"Alas...... I really don't want to join in the fun. Zhao Yu saw that the big guys said this, and decided to give Gong Shouli a face.

"If you are lazy, go back to Lin Qi, choose something from me and take it away, are you ready for the New Year? If you don't, you can just get it from me, and now the yard is almost overwhelmed! Xiao Chen said.

"Don't mind, your boss can't just favor him Zhao Ziyu alone, he can take things, do we have to go back empty-handed? I'll also draw a little bit of money later, and there are still a few gifts that haven't been given, just from you. Liu Wenzheng said.

"Damn it, you kid comes empty-handed every time, and you have to take it when you don't see anything left! Zhao Ziyu is poor, and your kid is also poor? Xiao Chen said.

"Look at who you compare." Liu Wenzheng said with a smile.

"That's okay, I'll reluctantly accept it, and it can be regarded as a favor for your Hou Ye." Zhao Yu said, "If you can't eat it, you can't use it up, and you'll lose it." ”

"What did you say about Zhao Ziyu? That's all good stuff! Don't pull down Ang, as if I were begging you! Xiao Chen said angrily.

"Everything is good, but it's not a good thing either!" What Zhao Yu said was inexplicable.

"Zhao Ziyu, just speak, don't scold." Liu Wenzheng said.

"I'm not scolding Marquis Xiao, nor are I scolding those who give gifts, nor are I scolding those things." Zhao Yu sighed, "It's this bad habit that scolds!" ”

"Well, we all know what Ziyu means, but the atmosphere formed for thousands of years is also difficult to return, how many times the emperor has rectified the rule of officials, he has not taken this aspect into account, according to me, it is better for the court to make a decree that strictly prohibits officials from giving gifts!" Li Hongdao.

"Actually, that's exactly what happened." Liu Wenzheng said, "Especially during the New Year, or like Gong's father-in-law, who always have to worry about gifts, we can't afford to give it heavily, and we are afraid of offending people if it is light, we are like this, and the people below are like this." ”

"Especially what ice and charity in the place are even more bad habits!" Liu Qiheng said, "How much money does it cost to buy these things in various places every year? This money is not from them themselves, it is all pulled out of the mouths of the common people! It's like Duan Fengnian's gift, I don't know about you, I receive it every year, and I can't accept it if I don't accept it. ”

"As long as we don't accept it, can they still force it to be delivered?" Zhao Yu said, "I never accept gifts, and I haven't seen anything." ”

"So you, Lord Zhao, are outstanding." Liu Qiheng said, "But it's not that I haven't seen anything, just the impeachment I received when I was in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and participated in your excerpts, stacked up higher than you Lord Zhao!" It's just because the emperor protects you, otherwise you would have been killed by ginseng! ”

"Hehe, so the atmosphere is like this, we are familiar with the world of people who receive gifts, everyone praises them, like Zhao Ziyu, who is as upright, but he doesn't know the current affairs, and everyone shouts and beats!" Li Hongdao.

"Although it is a heavy weight, it is not necessarily difficult to return, as long as you are determined to do it, there is nothing you can't do! Even if it can't be done, someone has to do it. Xiao Chen said, "Zhao Ziyu, since you hate this, when you look back and see the emperor, you will bring it up directly." ”

"You think I wouldn't dare?" Zhao Yu got up, but sat down again, "But I am a small Fengyang Mansion, and people are soft-spoken, the emperor is afraid that he will not listen, and maybe he will scold me for doing a lot of things, and besides, this is not my Fengyang Mansion's business......"

"The emperor is not afraid that we will make mistakes, do mistakes, and say mistakes, but he is afraid that we will do nothing." Xiao Chen said, "So everything we see, hear, and think can actually be told to the emperor, don't think that the emperor knows everything, and don't think that he doesn't know anything...... As a courtier, you must be a man with your own heart, do things with an open heart, and you can't have selfish ......"

"Marquis Xiao, what you say is a big truth, everyone understands the truth, but it's ...... to do" Li Hong sighed and shook his head again and again.

"You have the idea of protecting yourself, this is selfishness." Xiao Chen said, "I'm not targeting you Li Fatzi, I'm saying that big guys are like this, so I know that giving and receiving gifts is a bad habit, but no one will stand up and say it, they all pretend to be confused, go with the flow, and be with the light." ”

"Then I'll go to meet the emperor tomorrow!" Zhao Yu decided to let it go.

"There's no need to rush at this time, it's going to be the New Year, and the gifts that should be given are almost done...... At this festive time, don't block the big guy and the emperor, and it's not too late to talk about it after the New Year. "Xiao Chen In the end, it is inevitable that people are sophisticated.

A few people were drinking, and suddenly Xiao Yu came to report, saying that the prince was coming?

Which prince?

Of course, it was Prince Xuanping, and the other two princes would not come to Xiao Chen's Mansion in person, let alone come so late.

Liu Qiheng and the others hurriedly said goodbye, and Xiao Chen didn't leave them, because Li Qiu came so late, there must be something important.

Please come in and ask him what is wrong without waiting for him to sit down?

"It's nothing, in fact, I just came out of the palace, and when I passed by here on my home, I came in to talk to you." Li Qiudao.

"You shouldn't come less if you're fine, and you shouldn't come so late, don't forget that you're a prince!" Xiao Chen said angrily.

"You also know that I am the prince, and I am so loud and loud to me." Li Qiu muttered.

"No, your kid has nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, there must still be something." Xiao Chen said, "Say something quickly, leave quickly, you shouldn't stay with me for a long time, unless the emperor asks you to find me." ”

"It's nothing...... Something......" Li Qiu said, "Didn't you execute the Qin prisoners of Langya County today?" Shao Wenzhao went to reply to the emperor, and the emperor summoned me to testify for a while. ”

"What's wrong with the Chin?" Xiao Chen's heart moved.

"That's not true, it's just a procedure, Shao Wenzhao left, my father left me to speak, and we had dinner together, although I praised a lot, but I said that my martial arts are okay, but Wenzhi is poor, I must study more in the future, and said that he also started with martial arts back then, and he was a little less talented in literature, and he has always been called the emperor immediately, and he has a lot of regrets in his heart."

"Then you will write a poem for the emperor." Xiao Chen smiled, "Aren't you doing poetry quite well?" ”

"Poetry and songs, what kind of literary talent?" Li Qiu said, "You have to be able to make articles, but since ancient times, there is no first, and there is no second martial arts, how to show this literary talent?" Besides, I am a prince, and it is obviously inappropriate to do anything for no reason, but my father has something to say, and I will always have an explanation in the future to prove that I am a student. ”

"I don't agree with you." Xiao Chen said, "I think the name of the world's first genius is made by composing poems...... Of course, I will also do the article, and as you said, it's not easy to mess around if it's okay...... Do you know how to compose? Have you read all the four books and the five classics? ”