The wine is held in the afternoon, when it is just sunset. Sending Lao Xiao to embroider the front foot before entering the back hall, a fragrant wind hit him.

“，”

A low cry came, and the shadow hit Zhang Xiu's arms, Zhang Xiu reacted very quickly and grabbed the person in front of him, and when he looked down, he saw that it was Zhen Luo's delicate face.

Smelling the faint fragrance wafting from Zhen Luo's body, Zhang Xiu's heart was ape, and at this moment, he only heard the voice of Cai Yan from the back hall, and asked, "Husband, is there a big problem." ”

Zhang Xiu's heart suddenly burst, and he immediately sent away the hand around Zhen Luo's waist, where Zhen Luo's face was red, and he whispered to Zhang Xiu: "The general and the little woman will leave first." After speaking, he left in a hurry, and he didn't even answer Cai Yan's call after him.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiu wrapped her arms around Cai Yan with one hand and said, "Yan'er doesn't need to be called, it's all gone." ”

Cai Yan heard this, raised his head and glanced at Zhang Xiu, and said, "I had a great time hugging it just now." ”

Zhang Xiu was asked by Cai Yan, coughed a few times, and then said, "Yan'er, why is this Miss Zhen here again?" ”

Although Cai Yan knew that Zhang Xiu was going to tear away the topic, he didn't expose him, but just glanced at Zhang Xiu again, and then sighed and said, "It's not the problem of those businessmen. ”

When Zhang Xiu heard this, he helped Cai Yan into the back hall and sat down before asking, "Businessman?" Didn't they form a chamber of commerce? There is also the matter of the Chamber of Commerce, which should not be found by Yuan Changming. Why are you here? ”

Cai Yan sighed and said, "This is also this year's business, husband, you support the Mi family." and arranged for the Zhen family to compete with them to balance the Mi family, both of them knew about it, but the fight between the two families was a bit excessive

When Zhang Xiu heard this, he frowned and asked, "What's going on?" Cai Yan nodded and told the story of the two families fighting in detail.

It turned out that since Zhen Luo made a plan last year to let the merchants under Zhang Xiu transport the frozen cattle and sheep from Liangzhou to Chang'an and Luoyang, the role of merchants has been widely known to all prefectures and counties. The people arranged by Zhang Xiu in various states and counties are all talents, and Zhang Xiu has always not inhibited businessmen and encouraged commerce. As a result, the status of merchants is not as low as it used to be.

However, it is the nature of businessmen to value profits, and after their status has been promoted, businessmen feel that it is not enough, and they want to continue to improve. However, none of these merchants are very strong. can't talk directly to high-level leaders such as Zhang Xiu or Zhong Chai , so you can only look for the Zhen family and the Mi family.

The best way for businessmen to improve their status is to become officials, but when Zhang Xiu set up the imperial examination, he set the rule that those who have been engaged in business within three generations are not allowed to take the imperial examination. There was no problem when this regulation was set, and at that time, the merchants under Zhang Xiu's rule did not form a force, nor did they think about fighting for anything, so no one objected.

However, due to a series of changes in the aftermath of last year's heavy snowfall, the ambition of merchants to gain status and power began to emerge.

This is actually very normal, and it is also expected by Zhang Xiu. The original rule was designed to prevent this. However, Zhang Xiu was not in Chang'an at that time, and things changed a lot. Last year, because Zhen Luo put forward the strategy of transporting cattle and sheep to Chang'an and other places, it not only minimized the losses of Zhang Xiu and the herdsmen, but also made the merchants make a lot of money, and the people were happy to eat meat and won the hearts of the people. Overall, the heavy snow not only did not make Zhang Xiu lose, but also benefited Zhang Xiu a lot.

This matter has made the prestige of the Zhen family rise sharply, and even overshadowed the Mi family, if it were not for Zhang Xiu's support and support for the Mi family, the Zhen family would probably replace the position of the president of the Mi family Chamber of Commerce.

In terms of businessmen fighting for status, Mi Zhu was opposed from the beginning, which made the Zhen family see the opportunity to overthrow the Mi family, so the Zhen family began to support these businessmen openly or covertly, and attacked the Mi family and Mi Zhu again. Zhong Sen can't do this. He suppressed it and didn't say anything, and Zhang Xiuwang came back from the expedition and did not report it. The smart Zhen Luo over there immediately came to take the "lady politics", so he appeared in the Fat Cavalry General's Mansion.

Cai Yan didn't express her opinion after saying the matter, she knew that Zhang Xiu didn't like them to interfere in politics, so she naturally knew the truth of what to do.

After Zhang Xiu listened, he frowned, Zhen Luo's eagerness made Zhang Xiu a little worried, but it was Mi Zhu's performance that made Zhang Xiu change a lot. However, Zhen Luo, who Zhang Xiu knew, although Bing Xue was smart, did not have much ambition. But in history, Zhen Luo is the person who can become the queen, and there will never be less struggle in the harem, so it is unknown whether Zhen Luo has ambitions in his heart.

The Mi family's current strength is not as good as before. If it weren't for Zhang Xiu's support, he would have been killed by the Zhen family a long time ago, but the Zhen family also has a weakness, that is, Zhen Yi, who is now in power, is getting old, and Zhen Luo is a daughter, and Zhen Luo's two brothers don't have the courage to control the Zhen family. And Mi Zhu's ability is not bad, but he thought about the old master in his heart before and refused to make great efforts, as time passed. Mi Yan's hostility towards Zhang Xiu began to decrease, and the degree of contribution became deeper. This made the Zhen family have scruples, if they couldn't take advantage of this time to bring down the Mi family, in the next ten years, the Mi family would definitely be able to suppress the Zhen family, which is why the Zhen family was so eager.

Just when Zhang Xiu couldn't help but sort out his thoughts, a guard outside came in and reported: "General, Mr. Mi Zizhong sent someone to send an invitation, asking the lord to come over tonight for a gathering." ”

Zhang Xiu listened, nodded, stood up and took the invitation, and waved his hand to let the guards out. Then he turned around and said to Cai Yan, who came up: "Yan'er, I'm sorry, I'm busy with my husband's official business, and I have snubbed you Cai Yan smiled and said: "In addition to going on the expedition, my husband is the most famous idler in Chang'an City."

Zhang Xiu heard this, chuckled and changed Cai Yan's buttocks, and said, "My husband is idle at home all day long, just waiting for you to wait."

When Cai Yan heard this, her face turned red, and the pleasure from her hips made her legs clamp unconsciously, Zhang Xiu naturally saw Cai Yan's changes, chuckled and whispered a few words in Cai Yan's ear. After finishing speaking, Cai Yan's face turned even redder, patted Zhang Xiu's broad chest, and said, "Husband, you are so bad."

Zhang Xiu heard this, laughed, and then quickly leaned over to Cai Yan's bright lips and kissed it, and then said: "My husband is out, remember what my husband just said." After speaking, Cai Yan, who couldn't stop stomping his feet with a red face, turned around and left.

When Zhang Xiu arrived at Mifu, it was already dark, Zhang Xiu came to Mifu, Mi Zhu and Mi Fang brothers greeted him in front of the house, and Mi Zhu asked Mi Fang to take Hu Che'er. I only accompanied Zhang Xiu to the hall! After that, the guests and hosts sat down

Mi Zhu picked up the wine cup and saluted Zhang Xiu first, and said, "The general treats our brothers and sisters very well. Drink first as respect. ”

Zhang Xiu smiled slightly, drank the wine, and the wine from the afternoon banquet had not yet dissipated. Zhang Xiu couldn't help but feel a little hot in her body. After settling down, he smiled and said, "I don't know what Zizhong wants to do in the future?" ”

Mi Zhu said with a smile: "I believe that the general also knows that the businessman wants to take the imperial examination, and he is strongly opposed to this matter, after all, the businessman values his own interests, if he lets the businessman be an official, wouldn't he let them use public power for personal gain?" Although there are some businessmen who are committed to the public, this is only a minority, and most of them still put their own interests first. The merchants of the trench for generations knew very well about this matter, so they thought that the merchants could not be allowed to take the imperial examination and become officials, and it was enough for the chamber of commerce to unite the merchants and maintain the status of the merchants. ”

I have to say that Mi Zhu's ideas coincide with Zhang Xiu's ideas, businessmen value self-interest, and if they join the political circle, they will only use their power for personal gain in the end. This incident could not be avoided even if Zhang Xiu traveled through the previous Western society, and the government was entirely for the service of businessmen. This is true in Western societies, and this is even more unworkable in China, where it began with the Zhou Dynasty's establishment of ritual music to Confucius's re-establishment of ritual music, and then to Emperor Wu's exclusive respect for Confucianism. There are certainly downsides to this. However, China was finally introduced into a society with morality as the standard, and the celebrities in the society were determined by virtue, knowledge, and talent, so that the whole society admired morality and knowledge. In Zhang Xiu's view, this point is excellent, and it can be regarded as a great contribution of Confucianism.

If businessmen are allowed to become officials, and the nature of businessmen to seek personal gain, the society will become a society with the standard of advocating money, that is, the social status quo before Zhang Xiu crossed. At that time, there will only be moral decay, etiquette and pleasure will collapse, and knowledge will serve money, which has to be said to be a kind of sadness.

This may be exaggerated, but after the crossing, Zhang Xiu will never allow that kind of moral degradation, the collapse of etiquette and music, and all the money-centered situations to appear, which is a kind of degeneration of human nature. Therefore, Zhang Xiu wants to extinguish this symptom directly, and determine the conditions for obtaining the imperial examination, and no one can engage in business within three generations.

Mi Zhu's thoughts coincided with Zhang Xiu, and Zhang Xiu immediately praised: "Zizhong's words are reasonable. ”

Mi Zhu listened, smiled slightly, and drank with Zhang Xiu again. Zhang Xiu played with the wine cup in his right hand, and asked Mi Zhu with a smile: "Zizhong wants to come to Bajing, right?" ”

Mi Zhu nodded and said, "Everything can't be hidden from the general, but I don't know if it's so good." That's why I consulted the general. ”

Zhang Xiu heard this, waved his hand, and said, "Zizhong, don't worry about this matter." ”

Mi Zhu arched his hand and said, "Thank you for your trust." ”

Zhang Xiu drank another glass of wine, felt that the whole body was warm and dry, and it was very refreshing, so he smiled and said: "Zizhong, your wine is even better than Benjiang's." ”

Mi Zhu said with a smile: "This is the wine that the Mi family caravan found from the Western Regions, there is only one altar, and everyone is here today, so the trench naturally wants to bring the best wine to the general to enjoy." ”

Zhang Xiu laughed, Mi Zhu saw that Zhang Xiu was happy, so he talked with Zhang Xiu and frequently persuaded him to drink. After drinking for about an hour, I only heard a "bang", and Zhang Xiu fell drunk on the table.

Seeing this, a trace of inexplicable look flashed in his eyes, and then his expression was firm, and he called the two subordinates over, and said to one of them: "Tell General Hu that the general is drunk and can't go back to the Fat Cavalry General's Mansion tonight, so I can only rest in the Mi Mansion tonight, and let General Hu lead the troops to protect the safety of the Fat Cavalry General." After that, you go to the General's Mansion and report the matter. ”

The subordinate turned around and left, and Mi Zhu said to another subordinate: "Go and call the young lady." When the servant heard this, he was ordered to leave.

Not long after, a woman about twenty years old, dressed in snow-white skin, with both the immature beauty of a girl and the temperament of a mature young woman, walked in with lotus steps, and called softly to De Mizhu: "Big brother." This stunning woman is Mi Zhen, the first beauty in Xuzhou who was taken away by Zhang Xiu from Runan and Liu Bei's original wife.

Mi Zhu sighed lightly, pointed to Zhang Xiu who was lying on the table, and said: Little sister, I have wronged you, it is the eldest brother who is sorry for you. ”

Mi Zhen smiled sadly on her face and said: "Big brother, for the sake of the Mi family, these are nothing, besides, the little sister is not a complete body, the fat cavalry general is a hero in the world, and he may not be able to look down on the little sister." Besides, the eldest brother is also right, only if the younger sister and the fat cavalry general have this marriage, can the Mi family and Sister Gan be safe. ”

Mi Zhu's face was gloomy, and he sighed: "So I'll leave it to my little sister." After saying that, he turned around and left, and went to deal with Hu Che'er.

Here Mi Zhen walked to Zhang Xiu's side, and at the same time called two little maids to come forward to help, the three of them helped Zhang Xiu into the back room, put Zhang Xiu on the couch, Mi Zhen waved away the little maid, and only Zhang Jiang and Mi Zhen were left in the small room.

At this time, Zhang Xiu was a little confused, and there was a burst of heat in the body, and in a daze, he felt that he was helped to lie on the couch, and Zhang Xiu, who had a dry mouth, hurriedly shouted: "Water, "water" is not much, Zhang Xiu felt a softness between his lips, a trace of hard object opened his teeth, and cold water was injected into his throat from this softness, and at the same time, a soft object was entangled with his tongue, Zhang Xiu felt that the soft came with a sweet taste, so he kept sucking.

After sucking a little, Zhang Xiu felt that his body was more irritable, and muttered: "Hot" After that, he soon felt that his clothes were taken off, and then he felt a cold thing sticking to his body, Zhang Xiu's hands touched the cold thing, instinctively pinched it, and then felt that the cold thing was getting hotter and hotter, making the body that had already felt hot become as uncomfortable as fire.

Zhang Xiu just couldn't stop sucking on the soft object in his mouth. I hope that the sweetness can lower my own fire, but the more I suck, the hotter my body becomes. Just when Zhang Xiu was extremely uncomfortable, he suddenly felt wrapped in a warm temperature, Zhang Xiu felt a burst of comfort, and then instinctively charged, and at the same time heard a nice whisper in his ears.

I don't know how long it took, Zhang Xiu felt the heat in his body swept away, and then he felt a tiredness in his head, unable to resist the invasion of this tiredness, Zhang Xiu hugged the warm body and fell asleep.