Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

"Grass people are right."

"Okay, as a merchant, you can do your best to solve national affairs and solve local emergencies, so that you can live up to the legacy of the sage Zigong." While walking slowly in the Eastern Army, he said leisurely: "Now the Observation Envoy has set up a special department. Taking care of local road construction, Zhou Jun, you still need to support Tang Chengcai a lot in this matter!".

"Thank you for your praise, my lord. The grassroots will definitely do their best to help Secretary Tang." Looking at Zhou Jun with an excited expression on his face, Tang Cheng couldn't understand it first, and only after a little thought did he understand the reason.The Zi Gong mentioned by Yu Dongjun just now is one of the 72 sages of Confucius. This person is not only a disciple of Confucius, but also a great businessman who is good at management. "Historical Records Biography of the Value of the Value" records that he "abolished the wealth between Cao and Lu", and once traveled around the countries in high-speed carts and horses at his own expense, saying that Qi, Lu, Overlord Yue, and Wu died.Confucianism was able to carry forward later, and its people have made great contributions.Because of this, Zigong became the originator of "Confucian businessmen".

And as an observer, Yu Dongjun praised Zhou Jun in front of everyone as "living up to the teachings of Zigong, the sage". This is really a high praise, no wonder he was so excited.

After Zhou Jun thanked him, he cast a grateful glance at Tang Cheng. He is also a human being, and he could naturally hear that what Tang Cheng said when he introduced him just now was to make him leave a good impression on the observer .Now that the goal has been achieved, regardless of whether this good impression is useful or not, Tang Cheng's intentions are worthy of his gratitude.

It's a pity that Tang Cheng couldn't see his eyes, because at this time he was following Yu Dongjun's pace and quickly introducing the names of merchants on both sides. Because there were so many people, it was naturally impossible to say the same as when he introduced Zhou Jun just now. There are so many, but Tang Cheng, who speaks fast, tries not to miss any one, so that all the people he invites can show a small face in front of the observer.

Seeing Tang Cheng like this, a slight smile appeared on the corner of Yu Dongjun's mouth. Although he didn't speak any more, he still slowed down his pace in coordination with Tang Cheng's introduction, and looked at the merchants on both sides with that warm smiling face following Tang Cheng's introduction.

Since the Tang Dynasty, this may be the first time that a high-ranking official of the third rank treated merchants in public. When encountering this incident in person, the emotions of merchants on both sides were agitated. At the same time, they looked at Tang Cheng in the eyes Subtle changes are also taking place. If they used to regard Tang Cheng as a business partner with an official background, then now they regard Tang Cheng more as a friend, a person who truly respects them, And it's not just friends who make false claims with them for money.

Why!In the yamen at all levels of the Tang Dynasty, there are too few people who can treat merchants like Tang Cheng!

After the introduction, the merchants embraced Yu Dongjun and walked towards the garden, but to their surprise, the Guanguan who was guiding the way did not lead everyone to the main hall. Instead, he made an empty invitation and led the crowd to the back garden under the glazed light of the lanterns on both sides.

Chapter 171 This night!

The houses in the Tang Dynasty were very large, especially those with gardens. Bai Juyi, a great poet in the middle Tang Dynasty, lived in seclusion in Luoyang in his later years.

The garden that Zhang Zichuan bought for Tang Cheng was particularly large, with a total area of ​​no less than 22 mu. Apart from the gorgeous hall in the front, the back garden was the most thought-provoking part of this house.

The bright moon is in the sky, and under the clear moonlight, the lanterns in Daya to the main garden are everywhere. The orange lights not only add a bit of the brightness of the moon, but also dilute the coldness of the moonlight silently, adding a bit of color to the whole garden. The meaning of warmth.

"This moon gate is exquisite," Yu Dongjun said with a smile while walking sideways, as soon as he stepped through the moon gate, he felt a cool air with a slight mist blowing towards his face. When he saw everything in front of him clearly, he was suddenly a little lost in thought.

Not only Yu Dongjun, but all the merchants who followed behind were all like this. At this moment, the whole crowd stopped suddenly, looking at everything in front of them in amazement and admiration.

Under the cold moonlight and the light of lanterns, what is presented in front of you is a pair of beautiful mountains and rivers, lush and green. Looking ahead, you can see the sound of water flowing down the banpo stone path and the sound of bamboo leaves. There are buildings, platforms and pavilions in between. There are pavilions, all of which are hidden among the ingeniously conceived stacked mountains and stones. Among them, the rippling water waves reflecting the lingling moonlight, as well as the small bridges standing on the waves like a crescent moon, the towers, pavilions and Between the mountains, rocks and water bridges are clumps of flowers and patches of bamboo forests.

The mountains, the water, the towers, pavilions, and bridges, everything in front of you is so harmonious and harmonious, just like a superb long scroll of Jiangnan landscape. Yu Dongjun, who was born as a scribe, couldn't bear to take a step, for fear that he would crush this beautiful and natural scroll of mountains and rivers.

Daya to Zhengyuan is in the most prosperous part of Daocheng. He clearly knows that he is in a busy market, but as soon as he enters this garden, Yu Dongjun suddenly seems to have walked into the green mountains and beautiful waters outside the city. For a while, countless songs come to mind. The poems of the former sages chanting the landscape and pastoral came to my heart, and the poetic scene in my heart merged with the landscape in front of me. At this moment, Yu Dongjun seemed to have walked into a dream. Dream.

Seeing Yu Dongjun's amazed expression, Tang Cheng smiled slightly. In the past three months, he had spent a lot of money and manpower. What he wanted was the effect in front of him.

The ancients in China had a special preference for building gardens. However, although the style of gardening started early, they have been pursuing the beauty of simplicity for a long time in the early days. The gardens are more than spacious but not exquisite. This is exactly the case in the Tang Dynasty.The art of gardening did not reach its peak until the Ming and Qing dynasties.And the elegant garden in front of him is Tang Cheng's comprehensive tour essence of Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden, Lion Grove, Sui Garden, Lingering Garden, Master of the Nets and other famous gardens in later generations, and then passed by Jin Jianyou, the first famous gardener in his own way. With the realization of technical means, it is no exaggeration to say that the garden in front of us is definitely a work far beyond the level of the times.

For Yu Dongjun and the merchants, who are used to seeing rough gardens, the visual and psychological impact of seeing this super-era elegant garden at first glance is similar to seeing a sci-fi blockbuster produced in the 70st century in the 21s. Same, after the initial shock, I can't believe it, how is this possible...?

Everyone was silent, and Tang Cheng was also speechless. After a long time, he heard Yu Dongjun sigh softly: "When this envoy used to work for the Ministry of Workers, he also visited all the gardens in the original place, but what he saw in his life, this The essence of garden management and ingenuity are far superior to those of others."

"Thank you for your praise, my lord." Tang Cheng accompanied Yu Dongjun as he walked forward, and said with a soft smile: "This garden has a total of fourteen acres, and there are towers, pavilions, pavilions, and study rooms within these fourteen acres. , There are a total of 96 guest houses, which are connected by small paths, curved bridges and corridors, striving for a fresh and elegant poetic flavor. In a word, gardening is like composition, there must be twists and turns, echoing back and forth, which is called a good structure, the most taboo Pile up, the most avoid intricate."

Hearing this, Yu Dongjun suddenly stopped in his tracks, "Oh, is this garden actually made by you?".

"My subordinates don't have such skills." Tang Cheng shook his head with a smile, "This garden was built by Jin Jianyou, and my subordinates just raised some ideas when he built the garden."

"Oh, what ideas are you talking about?" Yu Dongjun asked with great interest as he walked.

"It's nothing, it's just that at the end of last year, my subordinates went to Yangzhou and visited the famous Kangle Garden, but felt that although the garden was big and clumsy, it was helplessly lost in the artistic conception of mountains and rivers. This time, I just got such a Opportunity, try to use the camping garden in the way of poetry, and strive to express the meaning in the chest through bizarre ideas. One pavilion, one pool, one floor and one pavilion, one platform and one pavilion, and every flower and tree should be carefully arranged, so as to Get the poetic interest of seeing the strange in the ordinary... ".

Previously, in the minds of the Eastern Army and all the merchants, Tang Cheng's image was that of a man who made money from a low income, with a flexible mind, or more directly, a businessman who was good at making money for the yamen.But at this moment, under the moonlight lanterns, in the landscape-like garden in front of him, listening to Tang Cheng's eloquent chatter on the stone path, the environment, and everything he said, cast a layer of invisibility on him. , but he could clearly feel the aura of a scholar. It was at this moment that many people who were familiar with him suddenly remembered that Tang Cheng still had the status of a scholar of Taoism.

"Building a garden is like writing a composition. There must be twists and turns, and you can see it in ordinary times. It is well said!" Yu Dongjun smiled and praised, "You can infer three things from one to two, and Tang Cheng is successful in reading."

"Jiedu made the adults absurdly praise it."

While speaking, several people had come to the small lake in the garden. At this time, there were already several seats among the bamboo leaves by the lake, and each seat had its own incense burner, wine pot, jade cup and light wine. Xiaocai, as Tang Cheng invited Yu Dongjun to sit with his hands tied, a group of young women slowly walked out of the bamboo forest behind them. The moon comes, and the person itself is an extremely beautiful picture of a lady in palace attire.

Under the guidance of the ladies, all the guests sat down in the bamboo forest by the lake. In front of them is the lake water reflecting the moonlight, and beside them is the bamboo forest singing in the wind. Pretending to be a lady, everything in front of you not only relieves the heat of the guests, but also gives you a sense of separation and refinement.

The most important means of entertainment at this time is singing and dancing banquets, but for today's guests, no matter how many feasts they have experienced, they have never brought so many surprises and admiration like tonight.

"Damn, if anything gets involved with Tang Cheng, there must be a surprise." A merchant in the bamboo forest just finished saying this after sitting down, and then smiled embarrassedly, even he himself felt this way It is really not suitable to say those familiar mantras in the environment.

Seeing him like this, the guest not far away smiled and said: "Yeah, anyway, Tang Cheng has an exquisite heart, and he must bring my two incompetent sons to have a look next time. This place is It has the taste of a scholar, and I feel a little light when I sit here."

"Yes, this place is also evil, and it can really get rid of the vulgarity." The merchant nodded when he started talking, "Next time when there are guests coming, just bring them here, don't say anything else, just go to this garden, Other places in Daocheng really can’t do it.”

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While discussing in twos and threes in the bamboo forest, the observer Yu Dongjun had already raised the wine cup in front of him.

"Good garden, good wine." Putting down the wine cup in his hand, Yu Dongjun took a deep breath of the cool night breeze, smiled and said to Tang Cheng who was sitting with him not far away: "What should be next?".

"Please listen carefully, my lord." While speaking, Tang Chengwei raised his hands and clapped twice crisply.

Following Tang Cheng's high-five, a sound of pipa suddenly sounded from the lake not far in front of the guests. silence.

There are palace lanterns hanging above the heads of the guests, but there is no light in the lake. This light and darkness make the lake in front of the guests more and more dark. No matter who it was, it prompted everyone to focus all their attention on the sound of the pipa that pierced through the air.

In the Tang Dynasty, rich and noble families would have dances and dances to help them enjoy their banquets, and the guests who were invited tonight were experts in the banquet hall. Knowing what is good in the end, but you still have the ability to judge good or bad. This is the same reason that although a good person is not necessarily good at cooking, he must be good at tasting food.

Gently grasping and slowly twisting, picking, wiping, and hooking, especially the extremely difficult application of the ring fingers, the sound of the pipa in the lake has not been heard for a while, and the whispers on the shore have come to an abrupt end. The most question in my heart is, who is playing the pipa?When did Daocheng have such a national player?

The sound of the pipa is getting more and more urgent, the huge peak pierces the sky in the high place, the water flows in the deep abyss in the low place, the white clouds are blowing in the flying place, and the long river is blocked by rocks in the awkward place.

""The Road to Shu"", when he heard the excitement, Yu Dongjun couldn't help but praise: "What a song" "The Road to Shu"!".

"The Difficulty of the Shu Road" is a famous song of the ancient Yuefu. This song is intended to describe the dangers of the Shu Road and the passage of time. You will know it as soon as you hear it.

Just when he was admiring, the first part of the tune was over, and just when the Eastern Army was still sighing with regret, the pipa turned once, and the second part turned again. At the same time, a sigh full of desolation was powerful in the sound of the pipa And from:

Alas, the danger is high!The difficulty of the road to Shu is more difficult than going to the blue sky.

Along with this desolate lament, the gloomy lake just now was suddenly full of brilliance, and what was shrouded in full bloom was a flat-headed painting boat floating slightly on the water. The old man was plucking the pipa with constant fingering, and in the middle of the painting was a middle-aged singer with a shirtless body and brown muscles, and behind the singer were five young adults who were dancing vigorously. Dress like him.

From the pipa to the singer, and then to the supporting dancer Ding Zhuang, all the sounds in the painting show a strong masculinity.

In the blooming brilliance, the topless singer continued to sing long songs with the accompaniment of the pipa:

Cancong and yufu, how at a loss was the founding of the country.

Erlai is forty-eight thousand years old and does not communicate with Qin Sai.

There is a bird trail in Xidang Taibai, which can cross the top of Emei.

Dibengshan destroyed the strong men to death, and then the ladders and stone stacks were hooked together.

On the top there is the high standard of the six dragons returning to the sun, and on the bottom there is the Huichuan where the waves are reversed.

The yellow crane can't fly too far, and the apes come here to worry about climbing.

The green mud and the pan, the hundred steps and nine folds are lingering on the rocky hills.

He sighed, and sat down with his hands to caress and sigh.

I asked the king when he would return from his journey to the west, but he was afraid of the road and the rocks could not be climbed.

But I saw the dead wood of the Mourning Bird, male and female flying around the forest.

I heard Zigui sing Yeyue and worry about empty mountains.

The difficulty of the road to Shu is more difficult than going up to the blue sky,

Make people listen to this withered beauty!

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Since the great prosperity of palace style poems between Qi and Liang in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, from the Sui Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty, the majestic and light palace style poems have dominated the poetry circle. It is not far away, and the total amount of poetry is far behind, so at this time people listen to the most graceful palace style when singing, dancing and feasting, and the poets are all singers without exception. Even if there are some exceptions, they are Yiyi who are neither male nor female.

During banquets and banquets, I have long been accustomed to the slender singers who embrace the pipa, and are used to listening to the soft palace style poems. common sense.

The pipa as fast as a storm, and the singer who exposed his whole body and strong muscles, sang such a long and passionate song. From the moment they lamented the long song, all the guests on the lakeside were overwhelmed by the oncoming The pride and arrogance, and this pride and arrogance, the wild emotions in the poems, and the extremely exaggerated imagination silently ignited the pride of the men in their blood. I still feel agitated when I perform famous poems, not to mention all kinds of momentum in front of me, accompanied by that pipa and healthy dance?

When the singer sang for the second time, some of the guests couldn't help standing up and singing together. Even though they couldn't remember the lines, they still didn't forget to hum along with the pipa. The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go up to the blue sky." He responded with a loud voice, which made the frightened night birds fly high again. In a short time, the atmosphere in the whole Daya to Main Garden was like a raging flame. Flying and galloping.

Three times in a row, when the singer finally sang the last sentence amidst the huge echoes, the lanterns on the painting boat were extinguished one by one, and the blooming brilliance gradually faded to hazy until dark. The voice of ordering "wine", these wealthy businessmen who still have pride in their chests, when they shouted the word "pour wine", were much shorter and more forceful than usual.

He took the wine glass and drank it down, letting the dripping wine drip from the corner of his mouth and dripping on the breast of the silk satin gown. It was a long voice of praise at the same time: "Happy!".

"What a dangerous and high road to Shu, what a difficult road to Shu, it is difficult to go to the blue sky", after all, Yu Dongjun has different identities, and he has never got up and joined together like those merchants, but the agitation in his chest is not the slightest The young master put the wine cup tightly held in his hand on the table for a meal, and Yu Dongjun exclaimed: "Good song, good speech, so happy!".

"Yellow cranes can't fly, and apes come here to worry about climbing. What a plate of green mud, hundreds of steps and ten folds of rocky mountains! The difficulty of traveling in the land of Sichuan is so difficult." After waving his hand to the ladies serving wine, Tang Cheng He got up and went to the side of Yu Dongjun's case, and personally brought the wine Ou to pour the wine, and said in his mouth: "However, despite the difficulty of traveling in the land of Shu, there are still strong men who climb the cliff, face the abyss, and live among the unreachable rocks. Digging the road, such a heroic feeling, such a feat, these brave men who opened up mountains and roads really make people feel infinite admiration every time they think about it."

"Well said", Yu Dongjun regards road construction as his life's work. Hearing Tang Cheng's words at this time, the undiminished enthusiasm in his chest suddenly rose by three points. Fang Goulian! To be praised by this sentence, our generation of road builders, even if they die on a cliff, should also smile at Jiuquan, and die well."

When he said this, Yu Dongjun's face showed a bright and clear smile that absolutely did not match his age, and his eyes were also shining brightly, shining with a light that originated from ideals.

"My lord's heart, I admire you!" Taking a step back, Tang Cheng's hand-in-hand gift came from the bottom of his heart and was extremely sincere.

"Forget it, forget it, the "Difficult Road to Shu" sung by Shicai is definitely a new speech, where is the person who made the speech now?" Yu Dongjun waved his hands to Tang Cheng again and again: "Go, invite me here, This envoy will definitely invite him to have a big drink."

Hearing this, after Tang Cheng's face blushed, he returned to his seat and held the glass of wine, and invited Yu Dongjun to drink: "My lord, please!".

"It's you?" Yu Dongjun, who stood up suddenly, said in surprise: "Did you write the lyrics of "The Difficult Road to Shu" by Tang Cheng?".

In an instant, Mr. Observation Master's abnormal behavior focused the eyes of all the guests on Tang Cheng...

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This night, Daya to the main garden was full of splendor; this night, after being read by the fanatic He Zhizhang of the Four Ming Dynasty, "Shu Dao Nan" was published; the surprise and amazement of this night will surely It will spread with the spread of the rich and noble guests, and finally shake Liulinfang and the literary world of Daocheng. As for the extent to which its influence will spread, it is not known now.

Chapter 172 I gritted my teeth and accepted what conditions Tang Cheng offered.

There is no doubt that it is the level and grade of customers that determine the status of a business in the industry. Whether it is a restaurant, inn, or a place like Yueming Building and Daya to Zhengyuan, it is not the business's own bragging that determines its influence. It's about what kind of guests come here.

On the day when Daya Zhizhengyuan opened, it can be said that the top wealthy merchants in Shannan Dongdao were wiped out. Tang Cheng achieved this with his identity and duties, which can be said to be unprecedented among all merchants in Shannan Dongdao.

And when these top tycoons in the Dao are all amazed by the luxurious furnishings of Daya to Zhengyuan, especially the garden like a magic pen, the impact on those merchants who failed to attend the meeting is huge.Invisibly, Daya to Zhengyuan has surpassed the meaning of simply being a leisure place. In their view, being able to go to this place itself is a status symbol.And you have never been to the place that has been praised by so many big merchants?Hey, what a shame, it's really hard to call yourself a rich man!

At the same time, purely from the perspective of dissemination, the dissemination of information from top to bottom can not only spread more widely, but also make the authenticity of the information easier to believe.No matter what kind of perspective you use to look at it, the common people always like to pay attention to and talk about the actions of the rich and powerful. They may not believe what these rich and rich say, but when these people praise the beauty of a certain place with one voice , but no one will doubt it.

If merchants are limited by their identities, word of mouth is still limited.Then the observation of No.1 in this way made the adults come to the opening banquet of Daya Zhizheng Garden in person. This news itself is the best and most powerful advertising for Daya Zhizheng Garden.

The strength of this advertisement is even far beyond the expectations of the initiator Tang Cheng. In such a typical official-based society where people are divided into three grades: "official, good, and low", the influence of observers is far greater than that of others because of their status. Beyond the officialdom, it can be described as an all-round shock to merchants, scholars, and common people.After all, due to the specific identity restrictions of merchants, in the previous memory, people really can't think of a merchant who can let the No.

Just overnight, the just-opened Daya Zhizheng Garden became the focus of discussion in the entire Daocheng with its gorgeous image. The people in the city talked about the strange name of Daya Zhizheng Garden, and who was its boss? ?What kind of hard-charging relationship is there to invite so many rich men and observers to the opening of the business?Tsk tsk, how much does it cost to eat a glass of wine and serve a dish even in those places that rich people have agreed to?

Merchants are fond of talking about the meeting with the observers in public, the exquisite furnishings of the main garden, the elegant and amazing gardens, the ladies with outstanding bearing, and the musicians with superb skills. Of course, when it comes to In the end, they would always unintentionally reveal the crystal-clear jade plaque, and unintentionally talk about the privileges of such a jade plaque. The host only has 150 pages, and when it comes to this, their tone is invariably light and casual.

Of course, Shilin was also discussing. In addition to discussing the background of the boss from Daya to Zhengyuan, and the rumored miraculous musicians and maids, they were most concerned about the song "The Road to Shu" that was admired by adults. These days, the proportion of imperial examination admissions is too small, and it is not easy for scholars to stand out.As a result, making scrolls and paying homage has become the skills and life experiences that scholars must learn. Who do you ask for scrolls?Isn't it the leaders of the poetry circle and those with high positions?How to do it?Not even poetry.

And "The Difficult Road to Shu", which was sung in Daya Zhizheng Garden, brought together these two experiences.Oh, I heard that the person who wrote this poem was a scholar who had just arrived in Taoism. Damn, Tang Cheng was really lucky to be able to make an observation so that adults can appreciate it so much.When discussing this news, many scholars were both envious and envious. It's unreasonable. How can a talent like me not get such an opportunity?

While discussing with envy and bitterness, these people who also rely on pen and ink to seek their backgrounds naturally became interested in the legendary "Shu Road Difficulty" in that song, and they couldn't wait to see what the poem was about. What a thing, it can be so highly praised by the observation master who was born in the imperial examination.

Because it is a libretto and the poem is long, although the merchants all praised it, it is really difficult to silence the long poem after only listening to it twice. Suddenly, the scholars who were unhappy in their hearts made their minds on Daya Zhizheng Garden.Damn, it really is a place that even wealthy merchants praise. The folks in Daya Zhizheng Garden have a bigger appetite than their counterparts in other places.Waiting for thirty or fifty pennies would not be noticed at all, until it took two rounds of rewards to finally get the whole poem out.

"Hey opera, the danger is high! The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky..." After getting this poem, the scholars habitually recited it according to the rhythm of their usual poems. After all, the poem is a poem. Talking about rhythm and antithesis, only by reading it can you better appreciate it.

However, these scholars soon found out that it was not a problem. When they recited this poem in the slow and slow way of the past, with one chants and three sighs, they felt uncomfortable while reading. Ri's song style always makes people can't help but read faster and faster, and the louder the more they read, when the scholars finally adjusted the reading method and read the poem to the end in one breath, they felt the suffocation in front of them. Finally spit out the breath heartily, this feeling, for the first time this time, how cool it is!

When he first came to Daocheng to participate in the He Yuan Literary Association, Tang Cheng hoped that no one would read poetry, but now he is looking for it in the scholarly community, rushing to buy it, and even spending money to buy it. to read.It is really impossible to say what happened in this world. It was under such weird circumstances that the song "The Difficult Road to Shu" quickly spread throughout the literary world of Daocheng, and quickly spread to the following states with its location advantage as the head of a road. Shilin spread.

Although each of you scholars can consciously find out one or two faults in this poem, for example, the word "fang" may be better refined into "xiang", etc., but looking at the whole poem, this If you want them to say something bad, I really can't say it!You can still say that a piece of uncut jade is a worthless stone, but in the face of already shining crystal jadeite, you can't say it is a stone.

After all, everyone is a scholar, how can a scholar do such a shameless thing?

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In a unique study room in Daya to Zhengyuan, Tang Cheng looked at the stack of flying tickets that Laifu put on the case table, and went to pick them up. He saw that they were all of the same denominations, and the total number must be about There are as many as seventy to eighty guan, and after picking it up, Tang Cheng said with a smile: "Since it is for you, you can keep it! I didn't expect so many people to buy it."

Lai Fu knew Tang Cheng's temperament, so he didn't say anything more. After thanking him, he put the stack of flying tickets into his sleeve, "Just now someone asked me. I'm a long-term follower of the high official, everyone knows If you want to buy poems, you have to come to me." At this point, Lai Fu smiled and said: "But there is also a disadvantage. Now, not to mention those who come to buy poems, even the people in the garden think that I am Lai Fu. It's easy to buy money, but it's only been a few days, and I've heard such small stories many times."

Hearing this, Tang Cheng laughed, "Okay, you don't need to talk anymore. Since I asked you to do this, don't worry about it."

Just as Tang Cheng finished speaking, Meng Haoran, dressed in a Confucian uniform, walked in from the door, "Brother Tang, you are looking for me."

Seeing this, Lai Fuzi went to prepare tea, Tang Cheng stood up and greeted him, "Haoran, you are tired these days, how are you? Are you used to living here?".

In addition to the towers and pavilions, this Daya Zhizheng Garden is also like those famous Suzhou gardens in later generations. There are study rooms and guest houses. The neighbor is Meng Haoran.

"Other people have to pay at least fifteen pennies to stay for one night, so they have to wait in line. How can this place be any good?" After Meng Haoran finished speaking, the two of them looked at each other and smiled.In the past few days, the business in Daya Zhizheng Garden has been booming, and guests have to be limited to let in. On this midsummer night, the most popular thing for guests is not the front building, but the landscape-like garden behind. However, the guest houses designed in the garden are not enough, and the guests who paid the fixed price to live in the garden for one night are all queued up after nearly a month.

"Okay, as long as you live in a suitable place." After Tang Cheng invited him to sit down, he asked again: "How is it in the yamen? Are you still used to staying there?".

"Brother Tang, you have already set the regulations, we will follow the regulations, and all the colleagues in it are also good." Although the two are now subordinate and subordinate, since Meng Haoran called "Master" for the first time, Tang Cheng stopped him. Afterwards, the two of them still used their previous address in private, "I just didn't expect that Young Brother Zhang Xiangwen looks restless by nature, but he is really good at handling official business."

Hearing this, Tang Cheng laughed, and conveniently gave Meng Haoran a cup of tea from Future Fortune, "My second younger brother may not be in good shape at ordinary times, but he is the best at distinguishing priorities, and I will leave everything to him as soon as possible." You can rest assured. Well, I can rest assured that you get used to it in the yamen. I am preparing to have a banquet in the garden for the Xuezheng, the supervisor, and those Jinshi and Mingjing scholars. I will wait for this line to be connected in a few days. After that, I will find a way to get you a place in Taoism, and then you and I can go to Beijing to catch up with the exam."

Hearing this, Meng Haoran was shocked all over, but his face was clearly full of emotion, but he didn't say a word. "The Analects of Confucius" says: A gentleman should be sensitive to deeds but slow to words, especially in such matters, the best way to treat gratitude is to repay through actions, but he can't say anything.Meng Haoran is obviously such a gentleman.After pondering for a long time, he calmed down and said slowly: "Banquet for Xuezheng and the supervisor? These people have the most status...".

"Don't worry, I'm responsible for this matter." Turning his head to look at Meng Haoran, Tang Cheng smiled and said, "Young brother, maybe you don't know yet, but we have another neighbor with a name in our garden."

"Who?".

"Master Yu," Tang Cheng lowered his head and took a sip of tea, "It seems that our lord envoy really likes this garden very much. Although lord Yu may not come twice a summer, the inn After all, it was left in his name."

Hearing this, Meng Haoran was silent for a while, and then sighed: "Speaking of which, you and I were the same age, and you used to have some conceited talents, but since you met Brother Tang..." At this point, Meng Haoran shook slightly Shaking his head, "People say kung fu is outside poetry, mountains and rivers, geography, human relationships and world affairs are all knowledge. Compared with Brother Tang, his previous conceit really seems ridiculous."