After eating and drinking breakfast, start again.

Yang Ze called Yan Chenghou and said to him: "Today you sent someone to serve me and Lord Wu. We appreciate this kindness, but don't do this again in the future. After all, we are really embarrassed to spend your family's money."

Yan Chenghou shook his head and said, "General Yang, wasn't this what we agreed last night? Caomin went to Beijing with you, we ate and live together, and of course we have to use it together. Many people have heard it, why do adults have to regret it again?" He spoke very slowly, obviously someone taught him, and he said it according to his words.

Yang Ze was stunned. He said this last night, but at that time he wanted Yan Chenghou and his followers to eat and drink freely. Anyway, such a large team had sufficient supplies and not much food expenses for them. But he didn't expect that now he had to eat and drink freely, but the Yan family spent money.

Shaking his head, Yang Ze said, "This, I didn't mean it..."

"That's right, General Yang and Lord Wu agreed, that's it. You are officials, so you have to keep your word!" Yan Chenghou said seriously, but unfortunately the expression on his face betrayed him. This was what others taught him, and the only one who could teach him was his grandfather. It seems that the old man of the Yan family is really foresighted. He had expected Yang Ze to say this, so he taught his grandson well in advance.

Yang Ze thought to himself: "Is this considered taking bribes?" But then he thought again, what can I do if I accept bribes? Anyway, I have a low position and have not gone to the capital, so it will not attract the attention of the censors. Besides, even if I am the Censors, what if I am the Censors? Wu Youren is still holding on to the front!

After finding a reason for accepting the benefits, Yang Ze felt at ease. He said, "Okay, let's continue to have a meal together in the future, but let's just use soup in the morning. I don't like this very much!"

Yan Chenghou nodded quickly and agreed. In fact, he himself could not enjoy that kind of service and could not stand the servant's service.

The team headed south all the way, and no strange things happened on the way. Yang Ze felt at ease to enjoy the filial piety of the Yan family. Not only did the journey not work hard, but he gained a little weight.

On this day, the sun was shining and the team arrived in Xingzhou. This was the last state to the capital of the Dafang Empire. After passing Xingzhou, you will arrive in the capital after walking for a long time!

Xingzhou is already the hinterland of the Central Plains, a prosperous place, and has no similarity with the atmosphere in the northern border.

The people here are dressed in bright clothes and arrogant, and like to talk big when speaking, even small vendors. Because Xingzhou is close to the capital, there are many merchants here, and there are many yellow-bearded and red-bearded foreign Hu merchants. The people of Xingzhou all show a strong sense of superiority towards all people with foreign accents. They ignore them in their words and affairs, but people from other places even agree with this sense of superiority. After being discriminated against, they are not angry!

After the team arrived in Xingzhou, Yang Ze went to find Wu Youren and asked where to station, whether to station, or outside the city? Wu Youren asked him to station outside the city, waiting for news, but he himself went into the city.

On that day, it was not until the second midnight that Wu Youren came back, drunk and saw Yang Ze, and he said happily: "The emperor already knows about our affairs. Let us be in Xingzhou and wait. I guess the court will send people to lead us to Beijing tomorrow. This time we will show our faces in front of the people in the capital!" After that, he laughed and was extremely proud.

Yang Ze was also very happy. He didn't want to play low-key. During the day, he saw the behavior of the people of Xingzhou. He already understood that this is an era where my talents must be useful. Playing low-key is not suitable for this era. You must be full of energy and be respected by others and be valued by others. For him, it is extremely important to be respected and valued by others. Who makes him have a low starting point?

I wanted to ask Wu Youren how to show his face, but Wu Youren fell asleep. He waited for a long time but didn't want to wake up, so he had to go back to his tent.

The next morning, Wu Youren sobered up and took the initiative to find Yang Ze, telling him that the Ministry of Rites would send someone to pick them up, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites would discuss with them how to offer prisoners!

After hearing this, Yang Ze felt incredible. He asked, "How to offer prisoners? Is it the Ministry of Rites discussing with us? This should have a formal process. Could it be that we still have suggestions?" He didn't say anything in his heart. What are we old people, and we can actually change the process!

Wu Youren waved his hand and said, "Of course there are ready-made rules, but that is for the national war. The prisoners we brought this time are just khan kings of a small tribe. It's quite big in Ningbeidao, but when we arrived in the capital, what's that? As the saying goes, the fire cannot be kept in paper. If someone knows it, it's just a small tribe that ran into our territory to rob, but we are treated as a prisoner of war in the country. Then people will laugh out loud!"

Yang Ze thought to himself: "When you were in Linzhou, you didn't say that. Why did you change your tone after you arrived in Xingzhou after drinking a drink!"

Wu Youren said again: "In a few days, there will be a great poetry meeting by the Qujiang Pool. Both the emperor and the big men in the court will go there. At that time, literati gathered together to write thousands of poems, and the grand occasion was extraordinary."

Yang Zeqi said: "Don't we want to offer prisoners? Why did we go to the poetry meeting?"

He guessed that he might have to let the prisoners appear at the poetry meeting, and then to make fun of the empress, the dignitaries, and a group of literati and poets, and to have fun of the prisoners, and then let Tiehuali go to the ground and worship him. In this way, it can be considered as offering prisoners.

Sure enough, Wu Youren said: "It's not about offering prisoners in the national war, but to show our country's power and make the emperor happy, then you have to have fun..." Such words are really similar to what Yang Ze guessed.

Yang Ze smiled and said, "At that time, the literati... the poet wrote many poems to praise the matter, and could win the emperor's favor and record it in the book. Maybe he could also produce this collection of poems, killing two birds with one stone, right?"

Wu Youren nodded and said, "Yes, that's right. Let's wait here. I guess the Ministry of Rites will send someone in the morning."

The more I wait for someone, the more I feel that time passes slowly, and I will find that the people who come are always late. I say that they are coming in the morning, so I have to come in the afternoon!

Until the afternoon, the sun was almost west, and the people from the Ministry of Rites came, and they were only in a car. There was only a light carriage followed by a follower. There was a lantern at the front of the carriage, with the words "Ministry of Rites" written on it. This lantern can indicate its identity. Unfortunately, it was impossible to light the lantern in broad daylight.

Yang Ze saw the carriage from afar and thought to himself: "Did the Ministry of Rites take this matter seriously? I feel very negligent!" He looked at Wu Youren and saw that Wu Youren also had a disappointed expression on his face. Maybe he felt despised. He was so happy last night and was so drunk!

As the eldest brother, Fu Bingrong looked like a senior brother. Without waiting for Yang Ze's order, he turned over and urged the horse to go to the carriage. When he got closer, he saw him ask a few questions and urged the horse to come back. When he came back, his face was full of surprise.

Yang Ze asked, "Is it true that he is from the Ministry of Rites? What a great official?"

Fu Bingrong said: "It was said that he came from the Ministry of Rites, and he was a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was named Li Bozhi. But looking at his appearance, he seemed to be very old. He was sitting in the car and his body shook. He looked like he would fall apart at any time!"

Yang Ze turned around and asked Wu Youren, "Is there such a minister-in-law in the Ministry of Rites?"

Wu Youren's face was as ugly as it was. He said, "It turned out to be this old antique. Why did he send him here? This person kept silent is all the way of the ancestors. He is so stubborn that he hates the most in the entire Ministry of Rites!"

"Then why did you send him here? We are offering prisoners, which is a big deal!" Yang Zedaqi felt that the Ministry of Rites was too unreliable.

Wu Youren was in a very bad mood and said, "How could I know, but as long as this old guy is involved in everything, he will definitely get involved in it!" When he spoke, he lost his usual demeanor and sweared.

While speaking, the carriage approached, and the entourage got off the horse and helped an old man off the carriage. The old man was wearing a light-colored official robe, and the official robe was very old, with all the sleeves worn, and a grass-green patch was applied to the broken place, which looked so conspicuous.

Yang Ze looked up and down at the old man named Li Bozhi. Seeing that he was too thin, his face was full of pleats and his beard turned white, but he was combed neatly, his eyes were turbid, and he looked like he couldn't wake up, and he almost yawned, a bit like smoking too much smoke.

Li Bozhi walked over tremblingly and bowed to Wu Youren, "Mr. Wu, I haven't seen you for a long time, are you okay?" His tone was slow and his voice trembled, giving people a feeling that he could die at any time.

Wu Youren immediately smiled and bowed back, saying, "For Mr. Li, the student's health is quite acceptable. I haven't seen him for many days, I wonder if Mr. Li has always been good?"

Li Bozhi said: "It's good that's fine. My body is pretty good. I can still do my best to do my best to serve the emperor for a few years!

Wu Youren thought to himself: "You said that more than ten years ago, but now you still say that, how many years? I see that you will not resign until the day you die!"

He turned around and said to Yang Ze: "General Yang, you first came to the capital. I believe you don't recognize Mr. Li. I will introduce you to you. Mr. Li is the most respected adult in my dynasty. He is already eighty-two years old. He should have returned to his hometown to retire and enjoy the joy of having fun with his grandchildren, but the emperor cannot do without him. Whenever Mr. Li wants to return to his hometown, he will try to keep him, so that Mr. Li is still worried about state affairs. From this point of view, we can also see that the emperor values ​​Mr. Li!"

Wu Youren's words sounded very polite, and he was praising Li Bozhi, but there was a lot of irony in it. Even Yang Ze could hear it. Li Bozhi was old and could naturally hear it, but his face was neither red nor white, he was very calm and did not care at all, and he even nodded slightly to express his agreement, which made people admire him.

Li Ze hurriedly stepped forward to salute and took the initiative to tell his name and official position, but he thought to himself: "I am over 80 years old and I haven't retired yet. It seems that he is an old official fan, but he should retire when he is old. How could he still be an official in the capital? What's wrong with this?" (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better and faster!
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