Prince Consort

The new mansion is not new, but a lot of clever things have been added.The windows of Xie Zean's study are bright and clean. Sitting inside, one feels suddenly enlightened. Outside the window, the flowers and trees are scattered and shade each other. If you don't get close, you can't see everything in the house clearly.

Yao Dingyan and Xu Juncheng are both good people, and they don't usually have the opportunity to get together. When they really get together, they don't have nothing to say, and they chatted happily along the way.If Xie Ze'an hadn't known how big the differences were between them, he wouldn't have seen that they had turned their backs, and would have thought they were friends who had known each other for many years.

It was absolutely impossible for the three of them to sit together like this again. When they really sat down, the atmosphere turned out to be very good.Yao Dingyan and Xu Juncheng chatted high and low, while Xie Zean obediently made tea for them.

This is a good skill, you have to learn it!

As soon as the water boiled, Xie Ze'an served the tea in front of Yao Dingyan and Xu Juncheng.

Yao Dingyan and the two stopped in tacit understanding and looked at Xie Ze'an together.Xie Ze'an had a shy and shy smile on his face: "Sir, why are you all looking at me like this? I'm so embarrassed!"

Yao Dingyan asked bluntly, "Sanlang, what are you thinking?"

Xie Ze'an was still very shy: "Sir, I want to show you something."

Yao Dingyan frowned.

He and Xu Juncheng looked at each other, and both felt that it was not very good.In the past, Xie Ze'an always had this little expression on his face every time he fooled someone into standing up for him!In the past few years, Xie Ze'an stayed away from the capital, and they were less harmed, but I heard that Duan Wang in Liangzhou was tortured by him very badly...

Xu Juncheng said, "What?"

Xie Ze'an pulled Yao Dingyan and Xu Juncheng in front of a huge sand table, and quickly piled up the terrain of Xixia.He planted a small flag at the Xixia Palace: "Brother Yan Chong has buried a lot of threads in Xixia. At present, there are people from the Xixia court, Xixia merchants, and Xixia army."

Yao Dingyan and Xu Juncheng nodded.

Yan Chong is a frontier general, and he can make decisions on his own in case of emergencies, but this kind of major event that harms the entire Xixia still has to be discussed with the Zhengshitang.Although they didn't know who Yan Chong sent, they knew that Yan Chong's control over Xixia territory was far beyond outsiders' imagination.

For example, Yan Chong got a sum of money for Zhao Chongzhao's internal treasury last year, saying that it was Xixia's "Migong", and the word "Migong" was almost unheard of!Could it be that the Xixia court actually had the good character of doing good deeds without leaving a name?The only possibility is that Yan Chong obtained a large amount of money from Xi Xia, which was so big that he was very hot in his hands, so he had to secretly send it back to Beijing to enrich Zhao Chongzhao's internal treasury.

This is really outrageous!

It doesn't cost money to guard the frontier and fight, but can you still get money?

But the West Route Army did it.

Yao Dingyan glanced at Xie Zean: "Could it be that you did something when you were in Liangzhou?"

Xie Zean boasted shamelessly: "I have done a lot of things. Under my rule, Liangzhou's government is smooth and people are harmonious, and all wastes are prosperous. It is as good as it is. When I left—oh, I don't know sir. I didn't hear that the people of Liangzhou saw each other off, all of them were crying so hard that they held me back and refused to let me get on the horse."

Xu Juncheng said, "...be serious, kid."

Xie Ze'an immediately returned to his shy look: "Actually, I didn't do anything, I just met a lot of old men and out-of-shape people—"

Xie Zean was about to pull Du Qingduxing and the others out to smear them, when someone outside the door interjected angrily: "Who do you say is a person who is out of shape? Tell me clearly, boy!" After the words fell, the door They were also pushed away, and two middle-aged men, one tall and one short, barged in, smelling of alcohol and glaring, "Fortunately, we came in time, otherwise, I don't know what kind of arrangement your mouth will make us! "

Xie Ze'an rubbed his nose and did not argue. He turned to Yao Dingyan and introduced them: "Sir, they are Mr. Du Qing and Mr. Du Xing."

Du Qing and Du Xing are the clearest about the situation in Xixia.They were not humble, they stood on the other side of the sand table openly and told Xie Zean's "multi-line plan".The new law has not yet been implemented in China, and it has been carried out in Xixia for a while.Of course, Xixia’s new method is a castrated version. They didn’t think about dealing with the aftermath at all, they were very open-handed, and they completely treated that side as their own experimental field.

Du Qing said: "There are three areas here. The side close to the border has spent a lot of effort. Both the upper and lower areas have been properly rectified. After a year, there have been some results; the area in the middle, including the capital of the Xixia King, is almost entirely managed by the government. The local officials operated it, and after one year... Hehe, let’s not talk about the results, we will analyze the exposed problems later. In the last piece, a few moths passed by, and the showdown of Qingmiaoqian has been made twice in less than a year.”

Yao Dingyan's heart beat violently.

Du Xing took over the conversation with a smile: "I haven't paid off the first time, but the second time came again. Guess what the result will be?" He drew two lines on the west and south sides of Xixia with a pen, "Xiliao and Uighur bit these two pieces. Xixia has a high degree of sinicization. In their eyes, Xixia is also a big favorite. It's rare that their territory is in chaos. How could they not seize the opportunity to bite a few times."

Yao Dingyan and Xu Juncheng had heard about the reputation of the Du Qing brothers, but they still couldn't accept that their plan to disrupt Xixia was as simple as drinking water.Yao Dingyan's face was slightly cold, and he asked: "Sanlang, you mean that the new law is not feasible?"

Xie Ze'an said: "I definitely don't mean that." He asked calmly, "Sir, how many people in our court really don't care about fame and fortune? How many people are really serving the country and the people?"

Yao Dingyan was silent.

Yao Dingyan is not a naive person, on the contrary, he can see the greedy nature of many people under him.He just grasped the greedy nature of these people to tempt them, which would allow him to better control the entire implementation process of the new law.

In the early days of the new law, the last thing we need is a different voice.

The new law must be vigorously and comprehensively rolled out before there is a chance to talk about the "next step".

Yao Dingyan said: "Do you have the regulations for implementing the new law in Xixia?"

Xie Zean said: "Of course there are." He took out a stack of manuscripts and handed them to Yao Dingyan, "There are not only new laws and regulations, but also detailed follow-up records. But we only spread out a few scattered points, and some records may not be comprehensive enough. Infer for yourself."

Yao Dingyan nodded, and divided the manuscript into two halves, holding one half by himself, and giving the other half to Xu Juncheng.Yao Dingyan did it naturally, Xu Juncheng paused, took it calmly, and sat beside Yao Dingyan to look through it.

Xie Ze'an said: "This is only the second year of the official implementation. If we wait another year or two, more advantages and disadvantages will definitely surface."

Both Yao Dingyan and Xu Juncheng watched intently.

It sounds unbelievable to implement the new law in the whole territory of Xixia by relying on a few "points", but it is still feasible to operate it.As long as a useful person is placed beside the Xixia Emperor, and the government orders are implemented from top to bottom, the people below will naturally implement them.

The difficulty is to make the "reforms" of the three "experimental fields" advance according to the predetermined plan.

Although the first year seems to be going well, the situation may be completely different after the second year is over.

Xie Ze'an originally didn't want to reveal the trump card of "doing experiments in Xixia" so quickly, but in the face of an increasingly bad situation, he still wanted to work hard.Even though Liu Shenxing concluded that Yao Dingyan could not succeed, Xie Zean still had some expectations in his heart, hoping to have a good talk with Yao Dingyan.

Xie Zean sat quietly on the side.

Yao Dingyan and Xu Juncheng exchanged and read the manuscript.

Yao Dingyan said: "Sanlang, you have a heart, these things are very good, I want to take them back and think about them."

Xie Zhe'an said: "The ones I put here are transcribed, just take them, sir."

Xu Juncheng interrupted: "Where's mine?"

Xie Ze'an: "..."

Xie Ze'an ordered Dai Shi to sort out a copy immediately, and then took out his manuscript to Yao Dingyan and Xu Juncheng for guidance.Xie Ze’an’s final drafts of Enlightenment are the adapted versions of "San Zi Jing" and "Sound Rhythm Enlightenment". It is to combine the original "Enlightenment of the Rhythm" and "The Conversation of Li Weng" together.This thing is to help beginners accumulate "vocabulary" and master the rhyme and rhythm. It uses two-character pairs, three-character pairs, five-character pairs, etc. to fill in the rhymes. It is catchy to read and easy to remember like singing. .

It's easy to say, but not so easy to do.After all, Xie Ze'an didn't have a photographic memory, and most of them were written by himself using that model, which took his boss's effort.In particular, "Enlightenment of Rhythm" relies entirely on his "self-taught" foundation in the past few years - of course, it is indispensable to seek advice from Gu Yun and Gu Cheng during the period.

Xie Ze'an was afraid that he might miss something, so he deliberately took two points for Yao Dingyan and Xu Juncheng to take back to watch.

As for the matter of annotating classics and history, Xie Ze'an didn't mention it, because he hadn't really made up his mind yet, so there was no need to rush to present the treasure.

Yao Dingyan saw something new in the manuscript at a glance.

Not the content, but those few simple and weird "new symbols".He raised his eyebrows and asked Xie Ze'an: "What is this? It seems to be related to sentence breaks?"

Xie Ze'an said: "Mr.'s sharp eyes are indeed related to sentence punctuation." He pointed to one of the "new symbols" and began to flicker, "This is called a punctuation mark. This little tadpole is called a 'comma'. , use it to break the sentence. There are many punctuation marks at the end of the sentence. If the tone is calmer, use a circle, called 'period'. If the tone is more excited, use 'exclamation point'. If the tone is questionable, use 'question mark' '. There are others, you will understand when I tell you..."

Yao Dingyan listened intently, and when Xie Ze'an finished speaking, he looked at Xie Ze'an in a different way.

Xu Juncheng said: "Sanlang, you threw us another amazing thing without making a sound."

Xie Ze'an had a little shyness on his face: "Where is it, good things are made by nature, and you can get them by chance..."

Yao Dingyan patted him on the head: "Don't say such shameless words in a humble tone, it sounds too much to beat."

Xie Ze'an was not shy at all: "Anyway, sir, take them back and have a look, and correct me if there is any mistake!"

Both Yao Dingyan and Xu Juncheng agreed to come down. Seeing that it was getting late, they didn't want to stay any longer.

Xie Ze'an personally sent them out.

When he came back, Du Qing and Du Xing were still waiting for him in the study.

Xie Ze'an asked: "Mr. Du, what do you think of Mr. Yao and the others?"

Du Xing said: "One is too warm and the other is too hot, it's hard to get things done."

Xie Zean frowned.

Du Qing said: "They have conflicting tempers, and sooner or later the quarrel will become more rigid. Like Yao Dingyan, his brows are relaxed when he sees the new law being implemented well in the front, and his brows become more and more tight in the middle and back. Obviously with disapproval, the 'experimental field' you opened may not mean anything to him."

Xie Ze'an sighed: "Is it really like this?"

Du Xing said: "Don't forget Yao Dingyan's most famous sentence - the changes of the sky are not to be feared, the ancestors are not to follow the law, and the words of people are not enough. Your words are also in the 'words of people', it is difficult to shake his mind."

Xie Ze'an said, "I hope Mr. Du is wrong."

Du Qing and Du Xing Qiqi stared at Xie Ze'an, shook their heads and said, "You actually think so, don't you? Otherwise, you wouldn't be in a hurry to reveal your hole cards. Your hole cards are actually not yet done."

Xie Ze settled down and leveled the sand table formed during the conversation just now.

Xie Ze'an was about to talk to Du Qing and Du Xing again when he saw Dai Shi walking in in a hurry and said, "Officer, Your Majesty ordered Cai Yang and Shen Jingqing to be in charge of supervising the construction of a new summer resort, and they are contacting the salt merchant to request They 'collect money'. There are many court officials standing behind the salt merchants, and the news has spread!"

Xie Zean frowned and said, "Really?"

Dai Shi said: "It has been confirmed in many ways."

Du Qing commented objectively: "This master finally did what everyone thought he would do sooner or later."

Xie Ze'an: "..."