Dinner consisted of four dishes and one soup, and the two of them ate quite deliciously.
Lin Yutong seemed to suddenly remember something, put down her chopsticks and said to Fourth Master: "My mind has been busy with all kinds of things in the past two days, and I have forgotten important things." She talked about Zhang Ge always helping Qin in the dark.
Yi's matter, "Tell me, what does this mean? If Mr. Zhang Ge really has second thoughts about the court, he will not work hard for us. Why should he help Qin Yi successfully transfer food from Jinling? And
Isn’t it left to King Zhao?”
The fourth master filled a bowl of soup for Lin Yutong and handed it over, "If you don't tell me, I will ask Qin Yi. But I can't think of it today, so I will tell you, how could this be done so smoothly? It turns out that it really happened."
This is what happened?"
Lin Yutong took the soup bowl and looked at Fourth Master.
Fourth Master smiled: "Eat well and talk while you eat." He said and picked up the chopsticks, "I'll tell you two things, so you can figure it out. First, Zhao Hanshan is King Zhao's man. Second
Second, King Zhao colluded with the barbarians outside the Pass."
When he talked about barbarians, he felt a little uncomfortable. But then it became natural, as if the stiffness at that moment didn't exist.
Lin Yutong smiled inwardly and was attracted by what Fourth Master said.
"Let me tell you, why does King Zhao need food? It turns out that he really has private soldiers. If he had succeeded in the uprising in the capital, I am afraid that the whole of Northland would be in his hands now. This nail is buried.
It's really deep. No wonder he did it so secretly, but the emperor didn't punish him at all. That's it. If the northwest is really in the hands of King Zhao, it will certainly be better than in the hands of someone with a foreign surname."
"The reason why Mr. Zhang Ge gave us the grain was because he had noticed that King Zhao was colluding with the Hu people. If we want the Hu people to cooperate, it is impossible without paying a price, or we would have to secretly sell the grain, salt and iron to them.
, or ceding certain cities to the other party in advance. No matter what it is, Zhang Ge Lao is not willing to see it. Therefore, he is more willing to give food to us, so that he can save his own people."
The fourth master nodded, "However, you are only half right. He also has another purpose, which is to hope that our troops will be strong enough to resist the barbarian invasion from the south."
Lin Yutong frowned, "No matter whether this person is foolish or loyal, at least his heart is right."
In fact, as those in power, they all like foolish and loyal people. They can be loyal to the old master today and loyal to the new master tomorrow. The more such people are, the more they will be reused by the new monarch in history.
She also admires such people who have their own persistence. It is extremely difficult to be able to put the overall situation first in this persistence.
"I want to write a letter to Mrs. Jiang." Lin Yutong thought and raised his head to ask the fourth master for his opinion. "You guys, when you talk, it rises to the level of right and wrong. I originally wanted you to write a thank you to Mr. Zhang Ge.
Letter. But when I think about it, for a person like him, if I really write such a letter to him, I'm afraid it will be counterproductive. Let me just come forward and write a letter to Mrs. Chiang." Such correspondence must always be exchanged.
There will be some benefits. Even if it is not for official business, she still likes Mrs. Jiang very much.
The fourth master couldn't help but look at Lin Yutong, "If Tongtong were to be the queen, she would do better than this dim-witted emperor."
"Go!" Lin Yutong curled his lips, "Didn't I say before that the emperor is the hardest job in the world?"
The fourth master laughed: "But there is still a saying, which is to do your duty. Now that I am here, shouldn't I have the courage to do my duty?"
Lin Yutong snorted. After all, men are obsessed with power no matter what.
A real man should never lose his power for a day. This is absolutely not a lie.
Even those literati who claim to be noble, if they can become officials, look at their behavior.
"Eat! Eat." The fourth master hurriedly handed the steamed bun to Lin Yutong, "If you don't occupy your mouth, you may not know how to arrange it."
Lin Yutong broke off half of it from his hand and said, "I'll eat another half."
Fourth Master looked her up and down and said, "You have lost a lot of weight during this period, so don't go on a diet."
"I want to eat roasted corn as a late-night snack. It's okay to eat less now." Lin Yutong dipped the steamed buns in spicy sauce and ate them sweetly.
"Okay, you're not afraid of getting fat if you eat whole grains." Fourth Master ate half of the steamed bun in two or three bites.
The Fourth Master did not go to the front in the evening. He leaned aside and read the booklet. Occasionally he looked up to watch Lin Yutong tossing the gifts in the box.
In fact, none of them are expensive. Some are white pebbles that the Fourth Master picked up by the river, and some are grasshoppers that the Fourth Master knitted from straw when he had nothing to do. There is also a skirt made of straw, which is quite nice. I don’t know what it is.
Grass is strong and bright in color. It can be woven into skirts and shawls and can be worn out in the rain.
She thought it was something bought by Fourth Master, but it turned out that it was all made for herself when she had some free time along the way.
There are also many large and small wood carvings. The carvings are of how she looked when she was a queen and how she looked in a dress. Although her face is different, it is still her. This wood carving is placed in a locked box.
Put together with these, there are also paintings of family portraits. The faces of the children are vividly displayed on the paper. No matter how many years have passed, they will never be forgotten.
Lin Yutong couldn't put it down and put away these things himself. Then he went over to sit next to the fourth master, hugged his waist, and said nothing.
The fourth master held the fold in one hand and pulled out the hairpin from her head with the other, reaching out and stroking it repeatedly.
I was a little sad at first, but after he soothed me like a puppy, the sourness disappeared instantly.
"From now on, don't let irrelevant things affect your mood. If I didn't want you to live a good life and live freely, why would you do so hard? Let's not put the cart before the horse, okay?" Fourth Master said softly.
Lin Yutong responded, then looked up at him, "Master, I must have accumulated good deeds in my previous life."
"Then let's continue to accumulate virtue." Fourth Master smiled, "I believe there will always be a destiny."
That night, Lin Yutong dreamed of eating sweets and smashing them in his mouth all night long.
As a result, the next day, Fourth Master’s earlobes were red and swollen.
Lin Yutong was startled, "What's going on? Are there bugs on the bed?" She quickly pulled him out of bed, "Don't stay in the bed. I'll make the bed again today."
Fourth Master was a little dumbfounded. Just as he was about to speak, Grandma Su came in.
There is nothing I can say in front of my servants.
Lin Yutong was still telling the girl what medicine to sprinkle on and how to dry the quilt.
"It's raining so much that I can't even lay under the quilt." She said, coming over to look at Fourth Master's ears, "What kind of insect bite is this? Why do I look so weird?"
The fourth master glanced at her, then whispered in her ear: "How much do you really want me?"
Lin Yutong was stunned and suddenly remembered. She pointed at herself and asked silently: "Is it me?"
"What do you think?" Fourth Master burst out laughing, "Tell me about you..."
Lin Yutong couldn't help but laugh. They all remembered one thing, which happened after they grew old in their previous life. They remembered that they had jumped in the queue in the Northeast when they were young, and ran to Kaoshantun to experience it. In the evening,
She was sleeping in the farmyard, but mosquitoes entered the tent in the middle of the night. Lin Yutong felt itchy and scratched hard, but the person was in a daze and didn't care who was scratching her. So, she was itchy all night, and when she got up the next day, she felt all around.
The scratches on my thighs were full of blood marks. The fourth master was afraid that she would have nightmares and did not dare to scare her, so he endured it. She was the first person to scratch someone else's body.
I don't know what happened last night, but my fourth master's earlobe became red and swollen when I sucked it.
"How can you see people like this?" Lin Yutong whispered, and quickly asked someone to bring ointment and put it on the fourth master.
As a result, the next day, everyone who saw Fourth Master looked at his ears.
Everyone sighed with the Fourth Master that the mosquitoes are getting worse now.
Fourth Master responded with a smile on his face and said in his heart: Those are the big mosquitoes in my house.
Fang Changqing came in, holding two folds in his hand, "One is Liu Shuquan's suggestion for officials to accept their fate, and the other is the governance strategy presented by Li Jishan." He said, placing the two folds in front of Fourth Master with a complicated expression.
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Fourth Master smiled: "What? Changqing, take it now."
Fang Changqing nodded, "I'm really convinced."
The fourth master just gave the two people a job yesterday, and today they presented this package. For such a big thing, there is nothing that cannot be sorted out in a month or two, and these two people took one night to come up with it. Why is this? Just
It can be shown that these two people are smart people. They both know what the fourth master will do after returning to Beijing. Therefore, they have considered it in advance. As long as the fourth master asks, they will come up with corresponding strategies. How can he do this?
Not convinced?
He felt slightly uncomfortable with Fourth Master's arrangement yesterday, but now he is really convinced. He really doesn't have the ability now.
"These two are both human spirits, you still have to practice." Fourth Master comforted Fang Changqing, "After all, you are still young. At their age, it is not necessarily possible to be better than others."
Fang Changqing thought to himself, I am older than you. You have seen such a good person clearly. What can you do if you improve yourself? He laughed and said, "You will watch it first. When the modification is completed, my subordinates will
Then give the coupons to them and ask them to correct them."
But the Fourth Master waved his hand, "I won't read it yet." He exchanged the two folds, "Let Liu Shuquan approve Li Jishan's fold, and then let Li Jishan approve Liu Shuquan's fold. You can collect them later." At that time,
Basically no major adjustments are needed.
Fang Changqing was astonished. Fourth Master's move was really brilliant. He asked two people who didn't deal with each other to find each other's loopholes. Finding loopholes is a process of patching them up.
He always thought to himself that he was not stupid, but it was really tiring to be caught in the middle of a bunch of human beings.