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"Fuping Hou."

Zhang Fang and Wang Shang, one is in the wind, and the other is heroic; One is soft as the wind, the other is majestic.

The two of them folded their sleeves together, looked at each other for a moment, and laughed together.

Zhang Fang said with a smile: "The power of the prime minister is also fearful." I almost couldn't hold it, and I was embarrassed and ugly. ”

Wang Shang shook his head and waved his hand again and again, with an expression that he didn't want to mention again, but his eyes were also bright.

Zhang Fang's "single and fearful" is an interesting incident that happened at the beginning of the year that made the imperial court raise its eyebrows and the people praised it.

In the fourth year of Heping (25 years ago), when the Southern Xiongnu returned to the court to see the emperor of the Han Dynasty, he went to the Weiyang court to pay homage to the prime minister Wang Shang. At that time, Wang Shang got up and left the table to talk to Shan Yu, because Wang Shang was tall, the Huns looked up to him and was afraid, and he lost his temper for a while and retreated several steps (Wang Shang was more than eight feet tall, so it seems that the height of Shan Yu is worrying).

When Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty heard this, he sighed: "This is really Han Xiang! ”

This matter became a beautiful talk for a while.

As soon as the two met, Zhang Fang told Wang Shang's most proud deeds this year, and praised Wang Shang without a trace.

The place where the two met was Wang Shang's Lechang Marquis Mansion Water Pavilion. Standing fence on three sides, facing the lake on one side, transparent without walls, cool breeze.

Wang Shang smiled and asked: "Does the prince drink alcohol, or drink cheese, or honey?" ”

Zhang Fang smiled and took out a small exquisite lacquer box from his sleeve and placed it on the table: "Don't drink casea nectar today, only drink this product." ”

Wang Shang opened it and saw that it was a black thing, if it weren't for the fragrance, he would really be dead grass and rotten leaves, and he couldn't help but be confused: "What is this?" ”

Zhang Fang spit out a word: "Tea." ”

Two cups of white jade porcelain, a pot of Lishan Spring, poured into the cup like a water dragon's breath, rolled into a pinch of tea leaves like buds, and the water quickly faded into orange.

Zhang Fang picked up a cup and made a gesture of invitation to Wang Shang.

Wang Shang had never seen this kind of drink, and it was only similar to ordinary fruit wine, if it wasn't for the fact that the tea was piping hot, he would just take a sip of it. At this time, he saw Zhang Fang's action - picking up the cup, gently blowing away the tea leaves floating on the surface, taking a sip, sipping his mouth, as if savoring, and swallowing it for a while, smacking in his mouth.

Wang Shang had never seen such a strange way of drinking, and suspected that Zhang Fang had learned it from the barbarians, but it didn't seem like it when he thought about it, because that every move, calm and elegant, implied the meaning of etiquette, and was definitely not a trick that barbarians could play.

Thinking like this, Wang Shang couldn't help but do it again. The moment the tea was entered, Wang Shang frowned slightly. However, he was also a hard-working person when he was young, although he was pampered all these years, his true colors were still there, and his brows were only furrowed. Then, his eyes showed surprise. Slowly, surprise was replaced by a smile, and he nodded slightly.

"The smell of the fragrance awakens the brain, although the entrance is bitter, but after the bitterness, the aftertaste, the fragrance around the tongue, is really a wonderful thing."

Zhang placed the cup and stroked his palm and smiled: "You can taste the true taste of this tea when you drink it for the first time, and the prime minister is also a wonderful person." ”

Wang Shang's reply was to take another sip, another sip, and soon the cup bottomed out.

The two looked at each other with empty arms, looked at each other and smiled.

Although the production of tea is still very small, smart people should promote it in advance, start from the top, and subtly change the food customs of the Han Dynasty. Well, it seems that Zhang Fang has changed Dahan's recipe, and now he is going to change the drink.

"There is bitterness before sweetness in the world, and there is sweetness before bitterness. I don't know which kind of prime minister prefers? Zhang Fang seemed to be talking about tea, but he believed that Wang Shang would definitely understand the meaning.

Wang Shang thought about it, and ordered the servant to take a bamboo book from the study and hand it to Zhang Fang: "This is the answer letter that Wang Zhongqing wrote to me the day before yesterday, and there is a touching paragraph in it, Yi Xiao can take a look." ”

Wang Zhongqing in Wang Shang's mouth is Jingzhao Yin Wang Zhang, although this is also surnamed Wang, but it has nothing to do with Wei County (Wang Feng) and Zhuo County (Wang Shang), but he is a scholar from a poor background, and his composition is similar to Chen Tang. Before Chen Tang joined the company, he was quite miserable, but this Wang Zhang was even worse than Chen Tang.

What a miserable method, there is a self-description in the bamboo book that can be glimpsed.

“…… Yu Xiri learns Chang'an for all students, and lives alone with his wife. Because of poverty and illness, there is no quilt, lying in a cow's clothes, and his wife is crying. The wife said angrily, "Zhongqing! Who is the honorable person in the imperial court? Now the sickness is afflicted, and he is not self-excited, but weeps and weeps, and he is despised!' Although his wife said nothing, she was deaf and deaf, and Zhang was ashamed, so she rose up and ......"

Zhang Fang raised his eyebrows in surprise, isn't this the origin of the idiom "cow clothes crying" in later generations? It turned out to be the story of Wang Zhang. The so-called cow clothes are usually woven by the owner to warm the grass to cover the cow body, similar to the coat and the like. It was all down to the extent that the cow clothes were used as covers, and the misery of Wang Zhang back then can be imagined. This self-description really makes people cry of sympathy after reading it.

This answer book is written on a piece of bamboo. Before the improvement of paper, bamboo and wooden books were the mainstream of writing at that time. And when the "leno paper" appeared, the official documents and edicts of the imperial court were basically paper, and the same was true for civil correspondence. However, some retro scholars are still willing to use wooden slips and bamboo books to reward each other, just to "answer the book".

Wang Shang showed himself this answer, especially emphasizing that the intention of this paragraph could not be more obvious, he answered his question in a way that did not show any traces.

These two people, one uses tea as a metaphor for the difficult situation that the other is facing at the moment, and the other uses the other person's answer to imply determination. Common political interests were demonstrated and initial trust was established.

Politics is like that, as long as there are common interests, there is a basis for joining forces.

Wang Feng and Wang Shang, one is the head of civil officials, the other is the head of military generals, they are both relatives, they both have the trust of the Son of Heaven, and they all want to be brothers...... The two kings are irreconcilable contradictions, and they are naturally opponents. Wang Feng swallowed the government and the opposition, and took advantage of his own advantages to win most of the imperial court.

Wang Shang is not without the power to fight back, before he became prime minister, he held an important position in the military for a long time, and he had a close relationship with the former great Sima Xu Jia. After Xu Jia was squeezed down by Wang Feng, he has been secretly supporting Wang Shang, and as Queen Xu's biological father, Xu Jia's energy is not even underestimated by Wang Feng.

At the same time, Wang Shang also formed a family of sons and daughters with the right general Shi Dan - Wang An, the son of Wang Shang, married the daughter of the right general Shi Dan. Although Stan has many children (more than 20), marrying a daughter does not mean that they are in the same boat, but at least it is a bargaining chip, isn't it?

Although Wang Shang does not have Wang Feng's aggressive whale swallowing momentum, there is no lack of encroachment, and Jingzhao Yin Wang Zhang is one of them.

And today, the Marquis of Fuping came to visit and release goodwill, which made Wang Shang feel very relieved. However, Fupinghou's move was not unexpected by Wang Shang. The Empress Dowager did not like the Marquis of Fuping, the general's run on the Marquis of Fuping, and the grudge between the Marquis of Hongyang and the Marquis of Fuping. Wang Shang knew that, so to speak, he had been waiting for this moment.

After that, the two only talked about the pacification of the southwest, or talked about the wind and snow, and never mentioned the political alliance.

It wasn't until Zhang Fang said goodbye and was about to walk out of the gate that Wang Shang's voice came from behind him: "That's right, Marquis Fuping." What kind of tea, can you give me two boxes? ”