Chapter 38: Visit
Early the next morning, Xu Jin read early in the morning as usual, and then went out to Fei Mansion, and the store was handed over to Xie Xiaowan to take care of by herself.
Fei Mansion is on the North Street of the county seat, although Xu Jin has never been there, but with the reputation of Fei Ge Lao, he can just ask on the side of the street.
Xu Jin came to the gate of Feifu, but saw the gate of vermilion lacquer copper, there was a mighty stone lion on both sides, a real high-ranking family, the courtyard was deep, not ordinary people could compare, Xu Jin estimated that this house would cost thousands of taels to say the least.
Xu Jin stepped forward and knocked on Huang Chengcheng's door knocker, and after a while, the door slowly opened, and a porter in his thirties came out to look at Xu Jin, and said happily: "It turned out to be Xu Xiaogongzi!" ”
This Fang Men was also on the big ship that day, so he knew Xu Jin.
Xu Jin smiled and nodded: "Xu Jin should come to visit by appointment, and the trouble will be passed on on behalf of him." ”
"The master has explained, Xu Xiaogongzi will come in when he comes!" The door opened the door and greeted Xu Jin in a friendly manner.
The rules of the big family are very particular, and the subordinates do their own duties, and after the door leads Xu Jin into the door, other family members take him to the living room.
"Xu Gongzi sit down for a while, and the little one will go and inform the master!" The family poured Xu Jin a cup of tea, and then went to the inner house to ask Fei Hong.
After a while, the family returned, his attitude became more enthusiastic, and he said respectfully: "The master asked Xu Gongzi to come to the study, please come with the little one!" ”
Under normal circumstances, the host will choose to meet guests in the front living room, and only people who have a particularly deep friendship or are close to will be invited to the study to talk. In this Shangrao County, there are really few people who are qualified to enter Fei Hong's study, and a few days ago, Fei Cai's friend Zhao Jiaoxi came to visit, and he just sat in the living room in front.
After walking through the corridor and the garden for a few minutes, Xu Jin finally followed the family to the outside of Fei Hong's study.
"Master, Xu Gongzi brought it!" The housekeeper shouted respectfully through the door, his voice was very low, as if he were talking normally.
"Let him in!" Fei Hong's calm voice came out.
"Xu Gongzi, please come in!" Jia Ding pushed open the door and whispered.
Xu Jin nodded and walked in.
Fei Hong's study is very large, I am afraid that it is fifty square meters, and opposite the door is a screen peak, on which is hung the "Burning Quinoa Map".
Turning around Pingfeng, I saw Fei Ge Lao, who was wearing a casual home, standing in front of the desk and waving, behind him was a row of antique bookshelves, which were full of books, making people feel that the owner here was full of wealth at a glance.
Xu Jin approached and did not say hello, so as not to interrupt the other party, and glanced at the content written by Fei Hong, which turned out to be the "Fortune Operator Yongmei" that he "made" at the cold literary meeting some time ago
When Fei Hong finished writing and put down his pen, Xu Jin saluted and said: "After the end of school, enter Xu Jin and meet Senior Fei!" ”
Fei Hong smiled and nodded, and said, "It's already a hundred feet of ice hanging on the shore, and there are still pretty flowers." Pretty doesn't compete for spring, only reports spring. Hehe, Xu Xiaoyou has Qingyunzhi, but has he ever learned Anbang technique? ”
"Younger generations are ashamed!" Xu Jin Dark Khan, this poem was written by Taizu, his old man not only has Qingyunzhi, but also dragon slayer.
Fei Hong smiled, turned out from behind the case, walked to the coffee table and sat down, "Xu Xiaoyou, sit here!" ”
Xu Jin calmly sat down on the chair next to him, Fei Hong nodded secretly, and changed to some local officials, I am afraid that he is not so comfortable in front of him, and sometimes it is really difficult to treat the kid in front of him as a minor.
Fei Hong clapped his hands, and a young maid pushed the door in, skillfully made a pot of tea, poured a cup for each of them, and then silently withdrew.
Fei Hong took a sip of tea, and suddenly smiled and asked, "The people are enough, who are the gentlemen and the insufficiency?" The people are insufficient, who is the king? Xu Xiaoyou, what is the meaning of this sentence? ”
Xu Jin was slightly stunned, he is now familiar with the "Analects", and naturally knows that this sentence comes from the Yan Yuan chapter of the "Analects", but I don't know what Fei Hong means when he suddenly asks, is it to study his understanding of the scriptures and meanings, or to study his own philosophy of governance?
Xu Jin pondered for a moment and replied: "The people are rich, how can the king not be rich?" If the people are not rich, how can the king be rich?
The economic foundation determines the superstructure, the monarch is the foundation of the country, the people are the foundation of the monarch, the foundation is firm, and the natural country is stable. ”
Fei Hong's eyes couldn't help but light up, the economic base determines the superstructure, this sentence is concise and to the point, and it is fundamental.
Fei Hong originally just wanted to study Xu Jin's level of scripture and righteousness, but he didn't expect this kid to spit out golden sentences again, so his interest increased greatly, so he talked with Xu Jin about the way to govern the country, and later talked about everything and everything.
Although Xu Jin is wearing the skin of a teenager, he is an old fritter who is dozens of years old, not to mention that he has the advanced ideas and concepts of the later generations for hundreds of years, coupled with excellent eloquence, every time he has a new and strange words that hit the nail on the head, Lao Fei is both surprised and happy.
"Wicked!" Fei Hong didn't know how many times he repeated this word, he asked this kid to come today, and he originally wanted to teach him Baguwen, but he didn't think about it, but he benefited a lot from the conversation and was quite inspired.
Time passed inadvertently, but Fei Hong became more and more energetic the more he chatted, Xu Jin couldn't help but feel a little depressed, did Lao Fei come to himself today just to Kan Dashan?
At this time, the housekeeper Zhou Heng hurriedly walked in, leaned into Fei Hong's ear and whispered something, and the latter suddenly turned slightly gloomy.
Xu Jin vaguely heard the word "King Ning", and couldn't help but move in his heart, could it be that King Ning was not dead, and he came to trouble the Fei family again?
At this time, Fei Hong waved Steward Zhou away, smiled at Xu Jin and said, "Xu Xiaoyou, the old man has a visitor, so I won't be with you for a while." Well, let's stay in the house at noon to eat, by the way, since I have time, Xu Xiaoyou might as well use "The people are enough, who are the gentlemen and the insufficiency?" "Write an essay on the topic?"
Xu Jin only understood the purpose of Fei Hong's search for him today, and couldn't help but be grateful, and nodded: "The juniors should obey their orders!" ”
"The children can be taught!" Fei Hong stroked his long beard and smiled slightly, turned around and walked out of the study.
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Fei Hong walked to the outside of the study, his face suddenly sank, his sleeves flicked, and he strode to the front yard, and said in his heart: "King Ning, digging my ancestral grave, killing my eldest brother, even dares to send someone to the door, how can this be reasonable!" ”
At this time, in the living room of the front yard, a scribe in a navy blue robe, about forty years old, tall and thin, and in good spirits. This person is Liu Yangzheng, the main strategist in King Ning's mansion, who is from a high background, thinks very highly of himself, often regards himself as Guan Zhong and Liu Bowen, and actively advises King Ning, which is the courage of King Ning's mansion.
At this time, Fei Hong walked into the living room, and Liu Yangzheng, who was admiring the layout in the hall with his hands behind his back, turned around and hugged his fists for a long time: "Liu has seen Fei Ge Lao!" ”
Fei Hong said lightly: "The old man has resigned from his official position, and he is no longer an old man, what happened to Liu Juren?" ”
Liu Yangzheng is a person from Fuzhou, because he failed to participate in the examination, he was arrogant and conceited by nature, and did not participate in the future examination, and later took refuge in King Ning and became a strategist in the house. Fei Hong called him Liu Juren at this time, which obviously meant sarcasm!
Liu Yangzheng smiled and said: "Senior Fei, this doesn't seem to be the way of hospitality, Liu came from afar, and he didn't even drink tea!" ”
Fei Hong said coldly: "There is no tea at home, which makes Liu Juren laugh!" ”
At present, the Fei family and King Ning are on a fire, digging up the ancestral grave and killing his brother, what a great feud and shame this is, even if Fei Hong has a good temper, he will not give King Ning's lackeys a good face.
Liu Yang's face changed slightly, but he immediately put on a smiling face, clapped his hands, and a follower walked in from outside the door, carrying a basket in his hand.
Liu Yangzheng took the basket and opened the lid, revealing four items inside, namely: dates, pears, ginger, and mustard.
Fei Hong frowned and said coldly: "What does Liu Juren mean by this?" ”
Liu Yangzheng smiled and said: "I heard that Senior Fei and the new Governor of Jiangxi, Sun Sui, are good friends, and these four gifts are troublesome for Senior Fei to transfer to Governor Sun, so I said that this is the kindness of King Ning!" ”
Fei Hong's face sank, and he said coldly: "Please tell King Ning, how can you give gifts to others under the pretense of others, and let him give the gifts to Governor Sun himself." ”
The smile on Liu Yangzheng's face disappeared, and he said lightly: "Fei Ge Lao and King Ning are also in-laws, why should they refuse to be thousands of miles away, isn't it beautiful that everyone is harmonious!" ”
Fei Hong flicked his sleeves and said coldly: "Liu Juren doesn't need to say much, if there is nothing else, please go back!" ”
A sneer flashed at the corner of Liu Yangzheng's mouth, he covered the basket and handed it back to the servant, arched his hand and said, "Then Liu has taken his leave, I hope Fei Ge Lao will not regret it!" Then he turned and walked out.
Walking out of the door of the Fei family, Liu Yangzheng glanced back at the gold plaque of "Fei Mansion" on the door, and laughed coldly.
The month before, King Ning sent bandits to attack Leadshan County and killed Fei Hong's eldest brother, Fei Hong Shangshu asked the court to send someone to investigate, and the new governor of Jiangxi was also asking the court to exterminate the bandits in Leadshan County.
Not long ago, King Ning's eyes and ears in the capital received news that the Ministry of War had approved the request of Jiangxi Governor Sun Sui to ask for troops, and the emperor also sent an envoy to investigate the killing of Fei Hong's eldest brother. King Ning was worried that the matter would be exposed, so he specially sent Liu Yangzheng to find Fei Hong to give a gift to Governor Sun today, in fact, to test whether Fei Hong was willing to reconcile.
Moreover, the four things sent by King Ning: dates, pears, ginger, and mustard, the homonym is "leave the border early", which means that the governor Sun Sui should leave the Jiangxi boundary as soon as possible and don't worry too much.
Now Fei Hong categorically refused, obviously he didn't plan to reconcile with King Ning, and was determined to fight to the end!
"Mr. Liu, Fei Hong's old puppet doesn't know what to do, so should we do it?" A man who looked like a steward next to Liu Yangzheng raised his hand and made a motion to wipe his neck.
Liu Yangzheng said lightly: "Sun Sui's request for troops has been approved by the Ministry of War, and the emperor has also sent a messenger to Leadshan County to investigate, so it is not appropriate to move the Fei family at this time." Don't worry about it, you send someone to keep an eye on the Fei family at all times, and if the wind blows again, immediately send a fast horse to return! ”
Steward Mo said respectfully: "Mr. Liu, don't worry, even if a fly flies out of the Fei Mansion, it can't escape the eyes of his subordinates!" ”
Liu Yangzheng nodded and slowly got into the carriage waiting on the side of the road.