Ten years of wind and rain, the "drunkard" pavilion by the Jinshui River has more years of accumulation, and it looks particularly thick and simple in the bright spring. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info green jade-like willows hang down thousands of silks, like a pair of small hands brushing away the dust of time falling on the pavilion.

Lu Gongxuan sat in the pavilion, drinking wine without a sip, and looked boredly at the official road not far from the pavilion.

Xu Ping's restaurant is still open on the bank of the Jinshui River, and it is still the half-new and not old restaurant, and it is still the huge grass shed. The spirits sold inside, the fatty meat cubes and dried tofu simmered in the thick soup on the fire, and all kinds of refreshing and delicious side dishes have long been well-known on this Jinshui River. Ten years ago, people said that this was the house of Xu Lao'er, who sold wine, and now, people call this the house of Xu Longtu. Why does Xu Longtu's family sell wine here? Many young people can't tell the truth.

A small gray donkey came up the official road, unhurried, and the donkey's temper was obviously not very good, sneeze and even stack hooves from time to time. The man riding on the donkey turned pale with fright, and clung to the donkey's neck and did not dare to let go.

When they arrived at the Xu family's restaurant, a little guy hurriedly ran forward, helped hold the donkey, and bowed down.

The donkey rider got down from the donkey, let out a long breath, and threw a few copper coins at the servant. I straightened my clothes, looked around, and saw the "drunkard" pavilion by the Jinshui River, my eyes lit up, and I told the little guy a few words and walked quickly.

Now the supervisor here is the little guy in front of the door back then, and the other old people either have a good place to go, or they are rising step by step in the Xu family, and they have already left Baisha Town. Now the director is also thinking about how to get to Kaifeng City.

Lu Gongxuan watched the donkey rider walk to the pavilion, looking a little embarrassed, and couldn't help laughing: "Zifei, how do you dress up like this?" It's like a small merchant selling goods! There is no one in Xu Ping's house for a long time, so why be so careful! ”

Qian Mingyi walked into the pavilion, his face was still spontaneously pale, and he saluted Lu Gongyu: "Brother Lu said that he laughed, the capital is not an ordinary place, how can we people come here if we want?" If you let someone with a heart see it, it's not a small matter! ”

"This is just the boundary of Kaifeng Prefecture, and it is far from the capital! Come, hard work all the way, come and have a glass of wine! ”

Qian Mingyi stepped forward and sat down with Lu Gongyi, picked up the cup, and drank it all. Putting the wine glass on the table, Qian Mingyi smacked his lips: "This wine is so powerful!" Nowhere else, I don't see such a strong wine! ”

Lu Gongxuan said: "This Baisha Town is the place where Xu Ping started back then. Ten years ago, their family offended Ma Jiliang, Taiwei Liu's in-law, and moved here from the capital to take refuge. That Xu Ping was just a gentleman boy in the capital, and after arriving here, he somehow changed his mind and devoted himself to studying, and after a few years, he went to high school in one fell swoop. Because of this relationship, although the Xu family is now wealthy, this restaurant has always been opened here, and even the drinks and dishes are the same as back then. The Xu family was able to breathe at that time, and it relied on the wine here. Therefore, the wine sold in this drunkard's pavilion is indeed not available elsewhere. Don't underestimate here, it is very famous in the capital, and Captain Cao Wumu once came to drink it specially! ”

Qian Mingyi looked at the shop not far away, and sure enough, there were many martial artists coming and going, all from the forbidden army camp not far away. But now that Xu Ping is in the third rank, he is in a high position, and no one dares to make trouble here anymore.

The two sat and gossiped for a while, and Qian Mingyi asked in a low voice, "Brother Lu, are you here alone?" I went to Luoyang for my uncle's funeral, and I was not allowed to approach the capital without an edict, and it was not a trivial matter to be seen! ”

Lu Gongxuan said: "You relax, this place is dozens of miles away from the capital, and it is difficult for fast horses to go back and forth in one day." Most of the people who come here to drink are business travelers on the Jinming River and the official road, where is it so easy to meet people in the court! ”

Qian Mingyi is not only a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty, but also a member of the Wuyue royal family, and he is not allowed to go to the capital without permission. Qian Weiyan had already made a fuss once back then, and he broke off the idea of entering the political hall.

Looking left and right, seeing that no one was paying attention here, Qian Mingyi took out a small burden and put it on the table. Pressing the burden with his hand, Qian Mingyi said to Lu Gongxuan: "Xu Longtu has taken this matter very closely, I have spent countless efforts, but I can't get the original copy out." The volume here is one that I put together little by little by relying on the connections I have made, asking people, and putting them together. Although there must be some omissions compared with the original, eight or nine are not far from ten, which is enough to understand what Xu Ping is going to do. ”

"Is this book so important? I always think you're making a big fuss—"

Lu Gongxuan was a little unimpressed, looked at the burden on the table, and pursed the corners of his mouth.

Qian Mingyi carefully opened the burden and said: "Brother Lu, don't take this matter as idleness, Xu Longtu has been governing on Jingxi Road for a year, and it is all in this book." Moreover, in the past few months since the end of the year, according to what I have seen in Xijing City, Xu Longtu is obviously different from last year. Last year, I just wanted to redeem the Henan Mansion Flying Ticket, but this year I am not interested in Jingxi Road! ”

Lu Gongxuan couldn't help but laugh dumbly when he heard this: "He Xu Ping is a milky wine seller who has not dried up, and his ambition is not on Jingxi Road, can he still dare to think of the position of the two mansions?" I can't say this, I don't make people laugh and lose their big teeth! ”

"There are less than two provinces, but the provincial lord of the province, Xu Ping said that he thinks about it, who dares to say that he can't do it?"

Seeing Qian Mingyi's serious expression, the smile on Lu Gongyi's face slowly disappeared, and the wrinkles were still frozen on his face. Even idlers like Qian Mingyi have seen the signs, does Xu Ping really think so? Looking back suddenly, Lu Gongxuan suddenly found that Xu Ping is really the most suitable candidate for the third division, where is still the wine seller back then. In addition to the lack of qualifications in Zhizhou, all of Xu Ping's qualifications have been completed. The name of being good at financial management is known to everyone inside and out, and the ability is undoubted. Even the people who shouted for Xu Ping were not lacking at all, when he was the deputy envoy of salt and iron, Xu Ping presided over the abolition of the payment of real money, and the middle and lower-level officials received his favors, and even the rewards were extraordinarily large that year.

Deputy Envoy Xu is in the Third Division, everyone has money to spend, and at the end of the month, there is no need to carry a rag bag to run around the yamen, in order to order bad tea and rotten incense medicine to suffer from the idle anger of the small officials. Since Deputy Envoy Xu left the capital, the first few months were fine, but the back slipped more and more towards the original appearance. said that the waste was paid and the real money was slowly not taken seriously, and there were some messy things that were sent down as money. Only officials above the fifth grade have not lost their expenses, so how many people are there? More than ninety percent of officials do not have this treatment.

And Chen Zhizhong himself doesn't want to work in the third division anymore, and he is tired and tired.

The above felt that Chen Zhizhong was not as able to use it as before, and the southern suburbs rewarded hundreds of officials and officers and soldiers a year ago, and the financial situation was tight, and the left treasury was short as soon as the year passed, and Chen Zhizhong had to go to Zhao Zhen to borrow money from the inner treasury, which made Zhao Zhen very unhappy. The private wealth of the emperor in the inner treasury, Yue Zhen has been used to spending heavily in the past two years, why should he let him make up for the holes in the outer court. The two governments are even more unhappy, where is the governance without money? If you want to do something, you don't have any money, so you don't have any money, how did the three envoys do it? You are the son of "True Salt Iron" Chen Shu, and you are not as good as Kou Xuan, the dog who lost his family.

The officials below have even greater opinions on Chen Zhizhong, originally when Xu Ping was there, he paid real money for scrap and discount, plus all kinds of subsidies, which was equivalent to half of the salary of officials below the fifth grade. As a result, Chen Zhizhong was replaced, and these benefits soon disappeared, and he went back more and more towards the old days. Who can stand this? In the first two years, everyone bought industries in the capital, and some of them were old private loan sharks. Don't think that the official can rely on the debt, the person who dares to lend you money, there is no simple background, crushing a petty official is the same as crushing an ant. is even more powerful and directly asks Kaifeng Mansion to collect the accounts, which is really shameless.

Thinking of these, Lu Gongxuan put away his previous joke mentality, took Qian Mingyi's burden cautiously, and looked at the thick stack of books inside. opened it and looked at it, and sure enough, it was copied privately, and there were obvious omissions in some places, and Qian Mingyi was still marking it on the side. He had no access to the top of Jingxi Road, and these were mainly from lower-level officials and officials.

After a rough flip, Lu Gongxuan tied up the burden, patted it with his hand, and said to Qian Mingyi: "I keep Zifei's work in mind." This book is very useful to my father, and it will be rewarded in the future! ”

Qian Mingyi arched his hand and said, "How dare you!" How dare you! "My heart is already happy. Lu Yijian has this benefit, meritorious service will be rewarded, no matter how humble your status is, you will be rewarded for helping him, and you will never turn your face and deny people.

This is different from Ding Wei, that guy will turn his face when he says it, from the emperor and the queen mother to the peddler pawn, there is nothing that Ding Wei can see. is history, he also dares to say that it was written by people, Lao Tzu is powerful and powerful, Lao Tzu has the final say, let whoever is famous for a hundred years can be famous for a hundred years, and let whoever is stinking for ten thousand years will be stinking for ten thousand years. If there are gods in this world, Ding Wei will definitely try his best to trample the gods under his feet, and the sky and the earth are only the biggest for me. So as soon as Ding Wei fell, no matter how dangerous the others were, even if they went to hell, no one wanted to cooperate with him anymore. It is this Ding Wei that can be regarded as an example for future generations. Whether it is learning or wisdom, ability or wrist, who dares to say that he is better than him? His fate made people dare not do bad things to the end. No matter what, after all, we have to leave a line, and there is a chance to recover it in the future.

Qian Mingyi put on a huge Fan Yang hat, shrunk his head like a thief, climbed onto the gray donkey, and slowly walked west along the official road. Lu Gongxuan carefully put away the burden, looking at the willows and willows by the Jinshui River, occasionally there are yellow orioles singing happily, and the Xu family's wine shop under the willow tree is full of people, very lively, and said in a low voice: "This book of "Rich Country and People's Policy" can really calm the world?" Xu Ping is a wine seller, how can he do such a thing? ”