"Comfortable, harder, harder......"

Wu Haogu was lying on the soft bed, his eyes closed, with a smug smile on his face, enjoying the massage service provided by Ximen Qing.

Ximen Qing, who has practiced martial arts, is very energetic in her hands, and she has a good grasp of the acupuncture points.

And last night, Wu Haogu was indeed a little tired, at the beginning, he was the big bad wolf and bullied the little white rabbit of Ximen. But the little white rabbit was bullied later, and in turn fought with the big bad wolf for 300 rounds. As a result, the big bad wolf was tired, and after being helped to the bed by the little white rabbit, he fell asleep and fell asleep, until the sun reached his buttocks.

After waking up, I still felt a little tired, and I told Ximenqing, so I got the opportunity to enjoy a massage.

"Official, it's better to let the slave teach you martial arts."

While serving Wu Haogu, Ximen Qing began to trick Wu Dalang into practicing martial arts.

"Martial arts?" Wu Dalang responded, "How much do you learn?" Fist? Fencing? Or play with a big gun? ”

"Learn archery," Ximen Qing said, "learn Chen Kangsu archery!" ”

Chen Kangsu is the champion of Zhenzong Xianping for three years, the name Yao Consulting, and the word Jiamo. Although he is the champion of literature, he is not the master of moral articles. He is good at archery, known as "Little Yuki", and has the ability to "wear money in 100 steps". In later generations, there was a popular fable called "The Oil Seller", which was used to satirize the archery Chen Zhuangyuan......

That is to the effect that archery is nothing remarkable, that is, practice makes perfect, and it is not much different from the technique of the oil seller's dripping oil through the money hole...... This fable comes from the great writer Ouyang Xiu's "Returning to the Field", which is a famous passage in classical Chinese and was already very famous in the late Northern Song Dynasty.

Speaking of which, this oil seller also met Chen Zhuangyuan, if he met Genghis Khan, he would immediately know the difference between archery and dripping oil?

In addition to "The Oil Seller", Ouyang Xiu also wrote a "Broken Fish Record", which was also used to satirize the Chen Zhuangyuan, who was addicted to archery, saying that Chen Zhuangyuan always complained that the champion did not read the sage books well, and practiced archery all day long, which was not right to serve the country, so he broke his goldfish talismans......

Uh, I don't know if it's Chen Zhuangyuan's brain pumping or Ouyang Xiu's thinking is weird? What sage books do you still read? There's nothing to take after reading it.

And practicing archery well can also serve the country, if Jingkang was that year, all the scholars in Kaifeng Mansion had Chen Zhuangyuan's archery skills, maybe they could shoot a few more minority cavalry.

In short, the story of Chen Zhuangyuan has been widely circulated in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and many scholars are ashamed of archery, and most official and private academies do not list archery as a compulsory subject.

But Ximen Qing didn't read too much, and he didn't understand the deep meaning of the story "The Oil Seller", but felt that Chen Zhuangyuan was very remarkable, and he was not only admitted to the champion, but also archery. I really hope that my man can be on par with this champion......

Wu Haogu thought about it, and also felt that what Ximen Qing said made sense. You can't pass the exam by yourself, but you can go through the back door to get one. With Jinshi and practicing archery, he can probably compare with Chen Zhuangyuan. In the future, maybe there will be a great Confucian who writes something "buying soy sauce" to satirize himself.

But it doesn't matter, Wu Haogu is not afraid of being ridiculed, as long as he can set an example for his future students. He can't let the children of the Six Arts Academy learn archery while not being able to pull the bow himself, right? How bad is that!

"Okay!" Wu Haogu said, "Let's start practicing tomorrow, Qing'er, you can teach me."

Also, I had to practice riding a horse. The world is going to be chaotic, and when the time comes, you can't shoot arrows, and you can't run wild. ”

"The world is in chaos? Is Da Liao going to be chaotic? ”

Although Ximen Qing has heard the pessimistic argument that the world is going to be chaotic from Wu Haogu more than once, she still stubbornly thinks that the Great Song Dynasty can't be chaotic.

The Great Song Dynasty is so good, the industry and commerce are prosperous, the people are happy, and the court is relatively clear, how can it be chaotic?

"It's the world!" Wu Haogu sighed, "The Liao Kingdom is in chaos, how can the Great Song Dynasty be peaceful?" The obstruction on the grassland, the female straight in the forest, and the Bohai slaves who are holding back a bad breath...... Now that there are Khitan people in the circle, they can't harm our Great Song Dynasty, and as soon as the Khitan is finished, they will flock south. Although the Khitan seized sixteen states, they have lived in harmony with us for many years, and they have managed all kinds of barbarians in the north. ”

Later generations said that the Song Dynasty faced a strong enemy better than the Han and Tang Dynasties, in fact, at least in the Northern Song Dynasty, all kinds of strong enemies were let the Khitans take care of it, and the Tibetans were also obsessed with eating fasting and chanting Buddha, only the Western Xia, which was originally a territory of the Song Dynasty, became a not very strong enemy.

In contrast, the Han and Tang dynasties have been constantly at war with all kinds of barbarians, and there is basically no time for peace.

Such an external environment with "strong enemies" but not much war is probably an important reason why the Song Dynasty's commercial prosperity and the national policy of emphasizing literature over military force can become more and more intense, right?

But such favorable external conditions will disappear with the collapse of the Liao State!

And if the Song Dynasty could not make drastic changes to adapt to the new external environment.

Then it will inevitably lead to chaos in the world!

……

"Like, it's so similar! This is an ancient painting by Wu Hao? ”

In the northwest corner of Ganquan, a mansion that is bigger than Ma Zhi's mansion and more magnificent, in the inner hall, the head of the Ma family of the Doctor Witch Lushan Family, and the loyal minister of the Great Liao State, Ma Renwang, is pinching a white description of Ma Zhi at this time and asking questions.

"He didn't paint it," Ma Zhi replied, "it was his student Mi Youren." ”

"Mi Youren?" Ma Renwang also likes calligraphy and painting, so naturally he has heard of Xiaomi's name, "Mi Dian's son?" ”

Mi Brian is Mi Fu's nickname.

"Yes," Ma Zhi said, "I live in Mi Fu's house in Kaifeng Mansion, and I have seen Mi Fu in the first day." ”

As he spoke, Ma Zhi also handed his uncle a scroll with both hands, "Uncle, this is the little nephew from the Mi family to honor you, and it is Mi Fu's real handwriting." ”

"Mi Dian's calligraphy?" Ma Renwang immediately showed a happy expression, and hurriedly put down the portrait that Mi Youren painted for Ma Zhi, took the scroll handed over by Ma Zhi and unfolded it to admire.

"It's Mi Dian's Mobao!" While watching, the centaur nodded his head as if he understood very well.

In fact, this calligraphy is written by Mi Youren in imitation of his father's handwriting, and the seal is true - Ma Zhi's face in Kaifeng Mansion is also this, and he is not qualified enough to ask for Mi Fu's words. However, it is enough to fool Ma Ren Wang, although Ma Ren Wang is a Jinshi of the Liao State, but the calligraphy articles are all second-rate level, not much stronger than Wu Haogu, and it is definitely not as good as Wu Haowen.

Of course, it is better than leading troops to fight, not to mention Wu Haogu and Wu Haowen, even Zhang Dian is not an opponent. Because the Doctor Witch Lu Shan Ma family is actually a samurai group, with a lot of clans, retainers, dead soldiers, doormen, and tribes!

After carefully putting away Mi Youren's Mobao, Ma Renwang smiled and said to his nephew Ma Zhi: "Erlang, you contacted the Song people this time, what kind of plan do you have, you have told the old man." ”

Ma Zhi smiled and said: "Uncle, the world is in turmoil, my Ma family wants to settle down in this troubled world, and there are always a few more ways." Since the Song people intend to win over my family, it is better to deal with it first, maybe I can use the power of the Song people to make my family rise in the land of Yanyun in the future. ”

The centaur looked at his nephew, but sighed lightly, noncommittal.

"What are your plans?" The centaur asked again.

"The little nephew wants to be an official."

Ma Zhi is now an official, but this official is empty and has no real power.

The horse man looked at his nephew, paused, and said, "Let's arrange a county order for you." ”

After all, he received a copy from his nephew, and he always had to take out something, he looked at Ma Zhi's face, "Arrange a better county, and slowly find opportunities to be promoted in the future." ”

"My nephew wants a dispatch to supervise the repair of Huayan Temple." Ma Zhi directly said that he was going to do an errand.

The Huayan Temple in Xijin Mansion is a big temple, outside the city of Xijin Mansion, it is built by Ma Renwang for the blessing of the late crown prince Yelu Jun, it is a very important sycophant project, and it can fly Huang Tengda if it is done well.

And Ma Zhi now wants to intervene in this sycophant project, which is really a bit overwhelming.

Ma Renwang was thinking about what reason to use to reject his nephew, when Ma Zhi suddenly spoke again: "Uncle, do you know what happened to that Empress Dowager Xiaoliang?" ”

"Oh, she, she wanted to betray our Da Liao, so she was sent out of Western Xia by the emperor."

"She was wronged." Ma Zhidao.

"It's not wronged," Ma Renwang waved his hand, "The portraits have been sent to Kaifeng Mansion, and Liu Yun has stolen Da Liao." ”

"That portrait is painted by Wu Hao!" Ma Zhi said.

"What do you mean?" Ma Renwang was stunned, "Who painted the portrait of the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang?" ”

"Wu Haogu, he is at my house now."

"How is that possible?" The horseman looked at and asked, "Could it be that Wu Haogu came from Western Xia?" He has seen the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang? ”

"No, he grew up in Kaifeng, he has never been to Western Xia, and he has never met Empress Dowager Xiaoliang."

"How can you draw it if you haven't seen it?"

Ma Zhi nodded, looked at the uncle, and said with a smile: "This is the ability!" Uncle, if only he could paint the portrait of Prince Zhaohuai in Huayan Temple...... Then draw the appearance of the Buddha and the Bodhisattva, and then ask His Royal Highness King Yan (Yelu Yanxi) to see it, and you will be able to soar. Can the little nephew share the profits? ”

The horse man's eyes narrowed into a slit, this painting of Prince Zhaohuai is not as good as painting Yelu Hongji and Yelu Yanxi, the latter two know that they are sycophants at a glance. And painting Prince Zhaohuai is a bit of a miracle, for Yelu Yanxi, who has lost his father since he was a child, and Yelu Hongji, who regrets killing his son, this credit is great. The Tama people have made such great achievements, and it may not be a matter of a few years before they become the rulers!