Although this practice brings true knowledge, running a country cannot be done just by slapping your thighs, rolling up your sleeves, and getting started.
One policy mistake may cost countless lives.
Therefore, when ministers offer advice to the emperor, they will first come up with a complete set of theories as a basis.
But their theories all have one similarity, which is the emphasis on imperial power.
Whether it is Legalism or Confucianism, this is the case.
Because the person they want to persuade is the emperor. If the emperor does not benefit, how can he agree?
Zhang Fei is actually no exception.
Although he emphasized weakening the imperial power, he also emphasized weakening the power of ministers. Power is relative. As long as you weaken it more than me, it means that I have become stronger.
It's just that he introduced the concept of public power.
Turn a two-person game into a three-person game.
This is like two adults fighting in the ring. The outcome is unpredictable and very dangerous.
Now change the rules and become a junior high school student and two elementary school students. Although the total weight is the same, it is obviously safer than two adults fighting in the ring. At the same time, the junior high school student can win over one of them to deal with the other elementary school student.
The odds of winning are also greater.
The trick is to divide the points so that you have an advantage.
This is right in the middle between Wang Anshi and Sima Guang.
Wang Anshi emphasized power, while Sima Guang emphasized balance.
Zhang Fei is right in the middle.
Of course, Zhang Fei just helped Zhao Xu open a door and gave him another path to choose.
But it was Zhao Xu who had to choose which door to take.
After all, Zhang Fei is just a commoner, not even an official. It is precisely because of this that he dared to say these words, and after saying them, he was able to escape unscathed.
"Benefactor!"
"Third brother!"
As soon as they left the imperial city, they saw Feng Nancy, Niu Beiqing and others walking over.
"Lao Qi, Daniel, why are you here?"
Zhang Fei asked.
Feng Nanxi said: "Just now, the yamen and Xiaoma came to our house and said that our benefactor had won the lawsuit and wanted to celebrate for him. Only then did we know that the lawsuit was over. It was obvious that our benefactor had not returned yet, so we came to have a look.
"
Zhang Fei rolled his eyes, "What's the use of worrying? Are you going to fight in?"
Feng Nanxi was so frightened that her legs went weak. There was the imperial city behind this, "How...how dare we do this?"
"That's it, now that you are all out, who will protect the wife?" Zhang Fei asked unhappily.
Fang Yun's incident taught him a lesson. He is very sensitive in this regard.
Before he finished speaking, someone from the other side of the carriage shouted: "Husband."
I saw Gao Wenyin bowing out of the carriage.
"Madam is here too!"
Zhang Fei walked over immediately.
Gao Wenyin smiled sarcastically: "I'm worried about my husband. Daniel and Brother Qi just sent me here."
Zhang Fei's expression changed and he said with a smile: "I'm really sorry for making Madam worried."
Feng Nancy and Niu Beiqing immediately looked at Zhang Fei with question marks on their faces.
"This is what I should do." Gao Wenyin nodded slightly and looked around, "Where is Madam Xu? Isn't she with you?"
Zhang Fei said: "Ms. Xu went to Liu She's house with her father."
Gao Wenyin nodded slightly, and suddenly thought of something, "That's right! Li Si, please take out the wine quickly."
"Why!"
Li Simami took out a jug of wine from the carriage and said, "Third brother, please drink slowly, it's a bit hot."
"hot?"
Zhang Fei almost kicked him, "Are you crazy? In this weather, why don't you give me a pot of hot wine to drink?"
Gao Wenyin was stunned and said, "Isn't this what you asked for, my husband?"
Zhang Fei also looked stunned, "Did I ask for it?"
Gao Wenyin nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "My husband asked me to boil the wine and wait for you to come back to celebrate?"
"Ah? This..."
Zhang Fei scratched his head and thought to himself, if I had known you were so obedient, I would have asked you to take off your clothes and wait for me on the bed. Alas... what a mistake!
...
When the group returned home, Xiaotao had prepared a sumptuous celebration banquet.
Zhang Fei asked Li Si to visit Xu's house again, and if Xu Zhiqian and the others came back, he would invite them over to have a meal together.
But unfortunately, the servants of the Xu family informed Li Si that Xu Zun and Xu Zhiqian had not returned.
This makes Zhang Fei a little regretful. After all, Xu Zhiqian is the number two hero. Without her, it would be a little less interesting.
But fortunately, the two living treasures Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi came again. With them two here, the atmosphere immediately became high.
However, what Zhang Fei didn't know was that Xu Zhiqian had actually returned home.
Xu family.
"Daddy!"
Xu Zhiqian looked at Xu Zun with confusion, "Just now you said you were going to visit Uncle Liu's house, but you didn't go in the end, and now you deliberately lied to Zhang San that we were not at home. This... why is this? Could it be that dad is afraid?
Will interacting with Zhang San affect dad's career?"
"Bastard!" Xu Zun glared at her, "Is daddy that kind of person?"
"Why is that?" Xu Zhiqian asked curiously.
Xu Zun stroked his beard and said: "Qian'er, from now on you can't always follow Zhang Sand here and there."
Xu Zhiqian asked in surprise: "Why?"
Xu Zundao: "Now you are a girl waiting to be married. You and Zhang San were hugging each other in public. If this spreads out, who would dare to marry you?"
Xu Zhiqian said excitedly: "Dad, how can you miss your daughter so much? At that time, it was just because her daughter was nervous and couldn't move forward. Zhang San just supported her daughter out of kindness."
Xu Zun sighed: "Dad believes in you, but others won't think so!"
Xu Zhiqian hummed: "I don't care."
Xu Zundao: "What? Do you plan not to marry for the rest of your life?"
Xu Zhiqian hesitated for a moment: "I haven't thought about it, but my daughter doesn't want to get married yet."
Xu Zun frowned and said: "It's time for men to get married, and for women to get married. At your age, how can you be decent if you don't get married? I'll go talk to Zhang San later, and you won't go to that law firm."
"
"no!"
Xu Zhiqian shouted excitedly.
Xu Zun was startled and looked at his daughter, "Qian'er, tell dad honestly, you and Zhang San...?"
Xu Zhiqian looked cute and said: "What with Zhang San?"
Xu Zundao: "Are you in love with Zhang San?"
"How can it be?"
Xu Zhiqian screamed in fright, and felt the hairs on her hair stand on end, "How could dad think so, how could his daughter fall in love with that slut?"
Xu Zundao: "It's not that dad is just imagining it, it's just that his colleagues think so. And think about it for yourself, after you met Zhang San, you didn't go out with Ying'er and the others all day long.
Just follow Zhang San."
Xu Zhiqian thought for a while, as if some changes had taken place in her life, and frowned and said: "Dad should know that my daughter is busy with business while following Zhang San, but it is not what they think."
"If this were not the case, how could dad allow you to go to court to argue with Zhang San?" Having said that, Xu Zun said: "But you can't always go on like this. You will eventually get married, so let's stop here!
"
"Daddy...?"
"This is what daddy does."
Xu Zun said with a serious face: "Think about it, whenever you can do anything that you can decide on your own, when has dad ever interfered with you? Isn't dad not tolerant enough to you?"
Xu Zhiqian bit her lip and remained silent.
Xu Zun added: "But this girl's marriage is the responsibility of her parents. If dad doesn't help you find a good home, how will you face your mother in the future."
Although Xu Zhiqian was extremely reluctant, she still nodded: "My daughter understands."
Xu Zun hummed: "Dad has asked your Uncle Liu to help you find out. If there is any news, dad will discuss it with you first."
In fact, he is very open-minded, but he will not give in on some issues of principle.
Today's major marriage matters are ordered by parents, and children cannot do it themselves. Xu Zun also believes that this is his responsibility, so naturally he cannot let his daughter do whatever she wants.
In fact, Xu Zun still gives Xu Zhiqian some freedom of choice. Children of the same age as Xu Zhiqian are already married. Xu Zun also hopes that Xu Zhiqian can find a suitable husband by herself, but he also thinks that he cannot keep delaying it like this.
With.
Xu Zun was also determined this time.
Xu Zhiqian also knows his father very well, and Xu Zun has already said so, which means there is no room for maneuver on this matter.
...
at dusk.
There were loud snores in the Zhang family courtyard. Niu Beiqing was lying on the table, fast asleep, while Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi sandwiched Zhang Fei in the middle, one holding his waist and the other holding his arms.
"Hey, hey, hey! What are you two doing holding me? Let go quickly and go home to hug my wife."
Zhang Fei didn't drink much, Niu Beiqing and Feng Nancy were drinking with them. Now the two of them were almost done, so he could only deal with the aftermath on his own.
There was no other way, so Zhang Fei could only sandwich the two of them and walk out the door.
"Hiccup... No, no, I haven't had enough fun in the office yet. We brothers will go to Piaoxianglou to drink and call seven or eight singing girls... hiccup."
"Fuck! I didn't tell you earlier. Now that you are all so virtuous, if you go there, you will definitely have to leave the order. We will go back next time."
"Third brother, have you really forgotten your friends after seeing sex?" Ma Xiaoyi muttered while leaning into Zhang Fei's arms.
Zhang Fei wondered: "Why do you forget your friends when you see sex?"
Ma Xiaoyi pouted and said, "Why do you always bring that Madam Xu? I can also help you with the lawsuit. I don't want any money. I just ask Third Brother to bring me with you."
"Okay, okay, I'll take you there next time. Now that you're so old, stop pretending to be cute."
When he spoke, he had already reached the door. Zhang Fei twisted his body, struggled to pull the two of them apart, pushed Tao Zi into his arms, and then jumped back to close the door.
"Huh...it can be considered as sending these two living treasures away."
Zhang Fei breathed a long sigh of relief, and suddenly glanced at the Xu family, thinking that his benefactors should be back. But if they come back, Xu Zhiqian will definitely come to my house! It won't be me.
Has this lawsuit affected your benefactor?
The more he thought about it, the more worried he became, so he decided to ask.
When I came to the back door, I just opened the door and saw Xu Zhiqian leaning on the edge of the door. When I saw him coming, I just glanced at him.
"What happened?" Zhang Fei asked nervously.
Xu Zhiqian glanced at him and said nothing.
Zhang Fei said anxiously: "You are right!"
Xu Zhiqian curled her lips, with tears in her eyes, and said frustratedly: "I can no longer go to the law firm to help."
"Why?" Zhang Fei asked anxiously: "Did my lawsuit affect your family?"
Xu Zhiqian shook her head and glanced at Zhang Fei shyly, "I...I told you not to laugh."
"Laughing at you...?"
Zhang Fei almost didn't say "laugh at you sister" and rolled his eyes: "Am I such a heartless person? Say it quickly!"
Xu Zhiqian pursed her lips: "Yes...I'm getting married."
"Ah? Marry... marry someone?"
Zhang Fei was stunned.
He thought that he had brought trouble to the Xu family, but he never thought that Xu Zhiqian was getting married.
Xu Zhiqian nodded.
Zhang Fei wanted to laugh, but couldn't, "Are you getting married at such a young age?"
Xu Zhiqian straightened up, "I'm not young anymore."
Zhang Fei's eyes glanced at her chest, "Indeed... she is indeed not small." He then asked, "Who are you going to marry?"
When I asked this question, I felt like I was being cuckolded. It was really weird.
Xu Zhiqian shook her head: "I don't know yet, but my father has asked Uncle Liu to help me find out."
Zhang Fei frowned and said, "So my benefactor is deliberately keeping you at a distance from me today?"
Xu Zhiqian said hurriedly: "Don't get me wrong, dad is also doing it for my own good."
"Of course I know that."
After saying that, Zhang Fei sighed and leaned against the edge of the door.
Xu Zhiqian glanced at him, "Why are you sighing?"
"I..." Zhang Fei shrugged his shoulders: "We are so in sync with each other that we have killed the Kaifeng Mansion, the Court of Punishment, and the Political Hall, and our career is booming. Why don't you make me sigh when you suddenly come like this?
What a tone."
Xu Zhiqian sighed softly: "Who says it's not the case? Actually, I don't want to get married so early."
Zhang Fei straightened up and asked, "Didn't you tell your benefactor?"
Xu Zhiqian said: "Why didn't you tell me, but marriage matters are orders from my parents, and I can't make the decision."
"That's true." Zhang Fei nodded and slumped back.
Xu Zhiqian glanced at Zhang Fei and said, "Zhang San, you are so eloquent, can you help me talk to my father?"
Zhang Fei was very confused: "Other things are easier to talk about, but as for this..."
Seeing that he was in a dilemma, Xu Zhiqian nodded: "That's right, you can't help with this matter."
Seeing her depressed look, Zhang Fei softened his heart and said, "If you really don't want to get married, then I can help you think about it?"
"Thank you!" Xu Zhi thanked her softly, but she also knew how Zhang Fei could help with this kind of thing, and said: "Zhang San, although I can't go to the law firm to help, but you promised me,
But you can’t go back on your word.”
Zhang Fei asked: "What's the matter?"
Xu Zhiqian said excitedly: "It is to help the poor with their lawsuits for free. This is what you promised me in the first place, so I am willing to help you."
Zhang Fei said casually: "Don't worry, using the poor to make money from the rich has always been my philosophy, how could I give up."
Xu Zhiqian glanced at him and said, "I'm going back."
After that, he closed the back door.
'Hey...oh...!"
Back in the courtyard, Zhang Fei sat at the messy wine table. Feeling inexplicably upset, he poured a glass of wine and drank it all.
"Husband."
"ah?"
Zhang Fei was startled and turned his head to look, only to see Gao Wenyin walking over with a rag and looking at him worriedly.
"Is there anything bothering you, husband?" Gao Wenyin asked warmly when he came to the table.
"without...."
Zhang Fei forced a smile: "I encountered some difficult things."
I have to say that Gao Wenyin is a very good person to talk to.
Gao Wenyin asked again: "Is it related to Mrs. Xu?"
Zhang Fei looked at her in surprise, "How could Madam say that?"
Gao Wenyin said: "When we were eating just now, my husband was absent-minded and glanced at the back door from time to time."
"Yeah?"
Zhang Fei said in surprise.
He didn't even realize it himself.
Gao Wenyin nodded and smiled again: "My husband can have such achievements at such an age, so how can I be worthy of him? In fact, everyone can see that my husband and that lady are a match made in heaven."
."
Although she called her husband, Zhang Fei was more of a benefactor in her heart. As a bystander, she had already seen that Xu Zhiqian and Zhang Fei were a real couple.
Zhang Fei frowned and pondered for a while, then suddenly looked at Gao Wenyin and said, "Madam, your words really woke me up from my dream!"
Gao Wenyin smiled slightly and heard Zhang Fei say: "Yes! I am so excellent, how can I be worthy of just one wife? This will overflow. It will take at least three or five wives to barely be able to match my excellence."
."
"...?"
Gao Wenyin looked at him dumbfounded.
...
Cao Mansion!
"Where did you go to drink, you scoundrel?"
Cao Ping looked at Cao Dongdong who was carried back by Tao Zi and the others, and anger appeared on his face.
Cao Dongdong first smiled stupidly at Cao Ping, and then said with confusion: "Zhang San won the lawsuit, and we went to help celebrate."
Cao Ping frowned, "Didn't I tell you that I haven't had much contact with that Zhang San lately? Why didn't you listen?"
"no!"
Cao Dongdong suddenly bulged his eyes and glared at his father, "That's not possible."
Next to him, Tao Zi was in a panic and whispered: "Ya Nei, you've drunk too much."
Cao Ping's mouth twitched and he asked with a gloomy face, "What did you say?"
"No!" Cao Dongdong raised his head and said extremely arrogantly: "As long as Zhang San is here, even if I break the law, I will not be punished by my aunt, hahaha...!"
"You rebellious son...?"
Cao Ping raised his hand violently, and suddenly frowned, yes! Zhang San only has an ear pen, Wang Jiefu can invite him, but I, Cao Ping, can't? He immediately put down his hand, glanced at Cao Dongdong, and laughed.
Said: "You are quite clever."
"That is."
Cao Dongdong was very proud and said with his tongue shaking: "Although my father asked me to have less contact with Zhang San, as long as I can make my aunt happy, will my father dare to hit me? My father saw that my aunt's legs were even weaker than mine.