See Jiangshan

It's ridiculous.

Cheng Qianren couldn't fall back asleep until the dawn broke and the first ray of sunlight illuminated Miyagi.

Whether "dreams and reality are opposites" or "dreams are the expression of the subconscious mind, projecting the desires and fears deep in people's hearts", practitioners who have reached his level rarely dream, and some people believe that dreams are destiny and the way of heaven Advent revelation.

On the first day Cheng Qianren came to the imperial capital, he had this dream.In the dream, only what he said to the old man with a bamboo stick was his original intention, and he took various actions after he ascended the throne, but he just watched himself go crazy with a cold eye.

The palace servants helped him wash and dress, and had breakfast, but he was absent-minded and couldn't tell.The servants thought that if they didn't serve well, everyone in the East Palace would be in danger.

On the day the crown prince returned to Beijing, the first assistant hosted a banquet in the East Palace, and the next day he came to visit the crown prince. This was a signal to the ruling and opposition parties, and it also made the supporters of the imperial power headed by Princess An feel at ease.

Cheng Qianren's dress today is different from yesterday's, and the head servant presented him with the crown prince's court dress.When he heard the transmission, he retreated to the left and right, and talked to Zhu Liu in the main hall: "You came so early, are you urging me to go to court?"

"Forget it today, I still have something to do." Zhuliu took off his mask and showed a harmless smile, "I will take you to find out the treasury ledger first, and then I will tell you about the factions of the courtiers. Since the founding of the country, I picked out tens of thousands of ledgers last night. There are only ten important ledgers for the past five years. How many treasures have been accumulated in previous years, where the money comes from now, how much tax is collected every year; where each expenditure is spent, whether it is disaster relief or rebellion. Clearly."

Cheng Qianren looked at him carefully.

"Then there is personnel affairs. The factions in the DPRK and China are much simpler than during the period of party struggle. I can explain clearly overnight. But I can only talk about the past and the present, where the future is going, who to use and who to destroy, you have to think about it slowly... So there is only one last difficult thing left, before you formally oversee the country and manage the government, you must at least have a meal with the Holy One."

Cheng Qianren: "I want to see him too. Where is he?"

"No one knows where he is. Most of the palace formation is still in his hands. This is his home field. Unless he wants to see you, he will only appear."

Cheng Qianren nodded and looked at Zhuliu in relief.

Zhuliu knew what he was thinking, and sighed, "You don't want the most important thing, the union of nationality, so I can only worry about these trivial matters. You rely on me liking you..."

Joint membership.These two words were like a flash of lightning, and the memory of the nightmare was instantly revived. Cheng Qianren subconsciously shook off his younger brother's hand and took two steps back.

He was afraid that he would hurt Zhuliu.

Zhu Liu thought, so you repel me so much now, but your face is calm: "Brother, what's the matter? Your face is not very good."

Yesterday, coquettish persuasion failed, but today he naturally changed his strategy.He needs Cheng Qianren's trust and dependence, and he wants his brother to be with him willingly.

Unless all hope is lost, he doesn't want to force each other.

"It's okay, I didn't sleep well last night."

Cheng Qianren tried his best to keep calm.In the dream, Zhuliu was imprisoned in his bedroom and bullied by him. In reality, Zhuliu called him one brother at a time and was defenseless against him, which made him feel more guilty.

He should correctly guide his younger brother to develop a sound personality and let go of extreme obsessions, instead of taking advantage of the short-term wrong feelings of the other party to achieve his own goals.Apart from the conscience, the Taoist heart can't get through it either.

Zhuliu didn't care about his clumsy excuses, and his attitude was intimate and natural: "I'm not used to living here, and I often can't sleep at night. Thinking about it now, it's the most comfortable when I sleep with you. The palace has a bridge leading to Chaoci Palace." Secret way, I’ll take you to see it. Next time brother can’t sleep, come to me. Anyway, once I lose sleep, I’ll miss you very much. Have you ever missed me…”

Cheng Qianren's cheeks gradually turned red.

He didn't want to hear any more.God knows why two practitioners who barely need sleep discuss the issue of insomnia.If you don't sleep, you don't sleep, and you won't lose your hair.

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to, it really doesn't matter. I will still miss you, brother."

Without the headaches, oppression and unreasonable troubles of "you must join me" and "you must be with me forever", the younger brother's soft voice and full of youthful coquettishness make people unguarded.Cheng Qianren blushed, apart from being annoyed, there was also some inexplicable feeling in his heart.

It seems a little sweet.It's all because of the suffering of the world.

***

In the middle of the night, the galaxy flows quietly, and the imperial study room is brightly lit.

There have been three batches of palace guards on duty outside the door, and the one inside still has no intention of resting.Princess Wen Le came here once, but she didn't go in. She only said to the head servant: "The second day the prince returned to the capital, it was so hard. All the people on duty tonight will go to the palace tomorrow to receive the reward."

So the sky was not yet clear, and the reputation of the prince's diligent administration spread to the palace walls.All night, only Shoufu went in and out of the imperial study to discuss important matters with the prince.

"Brother, I brought you some supper."

"Thank you."

Cheng Qianren is just obsessive-compulsive, reading the account book is his old profession, and he can only feel comfortable after reading it in one go.He had already sent Huaiqing and Huaiming back to rest, and he was not used to other people around him, there were only the two of them in the big study.

"Is it tasty?"

Cheng Qianren nodded.It's a familiar taste, of course it's pleasing to the stomach.

Zhuliu: "I haven't cooked for a long time, and I'm still afraid of raw food."

Cheng Qianren rummaged through the food box after taking a bite: "The tableware in the palace... cough, exquisite."

A cup of chicken soup, four croquettes, four sweet cakes, nothing more.It's not about satisfying greed at all, it's about hooking people up.

Zhu Liu smiled and said, "I'll make it for you tomorrow. Where did you see it?"

"In March last year, the Shenwu Army spent 40 taels of military expenditure."

Looking at the running account made Cheng Qianren uncomfortable, so he made up his mind to train the officials of the third department to keep accounts for the re-examination.At least one must understand that where there is a loan, there must be a loan, and that the loan must be equal.

Zhu Liu quietly watched him turn the pages. Under the candlelight, Cheng Qianren frowned slightly, with a concentrated expression.

"Without looking at the monthly balance on the account, can you calculate how much money is currently in the treasury?"

Cheng Qianren smiled and copied the case.With the strength of his spiritual sense, mental arithmetic is enough, but he intends to show off his skills, flipping through the ledger with one hand, looking at ten lines at a glance, calculating beads with the other hand, flying five fingers, and still has time to talk:

"Mr. Xu said in my previous arithmetic class that no learning is useless. If you learn swords and forget how to abacus, don't call it my student."

Show nostalgia one by one.

Cheng Qianren: "Mr. Xu is in good health. When Nanyuan College resumes classes, he can teach for another 20 years."

"Not long after you arrived in the backyard of Nanshan, I went to the gate of the college to wait for you after school. I seem to have seen that gentleman. You didn't let me pick you up later, why?"

Cheng Qianren: "Actually, that time... nothing happened, and I didn't live far away. Picking them up and sending them back and forth was a waste of time."

Maybe it's because late at night is more exciting, he doesn't stop working, and some past events flash through his mind.

At that time, Zhuliu stood outside the east gate of the college.Among the carriages transporting the children of the rich family, the child was alone, his appearance was unrecognizable and eye-catching.As soon as Cheng Qianren went out, he noticed some eyes and felt bad. He hurriedly said goodbye to Mr. Xu, and took his younger brother to leave quickly.

The next day he took a shortcut to go home, but was blocked in a narrow alley.

"Yo, your baby brother didn't come today?"

"You've all seen his younger brother, right? He's such a little beauty, he should be raised in a golden house. How can there be such a poor elder brother?"

"Is your brother selling it? 200 taels, you still not happy? 250 taels!"

This group of people are local dandies, they inquired about Cheng Qianren's details before coming here, they are poor and stingy, haggle when buying vegetables, timid and fearful, and have extremely poor popularity.When I first arrived in Nanyang with my younger brother, I didn’t have any relatives or friends.Nanyang City is a place with rules. Under the state government's laws, ordinary people dare not make big disturbances, but it does not mean that there are no gray areas.

Cheng Qianren knew that they didn't dare to be cruel to Nanyuan's students.He just needs to be tougher and show that he is not a soft persimmon.

However, he had heard rumors spread by his classmates after school, saying that these people often went to Nanfeng Hall and liked to raise and prostitute children.

He killed bandits on the mountain, water ghosts at the bottom of the river, and even severely injured and left alone demons, all in order to survive.Only at that moment, when he watched them talking about Zhuliu, he felt murderous towards these people who he had never met before and who would not pose a threat to his survival in the future.

The murderous thought arises, and the sanity is in jeopardy.

Suddenly a female voice sounded: "It's so lively, eight people surround one, what are you doing?"

When people turned their heads, there was a tall girl standing at the entrance of the alley, with a high ponytail, a red hair band, and two knives on her back.She was alone, but her momentum was overwhelming.

"Xu Ran, with the Xinhe Bridge as the line, your territory is to the west, you, don't you think we are afraid of you!"

Cheng Qianren saw her wearing the uniform of Nanyuan Academy, and guessed that she was a senior sister of Qingshan Academy.The senior sister seems to be very famous. If you want to help him, just give the other party a step down, and say that I am looking for this kid, and he has to come with me.It is impossible for the other party not to let go.It also saved the face of both sides.

But Xu Ran had a violent temper, and strode forward with a knife in his hand: "Fuck! From now on, this street will be my old lady's handicap. Which one is not convinced?"

Immediately yelling and cursing, and rolling up their sleeves to copy the guy, Cheng Qianren saw that he was about to be involved in a fight, so he secretly guarded himself, 1 heads are big.

Voices sounded from the alley again.

"Liu Jiaoxi, what a coincidence! Do you also live here, oh, passing by. Yes, this is a shortcut."

'Liu Jiaoxi' responded in a deep and short voice.His figure was blocked by the wall, and all the people in the alley could only see a young man in purple with a gold and jade bong on his waist, bowing to him.

The young man in purple continued: "I heard that you broke through last month, the barrier-breaking Dzogchen realm? I really want to follow you to learn swordsmanship, but unfortunately I am a student of Chunbotai."

There was a dead silence in the long alley.There was Xu Ran with two sabers in front, and Nanyuan's martial arts instructor in the back. The eight people exchanged glances quickly, ran wildly, and disappeared at the other end of the alley.

Xu Ran taunted: "That scares me away." Her brain turned slowly, and then she realized that Qingshan College prohibits students from causing trouble outside the campus, and she still has a criminal record. Let's go!"

Before she finished speaking, she saw the young man in purple running from the alley, and there was no sign of Mr. Liu behind him.

"stop!"

There was a loud shout not far away, and the sound of chaotic footsteps approaching, Cheng Qianren was startled, the martial arts training was fake, did it alarm the inspection team?

The young man in purple shouted: "I just skipped class, and the inspection team came to arrest me?!"

Xu Ran ran wildly and shouted: "I'm not arresting you, I have a record of mobbing and fighting. When they saw you standing at the entrance of the alley, they thought you were a lookout and one of us!"

Cheng Qianren: "Who is with you?!"

Xu Ran: "There is no explanation! They won't believe it. If they are caught, they are finished! Run!"

The three of them ran out of the long alley, with smoke and dust billowing up behind them, and the inspection team chased after them. As soon as they broke into the street, they saw a group of cavalry from the state capital coming from the right.

"The state capital takes people, and the idlers avoid them!"

"Where to escape!"

The cavalry was rampaging, but the passers-by on the road applauded: "Catch the three of them!"

Cheng Qianren took the lead to turn left, and Xu Ran glanced behind him. With this posture, if he was caught, he would drop out of school, and he might die immediately.

The girl broke down and shouted: "It's not possible!"

Cheng Qianren ran so that his throat was sweet: "Damn it!"

They ran desperately with grim expressions.Seeing that the young man in purple was pale and about to fall behind, Cheng Qianren and Xu Ran stood him up on the left and right, and a sense of tragedy suddenly rose in his heart.

The same people from the end of the world, why do they know each other when they meet.

"Don't, don't run away!"

Cheng Qianren thought he was exhausted: "I'll carry you on my back!"

Gu Xuejiang waved her hand: "They are not, they are not..."

Xu Ran lost his temper and refused to listen to him: "I'll do it!"

Immediately, they carried Gu Xuejiang on their backs with brute force, and the three of them ran two more streets.Jumping all the way, stepping on the stinky canal, jumping over the cart of the hawker selling vegetables, the smoke and dust billowed behind him, the horseshoes were like thunder, and the sky was shaking.

Gu Xuejiang was stunned until her eyes stared, but she still muttered persistently.

When turning a corner, Cheng Qianren sensed something was wrong, and held Xu Ran down: "Wait, what are you trying to say!"

Taking advantage of this momentary pause, Gu Xuejiang finally took a breath and shouted, "We're not being arrested!"

Cheng Qianren followed his gaze and looked up. On the roof were three figures with disheveled hair, wearing prison uniforms, flying across the tiles.More than a dozen black-clothed inspectors chased after him.State cavalry roared past them, kicking up choking dust.Pedestrians on the side of the road shouted: "Catch the three of them!"

"These students are really courageous. The state government united with Nanyuan College to catch fugitives. They rushed to the forefront!"

"Hey, why didn't they continue to chase?"

"Let's be weak-minded, let's see how annoying they are."

They stood on the street blankly, being pointed at by others.There were bursts of blackness in front of my eyes.

Gu Xuejiang caressed her heart, her hair was in a disheveled bun, and her forehead was covered with cold sweat. She didn't look like a former romantic.

Cheng Qianren and Xu Ran were also in a mess, with muddy water, grass, and rotten leaves, and their faces were ashamed.

Another team of inspectors passed by them, and the captain suddenly left and returned, and said emotionally: "Okay, my Nanyuan student is really good! Knowing that you can't catch up, you still run hard. This determination is enough to make a contribution. You guys Which courtyard is it, and what is its name?"

Xu Ran looked at the two suffering brothers: "I, Xu Ran from Qingshanyuan."

"...Chunbo Terrace Gu Xuejiang."

"...Cheng Qianren in the backyard of Nanshan."

"I made a note, next month at the inspection team's debriefing meeting, I will write about your deeds, and I will commend you in front of the court judge!"

The captain hurried back to the team contentedly.

I don't know how long it has passed, Cheng Qianren suddenly wants to laugh.He just laughed.

"Hahahahaha!" Xu Ran laughed loudly.

Gu Xuejiang also couldn't breathe from laughing.

Xu Ran: "You two, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

Cheng Qianren wiped his face: "...It's actually quite unfortunate."

Gu Xuejiang looked up at the sky: "I have never done such a stupid thing in my life."

The past is like a fleeting image, flashed by the crisp sound of the beads.

Cheng Qianren restrained his thoughts: "You want me to calculate the balance of the national treasury?"

"Correct."

"No, the treasury is already in a deficit, where does the money come from?"

On the cloud boat back to Jiange from Ci'en Temple, he discussed this issue with Gu Xuejiang and Fu Keji.

There was a natural disaster before, and it cost money to resettle the refugees.Later, there was a war, and the young and middle-aged men on the battlefield were unable to work, and they all relied on the rear for support.Years of wars have delayed spring planting and autumn harvest, and the farmland has been barren.Gu Xuejiang said that the treasury should be out of money, and letting the big family cut their flesh and blood to save the country can also weaken their power and clear up the atmosphere of the period of party struggle.

At this time, Cheng Qianren did the calculations, and only then did he truly realize how poor the 'national treasury has no money'.After the victory of the Eastern Expedition, the Holy One built many buildings that boasted of his achievements.When the Anguo Grand Canal was built, the income and expenditure were barely balanced.Since the troubled times, everything that can be moved has been moved, and everything that can be copied has been copied.

"It's the private treasury of my Chaoci Palace."

This is a very serious matter, but the man showed a bit of aggrieved look: "Brother, the treasury is not making ends meet, and I have given you money from my own house. It has been more than half a year."

Cheng Qianren's male protective desire was instantly aroused, and he was full of enthusiasm: "I will work hard, and I will pay you back in the future!"

When he came to his senses, the national treasury was not his alone. Being a hard-working prince, or even the emperor, was not the same thing as being a brother who worked hard to support his family, but Zhuliu had already sweetly said: "Okay, you promise I'm done, I can't go back on my word."