Chapter 2185 Drinking wine on a snowy day
For most people, the snowy scene in winter is nothing attractive. If you have free time to go outside to blow the cold wind and suffer from the cold, it is better to stay at home and stay warm.
?Only a small group of people, especially those who do not have to participate in labor, are particularly interested in the snow scene, and they often clamor to enjoy the snow...
This is the case for Xin Xianying.
Outside Chang''an City, at the foot of Lishan Mountain, there is a mountain pavilion.
Outside the mountain pavilion, there is a Wupai chariot.
Xin Xianying was in the car, stretching her head and looking out the window. She saw several cars winding up from a distance. The cavalry in front of the cars were flying the three-color flag of the Han Hussars...
Coming, coming! It must be Sister Wang who is here! Xin Xianying grumbled out of the car, then stood in front of the car waving her arms and shouting, somewhat excited.
Since the winter, one is because of the cold weather, and the other, more important reason is that the food price incident has caused overall instability in Chang''an, so Xin Xianying has been at home. After the overall situation in Chang''an is basically stable and everything is on track, Naturally, I couldn''t sit still at home, so I made an appointment to wait here early.
?On a snowy day, there are not many pedestrians coming to the vicinity of Lishan Mountain. Of course, normal people will not run into the mountains when it snows...
The person who came was indeed Wang Shu. After meeting her, Xin Xianying felt cold immediately. She immediately climbed into Wang Shu''s vehicle without saying a word, and then put her hands and feet under the warm quilt before letting out a long breath. tone.
Why were you born so slow? Xin Xianying said in a gibbering voice, with some small complaints that had been suppressed for a long time.
??Wang Shu made a haha ??sound and gently kicked Xin Xianying''s feet out from the warm quilt, "It''s such a cold day that I went crazy with you here. Why do you blame me for saying you''re late?" Come on, you can go play by yourself, I''ll go back first! 』
Xin Xianying rolled her eyes, and then rudely stuffed her feet into the warm quilt, "Sister Wang is so stingy that she can''t even talk about it...Where''s Sister Zhen?" Why didn''t you come together? 』
"I''m in the back, saying I''m going to the merchant''s store to get something..." Wang Shu said, "It''s best to get some newly released Drunken Fairy Wine... Once the small red stove is warmed, the fragrance will fill the house..."
Xin Xianying nodded repeatedly.
?Wang Shu glanced over and said, "You are a kid, you can''t drink..."
Xin Xianying puffed up her chest and said, "Why am I so small?" I''m not young anymore! 』
"oh? Where is it not too small? Let me see..." Wang Shu laughed twice, and then stretched out his hand towards Xin Xianying.
Xin Xianying hid quickly, and then she was scratched on both sides of her body. She burst into laughter and rolled around in the car, and then in turn scratched Wang Shu...
The two people were laughing and joking. When Zhen Mi arrived, she saw two people in the car, with red faces, messy hair and disheveled clothes. She couldn''t help but look left and right with slightly weird eyes.
Xin Xianying was thin-skinned, then she pulled the curtains and lowered them, and said in a muffled voice, "Sister Zhen, wait a moment..."
Zhen Mi smiled, looked around, and asked someone to clean the pavilion, then hang up a curtain and lay out the mats, brocade cushions and other things they brought.
In a short time, the original simple mountain pavilion turned into a small elegant room.
??The thick cloth curtain not only blocks the cold wind, but is also embroidered with bamboo patterns. The wind blows and ripples, just like a bamboo forest swaying in the wind. It is very beautiful to look at, but of course it is also expensive.
After Xin Xianying rearranged her hair and clothes, she got out of the car and entered the pavilion. She looked around and sighed, "I knew it was right to call Sister Zhen here... Look, look at the layout... Huh?" What scent? 』
Zhen Mi smiled slightly and said, "Guess?" 』
Xin Xianying wrinkled her little nose and sniffed, distinguishing, but when she saw Zhen Mi laying out several books, she immediately shouted in dissatisfaction, "Why did you bring books here?" "Because of the turmoil in Chang''an, Xin Xianying has been reading books at home for more than a month. Now of course she has a headache after seeing the book.
Zhen Mi smiled and handed a book with "A Brief Commentary on the Analects of Confucius" written on the cover to Xin Xianying, "Read it first and then talk..."
Xin Xianying took the book with some displeasure, then flipped through two pages and muttered: "They are all superficial annotations, nothing new... huh?" 』
Having not even finished speaking, Xin Xianying felt something was wrong, and then she couldn''t help but put her head close to the book, wrinkled her little nose slightly, and sniffed...
What is this for? You don’t need to read the book, you just need to smell it? Wang Shu brought some food and told him what to do with it before entering the mountain pavilion. He saw Xin Xianying holding a book and reading it. He couldn''t help but be startled, and then joked, "I haven''t seen you for many days, and I never knew it." Got some new skills? 』
Zhen Mi smiled and handed Wang Shu another book.
"Um? ” Wang Shu took the book and was stunned for a moment, “This book...has it been scented? "Fumigating clothes with spices is a luxury enough, but Zhen Mi actually smokes books?"
Zhen Mi smiled and said: "This book is supervised by the Dahan Chamber of Commerce and will be sold after the first month of next year... These few copies are samples..."
?The last time Zhen Mi and others offered sweet rice, although it was Xin Xianying who showed up, and Wang Shu was the one who assisted, and Zhen Mi stayed behind, it was Zhen Mi who gained the most actual benefits in the end. Of course, from a certain perspective, everyone gets what they need. Xin Xianying was young, and all she wanted was to be famous, and then she would become famous naturally. Wang Shu wanted to gain more power, so she gained power and was promoted to an official position, while Zhen Mi gained profit...
It is also a brand new business at the moment, spices.
??Of course these books are not specially smoked with spices. Even Zhen Mi cannot afford such luxury, but Zhen Mi doesn''t mind if others think so. In fact, these papers are all leftovers from the spice business...
??If it hadn''t been for General Fei''s advice, Zhen Mi would never have imagined that the spice business could actually play a variety of tricks. Compared with her previous model of purely purchasing goods and then selling them, Zhen Mi would have been nothing short of heaven and earth.
The most basic thing is to sell raw materials, which is also the original most basic spice business model.
But when we arrived at the Cavalry General Feiqian''s place, the sale of raw materials was strictly prohibited, and only finished products could be sold...
In the process of making spices from raw materials to various finished products, of course there is a step that requires grinding, frying, and roasting. Then these papers are hung in the room of this step. A batch is changed every three months, and they are naturally tainted with fragrance. It looks like it has been specially smoked with spices, but there are actually no additional spices.
??There are also those spice scraps, which are also ground into fine powder, and then added to the charcoal powder, and pressed into ink sticks, which is another new thing...
Such as the Zuixianjiu that Wang Xi talked about, it was actually because some processes required soaking spices, so the water was used to distill and cook the wine, which became the popular Zuixianjiu.
Of course, Zhen Mi also has some regrets. These are just operations that Zhen Mi is responsible for, and the business is still under the Dahan Chamber of Commerce. However, Zhen Mi also understands that if not for this, she would not have obtained these methods, let alone have the opportunity to come into contact with them. The spice business.
Every gain must come with a loss.
?This hussar general is really...
Thinking of the hussar general Fei Qian, Zhen Mi was naturally in a trance, and did not hear Xin Xianying''s question for a while.
『Sister Zhen…Sister Zhen? 』
Xin Xianying''s small face suddenly appeared in front of Zhen Mi. Zhen Mi was startled. She subconsciously pushed it out with her hand, and then pinched it subconsciously, "Hey, it''s not too small..."
It is to cause another scream...
?Wang Shu also laughed when he saw this, and then said: "Just now in the car, this little lady Xin was still saying that she was old..."
"ah! Xin Xianying''s face was red, she protected her chest with her hands, huddled aside, with tears in her eyes, "You two, you are bullying me..."
Zhen Mi said: "No, no, this is not meant to bully... It''s just that, after all, Miss Xin has reached the age to talk about marriage..." Xin Xianying was ashamed, angry and anxious, and squirmed again. Zhen Mi patted the back of the hand she extended and said, "Don''t say it, don''t say it!" I don''t listen, I don''t listen! 』
Zhen Mi held Xin Xianying''s hand and said seriously: "Sister, if you really want to listen to your sister''s words, you have to take a good look at it for yourself... If you can find someone you like, you''d better tell your father first." Words of mouth... Otherwise, when the time comes, your parents’ orders... ugh... you won’t be able to control everything..."
?Wang Shu, who was standing aside, couldn''t help but sigh slightly and remained silent.
"Okay, let''s not talk anymore. Let''s take a look at this... This is also a new sachet produced by the Dahan Chamber of Commerce. It is most suitable for my daughter''s family to wear..." Zhen Mi rolled her eyes and smiled as she took a few more sachets from the hand of the maid on the side. He handed the objects to the two of them one by one, and said, "You may wish to appreciate them..."
?Under Lishan Mountain, the three women seemed to have relaxed their mood. They were admiring the snowy scenery, drinking wine, chatting about their daughter''s family, and looking at various knitted and embroidered women''s red things. They seemed a little leisurely.
But in Chang''an, the atmosphere is still a bit tense...
Because Zhang Shi obviously did not want to die in vain, and he also harbored hatred, he took action against these big families in Chang''an Sanfu, and captured the Meiyang Sakon branch as soon as he showed up.
Although Meiyang belongs to Youfufeng in name, it is actually not far from Chang''an. It is also a large county in Guanzhong from the Western Han Dynasty to the present. It has also been the fiefdom of several people. It was not until the last Xiliang rebellion in Chang''an that Meiyang was Somewhat declined.
It was precisely because of the military turmoil that some of the original big households in the Meiyang area ran away. Then the people of the Zhi family, who had been unknown before, found opportunities after surviving the military turmoil, and annexed many people overtly and covertly. Land, in order to reduce the taxes paid on these lands, bribes were paid, and then they were arrested...
The news of the capture of the Meiyang Zhi clan soon spread to the Chang''an Mausoleum. Within Maoling, although the houses were row upon row, it was somewhat lonely and deserted.
?Amidst the falling snow, a group of people were drinking in a restaurant.
One of them is Du Ji.
Du Ji was taking his turn to take a rest, and then someone came to him for a drink. Du Ji didn''t want to come at first, but he couldn''t help but went to the restaurant. As a result, he was recognized by several other nobles, and they came up to greet him, and then they sat around and drank together.
When Du Ji was young, he was sharp-tongued and pointed, but as he grew older, he gradually became more restrained, like an old sword whose edge can only be seen when used occasionally.
The snow is falling outside the window, making the sky a little dark, but inside the restaurant there are lights and a brazier with hot wine, which makes it feel a bit warm.
??These younger generation of nobles are the most youthful and energetic, and they especially like to debate. If they have the blessing of the keyboard artifact of later generations, they will not be tired even if they argue for three days and three nights. In addition, it has been snowing these past few days, so naturally not many people will go to Longshouyuan to blow the cold wind despite the snow. Therefore, after drinking and chatting at the beginning, they gradually got into the debate about current affairs, which was also very normal.
It’s just that Du Ji knew it was wrong and wanted to leave, but these people refused to let him go. In the end, Du Ji said that it was okay to stay, but he couldn’t discuss current affairs. If he wanted to discuss current affairs, he should go to Qinglong Temple...
Who will go in this weather?
“It’s snowing heavily today, and black horses and yellow horses have become white horses. How about we start by talking about white horses and non-horses?” 』
In the high seat of the restaurant, someone said.
The theory that a white horse is not a horse is an interesting topic for Gongsun Long, a disciple of the king of Pingyuan in the State of Zhao during the Warring States Period. Gongsun Long is a representative figure of the famous practitioners. The so-called famous criminals are those who argue by correcting names and are good at language analysis, and they are often sophists. The white horse is not a horse theory is a famous sophistry logic.
Although Du Ji said that he could not discuss current affairs, is it possible that he would not be involved at all?
The white horse is not a horse, that’s what it is.
At that time, horse plague suddenly broke out in the Zhao State, and a large number of war horses died. In order to prevent the plague from being introduced to the Qin State, the Qin State prohibited horses from entering Guanzhong. As a result, Gongsun Long said that the white horse was not a horse, and stunned the officials at the pass of the Qin State. Enter the customs.
Everyone basically knew about this, so it was natural to divide into two factions from the beginning. They either used the theories of Zhang Yi and Su Qin in the Warring States Policy to argue, or they used the scriptures in the Chunqiu Zuozhuan to explain it. , it became lively as soon as the time came.
Although it is said to be a white horse on the surface, what does the white horse refer to?
What is a horse?
Brother Bohou, do you have anything to say about whether a white horse is a horse or not? 』
That is, someone put the topic in Du Ji''s hands, and then a group of people looked at Du Ji.
Du Ji sighed slightly and said: "A white horse is not a horse. It is a myth. If you give up common ground and seek differences, you will have disputes. Only when you give up differences and seek common ground can you become a wise man. If we use Gongsun''s theory, a white horse is not a horse. The same goes for scholars." Not human..."
The high-rise restaurants in the Han Dynasty were basically all-wood structures, with eight load-bearing wooden columns, long beams and long eaves, and the interior space was high and open. Normally, there are curtains separating each other. If the curtains are removed, the entire hall can accommodate dozens to hundreds of people.
At this time, the Qing Lun opened all the curtains. Even those who did not participate in the debate paid more or less attention to this point. After hearing what Du Ji said, "Scholars are not human beings," they It was a moment when no one responded.
?Snowflakes are falling down and seem to make a popping sound.
Du Ji looked at the friend who invited him here before, then raised his hands and said: "It''s getting late, I have official business tomorrow, that is..."
Before Du Ji finished speaking, another person shouted: "Du Jun will stop for a moment and discuss another topic!" After this question, I will never force you to stay! 』
Du Ji paused for a moment, then signaled: "Please speak." 』
"The heaven and the earth are unkind and regard all things as stupid dogs; the saints are unkind and regard the common people as stupid dogs." A public comment on Heshang said, "Heaven helps the earth to transform, and it does not use kindness and kindness, and just let nature take its course." Another saying goes, "Heaven and earth give birth to all things. Human beings are the most precious. Heaven and earth regard them as grass and dogs, and there is no expectation of retribution." I wonder how Du Jun explains this? 』
?Du Ji pondered slightly, and then said: "What do you think?" 』
“When the heaven and the earth are natural, and nothing is done to govern them, how can hair grow in different places? Each has its own reason, how can it be generalized, just like oranges in the south and tangerines in the north? 』
Du Ji smiled, shook his head and said, "There is a saying in Husband. In ancient times, those who overcame thorns and cut through thorns, and opened up China through blue and blue roads, are the saints. The rest are only the sages of the Spring and Autumn Period... Therefore, the saints mentioned by Laozi should be Fuxi Yanhuang... Therefore, Lao Tzu''s meaning is neither unkind nor inaction. Just think about it, if Yan and Huang did nothing, they would not be able to defeat Chiyou... Now you and I are just covered with skin and feathers, wearing feathers and drinking blood. How are we different from Hu? Therefore, its true meaning should be "use"! 』
『Heaven and earth are used by all things, and saints are used by the people! Since they are used, they are not benevolent. Only when the rut dogs are used for their own purposes is it the way of the saints in heaven and earth! ” As soon as Du Ji said this, everyone was shocked.
Many ordinary gentry children would stare at the word "unkind" and then say that "unkind" should actually mean this or that. But now Du Ji directly stated that in fact "unkind" has no special meaning. When Lao Tzu expressed this sentence, he paid more attention to expressing an attitude of "use"...
Therefore, Lao Tzu said, between heaven and earth, is it like a chariot? It is empty but not yielding, and it moves and emerges. Hearing too much makes you poor, but staying in the middle..." Du Ji continued, "If you say this clearly, why should you doubt it? 』
"Heaven and earth must have their own course, and Lao Tzu also said, "It''s better to stay within it"! If the order of heaven and earth is disturbed, wouldn''t the way of saints be like this: "The more you hear, the less you learn"? ! ” someone retorted.
Unexpectedly, Du Ji also nodded and said, "That''s right!" There should be stability in heaven and earth. This statement is naturally correct. However, what is said is normal, is it normal for you? Is it common for everyone? Or is it the constant nature of heaven and earth? 』
‘This…’ The person originally could not answer.
?Someone in the crowd shouted, "How is the hussar?" Is it just like everyone else? Is it normal for heaven and earth? 』
Du Ji looked over and said with a smile, "Who do you think you are, but you don''t know that Brother Meiyang Geng is here...and he is here for the Zhi family?" 』
?Meiyang was Geng Yan''s fiefdom. After Liu Xiu became emperor, Geng Yan became a powerful general and a good prince. Later, there were descendants of the Geng family in Meiyang, but with the decline of Geng Bi, the Geng family fell into trouble and was downgraded again and again...
??This time when I came to Chang''an Mausoleum, I was obviously afraid that I would be implicated in some way, so I didn''t dare to go directly to the Hussar General, so I first went to Du Ji and other original Guanzhong factions to find out.
Du Ji stood up, obviously not wanting to get mixed up in this pool of muddy water, "Is it normal for a hussar... As a minister under his command, he should be avoided in principle... But today you have to ask, if a certain person is not allowed to avoid you... If you say that, you are suspected of dereliction of duty... Regardless of the permanent and impermanent, look at the silver-lined clothes on your body, the gold fans in your hands, drinking this drunken immortal wine, eating Qiang soup... The hussars have modified farm tools, established water conservancy, opened open channels, and installed The refugees, the common people set up temples, and the Qiang and Hu abandoned and surrendered... If this is the case, it is also said to be impermanent... Haha, the heaven and the earth are not benevolent, and treat all things as stupid dogs; the saints are unkind, and treat the people as stupid dogs! Little did they know that the dead dog had not yet been laid out, and it was held in a suitcase, and the scarf was embroidered with embroidery, and the corpse was given a blessing and a warning to catch it! It''s already old. Travelers trample on its head and spine, while Suzhou people take it and pick it up! Only then will the heaven and earth rotate, and the chatter will continue! 』
‘Everyone, think about it! Farewell! 』
(End of this chapter)