Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 394

He Liufu stays at home and is obsessed with raising birds and making tea.

On this day, he carried a birdcage and came to the famous Old Yutai Teahouse in the capital.

The three bird friends He Liuxin knew all gathered around one after another: "Master He, are you here?"

Among the three bird friends, one is Yue Dafang, who is in his seventies.He has been a businessman all his life, and now that he is old, he has left the business in the hands of his son.Raising birds and fighting crickets all day, killing time.

One is Sun Tai, in his fifties, and he still has the hereditary title of a thousand households.It's just that he has never been in office, and he has been living on this salary all his life.

One is Lu Jing, about sixty years old, and an old Juren.He has been obsessed with imperial examinations for decades, but he has never been awarded the gold list, high school Jinshi.In his life, he only served as the county director in Jiangnan.Fortunately, he has a reputation for raising people and can be exempted from land tax.Dozens of people put their land in his name, and paid less land tax.The [-]% of the less land tax paid will be given to Lu Jing by the common people as silver.With this income, Lu Jing has no worries about food and clothing.

These three bird friends all have spare money and spare time.No money, no time, who would make a teahouse?

The three of them did not know He Liu's true identity.He Liu lied to them, saying that he was a businessman and had several firms in Jiangnan.

He Liu sat on the tea table.Xiao Er said loudly: "The distinguished guest is here, go up!"

Sun Tai said: "Master He, look at this thrush I bought recently. Heh, look at this beak, this hair! It's like a spiritual thing! Whenever I'm upset, it will let out a joyful squawk, please me!"

He Liu is now considered to be half an expert in bird breeding. He looked at the thrush and said, "This bird is good, and it must be expensive!"

Lu Jing said from the side: "Master Sun spent four taels of silver!"

Sun Tai laughed and said, "It's not about money! This thing is hard to come by! If I don't get it, my heart will be scratched like a cat."

Yue Dafang said: "Heh, grandpa can take the hereditary salary of a thousand households! Don't care about the four taels of silver!"

When it comes to salary, Sun Tai drank his tea and said: "That's right! My ancestor followed Grandpa Cheng to go south to Jingnan, how many times he rolled in the oil pan, how many times he walked on the mountain of swords, for what? Isn't it just to let the descendants Will future generations have an iron rice bowl that will never be broken and lasted for thousands of years? When the emperor first came to the throne, Zhang Juzheng in the court was still yelling for reform, to change the salaries of us hereditary idle officials! Oh, Mr. He, You criticize, what a dark heart Zhang is! He wants to cut off the way of life for us!"

He Liu smiled awkwardly, but didn't speak.

As far as matters are concerned, although Sun Tai is He Liu's friend, he does nothing every day and gets paid for nothing. To put it bluntly, he is eating the meat and drinking the blood of the court.Where did the court's money come from?It is nothing more than the tax money of the people.In the capital, there are countless idle military officers like Sun Tai who are paid for nothing.

Lu Jingdao: "When it comes to being an official, the three of you really don't understand as well as I do! Although Grandpa Sun has the position of a hereditary thousand households, he has never been in the position in his life. But I actually worked as a director in Jiangnan! The emperor has just ascended the throne, and Zhang Juzheng is yelling to change the old and bring out the new every day. In the end? Has it stopped? If the old system is changed and the new system is implemented, something will happen! Let me tell you an allusion from the history books!"

Lu Jing actually talked about officialdom in front of He Liu, which can be said to be a big knife in front of Guan Gong.He Liu didn't take it seriously, he took a sip of tea and said, "I would like to hear more about it, Master Lu, please tell me."

Lu Jingdao: "At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang took advantage of the chaos and took the throne. In other words, he was able to sit firmly as the emperor. To put it bluntly, the founding monarchs of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Sui, Tang, and Song Dynasties Didn't he become an emperor by usurping the throne? Do you know why Wang Mang lost his head in the end?"

He Liudao: "It's because he wanted to change the old system of the Western Han Dynasty and implement a new system. As a result, all the powerful landlords who originally supported him became his enemies?"

Lu Jing stretched out his thumb: "Grandpa He's a great idea! That's right! If you want to change the system, you have to let a group of people lose their jobs. If you cut off their money, they don't want to play with you and cut off your life? Restructuring will inevitably lead to changes! How wise the current emperor is, he naturally sees through this point! For the long-term stability of our Ming Dynasty, the emperor can only stick to the old system! Without the support of the emperor, Zhang Juzheng can only stop the matter of reforming!"

He Liu sighed: "Yes, since ancient times, how many emperors have the courage to scrape bones to cure poison? But in my humble opinion, reforming the system will damage the royal family and the noble family, but it will benefit the common people."

Sun Tai laughed and said, "I can't tell, Lord He is still a master who cares about the country and the people!"

But Lu Jing shook his head: "I think of Zhang Yanghao's "Hillside Sheep": the mountains and rivers are gathered together, the waves are like anger, Tongguan Road inside and outside the mountains and rivers. Looking at the western capital, I hesitate. Sad Qin and Han classics travel, there are thousands of palaces and palaces. Prosperity, the people suffer; death, the people suffer. The common people are born to suffer! Who told them not to entrust them to be born into a wealthy family?"

Yue Dafang agreed and said: "That's true! Man's fate is destined by God. You must obey your fate. Ordinary people are entrusted to be born in poor families, so they must obey their own fate! Those in power in the court, don't always think about rebelling. God changed fate."

He Liudao: "When you talk about the sky, I think of a sentence that Wang Anshi said when he reformed the law: the changes of the sky are not to be feared, the laws of the ancestors are not worth mentioning, and the words of people are not enough."

Lu Jing said: "No matter how powerful Wang Anshi is, what's the use of it? He has carried out reforms for decades. In the end, he was dismissed from office and died of depression and illness? Once he dies, those new laws he formulated will be abolished immediately!"

He Liu thought to himself: It seems that Zhang Juzheng will encounter many obstacles in order to implement the New Deal in the future.At least, these three bird friends in front of them will wholeheartedly oppose the New Deal!

He Liudao: "Didn't we talk about birds? How did we talk about political affairs? Don't talk about state affairs! I heard that Jinyiwei and Dongchang have their eyes and ears everywhere! Let's talk about state affairs and let them hear them, so don't hold us tight Prison, eat his prison food for several months?"

As soon as He Liu said this, a tea drinker sitting next to him spit out all the tea he had just drunk into his mouth with a "puchi"!
This tea guest is none other than Zhang Jing, the eunuch in charge of the East Factory.Zhang Jing was ordered to personally protect and monitor He Liu.Every time He Liu came to drink tea in the teahouse, he would follow him.

He thought to himself: You are really good at making fun of boredom!I'm afraid no one in the world has the guts to arrest you, Master Liu.

(End of this chapter)