"Erlu, the people anoint the people. The people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to deceive! ”

Feng Ying looked at the wall of the side compartment and praised: "Brother Yang, your pen is getting more and more powerful. Well written, even better written here. This side compartment is the usual resting place of these officials, as long as they look up, they can see this line of words, for them, it is more vigilant. ”

"Just a reminder." Yang De said lightly: "Actually, I believe in the role of the law more. If there are really those who dare to defy the law, catch a few, and punish them heavily, but they can play a more role in killing chickens and monkeys. ”

Feng Ying laughed and said, "You always feel that everyone is a bad person, this is not right. In fact, in my opinion, the vast majority of people are still good. At the beginning of a person, the heart is good. ”

"There is something wrong with that." Yang De shook his head like a rattle: "At the beginning of people, nature is evil, I think it is more appropriate." Think about whether you would have robbed your siblings of food and toys when you were young, and whether your parents favored others, and whether you would feel jealous. The reason why when you grow up, you will know how to be humble and compassionate, is because you are bound by the morality of this world, the law and so on. ”

"This sentence is going to be heard by the gentlemen in the school, and I will not rest with you."

Yang De snorted coldly: "In everyone's heart, there is a demon king, but in normal times, we are desperately suppressing him, power, beauty, wealth, fame, all the time colluding with this demon king to come out to make trouble, without the restraint of morality, the threat of the law, this demon king will have trouble." I think that when Li Xiang was in the Northland, no matter how difficult it was, he had to popularize the school, let more people read and write, and support Chun Yu Shangshu to practice the law for nearly ten years, so that my Datang law was gradually improved, just to let our people understand etiquette, know the law and then abide by the law. ”

"Come on, let's go, if the two of us debate this issue, we won't want to sleep today." Feng Ying waved her hand again and again, "I specially asked you to teach and warn these people, but it's not to debate with you, let's take a walk, I've prepared a supper, let's go have a few drinks." ”

Yang De smiled: "I ate and drank with you here, and I was seen by other supervision officials, so I had to join me." ”

Feng Ying disagreed: "Some of you just like to make a big fuss, is it possible that you supervision officials can't have friends?" I invited you here, it's official business, even if I invite you at public expense, others can't say anything, right? What's more, I'm still paying for it privately? Let's go, don't talk nonsense, a few days ago I dug up the wine that I buried twenty years ago from my home, it was really a good thing, and I just wanted to come to a jar. ”

"Buried for decades?" Yang De's eyes lit up suddenly, Northland has been making wine for many years, everyone knows that the older this thing is, the more fragrant and delicious it is, the first batch of wine is only ten years ago, and there is already no price in Northland, and no one wants to sell it. This guy actually has 20 years in his family? "You can't lie to me, right?"

"Taste it and you'll know!" Feng Ying dragged Yang De away. "When we were driven out of Chang'an and miserable all the way to the north, we felt that our lives could not be saved, who could still think of these wines buried in the ground? The pseudo-Liang high-ranking official who occupied our house naturally didn't know about this stubble. Didn't I remember it later? I beat my chest and beat my feet! So this time when I came back, the first thing I did was to dig them out. ”

While talking, the two of them had already arrived in the back hall study, but what was prepared on the table was not a delicacy, just some military food. There are also four or five kinds of preserved meat, preserved fruits, canned food, etc. What attracted Yang De was a sealed ceramic jar that could hold about two catties of fine wine.

"Have you taken the house back?" Sitting down on both sides, Yang De asked.

Feng Ying nodded, took a small hammer, carefully knocked open the mud seal, pulled out the cork, and the smell of wine suddenly spread in the small study. Picking up the jar, he poured the blood-red wine into the transparent glass.

"Although my family has taken root in the Northland and has a property and industry, as soon as Chang'an is recovered, the old man can't wait to pack up his salutes and come back, so that the properties in the Northland are sold to others at a discount." Feng Ying said: "The old man said that he was born in Chang'an, and he will definitely die in Chang'an in the future." ”

Yang De picked up the wine glass and gently shook the wine in the glass, "Your Yongji Bofu was a big family in Chang'an back then, right?" ”

Feng Ying laughed: "You kid don't want to be yin and yang. My family got the house back, but we won't want the grange and land back then. After so many years in the Northland, we are very clear about the national policy, how can we find such discomfort. The old man specially wrote an excerpt to Li Xiang and asked someone to hand it over, originally just begging for the return of the hundred acres of land in the ancestral tomb and ancestral temple. ”

Speaking of this, Feng Ying sighed: "The ancestral temple has been destroyed a long time ago, and the ancestral tomb is so dilapidated that it is not in shape, the old man cried a lot and was sick for several days." Li Xiangren was righteous and righteous, not only returned the land, but also returned my family's house. said that it could not chill the hearts of the heroes. ”

"In this way, Yongjibo has set a good example this time, come, let our brothers raise a glass and pay tribute to Yongjibo!" Yang De said solemnly.

"The country is ruined, if the country is not there, can the family survive?" Feng Ying raised his glass and said: "Although the old man of my family is not young, he has also studied Li Xiang's theory of the country and the nation. Besides, my family has long stopped digging in the fields. ”

The two of them touched the glass, took a sip gently, closed their eyes in unison, let the wine swirl in their mouths, smacked for a moment, and then swallowed.

"It's really good wine." The two said in unison.

"But Yongjibo's move is only afraid that it will attract jealousy." Yang De reminded.

"Do you mean those guys who have been staying in Chang'an?" Feng Ying laughed and said: "But all the noble officials and old people who have returned from the Northland, who doesn't know what the current national policy of Datang is?" They will inevitably respond en masse, even if they don't want to. And Li Xiangfa's move to return the old house is probably also hinting at everyone. Some things can be returned, and some things can't be returned. As for those who lowered the pseudo-Liang back then, hahaha, a group of fools, did they think that following Wang Shu finally came to Kaicheng to welcome Wang Shi, they could write off their past crimes? Absolutely not. In my opinion, if they know each other a little bit, they can protect themselves, and if they really want to do something, it will be nice. ”

"In that case, there will be a purge next!" Yang Dedao.

Feng Ying laughed: "Your eyes have always been only on your own people, and if you look at it, you will definitely make a move soon." ”

"What do you mean by only looking at your own people!" Yang De said dissatisfiedly: "If you don't stare at you, you will be prone to accidents." If the inside is not quiet, how can we talk about the outside? Li Xiang said that the duty of our people is to keep an eye on the inside, and never allow the current Datang to appear tigers talking about clean and honest government, foxes sitting down and clapping their hands, and flies and mosquitoes buzzing and exploiting the people. ”

"Stop, stop, we're off topic!" Feng Ying raised her glass and invited to drink: "Brother Yang, your ancestral home, you can also apply to come back!" ”

Yang De shook his head: "That's it, my family's small courtyard, I went to see it after I came back, and I don't know how many hands I have passed, and now it is an honest small businessman who lives there." I'm coming back, where are people going? Besides, that house is my sad place, so if I don't go back, I can go back and buy a small yard. ”

"That's right. Now that the housing prices in Chang'an are depressed to the extreme, it is a good time to make a move! Feng Ying said: "Thinking about the housing prices in Wuyi, it is really terrifying. ”

Yang De picked up a piece of dried meat, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly, and said, "Is it still very difficult to eat food and other materials now?" ”

Feng Ying sighed, nodded, and said, "Isn't it just a difficulty? As a supervisory official, it is very difficult for you to understand the distress of us pro-people officials. Sometimes there are things that are contrary to the law, and they are really a last resort. Do you know what I'm most anxious about right now? It's just to eat. Guanzhong is completely deserted, and you can't find a few grains of grain after digging three feet into the ground, let alone use Chang'an, Zhu Youzhen's dog day will be clean. Now Chang'an uses all the food squeezed out of the army, and I sit in the yamen, and every day I am terrified that I have reported that a few people have died of starvation! You just write in the fold how many people starved to death in Chang'an County, and Feng's corpse was a vegetarian meal, but I didn't know that I was racking my brains to find something to eat! ”

Yang De did not refute this time, his colleagues, there are indeed people who specialize in these things.

"It's hard for Li Xiang! On the Northland side, the brewing industry has been banned until next summer's harvest. All grain is to be delivered by the Lord. However, road traffic limits the speed of transportation. Moreover, as soon as the war in the south started, the demand for grain was greater, and now everything that can be eaten in the north is being transported here in an endless stream, but it will take time to alleviate the problem of food shortage in Chang'an. Yesterday, I only received 20,000 catties of grain, as well as 50,000 catties of sweet potatoes and some dried sweet potatoes, etc., which is a drop in the bucket for the entire Chang'an County. ”

"That's what I know, too." Yang Dedao: "The headquarters of Yixing Society has issued an initiative to let every Yixing member donate money and food, regardless of how much. This action has already brought the ordinary people of the Northland, and it should be possible to raise a large amount of food. ”

"It will take time to get there!" Feng Ying said. "Now it is the duty of those of us to do everything possible not to starve to death in the territory."

"Difficult days will pass, at least, there is hope!" Yang Dedao.