It's almost dusk, and the village's grain drying ground is filled with banquets. Tables and benches have been moved from each household. Bowls, chopsticks, and dishes are all gathered together. The scene is very lively, with old people and new residents in the village.
It was quite lively to sit around and chatter.
Originally, there were only 300 households in Zhujiagou. A group of refugees settled there a few months ago. Now more than 200 people have come to seek refuge. The total number of households in Zhujiagou is nearly 500. Such a village can be called a town.
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The grain drying field was lively, and although there were only two tables in the Li family residence, it was not lonely, especially after bringing out two jars of good wine.
Zhu Wei was an old man in Guanzhong. He took advantage of the chaos in the past few months to buy a large field on the other side of the Jinghe River. The fields allocated by the Guanzhong Prefecture's military system could not be bought and sold, but not all the fields could not be bought and sold.
Zhuangzi became more and more popular. Zhu Wei drank a few more glasses, and soon Xunxunran took Li Shan, who had just come over, and said, "Da Lang, wait until next year to enter the imperial examination and become an official, and then make meritorious service. If you get the title, you can simply kill Zhuangzi."
Take it under your wing..."
Wang Ren, who was standing aside, counted on his hands, "The county official can feed 1,500 households, the county magistrate can feed 1,000 households, the county uncle can feed 700 households, and the county son can feed 500 households."
"But there are very few actual conferees in this dynasty, and the actual conferrals granted by the Duke of the State are only for seven to eight hundred households... five hundred households, I'm afraid at least one county prince will be needed."
Li Kai smiled and said: "Brother Xiaoqing may have forgotten that Zhujiagou is still nominally under the name of Dongshan Temple."
"Yes, yes." Zhu Wei nodded vigorously, "The refugees were registered and registered a few months ago, but the current batch may not..."
Li Kai smiled and echoed a few words. Zhujiagou does not exist in the Chang'an County government documents. If Su Dingfang and others are not logical, then there are only a few dozen households in Zhujiagou in name. If Li Shan had a county
Son, maybe it will work.
Unfortunately, when he arrived in Shandong this time, Li Shan did not join the Prince of Qin's Palace. He wanted to take the imperial examination and become an official. However, even if he joined the Prince of Qin's Palace, with the check and balance of the East Palace, he would not be able to get a title.
What's more, the incident in Qinghe County has spread throughout Chang'an, and many officials have written letters... Thinking of this, Li Kai turned his head and whispered: "Huairen, we will return to the city first, and we will hold a banquet at Dongshan Restaurant tomorrow evening to welcome you and wash away the dust.
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After a pause, Li Kai added: "Chang Sun Chong, Fang Yizhi, Gao Xiuxi, and Du He are all here."
Li Shan was stunned and wanted to stand up to salute and thank him, but was pulled down by Li Kai.
"There is no need to be polite between you and me." Li Kai smiled gently, stood up and said goodbye to the Zhu family next door, and said hello to Su Dingfang before leaving with Wang Renbiao.
Li Shan sighed slightly, a person like Li Kai... is not without scheming, but with such a temperament, to put it nicely, he is a good friend that everyone wants, but to put it harshly... is a bit stupid.
Wang Renbiao said frankly before that many people in Chang'an were slandering Li Shan... No one was stupid. As Cui Xin's wife Zhang said, no descendant of aristocratic families would do such stupid things.
Li Shanbi was not from a noble family, but he had made great achievements this time. Some people did not like Li Shan and began to spread all kinds of rumors... After all, Li Shanming was close to the Prince of Qin's Palace on the surface, and he offended the Prince of the East Palace... At least in the eyes of many people
This is how it comes.
The reason why Wang Renbiao spoke frankly today...is mainly because he noticed that among those who leaked the news, Wang Renyou was among them.
He was beaten to a bloody head in Changlepo. After that, Wang Renyou suffered several losses from the Qin Prince's children. Before, Li Shan became famous and almost got angry. Now he gets the opportunity to throw money at Li Shan.
dirty water.
There are even vague rumors that Li Shan was born in a poor family and hated the sons of the aristocratic family the most... This is also the reason why Wang Renbiao and Li Kai, two sons of the aristocratic family, came to Zhujiagou today.
Li Shan couldn't help but think that it wasn't just Wang Renyou who had spread the news... Li Dewu must have also put in a lot of effort. The latter rumor was more likely to be spread by Li Dewu.
Therefore, Li Shan naturally knew about Li Kai's invitation and his good intentions. If you think about it, you will know that the people who will take over for him tomorrow are not the more familiar Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin, but Fang Yizhi, Changsun Chong, Du He, and Gao
fulfill.
Why?
The first two came from poor families. Cheng Yaojin's ancestors once served as officials, but by his generation they had become poor.
The last four were all from aristocratic families. Changsun Chong was born in Perak Hall in Luoyang, Gao Xingyi was a descendant of the Northern Qi clan, Du He was born in the Du family in Jingzhao, and Fang Yizhi was born in the Fang family in Qinghe.
Although Li Shan was repulsive to the aristocratic family, his repulsion was limited to facing this group, and he did not shy away from interacting with the family members... In the final analysis, the reason why Li Shan was able to struggle to this extent was because of Wang Renbiao and Li Kai.
Shijiazi's help.
Although he killed Cui Bo, Li Shan never had the arrogant idea of overthrowing the clan in this era. He tried to find a way for the river clan families to coexist, or use some soft knives to achieve the effect of weakening the clan.
In fact, Li Shan knew very well that the aristocratic family originated in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. However, due to the separation of the north and the south for hundreds of years, the Sui Dynasty was short-lived. The true peak of the aristocratic family was actually in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, but that was also their last
Brilliant.
Li Shan was playing with the wine cup in his hand, and he had a lot of thoughts in his mind. If he talked about soft knives... he had a lot of ideas, and he could even give them some sweetness.
However, these all require one to have a certain level of strength and status.
"Huairen." Su Dingfang didn't know when he appeared next to him.
"Brother Su..." Li Shan raised his wine cup.
The two drank it all in one gulp. Su Dingfang looked complicated and said sincerely: "I see, that's it."
"Haha, Brother Su regretted it after knowing the inside story?"
Su Dingfang changed his color and said, "How does Huairen treat someone this way?"
"Brother Su, that's what's bad about him. He can't be joking."
"This sentence is just a joke." Su Dingfang smiled slightly, "After months of hardships, don't you still know who Huairen is?"
Li Shan laughed loudly, "Unexpectedly, Brother Su can also joke!"
Su Dingfang felt that his life was miserable. He moved to Guanzhong when he was a child, and later had to move back to his ancestral home. His father died early, and he fought for several years without being reused. His adoptive father died...
But the young man next to him obviously had a much harder life than his own. He was born in the smog-infested Lingnan. He finally looked forward to returning to Guanzhong, but was abandoned by his father. He had no place to apply what he had learned, and there were still things like Hedong in front of him.
Pei is such a giant, but he can be free and easy and move forward with his head held high.
"Li Demou and Wang Xiaoqing briefly mentioned the situation in Beijing. What are Huairen's plans?"
"Let's do it step by step. The first step is of course next year's scientific examination."
Su Dingfang hesitated for a moment, "Jinshi Department...I heard that poetry is used to determine the ranking."
Obviously, Su Dingfang is not very optimistic about it.
Li Shan smiled and thought that he would have to review the book of poems written in pinyin letters before going to bed tonight... He actually remembered it now.
Although it is said that poetry mainly relies on talent, Li Shan doesn’t think so... I mainly rely on hard thinking!
What kind of proposition is it to compose a poem? I, Li Shan, am not that talented!
Li Shan kept thinking in his mind, and he had already inquired about it. In the early Tang Dynasty, the Jinshi subject did not require propositions and life, and you could submit papers in advance.
In this way, you have more room for choice, but you need to pay attention to those poems that use allusions more carefully... On the one hand, you have to understand them, so as not to be questioned, and on the other hand, you must also pay attention to the allusions that have not yet been
Come out early...
While Li Shan was thinking about it, Su Dingfang whispered: "Uncle Ling is still in the house."