By the big willow tree to the east of Zhuangzi, a few desks were placed on the grass in the sun, and Xu Ping and his group sat on the ground.

The table is full of homemade dishes in the village, although not delicate enough, but the advantage is that the raw materials are fresh, there are many patterns, and there is a rough flavor.

Xu Chang took a few guests to pour wine and serve food to a few people on the side, enjoying the autumn afternoon.

Among the several people, Shi Yannian was the oldest, but compared with several people, he was born as a jinshi, and his official position was also low. Wang Su is the same age as Zhao Yan, and after the name, he also deserves this position.

The dishes were almost served, Wang Su picked up the wine glass and said, "Since we parted a few years ago, it is rare for a few of us to get together again." It's a pity that Wang Boyong and Zhao Shuping are entangled in official affairs and have no time to come, but it's a pity. ”

Han Qi said: "The left and right are in the capital, and there will naturally be opportunities in the future." ”

Wang Yaochen and Zhao Yi are in charge of the pavilion ministry, and occasionally other department vacancies will come out to serve for a short time, and the main post is still in the pavilion. People who often hang around the emperor are not so good at asking for leave, especially in the name of the same year's party, several emperors have strictly prevented their ministers from forming a party, and using this excuse to ask for leave is to make themselves uncomfortable.

Several people nodded yes together. With a place like Xu Ping to meet, there will be a lot of opportunities to get together in the future, and you don't have to care about it once or twice.

After drinking the wine in the cup, Wang Su let out a "huh", smacked his lips, raised the glass and asked Xu Ping: "Yunxing, I have been in your village for three days, why did I drink such good wine today?" Strong but not strong, there is a lingering fragrance after drinking, which is very different from the previous days. To tell you the truth, I have drunk the liquor made in your village in Xuzhou, although the taste of the wine is strong, but it is too violent. It is not in line with the way of a gentleman. Today, this wine is different, the wine is both strong and soft, it is really the best choice! ”

Xu Ping saw several other people looking at him together, only Shi Yannian was calm and calm, and he didn't take it to heart. The stronger he drank, the better. What's the meaning of being like a little lady softly?

Putting down the cup, Xu Ping said to a few people: "It's my fault, I neglected you." There has always been a rule in my village that one out of three points must be aged, and the other two will be sold. This aged wine, according to what I have set earlier, cannot be drunk without my permission. Drink today. All of them have been aged for more than six years, and several kinds of wine are blended together, which is very different from the usual wine sold outside. To put it mildly, there is no place in the world where you can drink this wine except in my village! ”

Everyone was amazed, and the cup was full again, and they all looked at it with their cups.

The wine that is usually sold in this era is not high. Another one is not well sealed, and it is easy to rancidity. It's all about drinking new sake. The wine of the Xu family is now also famous in the capital, and the older it is, the more expensive it is, which is unique. But how many years has Xu Ping been in this world? No matter how Chen Chen is, he can't go anywhere, and it has become a gimmick in the shopping mall. These literati also tried to drink the Xu family liquor sold in the city freshly, but they didn't like it because of the strong smell of the wine. Until today, I have drunk the really good wine hidden by the Xu family. I realized that I had seen less before.

The others are just fine, Wang Su is a particular person, what he wants is to drink the best wine in the world, and usually even the tribute wine in the palace is despised by him. When I heard that Xu Ping had such a precious wine here, I made up my mind. Why don't you get a few big altars and bring them back? The good things in the world, if you can't enjoy them to your heart's content, won't you live up to your life?

After three rounds of drinking, several people naturally talked about political affairs, especially matters related to the promotion of several people. This kind of year-old gathering is not simply a meeting and contacting feelings, and several people are in the same year, so they are naturally more concerned about the dynamics of officialdom.

Han Qi started first and asked Wang Su: "Zhongyi, you have also been outside for two terms, do you want to be transferred back to the capital?" “

Wang Su looked at Shi Yannian, who was only interested in drinking, and said, "Naturally, I want to." Don't hide it from you, Kong advised Yanlu to return to Beijing with an edict, take over the imperial history, and recommend me to enter the imperial history platform. If there is no accident, I should be able to return to the capital this year and have a good time with you. ”

Everyone listened to the congratulations, and the chief of the imperial history recommended his subordinates, and most of them could succeed if there were no accidents. What's more, Wang Su was born in a family and has many connections, so this promotion will naturally come easily.

Xu Ping congratulated Wang Su, peeked at Shi Yannian, and sighed secretly.

Kong Daofu returned to Beijing to pick up the current imperial history of Cheng Fan Yannian, Fan Yan has a lot to do with Shi Yannian, Wang Su has a chance to rise, Shi Yannian is about to waste again. I can't blame others for this, I can only blame myself for mocking myself, there are officials who do it, but it's too much of a camp. It's not a shame to be an official and ask for a recommendation, officialdom is commonplace, but Fan Yan shouldn't ask for an inner servant. Back then, Fan Yan was able to be transferred back to the capital and was repeatedly promoted, relying on the line of the inner servant Zhang Huaide, speaking to the Empress Dowager Liu, and always being in the imperial history.

Now that the Queen Mother is gone, Zhang Huaide has been released, and Fan Wei's black accounts have been turned over. The current situation is to replace the people he promoted with people who were demoted by Empress Dowager Liu back then, and Fan Wei's political future is quite bad.

Shi Yannian can be regarded as discerning, and he refused to be promoted by Fan sarcastically in the first two years. But the recommendation system is like this, the sponsor will be implicated if he falls, otherwise how to warn the sponsor not to abuse the recommendation power in his hands?

If that's all it takes, it's just that, but it was Kong Daofu who came to take over as the middle of the imperial history.

After Kong Daofu is a sage, the forty-fourth grandson of Confucius, he has always regarded himself as a Taoist, and Fan Wei, who was born in Qizhou, is a Jingdong person, and grew up in the land of Qilu together. But these two fellows are incompatible from their knowledge to their style.

Fan Wei is the leader of the "Dongzhou Yi Party", and he is followed by some lower-class literati on the ground of Jingdong, who have always been informal, debauched in the mountains and forests, and prone to wild speech. After Yan Yuan, Yan Taichu once had Dongzhou Yidang poems, which were extremely sarcastic and insulting to these little people who had sunk to the lower classes. Although Kong Daofu was not as fierce as this Yan Zihou, he had a lot of contact with these people when he was in Zhiyun Prefecture, and he hated it from the bottom of his heart.

Coupled with this background, coupled with the fact that Shi Yannian himself is also one of the banners of the Dongzhou Yi Party, his future career is very unoptimistic. Some small people in the Dongzhou Yi Party are like-minded, and as soon as Fan Yan falls, they will be scattered.

Shi Yannian just lowered his head and drank, as if he didn't notice the information in Wang Su's words. Fan sarcasm is fan sarcasm, he is himself, each has its own path, why bother like a woman.

Speaking of the government, I unconsciously talked about the Yongzhou prisoners not long after. Since the unification of the world, the monarchs and ministers of a country have been arrested in one go, which is something that the Great Song Dynasty has never done again, and several people are also excited, and they congratulate Xu Ping together.

According to the usual practice, this kind of major event should be graced by the ministers, and Xu Ping, who presided over the war, was naturally the first, and it would be no problem to add officials to the knighthood at that time. It is very likely that Xu Ping jumped out of the middle of the front Lang and stepped into the middle of the left and right Shilang.

Speaking of which, Xu Ping has no chance of promotion in Yongzhou for six years, and if he is promoted quickly, he has good political performance, and he is still on track. As soon as the Queen Mother went, she was like riding a rocket, and she was no longer unstoppable. In fact, it still depends on what he did in Yongzhou, and the dazzling political achievements are there, and others can't say anything.

The sun was setting in the west, and a few people were full of wine and food, and slowly swayed back to the village.

Xu Ping and Shi Yannian walked at the end and patted him on the shoulder: "Manqing, I am born to be useful!" ”

Shi Yannian shook his head and said nothing. (To be continued.) )