As soon as the news of the imperial court's establishment of Mingtang, Biyong and Mingtai came out, the Confucian circle immediately boiled. Every day, many people come to visit Wang Mang with their names, and some people come to give gifts in the name of Mu Duwu. The Great Sima Mansion is full of people every day, which makes Du Wu, who likes to be quiet, a little annoyed.

On this day, there was nothing to do, Du Wu quit the old housekeeper, rode on the Dawan horse given to him by Emperor Ping, and headed towards Qingfeng Tower.

Qingfeng Lou has now become Du Wu's private property, of course, Du Wu will not admit it on the surface, and Qingfeng Lou has not made a public statement. The people of Chang'an only know that the fat chef of Qingfeng Lou learned a lot of good cuisine from Du Wu, and he is an anonymous disciple of the Chang'an Kitchen God. There are also good people who ridicule Qingfeng Lou for wanting to cling to Du Wu and even Wang Mang's thighs, so shamelessly claiming that the cook is someone's disciple. Qingfeng Lou did not make any response to this, and slowly, such rumors slowly disappeared.

In fact, Du Wu has indeed become the owner of Qingfeng Tower. Ever since Qingzhou Disaster Relief met Caesar and them, Du Wu has been thinking about how to feed this team. Although Chen Tang's parting intention was to use this Roman team to spy on Du Wu, when Du Wu gave the name of Caesar to Gaius in person, this team swore allegiance to Du Wu with their loyalty and blood, becoming Du Wu's first personal force in this troubled era. Although it is thousands of miles away, it is a real domestic slave who belongs to him after all. Poor Chen Tang made a calculation, and in the end he still cheapened Du Wu, which is really unpredictable.

After returning from Qingzhou, Du Wu carefully thought about how to get out and how to feed the Roman legion, and it happened that the fat chef came to the Great Sima Mansion to give gifts, so he made an appointment with the fat chef to meet. The boss of Qingfeng Lou also wanted to gain a foothold in Chang'an City, which was full of powerful people, and the two hit it off, and the boss directly gave Qingfeng Lou to Du Wu. Du Wu wanted to refuse at first, but then thought about it for a while, and agreed to the boss's request. The boss excitedly kowtowed to Du Wu three times, and the two tacitly did not sign any written agreement. In the past six months, Du Wu helped Caesar settle down at the foot of Mount Tai through Qingfeng Tower, and the news came back two days ago that Caesar's Roman legion had expanded to 200 people, and asked Du Wu if he wanted to expand.

As soon as Da Wanma arrived downstairs, the boss ran out. beckoned Xiao Er to take the horse to the backyard to settle down, and the boss took Du Wu to the private room on the second floor.

"Du Yi, do you know what's going on in Mingtang?" As soon as he sat down, Du Wu asked the boss. For the title of Du Yi, although Du Wu felt a little speechless, but the boss was very insistent, he thought that only by taking the master's surname could he really be regarded as the master's retainer. Later, the fat chef discovered the secret of the two and strongly asked to join in, becoming Du Wu's strongest eyeliner and Du Er in Chang'an City. Compared with the disciple of Chang'an Kitchen God, his favorite is the name Du Er, and he often said to Du Yi in private that he could become Mr. Du's retainer, although he died without regrets, which made Du Yi roll his eyes and think he was stinky.

"That's right, my lord. Mingtang is the place where the Son of Heaven used to preach politics and religion. It is said that during the last week, the Son of Heaven would change his place of residence every month, wear the clothes of the month every month, worship the gods of each month, and handle the government affairs of the month. Twelve months is a cycle. Because the sun and the moon are bright, it is called Mingtang. As for the Lingtai, it is the Wangtiantai, and Biyongma is the place where the doctor of the head of the family is located, specializing in educating the children of the royal family. It's just that Mingtang and Biyong have been abandoned for thousands of years, and Emperor Xiaowu of this dynasty has built Mingtang in order to seal Mount Tai, and no one has mentioned it anymore. ”

Qingfeng Building's original positioning was to collect intelligence, so Du Yi used twelve points of effort to find out any news that might affect the head of the family.

Du Wu finally understood why so many Confucian scholars would visit Wang Mang with great emotion. This is typical retro behavior. During the Western Han Dynasty, there was no imperial examination system, and even the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, which focused slightly on talent, only arose after Cao Pi established Wei in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. At present, the Han Dynasty mainly relies on conquest to recruit talents, and he only stayed in Dasima Mansion after going through the process of conquest. However, the premise of the expedition was that the person should be quite famous, which stopped the vast majority of ordinary Confucian scholars. For them, the opening of the Ming Hall just opened up a path for them to be promoted, and it is no wonder that the threshold of the Great Sima Mansion is about to be broken.

Thinking of this, Du Wu shuddered deeply: Wang Mang is really good at manipulating people's hearts. In the long run, a new dynasty will be established sooner or later, and his arrival has not changed any footsteps in history. Think about it, I didn't even keep Wang Yu, what else can I change? I only hope that the curtain will be hung in the sky, so that Wang Shu can finally escape.

As soon as Du saw that the head of the house was contemplative, he quietly withdrew, beckoning the kitchen to prepare a light meal, and he would send it upstairs in person in a moment.

Mingtang, Biyong and Lingtai are all the so-called ancient sage kings established by the canonical system, which has always been longed for by Confucian scholars who believe in the ancients. After the founding of the Han Dynasty, Gaozu Liu Bang was born a scoundrel and did not attach much importance to Confucianism. After Liu Bang's death, the regime was once held by Empress Lu for eight years, the Lu family sat large, the court was smoky, and the wind of relatives began to prevail. Coupled with the achievements of the founding heroes and the northern attack on the Xiongnu, some generals rose and became dazzling families. Their descendants began to enter the political arena, and the gate valve was basically formed. Since then, the upward channel of ordinary Confucian scholars has been completely blocked. Although there is a system of requisition, there are very few passers. Therefore, when the Confucian scholars all over the country heard that Wang Mang was going to build these great buildings that only existed in the time of the ancient saint kings, they were very excited, and they went to Chang'an to ask for their lives and volunteered to participate in labor. For a while, Chang'an City was overcrowded.

On the second day of Wang Mang's order, that is, on the third day of the eighth month, more than 100,000 people gathered at the construction site of the Ming Hall, and the Confucian students in remote areas who received the news late were still flocking to Chang'an.

The court was once again shocked by Wang Mang's appeal. The three major buildings, which were originally scheduled to be built for half a year, were all completed in 20 days. On the day of completion, everyone was surprised. Everyone began to sing praises for Wang Mang again, but Wang Zhengjun once again became deeply jealous of Wang Mang's ability.

The Great Sima Mansion finally returned to its former tranquility. The season has reached the dew and the weather is starting to get cooler. Sitting in the yard at night is no longer to enjoy the shade, but to attract mosquitoes. The mosquitoes in autumn seem to have begun their final madness, and they need to be stung to pick up a large bag, and the itch is unbearable.

Wang Mang has not returned home in the past few days. After the Ming Hall was built, he was going to personally inspect it to show his attention to this matter. In addition, although the people are gone, the remaining tens of thousands of Confucian scholars remain in Chang'an, wanting to prove their strength and ability in front of the imperial court. So Wang Mang built 10,000 dormitories for the Confucian students, all of them provided the four treasures of the study room for free, as long as the capable person wrote an article and handed it in, Wang Mang would be admitted on the basis of merit and assigned some basic official positions. As a result, he is even busier.

Wang Mang is not there, and there is a rare silence in Sima's mansion. Zi Su secretly ran back from the Shizi Mansion, and he was tired of being in the pipa room for two days, and drove Du Wu to the west wing. Du Wu saw that she was in a good mood for the past two days, and he was also overjoyed, so he naturally didn't care about her. After all, she was only ten years old and still a child. Thinking that when she first saw Shisu, she was five or six years old, and when she thought that she was holding a wooden gun at that time, standing majestically in front of Rhubarb, and asking "Who is coming", Du Wu felt a little sour in his heart. In only four years, the little girl lost her father and mother who loved him the most, as well as the kind Grandpa Chen Tang. Whenever I talk to Pipa about this, Pipa will also feel related.

"Master, Master! Shi Niang made lotus root soup, come and eat it! Hey, you dead rhubarb, you can't drag it anymore, you're going to die of fat! ”

As soon as Du Wu entered the small courtyard with a piece of bacon brought back from Qingfeng Building, Shisu ran out, his round body followed behind, and his mouth was still pulling Shisu's trouser legs. Shiso doesn't ride rhubarb now, because rhubarb doesn't move her.

Du Wu glanced at Shiso and almost didn't laugh. The little girl has a dog's tail grass inserted in each of the two horns, which shakes with the beating of her body, and looks very funny.

Du Wu stepped forward and reached out to help Zi Su take off the dog tail grass, but Zi Su waved his hand to block it.

"Master, don't move, this is what my master plugged in for me, but it's beautiful. Shi Niang also has it, but she has one more trumpet flower than me, and I did it. Hee-hee. ”

Seeing Zisu smile, Du Wu's mood also improved, and he entered the house with Zisu. The pipa had already put the lotus root soup in place, and when he saw Du Wu coming back, he came forward to help Du Wu get the meat, and said in his mouth: "The little lady is really lazy, and she doesn't say that she will help Mr. carry the meat, and you won't have your share in making the meat soup tomorrow." ”

Zi Su deliberately pursed his mouth, pulled Du Wu's arm and dangled it, almost stunning Du Wu's head: "Master, the master bullied me, the master bullied me when you didn't come, I want the master to be angry for me!" After speaking, he puffed out his mouth and pretended to be angry.

Du Wu deliberately teased her: "Then how do you want the master to be angry with you?" ”

"Tomorrow, the master will make something delicious, don't give it to the master, give it all to me, and the master will die of hunger, hehe!"

Rhubarb's eyes didn't leave the piece of bacon, seeing that Du Wu and the three of them were making trouble, they saw the right time, took a bite of bacon and ran, Pipa saw it, and exclaimed, where is Shisu willing to spare Rhubarb, and chased out with an empty bowl: "Dead Rhubarb, you put it down for me!" I promise not to kill you! ”

Pipa was still holding Du Wu's robe in his hand, looking at Zisu who was chasing out with his teeth and claws, he couldn't help but redden: "Sir, Zisu hasn't been so happy for a long time." ”

Du Wu nodded, gently helped Pipa wipe away her tears, and took her into his arms: "Zai Heng is not here these days, so you can accompany her more." She wants to eat and play whatever she wants, you tell me, I'll get it. ”

In the corner around the corner, Shiso stood there lonely, listening to the conversation between the two in the room, and tears couldn't help but fall. Rhubarb watched her from a short distance with meat in her mouth, not understanding why she didn't chase her.

After a while, she wiped a handful of tears, raised the bowl again, and shouted viciously at Rhubarb: "Dead Rhubarb, if you don't put down the meat, I will eat you tomorrow!" ”

Rhubarb was so frightened that he hurriedly dropped the meat and hurriedly ran out of the courtyard, and there was a cry of perilla with his teeth and claws dancing from behind.

The red lotus fragrance remnants of the jade in autumn. Lightly untie Luo Shang and go on the Lanzhou alone. Who in the clouds sends the brocade book, when the goose word returns, the moon is full in the west building.

The flowers float and the water flows freely. One lovesickness, two sorrows. There is no way to eliminate this situation, so I frowned, but I was in my heart.