From three poles high in the sun to west mountain in sunset.
The "summer feast" that Yang Zhen cooked for Wang Dan was not completed until late in the evening. It was put on the table and everything continued, waiting for the meal to begin.
Wang Dan couldn't help laughing as he looked at the table of meals that his son had worked so hard for all afternoon. He picked up the wine bottle, filled it up for his son himself, handed it over, and said:
"Come! Pour a glass of wine for this meal! Drink it to your heart's content!"
"Thank you, father! You win!"
Yang Zhen took the wine glass handed over by his father. He had never felt like this before: after hard work, he was recognized and rewarded with wine. So he drank it with pride, and the wine that burned his throat and intestines slipped into the scene. In the stomach, the body became very hot, because the sweat from hard work mixed with the heat of the wine, I just felt sweat pouring out, and there was a feeling all over my body:
happy!
After the wine had passed their thirties, the dishes had gone through five flavors, and the father and son had full stomachs and were in the highest mood, everyone could no longer drink or eat. Wang Dan put down his wine glass and began to ask his son:
"Zhen'er, how do you feel after working as a cook for half a day today? Can you tell me about it as a father?"
"Returning to my father, the cooking profession seems simple, but in fact it is quite difficult! It is not easy! If I hadn't followed my father's order and practiced it myself today, I don't know that if I want to make a sumptuous meal, I have to do this before There are so many things: clearing out the old and sorting out the new, coordinating time, arranging materials, preventing loss and damage, and making sure it’s delicious, timely, and safe...it’s really not that simple!”
What Yang Zhen said was all about superficial operations, which was not what Wang Dan wanted to hear. So he nodded, shook his head and said:
"How you prepare a big meal is the same as how you govern a country: before you, there was disorder and chaos, so you have to clear obstacles and straighten out materials; when you are there, there is reason and order. Preface, there are take-offs and give-offs; after you, you will remember the success this time and give orders to your subordinates to follow them in the future; you will also remember the failures and warn your subordinates not to do it again."
Yang Zhen was suddenly enlightened by Wang Dan's point, and said excitedly:
"My father said: Faced with the current situation, I don't know how to start, so I start with what is within my reach and use this as a 'beginning'; then when I encounter something right, I will praise and support it; when I encounter something wrong, I will continue Just correct them and eliminate them; then I can gradually clean up the current mess and turn it into what I want. Does that make sense?"
"Yes! My son can teach you! The hard work of today's meal is really not in vain!"
Wang Dan was finally satisfied, this was the effect he wanted.
"Governing a big country is like cooking a small dish, and you don't dare to cook it too much; when you manage a small country, you can cook it quickly, and cut the knot with a sharp knife! When it is fast, it is fast, when it is slow, it is slow, when it is slow, it is broken. This is a gentleman!"
Yang Zhen's heart was like a lens shining through, with "waves of hope" shining brightly.
In the following days, Yang Zhen's "powerful measures" were deployed one by one. Hunxi discovered that: the "tired and corrupt army" he was worried about was gone; the people who fled to Lu State secretly returned; The strict military posture of "Zeofu" Youjun, who stopped and acted as soon as he was ordered, was back; the people in the northern war zone, for the first time in three years, did not apply for relief.
"With Zhen'er's power, if it weren't for Xiri who could immediately conquer the world as a 'summon general', he has gradually gained the aura of a king!"
Even Yang Zhen had to admire that in just half a year, under Yang Zhen's thorough transformation, the world situation in the northern border and the cities where "Taiping Bo" belonged had undergone such "earth-shaking" changes.
Seeing this change, Wang Chang, who had doubts at first, no longer worried that he was supporting a party "against his will"; instead, he believed that everything his brother did was going in the right direction.
Seeing these changes, the Luyuan girl was naturally happy. From time to time, she would go to Tanzi to express her merits and win more recognition from the court for her husband.
Faced with the fact that they had "taken the initiative to improve", the ministers of the anti-revolutionary faction had to "silence their anger" one by one. They didn't know where to start, and even the people, because in the past six months, they could no longer be angry. There was no need to pay "special taxes and fees" for the war in the north, and I was completely free from the heavy burden. I was so happy that the words of the children's song that was sung everywhere in and outside the palace were changed to:
"If the northern border is victorious, General Zhao will win; if the northern border is peaceful, Taiping Bo will win.
The people in the border areas have returned, and the state of Lu has returned to its homeland; the people in the interior are prosperous, and the northern border is peaceful.
The happiest person should be Tan Zi! He has always given Yang Zhen the greatest trust, and now, he has repaid his trust with practical actions and used facts to eliminate the "Yuyou Mouth" in the world.
However, what he never thought was that after this "peace", Yang Zhen really not only wanted to be his minister; he also wanted to be "equal" with him and share the country of Tan.
This conspiracy only exists in the hearts of the men in Wang Dan's family.
"Money, military, and people's hearts." Before they could officially launch an uprising, the only thing they needed was "the right time, the right location, and the right people": "the right time."
Facing Tan Zi's immense trust, Yang Zhen still felt a little unbearable. He couldn't convince himself: Should we just maintain the status quo if we want to get things to that point?
That night, he went to ask his father again: "Mr. Tan treats me well, but it's really hard for me to start. How can I explain it?"
When Wang Dan heard his son say this, he couldn't help but sigh, shook his head and said:
"This moment, that moment! Today Tanzi treats you like a brother; tomorrow a new king and new ministers will arise. You can guarantee that by then, Taiping Bo will still be the "Taiping Bo" in the north and enjoy half of the fiefdoms of Tan Kingdom. Is it? If you don’t have long-term worries, you will have immediate worries! If you only plan for a few years of peace and ease, you can go on like this; but if you plan for your children and grandchildren, you must take a longer view. Think about it carefully, does this matter? Woolen cloth?"
After saying this, Wang Dan took off the hair crown on his head and pulled out the hairpin. The increasingly sparse gray hair fell down loosely. He couldn't hold it half a circle even if he grabbed it. finger.
Wang Dan fiddled with this bunch of thin white hair and said sadly:
"Time has passed, and I have become too old. I am afraid that when it comes to the consequences, there will be a real disaster. I have not had the opportunity to sit with you and give you some opinions. Alas! If a person does not seek to be self-righteous, it is a pity that I In the end, he is still a common man, and he will inevitably have to worry about his children every day, even if his hair is all white, it will be difficult to eliminate this sorrow!"
Yang Zhen had never noticed that his father had so many white hairs on his head. If he hadn't taken off his hair crown and spread all his hair, in his heart, he would have thought that his father would always be that energetic and energetic man, a man who would never grow old.
"Everyone will grow old; they will all have to leave one day. The only thing I think about now is that I can only forget about my lifetime, so that you can give yourself peace of mind and give your family peace of mind. The most important thing is that life is short. If you can't accomplish what you want while you are young and powerful, I'm afraid you will end up like me, with gray hair and empty sighs! Alas..."
Wang Dan was talking about himself, more like he was giving Yang Zhen a "preview" of what he would be like thirty years later.
