There is an independent flat-roofed house behind the Shule paperweight pond, and Dai Wang has fenced it outside, separating the courtyard a few feet wide, and the morning glory vine is hung on the fence.

Li Siye was followed by the maidservant Daorou, and the two came to the fence gate.

A woman named Qiu'e sat on the white stone in the courtyard, holding a needle and thread in her hand to sew a robe for Dai Wang.

Li Siye has always been unable to figure out the identity of the woman next to Dai Wang, if it is his confidante, it is touching to never abandon him. But Dai Wang's attitude towards her is extremely unfamiliar, which is understandable, after all, this Dai Wang is no longer Dai Wang. Was she repaying the favor for what she had done to him, or was it something else? Qiu'e's care for him in daily life has already surpassed that of ordinary maidservants, and she should be able to further upgrade to husband and wife.

Life is like a play, and fate is unpredictable.

He stood outside the fence and asked in a loud voice, "Is he at home?" ”

"Yes," Qiu'e hurriedly put down the robe in her hand and stood up, turned around and shouted into the house: "Liulang, General Li is here." ”

Dai Wang pushed open the door with a wooden cane in his hand and walked out, welcoming Li Siye into the hospital. The maidservant Daorou saw his scarred and terrible face, and was so shocked that she quickly lowered her head. Dai Wang raised the wooden staff and crossed his hand towards Li Siye, only glanced at it and said, "Let's go to the house to talk." ”

Li Siye turned to Daorou and ordered, "You just stay outside and don't come in." ”

The two men entered the house and closed the door tightly, leaving only two women outside. Daorou stood motionless against the wall, and Qiu'e glanced up at her, continuing to bow her head and sew her robe.

After a while, she raised her head and spoke to Daorou, who was standing, "You can find a place to sit down and rest for a while." ”

"Thanks, I'm not tired."

……

The room was very clean, and apart from the jugs and bamboo baskets, all that remained was a bookshelf made of broken poplar wood, on which were some unbound fragments.

Dai Wang sat cross-legged on the straw mat, picked up the jar and poured a glass of wine for Li Siye, bowed his head and said, "Those are those things that I usually write nonsense when I have nothing to do." You came to me today, do you have any questions for you? ”

Li Siye also sat opposite him, picked up the full wine cup, tasted it slowly, and said in a low voice: "I did encounter some things, please let me tell you slowly......

Li Siye shook the things that happened in Chang'an, including the emperor's reward and the words of the prince's close minister Li Yuyao, except for the bad things between him and Yang Yuyao.

After hearing this, Dai Wang analyzed it in detail: "If it is as you can see, there are three forces entrenched in the DPRK and China, one is Li Linfu's treacherous and cunning, like the sky. The second is the Yang family, the Yang family has been favored as a relative, but with the deepening of the emperor's favor for the concubine, the power of the Yang family is also becoming more and more prosperous. This third is the crown prince, because the prince is jealous of the emperor, he is the weakest among the three parties, but in fact, his foundation is the thickest. As long as the position of the prince is still there, many people are willing to leave their children and grandchildren behind and fight for it. The three of them are incompatible with the princelings, and the Yang family can rise to the top in this situation. ”

Li Siye coughed and interrupted him: "What I want to talk to you about is my problem, how should I deal with myself in it." ”

"Don't worry, I'll talk about you right away, it's wise for you to rely on the Yang family now on the surface and support the prince behind your back. But these are long-term considerations that won't solve your immediate problems. At present, if you want to achieve unhindered official fortune, you must gain the support of Li Linfu, at least let him regard you as a fellow party member, and will not stumble and exclude you. ”

"That's right," Li Siye said approvingly: "I am now an official in the west of the city, unless I am transferred to another place, I will not be able to bypass Li Linfu in the entire Longyou Road, no matter how I go around." ”

Dai Wang was silent and pondered for a moment before he spoke slowly: "If you want to gain Li Linfu's approval and make him not reject you, there are two ways, the first is to isolate yourself from the prince, cut off your own retreat, and stand firmly by Li Linfu's side. The second is to make him feel that there is no threat to your existence. ”

Li Siye shook his head decisively: "The first method is not feasible, Li Linfu and the crown prince are opposed, that is because he made a mistake at the beginning, and blindly favored Concubine Wu Hui and King Shou on the issue of Lizhu, and as a result, Li Heng, the king of loyalty, ascended the throne." This kind of mistake is irreparable, so he can only fight with the prince. ”

An Lushan used this method, in order to curry favor with the emperor and take refuge in Li Linfu, he pretended to be stupid and entered the palace without worshipping the prince, and also helped Li Linfu curb the prince's power many times. He dared to do this because he was so crazy that he was not ready to wait for the crown prince to ascend the throne as emperor. ”

Dai Wang glanced at Li Siye in surprise, he didn't expect him to deduce people's motives like this, could it be regarded as a kind of people who are well versed in people's hearts, ordinary people don't dare to think like this at all.

"The only way to do it right now is to make him think that I don't threaten him. It's actually hard. ”

"Why do you say that?"

Li Siye raised his head and poured the wine into his throat: "Listen to me tell you a rumor, it is said that Pei Mian, a scholar from the Zhongshu House, drafted an edict for the sage, and after writing it, he handed it over to the emperor, and the sage praised it greatly, saying that his words have the bones of Zhang Shuo and the body of Zhang Jiuling, but there was Li Linfu by his side at that time." As a result, three months later, Pei Mian was sent to Hedong as an official. ”

"That's what's going on this year." Li Siye put his hands on his knees and said, "I mean this to tell you that Li Linfu is a person, he is sick. This is not a curse, he does have a heart disease. His desire for power is inversely proportional to his own sense of security and satisfaction, that is to say, the higher he climbs, the more wary and afraid he is of the people around him and around him, just like the resentful woman in the boudoir who is afraid of falling out of favor and falling out of favor, it stands to reason that a man should not behave like this, but this is where his pathology lies. ”

Although Li Linfu does not have much knowledge of literature, no one can match him in terms of administrative regulations. But he was so unconfident, and the slightest dazzling person appeared around him, as if his eyes were stinging, and he had to drive people out of the emperor's sight. So ......"

Dai Wang took Li Siye's words and said: "So it's not easy to shape yourself into a mediocre person, if you are too mediocre, the emperor will never use it, and if you are too brilliant, you will be squeezed out by Li Linfu, so you have to behave just right mediocrity." If you have strengths in one aspect and your weaknesses prevent you from becoming prime minister, if you can do this, you will not be envied by others. Just like the Hu people, everyone thinks that they can only pull the bow on their horses, and they can't make sense when they use politics. ”

"No, that's not right," Li Siye shook his head and said: "This can't be hidden, in the past, when I was the prince and led a thousand cows, I gave Li Ying advice, and before serving as the envoy of Shule Town, I also presided over the construction of the Moxi Station, which they can see, so a slightly stupid character can't be maintained." ”

"Who told you to be stupid?"

"Do you want to be stupid and sweet?"

Dai Wang's hideous scar face twitched, he was laughing: "I can't understand the words you speak, what is silly Bai Tian, but there are also quite talented scholars among the Hu people, how is your rhetoric?" What about your calligraphy? ”

Li Siye rubbed his hands: "To be honest, my writing and ink are not comprehensible, and my calligraphy and writing are ...... Fair. ”

"Then you write a paragraph to show me."

Dai Wang personally went to move the table, and spread a piece of paper on the case, and put a paperweight and a pen and inkstone. He sharpened the ink with his own hands and handed the pen barrel to Li Siye.

"Write it."

Li Siye looked up and asked, "What to write?" ”

"Just write about your unique opinion on Li Linfu just now."

Li Siye lifted the ink tube, first grabbed the pen with five fingers, but saw that Dai Wang's eyes were wrong, and quickly changed to a two-finger single-hook pen, lying on the paper like a child racking his brains in the face of the test paper, and finally wrote sixty or seventy words, put down the pen and rubbed his hands and said: "Okay." ”

He has only recently fully understood the transformation of complexity and simplicity, and as for imitating the font of Xingshu, he has also practiced five or six points, and the choice of words and sentences has been simplified as much as possible.

Dai Wang held the corner of the paper and lifted it gently, blowing a cool breeze in his mouth to dry the ink, grabbed it with both hands and browsed it and gasped: "What you wrote is in the vernacular." ”

Li Siye coughed: "Don't just look at the sentence, how about you look at my words?" ”

After hearing this, Dai Wang read it carefully, put down the paper and said, "This 'full' word is wrong, you should write it like this." ”

He picked up the pen himself and wrote the word 'full' in the lower right corner of the paper.

"If your calligraphy is at the current level, I don't think you need to pretend to be obscure, and directly show your true side, whether it is a saint or Li Linfu who sees it, they will not consider letting you enter the court."

Li Siye nodded sincerely, although this matter hurts his self-esteem, but being able to hang up the name of not learning and being skilled is indeed a necessary means to avoid the limelight.