Li Mansion, Wei Zheng and Xu Yunyan sat facing each other in Xu Yunyan's mansion.
Xu Yunyan looked at Wei Zheng and asked, "I wonder what Mr. Wei has to say."
Xu Yunyan bowed his hands and bowed, which was regarded as asking Wei Zheng for advice. Wei Zheng looked at him and said, "General Xu, tell me the truth."
Seeing Wei Zheng's serious face, Xu Yunyan felt a little uneasy. What happened to him?
Then Xu Yunyan stayed here with a smiling face, "I don't know if Mr. Wei wants me to tell you something. Is there something I did wrong, or did I deceive Mr. Wei?"
Wei Zheng looked at him and asked seriously.
"You don't know that during this period of time, colored glaze has become the most popular item in Chang'an City. There are even more than ten pieces of colored glaze in my residence."
Xu Yunyan had no idea what happened while he was away from Chang'an. When Wei Zheng said this, Xu Yunyan couldn't help but widen his eyes.
"Master Wei is really worried about the country and the people, and he actually spent huge sums of money to purchase such a large amount of colored glaze. I am here to thank the people of the Tang Dynasty for their gratitude to Master Wei."
After Xu Yunyan said this, Wei Zheng looked at him and shook his head and sighed.
"Are you making fun of me? It's not like you don't know how much my salary is. How can you afford this glass?"
At this time, Xu Yunyan looked at him curiously, "How could Mr. Wei be like this? I wonder what Mr. Wei is doing?"
His Xu Yunyan pretended to be confused here, while Wei Zheng started talking directly here.
"Many lower-level officials bought this glass and gave it to me."
Xu Yunyan said oh, looked at Wei Zheng here, waiting for Wei Zheng to explain to him, and Wei Zheng looked at him and said again.
"How did these low-level officials get so much money to buy this piece of colored glaze? I think this is a tribute to the people. Even if he is willing to spend his family money to buy it, is he still willing to send it to me? There must be something. Plot."
Wei Zheng looked at Xu Yunyan here, and Xu Yunyan said lightly, "That's the case, Mr. Wei, as long as you don't accept it, won't it stop them from spending money to buy colored glaze?"
Wei Zheng looked at Xu Yunyan speaking so casually, and looked at him here and shook his head.
"General Xu, you only know one thing but not the other. Even if I don't accept them, they won't give them to others. I will accept them and see what they give to others."
Xu Yunyan saw that what Wei Zheng said here was very reasonable, but it did sound a bit unreasonable to her ears, and she couldn't help but rub her chin.
"Master Wei, if they still have money to buy for other people, I won't know about it."
Wei Zheng's expression was very unnatural, and he looked a little unhappy.
"We are making colored glaze. Tell me the truth. Are you doing something wrong? Now some low-level officials are buying it according to the trend. It will definitely consume a lot of assets and may also use the gold and silver in the national treasury. If such a situation occurs , what should I do if I wait?"
Xu Yunyan sighed, "Master Wei, this is like opening a Pandora's box."
"Wait, what's so much Pan?"
Wei Zheng was puzzled here, tilting his head and looking at Xu Yunyan from the corner of his eyes, but Xu Yunyan immediately shuddered and told him about Pandora's Box.
Wei Zheng's face was a little gloomy, "I didn't expect it would be like this. It's like the immortal said, disaster lies where misfortune lies, and misfortune lies where blessing lies. So what should we do?"
But just as Wei Zheng and Xu Yunyan were silent here at the same time, a rough voice sounded in Xu Yunyan's courtyard.
As this voice sounded, Chang He walked struttingly into the mansion with a food box, shouting and waving to people behind him to come in.
"You guys, don't wait any longer. Hurry up and bring this food and drink forward."
After Chang He spoke, several servant-like soldiers behind him hurriedly walked toward Xu Yunyan's mansion carrying some tables.
Under Chang He's command, an oversized table was set up in the courtyard.
The square was filled with a dazzling array of delicacies, and when Xu Yunyan saw this, he waved his hand.
"Master Wei, you see, this extravagance is not exclusive to low-level officials. It's just like us. We just asked General Chang to make something simple. Look at all the delicious food brought to us."
When Xu Yunyan said this, Wei Zheng's expression became quite unnatural, and he looked at him and sighed.
"Who says it's not the case? But now that this is the situation, we have no choice but to eat these foods one after another."
Xu Yunyan didn't expect that after Wei Zheng asked for help in a long tone, he would still have to eat in the end, so he couldn't help but smile.
"Yeah, now that you're here, you can't let it go to waste.
It’s noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat is dripping on the soil. Who knows that every particle of the meal is hard work! "
Xu Yunyan immediately became poetic and recited a poem to encourage farmers. Wei Zheng looked at Xu Yunyan as if he had found a treasure.
"General Li's poem is really well done."
But Xu Yunyan looked at Wei Zheng and scratched his head, "It's just what I feel, it's just what I feel. It's just that I can't finish all the food. It wouldn't be wonderful if it was wasted."
Wei Zheng said with a smile, "Why can't you finish it? If you can't finish it tonight, you'll have it tomorrow morning. Two meals in the evening and one in the morning. If you still finish eating, you can still eat at noon. You can eat two more meals in the evening, and finish it in the morning and evening." Until you finish eating."
Xu Yunyan was stunned at this moment, but he also smiled calmly.
"What Mr. Wei said is true. It's true that I'm a low-ranking official. But the two of us can't finish the meal. I guess General Chang and others don't have anything to eat either. Let's eat together."
Xu Yunyan said this as if Wei Zhengdao had discovered some good method, "Yes! Let's eat together."
A group of people sat down like this, gathered around happily, and started eating and stuffing themselves here. Chang He and his servants are worthy of being in the army. They do things boldly, eat meat from big bowls and drink wine. However, Xu Yunyan and Wei Zheng showed an elegant appearance. Of course, compared to the group of people in front of them. This is coming from someone who has not eaten meat for ten or eight years.
But it seems that it has always been a custom to talk about something at this banquet.
Xu Yunyan and Wei Zheng were talking about something, and Chang He also intervened.
"Why do you two adults need to be so worried? Can't we just ask His Majesty to issue a decree that no one with any status is allowed to buy this glass?"
"Forehead?"
Although Chang He said this is a bit unreasonable, but if you think about it carefully, it is indeed such a thing. As long as officials are not allowed to buy this glass, will they still go to such trouble to search for people's wealth and anointing?
"General Chang, what you said is true. I will wait here to toast you."
Xu Yunyan was the first to pick up a glass of water. He couldn't drink, so he once again cheated on a girl at this banquet and changed his drink to water and drank it all in front of Chang He.
Chang He was a little excited when he saw such a scene, and hurriedly echoed, "The general thinks highly of me, how dare I lose the general's face?"
As he spoke, Chang He picked up a large glass of serious wine and downed it in one gulp. Chang He just stuck out his tongue to relieve the hangover, but he didn't see Wei Zheng also pick up a glass of wine.
"General Chang, what you said really makes me wait like a wave of clouds seeing the moon. Wei, please give me a drink to General Chang."
Wei Zheng has a special status, even more special than Xu Yunyan. He is the teacher of Li Chengqian who was formally ordered by Li Shimin in the Eight Classics. After he spoke, Chang He dared to have any dissatisfaction. He took the wine jar from the side and went to Get your own wine bowl.
However, Wei Zheng had already taken a sip and tilted the wine glass in his hand towards Chang He, indicating that he drank it all. When Chang He saw this, he had no time to pour the wine into his own glass and directly picked up the wine jar. When he was carrying it just now, he felt that there was not much wine left in the wine jar, so he immediately slapped his face on it and said it out of pride or guilt.
"Master Wei thinks so highly of Chang, a martial artist, that Chang did it!"
After Chang He said that, he served a cow drink directly in front of everyone.
Seeing such a scene, I did my homework and Wei
Zheng included a group of soldiers brought by Chang He who already knew their identities. Although they were Chang He's domestic servants, they were also stunned by the soldiers who were injured and could no longer serve in the army due to their injuries.
Seeing Chang He drinking wine here, a few people couldn't help but lick their lips, they were greedy.
But just when they were here to express their gratitude to Chang He, Chang He violently put the wine jar on the table. Before everyone could cheer, Chang He fell down softly.
"Huh? General Chang is drunk?"
Master Wei laughed when he saw this, and Xu Yunyan couldn't help but step forward and pull Chang He up.
"General Chang is really drunk, so let him sit aside for now. I'll eat first and then send him back after he's finished. Don't go back and then wake up and come back with nothing to eat. You all feel uncomfortable here. .”
Xu Yunyan's half-joking words made everyone laugh, and it was indeed as Xu Yunyan said, now that there is such an opportunity, of course you have to eat first. Who cares about Chang He who is drunk on the ground?
Things are always so wonderful. The last two, Xu Yunyan and Wei Zheng, actually ate here to the end. As for Chang He's servants, under Chang He's huge amount of food, they followed suit and opened the wine jars one after another. He gave me a jar and started drinking it.
Soon they were lying on the ground. Xu Yunyan and Wei Zheng were looking at each other, knocking on each other, and dragging this one. They all fell to the ground. Even if they said something here, even if they shouted at each other, After shouting, these people were indifferent and Wei Zheng looked at Xu Yunyan.
"General Li, what do you think of what General Chang He just said?"
"I think there is no problem, but Mr. Wei, we can actually give your Majesty a suggestion. As long as the official does a good job and has good folk customs, he can be rewarded with Liuli. This way he will appear to have status and status at home. He can also sell it for money and enrich his family."
Wei Zheng clapped his hands when he heard this, "What Mr. Li said is true. The output of Liuli's works is high and the cost is not much. As a reward, it is really a huge profit."
But Xu Yunyan looked at Wei Zheng and said, "Master Wei, be careful what you say!"
Wei Zheng shook his head, "Don't worry, aren't you sure? They can't hear it."
"Yes, they can't hear it, but it's better to hide this matter for a while. When the glass becomes cheap, it will be a bit unreasonable to reward meritorious deeds like treasures."
When Wei Zheng heard what Xu Yunyan said, he didn't feel embarrassed at all. Instead, his eyes rolled around in his eye sockets.
"General Xu must have other ideas. You might as well tell me and let me give you some advice."
Xu Yunyan couldn't help but admire Wei Zheng, "I didn't expect Mr. Wei to be so quick in thinking. I only said a little, but you have already thought of so many key points."
There is indeed an idea. As long as all the glaze rewards are labeled as royal glaze, even if the glaze belt is cheap, it will still be the most valuable. Who dares to use the word "royal"? "
