Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 163 Visitors from Bianjing

"Mom, how do you know that dad bought the cow?" Li An caught up with his mother and asked in a low voice.

Mrs. Liu curled her lips and said: "Your father secretly hides money every day, how can I not know? Not only cattle, he also secretly bought dozens of acres of land in Lijia Village, all for your uncle and the others. That is I saw that he didn’t go out to clean up some of the mess, so I didn’t say anything to him.”

"Mom, aren't you angry?" Li An asked curiously.

He remembered that his mother used to quarrel with his eldest aunt a lot. After he returned to Yangzhou, he wanted to go back to see his grandfather, and his mother even scolded his eldest aunt.

"Do you think your mother is the kind of stingy person? I am annoying your aunt, but in the end it is all caused by poverty in the past. Besides, your grandparents lived with them, so you must be filial and filial no matter what. Our family is here Living in the city, you have nothing to worry about eating and drinking every day, but your grandfather, uncle, and the others are living a hard life. If you go back to Lijia Village, will you be scolded in the back?"

"Besides, your father is a very filial man. If I can stop him, will he feel happy? If he holds it in for a long time, he will either get angry with me or break his body. Our family is not bad at this now. Just pay some money, why bother?" Liu said.

When Li An heard this, he gave his mother a thumbs up.

Mr. Liu has never read a book and is not very knowledgeable, but his thoughts are very open-minded.

Some people may think this is silly, but in feudal society, people attached great importance to clan.

Just like the Sheng Family Dafang, knowing that Mrs. Wang looks down on them as businessmen, they still give money every year.

Maintaining feelings is one thing, and Sheng Hong's appointment as an official can bring benefits to the Sheng family.

At least if others know that Sheng Hong is an official in the capital, they will not dare to bully the Sheng family's eldest son.

Li Nan gave things to his grandfather, uncle and others, which not only fulfilled his filial duty, but also earned him a good reputation.

Putting aside these things, as Mrs. Liu said, her father Li Nan is a filial person. If she stops him, he will definitely not be able to send her off, but then the love between husband and wife will weaken.

Moreover, Li Nan felt unhappy and might get sick from suppressing it.

But what she said just now clearly told Li Nan that I know all the things you did, but I just didn't tell them.

In this way, Li Nan is very grateful to her, and the relationship between husband and wife will be better.

The art of getting along is a very profound subject, and Mr. Liu has a very clear view of it.

"A Niu, you have to remember that you can't just be competitive. Sometimes you will lose even if you win. Suffering a loss may not be a blessing," said Liu.

"Mom, my son has taken note of it." Li An nodded.

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With Mrs. Liu's permission, Li Nan packed up his things and went back to Lijia Village to help with the autumn harvest that day.

I have been busy for seven or eight days before I came back. I have lost a lot of weight.

Mrs. Liu talked a lot about him, but she still made a lot of delicious food to feed him.

Li An reads and practices calligraphy at home every day, and Yang Tao comes to see him every few days. The two of them discuss and chat with each other, or go fishing together.

Entering October, the weather is not that hot anymore, only the hot spot is at noon.

It wasn't until mid-October that news came from Bianjing.

The officials attached great importance to the examination fraud in Yangzhou County, and ordered Liu Xuewen to take charge, and Zhao Tong, the crown prince of Yong, and Zhao Xian, the crown prince of Yan, as deputy officers to come to Yangzhou to investigate the fraud in the county examination.

After hearing the news, Li An was stunned for a long time, and seemed to understand what the official meant.

Could it be that the officials were using this matter to test the two princes?

The original drama did not mention much about the reason why Prince Yong won the battle for the crown prince.

But judging from the debate in the Sheng Family Private School, there are two reasons why King Yong won. The first is that King Yong is older, and the second is that Prince Yong has many heirs.

Li An had doubts about these two points before. After all, he was an adopted son and not his biological son. It seemed that it had nothing to do with his age or youth.

As for the reason why Prince Yong had many heirs, it is also somewhat untenable.

As mentioned before, the crown prince of Yan Wang has grown up. If it is really because he has few heirs that King Yong's voice is louder, and King Yan is not stupid, he might keep his son at home and keep making people.

Ang Lee previously speculated that King Yong ultimately won because he was more supported by civilian officials. This incident gave him another guess.

Perhaps the officials were not only looking at who was more virtuous, King Yong or King Yan, but also looking at their sons.

After all, both King Yong and King Yan are not young anymore, and their heirs are all adults. It is not impossible for the officials to do this.

Counting today's officials, he should be Emperor Renzong.

Over the years, Li An has also learned about some things about today's official family. Although this world is a known world, it is somewhat different from official history, but the difference is not big.

The lives of current officials and the historical Emperor Renzong are very similar.

What to say about Emperor Renzong? History has been mixed with praise and praise.

During his reign, Xixia became independent, and the Song-Xia War broke out.

As a result, not only did they lose, they also lost miserably.

The Liao State took the opportunity to suppress the territory with a large army, forcing the Song Dynasty to raise the annual currency and change the gifts into tribute.

The annual coins originally given to Xixia were promised by Emperor Renzong's father during the Chanyuan Alliance.

The Song Dynasty won the war at that time. Although it was a bit strange to give money and food to others after winning the war, it was done by Emperor Renzong's father. Everyone was already dead, so I won't comment further.

At that time, it was a send-off, but after the Song-Xia war was lost, the Song Dynasty lost soldiers and generals, and its vitality was severely damaged.

When the Liao army invaded the territory, the gifts turned into tribute.

Only the lower country will pay tribute to the upper country, which is very humiliating.

But it is not surprising that Emperor Renzong, the Song Dynasty's army was weak in combat, coupled with a series of reasons such as emphasizing culture over military affairs, etc., they lost the battle.

Due to the pressure of the situation at that time, he had to compromise with the Liao Kingdom.

It can be said that the reasons for the situation at that time were issues left over from history and had little to do with today's officials.

Later, the officials were able to make up their minds to carry out reforms and implement the New Deal, which shows that they still have vision and ability.

And the reason why he has mixed praise and criticism is also because of the reform.

Because he didn't stick to it and compromised with the old guard.

There was a lot of controversy about this in later generations, and some people thought he was too weak.

Some people also felt that the New Deal at that time was too hasty and had many drawbacks, and failure was normal.

No matter what the judgment of later generations is, through the various measures taken by Emperor Renzong during his reign, he still has ability and vision.

It seems normal if the prince is selected in this way.

However, these are all Li An's guesses, and Li An is not sure about the specifics.

When the news reached Yangzhou, Bianjing had already set off.

Not long after the news spread, Master Jin came to us and asked Li An to arrive at Yangzhou Pier tomorrow afternoon before the official time, and to welcome the imperial envoy together with Yangzhou officials.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, the underlying meaning behind his words was to ask Li An to put in a good word for Yangzhou officials.

If fraud is really discovered, officials of all sizes in Yangzhou will be jointly and severally liable.

Those who did not participate may not be charged, but their future will definitely be affected.

Li An agreed without hesitation. No matter what happened, no one dared to ask Liu Xuewen.

(End of this chapter)