The circumstances of life are often uncertain.

All living beings, the road ahead is boundless. The changes are so great that they often exceed previous expectations.

Fang Chongyong is like this, and so is Zheng Shuqing.

On the surface, Zheng Shuqing, who worked hard in Kuizhou, was framed in Dali Temple as soon as he entered Chang'an, which seemed to be very tragic.

But in reality he wasn't that miserable.

After Zheng Shuqing arrived at Dali Temple, he went directly to go through a formality, and the official on duty cancelled his sea fishing documents, and sent someone to send him to Xingqing Palace to wait for the saint.

Of course, Uncle Zheng is clean and dusty, has a strong smell on his body, and has a very poor beard, so naturally there is someone to serve him to bathe and change clothes, and then let him meet Li Longji after he is repaired.

Moreover, during the day, Li Longji was still composing music in the pear orchard, and he had no time to see Zheng Shuqing, so the former Lord Kuizhou Assassin could only wait quietly and apprehensively in the side room of the main building of the diligent government affairs to wait for the summons of the Son of Heaven.

On the contrary, it was Fang Chongyong, under the leadership of Fang Laique, who came to Yongjiafang's own yard and fell behind, but found that the situation in front of him was completely different from what he thought, and it could even be said that it was 108,000 miles away!

"Who are you? Why in my house. ”

Fang Laique, who was beside Fang Chongyong, looked at the young man who opened the courtyard door in an unkind tone and asked.

This man has dark skin, bright eyes, and is powerful in appearance, but does not appear to be stout.

He seemed a little stunned by this question.

"Huh?"

Another young man came out of the courtyard, this man was relatively fair-looking, and he did not have the heroism of the other person, and he seemed to be more polite. It's just that he looks quite old, with a long beard, and looks like a typical scribe.

"You two, why are you in my house?"

Fang Chongyong asked suspiciously.

He leaned over and asked in Fang Laique's ear, "Is there really nothing wrong with it?" ”

"Absolutely not, when Ah Lang and I left, my grandfather was also at home, and he should still be there now. Did Lang Jun forget? ”

Fang Laique looked at Fang Chongyong in confusion and asked.

"Ah, it turned out to be the son of Eun Gong! Why is it so kind, please come in! ”

The white-faced young man hurriedly and warmly invited Fang Chongyong and his party in.

"A certain name is Xu Yuan, this is Zhang Xun, we are all scholars who came to Chang'an to participate in the imperial examination. Originally, the rent in Chang'an was extremely expensive, and it cost 7,000 yuan a month. By chance, it was Fang Engong who took us in to study here, and he didn't take a penny.

If Xiao Langjun doesn't come, we won't be able to live steadily, and we must accept the money. ”

Xu Yuan hurriedly took a large bag of copper coins from the house and weighed no less than a thousand Wen.

After he handed it to Ah Duan on the side, both of them respectfully saluted each other: "Fang En's righteousness is thin and cloudy, and the country is his home, we are really moved." This amount of money is really just a gesture of gratitude.

Now that Xiao Langjun is back, we are embarrassed to continue to stay here, so let's leave. ”

Xu Yuan bowed deeply to Fang Chongyong and said, and Zhang Xun on the side also saluted.

Fang Chongyong saw that they were all honest people, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "You're welcome, who hasn't been embarrassed yet, you can live with peace of mind." Anyway, there are extra rooms here, so it's out of the way. ”

At this moment, a middle-aged man wearing an apron was still carrying the aroma of food. As soon as he saw Fang Chongyong, he came over and lifted him high, and said very dotingly: "Xiao Langjun is back!" Okay, let the slave cook a few dishes today. ”

He saw Fang Laique standing stupidly on the side again, and yelled at him: "The dog cub doesn't look at it at all, and he doesn't go to wash the vegetables!" ”

"Oh."

Fang Laique reluctantly left.

"Xiao Langjun, I went to the kitchen, both of them were invited by Lang Jun to live at home, they are scholars who went to Beijing to take the exam, and they are friends of Ah Lang.

Xiao Langjun should be treated as a junior. ”

Fang Laique's father also said hello to Xu Yuan and Zhang Xun, and then walked to the kitchen in the inner courtyard with an unknown tune.

"How dare you, we can just have a relationship with Xiao Langjun, since he is the son of Engong, he is also our benefactor."

Xu Yuan was very polite and invited Fang Chongyong to sit in the lobby.

The courtyard has a main house (bedroom) plus four wings. The main house faces the courtyard gate, and there are two wings on one side and are connected to each other, and the middle is separated by a door.

Behind the master bedroom is a firewood room connected to the kitchen, and in front of the door is a small porter.

A large number of houses enclosed a hall, and a courtyard was enclosed with a cloister and planted with date trees.

This is the typical narrow "quadrangle" structure of the Tang Dynasty, and most of the ordinary houses are like this.

Now two wings have been rented to Xu Yuan and Zhang Xun, and Fang Laique's father lives in one, and the master bedroom has been empty.

Fang Chongyong watched all this happen with a confused expression, and before he came back to his senses, he was already seated in the lobby.

Fang Chongyong is still a child in this life, but he has seen many big scenes in his previous life. The courtyard in front of you, if you don't have a few thousand, you will definitely not be able to take it down in the area next to Xingqing Palace and Dongshi.

It can even be said that if it weren't for Fang Youde being Li Longji's cronies, no matter how much money he had, he wouldn't have been able to buy this place!

What if someone with bad intentions lives here, separated from Xingqing Palace by a wall, and finally assassinates Li Longji?

This courtyard itself represents the word "grace".

Fang Youde, a scumbag, seems to be more powerful than he imagined.

Fang Chongyong couldn't help but think.

After a while, Fang Laique's father brought a lot of home-cooked food. Green onion porridge, Biluo, boiled chicken, steamed pear, cold salad with raw leek...... The variety is acceptable, but there is no crystal rice.

The fragrance of the dishes is overflowing, and it can be seen that the craftsmanship is very extraordinary.

"The two of you can treat it as if you were at home, my family Ah Lang is doing things for the saint, so he will definitely not say that he has mistreated his friends."

Fang Laique's father said proudly.

The mediocre words seem to be bold, but in fact they imply that Fang Youde's identity is extraordinary.

"Since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the atmosphere of Chang'an has become more and more extravagant, the court has been abolished, and the courtiers have taken pleasure as their own responsibility. Only Fang Jieshuai has always been worried about the country and the people, and he is a model for his generation. ”

When Xu Yuan mentioned Fang Youde, he was full of praise.

"Speaking of the matter of Youzhou, the Khitan has always been a big trouble. The previous Youzhou Festivals did not suppress the prestige of the Khitans. It has only improved since Zhang Jieshuai (Zhang Shouqi) took office.

I don't know if Fang Jieshuai can change the situation of the frontier war after serving as an observer. We are worried about national affairs all day long, but there is no place for heroes, compared with Fang Jieshuai, it is really difficult to compare the light of the candle to the bright moon. ”

Zhang Xun, who was a stuffy gourd on the side, also sighed and sighed.

"When I entered the city, there were still a few buckets of red lotus spring, but they were taken away by Jin Wuwei's people, otherwise it would be beautiful to have good wine and good food now."

Fang Chongyong sighed with regret.

"Red Lotus Spring?"

Xu Yuan and Zhang Xun couldn't help but exclaim. This wine is now fifty times a bucket in Chang'an, and ordinary people can't buy it!

Don't want to drink? Think it's expensive?

It's okay, get out of the way, some of the powerful are lining up to buy it.

Fang Chongyong thought that they brewed a lot, but in fact, it was not as good as the consumption of alcohol in Chang'an! After that bit of output was lost to Chang'an, it disappeared in a blink of an eye, not to mention that many powerful people hoarded and became second-class dealers.

Anyway, the older the wine, the better, what does it matter, put it in the warehouse and pile it up, you don't lack that little money.

Many Chang'an magnates have this attitude towards Red Lotus Chun.

Nowadays, fifty times on the market have to rely on favors to buy, and ordinary people can't even see the goods.

At this moment, Fang Laique's father quietly walked over, and the other party saluted bravely: "Jin Wuwei just sent a few jars of wine, put down the things and left." ”

These words stunned both Xu Yuan and Zhang Xun.

"It's nothing, the people who can drink this kind of wine must be extraordinary, not something that a few Jin Wuwei's pawns can provoke, I expect them to be sent back."

Fang Chongyong slapped his face and said to the fat man.

When it was sent back, it was called Zhizhu in hand.

If it is not sent back, it is the court that has no way, and the son of the Son of Heaven and his close ministers cannot protect himself, and the country will not be a country.

He always had something to say anyway.

However, according to common sense, it is indeed human nature for those Jin Wuwei's people to send wine back. Because the people who can afford to drink this kind of wine have a background that they can never afford to provoke.

Red Lotus Spring is now sky-high, and those wines are worth hundreds of yuan, but I am afraid that Jin Wuwei, who wants to fish in troubled waters, is now trembling with his hands and feet.

"This wine...... Isn't it inappropriate for us to drink? ”

Xu Yuan looked at the bowl of red and translucent wine in front of him and asked suspiciously, wanting to drink it but being timid.

I'm afraid that this bite will only cost a few dollars, and what I drink is not wine, but gold!

"Drink openly, if you don't have enough wine!"

Fang Chongyong laughed and said.

"Then I'm going to be disrespectful."

Xu Yuan and Zhang Xun picked up the bowl and drank it little by little, and the whole person looked intoxicated by the aroma of wine.

"Red Lotus Spring...... It's really well deserved. If it weren't for Xiao Langjun, we probably wouldn't be able to drink in our lives.

It's hateful, the red lotus rice that Kuizhou offered to the imperial court was actually used by lawbreakers to make wine! Now the way of the world, alas! ”

Xu Yuan sighed very worried about the country and the people.

"These red lotus springs are exchanged for ordnance and food, and I don't know how many border soldiers can be supported. As a result, all of them went into the pockets of unscrupulous businessmen, which is really sad and lamentable. However, I can only complain here, and I can't do anything.

When Xu Yuan and I are in the middle of the imperial examination, we will definitely contribute to the country, and we can't let such unhealthy winds ravage my Tang Dynasty again! ”

Zhang Xunmeng took a big sip of wine, clenched his fists and said.

Fang Chongyong discovered that these two people had a brain circuit with Fang Youde, no wonder Lao Fang could keep them here as free tenants. Fang Chongyong was a little emotional for a while, and found that he had very little common language with these "loyal people".

Red Lianchun was hyped up in order to help Li Longji make money.

Fang Chongyong's ex-factory price is actually "not high", and he himself even "only took" a total of 3,000 yuan.

When Wang Yuanbao, the richest man in Chang'an with white gloves, who was standing behind him, in fact, Fang Chongyong had a guess, but he didn't dare to think about it. I heard that Li Longji had a relationship with Wang Yuanbao back then, and praised him for having more wealth than himself, so there may be no need to say anything about the story here.

Red Lianchun's hype in aristocratic circles actually helped the imperial court recover a large number of "coins in the circle", which is good for the country's finances.

Zhang Xun The "goodness" they see is not good or not;

The "evil" they see is not necessarily evil.

Fang Chongyong felt that he was the culprit who hyped up Red Lotus Spring, so it was better to keep a low profile and not speak.

"If you don't get drunk today, you won't return, Red Lotus Spring has it, you can drink it with confidence."

Fang Chongyong said to Xu Yuan and Zhang Xun in a big way.

……

On the top floor of the diligent government affairs building is Li Longji's study. It was already night, Li Longji had been in the pear orchard for most of the day, and when he came back in the evening, he learned that Zheng Shuqing had been waiting in the Xingqing Palace for several hours, and he hurriedly sent someone to spread the word and called him to the study to meet.

"Alas, I am busy with official business, and I have wronged Aiqing."

As soon as Li Longji saw Zheng Shuqing, he walked over and held the other party's hand and said.

"It is the duty of the ministers to share the worries of the saints."

Zheng Shuqing was so grateful that he almost knelt down for Li Longji.

As soon as he heard this, he knew that he had come ashore.

"I went to the sea to catch you and wanted you, but it's just because a lot of good people are chewing their tongues behind their backs, and after I give you a new official position, these criticisms will disappear."

Li Longji laughed and invited Zheng Shuqing to sit on the opposite side of the table.

"That's 400,000 yuan, that's good. Aiqing has done me a great favor. This year's Shangyuan Festival is celebrated by all the people of Chang'an, all of which are the credit of Aiqing. I want to appoint Aiqing as Jing Zhaoyin, I don't know what Aiqing wants? ”

Kyung Zhao Yin?

No, no, no, I haven't heard of a Jing Zhaoyin who has no backstage and can get out in the end. Zheng Shuqing was very vigilant in his heart! To do this official position, it is better to return to Kuizhou to be the local overlord!

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, only the emperor's relatives and relatives have been comfortable, and ordinary bureaucrats can only cause a commotion.

Jingzhaoyin was established in the first year of Tang Kaiyuan, Li Longji personally ordered, and Jingzhaofu was subordinate to Gyeonggi Province and governed 23 counties.

Jing Zhao Yin is generally from the rank of a third-rank official, and there are two Jing Zhao Shaoyin under his command, as well as Gong Cao to join the army, Si Lu to join the army, Si Hu to join the army, judicial to join the army, Si Cang to join the army, Si Shi to join the army, and other officials equivalent to the level of Fang Chongyong's previous life "Bureau".

The official is very big, but this official is also very difficult to do.

The reason is very simple, because if you don't come to Chang'an, you don't know your official status. Jing Zhao Yin is also in charge of all kinds of miscellaneous affairs in Chang'an, in Chang'an, in addition to rebellion, as long as those big and small things are reported, the first stop is Jingzhao Mansion!

For example, if there is a big official, for example, the prime minister's family commits a crime, does Jing Zhaoyin take care of it, or does he not care?

If you want to manage, then you must be all kinds of wearing small shoes, being warned, and offending people.

If it doesn't matter, then where is the prestige of Jingzhao Mansion?

If Jing Zhaoyin constantly sacrifices his connections for the so-called "justice" in office, then after he leaves this position, the final result will be to be promoted and demoted secretly, or find an excuse to send him to the border town to be a supervision official, or simply go to a place like Lingnan to be a assassin.

Anyone with a little bit of a brain knows what to do.

Those who can be with the mud will never come up with unmistakable conclusions.

Those who can fool the past will never come out and stick out their heads to catch the stones.

If you can not offend people, you must not offend people by messing around and blocking your official road.

During the Kaiyuan period, the speed of Jing Zhaoyin's replacement has reached the level of fifteen terms in ten years, with an average of one and a half officials a year.

Zheng Shuqing, as an old bureaucrat, how could he stupidly jump into the pit! Even if it is recommended by the emperor, it can't be done!

"Weichen's talent lies in financial management, although Jing Zhaoyin is high and powerful, but Weichen is not competent, I am afraid that the saint's major affairs will be delayed."

Zheng Shuqing pleaded earnestly, making it clear that he would not jump into the pit.

"Alas, I have also considered this, but at present, Jing Zhaoyin is vacant, and I have no one available. That's it, it's hard to be out for many years, it's better to recuperate at home first, the election at the beginning of the year has ended, and there is no suitable official position for Aiqing for the time being, so it's better to wait until early summer to take a look. ”

Li Longji said with regret on his face.

Zheng Shuqing bowed deeply with a thousand thanks, and then walked out of Xingqing Palace under the guidance of Gao Lishi.

As soon as he came out, his smiling face collapsed instantly.

"Bitter, bitter! Alas! ”