Chapter 540 – Man as a Sword and Me as a Fish

Hu Mu didn’t seem to be looking very good after handing it over.

This made Liu Zhan feel strange, and seeing that Hu Mu had a taut face, he did not ask too many questions.

Instead, two days passed.

Hu Mu got off duty and invited his brother Hu Sui to come to the house.

When Hu Sui came to the show is not small, sitting in a fine carriage, the horse pulling the car is white, very steed. Hu Sui is wearing a new satin dress, long sleeves folded up, revealing the smooth inner silk material.

He came in with a square step and glanced at the house, but smiled and said, “Brother, this dormitory of yours, how come it’s so small …… ahaha ……”

Hu Sui nature, has always been cheerful and optimistic, and now because of the talent, there are a few points of unrestrained.

It’s just that back then, when he was back home in Jishui, he was tightly controlled by his family, and now he’s back to his true nature.

Hu Mu prepared a few small dishes, and after scrutinizing him, he said, “Don’t look like this, sit down.”

Whoopi had to nod meekly and sit down.

Hu Mu said, “Are you okay out there now?”

Hu Sui then laughed: ”There are too many people listening to the theater, and the theater troupes, everywhere, are on fire, so it seems that the new policy is really good! How many people used to listen to opera? They couldn’t even eat! Now is not the same, I heard that now the troupe, one after another emerged, but the troupe is there, poor words, the so-called no words are not theater, if always sing those clich茅s, we are also tired of, and thus …… now this major theater, have to come to beg me to give ink.”

Hu Sui held his head slightly high, his face not without pride.

Hu Mu, however, sighed quietly and said, “If it goes on for a long time, it’s not good after all.”

Hu Sui heard, on the contrary, some excitement, said: “Where long can not, as long as there are still people in this world, he must listen to the theater.”

“What my brother is talking about is not this.” Hu Mu said, “What I am talking about is Java.”

“This?” Hoho smiled as he looked at the worried Humu.

And then, Hu Sui said, “What has brother heard?”

Humu shook his head, “That’s not true.”

Hu Sui picked up the followers of the wine marquee, a cup of water wine down after, smacked his lips, only to say again: “Brother this is for me to worry about it, but brother since I know, so is the foolish brother is a fool? Java thing, is certainly not long, this silver …… he can still give me year after year not? Even if he is willing to support my younger brother, my younger brother is still not happy.”

Hu Mu could not help but say, “If you can be like this, it would be better to be a man or to be peaceful …….”

Hu Sui, however, cheerfully said: “I don’t intend to hang myself on a tree! A few days ago, I contacted the Lin’s wood industry, this Lin’s wood industry, brother is aware of it, in the wood manufacturing industry is also a first-class big firm, they have promised me, said that as long as I add a few strokes of this book, will offer a thousand taels of silver! Brother, you do not know, as long as I write out the words, the next day the troupe a stage, the lyrics and words, not ten days, will be spread to Zhili, within a month, the world everywhere the troupe, will follow the song ……”

Humu: “……”

Hu Sui smiled again and said: “You don’t look at this one thousand taels of silver is an astronomical figure, but in fact, in the eyes of these big business houses, and what really counts? They have silver, just want a good reputation, and I here …… a singing, may be able to make them teach people impressed, you say, a thousand taels of silver expensive?”

Hu Mu laughed bitterly, “You ah you ……”

Then the voice cut off, helplessly.

Hu Sui is proudly continued: “Brother do not come to lecture me, what time is it now? Now the new government has begun, not back then, you in the railroad division here dedicated, do not know, now the trend is so? As a brother, I’m just going with the flow. I’m not stealing or robbing. More with our father without amnesty, what’s wrong with this?”

Hu Mu then said with concern in his eyes, “I was afraid that you would suffer.”

“Can’t lose.” Hu Sui seriously up, put away the harmonic appearance, but seriously said: “I have planned to also set up a business firm, everything else to do, just concentrate on writing books for people, and then hire people, specializing in negotiating with the business firms, and the theater troupe to negotiate, people do not have to be too much, and then bring a few disciples, so down … … later also do not need me to worry about negotiating things, just concentrate on writing books can be, or pointing out disciples, wouldn’t it be nice … … later also do not need me to concentrate on writing books can be, or pointing out disciples. . in the future I don’t have to worry about negotiating, just concentrate on writing books, or instructing my disciples, wouldn’t it be a happy life?”

Hu Mu frowned, his eyes slightly open, said, “If father knows ……”

Hu Mu is not very concerned about said: “Father if you know, just know. He’s old, and he’s not a man of the past, and he used to listen to him in every way, but so what? Locked himself up for a lifetime of reading, but he himself to do the official.”

After a pause, Hu Sui looked Hu Mu up and down and added: “Brother, you and father are more and more like each other, worrying about too many things …… and wanting to manage everything.”

Hu Mu had to say, “This is a difference in your and my encounters.”

Hu Sui laughed and said, “We came to Raozhou together, why are our encounters different?”

Hu Mu said in a long and serious tone, “You came to Raozhou, is to write for people, contact is the sound and color, is those wearing new clothes, the rise of the family in a hurry to come out to listen to the opera.”

After a pause, he then said, “But I for the officials, the contact, but the ragged clothes, one by one, unkempt, full of disease, temporarily settled down, but also under the backwell, fear, the wind and the sound of the people. Hey ……”

Hu Mu opened the box, a face of deep feeling said: “In the past …… is not without seeing such a people, but they are trapped, or …… starving, but not much feeling, then only think that I since I was born in a scholarly family. Born in a family of books, the reason why they are so encountered, of course, because they are not smart enough, stupid, so to be so. But this half year, but a lot of feelings.”

Hu Sui got up and poured Hu Mu’s wine.

Hu Mu did not drink, continued: “can be for the mandarins after dealing with them, only to know that they are not barbaric, but where you place him, he is a thousand thanks to you, to give him a job to do, the vast majority of them, will be willing to die. What is more terrible is that, among them, many people …… learned that reading can be a better situation, once you can do wine and food, but also willing to buy their own books to develop, some people …… rely on their own self-study, and even can be literate. ”

Said here, Hu Mu’s look looks a little depressed, mouth then said: “Now think carefully, really frightening ah, you and I usually boast of their own is a family of books, the reason why there is a difference with others, lies in our reading, and books read well, and this as the root of self-pride. But now realize, even if the ragged people, in fact, their talent is not under us, if they learn to know the book, will never do worse than us, they do not need a famous teacher, no need to supervise, and sometimes master the essentials of reading, but also by no means comparable to you and me.”

Hu Sui couldn’t help but laugh, “Why, with all these sentiments, brother is worried that he’s going to be caught up.”

Hu Mu waved his hand and said: “This is not my intention, I only said my experience, because of these experiences, I know the terrible place of this new deal, everyone says the new deal is good, the new deal is good in the good to gather money, for this, I do not think so.”

“Throughout the ages can become a great man, not is not able to reserve talent, the more talent, and can be utilized, then there is nothing in the world can not do things. All dynasties, not all so?”

“But how many so-called talented people have there been in all the dynasties? In the end, the people who read books are so many, there are even fewer visionaries. But the new policy is to teach the original more than ninety-five percent, those who can not read, also began to contact the books, they are more willing to use hard work in order to change, I personally saw a laborer, one side of the quarry, one side of the recitation of poems, think about it, a few years or dozens of years, how many talented people will emerge? I am afraid …… there will be ten or twenty times more than today. They will be more bitter, more hardy, more patient, and by that time, if we do not take advantage of a family of poets and writers, how are we going to compare with them?”

Hu Sui said, “Brother’s words are a good way to teach people to think twice.”

Hu Sui actually got serious, his sword brows lightly furrowed, then fell into deep thought.

This makes Hu Mu is very pleased, so continued: “so many talents, spread all over the world, this Ming future, and what is the scene? Really do not dare to imagine, but also teach people can not help but be mesmerized by, perhaps then, is the world’s most prosperous time, right, Han and Tang in front of this, also to be eclipsed.”

Seeing Hu Sui still sinking his eyebrows, seemingly touched by Hu Mu’s words, Hu Mu instead paused, quietly picking up his wine and sipping his wine without disturbing him.

At this time, Hu Sui slammed his hands together and couldn’t help but say, “Haha, what elder brother said is too right.”

“Right where?” Hu Mu put down his wine and stroked his whiskers in relief to look at him.

Hu Sui revealed a big smile, then said: “I plan to write the next play about a hard laborer, whose family is starving to death, who suffers from the world’s stares, and when he is at the end of his tether, he works as a hard laborer to make a living, and reads in silence, teaching him to suffer from the world’s bullying today, and then rise up in the wind someday, brother is right, there are a lot of people in Zhi Li and Rao Zhou in the same situation now, and they must feel very moved when hearing this play. When they hear this play, they must be very touched. As for the readers like us, we are also tired of listening to the words of the readers, and it is time to change our tastes, and we will also have a sense of novelty.”

Humu: “……”

Hu Sui but joyfully said: “Based on these alone, I’m afraid it’s not …… right or …… not …… enough …… right, there should be a woman …… since childhood childhood sweethearts, but unfortunately, the two families are poor, the woman’s parents dislike poverty and love the rich, therefore, the woman will be promised to others …… you see this …… is appropriate? ”

With a wooden face, Humu finally said, “Forget it, let’s drink.”

Hu Sui is joyfully said: “This book, I need to properly polish ten days and a half months, a moment is not easy to put out, need to wait and see, recently there is no big business …… willing to give silver, no two thousand two, I am not willing to.”

Brothers, you a word, I a word, said the pour are gushing, but it seems that the words do not agree.

However, after all, the bloodline is connected, even if they are talking to themselves, but there is no barrier, brothers get along quite well.

The two brothers talked and ate, and it was late in the day after they had had their fill of wine.

Hu Mu got up to send Hu Sui, Hu Mu still could not help but urge: “Xian brother, now outside, there are some dissatisfied gentry as well as the eagle and dog that were raised to rebel, you go out, or be more careful.”

Hu Sui was in a good mood, cheerfully said, “Don’t worry, in a few days, I’ll hire a few guards, and then again, this is the jurisdiction of Raozhou station, to see which thief dares to make trouble.”

Humu only smiled at him and pursed his lips.

Sprinkled with a wave of his hand, Whoopi said, “Go away.”

“Be careful on the road.”

Hu Mu dropped the four words and then quietly looked at Hu Sui, intending to see him off before resting.

Hu Sui, on the contrary, felt that there was something wrong, so he said suspiciously, “Brother, why don t you …… teach me a lesson today?”

Hu Mu couldn’t help but cry a little, revealing a smile and saying, “Do I have to scold you a few times?”

Whoopie spat out, “It’s just that it’s not like you today… really go away.”

Said, no more nagging, directly knocked down the curtains, ordered the driver, that carriage will meet the darkening down the sky, long away.

…………

Half a month later, an express newspaper was sent to the capital with fire.

In the Wen Yuan Ge.

Because we are looking at the mid-autumn festival, a day of family reunion, only many officials who left the capital, but can not be reunited with their families, but even so, everyone is joyful.

This year is different from previous years, ah, in previous years, many people tight, but this year, not only the salary increase, but also early as the number of payments.

This was a pleasant moment, since it was a pleasant moment.

Inside Wen Yuan Ge, the atmosphere is actually not tense.

Hundred officials in a good mood, people do not make trouble, but also very peaceful, in the past, everyone has a grudge in their hearts, and when you think about it, it may also be because it is always in arrears of salary.

But now that everyone was at peace, it was good for Wen Yuan Ge.

Not to mention that Qixia Trading House had customized a lot of mooncakes, and Zhang Anshi had had a copy sent to Wen Yuan Pavilion.

In fact, in previous years at this time, the emperor will also command the Palace of the Shang Cuisine Supervisor, the production of some food, reward Wen Yuan Ge, but those food, most of the difficult to swallow, anyway, the emperor is not eaten, the emperor himself to eat a small stove, the ministers ate, but do not dare to say that it is not good.

On the contrary, the mooncakes customized by this Qixia Trading House were different from other places, especially the sweet and greasy bean paste filling, which taught people to praise it.

Zhang Anshi actually did not expect, this sweet and mushy bean paste mooncake, on the contrary, will be the most popular, not only the hundred officials like, even the sale is also very hot.

Food is the most important thing for the people, but for thousands of years, food has always been in short supply, and thus, simplicity and frugality have to be promoted.

This is like, Zhang Anshi in the latter part of the world, really can not accept the fatty pork, but on the contrary, Zhang Anshi’s parents and grandparents, but always have a fondness for fat meat in general, in the final analysis, but because they really have had the memory of not having enough to eat.

Early in the morning of that day, Zhang Anshi arrived at the Wen Yuan Pavilion.

Heard a few Wen Yuan Ge university professors, is eating tea in the bookstore, immediately also went over.

He came in and settled quietly in one of the chairs.

At this time, Xie Jin is talking about the situation of the various clans advancing troops, as well as the various strategies adopted by the various clans to resist the barbarians.

On the policy of resisting the barbarians, in fact, has always been Xie Jin valued, so many clans, the strategy adopted by different, the effect is naturally good and bad, some people believe that the court should be appropriate instruction to the kings, but Xie Jin does not look at it this way, but believes that, how to enter the army, how to resist the barbarians, this is the clan’s affairs, so that they take measures on their own, and ultimately summarize the gains and losses of their can be.

After Zhang Anshi took his seat, he only nodded with everyone and also listened quietly and carefully on the sofa.

At this time, Xie Jin said with a smile: “His Highness King Zhao in Java, but the most successful, this is not Xie someone boast, is really His Highness King Zhao enterprising reason. This year, the King of Zhao opened up 500 miles of land, built six cities, the actual population of 37,000 households, not three years, I’m afraid that this Java Island, to be all owned by His Highness the King of Zhao.”

Sip a mouthful of tea, Xie Jin smiled and continued: “Of course, I’m not praising him, on the contrary, I think, this time, more should be to be careful, expanding the land is easy, but the most difficult to keep, how to digest so much land, how to reclaim, how to rest assured, and how not to make the generals known as the proud soldiers, this is the real test. Gentlemen, we are in the capital, sitting and discussing. But do not know the hard work of this overseas …… here, every to expand the land a mile, are extremely not easy thing, is to bleed!”

“Just because it is not easy, so need to cherish, the court side, according to my view which, really want to draw up a charter out, have to think of a way to see if you can not in this, to be assisted.”

Hu Guang stroked his whiskers, listening carefully, a long time, he said: “Xie Gong, we have expanded so much land overseas, the court’s land, already have everything, but the new policy, but why also take the lead in taking the land of the gentry?”

After saying this, he only felt that his words were a little too blunt, so he added: Don’t misunderstand, the old man is also just a doubt in my heart, the new policy …… is since beneficial to the country and the people ……”

The crowd looked at him and laughed.

On the issue of the land of the gentry, Hu Guang has always been difficult to let go, although he now hates certain gentry shameless, but always feel that the contradiction can not be so sharp.

Xie Jin said, “Isn’t His Highness right here? It’s time to ask His Highness.”

Zhang Anshi then laughed and said, “Don’t ask me, don’t ask ……”

Jin Youzi, who had been silent all along, but suddenly said, “What happened to Shang Yang’s change of law?”

The moment these words came out, all the laughter stopped abruptly, suddenly causing chills to suddenly rise up in Hu Guang and the others.

Hu Guang could not help but frown and said, “Jin Gong means …… wherever there is a new policy must be you die and I live, there is no room to turn around, even if it is the Shang ruler, but also to be not exempt from the fate of the car cracked, so this middle way, there is simply no way to talk about it.”

Jin Youzi said in a serious manner, “Judging from the lessons of all the dynasties, this is indeed true.”

Hu Guang exhaled a breath, sighed: “This may not be unreasonable, hey …… good national plan, why must you fight like a beast, people are worse than beasts ah ……”

Seeing everyone’s faces change slightly, the atmosphere became more and more gloomy.

Hu Guang hurriedly said, “Your Excellencies, don’t misunderstand, I’m not talking about your Excellencies.”