"Yi Niangzi, your heart should be quiet, how to insert this pot of flowers if you are not quiet?" Zheng Lang walked to the low standing cabinet in the corner of the house and said, on the low standing cabinet, there were more than a dozen flowers inserted in a white porcelain square vase. In the middle of a big red lotus, beautiful and beautiful, there are more than a dozen white Du Ying and golden Lycoris flowers like the stars arch guard. Du Ying flowers are very fragrant, and there will be bursts of fragrance from time to time, which adds an ambiguous atmosphere to the room.

"Governor Zheng, why do you say flower arrangement?" Fu Bi Road. But in my heart, I was saying, brother, if you have something to say, don't play dumb riddles.

"I talked about the relationship between the teachings of each religion and its founders, what kind of environment makes what kind of religion, and the same is true of flower arrangement. There is also a flower arrangement in the west, and only a corner of the flower arrangement is piled up, and it is not worth mentioning that many flowers are piled up in a mess to make a lively. ”

Of course, Fu Bi didn't see it.

Later generations because of the backwardness of civilization, the civilization of the West is instilled in the East, even the same is true of flower arrangement, in fact, the science and technology of the West is advanced in later generations, but many arts, because of the aesthetic views and history, the West is very thin, including flower arrangement, in the art of flower arrangement, the Western flower arrangement is not as good as the Chinese flower arrangement process, even the flower arrangement art of the Japanese country is not as good.

continued: "Only China, pay attention to poetry and painting, and after several times of national integration, the history is long, so the artist will be this kind of tolerance and poetry, painting endowed on the art of flower arrangement, the flower is poetry, painting, history, is a broad and inclusive spirit." There are also Wa countries, and during the Sui Dynasty, Ono Meizi came to visit, and after returning to China, she brought a lot of Chinese calligraphy and painting, sculpture, and gardening, as well as vases of flowers for the Buddha. Later, Ono Meizi became a monk and lived in the top temple by the small pond of Rokkakudo in Kyoto, where the first pot of flower arrangement was inserted, so the Japanese country also called the flower arrangement school as the pond. However, the environment of the Wa Kingdom was surrounded by the sea, and the land in many places was barren, so there were endless wars and longing to expand to the mainland. As a result of this living environment, the ikebana of ikebana is quiet and simple, and although it is meditative, it is full of a sense of solemnity. ”

Fu Bi didn't know much about flower arrangement, and he didn't understand what Zheng Lang was going to say.

Zheng Lang continued: "Yi Niangzi, who did you learn your ikebana from? ”

Yi Niang didn't answer.

"Did you spend a lot of money to ask the Japanese merchants to teach you? But his skills are not very good, in order to make Zhang Daliang happy, you learn to insert the flower art of the Wa Kingdom, but it has not reached the essence of the flower arrangement of the Wa Kingdom, and this pot of flowers has not been plugged well," Zheng Lang said and moved his hand, dialing the big red lotus flower to the highest, with a few claw-shaped umbrella-shaped lycoris flowers below, and then a long row of several Du Ying below, after cleaning up, he said: "If you want to arrange the flower art of the Wa Kingdom, Du Ying in this pot of flowers cannot be placed with a sense of hierarchy, it must be neat, so as to have the quiet and solemn beauty of the Wa Guo flower art." ”

Hearing this, Fu Bi fully understood.

It turned out that I had also come to Yi Niang here, every time I came, I saw this pot of flower arrangement, not necessarily today's pot, different flowers bloom in different seasons, and a pot of flower arrangements can not be kept for many days. But he hasn't paid attention to it, and this is also a subtle sight.

Zhang Daliang has been in the Wa Kingdom for a long time, and he still has a wife and children in the Wa Kingdom, if Yi Niang doesn't like Zhang Daliang, why should she learn to insert the flower art of the Wa Kingdom?

"Why bother to come after the end?" Saying that, Zheng Lang only left two clusters of Du Ying, and the others were thrown outside, and then folded a bamboo leaf from the outside, walked in, re-arranged the flowers, lowered the big red lotus, two clusters of Du Ying flowers were placed on the side, and the rest of the lycoris flowers were placed under the lotus, but they were in line with the middle of the lotus, and the two lycoris flowers at the edge were lowered in turn, and the bamboo leaves were inserted obliquely on the Lycoris lace.

With the insertion of this bamboo leaf, this pot of flower arrangement is immediately filled with infinite vitality. Obviously, the number of flowers used is small, and even a Lycoris flower is deducted, but it is more layered than the pot just now, three-dimensional, and it is less solemn and more soft, graceful and luxurious. Fu Bi couldn't help but clapped his hands to show applause.

Yi Niang was still silent.

Fu Bi was a little anxious, Zheng Lang had an extraneous voice, he waved at Yi Niang, not the flower art of the Central Plains, but let Yi Niang turn back immediately. Persuaded: "Yi Niangzi, don't be obsessed, Zhang Daliang is using you." He really likes you, with his family property, you have been together for two years, why don't you redeem you as a concubine? ”

Yi Niang lowered her head and continued not to speak.

Fu Bi was even more anxious and said: "Little lady, you treat others as Xiang Yu, but people don't treat you as Yu Ji, wake up." ”

Zheng Lang smiled and said that the gentleman is only Fan Zhong's ears, he is not, and neither is Fu Bi, but Fu Bi is slightly better than others, and this sympathy and pity is also there. But Fu Bi was also obsessed, and said: "Brother Fu, the White Lotus is about to be swept away by the west wind, do you regret it?" ”

"I'm sorry!"

"Looks, looks, Buddha words love is more than lust, lust is desire, it is nothing but big, there is one, if you make the two together, the people of the world, the incompetent Taoist, if the lady has no posture and talent, will the rich brother have sympathy?"

The preceding passage is from Chapter 24 of the Forty-Two Chapters, **Obstacles.

The Forty-two Chapters Sutra is one of the thirteen Sutras, and the Thirteen Sutras also have multiple versions, the Diamond Sutra, the Vimajie Sutra, the Lotus Sutra, the Ranga Sutra, and the Lengyan Sutra are the required scriptures, followed by the Heart Sutra, the Sutra of Victory, the Sutra of Meditation, the Sutra of Amitayus, the Sutra of Enlightenment, the Sutra of Golden Light, the Sutra of the Sanskrit Net, the Sutra of the Altar, and the Sutra of the Forty-two Chapters, the Sutra of the Buddha's Relics, the Sutra of the Profound Interpretation, the Sutra of the Eight Great People's Enlightenment, the Mahayana Sutra, the Sutra of the Bodhisattva's Aspiration, the Sutra of the Ten Dwellings of the Bodhisattva, and the Sutra of the Transformation of the Buddha and the Divine Transformation in Virujana.

It is the thirteen scriptures, depending on the place in the heart of each man. But Zheng Lang is reading all these 21 Buddhist scriptures.

It's amazing, there are tens of thousands of Buddhist scriptures, it is impossible for all monks to read them one by one, as long as those who have read these twenty-one books and understand them, they can already be called proficient in Buddhism, and there are many illiterate people among the common people, and they will often read two or three Buddhist scriptures, and they can be deceived and deceived.

There are even some gods who don't know the origin of the Buddhist scriptures and create their own Buddhist scriptures. Is there such a good creation? For thousands of years, China has had only one altar scripture of its own Buddhist scriptures. But the common people don't know, so there are Wang Ze's Five Dragons Sutra and Tear Sutra.

There are multiple versions of the forty-two chapters, and the popular version is not long, each chapter is only a few hundred words for the elderly, and some of the short ones are only a dozen words, a total of only a few thousand words, so Wei Xiaobao can carry several copies of the forty-two chapters in his arms. It belongs to the Hinayana scriptures, not the popular Mahayana Buddhist scriptures in China.

This paragraph means that there is nothing more powerful than ** in love, and there is also platonic love, but very little, ordinary people still have to "unite the spirit and desire", not personnel, there are a few people who can have love, ten in. Therefore** is the most harmful, fortunately there is only one **, if you have two equally powerful ones, no one in the world can do the way.

I don't know if Fu Bi has read the forty-two chapters, but the meaning of this passage is more ideal, Fu Bi smiled bitterly, speechless.

"Yi Niangzi, the Buddha also said that those who love lust are like holding a torch, going against the wind, and there will be the danger of burning their hands. Moderation is enough, but you must love sensibly, so Futong has repeatedly advised you. "It's chapter 25, burning oneself with lust and indulging in greed, just like holding a torch in one's hand, walking against the wind, there will be a hidden danger of burning one's own hand.

Fu Bi laughed dumbly and said, "Governor Zheng, you are also in love." ”

"After all, she has lived in my house for a while, and she can play my ten-sided ambush with the pipa, where to find this wonderful person, Yi Niangzi, don't you say?"

"Governor Zheng, Futong Judge, don't say it, can you listen to the slave maid?"

"Okay, let's talk." Zheng Lang said. It was not easy to finally open Chrysostom.

"Although Zhang Daliang violated the law of the country, he is a good person, and Governor Zheng, you are also a good person, why can't you forgive him?"

Fu Bi was stunned, he didn't expect to persuade him for a long time, he actually waited for this sentence, and sighed: "No wonder the Heavenly God and Demon King Bo Xun offered a wonderful jade girl to the Buddha, wanting to make the Buddha give birth to ** and destroy the Buddha's cultivation." Bo Xun didn't send you a jade girl, but he sent a seaman to you. ”

"Rich brother, have you also read the forty-two chapters?" Zheng Lang asked strangely.

"If you want to identify the Buddha, how can I not take a look? Yi Niangzi, what's so good about Zhang Daliang? Just a maritime merchant with some money in his hands, no education, no status, and nearly thirty years older than you, why should he be greedy? ”

"Rich brother, wrong, good age, Yi Niangzi's family has suffered misfortune and lacks a sense of security. The older Zhang Daliang gets, the more he can give Yi Niangzi a sense of security, and he has been born and died many times, do you and I have such a magnificent life journey? is smart and capable, powerful, rich and powerful, for Yi Niangzi, such a person is more fatally attractive, so well, you and I can't. ”

Fu Bi rolled his eyes, didn't want to continue to joke with Zheng Lang, and said to Yi Niang: "Yi Niangzi, Zhang Daliang secretly helped you, but he coveted your beauty, not really helped." You say he's a good guy, why did he kill so many people in the East China Sea? ”

It was this murder case that caused Zheng Lang to be unable to close the case, and in order to close the case, he had to work hard, and it was Zhang Daliang who forced Zheng Lang to this step.

"The slave knew that most of the people he killed were death row prisoners, and the Zheng Governor sent people to chase after him, and finally he had to do it himself."

“…… The person he killed was a death row prisoner, so wouldn't Zhang Daliang have to die hundreds of times before he could uphold the law of the country? ”

"Slave, slave...... Don't force each other, Governor Zheng won't let go of the little girl, please arrest the little girl and put her in prison," Yi Niang cried bitterly after speaking.

Fu Bi was speechless, stood up and said, "Governor Zheng, let's go." ”

When it comes to this, this little woman is still obsessed and has no cure.

Zheng Lang also shook his head and said, "Yi Niangzi, do you know what kind of flower this is?" ”

As he spoke, he picked up the remaining lycoris flower.

Yi Niang sobbed and replied, "It's a dragon claw flower." ”

"It's the dragon claw flower, it has other names, Lycoris flower, Manzhu sawa flower, garlic grass, cockroach flower, and there is a better name, because it blooms around the autumn equinox, which is the other side of the ancient autumn, so it is also called the other side of the flower. Your life is miserable, and what you have encountered is not human, and the shore is a sea of suffering, go to the other side. And this yellow flower reminds me of a name, the yellow Lycoris flower has a nice name, called Sudden Smile, saying that it looks like a girl who looks back and smiles. If it weren't for Zhang Daliang's compulsion, you would have some thoughts, and you would also be a talented and virtuous little lady. Throw away some bad thoughts, and you are also smiling suddenly. Let's go to the other side. The other side is the country of the other side, many treasure trees, pure gold trees, silver trees, glass trees, crystal trees, amber trees, beautiful jade trees, agate trees, the most wonderful treasure trees are gold trees, silver for the body, glass for branches, crystal tips, amber for leaves, beautiful jade for flowers, agate for fruits, glory and brilliance, invincible, the breeze from time to time, out of five tones, subtle palace business, natural harmony. There is also a Bodhi tree, four million miles high, five thousand miles around its own body, two hundred thousand miles of branches and leaves, all treasures, natural synthesis, Huaguo Rong, brilliance all over, red, green, blue and white, all Mani treasures, the king of all treasures, thought to be Yingluo, cloud treasure locks, ornamental treasure pillars, gold beads and bells, between the turns, treasure nets, covering it, millions of colors, reflecting each other, immeasurable light, shining infinitely. ”

It is part of the scene of the other side country described in the Sutra of Amitayus.

But no matter whether Fu Bi or Yi Niang have heard the meaning of his words, Yi Niang's fault is not big, although she was Zhang Daliang's accomplice, she was used by Zheng Lang in turn, there is not much fault, and then confess part of Zhang Daliang's information, and the credit will be atoned, and the enemy will be punished sooner or later, and you can live a happy life in the future.

It's not a country on the other side, but a free, unfettered happy life.

Therefore, when Zheng Lang arranged the flowers just now, he deliberately left this Lycoris flower without inserting it, because he had expected that Yi Niang would be obsessed, and finally used this flower to drink again.

To achieve this point, Zheng Lang can be said to be benevolent and righteous.

Yi Niang still cried.

Fu Bi was even more disappointed, and directly took Zheng Lang's hand and dragged him out.

"Rich brother is not in a hurry, I have another sentence, if Yi Niangzi is nostalgic for this sea of bitterness, then there is only this place, and this square handkerchief is your only place to live." took out a handkerchief from his bosom and handed it to Yi Niang, before leaving.

Fu Bi walked to the door of the square and asked puzzledly: "What is the use of that square handkerchief?" ”

A plain square handkerchief, with no pattern on it, how did it become a place of refuge. Fu Bi didn't figure it out.

"I'll tell you when I get back."

Bringing Fu Bi to his home, Zheng Lang said: "Brother Fu, I have never been very concerned about private salt, I only care about the big pavilion households, and banning the big pavilion households will reduce a lot of trouble." ”

Or care about private salt, which is also an important drawback to removing illegal salt.

He continued: "In addition to this measure, when the Buddha discernment is over, at the end of the year, I will get more profits, I will have money at my disposal, and there will be some political achievements for you and me to squander, and I will also make a move on tea and salt. ”

"Tea and salt?"

"Tea law merchants, I don't dare to move in other state capitals, there will be a big turmoil, but Hangzhou can ask the imperial court to relax the decree because of overseas needs, and rationing will become a merchant."

"This will work," replied Fu Bi after thinking about it. There are many troubles in the country, which will involve the interests of many large and powerful families, but the problem of Hangzhou is not big, and after the prosperity of maritime trade, it is indeed necessary to transport tea, and it is impossible to transport tea from Hangzhou to Haizhou, and then transport it back from Haizhou: "What about the salt law? ”

"The salt method is also simple, after the big pavilion household catches a batch, the pavilion household becomes simple, then the next law is also easy to implement, pay the principal of the pavilion first, like the lychee in Fujian, when the salt is paid after decoction into salt, all the salt payment can be paid, which can further eliminate private salt, and can also increase the yield."

Because of the development of fresh-keeping technology and transportation industry, lychees no longer need to be sent to Chang'an as fast as the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the water floating land to enter the Beijing Division, the north is transported to the Khitan, and the southeast boat travels to Silla, Waguo, Liuqiu, and Dashi, which is the famous brand goods of the Song Dynasty. In order to make profits, when the merchant first blooms, he breaks the forest, sets up a coupon, if the merchant knows it, regardless of the beauty and evil, it is all red salt (red pulp is made of salt plum Fosan flower, and it is stained with lychee, exposed to dry, red and sweet and sour, and it is not insect for three or four years, called red salt flower). This is an advanced package purchase relationship, although the local people produce lychees but because of the package purchase relationship can not eat lychees, but greatly promote the cultivation of lychees, one year old, I don't know thousands of trillions, hundreds of millions. The record of lychee pedigree is exaggerated, but the real profit brought by lychee will reach millions of yuan a year.

The salt method used by Zheng Lang is similar in quality, but it is not Zheng Lang's creativity.

The monopoly salt of the Song Dynasty produced many drawbacks, and the private salt was serious, like Zhang Daliang's good punishment, what if Yu Hang Shengdu's family had private salt? Or Li Yong has a lot of brothers, what if someone is in Hangzhou? Therefore, the system of buying and fighting was implemented to appease the big and strong, and the most powerful group of people was appeased, and the remaining sub-large households were dealt with according to law.

The execution is not ideal, especially in Ting, Qian, Zhang, Chao, Xun, Mei, Hui, Guang eight prefectures, law enforcement is lax, illegal salt is overflowing, a little control, robbing people and silk, plundering women, fighting with patrol officials, to kill officials, then start as thieves. If Zheng Lang does this like Hangzhou in these states, even the officials, including Zheng Lang himself, will dare to kill you.

The second is the two Zhejiang Huai, the people in this area are rich, and the surname is also pure, but because of the huge profits of private salt, well-dressed people also sell more salt, just like the results of Zheng Lang's investigation, countless large families, some of them are still scholars, and they have been implicated.

Later, Fan Xiang implemented the eight articles of the salt money law and carried out reforms, but this time the reform was more radical, infringing on the interests of the big and powerful, and was ousted. Maybe it's boring to think about it, but it's a fact, and if you don't take it into account, unless the Song Dynasty is overthrown, no method will succeed. This moderate reform was relatively successful, and Fei Yu was long, forced by them, Xue Xiang made a second adjustment, and made some concessions to the merchants again, but because of the large use of troops in the northwest, this law was not applicable again after Xining. Shen Kuo and Pi Gongbi then implemented the third reform, controlling the issuance of salt banknotes and expanding the trade law, but they were also unsuccessful.

As Zheng Lang said, as long as the imperial court wants to make profits, and there is a huge price difference, any reform will not succeed, and this is the fundamental point.

There are also officials in the two Zhejiang provinces who have been reformed, and Lu Bingti in Xining has ordered the two Zhejiang prisons, in charge of salt affairs, and has used two methods, that is, Zheng Lang's two methods, one is to improve the life of the pavilion households, they are so hungry that they can't eat, and they can do anything that loses their heads, because the big pavilions have not moved, and the poverty of the small pavilions continues to exist, and they are not successful. The other is the package purchase system, which has not improved the phenomenon of illegal salt, but has increased production. Lu Bing also had some other measures, from three stoves to ten stoves as a first-class one, in order to scoff each other and supervise each other. Then use strict laws to crack down on private frying and private salt, and those who are not worthy of the crime, although they are guilty of rods, will move 500 miles with their wives. However, he didn't dare to move the big family, although he used the cool method, he also didn't do a good job.

Fu Bi thought for a while and said, "This method can also be used. ”

The main thing is that there is no interest involved, it is the money taken by the government, and it is not taken, it is paid in advance. Although it is bought out, there will still be private salt flowing out, but it will be better. As for the radical cure, Fu Bi's experience of more than a year has also been seen through and cannot be cured.

"Rich brother, it's just an improvement, I don't have any delusions about private salt, if it weren't for the incident, I wouldn't want to set off such a big storm. However, Zhang Daliang's side is different, it is related to the two mines, which is to take the wealth from the pockets of foreigners, and the surname is completely different. Ma Sui came back with the news, and there was no preparation over there, it would take at least a year, Han Zhigui was in too much of a hurry, and there would inevitably be some people who escaped from the law, and once they were allowed to flee to the Japanese country, there would be serious consequences, so I went to Yi Niang. ”

"Why?"

"Let her tine the news."

"I don't really understand."

"For this matter, I secretly arranged people and checked for a long time, but some people my subordinates did not find out, Han Qi was very meritorious, and immediately set out to clear the two islands, so he had to let go of this Xiang Yu first and let him escape."

"So you're still using ......"

"It's not pure use, you and I have been persuading her hard, it's giving her the first chance. With her surname, she will definitely not listen, and she will inevitably report to Zhang Daliang, and as for how she will report the news when I send someone to monitor it, I am also looking forward to it. That's it, I gave her a second life. ”

"How?"

"As soon as Han Qi came to Hangzhou, wouldn't he be too eager to release the prisoners immediately?"

"It is a ...... of relief"

"What's the heart? Released yesterday, and will be arrested tomorrow, do you need peace of mind? This is to show goodwill to the people for the court, I have arrested so many prisoners, he is the imperial court's messenger, as soon as he comes, he will release the prisoners, how lenient the court is. ”

"You can't compete with the imperial court, let alone with Your Majesty."

"Yes, those who are courtiers should be attributed to the court and to Your Majesty, otherwise as an important minister, what do you want to do to buy the hearts of the people? But in the process of not being good for the court, is he also showing favor to the people for himself? Are you smearing me? ”

"You can't think like that," Fu Bi almost said that he couldn't live the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

"You don't understand, is this the case, you will wait and see in the future, Yi Niang and I are close, no matter what kind of relationship, I have a feeling of pity for her, you and me, she participated in the accomplice, and reported the news, whether she was used by me or not, Han Qi will definitely put her to death. So I gave her a handkerchief to give her one last chance of life. ”

"What does the handkerchief say?"

"There is nothing said on the handkerchief, but the handkerchief is made by Aya of Yueluo Temple, if she is smart, she should know how to do it, if she is not smart and has done so many bad things, then it is not worth it for me to save her."

"What is the way to survive in Yueluo Temple...... Fu Bi suddenly realized and said: "Yes, a good way to live, a good way to live." ”