The tender white and fragrant long fish soup, with smooth and firm hand-rolled noodles, is the beginning of a beautiful day, the proprietress has excellent craftsmanship, and the materials are sufficient, almost every morning, Liu Chun has to come with his daughter-in-law, and eat a big bowl of noodles steaming.

In the small shop in the past two days, there was an extra young man who came in and out, the son of the proprietress and was only about seventeen or eighteen years old.

The young man is not tall, but his facial features and delicate spirit, between his eyebrows and eyes, there is the shrewdness and ability of Jiangnan people, he is born with a smiling face, which is very likable.

After running, he kept bringing bowls of steaming noodles to his guests.

At this time, a black-and-red-faced man, with one foot on the stool, squinted at the young man, bared his yellowed teeth, and suddenly said, "What? Our talented man is also here to sell noodles? Are you willing to do it? ”

Hearing the other party's unkind tone, the young man didn't care, and said with a smile: "Uncle, if I were a talented man and served you, wouldn't you have more face?" ”

"Ahh Oh, yes! The big man touched a soft nail and laughed twice, the young man was still busy, but the person next to him became interested, and couldn't help but say: "Old Cui, who is this?" How can we poor bastards afford to serve with talented people, don't you say? ”

Someone asked, and the suppressed words came out again.

Lao Cui took a deep breath, "You don't know, our talented man was admitted to Xiucai at the age of thirteen!" ”

"Oh, it's a showman! I've heard that there are people who can't pass the exam at the age of forty or fifty? I don't dare to use him to serve ......."

Lao Cui smiled at the other party, "It's okay, he's not anymore." ”

"What's going on?"

"What else can I do, I'm stupid!" Lao Cui sighed: "Originally, I was studying in Taixue, and I was a good protégé of the Son of Heaven, so I had to go to the Chicken and Duck Academy...... If you go, you can go, what do you say about the unity of knowledge and action, but I just gave up my fame, and I don't want the preferential treatment of free food and military service...... If you want to say that it would be good to be admitted to the Jinshi, who knew that you would be off the list again...... What a pity! ”

"The surname is Cui!"

The proprietress was cooking noodles inside, and she couldn't hear it clearly, but she also knew that she was talking about her son, so she rushed out, grabbed a few copper plates, and slapped them in front of the surnamed Cui.

"You take it! I'm not selling this side! ”

The young man hurriedly ran over, stretched out his hand and got the money back, and nodded at Lao Cui, "My mother is too angry, Uncle Cui don't care." ”

After speaking, the young man pushed his mother, walked inside, and said in a low voice: "Open the door to do business, make money with harmony, why bother!" ”

"He said bad things about you, you let your mother ......"

"Just say it, what I do, I take it upon myself."

Lao Cui sighed and stood up slowly, "Hearing you say that, you are really a reasonable person." But I can't understand how a very smart person was deceived by that school...... It's difficult, it's hard to see that there are fox spirits there, hooking your soul away, why don't you ask a few masters to recite the scriptures......"

The person next to him also followed: "Lao Cui, look at what you said, that's a school, or a green building, how can there be a fox spirit?" Could it be that he is studying on the Qinhuai River? ”

Syllable!

The man was laughing wildly, when he suddenly felt that his eyes were dark, and a huge noodle bowl hit his head, and blood flowed down at once.

"You!" The other party looked in the direction where it was smashed, and saw that the young man's face was pale, and his eyes were on fire.

"You, why did you hit me? I came to eat noodles with you, I can afford you! You, you're not a showman anymore, and you still want to be powerful? ”

The young man suddenly grabbed a handful of copper coins, dozens of them, and smashed them hard!

"Get out! Take your stinky money and! If you dare to say a bad word about the school again, I will kill you! ”

The young man gasped and was furious, and when he picked up his kitchen knife, he rushed up...... Lao Cui was also frightened, he hurriedly hugged the young man, "Child, it's all your Uncle Cui's mouth, blame me, don't be stupid!" ”

At this time, the proprietress also ran over, took out two banknotes from her arms, a total of 1,000 wen, and handed them to the injured person, "Take it to buy some medicine, bandage it, it's not enough to turn back, and come back again." ”

Seeing that the proprietress was sincere, the injured person also felt reckless, and sighed, "It's not easy to see you two mothers, I have a bad mouth, I deserve to be smashed, and I will bandage it myself when I turn around." ”

He turned his head to leave, when Lao Cui suddenly said, "First, wait first." ”

"Brother and sister, and eldest nephew, my old Cui is a rough person, he doesn't understand anything, and he doesn't have a door. That's not right. Big nephew, you, can you tell me what is going on in that school, so that we can also open our eyes and save jokes! ”

The other diners also put down their chopsticks and listened intently, even the injured one came over.

The proprietress patted her son's shoulder, "Child, my mother knows that you have a fire in your heart these days, say it, let these old neighbors listen to it, and my mother also wants to know what's going on!" The proprietress said, her eyes moistened with her eyes.

The young man took a few deep breaths to calm down his emotions, he first bowed deeply to the injured uncle, and then said slowly: "The place where I study is called Jimingshan School, which is the place set aside by the first emperor, a specially built academy, which talks about science, which is often called Liuxue." ”

At this time, a noodle-eating man said: "Liu Xue? I think I've heard someone say it, but I don't know what it does. ”

"Liuxue is broad and profound, the abyss is as deep as the sea, I have learned Liuxue, I can go to the sea and do anything!"

"Ahh Isn't that a god? ”

"No!" The young man shook his head and said, "We did it by relying on scientific methods, and we are not close to the immortal Taoist priests at all...... For the time being, our college talks about people's livelihood and economy, and scientific knowledge, but in the final analysis, the main thing is to change the law! ”

"Change?"

"That's right! It is the change of the law that equalizes the land, spreads the land into the mu, pays the grain and serves in one body, and collects the commercial tax! ”

When it came to changing the law, everyone became interested, "We all know about this!" That's a good thing! ”

Lao Cui also said: "It's a good thing, but you shouldn't want your talent and fame?" ”

The young man smiled reservedly, "Sir taught us to unite knowledge and action...... If my family is exempted from land taxes and forced labor, how can I have the face to say that I support the reform of the law? Isn't it a joke that I want to tell people that I support changing the law, but not changing my family's law? ”

He said something funny, which caused everyone to laugh, and the atmosphere instantly became much more harmonious.

Lao Cui said: "The eldest nephew...... Then you are all good people in this school? ”

The young man said in a low voice: "I can't say this well, but I believe that the knowledge taught in the school is good, and it is good for the people!" ”

The smashed muffled voice said: "You have to pay food for service, you have to pay taxes, and you don't take money from the pockets of the people, what's the matter?" ”

The young man chuckled, "There are many ways to collect taxes...... For example, it is stipulated that there is no need to pay taxes if the land is less than a certain acre, and some small businessmen can pay less taxes...... Let's think about it, there is so much money for the imperial court every year, if more taxes are levied from the hands of the rich, those who have more land, and more property, won't the poor bear less? ”

The big guys looked at each other, and it seemed that this was really the case.

"Not only that, after the imperial court collects taxes, it can build roads and bridges, run schools, and do many things...... A road, the rich walk so wide, the poor also walk so wide, a school, the children of the rich sit in one position, and the children of the poor also sit in one position...... Tell me, who took advantage of it? ”

Lao Cui touched his nose, looked at the big guy, and couldn't help but say, "Understood, understood!" If you dare to love your school, you are killing the rich and helping the poor! ”

Lan Xinyue, who was sitting in the farthest position, had been watching, she was very curious, what kind of person her husband was in the people's eyes and in the eyes of students.

But hearing this, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Kill the rich and help the poor, and do the right thing for heaven!

Do you want to give your husband the nickname of Timely Rain again!

Isn't this Lao Luo's "Water Margin"!

Not only them, but everyone else laughed too.

Old Cui Han smiled: "Look, I just can't speak!" Anyway, I understand, the eldest nephew didn't get into the Jinshi, there must be a traitor who framed Zhongliang, they are afraid of the Qing officials, and they are afraid of being a good person who stands up for the people! The big guy said right, right? ”

"That's right! That's it! ”

In the blink of an eye, everyone was full of admiration for the young people.

Lao Cui said with concern: "Big nephew, then, what are you going to do?" Is it a lawsuit to go, or is it a ......"

The young man pondered for a moment, and sighed sadly: "The first emperor has died, how can the matter of the science field be dealt with without alarming the emperor!" You don't have to worry about me, I'm going to Yunnan! ”

"Yunnan? That's a long way off! ”

"Hmmm! Far from indeed! Mr. Ke is in Yunnan! I'm going to run to Mr. ”

"Sir? Which one? ”

Speaking of this, a fervent fire lit up in the young man's eyes.

"Mr. is the former young master of the crown prince, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Mr. Liu Chunliu! It was he who created a scientific line, and it was he who established the Jimingshan School, and it was he who promoted the change...... It's a pity that when I entered the school, my husband was busy with government politics and couldn't ask for advice in person, and later my husband was demoted to Yongchangwei, Yunnan, and became a post. ”

"Yicheng? So pathetic? ”

The young man shook his head and said, "Since ancient times, the sages have suffered a lot, and Confucius still has a time when he can't eat!" I want to go to Yunnan, go to Yongchangwei, Mr. will be a post man, I will be a post boy for him, I can listen to the teachings in front of Mr. in the morning and evening, I will be satisfied! ”

In the mouths of young people, Yongchangwei, Yunnan, is no longer a land of poor mountains and bad waters, and the land of smoke and miasma, as if it has become a holy place that everyone is pursuing, full of infinite longing.

Lan Xinyue squinted at her husband, and said in her heart that you can really hold it! Is it light on the surface, and the heart is happy? But how did this stupid boy know that in his mind, a gentleman who was similar to a sage had never been to Yongchangwei at all! His life was not bitter at all!

The light is fooling people in Kunming!

Liu Chun put down the noodle bowl at this time and said lightly, "He can't go!" ”

As soon as he finished saying this, someone suddenly stumbled over, "Wei Xiaoxianggong, Wei Xiaoxianggong, Daxi, you should go back to the capital quickly!" The imperial court issued a decree to reopen Enke, and the previous one was invalidated! ”