son-in-law

Chapter 528

This meeting of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion did not last for too long.Many things have been discussed before, but today I will just bring it up again. The only new topic is that the Prime Minister's House will hold a feast three days later to invite guests and friends to celebrate the great victory in the north.

After chatting with Qin Siyuan, Yao Zunian, Jue Ming and others for a while, when he came out of the courtyard, Ning Yi's face was not too happy.After rejoicing for this great victory of Pharmacist Guo, new problems have been suppressed again, and the rope of the situation between the north and the south has become more and more tense.

After the Northern Expedition began, Qin Siyuan was responsible for domestic affairs.However, the Secret Investigation Division's previous development in the north still played a huge role. The matter of Zhang Jue, the governor of Pingzhou, was one of them. This person was originally a general of the Liao Kingdom. gold.However, a member of the Secret Investigation Division was arranged among Zhang Jue's staff, and he has been promoting this matter since he found that Zhang Jue had the intention of surrendering to the Wu Dynasty.Pingzhou has an important position among the sixteen states, and Zhang Jue also has tens of thousands of horses. If it can be accomplished, it will be a great achievement.

Just before this, the northern war situation was rotten, and the Jinren were always strong.Although the emperor Zhou Zhe at this time was angry because the Jin people did not return the sixteen states, he had said before that he would be tougher, but how could Qin Siyuan dare to provoke easily.With Guo Yaoshi's victory, this is somewhat emboldened.

From what people have seen before, the Wu Dynasty seems to be naive and full of mistakes in dealing with the situation in Jinliao.But at Ning Yi's current position, he can understand that it would be unfair to accuse Wu Chao of being unprepared for some possible catastrophic consequences.In the past few years, on the one hand, the Northern Expedition has been promoted, and on the other hand, everyone has been actively expanding the defense of the rear, including a large-scale increase in border defense forces. Give preferential treatment, form corps, support logistics... and so on.

Whether it is Tong Guan, Cai Jing, Li Gang, or the emperor, including Tan Zhen, who may take over Tong Guan's position recently, most of the high-ranking officials in the court are not fools.Even if the possibility of the Jinmen invading the south is extremely low, they themselves understand the need to strengthen the rear defense.Especially for people like Tong Guan, the corruption of the Northern Expedition also made them actively promote and cooperate with this kind of thing.

The Jin people themselves are not many troops. After occupying the land of the Liao Kingdom, even if they are really out of their minds, they choose to go south.Starting with Guo Yaoshi and others in the north of Yanmen Pass, to the south of Yanmen Pass, from Taiyuan to the bank of the Yellow River, thousands of miles in depth, hundreds of thousands of troops - even if there are many bean curd projects - enough The strength of the people was dragged down.

There are not a few people who have this kind of self-consciousness in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion.The original Cheng Zhouhai, Wang Shanyue, and others were all loyal promoters of the "Golden Kingdom Threat Theory", but now, even Ning Yi can't talk about it all day, at least everyone is. Those who are doing things, even if some things are done a little bit, just for the sake of face or political achievements, the best the Right Prime Minister's Office can do is to try their best to straighten up in it - this has nothing to do with right or wrong, just being in the game , only so.

But in any case, Ning Yi was still somewhat worried.

The trajectories of the Wu Dynasty and the Song Dynasty have similarities, but before this, he paid little attention to the real history, all of which were related to his extremely pragmatic personality in the previous life.

For him, the so-called history has something in common with stories, but because history has actually happened, it is more persuasive to others.But in the final analysis, whether history is a story or a story, what is really useful is the lessons it contains, a process that relies on predecessors and reflects itself.However, in the impetuous society of later generations, there are many people who have no ability to distinguish and think. They are sometimes convinced by the so-called truth of history, but they never reflect themselves with any real history. Most people only use the truth to compare others. , gain a little sense of superiority, but never find that what he does is the same as many stupid things in history.

When people mocked the foolishness of their predecessors and denounced the cruelty of their enemies, but never reflected on themselves, never saw their own stupidity and insensitivity, or even violated the rules and emptied the country, these real histories , it becomes worthless.If the truth of this history also gives people a sense of superiority of "I know a lot", so that they can mock others, then for society, the significance of this truth is a negative value.

Because of this perception, Ning Yi has extreme contempt for the authenticity of history. He has always believed that pursuing the authenticity of history is not as good as pursuing the educational significance of fables. At least fables can soberly tell readers that this is right and that is wrong. of.But it is also because of this habit that it is difficult for him to confirm the development of the whole situation.It is really hard to say whether the Song Dynasty has Jingkang shame, and whether the Wu Dynasty will have it.

Of course, at the moment, recruiting and surrendering Zhang Jue is of course a good move to increase his own strength, and there is no need to think about it.As for the extremely difficult food price issue in the disaster-stricken area, which was seen by everyone in the prime minister's residence, Ning Yi certainly did not mean to take it lightly, but when preparations started more than a month ago, Ning Yi did not agree with the specific details of this matter. Not going to care too much.

Because... a lot of people will starve to death here...

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In the summer of the 11th year of Jinghan, floods and droughts came to the Wu Dynasty, and more than [-] prefectures and counties including Jingzhaofu, Hedong, Hebei, and Jinghu were affected to varying degrees.Due to the effective disaster relief of the imperial court, far fewer people died directly due to the disaster than in previous years.It is also because there are too many survivors that the hidden danger of soaring food prices in the disaster-stricken area and the states and counties adjacent to the disaster-stricken area has begun to brew.

This phenomenon is concentrated in the north and south areas. In the north, Jingzhaofu Road and Hedong Road—that is, areas such as Shaanxi and Shanxi in later generations—are the most serious. In the south, such problems occur in the Jinghu area. The border was originally a land of grain production, but because of the overlapping of flood and drought problems, it caused even greater panic, but for the time being, the situation of starvation is not as serious as that in the north.

At this time, the government of the Right Prime Minister is still mobilizing food as much as possible and maintaining the distribution of basic rations for disaster relief.However, the increase in food prices on the market will only lead to more and more people joining the ranks of the victims of the disaster. Now, in order to ensure the Northern Expedition, the Wu Dynasty has limited grain reserves. Not realistic.

Theoretically speaking, in such a case, what the imperial court can do is to strictly regulate grain prices, kill a group of officials, and then kill a group of businessmen.But this time, the scope is too wide, and there are too many people involved.

The Zuo family led by Zuo Duanyou, a great Confucian scholar, was involved; the Cai family, headed by Cai Jing, participated in it; the Han family in Jingnan area was the royal in-laws and relatives of the queen mother; the Qi family in Henan Prefecture, the scholar family for generations , Qi Yan, the head of the family, is a great Confucian of the dynasty. He has incense affection with many officials in the capital. He is on good terms with Li Gang and Geng Nanzhong, and he also has a good relationship with the Western military.

These are just some of the forces that can be seen by casual investigation.In fact, due to the intricate relationship and the drive of interests, it is not enough to resolve many things with determination.Even if Li Gang nodded, Qi Yan nodded, and even Cai Jing nodded, to suppress the price of food, once the low-priced food hit the market, it would dry up like water in the sand.Because those who participate in the grain collection are often not only these big households, but also every ordinary person who is shrouded in panic.

Basically, at this time when the productive forces were not developed, every man-made disaster and natural disaster was a process of a new noble fortune and land annexation.On my own side, there are indeed some countermeasures at the moment, and the Right Prime Minister's Mansion has naturally made up its mind, but some people at the bottom will still die, and some of them have a little family property, and some of them will inevitably sell their land, children and daughters.The only difference is that, when done right, there are fewer such people.

As Ning Yi, he can accept all kinds of darkness in the world and all kinds of dead people.But as a person from later generations, it is difficult for him to watch the process of one or two women and children being starved to death. Therefore, whether it is hypocritical or invisible, he would rather sit in the capital when such things happen. , treat everything as a number.

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The carriage came out of the side door of the Xiangfu. There were not many people on the road called Wenyuan Street. It was still in the afternoon. The leaves on the street were melted in the golden light, and the two children rushed past the street.

After looking away from the window, Ning Yi held a charcoal pen and revised and wrote on the book on the opponent's hand.As the carriage moved forward, the wheels occasionally ran over the fallen leaves, making rustling noises, and occasionally pedestrians passed by on the road.After a while, the car dealer heard voices coming towards him: "...what do you know, what oiran, let me tell you, the Xiaozhufang is the most boring, and the Fanlou is not interesting, I... ah? Humph! What are you doing? It's blocking Xiao Ye's way! Do you know... Why do you do it? You should go this way when Xiao Ye goes this way. Are you looking for rubbish?

With this arrogant voice, the carriage stopped.There were three carriages going out on Ning Yi's side. He sat in the middle one, and when he heard the sound, he knew who was coming.After the car came to a stop, he sat there and wrote the last few words before getting up and lifting the curtain.Sure enough, in front of the road, it was Hua Hua Tai Sui Gao Muen who blocked the way with his hands on his hips.Following him were still a bunch of gangsters in the capital, but many of these people were officials, and Ning Yi's identity as a businessman was theoretically impossible to offend. With a smile on his face, he went up to him.

"It's really a flood that rushed into the Dragon King Temple. Gao Ya, you young masters, it's a coincidence that we have met again. It's the people on my side who are ignorant, so why don't you pull the carriage aside!" Ning Yi shouted at the driver in front of him. He smiled again, "Where are you going to play, gentlemen?"

Ning Yi smiled warmly, but he didn't look like a bully.Seeing him appearing, Gao Muen's eyes changed, but then he raised his chest even higher: "It's none of your business! Don't worry about the things you shouldn't care about! What are you doing, come so close! Yes! Come over and hit me! Don't think I'm afraid of you if you kill Lu Qian!"

"Gao Yanei, I said earlier that it was a misunderstanding, let's not say that I don't know anything about Lu Yuhou's affairs, even if there is such a thing, with Lu Yuhou's martial arts, how can I be an opponent, you see, this is fast It's been a year...the initial misunderstanding, if Ya Nei is still angry, I will worship dozens of tables and head wine in Zhuji tonight, and apologize to Ya Nei in person, okay?"

When Ning Yi said this, the people behind Gao Muen were booing, but Gao Muen stopped his chest and didn't know what he thought: "Humph! Fake kindness! Forget it! Tell you, I, Gao Muen, are at odds with you, and I will take care of your subordinates in the future. People! Hmph... in the way!"

After saying this, Gao Muen led the people around him to walk past Ning Yi, and one or two people said to Ning Yi, "Wait!" "Be careful!" Ning Yi also smiled and cupped his hands. nod.

In fact, this grievance between the two sides has continued for a year.In the first half of this year, when Ning Yi expanded Zhuji, it became more intense. Gao Yanei first found a gangster to smash the scene. After encountering the intervention of the Secret Investigation Division, he joined some people to set up a restaurant and wanted to follow Zhuji. To grab business, and then through the officialdom, I wanted to give Zhuji some color to see.But these things were eventually blocked.

Kaifeng Mansion couldn't afford to offend the Right Prime Minister Mansion, nor did he dare to offend Gao Muen. There was too much trouble, and all kinds of complaints would inevitably spread to Gao Qiu.People in officialdom, shopping malls, and literati all responded to Gao Qiu, hoping that he would restrain his son from overdoing it.Although Gao Qiu is a jester, this kind of enemy creation also pays attention to input and output. The other party is more related, but after all, he is only a businessman. The son's nonsense can't deal with the other party, it means that there is not much need for entanglement. Gao Muen scolded a few more times.In this way, every time Gao Muen makes a shot, it seems like he has hit a ball of cotton, and he loses a mess when he invests in robbing business. In the end, he has to give up.

Of course, giving up in action does not mean that the breath in my heart will definitely be swallowed. After several encounters, I have to quarrel a few times.It's just that Ning Yi's business is getting bigger and bigger, including several things that Gao Qiu revealed in order to get him to stop, making Gao Muen feel a little short of breath.After separating from Ning Yi at this time, a dude by his side said: "Since Big Brother Gao doesn't like that kid, let's beat him, even if he is related, we'll beat him this time! You can only complain after the fact, right! If you don’t believe the gang around him dare to fight back—”

This dandy family is also a member of the officialdom, and what he said is actually very reasonable.Their families are all people in the officialdom, and no matter how many relationships they have with each other, they are also businessmen.If your own group of people swarmed up and beat the other party, you would at most apologize to them afterwards.It's a pity that Gao Muen had already picked it up and slapped him on the back of the head before he finished speaking.

"Hit your sister! Hit your sister! Hit your sister! I can't beat you if you beat me! I'm still telling you! Did you know that Zhou Tong didn't kill him! Did you know that both Sikongnan and Lin Zongwu were bullied by him. You bastard! Do you know who Zhou Tong is! Do you know who Sikongnan and Lin Zongwu are! They are even more powerful than Lin Chong—you motherfucker! That guy looks gentle, but he is actually a lunatic. If he suddenly gets angry, do you think me and me... these three-legged cat kung fu bastards around me can stop him!" Having said that, Feifei kicked at the man, but this kick was crooked. After a little while, the other party stumbled forward, but he took a big step and almost fell.

"Do you know why I stood in front of you just now, just to help you stop that mad dog! Humph!" With a cold snort, Gao Muen patted his clothes, "Let me learn something from now on!"

He said so, but after all, it was a little indignant.Lu Qian is also dead, no one can play so happily with him, and there are a few guys around him who have a lot of work to do, I can't believe it.Thinking like this, I suddenly felt that the capital was a little less fun, and the autumn colors became more and more desolate...

It is impossible for Ning Yi to think of these things in the other party's mind.After Gao Muen left, he shook his head and smiled. Since the destination was not far away, he would not get on the bus.He took out the revised booklet from the carriage and handed it to Zhu Biao: "This Who's Who in Jianghu, I have revised it again, you can take it to the Wang's house, by the way, to see how the printing preparation is going, don't rush at night return."

He said this, but Zhu Biao couldn't help but smile.After the Dulonggang incident, Hu Sanniang and Wang Shanyue developed a friendship. After returning to Beijing for a period of time, Wang Shanyue had a conflict with some of the capital gangsters who had a bad relationship. The two sides fought. , Hu Sanniang shot, and beat a bunch of opponents to the ground.Wang Shanyue has been fighting outside for a few years, and his hostility has increased greatly, and he has also achieved gains-he threw a master nicknamed "Eight-Armed Swordsman" in the opponent's family on the ground during the fight and tore half of the opponent. Arm, bite down a few pounds of meat.

After this battle, the master was disabled, and the eight-armed sword king became a one-armed sword, but Wang Shanyue also made a big deal.Qin Siyuan felt that such a character would not be able to continue to develop after all, and he would be criticized for keeping him in the capital, so he made up for a county magistrate in Yuyao, Zhejiang.Wang Shanyue's own temperament is biased towards literary temperament, but when he was young, he was too stimulated and acted a little too extreme. Yuyao area is the hometown of literary and ink. After he came here, his ability to eat people would not be useful. a kind of exercise.

Before Wang Shanyue left the capital, she formally engaged Hu Sanniang.The old lady Qian of the Wang family originally hoped that the two would get married like this, and let Hu Sanniang, who is highly skilled in martial arts, accompany her grandson to take office. - In fact, this is an expectation that Wang Shanyue can't express - Wang's family is a female class, even if there are a few women with strong temperament, after all, they can't compare with others in terms of force. With Hu Sanniang as a heroine, Wang Shanyue can feel at ease. Some went out.

As for Zhu Biao, what he likes is not a strong woman like Hu Sanniang. After several trips with the Wang family, he has some feelings for Wang Shanyue's Jiumei.The Wang family was happy to see this happen, and Ning Yi was also motivated by it. Since then, he has cooperated with the Wang family in papermaking and printing workshops to promote the study of movable type printing. The two sides communicated through Zhu Biao.

At this time, Zhu Biao took the order and rode away.Ning Yi had also arrived at the yard where Yunzhu and Jin'er lived.At this time, Li Pin felt that he was quite a dignified gentleman, and it was because of it. There were many people in this courtyard, and it felt like a treasure in a golden house - but the main energy was still spent on safety, even if Yun Yun Zhu and Jin'er also arranged two ugly but good female chivalrous warriors.

All the way in, someone greeted him, and when he crossed the two small buildings connected in front and entered the backyard, no one followed.Behind this courtyard is a small garden composed of rockeries, pavilions and ponds.The woman in white sat on the edge of the pond, softly humming the melody of an unknown song, holding a book and a writing brush in her hand, and was writing something for herself.

At this time, the sky was warm and yellow, and a large sycamore tree stretched its crown above the pool. The woman sitting by the pool was wearing a white dress, but her long black hair was hanging down at her waist. She took off her shoes and socks and put them aside. , The white and slender feet gently fiddled with the water surface, with the music in his mouth, as if the whole person was dissolved in the warmth of autumn.After a moment, she put the brush in her hand aside, put the book on her lap, and turned her head down to turn a page.When Ning Yi walked over and sat down, she subconsciously shrank her slender feet, then laughed and leaned her body towards Ning Yi.

After a while, she was lying on Ning Yi's lap, holding a book while reading.Feeling the tranquility of this autumn day, Ning Yi looked around at no one around, and put a hand into the other's chest.The woman didn't resist, just stretched out her hand to cover it lightly, and continued to read.

"Actually, I think the place is still too small... You said it would be nice if there was a lake in front..."

Ning Yi looked at the courtyard wall at the end of the garden ahead and said.

"I'm already by the lake... It's Liheng's heart that's still not quiet."

"Really..." Ning Yi pursed his lips, "By the way, where is Yuan Jin'er's living treasure?"

"out."

"Oh?"

"Ah... uh..." As if she suddenly realized something, a shy smile suddenly appeared on Yunzhu's face. For a moment, she narrowed her eyes and covered her face with the book, and said softly, "No..."

"Is there any?" By the pond, in the autumn colors, Ning Yi laughed. After a while, he stood up there with Yunzhu in his arms and walked towards the hut here.Under the white skirt, Yunzhu gently curled up the arches of his feet, and at the same time leaned his face quietly against him.

From the time the two met and knew each other, to the first time Yunzhu dedicated his innocent body to him, and now, this kind of intimacy is not a big deal.After all, in this year, there are not many things that can really be entertained...

(End of this chapter)