On the second day, the early autumn sunshine in the west, through the gap between the bamboo trees outside the window, spread the mottled shadows in front of Xia Mu's study on the plum blossom warm curtain.

In the pavilion, the breeze shakes the green bamboo, and a curtain of broken shadows flows back and forth like a stream.

In the room, the thick red curtain on the floor, the brown carved window lattices and rosewood tables and chairs, the gorgeous lacquered flowers and plants surrounding the screen, the red charcoal fire in the large copper brazier, and the unique Northern Song Dynasty courtyard painting characters on the powder wall are quite weighty to highlight Xia Mu's interest and family background.

Under the painting, there is a simple and elegant guqin, two dusty thread-bound books, and a cloisonné Boshan furnace decorated with animal graphics, which are curling out the smoke of sandalwood, and the faint, vague fragrance floats in the room.

This study room was personally arranged by Xu Xiyi, and although the two sides were arranged with silk brocade and gold and jade utensils, it looked luxurious and magnificent, but it still maintained an elegant atmosphere without losing the style of the literati.

At this time, Xia Mu was standing in front of the bookcase in civilian clothes, holding a finch feather in his hand and a few pieces of tea.

Luo Kedi stood aside, reading the income obtained from yesterday's copying, when he read out that he had copied thirty-three families, a total of four million taels of silver, the finch in Xia Mu's hand almost shook, but he was angry in his heart, and scolded: "A group of poor things to eat and drink, except for filling their own pockets, they have not contributed to the court. ”

"It's just that most people are blushing at this part of the money, Yang Bo took the opportunity to blackmail 100,000 taels of silver, and took it from the treasury yesterday, and the managers of other ministries came to inquire one after another." Luo Kedi jokingly said that this piece of fragrant bread came to it.

When Xia Mu heard this, his hands kept moving, and he smiled coldly: "They can't get a dime." ”

"Oh" Luo Kedi was shocked when he heard this, "Brother, haven't you forgotten that part of this part of the silver has to be handed over to the ministries?" ”

"I asked the teacher to hand the excerpt into yesterday, and the saint was only obsessed with Bailu, so he didn't look at it and accepted my excerpt, this batch of silver will be used for the construction of the new army, and if they want to get a piece of the pie, there is no door."

"Construction?" When Luo Kedi heard this, he was curious, and hurriedly asked, "How does my brother plan to build a new army?" ”

Xia Mu shook his head and smiled, looking mysterious, and said, "Don't say." ”

But in fact, he had already thought in his heart that he wanted to make a big move in these twelve regiments and battalions, use the knowledge of the army of later generations to build a strong army, and also build a Liaodong naval division, Toyotomi Hideyoshi always peeped at the Ming Dynasty, and he couldn't help but take precautions.

At this moment, the old housekeeper suddenly came to report: "Master, Lord Yang Jisheng's invitation, tonight in the Suzhou Hall, my lord invited me to go, saying that I was not going, but he was not leaving." ”

"Oh?" Xia Mu put down the finch feather in his hand, took the fold, and frowned when he saw it, only to see that it said that the Suzhou Hall invited you to discuss the national plan tonight!

"Go prepare the sedan chair," Xia Mu knew that Yang Jisheng was looking for him, it must be because of the impeachment in the book, this stubborn donkey, if he can't, he has to put a lot of effort into it, and thinks about telling the steward separately, "Tell the two grandmothers, say that I won't eat in the house tonight, let them eat first without waiting for me." ”

The Suzhou Hall is located on the chessboard street that was raided yesterday. But it is the first hall in Beijing.

When Xia Mu arrived, he saw that the façade of the Suzhou Hall was not grand, but it looked extraordinarily rich.

The arcade above the gate is dressed up in Zhuliang paintings, and the brocade mantle palace lamp is known at a glance as a place of drunken gold.

Inside the door is a courtyard with flowers and trees, and then there is a five-story pavilion, all of which are rooms for settling guests, and those officials play the piano and music.

However, when it comes to the guild hall, it has a lot to do with Wang Shizhen and their gang of literary giants, during the Jiajing period, the scholars often formed associations to discuss national affairs and meet friends with literature, and over time, those wealthy businessmen took advantage of this temperament to establish a guild hall in Beijing.

Later, because of the vassal elegance of this hall, not only scholars, but also princes and nobles, gentry and merchants from various places, flocked to it, so as to provide banquets for fellow villagers and friends, so as to appear to have status.

Now, for more than ten years, there are many guild halls on this chessboard street, such as Yingtian Guild Hall, Shuntian Guild Hall, Shaanxi Guild Hall, Fujian Guild Hall, Yangzhou Guild Hall and so on.

But Suzhou is a rich and rich place in the south of the Yangtze River, and the hometown of Wenhua and Algae, so the guild hall built in Beijing is naturally better than other state capitals.

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It is said that some time ago, Yang Jisheng said goodbye to Xufu and went home all night without sleeping. After thinking about it, among a group of people in the same department, only Xia Mu has a unique vision, so when he was invited tonight, he wanted to invite him to sign his name and write to the emperor to impeach Yan Song. And there is another part of the reason, Yang Jisheng had to choose Xia Mu, one is Xia Mu's grace is long, and the other is that Xia Mu and Yan Song have an inextricable family feud, so there is a matter of asking you to go to Lingyan Pavilion for the time being.

At this time, as soon as Xia Mucai arrived at the Suzhou Hall, he listened to the hall and sang Liu Yong's "Fengqiwu":

"Leaning on the dangerous building, the wind is fine, looking at the extreme spring sorrow, and the sky is gloomy. In the grass-colored smoke and afterglow, there is no word who will rely on the column. ”

"I plan to get drunk with a crazy picture, and I sing about wine, and I have no taste for it. The belt gradually widens and does not regret it, and it makes people haggard for Yixiao! ”

This song has its own melancholy taste. Xia Mu Yile went to a separate compartment, and saw Yang Jisheng savoring "Fengqiwu", seeing Xia Mu smiled indifferently, and said to himself: "Liu Yong writes words, and the three or two words are dyed in his heart, or he leaves Maixiu, or envy the five willows of Nanshan Mountain, or sing white grass and yellow flowers." But the disadvantage is that there are some children's attitudes in the wind bones, which are not enough to compare with Su Dongpo and Xin Qiji. ”

Xia Mu chuckled when he heard this: "Liu Yongzhi's small words are better to be subtle, and there are also those who are clever in making decisive words. For example, Wei Zhuang, this person has a song: 'Whose family is young and romantic, the concubine intends to marry and rest for the rest of her life. Even if he is ruthlessly abandoned, he can't rest' Liu Qiqing (Liu Yongzi Qiqing) This sentence 'the belt gradually widens and never regrets it' has the same effect as Wei Zhuang. ”

Yang Jisheng disagreed, stood up and thought about it, and said: "There are only three of these Song Dynasty poets, I admire only three people, one is Wen Tianxiang who fought against the captives and martyrdom in the naval battle of Yashan; One is the bitter abandonment of a lifetime of serving the country on the border; One is Fan Zhongyan, who is worried about his people in the rivers and lakes, and Fan Zhongyan who is worried about his monarch in the temple, among them, I appreciate Fan Zhongyan the most, Wen Tianxiang is the most heroic, and Xin Qijian is even more sad. ”

When Xia Mu heard this, his heart moved, and he sang a song "Fisherman's Pride": "The scenery is different in autumn, and the geese in Hengyang go without paying attention." Voices rang out on all sides. In the thousands of mountains, the long smoke and sunset are closed in a lonely city. A glass of turbid wine is thousands of miles away, and Yan Ran has no plan. Qiang tube is full of frost. People are sleepless, and the general's white hair is in tears. This was written in the first year of Renzong Kangding, Fan Zhongyan was in the north of the border, when the northern captives invaded the country, the national generals were not used, the backbone of the Great Song Dynasty was only their literati with a waist pole to stand up, before Xin abandoned the disease, abandoned the literature and followed the military, served the country for 20 years, but the king of the world, won the name of the front and back, poor white happens. Later, Wen Tianxiang 'who has not died in life since ancient times, leaving Dan to take care of the sweat and green' Yashan naval battle, cooperating with Lu Xiufu, and the emperor jumped into the sea to martyrdom, 100,000 Han people, accompanied one after another, sang a song, sang the song of the soul of the Great Song Dynasty, but the pity is, lonely after death, long live the name of Qianqiu! ”

"What a thousand years long live the name!" Yang Jisheng stroked his palms and laughed: "Xia Guangzhong, who knows me, now the traitor Yan Song is in power, the country will not be a country, there is a country in the north, there are Japanese slaves in the south, there are Burmese provocations in the west, and China has been bullied by the Quartet. In the past, there was a useless and misguided country, and now Hu Zongxian is greedy for military resources, and the military generals are so incompetent, only we are literati, and we are the only literati who use iron bones and blood to cast a sharp blade to kill demons and punish evil, serve the country and wake up the king, and open the peace of eternity! ”

"This ......" Xia Mu closed his eyes, and two tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes, "Brother Jiaoshan, if the current saint is such a figure as the Yongle Emperor, why don't I also move the capital to Yandian in Xia Guangzhong, five expeditions to Mongolia, seven trips to the South Seas, expand thousands of miles of waves in the four seas, and subjugate the power of the Son of Heaven in the eight wildernesses, but today's saints don't ask the common people to ask ghosts and gods, I can only save the country by curves, and you must understand my difficulties." ”

"Confused in the light!" Yang Jisheng was eager, hurriedly took Xia Mu's hand, and became excited, "There is an intention to save the building in the center of light, why be afraid?" The man does not kneel down with iron and bones, and our arrogant etiquette, and the light and dust, the literati style and bones of the world have been interrupted...... Listen to me in the light, why don't the men take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures? If you want to get drunk with your madness, how can you follow Ruan Ji and his ilk, crying at the end of the road! ”

"If you don't notice the cold star, I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood?" When Xia Mu heard this, he suddenly recalled Lu Xun, although it was a different era, it was the same helplessness. The country is declining, and the people are struggling to make a living. Lu Xun is like a warrior who hesitants and shouts in the dark, but he is also the sorrow of being a literati.

But if the words are nice, you can't make unnecessary sacrifices. Thinking about it, Xia Mu still disagreed with Yang Jisheng's impeachment.

Seeing that Xia Mu disagreed, Yang Jisheng had already made up his mind, so he had to say: "Brother Guangzhong, I won't tell you, in three days, I will arrange everything and go to beat the drum!" ”

"You ......" Xia Mu looked at Yang Jisheng's determination, only to see the dazzling light in his eyes, and his determination was undoubtedly revealed, and he was speechless.

He knew that the firmness in Yang Jisheng's eyes was something that no one in this era could understand. Just as Columbus's sun said, Jesus was called a madman, and Jesus was put on a fire, preferring death to surrender to his enemies. They are seen as crazy and foolish, but in fact they dare to be at the forefront of this era.

Xia Mu slowly sat down on the chair tremblingly, but his heart was empty, feeling that he had lost something.

With tears in his eyes, Yang Jisheng gently put a copy of the "Analects" that had been treasured for many years in Xia Mu's hand, and choked up: "This book is the first book in my life, I learned from it what is the great righteousness of the nation, and now I give it to you, if ...... I'm dead, and I hope in the light you can finish my unfinished business! ”

When Xia Mu heard this, there were tears in his eyes, and he couldn't help crying anymore when he looked at the yellowed pages in his hand.

It is said that men don't flick when they have tears, but it is the man who has not reached the heartache. At this moment, he saw that Yang Jisheng had the intention of a strong man who would never return, and he couldn't help the sadness in his heart anymore, so he had to deceive people and said: "Brother Jiaoshan, you won't die, you ......"

Yang Jisheng stopped Xia Mu from continuing, and smiled: "In the light, why should we deceive ourselves? I know that death impeachment is really not a good way, but I don't have a better way. I have no money, no power, no background and hope of entering the cabinet, and no wisdom of a teacher. In the final analysis, he is just an ordinary person from a peasant family with ordinary talents. The only thing I have is my life. O in the light...... In fact, you know, in this life, we have many choices, and we have no way to choose! ”

Xia Mu trembled, trembling for the first time, because of this honest and upright friend in front of him, he knew that the result of this impeachment would inevitably be counterattacked by Yan Song, and even tortured and imprisoned for a long time, but he still decided to do so. Knowing that he could not succeed, knowing that he would definitely die, he still acted generously.

Outsiders think that this is stupid and stupid behavior, but they will not understand, this is a patriotic person, who has to do it, and has to dare to show the sword of justice in the chaos of the world.

Everyone was drunk, but only he Yang Jisheng woke up alone——!

The whole world is turbid, only he Yang Jisheng is clear——!

I saw Yang Jisheng singing a song alone and walking downstairs, the voice was so desolate in Xia Mu's ears:

"Back then, I was looking for a marquis and a horse was in Liangzhou. Where is Guan He's dream? Dusty old mink fur.

Hu is not extinguished, the temples are autumn, and tears are empty. Who would have thought in this life, the heart is in the Tianshan Mountains, and the body is old in Cangzhou! Hahahaha...... Hahahaha...... Wang Shi set the Central Plains Day in the north, and the family sacrifice did not forget to tell Naiweng! ”

Xia Mu listened to Yang Jisheng's desolate words, his heart was sour, he sat on the chair in a daze, and silently recited the sentence in his mouth: "The heart is in the Tianshan Mountains, and the body is old in Cangzhou!" ”

Suddenly, he was full of sourness in his chest, stood up suddenly, ran to the window, and saw Yang Jisheng's lonely back in the night, walking towards the Forbidden City, he stretched out his hand and wanted to call Yang Jisheng, but his throat seemed to be blocked, and he couldn't call it.

"He regards me as a confidant, a friend, how can I let him die alone!"

I saw that under the light, two tears passed through Xia Mu's smooth chin and dripped into the cold wind.

"The world is thin, people are evil, and the rain sends the dusk flowers to fall." The wind blew the gauze curtain, the people went to the empty building, and there was no Xia Mu in front of the window of the small pavilion, only to hear his sighing voice floating coldly in the wind, "The hero is short of breath, and the horse is thin and long." The hero is short of breath, and the horse is thin and long-haired. Hero? Bear? The heart is in the Tianshan Mountains, and the body is old in Cangzhou......"