"Playing Song"/Chunxi Di Xiao

Chapter 65

After the beginning of autumn, there was another autumn examination this year. Except for Feng Mao, a student who was young and knowledgeable in the state, all of them were sharpened their guns and wrote the recent earthy four and six articles with the characteristics of Qingzhou in the autumn examination hall.

According to the custom, it was a round every three years, but during the Huangyou period, it was changed to a round every two years, and it recruited many talents. Some people secretly complained that "The "Five Years of Imperial Examination Three Years Simulation" should be renamed "Five Years of Imperial Examination Two Years Simulation".

Wang Rongqiu was shameless. After crushing Feng Mao's group of new students who went to crush the state school, he had no intention of rising. He is now familiar with Mr. Tu, and occasionally asked Mr. Tu to talk to him about how to help the students develop comprehensively in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor.

Just as the monthly exam for Tianzhou was over, the top student Li Yuandong went outside early to wait for Wang Rong.

Li Yuandong studied hard for another year, and his knowledge was quite beneficial. He could also spend more time to participate in volunteer activities. He led the Silk Road model in the Qilu Museum. This research party led Wang Yun to study countless historical materials before restoring the Silk Road.

Wang Yun's head hurts a little when he sees Li Yuandong. However, everyone is a classmate and friend, Wang Yun can't turn around and leave. That's too obvious and he will be beaten! Wang Yun also said hello to him in a gentle manner, "Why is Wenqing here?"

Wang Yun saw that people were very skilled in talking about humans and talking about ghosts. Li Yuandong always thought that Wang Yun was his fellow disciple, and felt that Wang Yun was smarter than him and better friends than him, and he felt that he was a little envious.

Li Yuandong also looked for Wang Rong for this. He explained his purpose with shame: an uncle in his clan came and brought an eight-year-old cousin. His uncle and his father were going to visit and threw his little cousin to him. He has been with books since he was a child, but he really didn't know how to coax the child. He was afraid of the cold, so he wanted to invite Wang Rong and Feng Mao to take his cousin to the museum.

After the Qilu Cultural Festival, the tickets for the museum were much easier to buy. Because state students had participated in the construction of the museum, they could still buy half of the tickets. Therefore, many scholars like to go to the museum to "make friends through literature" in their spare time.

It was rare that Li Yuandong looked for him not to discuss academic issues. Wang Rong was very pleased and agreed immediately. After breakfast the next morning, they met in front of the South City Gate.

Li Yuandong's little cousin is Li Gefei, who looks beautiful and has a little similarity to Li Yuandong. When Wang Yun heard this name, he always felt familiar, and seemed to have heard it somewhere. However, the child in front of him was younger than him, and it was too early to discuss his future achievements. He and Feng Mao enthusiastically took Li Gefei to the museum for a walk.

It was the time for the provincial school to take a break, and you could see many familiar figures in the museum. The good kid Li Gefei heard that his cousin participated in the design of the mall. The first thing he wanted to visit was the mall. Seeing the kid lying in front of the huge Silk Road geographical sand table, he kept looking around, and turned around from time to time to ask them where a certain location was on the sand table. Wang Yun suddenly found that the preferences of boys and girls were indeed different.

Above the sand table, the Silk Road winds across tens of millions of miles, sometimes ancient desert countries appearing, and sometimes foreign cities appearing. Corresponding exhibits are also displayed on the walls behind each location, showing how the Han and Tang envoys and Hu merchants traveled to and from all over the country through this trade route to complete prosperous trade across the region.

Maritime trade routes are also a favorite among boys, especially those exquisite ship models that are reduced in proportion. Through the shape and docking position of the ship model, the development of maritime trade routes and the evolution of maritime ships can be seen.

When Li Gefei learned that there were ship models in the store to sell, and visitors could buy them for assembly or assemble them on site and take them away, he was very happy and took out his wallet excitedly to show that he had money and wanted to try it out.

Few boys can resist the charm of models, and Wang Rong was no exception. Seeing that Li Gefei rolled up his sleeves and was about to start playing, he also paid for a high-difficulty boat model and started playing with Li Gefei happily.

Li Yuandong actually wanted to play, but he was already sixteen or seventeen years old and could not be so naive anymore.

Li Yuandong stood there and wanted to talk to Feng Mao to divert his attention - after all, Feng Mao is his peer and should not play with this. Unexpectedly, when he turned around, Feng Mao had already rushed up and joined Wang Rong and Li Gefei happily. He was very generous in his move, so he picked several models in one breath.

Li Yuandong: “…”

What can Li Yuandong do? He can only join happily under Feng Mao's enthusiasm.

Several people were addicted to assembly, and Wang Yun fooled Li Gefei into playing arithmetic games in the mall together.

Li Gefei agreed without any warning, but as a result, various digital traps and verbal traps emerged one after another. He did not pity Li Gefei, a really weak, pitiful and helpless child, directly confused Li Gefei. Li Gefei couldn't help but say, "It's not easy to be a businessman."

Feng Mao also played with it for a few games, and the conclusion was that if his father handed over the restaurant to him, he would be able to close the restaurant in two years! Li Yuandong was a little better than them, but he humbly stated that he could not compare to Wang Rong.

Li Gefei turned his head and saw that Wang Rong's error rate was actually zero! Li Gefei immediately looked at Wang Rong with a little more admiration.

Wang Rong childishly crushed the friends and happily took Li Gefei to the other three halls. The day was still too short, and it was only enough for them to browse the exhibition halls and could no longer participate like they were in the mall.

Li Gefei was still unsatisfied when he followed Li Yuandong home. When he lay begging next to his father at night, he kept begging: "Dad, let's stay for a few more days. I still want to go to that farmhouse. In autumn, I can pick hawthorns by myself and make candied haws by myself."

Li's father was so entangled by his son that he had no choice but to take Li Gefei to experience the wildness of the farm. When he arrived there, Li's father saw some familiar figures occasionally, and he went to Qingzhou for a trip while he had his spare time. As a result, he was pestered by his son and refused to leave!

This time Wang Rong did not go with him, but Wang Rong still heard from Feng Mao about the next formation of Li Gefei and his son. This is the effect he wanted. Throughout history, many parents have been the same. No matter how poor they are, they cannot be poor, and no matter how hard they are, they cannot be bitter. Grasping the heart of the children is equivalent to grabbing the parents' money bag!

Poor parents in the world!

Wang Rong was very satisfied. He played with his friends for a long time and happily went home to read books. As soon as he got home, the younger sister ran out and told Wang Rong that a letter had been sent from the capital. The younger sister said happily: "I wrote it by Sister Ayan!"

Wang Rong nodded and pulled her younger sister to the study to read the letter. His father also went to the yamen, changed out of his official uniform and sat there to tear down the letter Sima Guang wrote to him.

Wang Rong was not in a hurry to dismantle his letter, and pulled the chair aside in a dignified manner, preparing to read Wang Anshi's letter.

Wang Anshi glared at him: "Your letter is covered tightly, why do you always like to see me?"

"Dad, why are you so stingy?" Wang Rong said with a stern statement, "Grandpa Fan never avoids me when he reads the letter! As for my letter, it was written by Sister Ayan for me. Sister Ayan is a girl, how can I show you the letter!"

Wang Anshi knew that his son had many fallacies and did not distinguish it from him. This kid also knew that he was a girl, and when he turned around, Sima Guang refused to let them communicate, he would cry if he cried!

Wang Anshi thought that his son was defeated and his whole body was relaxed, so he accused Wang Yun of sitting next to him to read the letter with him.

Most of the letters of Sima Guang were discussing some of the ideas he wrote in the last letter. As a good player who poured cold water, Sima Guang found many possible problems. If someone else found faults like this, Wang Anshi would definitely block them. However, Sima Guang was his friend, so he could read them and stopped from time to time to think.

Of course, Wang Yun was unknown to Wang Anshi's thoughts. What he asked him to guess was probably "Although you said it is quite right, I still stick to my opinion." The essence of the aggression and Sima Niu can be seen from these letters that you have come and go back and forth!

According to Sima Yan's complaint to Wang Rong, Sima Guang and his other good friend Fan Zhen have discussed tens of thousands of words back and forth about "Da Le".

The so-called "big music" refers to the relatively high-end type of "music" in the ritual and music system. With time, the great music has changed from a textual concept to a musical form with specific forms and specific content, and is mainly used in various important occasions from the court to the people - such as sacrifices and funerals.

This "big joy" alone was a debate with tens of thousands of words in letters. It can be seen that Sima Guang and his good friend were obviously the enhanced version of Li Yuandong, which was very terrifying!

Wang Yun remembered the days when Sima Guang was a teacher in Kaifeng, and his scalp suddenly became numb. He quickly stopped recalling and followed Wang Anshi to look down. Compared to Sima Yan who could only use food to hurt him while carrying some recent situation in the capital, Sima Guang could openly convey a lot of news to Wang Anshi.

At the beginning of this year, Nong Zhigao, who was determined to take the exam for the top scorer, failed the exam, and gathered a bunch of subordinates who wanted to rely on the Song Dynasty and were rejected, turned out to be rebellious!

Since April, Nong Zhigao occupied the important town of Guangnan West Road, killed the prefect and established the Danan Kingdom, and then led his troops to fight over, taking over Guizhou, Wuzhou, Duanzhou, etc.

There was no war in the south for a long time, and the states were unprepared. The defenders in the city had abandoned the city and fled before they arrived. Nong Zhigao conquered Jiuzhou in just one month and directly surrounded Guangzhou City!

Guangzhou City has a Maritime Warehouse, which is a major trade location in the south. Nong Zhigao sieges the city for two months and cannot be captured until the end of July!

All the officials of the court were shocked when they received the news. Xixia had only been pacified for a few years, so why did something happen in Guangnan again? The court sent two generals to eliminate Nong Zhigao. The first general died under Nong Zhigao. As for the second one, the news just came back a few days ago, he was defeated because of underestimating the enemy!

The two Qin generals were killed in battle one after another, which greatly damaged morale. The court was at a loss and didn't know who should be sent to quell the rebellion. Sima Guang told Wang Anshi in the letter that the Deputy Envoy of the Privy Councilor Di Qing intended to go to war, and his mentor Pang Ji also planned to recommend Di Qing to Guangnan.

It is the end of September now, and I think the court should have made a decision.

Wang Anshi put down his letter and thought about the various connections.

Di Qing once made great achievements in the Battle of Western Xia. A few years ago, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, and Pang Ji have been Di Qing's superiors one after another. They all highly praised Di Qing, and the officials also loved Di Qing very much, so he became the deputy envoy of Privy Councilor at a young age. This is the highest position that the five senses of the Song Dynasty could obtain. Privy Councilors can generally be held by civil servants, so as to prevent military officers from becoming older.

The situation in Guangnan is so serious. If Di Qing goes here and tries to calm Nong Zhigao, he will definitely be rewarded after returning. I wonder what will happen then!

After reading Sima Guang's letter, Wang Rong learned that Di Qing had asked to go to Guangnan, and Wang Rong had to admit that the wheel of history was powerful. No matter how many changes happened, what should come would come.

Last time Cao Li wrote to him that Di Qing was very good to him and that he would probably bring him with him when he went to Guangnan this time!

Even though he knew that Di Qing was the winner in history, Wang Rong stood up and wandered around the house for two rounds. He didn't know if it was right to let Cao Li go to the army so early, nor did he know if Cao Li would die because of this, or whether he was a friend who had been with him for several years. At this moment, Wang Rong was still unstable.

When Wang Anshi saw Wang Rong wandering around, he suddenly knew what Wang Rong was worried about: "I know now that I'm anxious. Why didn't I think of this when I go to the army?" Going to the army is really not a good way out. It's difficult to make a comeback in the army, and the soldiers in the army are easily looked down upon. If Cao Li had not been determined to do so, Wang Anshi would not agree with him - after all, Cao Li was very outstanding in many aspects, which he and Wu saw.

Wang Yun sighed: "Everyone understands the truth, how can it be the same when things come to an end?" Wang Yun was very dissatisfied with Wang Anshi's cold and ruthless father who not only comforted his son but also wanted to take advantage of the situation. Wang Yun shook his head and sighed and ran away to look at the letter Sima Yan wrote to him.

Wang Anshi: “…”

Other people's sons are so considerate and worry-free, why is it completely different when he comes to him?

Wang Rong and Sima Yan are now persistent in the competition of "Come on, hurt each other". The crossword game for each other is becoming more and more difficult, and it is becoming more and more exciting to describe the delicacies they have tasted recently.

After reading Sima Yan's letter, Wang Yun felt heartbroken: Why can they now describe a plate of home-cooked dishes with great literary quality and let the other party truly feel "even if you learn to make it once, you can't taste such a delicious food"? What has life done to the two science students?!

Even though he was so sad, Wang Rong still copied the recipe to make Wu's recipe. As soon as the family finished eating the new dish, they heard someone knocking on the door. It turned out to be the sister-in-law of the Zhou family.

The sister-in-law of Zhou's family got Wang Rong's method of making ice. She was much more affordable and bought a shop in the city to make various fresh snacks. Although the method of making ice was quickly copied by someone, the sister-in-law of Zhou's family's food shop was getting better and better, and others could not match it.

The autumn examination was released today. The eldest brother of the Zhou family tried to take the exam, but failed. He didn't like Zhou's sister-in-law showing up in public to make a living in the food shop. After reading the list, he got home and got angry and insisted that she lock the food shop so that he could study with peace of mind. Zhou's sister-in-law was unsure of her mind, so she wanted to come over and ask Wu for advice.

In my heart, the Zhou sister-in-law was unwilling to close the food shop. First, if her husband and two brothers-in-law wanted to take the imperial examination road in the future, it would be impossible to spend less money; second, the mother-in-law's illness would be ill with medicine to save her life. If the food shop was closed and the medicine money was short, where would she go to raise money if the mother-in-law was seriously ill?

How could Wu interfere in such a housework? She could only persuade her a few words of gentle words and ask her sister-in-law to go home and have a good talk with her eldest brother of the Zhou family.

Wang Rong was not that polite. He frowned when he heard the eldest brother of the Zhou family go back and lose his temper.

If a man who goes home and goes crazy with his wife if he doesn't get well in the exam, he will probably dislike his wife even more for showing up in public and making money to support his family! When he has more than two more money in his hands, he may become a small official and may start to get the red flags at home and the colorful flags are flying outside!

Wang Rong has never seen such a man in his previous life. Some of his inferior natures will not change for thousands of years. After all, sometimes shameless people live more nourishing and longer!

Wang Rong said, "Why can't he concentrate on studying without letting him work?" He looked at the Zhou sister-in-law and asked, "Sister-in-law Zhou, don't you like to open a food shop? The snacks you make are delicious and very popular in the city! There are people waiting in line outside your food shop early every morning. If you didn't sell them in a limited quantity every day, you could make money for others in a month. This means that many people like the food you make. A good thing that you like and can make money from others - why can't you continue to do it?"

Since the imperial examinations of the Song Dynasty were not banned from merchants, the business in the Song Dynasty was still very developed, and many women did business, especially in the catering industry. Whether they were bartenders, cakes, or porridge, there were women. As for farmers, there were no need to mention that both men and women had to work.

When you are poor, you have to come out to make money to support your family. When your life is better, you will dislike your wife and show up in public. How can you do this?

What's more, the economic foundation determines the superstructure. Only when you hold the money bag, you have the right to speak at home, and your status will not be pressed down again and again, and into the dust!

After hearing Wang Rong's words, the sister-in-law of the Zhou family felt reasonable. She was not the kind of person who was used to swallowing her anger. When she went back, she told the eldest brother of the Zhou family that it would be open. The food shop would definitely not be closed. If he felt embarrassed, she would show off less. Anyway, she also hired some helpers in the store. But she would definitely go to the kitchen. She loves to study all kinds of delicious foods.

The eldest brother of the Zhou family was very angry, but he had no choice but to do so. He was neither eloquent nor dared to attack his wife (not to mention that he could not beat him at all), so he could only let the Zhou family's sister-in-law go.

When the Zhou Wen brothers heard Wang Rong talk about this, they took a falsity and told her about her brother. After following Wang Rong for a long time, their horizons have become wider. Both men and women can do a lot of things. Why do they have to keep the woman at home and not go out? How much labor will be wasted!

Wang Rong did not take the Zhou family's housework to heart. When he wrote to Sima Yan, he only mentioned a few words, and the topic turned to Li Gefei.

Wang Yun wrote to Sima Yan about playing with Li Gefei in the museum. In fact, he was asking Sima Yan: This name looks so familiar, have you seen it somewhere?

It took more than half a month to run to Kaifeng. Sima Guang opened it and read it first. Seeing Wang Yun's evaluation of Zhou's brother and persuading Zhou's sister-in-law, he frowned.

Sima Guang is a very traditional person who insists on being on guard against men and women. He believes that the bride and brother-in-law should not chat much, and it is best not to sit with his brother when he gets married when he goes home.

Even Sima Guang knew that many women would go out to do business and do farm work, but that was forced to make a living. If you live a worry-free life, it would be better for women to take care of their husbands and children at home, otherwise what kind of delicacy will it be!

Therefore, in the face of Wang Yun's remarks that were contrary to his perception, Sima Guang frowned. After reading it later, Sima Guang's brows stretched a little, mainly because he was very interested in the Qilu Museum. Wang Yun wrote it from the perspective of a child tourist, and he could understand better why Qilu culture achieved great success in energy conservation. This Qilu Museum has become a new place for everyone to talk about.

With so many new things to play with with children, no wonder they are so popular. After reading the letter, Sima Guang thought about it and sent it to Sima Yan.

Men and women are seven years old and different seats, but Wang Rong is his student, and he has seen it, so it is nothing to let them communicate.

Sima Guang convinced himself like this.

Sima Yan didn't think much about Sima Guang. When she got the letter, she knew that Sima Guang had dismantled it again. In this era, children could not even hide their private property, let alone any other rights. Sima Yan had no choice but to sit by the window and read the letter.
To be continued...