Zhu Houxi drank two large bowls of wine angrily at this time, and asked again:

"Then big brother, tell me why the people were happy when Emperor Wuzong was in power, and why were the people of the world who I am now governing?"

Du did not forget to reply:

"The joy of Emperor Wuzong is because Emperor Wuzong never belittles his subjects, and even when he goes out on patrol, he treats himself as an ordinary person, almost enjoys with the people, and never looks down on anyone!"

Then he slowed down and continued:

"Those who slander Emperor Wuzong are almost all bureaucrats who can only slap horses, Emperor Wuzong also knows it in his heart, but Emperor Wuzong is generous and never cares about these people, but these people are restrained when Emperor Wuzong is in power, and after Emperor Wuzong dies, His Majesty ascends the throne, these people also know that Emperor Wuzong and His Majesty are not brothers, so they all came out to smear Emperor Wuzong in front of His Majesty, I believe that most of the people actually love Emperor Wuzong in their hearts!"

Zhu Houxi said:

"I don't have time to deal with this now, after all, my mouth grows on those bureaucrats and ordinary people, so you can tell me how the people are worried about the law under my rule, I want to hear it?"

Du did not forget to put down the wine glass at this time and asked:

"Your Majesty, do you know the difference between the lives of the people of the Wuzong Dynasty and the lives of the people now?"

Zhu Houxi replied:

"Aren't they all the same?"

Du Buyi continued:

"In the late period of the Xiaozong Dynasty, the rule of officials gradually became corrupt, and the people's lives were close to hardship, and in the early and middle of the Wuzong Dynasty, the ordinary people's families began to become rich, and almost every family began to have grain storage, and after Your Majesty ascended the throne, the people's families have long been out of stock, and the meager income in the field can not pay taxes at all, and some people have no choice but to start selling their fields to local wealthy families, and become their servants. ”

Zhu Houxi said at this time:

"Since I ascended the throne, I have never increased taxes for the people, and I have also practiced recuperation with the people, waiting for opportunities for change, although there have been many natural and man-made disasters in recent years, but it will not be that the people will change like this!"

Du Bu Bu said again:

"This is what I have seen in Huangzhou for more than a year, and I believe that other places will not be much better!"

Zhang Fujing on the side said at this time:

"Other places are indeed as Du Xiandi said, so I just arrived as the first assistant and began to think of ways to change, but unfortunately it is too difficult, just like most of the officials in the court today are resolutely opposed to my reform proposal, because none of these officials' families have three wives and four concubines, have a bunch of farmland, and they all rely on the farmers who depend on them to live!"

At this time, Zhu Houxi asked:

"Then why didn't the teacher tell me about it directly?"

Zhang Fujing said again:

"It's not that I'm hiding it from Your Majesty, it's that I don't know how to tell Your Majesty!"

At this time, Du did not forget to say:

"Brother Zhang doesn't want to tell Your Majesty about you, I think it's also for your sake, after all, the court and the central government have just returned to normal now because of the big ritual incident, if there is another Zuo Shunmen bloody case back then, I'm afraid Your Majesty will be difficult to protect!"

Zhu Houxi smashed the bowl directly to the ground at this time and said:

"In this world, how can there be anything I am afraid of, teacher, you just go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang first, and when you come back, I will definitely let no one in the court dare to make such a mistake again!"

Then he asked Du not to forget:

"Big brother, are you still willing to come back to assist the second brother and me?"

Du did not forget to reply:

"Second brother, I'm tired, I'm no longer the high-spirited teenager I was a few years ago, just let me go!"

At this time, Zhu Houxi listened, sighed, and slammed the door directly.

After Emperor Zhu Houxi left, Du did not forget to ask Zhang Fujing:

"Brother Zhang doesn't know that you are familiar with Wang Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of War?"

Zhang Fujing replied:

"You said Wang Qiong, of course I am familiar with it, is there something wrong with it?"

Du Buyi told Zhang Fujing about Wang Qiong's He Sheng who robbed his two apprentices.

After Zhang Fujing listened, he said:

"Then I also want to say goodbye to Wang Qiong before I leave, then I will go to Wang Qiong's mansion with you later!"

Du did not forget to reply:

"Okay, then thank you, Brother Zhang!"

Then the two of them sat down and talked about the old days, settled the account and went to Wang Qiong's mansion.

Wang Qiong heard that Zhang Fujing was visiting, so he personally went out to greet him, and when he saw Du Fu on the side, he pretended not to see it, and only greeted Zhang Fujing, and then began to invite Zhang Fujing into the house.

Du did not forget to follow Zhang Fujing in, and did not say anything.

After the two came to the living room of Wang Qiong's mansion and drank a cup of tea, Zhang Fujing first said to Wang Qiong:

"Brother, I came to visit Wang Shangshu today, there are two main things!"

Wang Qiong smiled and said:

"Brother Zhang Xian, please speak?"

Zhang Fujing said:

"I'm going to leave Beijing tomorrow and go back to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to live, so I'm here to say goodbye to my old friend Wang Shangshu, and then I'm Brother Du Xian...!"

Then he pointed to the side, and Du did not forget to continue:

"My virtuous brother has some important things to ask me to help him come to Wang Shangshu!"

Wang Qiong replied:

"In this way, in fact, I already knew that Du Tanhua was coming to me, but I haven't had time to receive Du Tanhua. ”

Then he said:

"Since Brother Zhang, you and Du Tanhua came to me, then let's talk about the old days first, and we will talk about Du Tanhua later!"

looked at Du Yi again and asked:

"I wonder what Du Tanhua thinks?"

Du Bu thought to himself that it was indeed inappropriate to ask him at this time, and he was not in a hurry to come to his house anyway.

He replied:

"Of course you can, since you have come to your house, everything is up to Wang Shangshu!"

Wang Shangshu asked Zhang Fujing at this time:

"I heard that Your Majesty went to find you in Weifu for a private visit before, but is there such a thing?"

Zhang Fujing smiled and said:

"Wang Shangshu, I didn't expect you to be in your seventies, and now your ears and eyes are so flexible!"

Wang Qiong said at this time:

"Brother, I have been in the officialdom for so many years, how can I not know Your Majesty's thoughts, Your Majesty is clearly dismissing your brother and ordering you to return to your hometown to live idle, but everyone in the court can see it, and Your Majesty has no choice but to do it!"

Zhang Fujing said:

"Your Majesty's character is like this, the holy will is really incomprehensible, today is east and tomorrow!"

Wang Qiong laughed out loud at this time and said:

"In terms of the court, except for Zhang Fujing, who dares to call him the second, who can be the first?"

Zhang Fujing waved his hand and said:

"Brother Wang, you praise me too much, I met a person who can figure out the holy will better than me in the Midyear Festival a few days ago!"

王qiong says:

"Brother Zhang, the person you said wouldn't be Yan Song, the descendant who wrote a good poem, right?"

Zhang Fujing said:

"It's really it, although it is a descendant in front of you, brother, but it is not much different from my brother's age!"

Wang Qiong said:

"Brother Zhang, what do you think of Yan Song's character?"

Zhang Fujing replied:

"Very good at doing things, good at making friends, but self-control is really poor!"

Wang Qiong asked again:

"What do you think of Li Shi and Xia Yan, brother?"

Zhang Fujing slowed down and said:

"Li Shidun is honest, it's really good, but it's useless, Xia Yan, dare to speak up to Your Majesty, it's still very favored by Your Majesty!"

After Zhang Fujing finished speaking, he asked Wang Qiong:

"Could it be Wang Shangshu, are you optimistic about these two people?"

Wang Qiong replied:

"Brother, aren't I old, I don't know how many days I can live, I want to find a few friends for my son Chao Hanlin to date, so that he can have a chance in the future!"

Zhang Fujing smiled and said:

"Of your three sons, only Chaohan is indeed the most promising!"

Then he sighed and said:

"It's a pity that my brother and I are the same as you, we are also the third son, but my brother and my third son are not as good as one!"

Wang Qiong replied:

"Brother Zhang, your sons are not in a hurry, after all, they are still young, and there is time for them to come out and practice!"

Zhang Fujing said:

"Forget it, I just hope that they can be honest and responsible for their family business in the future!"

Du Buyi listened to the two of them talking about family affairs, and felt very bored, so he walked to the garden alone and strolled around.

Du Buyi also knew in his heart that Wang Qiong deliberately did not receive him before, the reason was that when he was in the Northwest General, Wang Qiong was also reinstated and appointed to supervise the war at this time, Du Buyi resented the emperor's seizure of his wife and concubine, so he was not polite to Wang Qiong sent by the emperor at that time.

At this time, I suddenly saw a woman in the garden wearing a long skirt, dancing in the open space among the flowers, dancing very eloquently, and looking at this woman's figure, it is indeed a little tempting, I can't help but look at it.

At this time, the woman seemed to have noticed that someone was watching her, so she approached and looked, as if she was not very familiar, so she asked Du Yixin:

"Are you my father's guest, why are you so rude?"

Du did not forget to come back to his senses at this time, and then apologized to the woman:

"I'm sorry Miss, I didn't mean to, it's true that Miss is dancing so beautiful!"

The woman's face didn't seem to be the same as just now, and she even said a little shyly:

"I'm Mu Ling, the third lady of Fuzhong, I don't know what you call me, sir?"

Du did not forget to reply:

"Don't forget it in Xiadu!"

After Mu Ling heard Du Yi's name, she couldn't help but be shocked, and then immediately asked excitedly:

"Are you the well-known Du Tanhua in the world, and the king of the northwest will not forget?"

Du did not forget to reply:

"These are all in the past, and I don't forget that I am just a common man now!"

At this time, a maid on the side approached, pointed at Du Forget, and whispered to Mu Ling:

"Third Miss, could it be that you heard a few years ago that His Majesty was going to choose a concubine for Prince Du, and you went to the election, but unfortunately lost, and finally swore that no one would marry anyone in this life except Lord Du?"

Mu Ling pushed the maid on the side at this time and said:

"Oguri, what do you say!"

Then he covered his face with his hands and ran back to his room.

Du didn't forget that he didn't hear what the two of them said just now, so he asked Xiao Li on the side:

"Did I offend your young lady?"

Oguri replied:

"No, my young lady is just shy!"

Du did not forget to say:

"Then please apologize to your young lady for me, just say that I really have no intention of disturbing!"

Then get ready to turn around and leave.