first minister

Chapter 126

With the impressive deeds at the previous winter solstice banquet as the foundation, and the eldest lady who is very prestigious among them is in charge, at this farewell banquet, none of the outstanding figures of the younger generation of the Su family did anything provocative or stupid.

On the contrary, in front of Xie Yuan, Sishuizhou and Yunmengzhou, they felt an urge to show their own strength and win the other party's recognition and praise.

After drinking for three rounds and cooking, the atmosphere in the venue gradually improved. Su Yanyan smiled and said: "Today, you are all talented people of my Su family. Today, I am honored to gather with Mr. Xie Yuan Xia and Mr. Bai of Sishui and Yunmeng two states. You may wish to speak freely, and the conversation will prove that it will be beneficial."

Everyone nodded in unison, not knowing who started it, everyone started from the vast mist of Dongting Lake in front of them, talked about the glory of the Su family, talked about hydrology and geography, talked about the situation of states and counties, and finally talked about the general trend of the world.

"This Dongting Lake is vast and ethereal, and it is magnificent. Whenever you come here and look at it, you can't help but feel a lot of pride in your heart."

"I think the ancestors of my Su family laid the foundation of their family business on the edge of Yueyang City and by the Dongting Lake. After several generations of development, they have achieved today's glory. The north controls the Jiangxia, the south reaches Xiaoxiang, and the richness and prosperity of Dongting, which is [-] miles away, is really a model of foresight!"

"This statement is very true. The lifeblood of Yunmeng State lies on this big river and a big lake. Whoever can control this big river can control the entire Yunmeng State. The ancestors of my Su family established their clan here, so they have the courage to dominate a state."

"It doesn't stop here. My Yunmeng Prefecture is located in the upper reaches of the great river. The navy can go down the river to deter Guangling and Langya states. If it goes up, it can enter Surabaya against the current, which is the most convenient access to Surabaya. If you go north, you can look at Zhongzhou from the Sixiang Prefecture. To the south, there are Baiyue Prefecture and various barbarian countries.

"Hey, speaking of it, this imperial court has really come to a time of decay. The traitors control the government and deceive the saints, so that corruption is rampant and cruel officials are rampant. In the long run, the country will not be a country. I am afraid that the day when the world will change is not far away!"

As expected of a core clan member from a top wealthy family, although this knowledge is a bit shallow and simple, it is also quite meritorious, and it is not comparable to the children of ordinary people's age.

And these words also made Xia Jingyun stunned, turned his head to look at Su Yanyan, his questioning eyes seemed to say, "Aren't you afraid that the court will investigate you for saying these things so openly?"

Su Yanyan smiled, and also signaled with his eyes, "It's okay."

Xia Jingyun turned his head and glanced at Bai Yunbian again. As expected, the young master of the prefectural historian was only silent, but he didn't open his mouth to refute.

And when the words of troubled times started, the young masters of the Su family became even more excited.

"This statement is true, but why should we be afraid, the troubled times are just the time for us to show our talents!"

"That's right, only when the world is in chaos will heroes show up, and we are just worrying about being useless!"

"When the power is in power and treachery, if it is not destroyed, it will not be established. It is our duty to revive the prestige of the Su family."

Listening to everyone's words, and seeing them excitedly looking forward to the troubled times, Xia Jingyun couldn't help asking: "You don't seem to be worried about the troubled times?"

Everyone was obviously more excited to attract Xia Jingyun's attention.

A young master of the Su family wearing a blue brocade robe said with a hint of pride: "Master Xia, our family has a profound heritage, and there is no shortage of money, food, soldiers and fields. Even in troubled times, we can still protect ourselves and wait for the opportunity."

Xia Jingyun immediately came to a conclusion in his heart: silly beep.

Haven't you heard that the inner treasury was burned to splendor ashes, and the Tianjie was trampled to the bones of the princes?

If the world is really in chaos, even the Jiang family in Zhulin may not be able to sleep peacefully. The Su family is a local wealthy family with food and money, with swords and soldiers, just like a beautiful lady who walked into a group of reckless men.Where does such confidence come from?

But in front of Su Yanyan, he didn't say much, just followed their words, "Waiting for the opportunity? How to wait for the opportunity and how to act?"

He didn't want the members of the Su family to go too far, so he added another sentence, as an insurance for them, "For example, in the last years of the previous dynasty, if you were a big local family, how should you act?"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help laughing secretly at this Mr. Xia, although he had outstanding abilities, but he was born in a low family after all, and he really didn't understand the class of their Su family, so he was so timid.

"Since we have a glimpse of the opportunity, we should make arrangements in advance, and only wait for the situation to change, and we can deal with it calmly."

"This statement is too grand, and if it is not implemented, it will inevitably be suspected of exaggeration. According to my opinion, first contact Zuo Jin, or even operate with people who are familiar and similar, and arrange them in key positions. If you are unable to do so, you need to make arrangements in Zuo Jin to ensure that your foundation can survive and not be restrained by others."

"That's right. At times like this, you need to spare no expense in your favor, put in as many people as possible, and grab more power and status. If the world really changes, these status and power can be immediately transformed into local power, and then quickly form your own power."

"Of course! At the same time, it is necessary to accumulate money and food, recruit recruits secretly, train clan soldiers, and accumulate strength. At that time, it is not impossible to have a strong army in hand."

"Cough, cough, cough!" Someone reminded him immediately, and that person also realized that these words were a bit too presumptuous, and quickly changed his words, "Maybe we can use this to protect ourselves. Gou Quan will live in troubled times, so he can protect his prosperity and wealth."

"Hehe, dare to think but dare not speak, how dare you take the troubled times seriously with such a little courage?"

Bai Yunbian sneered, and sneered mercilessly, "My lords are really worthy of being lords. After talking so much, no one said that they would find a way to help the building to collapse and save the people from the fire and water? You all said that you have read a lot of poetry and books. Presumably what you read is not a kind of book like me, and you are not a kind of sage?"

The complexions of a group of young masters of the Su family turned red immediately.

After being said by Bai Yunbian, they suddenly realized that they didn't really say anything high-sounding.

But immediately they were speechless for a while, today this is a private chat between everyone of the same generation, people who come here are all people who know the basics, everyone respects the two of you and only speaks from the bottom of your heart, isn't it a bit unkind for you to pick on this kind of scene when you come up this time?

Xia Jingyun couldn't help applauding Bai Yunbian's words in his heart, but he didn't expect that such a high-ranking official's son still had his heart for the common people, and he even looked at Bai Yunbian with admiration.

But he naturally didn't make the scene embarrassing, and said: "Mr. Bai, calm down. I think you guys just think this is a matter of course, so you didn't specifically mention it. It's not the kind of person who only cares about his own prosperity, treats the people of Li as nothing, and forgets the teachings of sages and sages. Sirs, am I right?"

Su Yanyan couldn't help lowering his head and holding back his laughter, the young master of the Su family had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Then, several of them couldn't help but argue.

"Young Master Xia, Young Master Bai, it's not that I'm waiting for the common people in vain, but since the chaos is raging and the flames of war are raging, how can the people live in peace? And who can save them?"

"All we can do is to end the troubled times as soon as possible and return the common people to a prosperous world."

"That's right, although we know the sufferings of the common people, but the so-called everyone has his own destiny, we should be like a man to make contributions and go to the stars, how can we be limited by the cold, warmth, hunger and thirst of the world, how can we fly on the clouds and soar upward!"

After Xia Jingyun heard it, he was quite unexpectedly shocked.

He has always known the temperament of these aristocratic families. After all, he has seen many of them in the city of Sishui, but the remarks of some young people from the Su family still shocked him.

As soon as something opens its mouth, it seems to be destined by heaven, and it will skyrocket at every turn. Do you have that ability?
Do you know what troubled times look like?Just like this eager to try.

Together with swordsmen, those auras of family background on you are a fart, and you still dream of making contributions!If you really want to fall into someone's hands, any soldier will punish you so that you can't survive or die.

Everyone has their own life, isn't your current luxury enjoyment supported by the blood and sweat of countless people who have been neglected by you?

You've been aloof for a long time, and you don't even want to look down, do you?

At this moment, he somewhat understood why Mr. Su would rather damage the reputation of the Su family and have a lot of actual losses at the cost of indulging the civil strife in the Su family to teach these tribesmen a lesson, but now it seems that it is a pity that these tribesmen have not learned the lessons they should have from this lesson.

In this clan, there are few people who know that they should look down, take root among the most authentic people, and make a serious contribution to the world. Now they are lying at home numb and dejected, with no purpose.

The high-spirited idiot and the desperate talent, the two sides of this drama, vividly present the Su family from a certain angle in front of Xia Jingyun.

"Master Xia, you always ask us, what do you think?"

Xia Jingyun, who was worried about how to find a suitable opportunity to scold this group of non-human beings, glanced at the guy who took the initiative to set up the fort for him, and said, "I want to ask you all, do you really know what is called troubled times?"

"Chaos is mainly a word for chaos. Chaos means the breakdown of rules and order."

"Everyone has returned to the primitive jungle, and the aura of identity has disappeared. The weak are prey to the strong, and life and death are based on strength and mood. People? They are just two-legged sheep. Is this kind of troubled world what you expect?"

He looked around and looked at the young masters of the Su family whose complexions changed slightly, "At that time, the family background you were proud of was no longer your amulet, but your life-threatening talisman. There must be countless people who want to stare at a giant like the Su family, want to tear a piece of flesh from it, or simply kill you, take your things away, and take them as their own."

"You will think, I'm not stupid, we won't stand still and wait for others to kill us, we will also find ways to develop and grow. And at this time, the Su family needs money, food and food, soldiers and soldiers, how much ahead of others, step by step, maybe we can do it. Right?"

Xia Jingyun pointed at the sky, and then sneered, "But don't you ever think about failure? There are always three or five families that are as powerful as the Su family in this world, right? In addition to the military leaders who hold the military power and the lucky ones who have won the political legacy of the previous dynasty, so many people want to fight for the only one. The Su family is a family of civil servants. Where does the confidence come from?"

"The Han family in the former dynasty was extremely powerful. The appointment and dismissal of the emperor was decided by them. How is it compared to the Su family? But now? It's been 300 years in the Great Xia, but what kind of powerful Han family is there? Why do you think that this troubled world is a great stage for you to make achievements, instead of being reduced to a slaughterhouse for lambs to be slaughtered? Who gave you the courage, and you are even here looking forward to the coming of troubled times?"

"It's not wrong to plan ahead and make arrangements in advance. This is the preparation that a smart person should have, but you shouldn't look forward to the arrival of troubled times because of this, so that your preparations will come in handy. Those who have such thoughts are either stupid or bad!"

"Good!" Bai Yunbian couldn't help but praise.

Xia Jingyun paused, "Everyone has lofty aspirations and wants to make contributions in troubled times, but do you have the necessary preparations? Do you know how to calculate, collect, and transfer money, food and taxes? Do you know how to communicate, manage, and archive documents? Do you know how to govern the people in any place?"

He looked at the young masters of the Su family who were stunned and speechless, "You don't even know these things. What are you talking about making contributions in troubled times? With your talents, is it possible for the Su family to rely on you to achieve great success? If you are not in the Su family, with your abilities, who can be valued by a big person and make contributions in troubled times? Relying on poetry to fight against, boasting?"

"All you know are the teachings of the sages in those books, but you have completely forgotten these teachings."

"The people of the Li people are not an illusory concept, nor are they a group that should be ignored by the superiors. They are the foundation to support your aristocratic families, and even thinner to hold up the foundation of our world. Don't think that bending down is a loss. The people are the foundation of the world. How can you sweep the world without sweeping a house? If you put a county outside, first understand the governance of your county, and then think about other things.

"The world is not a grand and broad word, but it concerns the life and circumstances of each of us. I wish this peace can last longer, so that I can enjoy this peaceful world and feel the orderly world. I wish this chaotic world will be later, so that I can face swords without being so flustered, so that I can learn to grow myself more eagerly."

"Worrying about the world is not only the conduct that the sages taught our generation of scholars, but also the principle that we should uphold even if we start from our own interests."

"Don't look forward to troubled times. At that time, a soldier you despise will capture and kill you all. How can there be leisurely romance here? Go out more and have a real look, and see the real life of the people of Li. Knowing what they want and what they are trapped, can truly know where the world will turn."

After finishing speaking, he cupped his hands, "A wise man doesn't do anything to talk about shallow words, but he has a hard heart, and he doesn't talk fast, and he offends me a lot. Please forgive me."

Bai Yunbian snorted coldly, "Such words are hard to buy. Brother Gao Yang is willing to speak out to wake up these heroes of the world. They should be grateful to Dade. If anyone feels offended, simply don't even think about having any future!"

A group of young masters of the Su family looked ugly, but they really didn't dare to say anything to refute.

Su Yanyan opened his mouth slowly, "Good words have been harsh to my ears since ancient times, but I think what Mr. Xia said today is very good. I hope you cousins ​​can ponder it well. If it can benefit you in the future, it will not be a waste of Mr. Xia's painstaking efforts."

She got up directly, and bowed deeply to Xia Jingyun, "On behalf of the Su family, thank you Mr. Xia for your warning."

Xia Jingyun hurriedly avoided the table and got up, "Miss Su is serious."

The rest of the Su family didn't dare to be negligent, and stood up quickly, no matter what they thought in their hearts or how much they listened to, they all expressed their thanks.

A banquet, just like this, returned to joy, and then ended successfully.

Everyone got up and dispersed, "Master Xia, please stay."

Xia Jingyun turned his head to look at Su Yanyan, and stopped in his tracks.

Bai Yunbian followed suit, and was dragged away by the cousins ​​of the Su family.

The hustle and bustle went away, and in the space on the top floor, only this young man and woman were left looking at each other.

Su Yanyan stepped forward slowly, and said softly, "Thank you."

Since the Su family decided to place a bet, they naturally informed the Patriarch Reserve of the situation.

Today's conversation was also discussed by the two in advance, and they wanted to wake up these pretentious Su family children, so as not to cause catastrophe in the future.

Xia Jingyun smiled slightly, and said in a warm voice, "Yan Yan."

As soon as these two words came out, a smile appeared on Su Yanyan's eyes, just like the gentle waves of Dongting Lake rippling slightly in his eyes.

There is a kind of beauty in this world, that is, the person you like also happens to like you.

Although she was not completely tempted, she was already tempted by his.

She looked at the man in front of her with a smile, and there was a bit of generosity in her eyes, "Isn't it a bit abrupt to call him that?"

Xia Jingyun smiled and said: "Father-in-law has already agreed, if I win the first class and you don't object, we can have a happy marriage."

Su Yanyan blushed slightly when his father-in-law yelled, and turned his head away slightly, "You certainly got the first grade in the exam."

Xia Jingyun's eyes were burning, "Then will you object?"

Su Yanyan said softly: "How can we know the future today."

Xia Jingyun stretched out his hand, Su Yanyan slightly widened his eyes, as if a little surprised at Xia Jingyun's boldness.

Xia Jingyun withdrew his hand angrily, "Take care."

Su Yanyan breathed a sigh of relief, "Well, you too."

The night slowly rises.

The last night in Sujiawu arrived as scheduled.

Xia Jingyun was sitting in the room, without Xie Yanzhi's service, he felt quite nowhere to rest.

After thinking about it, he got up and stood by the window, looking at the dark night in front of him.

Today in Yueyang Tower, I talked a lot.

This was not his original intention, but now that he has formed an alliance with the Su family, he still hopes that the Su family will have fewer wastes with great ambitions and talents, who are supercilious but have high ambitions and low abilities.

But he could tell, how many children of the Su family really listened to those words?
What's more, a Su family can say, how many forces like the Su family are there in the world in the night, and how many people are like these young masters of the Su family?

How many ignorant people are still sleeping in their dreams at this moment, and they don't know that the footsteps of the troubled times are gradually approaching with the help of such careerists and heroes.

How long can there be peace in this world?
He couldn't help thinking of Su Yuanshang again, the long talk on a rainy night in Qingshan County that day left a deep impression on him, such a rare official, but he was depressed and wasted his whole life.

In this world, how many people still have a heart for the country and the people?

In the struggle between careerists and people with lofty ideals, where will this summer full of holes go?
When the night wind blows, my heart surges endlessly.

Xia Jingyun turned around and walked to the table, spread out the pen and paper, and began to write:
[In the winter of the 23rd year of Chongning, I traveled to Yueyang County, met with Junyan of the Su family in Yueyang Tower, enjoyed the beautiful scenery, talked about the world, and had a lot of feelings. I wrote an essay to remember it. 】
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PS: Eryang, not to mention the physical discomfort, the mind is completely ignorant, sitting at the desk for a long time without being able to hold back a word.

For this chapter, three or four editions were deleted. I always felt that the mood was wrong and the plot was not good, so I finally finalized this draft.

I originally wanted to ask for leave, but after thinking about it, let’s add another chapter, so as not to disappoint the readers.

Try to recover some tomorrow and maintain the standard.

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