"These barbarians, if you give three points of color, you want to open a dyeing room. Tianzhou and Bozhou dared to dream of separating one side, did they think that there was less beating in the previous two years? ”

Under the big banyan tree in the courtyard of the Yongzhou Official Office, Xu Ping shook the banana fan in his hand and sighed.

Feng Shenji, who was sitting opposite, said with a smile: "It's not just barbarians, isn't human nature like this?" Greed is not enough to swallow an elephant. In the past two years, Guangyuan Prefecture has become more and more troublesome, no tribute or endowment, self-reliance, their two states are adjacent to Guangyuan Prefecture, how can they not look hot? ”

Xu Ping frowned: "What is Asari's attitude towards Guangyuan Prefecture?" Just ignore them and let them do whatever they want? With such an example, which of the other Tuzhou will keep to themselves? ”

"More things are better than less things, how can those big people in the court now have the heart to take care of Yongzhou, a small border place! The Queen Mother has been in the past two years—"

Speaking of this, Feng Shenji shook his head with a wry smile.

As a courtier, it is not good to talk about the monarch, Feng Shenji's words were not finished, but Xu Ping also understood. Empress Dowager Liu is sixty-three years old, how many years can she live? Wu Zetian was called emperor at the age of sixty-seven, but Empress Dowager Liu did not have that body and bones, and the actual conditions made her completely break that thought.

Last year, Liu Congde, the son of Empress Dowager Liu's ex-husband Liu Mei, died at the age of 24, which was a heavy blow to Empress Dowager Liu. Empress Dowager Liu was born in poverty, has no family power, and no one pays attention to her if she wants to climb a big family after taking power, and she has always regarded her ex-husband's family as her own family and her own sustenance. Although Liu Congde has no blood relationship with her, he has been spoiled since he was a child, and when he died, Empress Dowager Liu didn't even have the possibility of being Wu Zetian.

There is no pursuit in politics, and in the past two years, Empress Dowager Liu has handled government affairs far less attentively than before, and the major affairs of the DPRK and China have been passable, and they have long lost their vitality.

In the current situation in the DPRK and China, the bureaucrats and doctors and the empress dowager are becoming more and more detached, and sometimes they do not give face at all. Cheng Lin, who now knows Kaifeng Mansion, was to the Empress Dowager Liu on the "Picture of the Empress Wu Dynasty", and scolded the Empress Dowager Liu with the ridicule of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, and to this day, Liu Congde's brother-in-law Wang Qixiong killed an old pawn, and the Empress Dowager Liu personally interceded with him, and he ignored it, and still did it according to law.

The bureaucrats did not listen to the call, and the Empress Dowager Liu became more and more dependent on the internal servants around her, and the internal servants were not allowed to interfere in politics from the system, which became a dead knot. It all depends on Lu Yijian's tactfulness, and the court can still be calm on the surface, but it is easy to cause controversy about national events, so it will drag on for a day.

It's July, the hottest time of the year, and it's as hot as a steamer outside, and the cicadas on the trees overhead are screaming endlessly.

Xu Ping and Feng Shenji kept shaking the pu fan and drinking tea cup after cup.

There is water in the room, the air conditioner is cool, but it is too cold, and the humidity is too heavy, and everyone would rather go outside when there is nothing to chat.

Cao Keming is about to leave office, and the send-off banquet attended by his subordinates has already been held, and today is a small farewell party attended by Xu Ping and Feng Shenji. Xu Ping and Cao Keming have cooperated for three years, and Feng Shenji has been friends with him for a longer time, which is different from others.

After not seeing Cao Keming come out for a long time, Xu Ping and Feng Shenji chatted all over the world, and slowly chatted about sucrose affairs.

Feng Shenji said: "The cane sugar business is newly established, and the general judgment has to be spent there for some days, haven't you found someone to help?" I am afraid that Han Zongwen will not be able to take office for a few months, and he can't count on it for a while. ”

"I set up Yuan Ruhe and the county order Duan Fang to help with the sugar cane business, and let him be in charge of the sugar business, and I have already reported it, I don't know when the approval will come down."

Feng Shenji nodded: "I have also heard of this person, although he is not very cautious, he still has officials, and he is a capable helper." I am relieved to have this person here, otherwise you will be entangled in Taipingzhai, and I will not be able to do the affairs of the state alone. ”

"Zhizhou said it politely, you haven't been in Yizhou for a year or two, the two states are close to each other, and the daily affairs are roughly the same, so what's too busy."

"How is it the same? Although Yizhou is not close to the border, most of the people in the state are barbaric, and there are very few civil affairs. The number of households here in Yongzhou has increased a lot in recent years, but it is not comparable to the small state of Yizhou. In addition, I took the three states to inspect and inspect, and Jiaozhi has been making trouble in the past two years, Qinzhou and Lianzhou are also distracted, and the affairs in the state have to rely on general judgment. ”

Xu Ping only said that Feng Shenji was polite, and he couldn't help but be humble. But he never thought that this was what Feng Shenji had already planned, but he just proposed it to Xu Ping first. Although Feng Zheng did not stay in the position of prime minister for a long time, after all, he was a very popular minister during his lifetime, and he was extremely grieved after his death, and his specifications chased Zhao Pu, the first prime minister of the two Song Dynasty. Feng Shenji's generation of the Feng family is not in decline, unlike Cao Keming, who has no gossip sources, and important figures in the DPRK have long hinted at him that taking the opportunity of this term to try to be good friends with Xu Ping will be of great help to his future career. Xu Ping is an old judge in Yongzhou, and Feng Shenji, the new Zhizhou, tries not to fight for power and follows Xu Parallel.

Speaking of this, Xu Ping asked Feng Shenji: "Is the newcomer Han Zhongwen familiar with Zhizhou?" ”

"I'm not familiar with it, but I've met a few times in Beijing before. How to say it, I don't know what he does in terms of specific affairs, but he dares to do anything, not a cowering character, and should be a good helper. ”

Xu Ping snorted and didn't say anything. As his deputy, he can dare to do anything, and he can teach slowly if he is insufficient. However, Han Zong's age is a few years older than himself, and his family is high, so I don't know if he can listen to his words. Moreover, he was the same age as his uncle Wang, and I don't know what he thought of himself.

"What are you talking about? So lively! ”

Cao Keming finally sent the first servant to leave early and rushed over.

Everyone sat down again, and Xu Ping said: "Speaking of this year's new jinshi, Han Zong Han Zhongwen, who came here to promote the cane sugar business, I don't know what kind of person he is. ”

Cao Keming waved his hand: "What is there to say about this, people have never seen it, and it is useless to think about it." I think that when you came to Yongzhou to serve as a judge, I also thought about who you were and what was the use? ”

remembered that the two had an unpleasant quarrel back then, and the three of them couldn't help laughing together.

The atmosphere relaxed for a moment, and Xu Ping said to the two: "Speaking of this year's science and technology scholar, there are a few acquaintances from the year, which is also interesting." ”

Cao Keming said: "The wine and food will come up after a while, there is nothing to do, you might as well talk about it, and we will have a good time." ”

"There are a few who fell behind in the last session, and I am quite impressed. First of all, there are two people who are good at filling in the lyrics, Wucheng Zhang Ziye and Jianzhou Liu Sanchang, if you talk about lyrics and composition, these two are rarely compared. As a result, the first two sessions fell one after another, but this year they both made the list, which is also interesting. ”

Cao Keming and Feng Shenji sighed, and their reactions were cold. I don't know the reputation of these two people in the later generations, this matter is not interesting at all, and besides, the two military ministers are not interested in lyrics and songs, I know which one they are. The status of these two people in this era is not high, it all depends on the popular lyrics they left behind, as well as the messy romances of the lyricists, what famous prostitutes hang willows in the spring breeze, and what a pear flower presses begonias, all of which are talked about by literary and artistic people, and they became famous in later generations.

Seeing that the two were not interested, Xu Ping also felt bored, and said: "There is another person I met many years ago, Yanzhou Shijie, I don't think you have heard the name before." But the next one is much more interesting. ”

Hearing that it was interesting, Cao Keming and Feng Shenji raised their spirits again. Although they are military ministers, the imperial examination is a grand event of this dynasty, and the gossip in it is still quite attractive.

"Luling Ouyang Xiu, I went to the provincial test with me last time, and the result was the first. However, this person is talented and learned, although he fell into the first place, he was still favored by Xu Andao, who knew the Hanyang Army, and recruited him as his son-in-law. After studying with his father-in-law for a few years, Ouyang Xiu's confidence has soared, and he is confident that he will be the champion. And guess what? ”

Cao Keming waved his hand and said impatiently: "The champion is not him, what is there to guess here!" ”

Xu Ping clapped his hands: "The interesting thing is here!" Ouyang Xiu was not conceited, he even won two yuan in the liberation test and the provincial test, and he realized that the champion was also in his hands, so he made a new set of clothes and regarded it as the champion suit. ”

The first place in the provincial test was terrible, and the two couldn't help but cheer up.

"As a result, the clothes were ready, and on the day of the exam, Ouyang Xiu went out for a while, but when he went back, he found that the clothes were worn by someone else, and the man also said to him, 'I am wearing a champion suit, and I want to be a champion'. Ouyang Xiu felt unlucky, so he gave the champion suit to that person. ”

Cao Keming was stunned: "Could it be that the person wearing clothes is the top student of the undergraduate?" ”

Xu Ping smiled: "That person is my fellow countryman, Wang Gongshou from Kaifeng." ”

Cao Keming frowned: "Isn't the champion of this department called Wang Gongchen?" ”

Feng Shenji said: "This is the name of the current saint when the face is sage, and the original name is Wang Gongshou. ”

Cao Keming pondered for a while, but he didn't believe it: "It's so magical, a piece of clothing has been changed to the champion, it was Ouyang Xiu who was unconvinced and made it up to coax people." ”

Xu Ping said: "Who cares if he is true or not, let's just listen to it." ”

Feng Shenji said: "You can't say that, the imperial examination should be the stars in the sky, and it is not necessarily all nonsense. When the general judgment was on the roll call, the sky appeared Ruiguang, and now it is known to the whole world. ”

Xu Ping smiled: "That's a coincidence, the sun just came out of the clouds when it was my turn, where did there be so many auspicious signs." I lost this Ruiguang, but let me pick up a bargain. ”

Hearing this, Cao Keming became serious again: "This is self-humility, I think that Ruiguang may be a good omen for this dynasty." Since you came to Yongzhou, you have been prosperous in the past two years, and even I have been promoted to two ranks. I don't believe that others are stars in the sky, but if I believe it, whoever does things in you will be beneficial, isn't this a clear proof? ”

Xu Ping was stunned for a moment, thinking about it, he has been steadily promoted in the past two years, and even his partner has been promoted step by step, he is really the auspicious rui of this dynasty, no wonder so many people are squeezing around him.

said these miscellaneous things because Xu Ping saw the list of Jinshi this year, and there were several names he had heard of in later generations, and he was uncomfortable without looking for someone to talk about it, but he didn't expect it to be brought to him again.

Tiansheng has a subject in the eighth year, in addition to Ouyang Xiu, there is also a Cai Xiang who is also a celebrity in later generations. Compared with the five years of Tiansheng, most of the celebrities in this subject are biased towards literature and art, and their political achievements are far inferior.

Talking about some gossip, the wine and food came up after a while, and the three of them broke up happily.

Because Cao Keming was going back to the capital to report on his work, Xu Ping sorted out a gift and asked him to take it back to his home. With the experience of this partner, it is inevitable that the two will support each other in their future careers, and political resources will accumulate bit by bit.

(Happy New Year, I wish you all a happy new year.) It's going to be three days from today, everyone is happy and happy for the New Year, and we will continue after the New Year. ）