My country, you can pinch it

A scholar from the Shang family is more exciting than a general.

Duke Xiling didn't say a word and set up a family dinner to celebrate. Except for Chen Du who had already returned to Shamen Pass, and Gao Xueli who set up a new legal office in Yunzhou, the Shang family was actually there.

Shang Jinling's mood sank slightly, but the twins were already surprised, "Why is the eldest sister also in Yongliang?"

"Second sister and third sister are also there!"

Duke Xiling is seventy years old, so it is impossible for him to guard Yuhua Pass, just like Shamen Pass, Shang Chuqing is still in charge of the army, and the younger sisters will lead the troops.Although Yuhua Pass is no more than Shamen Pass to face the Xiongnu, the Shang family never slackens, because they know that they may return to Shamen Pass at any time and face the fiery battlefield.

It's not the Chinese New Year, not to mention that Shang Jinling just got a scholar, even if he got a Jinshi, he wouldn't let the Shang family neglect their duties.

How is this going?

At this moment, Duke Xiling held up the wine bowl and said, "Taking advantage of Ling'er's high school talent, our Shang family will take this opportunity to have a reunion dinner. It's a pity that Chen Du and Xueli are not here. After today, if we want to reunite, we may have to wait until the Chinese New Year." .”

Hearing this, Shang Yangyang couldn't help but tugged on her mother's sleeve, and Shang Chuqing gently patted her head.

"Grandpa, what's the matter?"

"It's time for the Huns to invade." These words came from Shang Jinling's mouth.

At this sentence, Shang Chuqing's sisters all looked at him in surprise, even Duke Xiling showed surprise, "Ling'er knows all this?"

"Guess." Shang Jinling said.

Wei Xue curled her lips, "Come on, can you guess so accurately?"

Shang Xiyun was a little speechless, "With such a big commotion in Yunzhou, can we still pay attention to the border?"

Shang Jinling shook his head with a broken smile, "Okay, let me tell you the truth, on the way, I met the envoy from the capital."

"so what?"

Shang Jinling shook his head, "The emperor will send people around him to the northwest, not just to take a look at King Ning who has only left Beijing for a year, the most important thing is the stability of the northwest frontier, this trip should be to boost the morale of General Qi Feng , An Junxin came here." At this point, he looked at Duke Xiling with admiration, "I also just discovered by chance that it is my grandfather and sisters who are the most powerful, and they are ready."

That was the credit of the spies, and several people sighed in their hearts.

The expressions of the twins were even more complicated. Shang Jinling had already told them about Zhu Yuanfeng's identity, but why didn't they think of it?

"Sure enough, reading is still important."

Qian Duojin couldn't help asking, "Such a smart mind, Lingling, if you were given a good body, wouldn't you be invincible in the world?"

"That's for sure, the comprehension is so good."

Shang Jinling felt a little embarrassed, "Sisters and brothers-in-law, I appreciate the award."

However, at this time, Shang said lightly and coldly, "What's the use of being smart, isn't it like a fool who just plunged in and couldn't get out?"

Seven Sisters: "..." Sharp!Really worthy of being an aunt!

Duke Xiling turned his head in confusion, "Rongrong, who are you talking about?"

Shang Qingrong glanced at Shang Jinling lightly, "Naturally, I am myself. At the beginning, I boasted that I can see a good man with my eyes, but I ended up in this end. Isn't it a complete fool?"

Shang Jinling: "..." His chest was stabbed directly, causing pain.

Lord Xiling didn't doubt that he had it, he waved his hand and said, "Why did you suddenly mention this? It's all over, don't blame yourself. Besides, isn't there Lingling? This child is so good, it's not worthless."

"Yes, I have a son, but my son, I don't know if I can have this relief."

Shang Jinling: "..." The second sword came up, and tears almost fell from the pain.

"Ahem..." The seven sisters choked collectively, as if they had never had a drink.

Shang Jinling blinked flatteringly, and coquettishly called out to Shang Qingrong, "Mom..." The underpants are about to fall off, so save some face for your son.

Shang Qingrong said quietly: "Are you still going out at night?"

Shang Jinling immediately expressed sincere doubts, "What are you going to do, Ling'er finally came back, so of course she has to accompany mother."

Shang Qingrong smiled with gentle eyes: "Good boy."

Liu Ke, who was strolling around, rode his horse through one street after another, and arrived at the door of a mansion with ease. Xiao Tuanzi was about to knock on the door when he heard a voice from the side, "Don't knock, Mr. Tuan!" , the young master can't come out tonight."

Liu Ke looked for the sound and saw Zhang Kong sneaking up to him and bowed to Liu Ke.

"What?"

"The young master said, the wind is blowing." After Chang Kong finished speaking, he bowed and quickly slipped away again.

Xiaotuanzi scratched his head and looked at Liu Ke, "Your Highness, what do you mean?"

Liu Ke looked at the high walls and the majestic gate of the Duke's Mansion, and sighed deeply, "Finally, I know what it means to have a long way to go!"

On the second day, Zhu Yuanfeng appeared in Prince Ning's mansion with his guards in his purple eunuch's make-up uniform. At this moment, even Huang Zhizhou, who was not doing anything, led Yongliang's officials to greet him.

Standing behind Liu Ke, Shang Jinling knelt down to listen to the order.

Emperor Shun's dislike for this son is known to the whole world, otherwise he would not be relegated to a place like Yongliang, where birds don't shit and chickens don't lay eggs. Naturally, there is nothing good to say in the imperial decree, it is nothing more than strict advice, but at the end , reckoning that the big king's eight shells worked, there was actually a reward.

But just like that, it was enough for the officials in Yongliang to burst into tears.

After reading the imperial decree, King Ning's Mansion held a banquet, invited the capital to have lunch, watched the song and dance performance happily, and then ended the meeting in a regular manner.

At this moment, the imperial decree that Liu Ke casually threw to Xiaotuanzi after listening to it was spread out on the table. After Yun Zhishen read the imperial decree, he couldn't help smiling, "As His Highness expected, the gift on New Year's Eve, the emperor really There is a reward."

"It's still a big reward." Shang Jinling looked at Liu Ke teasingly, and cupped his hands in congratulations, "The fiefdom has been expanded again."

"Yeah, give me all the barren mountains and wild mountains. When we are free, we can pull up weeds, drink cool wind, and bring half a month's dry food to experience the vast land..." Liu Ke clicked his mouth, and finally it was not Ziwei, "Did I think highly of that bastard, he wouldn't really think that tortoise shell was scolding him?"

Generally, fiefdoms are cities, and Emperor Shun directly demarcates all food towns, Yongliang is still Yongliang, but those wasteland official roads that have not been seen for ten days and a half months now belong to Liu Ke.

The population has not increased, but the area has expanded. The official roads, post stations, and any fortifications inside should have been repaired with money from the imperial court. In the future, it will be Liu Ke's own business, and the money will be paid.

Hearing this, Shang Jinling couldn't help showing a strange expression, "Aren't you calling the emperor a bastard with this? Didn't you really wish him a long life?" Are you so filial?

"Uh..." Liu Ke scratched his head, unable to refute, "That's what I said, at least I'll see if it's a white turtle!"

Yes, the burnt white old tortoise.

Yun Zhishen couldn't help laughing and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, the emperor really appreciates your filial piety, otherwise it will not be a reward, but a punishment."

Shang Jinling nodded, "I'm quite happy, I'll give you a big reward."

Liu Ke rubbed his chin, and suddenly asked: "These official ways are actually broken, do you want to repair them?"

"Xiu." Shang Jinling didn't hesitate at all.

"What about the station?"

"set up."

Liu Ke was thoughtful, "The money..."

Shang Jinling smiled, "Ask the emperor for it."

"Oh..." Liu Ke turned to look at Yun Zhishen, "Will he give it?"

Yun Zhishen shook his head, "No, but you can request to exempt Yongliang's taxes, and the emperor will agree."

"Yongliang's tax is meant to be. When Lu Wanshan was here, he didn't pay much, and he always cried poorly to the court." Liu Ke said.

"But Yongliang is different now." Shang Jinling replied, "If His Highness wants to win Brother Yuanfeng, he must show the wealth and prosperity of Yongliang and the prosperous side of the people. The emperor reports."

Thinking about it, Yongliang was still a place where the hair and blood drank blood before, it was so chaotic.From the perspective of the imperial court, the cold, famine, and harassment by the barbarians, it is already very good not to ask the imperial court for subsidies, and where will there be any more taxes? Could it be that they want to destabilize the border?

But now that King Ning is capable, and the New Deal did not make Yongliang restless, but prosperous, how could Emperor Shun still let it go at this time?The extravagance of the imperial court was the source of Yang Shenxing's failure in the New Deal, a gully that could not be filled no matter how much money was searched.

"Although the hands of King Jing and King Duan cannot be stretched out clearly, there must be eyeliner in the dark." Yun Zhishen said.

"I understand. Once the tax money is paid, it will be endless. Why don't you build pipelines and people's livelihood? From now on, this place in Yongliang will be completely my king's territory, and you can set up a garrison." Yong The coolness is not big, the big one is the surrounding wilderness, but even if it is a wilderness, once the territory is big, the number of garrisons should be able to follow.

There are only three thousand guards in Yongliang, defending a city of Yongliang, and now, at least double that, and with the rampant thieves in the mountains, there will always be other titles that will exceed the quota, and these are all his lords!

Thinking of this, Liu Ke couldn't help grinning, "Sure enough, what happened to those two idiots has not passed, and the old bastard is still such a chicken belly."

Whether it was Duan Wang who took the merits of the New Deal to invite the crown prince, but caused a catastrophe in Yunzhou, or King Jing invited favors in the fairyland of Xihe Garden, but there was a dead body in Tangchi desecrating the dragon's body, after Emperor Shun was furious that night, he no longer pursued it, as if Having forgotten these two things, King Duan and King Jing are still standing firmly in the court, even if they have not lost a single bit of power, they are still Emperor Shun's favorite sons.

However, the more this is the case, the faster the Sacred Heart will be lost, and this becomes Liu Ke's opportunity.

It really is a big reward to cut everything open.

The imperial decree that Liu Ke casually rolled up finally received the respect it deserved, and Xiaotuanzi sent it to the altar.

Next, Liu Ke poured a cup of clear tea with his own hands. It was Yun Zhishen's favorite tea, Chongming Yulu. It was not a rare tea, but it had the fragrance of orchids. Qian Duojin bought it from Jiangnan.

He himself is a peony chewer, but he remembers the food preferences of the two people around him most clearly. Yun Zhi loves tea deeply and loves Chongming, while Shang Jinling is forced to drink water, so he can add a little sweetness to return to the bitterness. The tongue numbs the taste buds.

Holding the cup of tea in his hand, he watched Shang Jinling take a step forward, lifted up his clothes respectfully and knelt on the futon, facing Yun Zhishen who was sitting upright.

With slender and jade-like fingers lightly holding the sides of the teacup, he held it up high, and the handsome young man steadily handed it to Yun Zhishen, and said softly and solemnly: "Teacher, the students do not disgrace your teachings, today they finally I have the right to kneel here, and I can't express the joy in my heart. I respectfully respect you with a cup of green tea, and I hope that I will always be by your side in the future, so that I can die in old age."

Yun Zhishen looked at the cup of tea with dazed eyes.

The first half of his life was brilliant and bright, and everyone felt that he must stand in front of all officials and become a cabinet leader.However, in the end, it ended up being scolded by thousands of people, and he lost his life to survive in the world.

The hatred for the emperor kept him alive, and the compassion for the people of the world maintained his tolerance and reason. Only the love for Liu Ke gave him a little comfort in his soul, but in the end he still lacked something. He always felt that after redressing his injustice, Sending Liu Ke to stand above those ten thousand people is the time for him to leave.

But at this time, listening to Shang Jinling's words, it seemed that there was an invisible shackle on his shoulders. He thought that he would be alone in his life, but he didn't expect that in the end, God sent an apprentice to give him bondage.

Obviously there are too many people protecting the young man in front of him, but in fact it is not the teacher who came halfway, but he seems to have a premonition that Shang Jinling's road ahead will be bumpy and difficult, and he needs his protection.

He looked at Shang Jinling who was kneeling in front of him and holding the teacup high, and his calm mood suddenly became unspeakable.

"You could have worshiped Master Yushan as your teacher." He sighed softly.

Yun Zhishen already knew everything that happened in Yunzhou. Yushan Layman is in Yunzhou, not far from Yongliang. He has a great reputation, and the court also has connections. He favors Shang Jinling very much. He is really a rare good teacher. He originally thought that Shang Jinling should stay by that person's side.

But in the end he came back.

"Although the layman is nice, I like you more." The young man's smile was without haze, as bright as the spring sunshine, slowly melting the heart that was already as hard as a stone.

"Okay." Yun Zhishen took the tea, took a sip, and finally showed a happy smile on his long-year-old face.

"It's done." Liu Ke who was next to him came over, stretched out his hand to lift Shang Jinling up from the ground, looked back at Yun Zhishen and said, "Uncle, we will all be a family from now on."

"Don't bully Ling'er."

"That's what I said, if I can't fight back when I hit or scold, it's almost the same if he bullies me."

After Liu Ke finished speaking, the three of them laughed together.