Tang Dynasty good man

Chapter [-] Model Township

In my opinion, drinking on the first lunar month is relatively boring.The weather is cold and everything is dormant. If there is no snow, even the joyful first month will not be able to brew interest. It is nothing but toast to the New Year and wish all the best in the distance.

Even if there is a little bit of scenery in Xiyuan, it is the same. Li Shi's expression looks lonely. Apart from a few out-of-the-ordinary words to celebrate the new year, he just pointed to the green vegetation outside the warm pavilion and asked randomly. What is it, what is that, as if he has never seen evergreen feeling.

It was obvious that something was on his mind, and he made an appointment as if I had to come; when I want to come?Lan Ling didn't know where to go, there wasn't even a lively person around, the two gentlemen smirked as soon as they toasted, um, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, and then they did it...

It was rare to see him like this before. I don't know what kind of bad luck happened to him during the Chinese New Year. He was clueless when he talked, and his IQ dropped a bit.

"Zihao's family has three bedrooms, right?" Li Shijian really couldn't start the topic, so he said this out of the blue.

How many rooms I love to marry is none of your business?The most annoying thing is who doesn't ask me about housework, you don't have to gossip when you are together, right?Pretending not to pay attention, he was being annoyed by a large group of flower sparrows in the garden. There was a crash, and the hula gang flew away again. However, the imperial court has banned the killing of birds in recent years, and the gang of small bandits have become unscrupulous. It was a plan to attack the dining table of the Snappers.

"Be careful, it's coming again." A piece of tangerine peel candy was unkindly smashed on the table, and the momentum of suppressing the counter-revolutionary riot made the sparrow fearful.

Li Shi chuckled, crushed a piece of snack on the table and sprinkled it outside, "Don't be soft-handed when it's time to scare, or you will dare to turn the world upside down; but you can't kill them, so it should be a pacifier. But pacify After finishing, it thought of jumping on the stage again. It just goes round and round.”

"Seesaw, you can't let it go, after all, most of the time, people like it. Occasionally, it doesn't hurt to jump up and down a few times, it always depends on your mood." Now the birds are bold, but the sparrows are not so bold. Boldness, but the black old man (crow) dares to grab food from people's hands, especially when you eat meat, it dares to pounce.

"I'm afraid that's the way to say it." Li Shi laughed suddenly, took another piece of snack and threw it out.The sparrows are simple, they understand that this is feeding, and hula lala surround them without waste, and they accumulate more and more with their families. "As it is now, as long as it doesn't have the intention to jump on the table, I'd rather throw more food out."

"This kind of thinking is not good." Quickly stopped Li Shi's stupid behavior, and explained: "That's what I said, but this has broken the arrangement of heaven and earth. Although everything in this world is closely related, they each have their own way of survival. For example, this Sparrows also often ruin crops, but most of the time it is beneficial. As long as they don't interfere, they can bring this benefit to us for years and years. This is called the benefit outweighing the harm.

But once it is artificially thrown and eaten.It has changed its habit; it is tired of catching insects, and the thought of wasting food has become weak, and it is just waiting for you to feed it; if you feed it today, it likes it, and tomorrow it will be able to live without feeding it.Later, if you don’t feed it, you will have the idea of ​​attacking it; if you expect it to change the habit, it will be difficult. "

Li Shi grimaced and nodded, "Zihao has just explained this thoroughly. Speaking of it, I can't blame others, but I was the one who started it. It's not easy to pick on this mistake, and no one will admit it. It's time for the killer Be upright and confident, this is a human being!"

Shaking his head, "Actually, this is where people are smart. We all know that if there is a mistake, it is the right way to correct it, but when things come to an end, it is better to cover up your mistakes than to bow your head and admit your mistakes. Maybe you can turn the tide. Birds and beasts don't have this ability, they make mistakes. No, if you make a mistake, you may lose your life, so if you have a chance to correct your mistakes, you will never let it go."

Li Shi stared at me for a while.I was a little embarrassed until I saw it, and then said slowly: "Everyone in the capital knows that there is such a General Wang. Although he has the title of a general, he is very popular in agriculture and weaving; that is, he does not enter the imperial court. , and not flattering power; laziness in action, frivolity in speech; inaccurate names in writing with a pen, and incomprehension of words in books; it is said that such a treasure was born in the third generation because of the smoke from the ancestral grave, and there are repeated remonstrances To write a letter, you have to add more officials to this general Wang to make up for his talent."

I love to hear that, with a happy grin.In particular, being promoted to rank is the happiest. Although I don’t want to attract the attention of the whole capital, it is still necessary to sneak up to the next level. The one that does not have real power is the best, and it doesn’t matter if it has real power. Someone will always replace it after being passive.

"Looks like it's in Zihao's heart." Seeing my happy expression, Li Shi couldn't help laughing and said, "In terms of Zihao's achievements, I can afford the reason for being promoted to a noble. Now I'm the Marquis Well, the next level up is the duke, but why such a large title is awarded, it has to be announced to the world, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public."

"Deliberate again, discuss again." It's too much to announce the world, so is it possible that even raising maggots is included?It doesn't sound good to say it, but Jiujin will still be a human being in the future. If you say that your parents have contributed to raising maggots, and you have to enjoy the Duke of the country, it will be embarrassing. "My little brother is an ordinary person, and ordinary people like ordinary things; he has not reached the cultivation of disregarding glory and wealth." He touched his chin and said with a smile: "At my age, I am grateful to be a Marquis. I can't just say it out of my head The children and grandchildren have no hope, maybe in the third or fifth generation of the Wang family, there will be descendants who won the Duke by their own efforts, so they are proud."

"That's the reason." After some clueless chatting, Li Shi came alive, and with energy, the conversation suddenly became brighter. He poured a cup and threw it at me, "I really can't drink the strong drink Zihao created. Wine, I have never been able to figure out why there is a name for high-grade wine, but the terrible thing is that it is ordered at one order. Nowadays, some people always order it on food, saying that it is auspicious in the new year."

Very good, the method of melting icing sugar in the sweet bowl turned out to be a folk ritual, which is considered to be famous through the ages.In the future, no matter who you are, as long as you order a sweet bowl, you will think of Wang Zihao, which is very face-saving.Overwhelmed with complacency, he called the maid to serve sweet rice, and when it was so small in front of Li Shi, Lan Wangwang immediately spread flames all over the plate.

The snow-white frosting sizzled and melted quickly, and the high temperature brought out the sweet aroma of various candied fruits in the sweet rice, mixed with the aroma of wine, and together with Li Shi.They all squinted their eyes and took a few deep breaths, reveling in it.

Mixed with all kinds of candied fruit, it is sweet and waxy, with a lingering fragrance, and a plate of sweet rice can be divided up in an instant, and the meaning is still endless.

"People don't have such good fortune," Li Shi took a sip of hot tea with regret, "It must take a lot of work to finish this plate."

"Otherwise," people like Li Shi have this problem.He always seems to be concerned about the country and the people when he is full of food and drink. Now even Liu Rengui has this bad habit. He is suspected of being divorced from the masses and spoils the scenery. "The other family doesn't know, but every household in my younger brother's village has this, and the style and materials are not much different from those in Xiyuan, except that they can't sprinkle so much icing."

"Really?" Li Shi looked a little disbelieving, pointed to some dishes on the table and asked, "Zihao is saying that ordinary people can have such food? It's very expensive."

"It's not as particular about what we eat. Try to eat better for yourself. There is room for a few plates of meat dishes and a few cups of wine." In fact, Wang's family has eaten this food for the past two years, so there is no need to show off, anyway, there are a few more meat dishes in the year Also common.

Li Shi smiled and pointed at me, shook his head and said: "If you believe it, don't worry about it. If you believe it or not, you have to find out. What you hear is false. It's still early in the day, why don't you go to Wangjiazhuangzi and see how the folks celebrate the New Year. That's good, it's better than feeding the birds in this lifeless garden."

This number.No matter who he is, he should be beaten for saying this in the first month.It doesn't matter if you don't believe it, but it's too much to break into the farmer's house and ask them what they eat, because eating maggots has something to do with you.But Li Shi has a strange temper, he got up as soon as he finished speaking, and called the maid to prepare the car without asking my opinion, dragged me out without thinking, and didn't even say goodbye to Lanling.

People with diseases in their minds should not be provoked.But this guy's car is still very angry with me.It looks plain and ordinary from the outside; once you enter, you can see everything you need to eat, drink and have fun. The dried and fresh fruits are more delicate than mine. Forget about the water chestnuts. The dried longan with big meatballs is valuable. , Eat to get angry, don't save him.

"Sydney over there in Longyou." He regretted eating too much longan.Only then did I see that there were still pears.I don't know if I can still stuff it in my stomach.

Li Shi picked it up and looked at it with interest, then put it back again. "I heard that your agronomy was established over there. Longyou is a good place. There are products all year round. Speaking of which, the agronomy land is no less than hundreds of thousands of troops. Expansion of land and borders is just a theory. There are always people in the world. This cycle, when you have a strong army, others have it. For thirty or fifty years, it is yours, and for another thirty or fifty years, it has become another person's entanglement; they all come to fight, all come to fight, and after they are killed, they are thrown away. What's the use? "

Keep quiet, I don't have the right to participate in this kind of topic, saying something wrong is a felony, and felony is a felony.

Seeing that I was silent, Li Shi smiled generously, "I'm not afraid that this truth is biased, but I'm afraid that people's thinking is biased. No one will say it, but everyone understands this truth, so they just pretend to be deaf and dumb and report good news instead of bad news; today's fight So-and-so, who will be beaten in the future, since the founding of our dynasty, I am afraid that there will be no one around here who has not been beaten, and the fight is smooth, after the looting, the victory will be won, and the court will receive the reward, and everyone will get what they want."

"..." Speechless, a few old men wanted to listen in front of them, and they had to kill people alive.

Seeing that I was nervous, Li Shi waved his hands and smiled, "There is no one else in the car. If you like longan, you can take more. I don't like this thing. After all, you can't beat the owner who produces longan just to eat longan, right? "

Nodding, I haven't been tyrannical to this point yet.

"So, nowadays, it has become a habit to send troops. It is a habit to fight. It is ridiculous that there is a reason to send troops because of the reason of eating longan. It is impossible not to choose these reasons, and it is not good to pick the reasons. Someone will always come up with Taizong's way. Talking about it." Li Shi himself laughed while he was talking, and sighed: "It's like the annihilation of the Western Turks a few years ago. Everyone knew it was a risk, but no one dared to say it out loud, not even the Holy One. There is a good news over there. It's been more than half a year since I came back, and no one has discussed how to arrange it. It's too far away, and those who are far away don't want to take care of the funeral, so why did the army go west at the expense of people and money? Just to show off force and disregard the lives of the people?"

No matter what Li Shi's status is, I still have to express my opinion, and it's not good to be too passive, "But the facts have proved that it was right at the beginning, which shows that the Holy One has a long-term vision. If the Turks in the West are not destroyed, how can Longyou have no scruples now?" Land reclamation? Even this pear cannot be kept from being gnawed by the Western Turkic family."

"That's true," Li Shi's expression changed quickly, and he laughed again. "If the Holy Majesty heard this, he would give Zihao an official title if he couldn't keep it. It is said that it was the eldest princess' idea, and it was because the agricultural science was there to ensure that the farming would be effective. In short, it is the Holy Majesty's good judgment, and I am afraid that he will not be able to escape. Say the word "wise."

Nodding quickly, Shan shouted: "The Holy One is wise!" Li Shi smiled openly.

It was the afternoon, and the farmers gathered together on the grain field to bask in the sun after eating the New Year’s meal. They all complained that the winter was not too cold. Even in the first month, there was no spring snow.

When they saw me coming, they quickly got up and saluted. Three or five old men couldn't stand up after sitting for a long time.Struggling busy, Nian Xi called out to the young man beside him to help him.

Seeing an old man staggering, Li Shi stepped forward and asked casually, "Old man Gui Geng?"

"No plowing!" The old man was hard of hearing, and his voice was unavoidably loud. "The grandson just went to the commune to collect cattle. The steward of the team told me to plow together on the fifteenth day! It's slow to do it alone!"

Li Shi felt that he was sparking, and it was not easy to ask me in public, so he nodded his head pretentiously.He smiled at the deaf old man, but didn't continue.

I pressed my palms and told everyone not to be nervous, what to do, and then led Li Shi into Zhuangzi.

After walking a long way, Li Shi finally couldn't help asking questions. "Commune, brigade, what kind of organization is this?"

"Oh, in order to reduce the burden on the farmer's family. The housekeeper of the family will collect all the large livestock of the farmer's family and raise them in a unified way. Whoever uses them will lead them. It is like the public machinery, so it is named the commune." , the lowly people also called it like this, "The brigade is the production team, which divides the farm households adjacent to the cultivated land according to the number of laborers. A mutual production group is established to distribute the labor when the harvest is harvested. Unify the collection and planting without delay. Saving solar terms can greatly improve labor efficiency. After finishing farm work early, there will be more time to devote to other production, and farmers will have more conditions to generate income.”

In fact, it was the second daughter and Dalai's idea.Every year, due to the busy farming season, various workshops have to give farmers a holiday, especially the weaving workshops, which suffer the most.In order to reduce workshop losses.Try to let the craftsmen take as few vacations as possible before coming up with a solution.Divide the labor force in Zhuangzi into teams to work together.Each household contributes labor in turn according to the number of acres of land. After planning, sooner or later, some people will be able to keep some people in the farmland.Some people work in workshops, make reasonable and full use of human resources, and provide a little subsidy from the family. In short, everyone can accept it.

Li Shi thought for a long time, and seemed to understand the reason, "Is it the art of war?"

Is it right?He said vaguely, "Maybe, my little brother doesn't know either."

"One reason, one reason. This is Zihao's so-called learning and application, so that he is not rigid, and has everyone's demeanor." Li Shi praised a few words casually, and was immediately attracted by the main road in the village, "The road is good and smooth. Spacious and solid to walk on.”

The Zhuangzi who ran to a well-off society is magnificent. There are many brick and tile houses, and the last five are brick-and-earth concrete rammed buildings. The courtyard walls have long since lost their fences. The atmosphere between the rooms is still a bad habit of not locking the door when going out.

You can see the furnishings in the courtyard without entering the door. Although it is not up to the carved beams and paintings, the furniture is covered with patent leather. People who love cleanliness have polished the porch furniture to a bright and shiny finish years ago.The large animals were all brought under the care of Dr. Zhou, and the shade sheds used to house the animals were dismantled in every family. The yards looked spacious, and the poultry also had more room to play.

Li Shi climbed up the low wall and looked at it with relish, pointed to the long wooden table in the middle of the courtyard and said, "This is still a place for reading?"

It looks like a reader, neatly stacked a stack of papers, and there are a few textbooks scattered around, "There are students in this family, and the books are all issued by the kindergarten, so they are not considered scholars."

"It is already." Li Shi nodded with a smile, "If there is a literate person, the next few generations will slowly become bookish, and they should be promising."

"According to this, except for the owner of the Wang family village, everyone in the Wang family is a scholar."

"I'm afraid it is." Li Shi patted my shoulder and laughed. "Go around and have a look. If you say that this Zhuangzi is the most organized in the capital, you can tell whether this person is talented or not. Just go to his house and you will know. Zihaoguo is a talented person."

"That must be more talented than Mr. Liu Rengui, and the old Liu Zhuangzi is not as good as my younger brother here." This is very eloquent, sometimes I am proud of walking around the Zhuangzi, and I am willing to bring people like Li Shi to visit.Anyway, Old Liu came here often, and he often brought this and that with him. Now Wangzhuang is a model village, so I hope that Prime Minister Liu will be enchanted one day.It is right to change the name of Wangzhuang to Dazhai.

There is no need to look at the farm food at all, the meat falling off the beams of every house tells everything.Some hang a leg, some hang a string of hooves...

"I'm afraid this is not a wealthy family anymore?" Li Shi was suddenly surprised by the half-fan pig hanging outside the porch. The farmer's family already has money and nowhere to spend it? "Your Zhuangzi also has rich people? It's enough to show off."

"Don't show off, this is a pig slaughterer..." The butcher's business is good this year, and he killed it on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. It is estimated that the slaughter was too much, and this half of the fan was not sold.That's all.

Li Shi pointed to the paper couplet on the door of the butcher's house and began to laugh, "He is actually a learned butcher. Study hard and make progress every day. This butcher's ambition is not ordinary!"

"Copied..." Now that the butcher has been with Dr. Zhou for a long time, he has also acquired a bit of literary spirit. He feels that he cannot be compared with the ordinary people in Zhuangzi, so he posted the inspirational words for elementary school on the beam of his house.Don't say it, just post it like this and it will work.The second son of the butcher's family was hit by Tongsheng, and he has never been taken down since then.

"Unexpectedly, there is such an allusion. When I first came here, I saw that the primary school in your Zhuangzi was being expanded. I'm afraid it's the good reputation brought by this butcher." Li Shi couldn't help but sighed, reciting these eight characters repeatedly. "The so-called granaries know etiquette if they have enough food and clothing. Even if Guan Zhong has all kinds of wrongs, this is the truth."

Nodding, that's how people should look.

"It's not easy." Li Shi couldn't help shaking his head, "We can't expect everyone to be Wang Zihao, and not everyone is lucky enough to be able to live in Wangjiazhuangzi. We don't expect everyone to be like Wangzihao, but we expect everyone to be like Wangjiazhuangzi. Isn't Liu Rengui Are you also learning from you?"

I was taken aback, "Oh?"

"Princess Lanling said it when she was chatting," Li Shi inadvertently smiled and rounded up a sentence, then changed the subject and said, "Go to the elementary school. Since the butcher's family has children, this school is not easy!"

The teaching staff are diligent, the wall over there has not yet been demolished, and the new schedules have been posted in the classrooms here.Li Shi has never seen such a weird curriculum arrangement, especially for the definition of being a useful person.

Is it useful? I think the first is that it is useful to Wangjiazhuangzi. Of course, Li Shi cannot explain it that way. First of all, it can contribute to the construction of Datang.

Reading is useful.But reading books for a lifetime will be harmful if it does not produce results.Therefore, in the process of studying, children must also master the skills of making a living.To inculcate the idea of ​​industry equality from an early age, as long as it is a skill that benefits the people and the country, it should be respected.If a man wants to stand in the world, he must have a skill.

Li Shi only listened to me, didn't interrupt and didn't comment, and occasionally nodded in agreement until I explained the details of the curriculum clearly, even including the reasons why he had to study for five days and take two days off.

Li Shizhi pointed to the schedule, "So Zihao had this idea long ago?"

Shaking his head, it's about the welfare of the next generation, he's doing it right, there's no need to hide it.He also confessed some details that he had discussed with Lan Ling, and also told what he thought was unreasonable. He felt that Li Shi was a person who could understand the truth, at least not as urgent as Lan Ling.

"It's not that I have opinions on the imperial examination." This must be stated in advance, and people should not be offended by the lack of expression. Even better. The country needs to be built, and there is no shortage of talents from all walks of life. This must be considered comprehensively. Although there are subdivisions in the imperial examination, Ming, Jing, History, and calculation are still the mainstream. The people are constrained in their thinking, thinking that there is no need to learn other skills except for these. As time goes by, the later scholars become a burden to the country."

Without saying a word, Li Shi picked up the pen and paper left in the classroom and copied a copy of the schedule.

"Actually, my little brother also has an idea." Seeing Li Shi was serious, he quickly got to the point. "After all, there are only a few students near Wangzhuang, and it's just a fumble if you dare to do it like this. Others who don't see you can follow it."

"Exploring is a good way to say, restructuring is just exploring, whether it is good or bad is another matter. Since Zihao is also exploring, why not submit his own ideas?"

"Hehe..." Rubbing his hands together, he said coyly, "Country people, you don't have the guts, Brother Li is laughing at you."

"The courage of the country people." Li Shi smiled and folded the curriculum schedule into his arms. He is afraid that others will not know that he is from the country. It doesn’t matter, you have to go to the city when you should go, the country can’t tolerate such a great god as Zihao.”