Go to Yongjia Weng's son-in-law to drink

Uninvited guests come in with a clever plan

This family can be said to be destitute, except for a few changes of old clothes, there is nothing to bring, Fan Zuliang greeted the neighbors, expressed his gratitude to the chief, kowtowed to the grave of Lili's adoptive parents, and rushed back. Sitting in the carriage, Li Li asked Huang Yingying: Sister, who is he?

You don't recognize him, don't you call him big brother?

It's the big brother, he saved me, but what's his name and what is he doing? How do you recognize you? Oriole asked curiously.

Huang Yingying smiled, you asked him.

Li Li took Fan Zuliang's hand, brother, you tell me.

Okay, let me tell you, my surname is Fan, my name is Fan Zuliang, I work in the yamen, I am your brother-in-law, and your sister is my daughter-in-law.

Within ten days, Fan Zuliang married a wife and a concubine one after another, and even he felt too smooth and happy. In two days, they are about to leave home for their duties, and Yingying and Amei are busy packing their luggage. Wu County Yamen came and sent a letter. The letter was written by Xie Yi, the former deputy chief of the Huaidong Soldiers and Horses, telling him that he had learned that Lord Fan's family was riddled with miscellaneous matters, and his subordinates would go to Yangzhou five days in advance. If there's something urgent, I'll report it to you.

Fan Zuliang is grateful to this deputy from the bottom of his heart, although he has seen a short side, he is a brother who can be trusted. With a month, there are many things that can be done.

Ying Ying and Ah Mei danced happily. Fan Zuliang told them that they would do two things next: first go to Xiangshan County, Mingzhou to worship Huang Yingying's parents, and then take the child and Amei to Yongjia to visit their father-in-law and mother-in-law. The oriole shouted, brother-in-law, I will go too. Worship your parents, of course you have to go.

Back in Wu County, Li Li didn't want to go to the eldest brother, she had to go with her brother-in-law, so she could go home after talking about it, her brother and sister felt sorry for her, Fan Zuliang also loved her, and she came on the third day after her sister got married, and the couple took her with them for everything, and taught her to read and write whenever they were free.

In the evening, Qian Amei asked, where else to go to Yongjia and visit her aunt and uncle?

"What do you see?" Fan Zuliang teased her, and Amei replied kindly, "I listen to you." ”

Fan Zuliang looked at her affectionately, Amei, I want to thank you, be a mother before you get married, like an old mother, so good to your children, in the final analysis, it's all for me. I'm going to your father's place, kowtow to him, and thank him for giving birth to such a good daughter-in-law.

Amei's heart is warm, Xianggong, with your words, I, Amei, am willing to die.

Look at you, that's not right. Let's live well, we have sons and grandchildren, and we will die when we see our great-grandchildren, you know.

You know, we will live to be a hundred years old.

In the study, Li Li studied ink, and Fan Zuliang wrote two letters. Yesterday, I thought about it, if I was a month late, I would at least make a report to my superiors, and if there was any problem, it would be easy to explain. One was given to Xie Yi, thanking him for his understanding and thinking about him, and the other was for Prime Minister Zuo to explain the situation at home and apologize for his delay in taking office.

The letter was sealed and sent to the county office by the servant so that it could be delivered at the post station. Nothing to do for a while, took a sip of tea and soup, looked at the oriole standing aside, compared to half a month ago, the little girl seemed to have changed a person, white and red, with meat on her face, no longer so skinny, Fan Zuliang said with deep emotion: Our oriole has become a big girl, it's time to find you a mother-in-law.

The oriole said: What kind of in-law to find, don't.

Don't do anything, when the girl grows up, she has to get married.

I won't get married, but I'll marry you if I want to.

Hey, Oriole, this can't be nonsense, people will laugh at it.

Joke what? The yellow warbler walked in.

Sister, my brother-in-law drove me away and said that he would find me my mother-in-law's house.

Nonsense, how old is our oriole, we follow my sister and don't go anywhere, if he talks nonsense again, he will pull his ears.

Lili smiled, clapped her hands and said, "Okay, okay, it's better to be a sister."

At this time, Huang Jianlin also arrived, and Fan Zuliang said, it's all ready, then set off for Xiangshan.

When he and Qian Amei arrived at Yongjia Ye Mansion with Zhengang Zhenfang, Ye Zhengze and his wife, Amei's father and stepmother all came out. The two children were also very happy to see their grandparents and pounced from afar.

It is said that at this time, Ye Zhengze was still in the military department, because of the sudden death of his daughter, his wife Qian was sad, so he asked to resign and return to his hometown.

Seeing that her niece Ah Mei looked fine, Qian asked her: Mei, how does Ah Liang treat you?

Amei said Fan Zuliang's words of gratitude to her, and Qian said, what's the matter, the son-in-law I chose for you is good. Don't look at his cold appearance at the beginning, once he marries you, he will be really good to you, this kind of man who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside can be trusted.

Amei is grateful to this aunt from the bottom of her heart, aunt, you are still good to me, you are my real mother.

Qian picked up the conversation, how good it would be if his sister-in-law was alive.

The wife is more expensive than the husband, Amei is so proud for the first time in the Qian family, the father and brother are respectful to Fan Zuliang, and the mother-in-law is also full of smiles, accompanying him carefully. Fan Zuliang also gave them enough face, and asked them to accompany the ancestors of the Qian family and visit each of Amei's relatives with gifts.

Weng and his son-in-law cooked wine and talked.

Hearing that Fan Zuliang was serving in Huaidong, Ye Zhengze told him: Everything should be done in advance, and if you don't plan it, you will waste it, don't expect that you will achieve your goal without hard work, and it is even more important to lead troops to fight.

Fan Zuliang asked, my father-in-law said yes, I remember. Legend has it that the emperor listened to your words before he had the intention of raising troops for the Northern Expedition.

Ye Zhengze said that things are not as simple as they are reported. It should be said that the earliest one with the intention of raising troops for the Northern Expedition was Han Pingzhang, who imagined that his great-grandfather Han Qi had the same feats as protecting the territory and expanding the territory in order to consolidate his position, so he encouraged the emperor to say something such as washing away the shame of the ancestors and restoring the homeland of the Central Plains. His Majesty was naturally a little moved when he heard this, but there were also ministers who objected, which was nothing more than saying that the two countries have lived peacefully for so many years, and the people like this peaceful and prosperous life, so why bother fighting again? What's more, the Jin people are fierce and good at fighting, once the Northern Expedition fails, they will suffer greater disasters by themselves. In this way, the emperor hesitated again, and Han Pingzhang said again, those people are timid and afraid of things, and they don't understand war at all, Your Majesty can listen to the words of those ministers who have been on the battlefield and are old and serious, so he summoned Xin Qiji and me. I reported to the emperor, prepared for war and then moved, defended and then fought, how could the emperor remember so much, so he asked me, should this golden man fight? How do I say it? Can I say I shouldn't fight? Therefore, there is such a rumor, just say it, and I don't bother to explain it.

I think it's time to change this situation of stealing peace and being martial, and use the Northern Expedition to boost the morale of the people. Fan Zuliang said.

We Han people have always disliked war, and we always like to be tolerant and tolerant when encountering problems. The biggest problem of this kind of character is to get by, content with the status quo, for individuals, is not enterprising, willing to be backward, for the country, that is fatal, you are content with peace, do not want to make trouble, but the barbarian state is not like this, he thinks this is weak and can be bullied, the more you are afraid of war, the more unscrupulous he is, with iron horses and bravery, break into your homeland, burn and loot, until you are conquered, therefore, a person can be soft, the country can not be soft.

As he was saying, the next person reported that a man named Lu Zutai came to ask for a meeting.

Lu Zutai? Lu Zujian's brother. Why did he come? When Lu Zujian was alive, he had some contacts with Ye Zhengze, and his friendship was also good. At the beginning, Lu Zutai beat the drum and wrote a book, please behead Han Yanxuan, and the name Zhenjing Division.

Father-in-law, can you see such a person?

Ye Zhengze knew that Lu Zutai was born in a family and studied well, but he was a little chivalrous and courageous, and he was also a fair and upright person.

Ye Zhengze told the servant and invited him to meet him in the living room.

Sure enough, Lu Zutai was dressed as a chivalrous warrior, with his hair tied, his beard fluttering, a white robe, and a long sword tied around his waist. When you enter the door, you will give it up: Lord Ye has always been good? The younger brother is polite.

Ye Zhengze returned the salute, you don't have to be polite, please sit down. Seeing him staring at Fan Zuliang, he introduced: This is the son-in-law Fan Zuliang.

Lu Zutai gave his hand: Fan Gongzi, disrespectful, disrespectful.

Brother Lu Xian hasn't eaten yet, has he?

Don't hide it from Lord Ye, the younger brother is really hungry after a day's journey.

Fan Zuliang stood up, and I went to prepare.

Brother Lu Xian, you have always read poetry and books, why did you suddenly become a chivalrous person?

Lu Zutai stroked his beard and said, I have to thank Master Han for this. He asked me to go as far as Qinzhou (now in Guangxi), can I pretend to be a bear? Out of Tanzhou to the south, arrived at Liling, the county magistrate Qian Wenzi is my cousin-in-law, took a few dozen taels of silver to me, my cousin took my hand: good brother, you have to take care, you must live.

Looking at my cousin's tears, I suddenly understood, what's the use of complaining and crying? Death thousands of miles away, what does it matter to others? My cousin is right, take care and live well. When I arrived in Qinzhou, I didn't feel any hardship or tiredness, I was full of food and drink, worked, went to the sea to swim, and only then did I understand that I could not do it when I was in my thirties, governing the country and leveling the world, but I could do it well, walk the world with a sword, do chivalrous righteousness, and save people in danger. When I arrived in Qinzhou, less than two years later, I walked back when I met the amnesty of the world. When I was in Jingzhou, Hubei, someone advised me to hide quickly, Han Yanxuan sent someone to arrest you. I'm not afraid at all, what am I? A grass man, what's the use of him arresting me?

You're right, some people love to chase the wind and catch shadows, foxes and fake tigers, wasn't that how Lin Cai was at the beginning?

When supervising Yu Shi Lin Cai and interrogating Lu Zutai, he thought that what Lu did was definitely not one person, and someone must have instigated it behind him, and this person may be Zhou Bida. Who knows, Lu Zutai originally held the belief that he would die, and he had always spoken out righteously, hoping to wake up the emperor and his ministers, so he was not afraid. Escorted to Lin'an Mansion, Fu Yin pretended to be fake and advised him: "Who taught you this? You tell me I'll be lenient with you. Lu Zutai smiled: "How stupid you are to ask this." I already knew that I would die, so why should I involve others and consult with them? Lin'an Fu Yin said: "I see that you are really sick, and your brain is broken?" Lu Zutai sneered: "I see that you people who cling to the surname Han and seek official positions are even more ill, and you have lost your duty to be a human being, which is really ridiculous!" ”

After the meal, Lu Zutai explained the purpose of the trip. When he was in Jianning (now Jian'ou, Fujian), he went to see Hua Yue, and after thinking about it for so many days, Hua Yue felt that there was something wrong with what he said. Maybe Da Song is not so unbearable. The vast majority of people in the world today are indulging in pleasure and have forgotten the shame of Jingkang, not to mention the homeland of the Central Plains occupied by the Jin people. There are only a very few people of insight who oppose the reluctance and stealing peace, and when they talk about restoration, they cannot but say that this is a rare righteousness. But what's the use of just talking and not doing? Now, Han Taishi intends to raise troops for the Northern Expedition, and his courage is commendable, and he can only make suggestions, and he should not blindly pour cold water. Lord Ye, do you say yes or no?

It's true, just saying and not doing it is equivalent to saying in vain, there are too many people who can say that I can say it, but there is a lack of people who can do what they say. Ye Zhengze deeply sympathizes, therefore, our Yongjia school advocates merit and learning, and advocates hard work to rejuvenate the country.

Another point is that many people who oppose the Northern Expedition are coming to Han Pingzhang, thinking that he has no background and is a relative, plus he used to ban pseudo-learning, and they don't believe that he can do anything big. If Zhao Ruyu proposed the Northern Expedition, I am afraid that there would not be so many people who opposed it. Fan Zuliang interjected.

If Zhao Ruyu was still alive and continued to serve as prime minister, would he propose the Northern Expedition? Probably not. The more books you read and the more experienced people are, the more you have to worry about doing things. On the contrary, people who read less do it when they think of it, and it is more straightforward. Ye Zhengze stroked his gray beard and said.

The adults said very well, for example, those of us rangers, when we encounter gangsters bullying good people, we will not even think about it, draw our swords to help, and save people, if you think about this and that, maybe everyone will be killed. Brother Hua's proposition is that he can make a big noise, train soldiers and horses, and show troops on the border, but he will not send troops for the time being. First refuse to pay the annual coins and silk, in order to provoke Jin Bang, when Jin Bang attacks, you can also avoid its edge, and when its morale falls, suddenly attack, in one fell swoop, crush the enemy. Lu Zutai pointed out the main points of his speech.

Ye Zhengze slapped the table, this idea is good. Qiu Zongqing, Jianghuai's propaganda envoy, held that it is not appropriate for us to make the first move, make preparations first, and strike first. Show the wind of the big house, if Kim provokes first, we will have a moral advantage. Then you will be able to fight against the enemy. Han Pingzhang said that since the Longxing Peace Conference, nearly 50 years have passed, and Jin has not provoked him, so why should we take the initiative in the future? Will you wait another fifty years? Stopping the tribute is to force Jin to do it first, and your Longxing peace is unequal, and we don't recognize it now.

I came this time to ask Lord Ye to convey Brother Hua's plan to see if it is useful to the imperial court, and then in your name, I want to ask for pardon for Hua Yue and let him be free.

Yes, I can report to Han Pingzhang, and I can also say if I ask for a pardon for Hua Yue, does Hua Yue have a zi?

There was no book, only a letter to you, and I almost forgot about it when I talked about it.

I heard that Fan Gongzi is serving in Huaiyang, why don't I make a deputy general under your command?

Fan Zuliang knew that he was joking, so he pushed the boat along the way, welcome, and it was no problem.

Forget it, I'm still a ranger, wherever I go, as long as the surname Han is in power, I will never shed this muddy water.