After the summer, the area of Fujian and Zhejiang was cloudy and rainy, and the Wei Dynasty and the Xianbei people in the north were at war, but it was calm in the south of the Yangtze River. Even if there is Zhu Tongjing, the new king of Linjiang, and the people and horses of the imperial court, after all, Zhu Tongjing's people are still holding on to the Jiang and Jiangxi generations and dare not casually enter Jinling, as for the Fujian and Zhejiang generations, they are the rear of King Hui's forces, and no force can penetrate in.

Sima Yi has been rectifying military affairs in Fujian and Zhejiang for almost three months. During these three months, he felt that he had been busy, the first half of which was busy on the road, and when he arrived at the place, he walked through the barracks on several floors, not only to meet some officers and soldiers of the local army, but also to communicate with the local gentry and officials. Sima Yi is a person who hates red tape, even if he is now a counselor of King Hui, he does not like the entertainment of officialdom, he would rather hide in the post station and play chess with himself, so that he can be quieter. Originally, his status was special, and no one dared to disturb him if he didn't want to socialize, but after he stayed in Xu Ding, who was appointed by Li Fangwei, he was forced to accept Li Fangwei's banquet due to some work on the scene, after all, he was the only way for Li Fang to send off and dot the south, and his life was also taken care of by Li Fangwei after he arrived at the place. He has to repay this favor.

"Mr. Sima has just arrived in your place, and tomorrow I will invite Mr. to the house to talk about it, and today the gentry and merchants in the city want to visit Mr. Sima, so they set up a banquet in the Ruyang Building in the city. If Mr. doesn't like to be disturbed, but he has seen it, he will send people away and let him be quiet. After the banquet, there were some special treats, and the custody made the gentleman feel at home. ”

Li Fangwei was very polite. This was the case when he was in Jinling, the capital, and even more so after he arrived in Xuding. Since Sima Yi saw the empress in the mansion, Li Fangwei knew that Empress Xiao Zhan set up the left and right two Cheng behind him, but he actually wanted Sima to borrow to serve as the queen. Li Fangwei was more cautious about Sima Yi. This is a very delicate relationship, although Sima Yi is a person of King Hui, but now the relationship between King Hui and Sima is a little estranged, and King Hui even feels that Sima Qi is a bit of an "eyesore", so he will transfer him to Fujian and Zhejiang to rectify military affairs. But if the empress is reused, Sima Yi can be a very popular minister in the Southern Dynasty at any time, and Li Fangwei's lifelong desire is to be able to enter the court as an official as soon as possible. And he also knew that Sima Yu was alone in the Southern Dynasty and had no henchmen at all, if Sima Yu was the prime minister, he would definitely have a deputy, and he could make a good deal. In the future, he will be able to save a lot of detours, and it is very possible that he can directly become the deputy minister.

Li Fangwei came to visit the fashion and it was still noon, and Sima Yi had just returned from the barracks and was tired. Sima Yi has been inspecting the military camps around Xuding for a few days, and he has been eating and living in the barracks for the past few days. Although the Southern Dynasty was rich. But the food and accommodation of the soldiers are not ideal, Sima Yu's biggest feeling with the soldiers these days is that life is hard, this is still King Hui's descendants, and it may be even more unbearable to change to other side branches. But Sima Yi also knew that as a local garrison, the biggest oil and water was not military salaries and food salaries, but actually the exploitation of places and the looting of ordinary people, and he didn't know about other places, but at least around Xuding. The soldiers were honest and did not rob the local people, and even the magistrates like Li Fangwei and others did not seem to have special respect for these military personnel.

"Can Li Taishou send rice and grain to the soldiers stationed in the local area every year as a local reward?" Sima Yi was grooming and tidying up. Li Fangwei came to pay homage to him, he was no longer surprised, but asked lightly.

"I don't know what Mr. Sima said about rewarding the army? This one...... The two generations of King Hui have given some explanations, but in recent years, the relationship between the local soldiers and the gentry in the city has become estranged, and the gentry are not very willing to take out rice and grain to reward the army, and this official, as a local parent official, is powerless even if he has the heart. Li Fangwei said as if he was a little speechless.

Sima Yi didn't think so in his heart, he knew very well that Li Fangwei was not only Xu Ding's Taishou, but also the largest local gentry, Li Fangwei spent a lot of silver taels in the activities of the court, but he didn't show any intention to the local soldiers, such a person paid too much attention to the deceit in the officialdom, and turned a blind eye to the suffering of the local people and soldiers, and was not the best candidate for the local parents and officials at all.

Sima Yi put down the towel and said, "If Li Taishou can, he will start a fight with the gentry in the city today, and it is best to ask the gentry to donate some food and clothing, so that the soldiers' lives will be better." In the past few days, he has lived in the local barracks for many days, and he has deeply felt the plight of the local soldiers. ”

Li Fangwei was stunned at first, and then rushed in and nodded. If it were in the past, he would not accept the drudgery of collecting food and materials for local soldiers, this kind of thing is thankless, even if the donations are raised, what if the local garrison generals who think they are very high will appreciate it? The middle and lower class soldiers below are living very hard, but the upper level generals are still living a very nourishing life, who calls those who are the descendants of King Hui? Every year, King Zhonghui will have a lot of rewards for the soldiers below, but they are basically deducted by the middle and upper generals, the Southern Dynasty is not without money to raise troops, but the Southern Dynasty has not experienced war for a long time, and the local military and political system has long been corrupt, so that it is just a slogan to say that Jiangbei can be pacified as soon as possible and dominate the world, but everyone knows that the strength of the Southern Dynasty and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and soldiers are not comparable with the northern soldiers who have experienced countless wars over the years. The high-level officials of the imperial court were only keen to compete for the power of Jinling, and did not have much interest in actually sending troops to cross the river in the north, so that the soldiers were tantamount to being out of touch with the upper magnates, who thought that they were treating the local soldiers well, but in fact, the local soldiers were living a hard life at all, and even some ordinary people were not as good as them, and the local people were also regarded as a heavy burden of conscription, and it was a relief to be able to finish the lunch box earlier. This is very different from the abundant salaries and salaries of soldiers in the north.

Li Fangwei thought to himself: "This Mr. Sima is from the north, and he is a close confidant of the king of the east, and his father is a military general who guards the Jiangdu. He is about the same as the soldiers of the South by the standards of the North, how can this be the same? If I tell him the difference, it will be boring for me, so it is better to take advantage of his mind to get him some military rations and supplies, and both sides will look good. ”

With that in mind. Li Fangwei made up his mind in his heart, anyway, his appeal in the local area is unique, and many of the local gentry rely on the concealment of the Li family. He speaks better than anyone else. As long as he opened his mouth, the gentry below would definitely be obediently "generous", and he would make up some more by himself, and do a little enough of the things on the scene, so that he could explain the past to Sima Yi.

After Li Fangwei finished talking about the banquet in the evening, he had to go back to the Taishou Mansion first, while Sima Yi rested in the post house in the city for an afternoon. When they waited up, the drivers who Li Fangwei came to greet him were already waiting outside. Sima borrowed it to see it, and then he knew how powerful Li Fangwei was in the local area. It can be seen from the pomp and circumstance of the car that Li Fangwei is simply the emperor on his southern tour, not only is the car very luxurious, but there are also many people accompanying him. The coachman, the sedan driver, and the attendants and the messengers who opened the way. There are even soldiers from the Taishou Mansion who came to escort them, and there are even maids holding new clothes and preserved fruits. Where is this the treatment that he, an unofficial person, should enjoy?

Sima got into the carriage, and the chariot and his party arrived in front of the Ruyang Tower, and the gentry who had come to wait earlier were already waiting outside. Sima Yi was still a little uncomfortable, even if he was treated to him by the local government after he arrived in Fujian and Zhejiang, he didn't have such a grand battle. After all, Sima Yi didn't know how to socialize, and Li Fangwei seemed to be busy with some things and didn't come over, so he had to deal with these people alone. After the ceremony, enter the Ruyang Building. The sound of firecrackers outside seemed to be a happy event, but in fact it was just a meal for him and the local gentry. He even had the local gentry to collect food and supplies for the soldiers stationed there.

Waiting for Sima Yi to go upstairs and sit down, Li Fangwei, who was carrying a jar of fine wine, appeared in front of everyone. As the local taishou, he actually had to bring a wine altar to come, which Sima Yu did not expect, and when Li Fangwei came, the local gentry went up to greet him again, but this time he was more cautious than welcoming Sima Yu. In the eyes of the local gentry, Li Fangwei is the "food and clothing parent", unlike other places, the entire Xu Ding belongs to the Li family, and the Li family is equivalent to the emperor of this Xu Ding.

"Sir, forgive me, this official is late." Li Fangwei didn't have any special expression for these gentry, and when he arrived at Sima's table, Li Fangwei put down the wine jar and said, "Knowing that Mr. is thrifty and unsociable, he took a jar of good wine to entertain Mr. Speaking of the mud seal that was opened and discussed, the aroma of wine was elegant, and the gentry present knew that this wine jar was really wine, and many people thought that the reason why Li Fangwei would deign to bring the jar wine over must not be wine but gold, silver and jewelry as a gift to Sima Yi. They didn't know Sima Yi's attitude towards the world in the Southern Dynasty, if others were cautious and thrifty, they didn't like to entertain and receive gifts, and they could be said to be coy, but Sima Yi was completely free. Li Fangwei also initially thought that he could buy Sima Yi in exchange for another look, but later learned that it was impossible.

Sima Yi was a native of the Northern Dynasties, and was held hostage in the Southern Dynasties, and was imprisoned and lived a life like a prison. Sima Yi himself did not regard himself as a member of the Southern Dynasties, and he always remembered the North in his heart, which was also clear to Li Fangwei. Sima Yi himself was born in a family of military generals, and he wanted status, his father was in charge of the Jiangdu soldiers and horses, and after the East King went north to Luoyang, the entire Jiangdu military power was in his father's hands. In terms of family business and connections, the Eastern King of the Northern Dynasty, and now the emperor of the Northern Dynasty is also a friend of Sima Qi, as long as Sima Qi returns to the Northern Dynasty, not to mention glory and wealth, he can even be a very popular minister, why should he stay in the Southern Dynasty and suffer hardship? But Sima Yu did not go back, as if he kept his promise, he would rather ignore the glory and wealth, but also stay in the Southern Dynasty, and even did not hesitate to share weal and woe with the middle and lower class soldiers, which is not explained by a coy attitude, which can only be said that people's ambitions are noble, and many pursuits are different from ordinary people.

Li Fangwei knew that it was very difficult to vote for Sima Yi's favor, Sima Qi almost had no other hobbies except for liking to play chess with himself, and he basically didn't touch anything with wine and wealth, but he occasionally saw Sima Yi drunk when he was sad, so he wrote it down in his heart, it turned out that this military advisor without any flaws was a good wine, so he only wanted to send good wine today.

Sima Yi is not overjoyed on weekdays, but after seeing the wine, he still showed a knowing smile, and Li Fangwei secretly felt that he had made the right bet. Sima Yi picked up the wine jar and said with a smile: "There is a friend in the pour, a thousand cups are not drunk, I want to learn from him, but it is a pity that the amount of wine is too shallow, I didn't like the spicy of this wine in the past, but now I know that the wine penetrates the intestines, what a good medicine." ”

Li Fangwei thought about it and immediately realized that the friend in Sima's excuse was Han Jian, the emperor of the Northern Dynasty. He hurriedly nodded yes, the gentry next to him was confused, Xu Ding is a small place in the Southern Dynasty after all, people in small places will not inquire too much, they only know that this Mr. Sima is a military advisor who is about to fall out of favor in front of King Hui, although he once helped King Hui to seize power, but in the field of power, everything is a son of heaven and a courtier, and now it is the empress Xiao Zhan who is in power, and Sima Yi has provoked King Hui to be dissatisfied, it is a matter of time before he loses power, and they don't quite understand why Li Fangwei will be so polite to Sima Yi.

Li Fangwei personally poured wine for Sima Yu, because he used a wine jar, and the utensils used to hold the wine, even Li Fangwei, a person who cares about his status on weekdays, picked up a bowl to drink, and the gentry next to him was even more wide-eyed, Li Fangwei rarely disregarded his identity so much, in their eyes, Li Fangwei is the real person who is superior, and he will always be above them.

"Sir, I would like to give you a drink...... No, it's a bowl, haha! Li Fangwei raised the bowl and smiled.

Sima Yi smiled and nodded, and Li Fangwei touched the bowl and drank, this is also the first time that Sima Yi treats Li Fangwei as a friend, and in the past, Sima Yi also stayed away from Li Fangwei and did not mean to approach.

After drinking three bowls, Li Fangwei stood up, still in good spirits, and conveyed the meaning of Sima Yi before, which meant to let the local gentry donate something. Since Li Fangwei has spoken, how dare the local gentry object, but they still have opinions in their hearts. Li Fangwei didn't seem to see the incomprehension and discoloration on the gentry's face, so he simply sat down and continued to drink with Sima Yi, it was rare to be able to tie up with Sima Yi, Li Fangwei also chatted with the old man and drank a few bowls together, but only to find that although Mr. Sima in front of King Hui was good wine, the amount of alcohol was really not good. It's only six or seven bowls, Sima Yu is already drunk, unlike other people, Sima Yu's wine is very good, after getting drunk, he is not crazy or dry, but lying on the table as if he is going to fall asleep.

"Someone, send Mr. Sima to the wing room to sober up." Li Fangwei greeted him, with a knowing smile on his face. Sima Yi's drunkenness was also expected by him, and in order to win over Sima Yi, he even prepared a beautiful woman to entertain Sima Yi, so that Sima Yi felt "at home" in Xu Ding and lingered. (To be continued......)