"Yes, Lord Wang!"

The four-top official immediately responded, and immediately turned to Fang Xiaoyu: "I heard that you are a candidate who entered Beijing on behalf of Fujian and Zhejiang to participate in the next year's scientific examination?"

"Yes, Lord Yin!" Fang Xiaoyu looked very respectful.

"Since you are a candidate from Fujian and Zhejiang, you should go to the Ministry of Officials to report first, why don't you go to the Ministry of Officials to report, but go to the Mansion of King Shuo to apply for a guest ........"

But before he finished speaking, he had angered Prince Shuo who was present, and Prince Shuo immediately jumped up and kicked at Fu Yin's hind legs, and Fu Yin suddenly stood unsteadily, and fell to the ground softly with a plop, and then he heard Prince Shuo's scolding: "Dog-like things, look down on our Shuo Wangfu?" Or do you think that our Shuo Wangfu is not worthy of you scholars, don't think that this king is a prince who doesn't know a few big characters, but he is idle and scattered, he doesn't know a few big words, he has nothing to do with you bastard, believe it or not, this king will kick you to death right now?"

In the face of the angry Prince Shuo, Shuntianfu laughed again and again: "Lord Wang, you misunderstood, the slave is also thinking about you, Lord Wang, I am afraid that you will be deceived and deceived, Lord Wang, you have wasted a lot of money on this over the years, but how many available talents have you recruited? Nine years old, which seems to be full of poetry and books, and besides, have you ever seen such a young person, I'm afraid there is not, so the slave wants to guess his young age, even if he has fame, how much real talent can he learn, his fame must have been bought by his family, there is no hair on his mouth, yesterday's case, he was a blind cat and a dead mouse. ”

When Prince Shuo heard this, he suddenly felt reasonable, so he turned his suspicious gaze to Fang Xiaoyu: "Stinky boy, your fame will not really be bought by the family with money, if you don't have any real learning, but you go to this king to cheat and cheat, be careful that this king and I break your dog's legs." ”

Fang Xiaoyu suddenly laughed, this Prince Shuo is really interesting, what others say, he believes: "Lord Wang, you are laughing, you are a dignified nobleman, you can kill me with one finger, do you say I dare to go to you to cheat and cheat?" Besides, it is to cheat to eat and drink, which also needs a cost, not a person, take Xu Fu back then, if he didn't have a little real learning, how could he deceive the shrewd First Emperor, he would have already let the First Emperor cut off his head, what kind of person is the First Emperor, that is the existence of the so-called ancestral dragon, the dignified Emperor of the ages, wise and martial, don't you say?"

Prince Shuo asked vigilantly: "Then tell me what skills you have, don't play with this king." ”

Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "I don't have a lot of ability, so I will pour wine and tea." ”

Shuntianfu Mansion Yin pouted: "Pouring wine and pouring tea is a girl's ring, and the prince can spend a few hundred taels a month to invite you?"

"You shut up for me," Prince Shuo drank Shuntianfu angrily: "This dog thing is right, you are not a big beauty, can this king ask you to pour tea with two hundred silver?"

Fang Xiaoyu replied: "My skill in pouring wine and tea is different from others, others are full of tea as soon as they are poured, but I am not satisfied with this cup of tea or a cup of wine.....

Before Fang Xiaoyu's words were finished, the Fu Yin of Shuntian Mansion had already jumped up: "Boy, what are you bragging, how can you be dissatisfied with a cup of tea?"

Fang Xiaoyu replied: "Lord Fu Yin, haven't you heard of this master among the people? There are many strange people among the people, and there are few Bole like the prince, but my cup of tea is not cheap, there is no fifty taels of silver, I absolutely don't do it, Lord Fu Yin and the prince want to try it?"

Prince Shuo said angrily: "A cup of tea is fifty taels, why don't you grab it?"

Fang Xiaoyu smiled harmlessly: "How ugly it is to say that it is grabbed, have you ever seen a cup of tea that is not satisfied no matter how you pour it, I'm afraid it is not, this alone is worth more than fifty taels of silver, don't you say?"

"Okay, I want this cup of tea. Prince Shuo said angrily: "If you brag, this official will not only beat you fifty boards, but also ask the court to remove your fame." ”

"Okay!" Fang Xiaoyu immediately stepped forward, picked up the teapot on the round table, poured tea for Prince Shuo, and then turned his gaze to the person who looked like Na Luo: "What is the name of this adult?"

The man did not answer, and Prince Shuo was already on the side and said angrily: " Liu Yong, you call him Liu Luoguo, this old boy is very smart, but people are necrotic, the old and this king can't get along, from this king to cheat the silver flower, over the years from this king deceived a lot of silver taels, that is, there are no three thousand, not to mention eight hundred, this king looks down on and is this kind of greedy literati, when he was not an official, he said that he wanted to serve the king, and reported to the people, but they really let them be officials, not a hard to their own arms, hard to fish, do you know that the people outside are all officials of our Qing Dynasty, they say that our officials of the Qing Dynasty are unofficial and not greedy, and the whole officialdom makes them make people miserable, and then go on like this, the Qing Dynasty must die in these people?"

"What the prince said is not right," Fang Xiaoyu smiled: "Greed is human nature, it is also a good thing, and it is the driving force for the society to continue to move forward, even the officials with clean sleeves in history are no exception, which of them are not greedy, the only difference is that the things they are greedy for are different." ”

As soon as Fang Xiaoyu finished saying this, Liu Yong had already said on the side: "Boy, you are overturning a boatload of people with a rod." “

"When the water is clear, there are no fish, Lord Liu should have heard of it," Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "Hai Rui Haigang Peak of the Ming Dynasty is a well-known Qing official, praised by the people, but why do you say that Zhang Juzheng does not dare to use him, what kind of person is Zhang Juzheng, that is a virtuous minister through the ages, his Wanli New Deal, can successfully continue the life of the Ming Dynasty for decades, if there is no change in his law, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty would have died a long time ago." ”

Shuntian Mansion Yin snorted coldly: "Zhang Juzheng is a cool official at all. ”

"My lord, you are raising the bar," Fang Xiaoyu smiled as usual: "Besides, even if people are cool officials, at least they can continue their lives for Daming for decades, but compared to others, what are you, my lord, you are a mediocre official who does nothing or a granary." “

Hearing Fang Xiaoyu's words, Shuntianfu's face was suddenly full of displeasure: "The vertical son is ignorant, and he doesn't know the height of the sky. “

"Your Excellency is still worried about yourself, the capital is your jurisdiction, but as soon as I arrived in Beijing, I heard that the two major gangsters in the capital, Wanjintang and Yanyulou, were on fire, and many people died, but what about you, just sit in the government and drink tea and knock down, and you are dead and indifferent, to the small to say that you are dereliction of duty, to the big one, you are committing a crime, you are waiting to be bombed by the imperial history, on the contrary, it is the cool officials in your eyes for decades, the Ming Dynasty has not had any trouble, are you qualified to say that people are cool officials? If you can't quickly quell the gangsters in the capital, you just wait for the emperor to dismiss him and investigate it. ”

Hearing Fang Xiaoyu's words, Shuntian Mansion Mansion Yin's face changed, but fortunately, Liu Yong spoke at this time: "If it weren't for the little brother, would you have a way to stop this gangster fight?"

"The kid tea is almost full, and your fame is almost gone. Prince Shuo shouted from the side.

"It's not full, you can take care of it, prince. ”

Fang Xiaoyu's hand did not stop, and continued to pour tea, but a strange thing happened in front of Prince Shuo, Liu Yong and Lord Fu Yin, that is, after the tea cup was full, no matter how Fang Xiaoyu poured the tea, the tea in the tea cup remained the same, that is, no more, no less.

Prince Shuo was amazed: "Strange thing, how can the tea in the teacup always remain the same." ”

Shuntianfu Yin snorted coldly: "Strange and ingenious skills, there must be something strange in the pot." ”

Fang Xiaoyu withdrew his hand: "Why don't I give the pot to the adults to try, if you can do it, I will settle the matter of the fire in the capital for you." ”

Shuntianfu Mansion Yin snorted coldly: "This official has learned the avenue of governing the country and the country, and the old man disdains to learn these little third-rate strange and skillful skills." ”

Fang Xiaoyu's face immediately sank: "The avenue of governing the country and the country, I don't know if you have found the avenue of long-term peace and stability of the country?"

"There will be ups and downs in the world in two or three hundred years, this is the law of history......"

Before he could finish his words, his mouth immediately closed.

He found out that he actually fell for this kid and violated the taboo of the Qing Dynasty.

Fang Xiaoyu was laughing: "Say it, why don't you say it, are you afraid that Lord Liu and Prince Shuo will say to the emperor that you curse the Qing Dynasty." ”

Prince Shuo didn't notice it, and couldn't help but say, "Why did he curse our Qing Dynasty?"

Fang Xiaoyu said leisurely: "He said that there will be ups and downs in the world in two or three hundred years, which is the law of history, which means that our Qing Dynasty is only two or three hundred years old. ”

Shuntianfu paused with a cold sweat on his head: "Do you have a policy for the long-term stability of the country?"

"In his position, these should be things that you adults should consider, and it should not be answered by me as a candidate," Fang Xiaoyu said lightly: "But since you asked, in order to avoid people saying that I cheated and cheated, I will answer you this question, but my rule is that fifty taels of silver is a question, and the thunder can't move." ”

Liu Yong couldn't help but say, "Do you really have this way?"

"If you want to hear it, it's fifty taels of silver. ”

Prince Shuo smiled: "If this problem can be solved, let alone fifty taels, even if it is more silver, I will pay it." ”

He immediately took out a silver ingot of fifty taels: "If your answer can satisfy the king, this fifty taels of silver is yours." ”

"Me too. “

Liu Yong also threw out fifty taels of silver.

"What about you," Fang Xiaoyu turned his gaze to Shuntian Mansion Yin, "But you raised the question?"

Shuntian Mansion Yin Ke didn't believe that Fang Xiaoyu could answer this question: "I will pay fifty taels of silver, but if you can't answer this question, this official will let the officials cut your reputation." He also threw away fifty denarii.

Fang Xiaoyu looked at the one hundred and fifty taels of silver on the table, and couldn't help laughing: "This business is worth it, my brother and I don't have to worry about the living expenses for these two months, but I have two ways to treat the symptoms and cure the root cause: "Which one do you think of?"

Prince Shuo said, "Let's talk about the symptoms first." ”

Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "The dynasty has only risen and fallen in two or three hundred years, and the fundamental reason is land annexation. ”

Liu Yong nodded: "I also know this, but how to solve this problem?"

Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "The land is nationalized and distributed to the common people by the imperial court in proportion to the population. “

Liu Yong shook his head: "You are cutting off the roots of all the gentry." “

Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "Breaking the roots of the gentry is better than that the common people will not be able to live in the future, and the life of the court will be strong, the precedent of the Ming Dynasty is just around the corner." “

Liu Yong shook his head: "Although this is the way to solve the problem, but the resistance faced is too great, and it is very easy to cause social turmoil. ”

Fang Xiaoyu said lightly: "Divide the sealing system." “