Urban Sims

"Cousin Yunhua, I haven't seen you in a long time, don't come unharmed."

Seeing Cui Yunhua again, Zhou Ming greeted her and asked about her status for several years.

However, when she saw the child in her arms, after she married a woman, she had some mellow and blessed body, a smile that often appeared in the corner of her mouth, and she was polite, she knew that these years, she should have been relatively happy. It was only after asking that she married Li Da, the son-in-law of Zhao Jun Li, one of six surnames and eight families.

Li Da, the word Kang Ming, this person is known for his good name and appearance, but the more difficult thing is to be single-minded. After marriage, he and Cui Yunhua respect each other as a guest, and soon there will be a male ... They have become a family clan marriage relationship , A famous model couple.

Speaking of this, the couple can come together thanks to Zhou Ming, because Cui Yunhua ’s husband Li Da is also a big fan of Mr. Zihua, and he highly respects Mr. Zihua ’s articles and poetry, especially comics, and he likes obsession. Degree.

It's just that Zhongzhou is too far away from Qingzhou. "Zihua's Anthology" and "Comic" are too few to circulate. He desperately searched, and he couldn't search for the complete works of Mr. Zihua's works.

It happened that after receiving the complete set of works donated by Zhou Ming, Cui Yunhua who brought these works to Zhongzhou quickly became the hottest person. These works, not only Cui ’s internal circulation, but also Li Da, who got the news He also came to Cui's house with a cheeky face and looked at Cui Yunhua's collection of works by Zi Zihua.

In the first two visits, the different feelings generated by men and women, together with their common hobbies, finally come together, as a matter of course.

...

After staying in the Qinghe Cui family for three days, he returned to the capital's father-in-law Ma Dexi. He sent someone to send an oracle: expressing His Majesty the Emperor Ming and the Queen Mother, eager to see him, urging him to stay less and hurry Some into Beijing.

Zhou Ming nodded and made a little preparation. He set off the team early in the morning the next day, along the broad and straight official road, he played the plaque of "Faith of the Faith" without any stop in the middle. On the afternoon of the same day, I arrived in Luojing City, the imperial capital of Zhongzhou, a hundred miles away.

It is now March of Yangchun, the season of birds and flowers, and Wanmu competing for glory. The huge city in front of me is so heart-wrenching.

In front of this huge city standing on a flat plain, like a huge square chessboard, the circumference is more than a hundred miles, the city is 12 feet high, the moat is surrounded by Qu and Luo Ershui, the water surface is 20 feet wide, and the resident population in the city More than one million, there are multiple urns in the city, and tens of thousands of acres of vegetable farmland, which can be self-sufficient. Even a million army is difficult to capture.

At this time, the setting sun was shining, the golden lights of the city were diffused, the peach blossoms by the moat were open and beautiful, the dragon flag was on the gate of the city gate, the gear-like female wall gate, the soldiers stood at equal distance, and they were full of spirit.

The stone arch bridge at the entrance of the city gate is full of people like dragons traveling back and forth.

"The style of the imperial capital, just standing in the distance, you can feel a strong dragon spirit, and you will be greeted. It is said that some foreign envoys from the Western Regions and many countries came to kneel immediately after seeing this city. Also, without the power of the gods, this city cannot be built. Those who live in the city must be gods, as well as extraordinary husbands! "

Lu Wencai shook his head with emotion.

"Luojing, who is called Shenjing, is not false."

Zhou Ming was also shocked by this city. As long as the city can be kept intact for thousands of years, it will not be destroyed by the flames of war. There is absolutely no problem in commenting on a "miracle of world civilization."

There are only one such ancient city with a population of one million on this planet.

"Mr. Zihua is here!"

"Mr. Zihua has arrived in the imperial capital!"

"Mr. Zihua! How many days can I stay at my residence Zhang Shilang's residence?"

There was a lot of noise at the head of the stone arch bridge in front of him, which surprised Zhou Ming that standing at the gate of the city to greet the imperial people waiting for him was unexpected.

Gathered tens of thousands of people, sent by family clan, businessmen representatives, court officials, and even a few noble princes, each sent a team of elite warriors to come and said that he invited Mr. Zihua to come to visit , Also hope to appreciate the light.

After Zhou Ming called people to apologize for these invitations, he gave up on all of them and went straight to the industry that his family founded in the Imperial Capital—Deyun Building.

It was not Zhou Ming who pretended to be so high in order to refrain from these invitations, and wanted to improve his compulsion, but because, as long as he accepted the invitation of any family, no matter how honorable the owner ’s status would be, he would immediately offend countless forces rejected by him , Will become the target.

Many times, face is just fame. When someone else's face is lost and the reputation of the other party is lost, they don't blame you.

So, instead of catering to one, offending one, it is better not to cater to all, and not to sin.

...

Twenty-six years of heaven, March 18.

The imperial capital, Daming Palace, Tai Chi Hall.

After the headache was relieved, Li Zhi, the emperor who had been on the dynasty several times in the past few days, and Wu Mei, both of them, were trembling and appeared on the dragon phoenix.

After discussing the daily events of the country, the group of ministers in the temple were rarely quieted down, especially when they heard the eunuch's sharp voice shouting: "Mr. Xuan Qingzhou, Mr. Zi Hua came into the hall to see you!" Can't help turning the neck, glance at the corner of the eye, glancing towards the entrance of the hall.

"Tap, step, step."

A sound of hurried footsteps came from far to near, gradually clear.

Until a sword eyebrow star, high crown jade belt, a white dress, sleeves fluttering, skin is not very white, but it looks like a heroic, handsome young man, striding into the Tai Chi Temple ...

What a great and handsome man who is unparalleled in the world!

He is the famous Mr. Zihua?

Young, really young!

In countless spotlight-like gazes, the man in white walked to the end of the hall and stood among the courtiers. He shook his sleeves, shook his hands deeply, and said loudly: "Jianmin Tianjian, see His Majesty the Emperor Ming, see the Queen Mother! "

"Bold! Why don't you kneel when you see your majesty and the queen?"

The **** in charge of the ritual in front of the temple was furious, and the dust in his hand pointed at him and scolded.

Qunchen was also slightly surprised, looking at him in unison.

Zhou Ming raised his head and said: "The Caomin came under the sacred decree and was a guest invited by His Majesty. As a guest, whenever there is a meeting, it is unreasonable to give the master a kneel ceremony."

Eunuch Sili was obviously stunned, and turned to point at him and scolded: "Boldly arrogant! After sitting on Naizhen Tianzi and Jiutianfeng, is it a mortal, don't kneel down, heal you ..."

"Okay, Mr. Zihua made sense. He came to see me with the purpose of the imperial edict. It was my guest who let him kneel. It was indeed unreasonable, or exempt from it!"

Emperor Li knew.

"Your Majesty Xie Ming!"

Zhou Ming took another deep ritual. As he guessed, Emperor Li Zhi was indeed a generous and humane emperor. He heard some truth.

If sitting on the top, alone is the queen Wu Mei, then kneeling three times, he can't escape anyway,

At this time, the expression on Wu Mei's face, Zhou Ming did not look closely, it seemed that she had always maintained that smile, without fluctuations, and others could not guess the true thoughts in her heart.

After a small episode, the hall was a little cold for a while, or the emperor Li Zhi took the initiative to open up the conversation and asked some questions he was interested in.

Where is Mr. Ru Zihua? Who are the parents? How many brothers in the family? Who is the teacher? And some time ago he traveled all over the world, saw and heard all the way, encountered those anecdotes and so on.

Zhou Ming answered all these questions without any stage fright. He also told a dozen fascinating stories with humorous tone. From time to time, he drew laughter into the hall, and the atmosphere in the Tai Chi Hall soon became heated.

Even the diva Wu Mei was also teased several times, just like a young girl, holding her mouth and smiling.

"Tian Zihua, you have been to the Western Regions, participated in the Battle of the Stone City, and defeated Tupanlun Zanqin. I don't know what you think of the Western Regions?"

A gray-haired elderly civilian suddenly asked him.

Zhou Ming pondered a little and exclaimed sixteen words: "Western Territory is in hand, Cathay Pacific and Min'an. The Western Territory is lost, and the soldiers can't stop!"

"A lot of nonsense!"

The elderly civil official refuted: "In order to manage the Western Regions, the court transferred more than 300,000 troops every year, levied millions of civilians, and spent tens of millions of dollars on food! The losses are so huge, the people are already exhausted, and the world is already porridge ... … By the way of the Western Regions, when the speed ends, it ’s better to leave the land without hair! ”

Obviously, this civil servant has great views on the imperial court's vigorous management of the Western Regions. Especially after reading Zhou Ming's "Stone City War Story", it can't be burned at all, only from the bottom of his heart.

There is no need to fight in the battle of Stone City. It costs so much cost and casualties to fight for a rough place. It is meaningless. The huge investment of the court is better to improve people's livelihood and relieve the pressure of the people. Rest with the people.

As for the threat of aliens ... As long as everyone understands the principles of the sages and morally influences them, there is no need to use swordsmen, and the threats are self-defeating.

"Oh, the stubborn, the stupid!"

Zhou Ming sneered, then elaborated on the importance of the Western Region to the Great Zhou from various aspects such as military, economic, and cultural, and even asserted: Without the Western Region, the Great Zhou, who lost the Northwest Barrier, will face Turks and Tufan every year The military threats launched are more expensive. Without the Western Regions, the week when important gold and silver money sources are lost, economic development will stagnate; without the Western Regions, the grandeur of all nations will never see the diplomatic relations with other countries. It will also be forced to suspend, panic and big week, will not be known to foreign countries, cultural exchanges will also be stuck.

All the judgments are clear and well-argued and convincing. The old civil servant who is refuting is speechless and unable to deal with it.

Of course, the remoteness of the Western Regions makes it difficult to deliver supplies, which really brought a lot of burden and pressure to the country. Zhou Ming also put forward a good strategy of "businessmen transport food, military business", saying that businessmen are profitable, as long as there is 30% profit, business The activity will be active; with 100% profit, you will dare to go anywhere without fear of any road hazard; with 300% profit, you will despise all the laws of the world and sell the rope that hangs you.

Requisitioning merchants to transport food can save countless people even if they are allowed to capture up to 50% of their profits.

The actual business of soldiers is to let the army directly participate in the sale of silk, improve the safety of the Silk Road and the sales of silk. By joining the silk business, even if the garrison in the Western Region earns only hundreds of thousands of gold and silver every year, the pressure of the people will not be reduced Less, the national economy will also be able to develop benignly.

Of course, everything has advantages and disadvantages. Encouraging business and trade can bring many benefits, on the other hand, it can also bring many disadvantages.

However, Zhou Ming does not want to talk too deeply about how to dig out the benefits and avoid the disadvantages as much as possible ... He ca n’t finish the talk for three days and three nights. He just put forward these two highly feasible suggestions. Others do n’t adopt them. Does not care.

"Feasible! Feasible! These two strategies are a good way to relieve my great Zhou's people's strength, and adopt them quickly!"

Emperor Li Zhi was very excited and felt that these two policies were very feasible. They were adopted without much thought. A dozen officials just wanted to object and were immediately suppressed by him. The proposal was passed.

"Mr. Zihua is a great man, I wonder if I have the idea of ​​enrolling in the official ranks, entering the dynasty as an official, and benefiting the people of Da Zhou?"

The day after Wu Mei, who had n’t said anything, stared at Zhou Ming with a staring look, it was obvious that she had moved her mind to recruit talents and use it for herself.

Hearing this, Zhou Ming shook his head and arched his hand: "His Royal Highness, Cao Min is no more than a prosperous literati, and he has no idea of ​​becoming an official. , Really not. "

Don't want to be an official?

Everyone in the palace was stunned, including the emperor Li Zhi sitting on the dragon chair and the Feng Long, and the Tianhou Wu Mei, too.

In these days, there are still some strange wizards who do not want to be officials but only want to be a prosperous scholar.

As a result, many officials began to persuade him to say a lot of "because they are so good at fighting, they should ask for help for the people", "before they know people, they should benefit the big week", "there is no need to serve the country and the people" Wait, from persuasion to criticism.

The meaning of expression is basically the view of "the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility".

Emperor Li Zhi also kindly said: "Tian Zihua, are you afraid of the exams and falling off the list? Don't worry, I can be exempted from you and reward the seven ranks. How about giving you the first county or county order?"

Zhou Ming shook his head again. UU reading www.uukanshu.com said something that made everyone in the temple uproar. He said: "It's not that Caomin fears the imperial examination. If Caomin is asked to take the exam, it's like a champion. In general, caomin just don't want to be an official, and they can't be an official! Because if Caomin is an official, it will make Xiaoxiao exhausted, greedy and curse, strong and law-abiding, and the official does not talk about life. ... instead of being so smart, be a happy idler! "

"Arrogant! Too arrogant!"

"This child doesn't know how high it is!"

"I am also disappointed. In Tian Zihua, he didn't do anything for a day, so he dared to let out such arrogant words. We have been officials for decades, might as well be a word?"

"There is nothing wrong with this sentence. If he is an official, he will surely attract the scourge of death!"

His Royal Highness clamored, and there was a lot of discussion.

The emperor Li Zhi sitting in the hall and the queen Wu Mei also looked at each other helplessly, some of them crying and laughing.

Tian Zihua, the first person in the world, is indeed worthy of the name, but he did not expect that he was still the first person in the world, young and frantic, so crazy.