"Dare to ask Cai Gong if he is at home?"

Ye Yongjia stood in front of the house and knocked on the door a few times, raising his voice a little higher, but trying not to lose his peace.

After a while, I heard steady footsteps coming from inside, and when I arrived at the door, I stopped in an instant.

"Who?" It was like an old man's voice asking, and he didn't open the door.

"Below is Ye Yongjia, the son of Ye Long, the left capital of Jinan Yefu, who has something to ask for." He lowered his voice.

"Mr. Cai is very busy, not everyone can see him. If you don't have a letter from a few adults you know, let's go back quickly. Seeing that you are from other places and don't understand the market, I will explain it to you; If it was local, it would have been scolded earlier! As he spoke, he seemed to walk slowly.

Ye Yongjia took a look at Kouzhong and saw that things were not going well, so they all walked out of the alley and turned onto the street. "It's better to take your time for this kind of big thing," Kou Zhong said, "and the master doesn't need to be in a hurry. ”

The further the two walked, the denser the crowd became. "It's a pity that I don't know where Mr. Wei is, so I should talk to him about the old party." Ye Yongjia sighed, raised his head casually, and suddenly saw that the large open space in front of him was already crowded with people; The porter who walked by beside him also leaned on the edge of the picker and raised his feet to watch. Out of curiosity, he also pulled away the bodies of a few people, and squeezed into the crowd, and saw that everyone was surrounded by an old stage, on which no one was singing, but a few Confucian scholars wearing crowns walking around in disorder; At one moment, he saw a carriage coming in the distance, and passers-by avoided it, so they stopped the car in front of the stage. When he boarded, there was a cough in the car, and the Confucian students on the stage were all quiet and lined up on both sides.

Someone went straight down the platform, approached the car, pulled the curtain of the car, and was about to help, but the person inside got out of his hand first, signaling him to go to the side first; Then he stretched out a rattan cane, and his body appeared. The man was on crutches with his left hand, pulled the collar with his right hand, and turned his face sideways, unable to see his face clearly, but he already felt full of aura and extremely majestic. He looked like a god and Buddha in the eyes of everyone, and many pairs of eyes cast reverence on him, and those shouts seemed to look at the hero's posture.

Just in front of the gossipy and noisy crowd, he limped across the stairs, and his face was presented in Ye Yongjia's field of vision impartially.

The handsome facial features and piercing eyes immediately reminded him of this person's name - Wei Huai.

He was dressed in white, breathed a sigh of relief, and then spoke loudly, with a sonorous breath:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the surname is Wei Minghuai, but a Confucian in Nanjing, because of the obsession of the law and the country's prosperity, he has his own opinions, and I will tell you!" With a blow to the ground, he continued:

"In the next determined reform, the first thing is to reduce the service, although the court keeps claiming that it is light and thin, but once the court is in a hurry, it will be exploited. The livelihood of the world belongs to the Beijing master, and the people have no independent rights, and they are used by the imperial court. The people could not afford to pay taxes, so they abandoned the land and became homeless, and the government counted 50,000 homeless, so if it goes on like this, it will not be more than 500,000! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was clamoring, and Ye Yongjia secretly applauded him in his heart.

"Therefore, according to a certain plan, the imperial court should establish the law of 'living within its means' to save the country, so as not to run rampant corruption, and second, not to make exploitation excessive, and the real good law. People may say that the legislation is like this, and when they get older, they will be abolished, so there is a new insight in the following. ”

He paced, and the eyes of the people followed it quickly.

"It is to build academies in various places, so that the academies can recruit talented people, and if the government wants to do something, the academies will judge it. This is also the college system that is under the thought. ”

……

Ye Yongjia listened to him in the audience for a long time, but he never lost his momentum, and there was no time to pause and hesitate, so it can be seen that he really worked hard for this speech.

"If any of your people believes in my aspirations, he will live up to my words; My ambition is also to do the people of Kyushu, all know the new policy, all can enlighten the wisdom, then the country is peaceful, and it will go down in one drum. ”

After speaking, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, shook at everyone, and walked under the stage; Everyone cheered in unison like a tsunami, and Ye Yongjia couldn't help but echo it; He wanted to run up and stop him, but he was too crowded in the crowd to get forward, so he had to retreat with Kouzhong.

When Wei Huai returned to the mansion, it would be nightfall; He had been busy all day, and was a little tired, so he immediately went into the house and asked the servant to take his clothes.

"My lord, when it was still dawn, two people handed me a letter, saying that I must let the adults see it." The slave came over with his clothes in his hand, and Wei Huai took them with his hand, "What's it called?" ”

"The surname is Ye, and it is called ...... It seems to be Yongjia. ”

Wei Huai put on his clothes, "I really taught this student. Show me. ”

The servant came out of the house, and Wei Huai sat on the edge of the bed to repair his beard.

"Look, sir."

The servant opened the letter and placed the paper on the table; Wei Huai pressed it with his hand, held a corner, and looked at it slowly:

'Jinan Ye Yongjia worships Nanjing Guozi Priest Wine Weihuai: Mr. Jimin saves the world, learns the teachings, and admires the Ya theory, such as sitting on the spring breeze. Even if the teacher is thirty years old, if he passes through the door of the saint, it is of great benefit. Now the right to live in Nanjing, I don't know where Mr. went, but I can't find it, almost anxious. Mr. Xing preached in the city, and the rest of the inquiry, where Mr. was, was submitted to. If Mr. Hou returns to see the book late, please choose a day to narrate, and it will be good. Prostrate. ’

"It's a long way to go." He sneered a few times, turned around and instructed the minion, "Ask where this man lives, and invite him to the house tomorrow." ”

……

"Please," the servant smiled thoughtfully, greeting Ye Yongjia and Kou Zhong. The two saluted, walked to the living room, and saw Wei Huai sitting upright on a chair, with a cane in one hand.

"Ye Tinglong, I haven't seen you for a long time." Wei Huai still didn't smile, and Ye Yongjia had never even seen him smile.

"Mr. Wei, should I also call you and Brother Min?"

"Listen to me." Wei Huai had an indifferent posture.

"Mr. Wei, you invited us here, isn't this the etiquette of hospitality?" Kou Zhong said angrily.

"Who's that?" Wei Huai looked at Ye Yongjia.

"Minions in the house......"

"The minion still dares to interject? I'll tell you master. ”

Kou Zhong stopped dissatisfied.

"How did you get to Nanjing?" Wei Huai looked up and asked.

"My father died, and my house was raided."

"Dead ......" Wei Huai's eyes showed sympathy, a little surprised, but the tone seemed to be indifferent.

"The official is gone, and the Jinshi is taken away, so he arrived in Nanjing." Kou Zhong added.

"Come to Cai Xianqing?" Wei Huai's eyes swept over Kouzhong, and the latter nodded.

"Why don't you say that?" He looked at Ye Yongjia and immediately called the minions outside the hall: "Bring a pen and paper!" ”

"Mr. Wei, you originally said that you became Lu Fangxuan's secretary, why did you suddenly enter the Guozijian? And so many more...... The people followed? ”

"That was a year or two ago," Wei Huai said while writing on a piece of paper, "At that time, Lord Lu was still in Nanjing, and he treated me well, and let me serve as the prince of the country; Because I have been preaching the way of reform everywhere and recommended a few policies to benefit the people, the people have some expectations for me, which is a good thing. Later, Lord Lu was transferred by the emperor and appointed as the Duke of Jingguo, and the prince of Wan Heshun took charge of the military and politics here. ”

Wei Huai sealed the letterhead and handed it to Ye Yongjia: "This Cai Xianqing has always respected my name, and he is also a very interesting person, if you give him the letter, he will definitely come to see you and help you do something." ”

Ye Yongjia received the letter, and Wei Huai still wanted to talk about the raid of the Ye Mansion, but seeing that he was reluctant to mention it, he had to hold a cane and watch them go out of the house.