The absurdity of the young couple last night was nothing to behold. Wang Fu coughed awkwardly and changed the topic: "This garden is extremely beautiful, but there is something very strange. The lotus flowers in our Meishan have bloomed a month ago.
,Why do the lotus flowers in this pond only grow leaves but no flowers?"
"The time has not come yet." Chen Ke said: "This is the north after all, and it has something to do with the variety."
"But this kind of lotus blooms very beautifully, it's the kind of flower that blooms in the house." Su Shi smiled and looked around the garden and said: "This garden has a lot of energy, and it will bloom beautifully when the time comes." He said with a smile: "When the flowering season comes, let's do something about it.
It is also a beautiful thing to have a lotus appreciation banquet and drink wine to look at the lotus flowers."
"That's necessary." Chen Ke said with a smile: "But speaking of lotus, there is a recent article called "The Theory of Love of Lotus" that is very popular in Beijing. Have you heard of it?"
"No." Su Shi shook his head and said: "The western border of Sichuan is still closed after all."
"Flowers of land and water are very lovely. Tao Yuanming of Jin Dynasty only loved chrysanthemums. Since Li and Tang Dynasties, the world has loved peonies. I only love lotus. It emerges from the mud but is not stained. It washes clear ripples without being evil. It is straight in the middle and straight in the outside.
Without vines or branches, the fragrance is far away and the fragrance is clear. The pavilions and pavilions are planted neatly, so you can look at them from a distance but not play with them." Chen Ke then smiled and chanted: "I call chrysanthemum, the flower that is reclusive; peony, the flower that is rich and noble.
Yes; the lotus is the gentleman of flowers. Alas! The love of chrysanthemums is rarely heard of after Tao; the love of lotus, who can give it to others; the love of peonies is suitable for everyone..."
"What a pure and elegant writing, what a noble gentleman!" Su Shi praised: "I wonder who wrote this article?"
"This person's name is Zhou Dunyi and Mr. Lianxi." Chen Ke said.
"I've never heard of it." Su Shi shook his head.
Chen Kexin said that he didn't know whether it was because Da Su was ignorant or because Lao Zhou was not well-known. The great founder of Taoism was still not famous in the world. He smiled and said: "His student is called Cheng Bochun."
"Sage Cheng." Su Shi suddenly said: "It turns out that he is the old saint who taught two saints."
"Exactly," Chen Ke nodded and said with a smile: "Lao Zhou and the Cheng brothers have been preaching Taoism hard in the past two years. They have really gained some influence."
"Wang Gong's new learning is probably better." Su Che interjected: "I've been hearing so much lately that my ears have become calloused."
"What do you think of the new learning?" Chen Ke asked.
"Actually, it was fine in the past. It was refreshing to learn from the strengths of others and the traces of hundreds of schools of chaff. It has many advantages," Su Shi said slowly: "But recently, it has been blindly focusing on Mencius and ignoring Confucius, which is quite unreasonable and wants to force others to agree with oneself. It is disappointing.
Kind of good at learning.”
"Have you read "The Book of Ten Thousand Words" that he published the year before last?"
"I saw it last year at the old man's place in Longling Prefecture."
"Mr. Long has returned to his hometown?" Chen Chen asked.
"Yes." Su Shi said quite proudly: "The old gentleman returned to his hometown to take care of himself when he was an octogenarian. He heard that he was called a humble person, so he was specially summoned to have a long talk for several days, and he benefited a lot."
"Zizhan is really lucky." Chen Erlang said enviously: "We don't know if we will have a chance to meet Mr. Lingzhou..."
In this era, at least so far, the most knowledgeable person in Meizhou and even Sichuan is not Sansu, nor Chen Ke. It is an old man named Long Changqi. He is also from Meizhou, and is Chen Ke's grandfather.
He has extensive knowledge and is master of everything. For more than a decade, the old gentleman has traveled all over the world and given countless lectures. He has many peaches and plums... Wen Yanbo, known as the most wise man in the Song Dynasty, was his student.
"Yes, the old gentleman was invited by the imperial court and will arrive in Beijing soon." Chen Ke said, "It was Zhao Zongshi who strongly recommended it to the imperial court."
"When the time comes, I want to take a look at the old gentleman's style." Chen Chen said leisurely and fascinated.
"There will be a chance." Chen Ke sneered in his heart. Wen Yanbo was kicked out of the capital and it was not honest. He was afraid that he would be forgotten by the new king in the future, so he would follow Zhang Liang's plan and move his teacher to the capital to help Zhao Zongshi! He changed the topic
He came back and said, "I haven't told you yet, what do you think of the Book of Ten Thousand Words?"
The Su brothers looked at each other, and it was Su Shi who spoke up: "I have read "The Book of Ten Thousand Words" many times, and discussed it with Ziyou many times. It is really exciting. We both completely agree on 'eliminating the evils of the times' and 'suppressing mergers and acquisitions'"
', 'to promote agriculture', 'to strengthen the army and enrich the country' and other big goals." After a pause, the topic changed: "However, having a way is 'the wise man's plan, the most important thing is to leave no trace', but Wang Jiefu advocated 'heavy rain and strong wind'
, the momentum is overwhelming'... Even if the Song Dynasty is already seriously ill, it should be strengthened and strengthened, and it should be treated slowly. If you suddenly use the medicine of tiger and wolf, I'm afraid it will backfire."
"However, it cannot be ruled out that Wang Jiefu deliberately made shocking noises," Su Zhe said softly: "Perhaps when he is really allowed to do it, he will still 'see what is clear and make a plan', and decide on the scale first and then engage in it.
.”
"That's right." Su Shi nodded and said: "If the imperial court is really dead and needs to be cheered up, it needs Wang Jiefu's aggressiveness to stir up the muddy water!"
"Haha..." Chen Ke smiled and nodded. He found that it was a bit too early to discuss this issue with them. Even if they were Ersu, they were only at the starting point of their official careers. It was at a time when they were full of longings and felt that the world was extremely beautiful.
.I won’t have much resonance with Wang Jiefu’s tactics.
In fact, Chen Ke came with a mission today. Zhao Zongji was very interested in the world-famous 'Sansu' and hoped that he could bring them over. But now he felt that it would be of no benefit to both parties... It was better to let him
The two uncles stay out of it and grow up naturally.
"We talk about national affairs as soon as we meet," the younger sister Lan Xinhuizhi said. Seeing the awkwardness, she laughed and said, "But we little girls are left alone."
"That's right, we only talk about romance, not politics." Chen Ke said with a smile.
"Speaking of Fengyue," how smart is Su Shi? He didn't know that Chen Ke had something to say just now. But considering the relationship between the two of them, since he didn't know anything about it, he pretended to be confused and said with a smile: "Little sister, has your husband-in-law ever been...
The leader of the romantic squad in Bianjing City."
"It's all in the past." Chen Ke smiled awkwardly and shot back: "You will be the next one, believe it or not?"
"Thank you for your good advice..." Su Shi smiled proudly.
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The Chen brothers stayed at Su's house for most of the day, and when Su Xun was about to come back, they slipped out of the back door.
On the way home, Chen Ke saw something strange happening on the street. He saw some burly men shouting at the top of their lungs: "Follow us, follow us, two hundred coins a day, sit with your arms folded, and you'll get food and shelter."
ah!"
"Follow us, stay with us, three hundred cents a day, do nothing, get food, accommodation and gifts!"
Following these shouts, the lazy people and scoundrels on the street all surrounded them, with three floors inside and three floors outside. Of course, whichever house offers the highest price will have the most people in front of them. Some people were still not satisfied and said: "People
On the street in front of me, I spent as much as 1,000 yuan in three days."
Such a high price and no need to do anything. I have never heard of such a good thing. Chen Chen smiled and said: "Where can I recruit such a generous person?"
"Let's go take a look." Chen Ke stopped the car, got out of the car and joined Erlang.
"This old man." He saw that it was too difficult to squeeze in, so he asked an old man outside who was watching the fun: "Is what they said true? You can earn hundreds of coins a day without doing anything?"
"It's true." The old man looked to be in his seventies or eighties. He leaned on his stick and said, "If they didn't think I was too old, I would have gone too. Alas, even those over sixty are not too old. I am only seventy. It’s too old to be old.”
"Where are they recruiting workers?" Chen Chen asked curiously: "I never saw them raising any banners. Could it be that they are kidnappers?"
"What do kidnappers do to kidnap stinky men?" The old man said with a smile, "Don't worry, they are recruited by the Imperial Army."
"It turns out it's the Imperial Army recruiting troops." Chen Keqi asked: "Why are there no people wearing military uniforms or official uniforms?"
"It's not a normal recruitment," the old man said, "It's just a temporary recruitment."
"It turns out it's temporary..." Chen Ke said disappointedly.
"Otherwise." The old man said with a smile: "No one can afford to support you with hundreds of dollars every day." He lowered his voice and said: "But don't worry, this kind of thing happens only once or twice. When the superiors want to order the school, the Imperial Guards will send out their whole families and go to the camp to make up the numbers. If that is not enough, they will go to the streets to pull people in, just like now."
"Are you recruiting people to make up the numbers?" Chen Ke asked.
"yes."
"Aren't you afraid of being exposed?" Chen Ke said with wide eyes, "We have never been a soldier. If we are exposed, why don't we sit on the throne?"
"Young student, looking at your appearance, you don't look like you are short of money?" The old man looked at him strangely: "You want to sign up too?"
"I feel unhappy because I always spend family money." Chen Ke said with a smile: "If there is such a business where you can make money by sitting back and doing nothing, I would also like to sign up." He said sheepishly: "I'm afraid of giving it to you. The old man in the family is causing trouble."
"Don't worry." The old man had no doubts anymore and said with a smile: "The soldiers of the Forbidden Army in each wing have already mastered how to deal with the senior officials." After a pause, he stretched out his skinny fingers and said: "Of course, first of all, we have to Once everything is in place and the baggage that needs to be stuffed is enough, then we can say nothing else. Then we hire ordinary people to put on military uniforms, take the guys, and go to the camp to stand on duty."
"If the senior officials at the command school want to inspect the soldiers' drills, wouldn't they reveal their secrets?"
"This is easy to handle. There are always serious soldiers in the camp. When the time comes, just let them come out and give them a show. In fact, there are many capable people in the Forbidden Army. The old man has seen them riding horses, shooting arrows, and practicing sword and gun sparring. They are very impressive." The old man laughed and said, "And every time we go to school, there is a special program - someone climbs a pole, a large flagpole several feet high. They get naked, play various tricks, and finally take off the colorful ball on the top of the pole. , presented it to the head of the school with great respect, and the head immediately became so happy that he could not close his mouth, and he was sure to pass." Everyone understood what this program hinted at: "It is like this every time, some special performers , some people who were specifically on the stand pretended to be confused, and everyone worked together to pass this section."