Zixu Changqing

Chapter 6 Antiphonal Song

Although Sun Changqing said that it is enough to have a good drink, but in the next few days, it is not easy to treat this good wine.

During the Yin and Shang Dynasties, drinking was very popular.Emperors, aristocrats, and ordinary people were all extremely drunk. After the overthrow of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, many people in the Zhou Dynasty believed that there were two major reasons for King Zhou's downfall: alcoholism and erhu misbehavior.Alcoholism comes first.

The lessons learned from the past, the ruts of the latter, this kind of chaos and loss of morality, the root of the country's subjugation, how can we not help it? !

Therefore, Zhou Gong and Cheng Wang jointly promulgated the prohibition order "Jiu Gao".

"Jiugao" stipulates that drinking is only allowed during sacrifices, and no drunkenness, greedy drinking, indulgence or nonsense after drinking is allowed.

Violators, those who gather to drink alcohol.kill.

However, facts have proved that things that are truly loved by the people can be banned for a while, but cannot be banned for a lifetime.Hundreds of years have passed, and the vicissitudes have changed. This decree has been ignored invariably. At most, some old gentlemen, following Zhou etiquette, will lament a few words when they see people gathering for drinking.

Coincidentally, Ji Zha has this kind of thinking, and he is still in a high position.

It is okay for the common people to brew some fruit wine and flower wine and drink it by themselves, but Ji Zha strictly prohibits opening a tavern to sell alcohol and gathering people to drink alcohol.

It's hard to say when Ji Zha was on an envoy to another country, but now that Ji Zha is in Yanling, it's really not easy to find some good wine in the market.

Therefore, Sun Changqing was thinking about drinking good wine——right now, he could only think about it first.

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In the past, Sun Changqing went to move rice twice a day and serve porridge twice a day, and there was not much time left for the rest of the day.Now suddenly there is Wu Zixu, who has plenty of free time, and there are not many things he can do in the dog days. Sun Changqing is bored. Once he saw many stones by the river, he picked them up, washed them and used them as chess pieces. Wu Zixu did his part. his chess buddies.

As a bad chess player, at the beginning, Sun Changqing would only play chess to pass the time when he was really free, but soon, he found that it was a bit of fun, especially when the two were at the same level. Luo Cai, he found another stinky chess basket as his opponent.

Wu Zixu is proficient in all six arts, but playing chess has never been in his scope of study. Right now, both of them are at the same level in chess. They are desperately fighting for the number of one son, and the fight is really vivid.

In the early morning of this day, the two sent the rice to various places early, and then hid in the porridge shed to play chess. game?"

Wu Zixu said calmly, "One more game."

"All right, all right. How much do you want to lose this time?" Sun Changqing dragged his voice: "How about... I let you?"

Wu Zixu sneered and remained silent.

Another set ended, this time Wu Zixu had 180 second sons, and Sun Changqing had 170 nine sons.Wu Zixu smiled gently, with the demeanor of a gentleman, and then the gentleman spit out five words slowly:

"Is Changqing's face hurting?"

Sun Changqing's face darkened: "Scholars can be killed, but not humiliated!"

Wu Zixu smiled and said casually: "A minister of a doctor's family can be a scholar. Are you going to be a servant of a doctor?"

There is more than one meaning of a scholar, so this question is not difficult for anyone. Sun Changqing raised his eyes and said: "A man can be a scholar if he can do things. Isn't I already a scholar now?"

Wu Zixu collected the chess pieces one by one: "Yes, a man is a scholar if he can do things. Among them, if he writes a book, he can be a scholar, if he dies for his confidant, he can be a warrior, if he knows the yin and yang calendar, he can be a alchemist, and if he can make suggestions for others, he can be called a strategist. Which kind is Qing now?"

Sun Changqing was silent, and Wu Zixu didn't urge him. After a long time, Sun Changqing lazily said: "What kind of scholar am I, or even if I am not a scholar, what does it really matter? After living for these decades, whether he is a roc or a sparrow, when the time comes It's all the same."

"That's right, whether you live as a roc or a sparrow, you have your own fun." Wu Zixu ended the topic politely, stood up and asked the victims to fetch water, and moved the firewood to the iron pot to boil water, as if he had just The topic is unintentionally brought up, so it can be ended at will without any conclusion.

After a while, the water boiled, and Wu Zixu stirred the hot water with a large spoon, while Sun Changqing watched from the side. In the dense white mist, he was dressed in green and white hair, with an elegant demeanor, not like a cook, but rather like a nobleman Make pie.

Sun Changqing watched from the side, and suddenly sang in time: "There is Fusu in the mountains, and Hehua in Xi (xi). There is a beautiful man named Zixu."

Wu Zixu stirred the wooden spoon, and continued to sing leisurely: "There are Qiao Songs in the mountains, and you dragons in Xi (xi). I don't see Zi Chong, but I see Chang Qing."

Sun Changqing: There are lush Fusu trees on the mountain, and beautiful lotus flowers in the pond. Dude, you are so handsome!

Wu Zixu: There are tall and straight green pines on the mountain, and there are clumps of water willows in the pond. I didn't see Zichong, only you, a coward.

Both of them used the sentences in "Shan You Fu Su", which is a popular way of speaking, and they used the sentences in the poem to express their own meaning and sing.

Sun Changqing sighed, and sang again: "There are peaches in the garden, but they are actually a delicacy, and my heart is worried. I sing and sing. That person is right, what is the master saying?"

Wu Zixu raised his eyebrows and answered: "There are plums in the basket, and they are in a basket. I ask my common man, and I will call them. Sing their songs, and ask my friends."

Sun Changqing: I am worried, what do you think should I do?

Wu Zixu: Tell me what's going on first, I'm your friend.

Sun Changqing was a little helpless: "There are trees in the south, you can't stop thinking about it. There are wandering girls in Han Dynasty, you can't think about it."

Wu Zixu finally sang: "His room is near, and his people are far away!"

Sun Changqing: There is no way to say this.

Wu Zixu: Then hold back.

Sun Changqing touched his nose, and the matter came to an end, and the two never mentioned it again.

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When I came back that day, I saw several carriages parked in front of Ji Zha's gate, and a group of luxuriously dressed people gathered around the gate, as if waiting for Ji Zi's transmission.

Sun Changqing stepped forward and pulled a small official: "What are these people doing?"

The little official was angry: "They want to discuss with Ji Zi about the land rent in Yanling this year. People here are going to starve to death, and they still don't want to be exempted from taxes. Dogs have eaten their consciences!"

Wu Zixu and Sun Changqing looked at each other, and Sun Changqing said, "This is really shameless."

Wu Zixu said lightly: "It's expected."

Yesterday, Ji Zha issued a new order: his Yanling will be exempted from grain tax for the second half of the year.

The people are naturally happy, but some people will be unhappy, such as those fief owners who live next to him.

All the land in the world belongs to the emperor, but after the emperor entrusts a piece of land to the princes, the princes have supreme power in their own fief, and this land is called a country.

The Son of Heaven enfeoffs feudal lords, feudal lords enfeoffs high officials, and high officials enfeoffs scholars.Similarly, in the country of Wu, the king of Wu entrusted the land of Yanling to Ji Zha, so on the land of Yanling, he would naturally be able to exempt from tax if he wanted to - but he had to guarantee that he would hand over the land to the court. After the required amount of food is met, Ji Zha has the final say on the rest.

Taxes are set by themselves, but the people are mobile, so the taxes of each fiefdom are often similar or even the same.Right now, Jizi is exempted from tax, although it is only half a year, but in the case of other fiefdoms, if they don't take some measures, some people will move to Yanling.

Now that these people are here, they naturally don't want Ji Zi to do such a thing.

But Ji Zha's order has been issued, if the order is changed from day to day, what prestige will he have as the majestic master of Yanling in the future?

The author has something to say: The rules of ancient Go are different from the rules of Go today. There is no sticking point, and any side that reaches 181 pieces is the winner.