talking a few words, Wen Yanbo said to Xu Ping: "Yunxing, do you still remember the fifth year of Tiansheng, a Luzhou Jinshi who ascended with us, Bao Zheng?" ”

Xu Ping was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "Of course I remember, ten years after ascending to the top, this Bao Xiren is a strange person!" ”

Wen Yanbo said: "He is filial to his mother, because his mother is old, he has to abandon the official and go home to support." His mother passed away a few days ago, and he was able to go out without bonds. ”

"Oh-" Xu Ping nodded, "I'm only mentioning this now, I'm afraid I'll have to wait until next year." It just so happened that there was an edict on the Holy Church this year, and Bao Xiren was only afraid that he would be awarded an official with the Jinshi in the coming year. But rest assured, this dynasty rules the world with filial piety, and he is not out of office to serve his old mother, and he will definitely not treat him badly when he is awarded an official. ”

Wen Yanbo and Bao Zheng are good friends, their fathers had a close relationship when they were officials in Beijing, and in this generation, they are Jinshi in the same year, and the relationship is not as good as others. Bao Zheng lost his father when he was young, Wen Xun has always been an official, and the Wen family also took care of Bao Zheng. So Bao Zheng is now going to come out to be an official, and he privately entrusted Wen Yanbo, hoping that he would not be affected by the past when he was awarded the official.

Because of his filial piety to his mother, he didn't want to be too far away from home, so he changed officials in the court many times and resigned many times, whether it was good or bad depends on what to say. If there is no one in the court, or if someone is unhappy about it, they may be punished. Because there is also a saying, it is called the mother does not choose Lu, Shi Yannian came out of office because Zhang Zhibai said this sentence to him. If someone supports you, you can put everything into a filial piety, and all the bad things become good things. In history, Bao Zheng not only did not suffer in his career because of his idle life in the past ten years, but he was promoted rapidly after becoming a servant, and there was no gang to help him mediate in the same year, but he was afraid that there would be no such good thing. Now that there is Xu Ping, who is in a high position, these are even more not a problem.

The imperial court was very taboo about the relationship between relatives and friends between officials, and Wen Yanbo stopped at the point and did not say anything more. Xu Ping helped Bao Zheng to be friendly in the same year, and he didn't show that he had a particularly close relationship with him, otherwise he would be a thunder that broke out at some point.

Xu Ping thought for a while and said to everyone: "Everyone, I have a word to say, you listen to it, whether it makes sense, and you can consider it." Now the imperial court is no longer as tight as it was a few years ago, and it is no longer so tight on money and food, and it can do a lot of things. As you know, I presided over the compilation of "Rich Country and Security Policy", and once said that money and food are the key link when I played it right. It is not a bad thing for us to accumulate wealth for the sake of officials, as long as this wealth is for the public good, we should be worthy of a righteous word. However, there are different opinions on the distinction between righteousness and benefit, and although the political achievements in the past two years have been highlighted, there are still some people who disagree. Now that Li Jing is in the country, he is writing a book and saying that he wants to unite people's hearts and let everyone understand this. Since the first two months, there have been several yamen in the imperial court, just like I have compiled the "Money Law Book" a few years ago, and have discussed this matter extensively. Who dares to say the way to govern the country? These discussions are also the process of learning. If you have any ideas, you might as well actively participate. To tell the truth, according to the current government and political behavior, those who show their heads in this will inevitably be reused. ”

After listening to Xu Ping's words, everyone was silent for a while. Of course, they knew that this was Xu Ping's use of his power to point out a bright political road for everyone. When the imperial court selects people, the first thing is to protect the ministers. Due to his identity, Xu Ping should not focus too much on his own year, otherwise he would be attacked for planting the party in private. However, it is still very useful to point out the direction of the court's future employment. With the normal operation of the bank, the administration of the imperial court is now very different from the past, so it must also be shown in the selection and appointment of personnel. Xu Ping has always liked to learn and discuss, and participating in it is an opportunity for middle and lower-level officials.

However, everyone has their own aspirations, even in this group of people in the same year, there are those who disagree with this. Everyone wants to be promoted, but not everyone wants to be promoted so much, like Ji Ying, who doesn't talk much, so she is not so keen on promotion. For so many years, Ji Ying has never even looked for Xu Ping in private, and the friendship of the same year is there, but she never wants to touch this light in the officialdom.

At this time, Wang Su was the most open-minded, and said to Xu Ping: "Can our officials in Xijing also participate in these things?" ”

"Absolutely. You just don't have the opportunity to talk in person, and the article can still be published. ”

Wang Su nodded: "That's the best." In the past six months, I have really learned a lot about managing banks. ”

Wang Yaochen said: "Zhigui and I are now in the Imperial Court, and there is nothing to say about money and food. ”

"Why not? Money and grain are the key link, not to collect money and grain for the sake of money and grain, but to collect more money and grain, which must benefit the country and the people. In the current administration, the increase in the amount of money and grain in the evaluation of local officials has taken up a large proportion, and it is inevitable that there will be those officials who are lucky enough to collect more money and grain by unscrupulous means, and even loot the people. How to prevent fraud, isn't that exactly what the court has to do? ”

Han Qi smiled: "Yun Xing said so, it also makes sense. There is a lot to be done here. ”

Xu Ping nodded: "There is a way to do things, and the same is true for governing the country." The way to govern the country is nothing more than to be benevolent and love the people, but how to do this, everyone has their own way. But there is always something in common. Now what the imperial court is organizing and discussing is a common method that can be pushed to all parts of the country. Money and food are just statecraft, not a program of statecraft that cannot be discussed, so you should not have any worries. As long as there is something really said, it will be used. In the past, the imperial court only blindly emphasized that it did not cost the people effort and did nothing, but now it has changed, and the officials work for the well-being of the people for the sake of the politicians, not just on their own. There are many problems involved in this transformation, and you should seize the opportunity to show your talents. ”

The words were so clear that everyone had their worries in their hearts and agreed together. No matter what you believe in, as long as you participate in this process, if you are stronger than others, you will inevitably be promoted. At the beginning of the New Deal, there was actually a great shortage of officials who understood the new governance concept and had a certain ability, and this was also the opportunity for Xu Ping, who was at the juncture of promotion in the middle and upper echelons, in the same year.

There are three gangs of heroes, and it is extremely difficult for a lonely person in the officialdom. Xu Ping admired Wang Zeng's personality, but asked himself if he really couldn't be like him. If Xu Ping wants to consolidate his position, he still has to rely on the help of his Tiansheng in the same year.