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The two of them were speechless for a moment, Lord Qi suddenly thought of something, looked at Duan Shiyu with great interest, and asked: "You have a hand in calming the chaos, let me ask you, how will you clean up the mess in the future?"

Duan Shiyu knew that Lord Qi wanted to test him, so he only said two words: "Enrich the people."

"Oh?" Prince Qi thought for a while and said, "Let's talk."

Duan Shiyu said: "Why do thieves make trouble so often? It's because the people are poor. Because of poverty, they endanger the village and despise the family. They gather together and turn against each other. The opposite is not the case."

Prince Qi felt a little interesting, nodded and asked Duan Shiyu to continue.

Duan Shiyu said: "The people are poor, they don't have enough to eat, and it's hard to survive. That's why they despise life. Those who are arrogant are afraid of being stunned, those who are stunned are afraid of shameless people, and those who are shameless are afraid of dying. This shameless person is the most difficult to govern. That's why To make the common people rich, Uncle Wang, think about it, is it true that rich people cherish their lives, and once they cherish their lives, will they easily commit crimes?"

Lord Qi nodded again, and asked: "Then the situation is already chaotic, can we use heavy codes in troubled times?"

"Heh..." Duan Shiyu couldn't help sneering, the disdain coming from the bottom of his heart.

Prince Qi raised his eyebrows and asked, "You disagree?"

Duan Shiyu said: "It depends on who uses it."

Prince Qi asked, "What do you mean?"

Duan Shiyu was a little discouraged, and said: "To deal with corrupt officials, you should use heavy codes, but if you treat common people like this... hey..." Duan Shiyu sighed, and asked: "Doesn't Uncle Qi know that the reason for this traitor's chaos is Is that so?"

Prince Qi said: "Then shouldn't it be suppressed?"

"In this way, the cart is turned upside down." Duan Shiyu said: "The pillars that support the house are the pillars. If the pillars fall, the house must collapse. Men are like the pillars in the family. The men in the family are far away from home, and the women and Children have to pay more taxes than they can afford every year. If they can’t pay the taxes, the treasury will not be full. If the treasury is not full, there will be no money for disaster relief at the township level. Difficulties, so repeated, the people are getting poorer and the country is getting poorer. The country is getting poorer and the officials are getting poorer, and the officials are corrupt, and corrupt officials are like measles, which spreads from ten to ten."

Duan Shiyu talked eloquently, and when he said this, he looked heartbroken.

Prince Qi frowned unconsciously, and said, "Corrupt officials can never be eradicated."

"So severe punishment has its place." Duan Shiyu said: "Besides, corrupt officials are just accessories. No dynasty or generation will perish directly because of corrupt officials. If the people are rich, one or two corrupt officials are still necessary. A whole country is ruthless and does not accept bribes, so it is no different from a dead man."

Prince Qi nodded and said, "Then let the common people get rich."

Duan Shiyu said: "Being rich requires rest and recuperation, but rest and recuperation requires the right time, place and harmony with people."

Prince Qi asked: "Not now?"

Duan Shiyu glanced at Lord Qi, shook his head, and said: "War requires a lot of manpower and financial resources, and building gymnasiums and palaces will cost... um..." Speaking of this, Duan Shiyu suddenly stopped talking, not daring to continue.

Prince Qi knew that Duan Shiyu still had scruples about him, and said, "Do you know why I came to you today?"

Duan Shiyu said: "I don't know."

Prince Qi smiled and said, "Because of the Queen Mother."

Duan Shiyu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Grandma? Grandma asked Uncle Wang to come here?"

Prince Qi shook his head and said: "I didn't care about political affairs at first, so it would be nice to be a handsome prince, but your grandma has lived in the palace for a long time, and she heard some things she shouldn't have heard, and she dragged me to talk about them every day. The thieves haven't been dealt with yet, and the northern dog army has repeatedly come to commit crimes, tsk, I'm already being nagged and anxious."

Duan Shiyu nodded, but did not speak.

Prince Qi patted Duan Shiyu on the shoulder and asked, "Do you have any good ideas?"

Duan Shiyu's eyes sharpened suddenly, he stared at Prince Qi, and said: "When dealing with Quan Rong, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth."

"Oh?" Prince Qi asked, "How can I repay it?"

Duan Shiyu sighed, vented himself first, stared at Fang Liang and said: "Civil farming means land reclamation, land reclamation means more millet, more millet means country wealth, country wealth means army strength, army strength means more victory, more victory means land." The land is wide, and the people are many..."

"Okay, okay." Prince Qi wrinkled his face, a little confused.He chatted with Duan Shiyu about this, and he already felt his head was big.He rubbed his temples and pressed his hands, telling Duan Shiyu to stop talking.

Duan Shiyu had no choice but to shut up obediently, poured a cup of tea for Prince Qi, and said, "Uncle Wang, drink some tea."

"En." Duke Qi took a sip of tea and said, "Brother Huang wants to prepare ministers for the crown prince. I have selected a few candidates for him. I will select them in Yanqing Palace tomorrow. You should go and listen."

"Me?" Duan Shiyu was flattered, but after thinking about it, he shook his head and said, "I can't."

"What?" Prince Qi pointed at Duan Shiyu and seduced, "The famous Confucian master Liu Wengong is also there."

Duan Shiyu's eyes lit up, but quickly disappeared, and said: "It's for the prince, I'll go, I'm afraid it won't be suitable."

Prince Qi said: "Where is I?"

Duan Shiyu smiled and said: "Thank you, Uncle Wang, for your love, but if I go alone, I might make other brothers dissatisfied."

Prince Qi slapped his forehead when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "It was my omission, it was my omission, hahahaha, but don't worry, Uncle Wang, I will never make things difficult for you."

Duan Shiyu twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Then thank you, Uncle Wang."

No.90 Four: Peeping

Although Prince Qi didn't express his position clearly, but what he said meant Duan Shiyu very much.

Duan Shiyu didn't dare to reveal too much, and the two chatted until Liushao Yueshang.

The nursing homes guarding outside Ji's residence were transferred away one after another.A skinny old man dressed as a vegetable farmer entered the Palace of Yue Palace. He whispered a few words beside Prince Qi, and Prince Qi nodded before he was willing to leave the Palace of Yue Palace.

Duan Shiyu changed into night clothes and went out.Wen Shuying heard the movement, ran out with the medicine box in her arms, and asked, "Should I go too?"

"You stay at home." Duan Shiyu pulled up the mask and covered his face.

Wen Shuying handed him a medicine bottle and said, "This is the five Gu powder from Southern Xinjiang, it can remove scars."

Duan Shiyu put the medicine bottle into the skirt of his clothes, went out through the back door, and disappeared into the night.

Yu Chiyuan went all over the brothels of different grades in different sizes in the capital, but he never dared to go in. At night, he walked to the vicinity of Ji Qingyun's mansion for no reason.

The mansion is in the northeast of Kyoto, next to Furong Pond.Yu Chiyuan lingered by the pool for a long time, finally gave up resisting, sneaked to the vicinity of Ji's residence, turned over and climbed up the courtyard wall, and jumped from the courtyard wall to the roof.

Yu Chiyuan found the main house, lifted the tiles on the roof lightly and looked down, but saw that the room was pitch black.

Yu Chiyuan scratched his head, put the tile back, and ran to the next room to look down, but there was no one there.He looked at several rooms one by one, and only saw a pair of domestic servants having an affair in the side room in the backyard.

Yu Chiyuan peeked at it for a while, and just as his blood was surging, the man disarmed and surrendered.Yu Chiyuan clicked his tongue, and looked at the woman again. Most of the woman's body was blocked by the man, only two slender white legs were exposed.

Yu Chiyuan felt that it was boring, so he put the tiles back and sat on the roof blowing the cold wind.After a while, he saw a servant in the yard enter the room next to the kitchen with a brazier.

It's the season, and the brazier is still warming... Yu Chiyuan regained his energy, ran to the roof of that room on tiptoe, lifted the tiles and looked down.

The room was lit with candles, Yu Chiyuan lay down and saw Ji Qingyun.

Ji Qingyun lay on his stomach almost naked, with only a layer of tulle covering his buttocks.

The prince knew that he was afraid of the cold, so he specially asked someone to build a loess kang for him in the room next to the kitchen.The room was fairly warm, but Ji Qingyun couldn't wear clothes or quilts, so he could only add a brazier to keep the room warm.

Ji Qingyun's whole body was as white as a layer of powder, which made the injuries on his body look extraordinarily hideous.Yu Chiyuan felt a little sorry again.

He sat up, looked up at the moon, sighed, and lay down again to peek at Ji Qingyun.Ji Qingyun crossed his legs together and swayed a few times from time to time, looking quite comfortable.

The spring in that room just now flashed in Yu Chiyuan's mind, and when he went to see Ji Qingyun again, two lines of nosebleeds remained.

At this moment, a burst of hurried footsteps came from the roof of the backyard.Yu Chiyuan wiped the blood from his nose, squatted up quickly, and saw a figure running towards him in the darkness.

Yu Chiyuan said inwardly, "Is there an assassin??"

He didn't think too much, just when the figure was approaching, he suddenly jumped up, his hands clenched into claws, and went straight to the man's throat.

The man made a slight sound of doubt, and quickly dodged.Yu Chiyuan missed the blow and changed his attack to grab the man's arm.The man took a step back, turned his defense into an offense, and confronted Yu Chiyuan.

The two went back and forth a few tricks, and both felt that the other's routine was very familiar.Both of them kept a hand and didn't make any effort.

The dark clouds covering the moon were blown away by a gust of wind, and the whole body became much brighter immediately.Through the moonlight, Yu Chiyuan saw that the man was covered with a black cloth, only showing a pair of familiar phoenix eyes.

Seeing Yu Chiyuan, the man was startled, his hands paused, he let go of Yu Chiyuan, and took off the black cloth covering his face, it was Duan Shiyu.

When Yu Chiyuan saw that this person was Duan Shiyu, he said in shock: "Yue..."

"Shh!"

Duan Shiyu hissed and told him not to speak.Like him, Duan Shiyu searched almost all over Ji's house, but couldn't find where Ji Qingyun was sleeping. He didn't come here until he saw the light on the roof.

Yu Chiyuan wondered, "Why are you here?"

Duan Shiyu glanced at Wei Chiyuan, with a hint of complaint in his eyes.Seeing that Duan Shiyu also wanted to complain about him, Yu Chiyuan snorted, sat down, and said, "He was the one who hurt others first."

Duan Shiyu ignored him, looked down from the place Yu Chiyuan opened, narrowed his eyes, and said: "You are too ruthless."

Yu Chiyuan was originally dissatisfied in his heart, and when Duan Shiyu also blamed him, he snorted and turned his head away.

Duan Shiyu patted him on the shoulder helplessly, and said, "I'll go down and have a look first, and I'll come to settle accounts with you later."

Yu Chiyuan shrugged, and moved Duan Shiyu's hand away.

Duan Shiyu glanced at Wei Chiyuan, sighed, jumped down, seeing no one around, quietly opened the door, and walked in.

When Ji Qingyun saw Duan Shiyu wearing night clothes, he was stunned and wanted to get up.Duan Shiyu walked over quickly, held Ji Qingyun down, and said, "Sir, don't move around."

Ji Qingyun leaned back, looked at Duan Shiyu, and asked, "Why is Your Highness here?"

"Don't worry, no one saw it." Duan Shiyu glanced at his body, then embarrassed to take another look, took out the medicine bottle from his arms, and said, "I've heard that Wen Shuying brought you a bottle medicine for scars."

"Thank you, Your Highness, King Yue." Ji Qingyun took the medicine and asked, "Is that him on the roof?"

Yuchiyuan, who was lying on the roof, was shocked, his chrysanthemum tightened.

Duan Shiyu scratched his neck, nodded, and said, "I'll let him come down and make amends for you."

Ji Qingyun said: "Let him stay up there, I don't want to see him yet."

Yu Chiyuan: "..."

Duan Shiyu felt guilty, he squatted on the side of the loess kang, and said: "Mr. was injured, after all, it was because of me. Let me accompany you first."

Ji Qingyun shook his head, suddenly remembered something, grabbed Duan Shiyu's hand, and said: "The king of Yue came just in time, I think of something, I must tell you."

Duan Shiyu said: "I have something to do, I'm going to talk to my husband."

The two looked at each other, and Ji Qingyun said, "There is still one person available in Beijing."

"I came to see you today, and I wanted to talk about this." Duan Shiyu waved his hand, drove away a spring insect that flew in, and said, "Mister, do you know who came to my house today?"

Ji Qingyun shook his head, but seeing a smile in Duan Shiyu's eyes, he asked in a low voice, "Prince Qi?"

"Sir, it's really good luck."

Duan Shiyu withdrew his hand and slapped another spring worm to death, just about to speak.Ji Qingyun shouted: "I mean, the one on the roof, can you be more conscious!"

Yu Chiyuan: "..."

Duan Shiyu: "..."

Ji Qingyun said: "Why is he so annoying, the rainy season will come in a few days, and the roof needs to be repaired."

This kind of roof with stacked tiles must be sealed with bricks between the two tiles. Otherwise, when it rains, it will rain heavily outside and light rain inside.Yu Chiyuan's trip almost took off the roof of Ji Qingyun's house.

Yu Chiyuan not only didn't feel guilty, but felt that the two of them were squeezing him out and threw the tile back fiercely.

Hearing the sound of the tiles closing, Ji Qingyun looked at Duan Shiyu and said with a smile: "The relationship between Lord Qi and my senior brother is extraordinary, Lord Qi is quite powerful in Beijing, and has many eyeliners. With him, wouldn't it be like a tiger with wings added."

Duan Shiyu nodded, and said: "I was going to visit Mr. during the day, but Uncle Qi stopped him at the mansion. He said what he said, but he did have the intention to win us over."

Ji Qingyun's eyes lit up, and he asked Duan Shiyu to talk about his thoughts.The two exchanged news about each other, their eyes widened, but the excitement passed, and both of them calmed down.Ji Qingyun said: "I heard that Prince Qi likes to make friends in the Jianghu, so there are many places where money is useful..."

Duan Shiyu said straightforwardly, "Yes, he is greedy for money."

Yu Chiyuan couldn't hear what the two of them were saying, so he untied the tile again, buried his face in the hole, and looked down.

The two people in the room heard the voice and smiled at each other.Ji Qingyun said: "People who are greedy for money are not to be feared, but those who are not greedy for anything are to be feared."

"Sir, that's what you said." Duan Shiyu nodded, and said, "By the way, Yanqing Palace will select ministers to discuss politics tomorrow. Uncle Qi Wang said, let me go together tomorrow."

Ji Qingyun thought for a while, and said: "It was arranged by him, so you can go, just be careful when you speak, don't compete with the prince." Ji Qingyun rolled his eyes, and reminded: "Don't keep your mouth shut .”

"Well, I have my own measure." Duan Shiyu patted Ji Qingyun's hand, felt that his fingers were cold, hooked the brazier to the edge of the kang, and said, "Sir, don't work too much these days, and take care of it."

"Ah."