"My eleventh brother, the choice he made is still as smart as ever!"

After hearing the report, Junwang Zhao Fu chuckled, sounding like he was praising Zhao Ji, but there was a hint of mockery in his tone and expression, which seemed a little disdainful.

The personal eunuch who has served King Jun for more than ten years can naturally hear the meaning of King Jun's words, and he couldn't help but ask in surprise when he heard the words: "Lord Wang, do you think King Duan's move is wrong?"

Zhao Maid didn't answer, but asked with a smile: "Tell me your opinion." ”

After frowning and thinking about it, the old eunuch said cautiously: "Xu Xian can be said to be the first talent in the hundreds of years of the Great Departure Dynasty, and his talent is extraordinary. It's just that no matter how much Xu Xian has extraordinary potential and how useful he will be to the imperial court in the future, as far as the current situation is concerned, he is just a genius, and he is not useful for the time being. And Taishi Liang, even His Majesty is a veteran of the Three Dynasties who is polite to three points!"

Zhao Maid smiled and said, "Then you think that what I did as the eleventh is not wrong, right?"

The old slave thought so. The old eunuch replied with some apprehension with his head down.

Zhao Fu shook his head, walked to the door, looked at the sky in the distance, and said slowly: "You have all seen Xu Xian's rare talent, but you think that he is a talent, so you take him too lightly!"

The old eunuch didn't speak, and quietly waited for Zhao Maid's later text.

Zhao Maid's tone was a little sighing, and said: "In the hundreds of years since the establishment of the Dali Dynasty, there have actually been many talents, each of whom has been leading the way for decades. Xu Xian may indeed be more prominent in this regard, more powerful than the previous talents, but this is not the point!

There are many talented people, they only have great talent in poetry and songs, but their performance in politics is mediocre, and it can even be said that they are completely unsuitable to be officials. So these talents may be famous for eternity, but some of them have repeatedly failed the list, and they can't even pass the Jinshi exam, what's the use of that?

Poetry and songs, after all, are just small paths, just like my eleventh brother, no matter how good you are at these, it is useless.

But Xu Xian is different, whether it is his original "Five Kingdoms Theory" or the current "Tea and Horse Market", it can be seen that in addition to his extraordinary talent in poetry and songs, he is even more rare in politics! With this point, his importance is actually not much lighter than that of Liang Taishi, who has already returned to his hometown. ”

"Father, in fact, he loves his eleventh brother more. So he deliberately asked him to go to Suzhou Mansion to give Xu Xian an edict, in fact, he wanted to give him the opportunity to encircle Xu Xian in advance. But my eleventh brother can't understand the deep meaning of his father, and in order to please Lord Liang, he gave up the opportunity to befriend Xu Xian, it's really ......"

Zhao wanted to say 'stupid', but she stopped and didn't say it.

The old lady suddenly realized.

It turns out that there is such a deep meaning in it.

If you think about it, that's exactly what happened.

From recruiting Xu Xian into Beijing within a time limit of three months, and then directly staying in Guozijian as a lifter, and later being named Doctor of Tea Horse, it is enough to see that the emperor values Xu Xian.

It's just that it's difficult for ordinary people to see the deep meaning of doing this today, so they didn't put Xu Xian and Taishi Liang on the same level.

"In that case, why have you never asked me to invite Xu Xian in the past few months, and still let King Duan contact him?" the old eunuch asked puzzled.

The corners of Zhao Yu's mouth rose slightly, and he said: "Because I also want to see what kind of person this Xu Hanwen is, and I want to see if he will be enveloped by my eleventh brother again." Now it seems that he did not disappoint me!"

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From the 10th day of the first lunar month, Yingtianfu has become extremely lively, the streets can be seen everywhere with colorful lights, dragon and lion dances walking the streets and alleys, and various shops will also launch wonderful programs to attract guests.

It wasn't until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when the Lantern Festival came, that the whole atmosphere reached its peak.

On this night, the entire Yingtianfu is like a city that never sleeps, with brilliant lights everywhere, and many shops will be open all night, and at night it is even more noisy than during the day.

When Xu Xian was in Jinling City, he felt that he had seen the most prosperous side of the Dali Dynasty, but compared with the current Ying Tianfu, it was still very inferior.

Xu Xian was in it, and he suddenly felt that he had returned to the hustle and bustle of the later generations.

"This is the most central place of the Great Departure Dynasty. No matter how rich and prosperous Jiangnan is, the heritage will be inferior. Xu Xian sighed.

Fang Zhongyong nodded and said, "Jiang Nan is still much gentler after all. ”

He Liang was also in good spirits, and sighed to Ruiyun beside him: "If you don't come to the capital, how can you have the opportunity to see such a prosperous world?

Ruiyun smiled and didn't speak.

She is not a man, and she doesn't have the same mind as He Liang to wander outside, and she thinks that even if she stays in Hangzhou Mansion, there is nothing wrong with it. But as long as He Liang likes it, she will not object.

Chatting, a few people walked all the way to a city gate building in the east of the city.

This is where today's Shangyuan banquet is held.

After all, the Shangyuan banquet was ordered by the prince himself and presided over by the two princes, and the scale was naturally extraordinary. Outside the city gate, there is a huge square, which is not only lit up for a long time, but also has a temporary stage set up!

It is said that the performances are quite rich, in addition to opera, singing and dancing, there are magic, acrobatics, burlesque, etc., and the liveliness is no less than that of the Spring Festival Gala in later generations.

Guests attending the banquet can enter the gate tower to watch the performance. Therefore, Xu Xian and Fang Zhongyong were able to enter the city gate with the invitation to the banquet.

As for He Liang and Ruiyun, don't worry, many of the locations outside the square are prepared for ordinary people, you can choose. Some good locations, not even worse than the viewing experience above the city gatehouse.

It's just that this kind of good position has been taken by someone early, and if you have money, you can 'sell' the position from the person who grabbed the position.

Speaking of which, this is somewhat similar to the 'scalpers' of hospitals and train stations in later generations.

He Liang is naturally not bad for money now, and he took Ruiyun to buy the two best positions directly, but naturally he wants to go to the city gate tower the most, but unfortunately he is not qualified.

"Let's go. Xu Xian and Fang Zhongyong said goodbye to He Liang.

He Liang looked at the many whispering girls gathered next to him, and said with some surprise: "Let's go, let's go." If you don't leave, I won't be able to leave later!"

Women accounted for the vast majority of those who came to watch the Shangyuan banquet.

Because the protagonist of today's banquet is the most famous talent in Yingtianfu, and beauties love talents since ancient times, so the Shangyuan banquet is the most able to attract the attention of the young girls in the boudoir. Fang Zhongyong and Xu Xian walked all the way, and with the fame of the two of them, they were naturally guessed by many people, so they followed up one after another, looking straight at them with warm eyes, as if they were looking at some rare species.

Seeing that both of them shrank their necks a little uncomfortably, and after hugging their fists, they quickly turned around and entered the city tower.