It's night, November 15, the ice and snow have long melted, but the cold north wind is still like a knife, although it has been close to the end of the year, the street is more or less a little more New Year's flavor, but at this time the full moon is only empty and beautiful, no one appreciates it. At this time, the East Palace was quiet, and everyone may have already fallen asleep. I saw only one room, brightly lit, but it was the imperial grandson Zhu Yunwen who was reading around the fireplace at night.

"The beacon smoke can continue, and the Qiankun is Yuning. At the end of nothing, the four seas are quiet. Zhu Yunwen suddenly heard someone reading this poem outside the window, and was startled, then smiled back, and said loudly: "I have a guest, drumming and blowing sheng, Brother Xi is coming, Yunwen is lazy." When the door opened, it was Xi Zhen who came slowly.

"Brother Xi is here, and he just cares about coming in, I have no restraint with you here. Zhu Yunwen arched his hand to meet him, as if he was excited.

"The grass people disturbed His Highness late at night, and he was really afraid in his heart, can His Highness forgive his sins?" Xi Zhen stood with his hands arched and said.

"Brother Xi, where is this, don't say that you and I have the grace to save your life, even if you meet in Pingshui, Yun Wei also envy my brother for being able to walk the rivers and lakes freely and live happily. After saying that, he took Xi Zhen's hand forward and sat down in front of the tea.

"What book does His Highness read?"

Sima Wenzhenggong's "Zizhi Tongjian". ”

"Your Royal Highness is the grandson of the emperor, forgive me for being disrespectful, after a hundred years of the emperor, you will be the lord of a country, is it inappropriate for Your Highness to read history without reading the art of power and scheming at this time?"

"Everyone in the world thinks that royal people should be familiar with power and strategy" Zhu Yunwen sighed and said: "As everyone knows, Tang Taizong once taught to learn from history. ”

"Then His Highness lives in the temple, why should the people ignore it?" Xi Zhen immediately asked.

Mencius said: The people are precious, the monarch is light, and the community is secondary, which should be reasonable. Zhu Yunwen replied without thinking.

"Today, you can read history around the fireplace, and you can call for fragrant tea, brocade clothes and food, but can Your Highness know that how many people in the world are suffering from frost at this time, without clothing, and without food?" Xi Zhen asked again.

"If the world is stable, the court will recuperate, and the government will benefit the people and the people, and it will not be difficult for the people to be abundant. ”

Between this question and answer, Zhu Yunwen became more and more determined.

"But there is a question, I hope His Highness will not hesitate to give advice" Xi Zhen arched his hand and asked: "How does Your Highness want to promote benevolent government and benefit the people?

"First, open up the way of speech, mostly to correct oneself, choose those who are good and follow them, and change those who are not good; second, tax reduction, reduction and exemption, China's bitter war has been going on for a long time, the emperor's grandfather comes from the people, knows the people's suffering, although he has made great efforts to govern the country, the remnants of the war still exist; third, build water conservancy to facilitate the people's cultivation; fourth, promote education and run schools, educate the people, so that the people know etiquette, and tomorrow's principles; fifth, rectify the rule of officials, so that the officials dare not harm the people; sixth, recruit good talents, so that the court is smooth, and the world has something to rely on; seventh, respect for the elderly, the old are old, and the young are young。 In this way, why worry that the world is not peaceful and the people's livelihood is not abundant?" Zhu Yunwen came one by one, but he was impassioned, and his eyebrows were even more firm.

"If Your Highness can do this, then the world is very fortunate, and the people are very fortunate, please forgive me for the crime of blasphemy when I am fit" Xi Zhen heard these seven strategies, and his heart was very happy.

"Yun Wei has a word, I don't know how Brother Xi respects" Zhu Yun Wei smiled happily and said: "At this time, there is no His Royal Highness, and there is no grace, I know that Brother Xi is full of poetry and books, and I have a comradeship, Yun Wei is willing to make friends with Brother Xi for eight worships, I don't know if it is possible?"

"I am a prodigal son of the rivers and lakes, a grass man in the countryside, how dare I climb like this, Your Highness wants to torture me?"

"If Brother Xi doesn't agree, then Yun Wei is not ungrateful? Besides, today you and I have a very happy conversation, and at first sight, although Yun Wei also yearns for the rivers and lakes, how can he be fettered, please don't shirk my brother. Zhu Yunwen's expression was very sincere.

Xi Zhen couldn't help but be moved, and suddenly became arrogant, and laughed: "That is the case, what does it matter if you and I are friends for eight worships, I am a prodigal son of the rivers and lakes, not limited to form, you and I intersect, born from the heart, since it is like old at first sight, how old am I to be a brother?"

"Brother, how about my brother getting drunk with you tonight?"

Then he called the palace people to bring wine and delicacies, and the two of them drank bitterly, sang together, and expressed their hearts.

When the two of them drank together, and said that they were coming to the guest village, Yuan Buwei was preoccupied, and called Dao Yan, Qiu Lie, and the three of them to sit down. "The lord has sent a letter to accuse us of doing things unfavorably, and now I want to discuss with the two brothers, how should we deal with it?" Yuan Buwei looked at Dao Yan.

"We have already scared the snake, these days I have been looking around, that Zhu Yunwen is living in a simple place, and the East Palace has increased guards, including many masters of Jinyi Guard. Qiu Lie said hatefully: "I hate that kid, since Guan Yuezhuang came to Kezhuang, he has repeatedly hurt me and other big things." ”

"The two of you should panic, we just need to wait, wait for it to leak a flaw, and it can be done with one blow. I have already thought of a plan, and I have my own plan in my heart, and I can lead the snake out of the hole at that time" Dao Yan seemed to be confident, and kept comforting the two.

At this time, Zhu Yunwen was drinking with Xi Zhen, and suddenly Xi Zhen stopped at the cup and asked: "Do you know who the people in the forest are that day, and who is they assigned?"

Zhu Yunwen's heart froze, and then he returned to his usual color, "I really don't hide it from my brother, my brother really doesn't know who sent this person, I also asked my teacher, my teacher is well-informed, and I don't even know it, my brother has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, do you know the origin of this person?"

Xi Zhen was speechless at this time, he noticed the change in Zhu Yunwen, but he couldn't answer, he also knew that there must be an inside story, but Zhu Yunwen didn't say it, he was inconvenient to continue to ask, and then said: "He will visit Lord Huang again in the future, presumably Lord Huang has a direction, and at the same time, I also want to see Huang Gongzi's injury." ”

"So it is very good, brother and brother go with brother"

"Don't" Xi Zhen said with a straight face: "Since Dao Yan and they know your identity but are still unfavorable to you, then they will have no fear, and now you are in the light, they are in the dark, as the so-called open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to defend, you better stay in the house, there are master guards here, presumably they will not dare to make a mistake." ”

"What my brother said is very true, what I am worried about is very much, my brother is really ashamed to owe Zhou Xiang, that brother goes, I will wait for my brother's news. ”

"The matter of the two of you and me worshipping today ends between you and me, and I still call you Your Highness in front of outsiders. Xi Zhen was afraid that outsiders would know about it and hurt Zhu Yunwen's prestige, so he said this. What a smart person Zhu Yunwen is, he is even more straightforward, and he didn't answer, but only bowed.

The two didn't say anything, and soon withdrew from the banquet, and Xi Zhen returned to the inn.