"County Lieutenant Zhao, this time I'm here to bother again. Ashamed! Ashamed! He said politely, Li Yong, the county commander who was sitting at the dining table and waiting for the meal, did not have the slightest embarrassed expression on his face, and when the burnt mud seal was opened, he helped tear the chicken familiarly.

When the chicken was served, everyone ate it violently. After satisfying the cravings in his stomach, Li Yong drank most of the bowl of seaweed egg drop soup, and then asked: "County Lieutenant Zhao, I heard that you took over the matter of the local government inviting you to give a lecture?" ”

Zhao Jiaren didn't hurry to nibble on a chicken leg, and then asked: "I don't know how Li County Ling knew about this?" ”

Li Yong picked his teeth with a toothpick and replied, "I asked the local elders to do this. ”

Zhao Jiaren was stunned, and Zhao Jiaren's brother Zhao Jiaxin simply stopped eating and drinking and stared at Li Yong.

Li Yong looked at the Zhao brothers and explained to them complacently, "The money you gave is indeed enough." It's just that the local fathers can't trust us, and if we force them to do it, I'm afraid it won't do any good. I also thought hard about it to come up with such a method. ”

“…… Thanks a lot. Zhao Jiaren replied with some hesitation. The heavy imperial examination is also a kind of county order political achievement, but this kind of three-year imperial examination performance depends on luck. In order to improve the chances of their children being admitted to the imperial examination, those rich people are of course willing to have high-level lecturers to help. Planting chrysanthemums is not a particularly important key for them, this time Li Yong is really doing this for Zhao Jiaren, but Zhao Jiaren is quite puzzled.

"County Lieutenant Zhao, I've always found it interesting for you to do things. Although you have chickens, there is no shortage of these chickens. But I've never seen someone as cheerful as you. When others invite people to eat and drink, it is either for entertainment or for a purpose. Zhao County Lieutenant, you invited me to eat chicken, and Zhao Dalang invited the local fathers and elders who came to watch to eat chicken, but there was really nothing to do. Li Yong's voice was very sighing, but after he finished speaking, he picked up the wine jug again and poured himself a glass of wine. It can be seen that he enjoys the Zhao family's nothingness very much.

Just ate a few free meals, can Li Yong County Ling be willing to take a look at Zhao Jiagao? Zhao Jiaren didn't believe it very much, but Li Yong's words made Zhao Jiaren admire his eldest brother a little. From Li Yong's words, it can be concluded that during the month that Zhao Jiaren was in Fuzhou, the chickens raised by Zhao Jiaxin's family in Fuqing were entertained by local fathers and elders who came to learn technology.

As a 21st-century person, Chiu has no psychological resistance to sharing food. Although he was well aware of the principle that 'if you want to take it, you must first give it to others', it was more of a habit for him to share food with others. What's more, this is the Song Dynasty, there are no poultry vaccines or antibiotics, and there are no fresh refrigerators. Once a chicken gets sick and dies, it's a complete loss. Cooking the chickens into a delicious meal while they are alive and well is good for both parties.

And the eldest brother Zhao Jiaxin, a member of the Song Dynasty, can also make such a choice. Either Zhao Jia is confident and broad-minded and knows how to be hospitable. Either Zhao Jiaxin knows how to operate, and knows that if he wants to gain the recognition of farmers, he needs to let them get benefits first.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jiaren smiled and said, "Eater, Tianli also." I also like to share it with my friends when I have a meal. Eating alone is very boring. ”

After listening to Zhao Jiaren's words, Li Yong nodded yes, "That's true." However, after praising him, Li Yong couldn't help but continue: "It's just that I think a lot of what County Captain Zhao has learned is not science. If Zhao County Lieutenant can specialize in psychology, I am afraid that his achievements will be much greater than now. ”

Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but laugh a few times when he heard the words of this kind of science believer. In this era, the popular one of the core of Cheng Zhu Lixue is to 'preserve the principles of heaven and destroy people's desires.' 'What Zhao Jiaren said, 'Eaters, Tianli also.' It is Zhu Xi's explanation of 'preserving heavenly principles and destroying people's desires'. Of course, Zhu Xi's explanation of 'preserving heavenly principles and destroying people's desires' is not only that.

Question: 'Between eating and drinking, which is the principle of heaven and which is the desire of man?' He said, "Those who eat and drink, the heavens are also; Ask for deliciousness, people want to also. ’

'Diet, heavenly principles, mountain and sea delicacies, human desires, husband and wife, heavenly principles, three wives and four concubines, human desires. ’

These are also Zhu Xi's explanations of 'preserving heavenly principles and destroying people's desires'. In Zhu Xi's time, this view cannot be said to be all wrong. It's just that in Zhao Jiaren's eyes, what Zhu Xi said is a stupid thing that only people who don't understand modern science can say.

Zhao Jiaren didn't want to provoke contradictions, so he didn't criticize Zhu Xi, "I'll talk about it here first, I don't mean to argue with Li Xianling." I think that what I and others who are taking the imperial examination is to become an official and show their talents. The Great Song Dynasty is rigorous in grinding and surveying, and all layers need actual results. If you don't know anything other than science, where can you stand out? ”

Li Yong was originally very hostile to Zhao Jiaren because of his teacher Liu Huang, and now the two sides can sit together to drink and chat, of course, because Zhao Jiaren is willing to share food with everyone, and when sharing, he never has the intention of being superior, and he has no intention of selling good. This kind of behavior is really not annoying.

Another important reason is that Zhao Jiaren knows how to achieve political achievements. The grinding survey is very harsh, and the county order will serve for three years, and after the end of the term, he will be transferred. If you want to do real results in a foreign place where you are not familiar with your life, it is useless to rely on science.

Food can satisfy hungry appetites, and political achievements can give a strong boost to everyone's journey to power. Li Yong is a thirty-year-old man with a strong appetite and desire for power.

Faced with Zhao Jiaren's view that he did not contradict science so much, Li Yong was unhappy in his heart, but he did not criticize it. Li Yong is also a face-saving person, his attainments in science may not be deeper than Zhao Jiaren, and his attainments outside of science are far inferior to Zhao Jiaren. In this case, there seems to be no other result than self-inflicted humiliation. Li Yong immediately said: "County Lieutenant Zhao, according to the rules of the grinding survey, you and I will prepare to return to Lin'an after the New Year's Day of the next year. I don't know if the acquisition of chrysanthemums can make Zhao County Lieutenant make money? ”

To put this politely, Zhao Jiaren smiled: "Regardless of whether I can make money or not, my eldest brother's tax to the county will never be less." ”

Li Yong hurriedly waved his hand, "Alas...... County Lieutenant Zhao thinks too much. If you do things with credit, you will never get less money. I'm just thinking that with my ability, I will probably have to be a rogue official after this term. If you don't be an official in Fujian, but go to other places not too far from here, can Brother Ling come to my side to plant chrysanthemums. ”

Listening to the speeches of the two officials, Zhao Jiaxin's brows furrowed. Li Yong didn't make a stumbling block in this large-scale chrysanthemum planting, but he couldn't really make much effort. Seeing that Zhao Jiaren had negotiated with the people in the county who intended to plant chrysanthemums, Zhao Jiaxin was very contemptuous of Li Yong's cheekiness at this time to plan for his future official position.

Zhao Jiaren did not despise it, he was even a little happy. It is not easy for Li Yong to make such a straightforward statement. Unless Li Yongming uses overtures to paralyze Zhao Jiaren's vigilance, he is ready to be ruthless behind his back. Otherwise, what Li Yong means by this means that he has succumbed to the harsh reality of officialdom and is ready to cooperate with Zhao Jiaren in official business.

With a judgment, Zhao Jiaren immediately smiled and said, "I don't dare to say big things." If Li County ordered him to become an official in a place where business travel was inconvenient, it would be enough to plant chrysanthemums. However, as long as Brother Li really intends to cooperate, as long as Brother Li can go to a convenient place for water transportation to be an official, my family will definitely send someone to plant chrysanthemums in the place where Brother Li takes up his new position. ”

Li Yong was stunned at first, and then he was relieved. If you are assigned to a place with high mountains and dangerous roads as an official, you don't have to think about transporting goods at all. Zhao Jiaren only asked for convenient water transportation, and such a requirement was not harsh in any case.

It's just that Zhao Jiaren agreed so happily, Li Yong was a little uneasy. Is this chrysanthemum sound really so good? If Li Yong went to Hubei Road as an official, the waterway would be smooth. But can Zhao Jiaren really go to Hubei to buy chrysanthemums? Li Yong didn't believe it.

After eating, drinking wine. Li Yong took his leave. When the county magistrate left, Zhao Jiaxin said in a mocking tone: "This Li county magistrate is far away. ”

After listening to the eldest brother's complaint, Zhao Jiaren smiled slightly, "Big brother, this Zhao County Commander needs our help, don't we need to cooperate with more people?" Those ministers of power can lean towards the government and the opposition, and they do rely on the help of their protégés and former officials. However, how many protégés and former officials can go to Lin'an to be officials. The ministers really relied on the people they made friends with when they were officials. The Great Song Dynasty became a public person, and when he was an official in the local state capital, he was famous all over the world. If you want to be famous all over the world, you can't just offend people. ”

The younger brother Zhao Jiaren's tone was flat, what he said was not flat at all, and Zhao Jiaxin's brows furrowed again after hearing it. The reason for being an official is not complicated, even if he is not an official, Zhao Jiaxin has long seen that Li Yong is hostile to his younger brother Zhao Jiaren. In all fairness, Zhao Jiaxin does not like Li Yong, who changes his original intention for his own selfish interests. Zhao Jiaxin even felt that he didn't like his younger brother's open-mindedness for the sake of his official career.