see the gentleman

Ji Yun was waiting for the news in the palace, a little restless, and kept pacing back and forth in the palace.

Jiang Chong, Jiang Chong...

He said the name silently, although there was no sound, but there was a kind of gnashing of teeth in his expression.The corners of his eyes twitched from time to time, and he seemed even more indescribably nervous.

A person's tolerance and kindness are limited. He can treat things that have never happened as if they didn't exist.He was even able to disregard previous suspicions and recruit those people to his side for reuse, so as to avoid repeating the same mistakes.

But that was only limited to the previous life, and before any traces appeared in this life, he would give up Huairou Ji Zhun, no longer appease Li Chengnian, and even Lian Shu, he did not dare to pamper him anymore.

He is a person who has been bitten by a snake. Even if he is not at the point of being a soldier, he will never dare to raise Zhongshan wolves like Mr. Dong Guo. He has learned enough lessons.

After learning that Jiang Chong was the one who caused the disturbance, Ji Yun's brows twitched suddenly, and the blood vessels on his forehead swelled faintly.

He thought of the great reputation of this person in his previous life, and he also remembered that this person led troops to besiege his palace, and even when he failed to escape, he relied on this person's strict guards and gave Bai Chen a timely explanation.

But because of Jiang Chong's low status, Ji Yun naturally didn't know where this man had fled before his reputation gradually rose. It's even more impossible to let him know.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Chong turned out to be a low-grade guy from Jinxiu Street, and he dared to rebel as soon as he appeared on the stage.

Even your master has obediently worked under my hands all his life!

Thinking of this, Ji Yun couldn't help but sneered again.

The timing of Bai Chen's return to Beijing was really a coincidence, just in time to suppress the rebellion.

Jiang Chong finally showed a look of surprise and uncertainty on his face. He stared at Bai Chen and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Who are you? How do you know about me?"

Bai Chen smiled calmly, as if he didn't care about the swords, guns, swords and halberds gathered half a step around, he said: "There are no secrets under the sun. Your Excellency has offended the local government because of your reckless deeds of justice, and you have to hide your name. I dare not go back—Your Excellency escaped the golden cicada's shell cleanly and easily, but I don't know how the old mother, wife and children will survive at home?"

Jiang Chong's pupils shrank, and the viciousness of a desperado appeared on his face: "Are you threatening me?"

Bai Chen frowned, and said gently: "Don't dare. I just saw that although your Excellency acted recklessly and thoughtlessly, but you have done justice many times and helped the poor, it can be regarded as a bit of righteousness. Now that you are being used by others, you are as good as someone else's knife and axe. If I don’t know it, I can’t help but feel a pity.”

Jiang Chong suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart: who the hell is this young man who hasn't grown his hair yet?How dare you act like an elder, teaching me with praise and derogation? ?

But for some reason, he couldn't argue for a while, so he curled up the corner of his mouth and snorted coldly like a big guy.

Bai Chen continued: "How did you obtain these artillery weapons, I think I know better than I do—Your Excellency looks poor and poor, I'm afraid you can't afford these supplies—then why did they give it to You at the price of cabbage, or even for free? , Don’t you have something in your heart? There are pies falling from the sky, helping you to go against the law?”

Although Bai Chen's tone was gentle, the meaning of calling him stupid was almost overflowing. Jiang Chong's brows twitched, his face turned blue and he thought: This person is really here to persuade him to surrender, isn't he here to beat him up?

"With these two broken cannons, do you think that you can do anything to the court? But you are willing to marry someone else, and I am afraid that it is worthy of the word traitor."

"..." Jiang Chong couldn't read big characters. Although he could feel that Bai Chen scolded him a lot, he just couldn't find the words to return it. He was very aggrieved for a while, but he only heard the last three words, as if he was blown away. Almost jumped up, "Who are you talking about!"

Bai Chen smiled casually: "Oh? Didn't you smuggle these two cannons from the Houliang arms dealer next door? People who shoot themselves with other people's guns will probably thank you for trying out the capital defense for them first. Level——Has the traitor wronged you?"

Jiang Chong was blocked back again, but at this time he also realized Bai Chen's words, his face turned blue, and he wanted to cut Bai Chen or himself with a knife.

When Bai Chen saw this, he felt that it was almost done. This person's mind was a bit straight, and he couldn't turn the corner for a while, so it would be fine if he could get through the cursing.

He said: "Since you have all the abilities, why do you do these shady things. Rebellion is the crime of killing your family. Your family is already worried about you, and you will not live in peace. Do you want them to die for you?"

Jiang Chong's face was still tense, but the corners of his eyebrows twitched slightly, showing hesitation.

Those who do big things can't stick to the small details, and can't be trapped in the love of their children. Once there are these soft burdens, people's hearts will inevitably be shaken, and they will want to return.

But with his life on his back, how dare he go home and add another disaster to the family?

"Your Excellency's journey to the present field is nothing more than being forced by difficulties, and you have come here every step of the way. You can only rein in the cliff. Why do you give up on yourself and go to the end on a black path?" Bai Chen said at the right time, "If your Excellency stops here, although I will I don’t have much ability, but I can barely keep your family safe, and I can even recommend you to join the army. Earn military merits decently, and everyone in the family will be honored, isn’t it better than a desperado?”

The rebels surrendered.

Hearing the news at first, Ji Yun was naturally delighted, no one cared more about his own soldiers than him, and subduing others without fighting is naturally the best policy.

Since Jiang Chong surrendered with his men, strong labor is precious, and the court has always given preferential treatment to captives. Ji Yun has no reason not to accept them, so he ordered Jiang Chong to be recruited, and even tolerantly Let Jiang Chong be a moderate commander.

However, Bai Chen made great achievements and quelled two waves of rebellion successively. The original imperial decree was not enough, so Ji Yun made another decree to promote Bai Chen as a partial general.

Anyone who could look at him with a wink felt his heart beating slightly: Your Majesty is really going to fight the general.

The partial general belongs to the end of the miscellaneous generals. Ji Yun wanted to make Bai Chen the champion general before, but Gu Huan pushed him down. In such a short period of time, Ji Yun made Bai Chen a "general" after being promoted several times. It was obvious that he was slapping Gu Huan on the face.And the reason why Bai Chen was only a partial general, instead of the original champion general or even higher, was probably because Ji Yun was jealous of Gu Huan and didn't want him to be too ugly.

Bai Chen has just moved, so he inevitably has to deal with several waves of arrivals and departures.When all the guests finally left, the smile on Bai Chen's face faded, he raised his head and glanced in the direction of the palace, with a slight frown between his brows, and even showed a bit of uneasiness.

When Shu Zhi came back after seeing off the guests, he accidentally saw his master's expression, the young master's thoughts were always deep, he had never seen his young master with a look of worry on his face, he couldn't help being surprised: "Young master, what's the matter?"

Bai Chen was so startled that he came back to his senses, he pressed the center of his eyebrows, lowered his eyes to cover his emotions, and said, "It's nothing."

But his mind was still uncertain, and Ji Yun's attitude during the day made him elusive.He had already thought up all kinds of excuses, and even found an excuse for why he knew about the mess in the house of a burglar he had never met, but Ji Yun only talked about rewards for meritorious deeds. He ventured deep into the enemy, and only ignored Jiang Chong.

If Ji Yun didn't mention it, he couldn't even open his mouth, otherwise there would really be no money here.

Why didn't Feng Lang mention it?Why don't you beat around the bush and spy on me?Feng Lang really believes me to such an extent?Or...has he noticed something?

"Son!"

Shu Zhi exclaimed, and Bai Chen was awakened, only to see that the back of his hand was red, and there were faint blisters. It turned out that he just went to get the freshly brewed tea, but he didn't hold it firmly, and spilled all on the back of his hand .

Strangely, he didn't feel any pain at all.

Shu Zhi hurriedly fetched the ointment, applied it on him, the coolness covered the burning pain, and Bai Chen finally felt a little bit of consciousness.

He lowered his eyes and looked at the blisters gradually rising on the red and swollen back of his hand. For some reason, he felt a strange sense of peace in his heart.

Since Feng Lang promoted him a lot, he still needs him very much.Gu Huan's tail can't be lost now, and his prestige is serious, which is Feng Lang's confidant's serious trouble, and the back beam next door, which is ready to move, probably won't be dormant for too long...

Bai Chen let out a breath slowly and soundlessly, but the breath was not full, half of it was blocked in the heart and lungs, which made his face still a little ugly.

During the more than half a year of the Renwu reform, apart from Shen Bi and Jiang Chong twice, there were countless riots, large and small, which failed, so there is no need to repeat them.

By the end of recent years, the reform had begun to bear fruit, and three out of ten of the vacant land listed in the written text belonged to the imperial court. The imperial court legislated, and qualified farmers could apply to purchase land.

But this purchase also has permissions.Farmers can only own land for 30 years, during which time they cannot resell it privately, they can only sublease it, and must report to the government office for record.After 30 years, if the formalities are not completed, the land will be returned to the imperial court.In fact, strictly speaking, this is not a purchase, but a one-time long-term lease, but a one-time lease for 30 years is no different from a lifetime lease.

And the land is strictly restricted to the farmers who bought it, which can certainly suppress the aristocrats' annexation of the land, but after more than ten or twenty years, the newborns still have no land to plant, so what should we do then; and the first After the round of land lease time expires, what will be pulled out is predictable chaos. Ji Yun can even imagine his descendants complaining about his spiritual position in the Taimiao Temple, complaining that their ancestors buried him. One pitfall scene after another - he always does it himself.

But that's something that will happen in the next ten years, at least for the time being. There is no real solution once and for all in the world. There will always be problems first, and then the loopholes can be targeted. This is not a lag in response, nor is it Without foresight.

Many times you make the next decision, not because you didn't guess that there will be troubles, but at this time, it is the best or the only way to solve the status quo.

Every emperor hopes that this dynasty can be passed down from generation to generation, but Ji Yun himself is not sure whether the prosperous dynasty can last a hundred years. He really couldn't care about what happened a hundred years later.

These problems are still far away, and it is too much to think about casually.After the new year, the land purchase law that will be tried will be the climax of the reform, and how many things will cause trouble. After half a year, Ji Yun already has a vague idea. Just thinking about it, his head has already started to hurt .

And since the reform, in addition to the royalist faction and the generals who have clearly stood firm and confront each other in the court every day, there are also centrist factions who see the wind and turn the corner. Today you are right, and tomorrow you will be right.

The situation in the court was treacherous, and the atmosphere was very tense.

And the general Gu Huan has said that he has been ill for half a year and has not gone to court.

This day's palace banquet, Ji Yun sent people to the General's Mansion to invite three times, but Gu Huan still didn't come.

Ji Yun finally tossed the chopsticks in his hand, and said: "Since the general's health has not been safe, he must not have the energy to deal with official duties. Why don't you take this opportunity to recuperate at home and hand over all the affairs in your hands to the people below."

As the New Year approached, Wanghe Tower became more and more crowded with people coming and going every day.

Ji Yun's plainclothes were among them, and every time he entered through the back door, he never attracted attention.

Today Ji Yun summoned several officials to Wanghe Tower to discuss political affairs - mainly to discuss how to take back Gu Huan's military power.

When it came to the palace banquet last time, Ji Yun bluntly asked Gu Huan to hand over power in front of everyone, which was considered to have torn face with Gu Huan.Although the words have been let go, how to act in the future, even for the sake of Gu Huan's military power, needs to be carefully considered.

This is how today's Wanghe Tower discussion came about.

In the middle of the discussion, everyone vaguely heard the sound of commotion downstairs, at first they didn't pay attention to it, but gradually the commotion became bigger, Ji Yun's eyelids twitched inexplicably, he stopped the people who were excited and sent someone down to check.

Before the inspectors came back, everyone had already heard the clear clanging of swords and swords, and their complexions could not help but change.Ji Yun's expression was still calm, and he quickly hid the manuscript he had just transcribed in his sleeve, and said: "The situation has changed, Zhu Qing quickly take the ladder and go out through the back door."

The crowd didn't dare to delay, they surrounded Ji Yun to go out, the ladder could only carry four people at a time, Ji Yun took Xu Guangning and two other officials in first, and the rest of them took the next trip.

The ladder is connected by two thick ropes, and it is swaying up and down. I don't know if it is because of the feeling of weightlessness, Ji Yun always feels uneasy in his heart.

When it finally landed on the ground, the door opened from the outside, and Ji Yun was caught off guard and saw Gu Huan in armor and helmet outside the door.

And the next moment, the soldiers around Gu Huan quickly surrounded Ji Yun and the others.