"I take back my words, every penny spent on Lan Lan is worth it." This was the first thing Ge Qiuyan said when he hurried back from the farm and saw Lu Qingqing.
Lu Qingqing was sitting in front of the mirror, looking at the subtle wrinkles at the corners of her eyes and sighing: "This is how women wait for men to grow old."
"Oh, sister, did you listen to me?"
Lu Qingqing helplessly put down the small brush in his hand and said: "I heard, Hou Tanzhi is in bad luck. This little tiger, the prince, has started to eat people. The first bite made his mouth full of oil. In the future, eating people may become a habit.
of."
Ge Qiuyan said quickly: "I saw the miserable Hou family at the ferry outside the city today. Hou Zhitan was fixed on the cart without any bedding. He was dragged to the ferry by his family like that. He said
He kept shouting "Unjustly accused!"
In the past, the old lady from the Hou family always said that I was a fox when she saw me, but now I am holding a cane half a foot long with a runny nose. She takes every step and howls at the top of her voice. I can't even hear what she said. She looks miserable.
.
I also heard that all the concubines of the Hou family had run away. When the men of the family went to the hall to receive the order, they ran away with Xinruan. Also running with them were the grooms and male servants of the Hou family. Oops, it's so filthy.
Already."
Lu Qingqing looked at Ge Qiuyan fiercely and said, "I always feel that if our family has such a day, you will run away with Xinruan."
Ge Qiuyan sneered and said: "I am a good concubine of high quality. My husband has even written my name in the family tree. This is called a time for life and a place for death! This is my home, where should I go?
Besides, I have children."
Lu Qingqing sighed and said: "I hope you run away by then. At least the children will have you to take care of them, so they won't end up without food. Eating official food is very boring, and it's so frightening that people can't live well."
Days, when will such days end?"
Lu Qingqing said seriously, and Ge Qiuyan no longer had the mood to laugh at other people's jokes. She looked at the red sun outside the window and said, "My husband said that once he finishes the war, he will take us to the sea to find a place with the finest sand and the most beautiful scenery."
On the island, we can strip naked and take a bath in the sea. My husband also said that there is a kind of fruit called coconut in the south. It is as big as your head. You only need to open a small opening and insert a reed pipe to suck out the sweet juice. It is the best for promoting body fluids.
Quench your thirst.
It’s interesting to think about such a life, but I don’t know when I will be able to live such a life.”
Lu Qingqing said bitterly: "My husband and I never talk about this when we are together. Even when we talk in bed, it is about family matters. We always deal with account books, which are all hard gold, silver, copper coins, or people and armor.
It seems that your husband really loves you the most.
When I marry into the Yun family, I will gain nothing except hardship."
The two sisters were chatting, and the maid reported that Lao Liao asked for a meeting. Soon the lame Lao Liao walked into the back hall, saw Lu Qingqing and Ge Qiuyan were there, and saluted, "Mrs. Qi, Niu from Qinzhou Commercial Bank"
See you Qianqiu."
Lu Qingqing frowned and said, "There are only women in the house, so it's not suitable to meet outsiders, right?"
Old Liao laughed and said: "Niu Qianqiu is asking to meet the eldest young master!"
Ge Qiuyan said strangely: "My husband is far away in Datong Town, how can he see me?"
When Old Liao saw Lu Qingqing looking at him in confusion, he quickly explained: "This is a matter of address in our family. In fact, since the eldest son became Luoluo, he should be addressed as master. You don't want to call the eldest son old.
Let’s give up this time.
Our young master Ting, whom Niu Qianqiu asked to meet!"
Ge Qiuyan became even more strange, and opened her mouth and said: "Ting'er is only six years old, how can he meet guests?"
Lu Qingqing came to his senses, tapped his forehead gently and said, "I just want a reason to meet. Butler, just take Ting'er to meet the guests. Anyway, it won't be a big deal."
Old Liao smiled and said: "What Madam said is absolutely true. Niu Qianqiu came to the house to express his gratitude because he bought all the dried tofu. It is hard for me to refuse. As for him being able to see Master Ting, it is his good fortune."
Lu Qingqing smiled bitterly and said, "Another one who adapts to the wind."
Old Liao chuckled and said: "The Hou family is unlucky. I don't know if it was the one who said that he had offended our family. After Niu Qianqiu heard about this, he thought that our family was doing it for his hundreds of thousands of kilograms."
Dried tofu drove a Marquis to Lingnan to eat lychees. He was so frightened that he asked to see Master Ting regardless of etiquette. This man is a man who repays kindness."
Lu Qingqing smiled and said: "In that case, just tell Ting'er to follow the etiquette I taught him before. Our family still doesn't care about the little profit he makes from selling dried tofu."
After Lao Liao left, Lu Qingqing's face fell again, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Who taught the prince this method? He wants to kill pigs to make money, why is he attacking our family?"
Ge Qiuyan smiled and said: "Ignore him, we don't have a man to support us now. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this matter has nothing to do with our family. We live our lives behind closed doors, but now that everyone else is
If you take a good look at our family, should you transport the gold to Dengzhou first?"
Lu Qingqing said: "This is also a way. The Hou family has fallen. Now no one is watching our family. Take the road of Xiaolin to transport the gold and silver. The canal boats now pass along Jishui to Shuibo Liangshan. As long as the gold and silver reaches there
, we have a thousand ways to transport it to Dengzhou.
You go to the flower girl tomorrow and ask her if it's okay?"
Ge Qiuyan nodded solemnly, and stood up with Lu Qingqing to go to the front hall to eavesdrop on how Young Master Yunting entertained guests for the first time.
Zhao Zhen half-reclined on the pillow and listened to his son's description of how to remove the Hou Zhitan clan from Tokyo City. He listened very carefully and asked his son to speak clearly more than once.
Ji just sat next to the prince, closed his eyes and meditated. Today, the emperor needed this old minister to help his son solve his doubts. There were some profound things that Zou Tong could not understand.
Zou Tong looked up the four words "kill one to scare a hundred" from the dictionary, and after a while he looked up the four words "excessive and still less than". Pang Ji saw the confusion on Zou Tong's face, coughed and explained to the prince: "kill one to scare a hundred" comes from "Book of Han. The Return of Yin Weng".
It is said that during the Western Han Dynasty, Tian Yannian, a prefect in Hedong, discovered that the market clerk Yin Wenggui was a rare talent while inspecting Huo Guang's hometown of Pingyang, so he petitioned the emperor to appoint him as the prefect of the East China Sea. East China Sea was a place where bandits were rampant, so Yin Wenggui decided to kill one to serve as a warning to others.
The method was to execute the powerful Xu Zhongsun, so the East China Sea became stable.
As for the saying "The Analects of Confucius. Advanced", during the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius' student Zigong asked Confucius which of his classmates, Zizhang or Zixia, was more wise. Confucius said that Zizhang often exceeded the requirements of Zhou Li, while Zixia often failed to meet them.
Zhou Li’s request.
Zigong asked again whether it would be better if Zizhang could surpass him. Confucius replied that the effect of exceeding and failing to reach is the same.
Since Your Majesty connected these two allusions together, I am afraid that he is worried that His Highness the Prince's punishment of killing one hundred people would be too harsh and would have the opposite effect.
Hou Zhitan's body had been on top of it for more than ten years. His Highness, the Crown Prince, was able to get rid of it in one fell swoop, which greatly pleased the people's hearts. At the same time, it also sent an obvious message to other nobles who had the corpse on top of it, that is, His Highness the Crown Prince cannot tolerate corpse placement.
The officials above are incompetent and mediocre.”
When Pang Ji said this, he received the emperor's affirmation from Zou Tong and continued: "If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only has the official title of Hou Zhitan and abandons him as a commoner without taking back his family property, doing so will definitely make others
The mediocre officials will only feel fear and have no desire to resist.
Now His Majesty the Crown Prince has unleashed his thunderous wrath, seizing not only titles but also wealth. Once this happens, His Majesty is worried that those mediocre officials will be in panic all day long and finally fight back in order to preserve their family wealth. This is not a good thing for His Majesty the Crown Prince.
A good ending."
Pang Ji's words made Zhao Xu sweat profusely. Zhao Zhen looked at his son dotingly and then fixed his eyes on Zou Tong again.
Zou Tong quickly pulled out a few more words, either don't do it or do it absolutely. The secret of imperial power lies in majesty.
Pang Ji opened his mouth and said: "What your Majesty is talking about is an old story during the time of Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty. King Pengyue of Liang was deposed as a commoner by Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, reduced his position and was exiled to Shu.
On the way, he met Queen Lu Pheasant. Peng Yue cried and complained that he was not guilty. Lu Pheasant agreed to intercede for him and took her back to Xianyang.
But she said to Liu Bang: "If you let Peng Yue go, it would be like letting the tiger return to the mountain." Liu Bang then executed him, killed him, chopped him into meat sauce and distributed it to other princes and kings.
What Your Majesty means is that the imperial power is supreme, and no matter what you do, it is right, but you must do it without any future troubles.
His Highness deposed Hou Tanzhi and took back his wealth, so he should also take away his life. The nobles of the Song Dynasty are in the same spirit. A person who is full of anger towards His Highness cannot let him leave easily. This
That’s what His Majesty wants to say to you!”
After Pang Ji finished speaking laboriously, he closed his eyes in pain. It was Hou Tanzhi who really began to kill ministers in the Song Dynasty. The rule of not killing scholar-bureaucrats that had lasted for nearly a hundred years would no longer exist.
Sweat dripped from Zhao Xu's head. It was a difficult decision for an eleven-year-old boy to decide the life and death of a hundred people, even if he was the prince.
Zhao Zhen looked at his son with interest. Seeing that his son had not made a decision for a long time, he was a little disappointed. Just when he was about to turn his attention to Zou Tong and plan to give the order himself, he heard his son bite
Ya said: "Father, it's not that I don't dare to kill Hou Tan's family, it's because I feel it's not necessary at all.
I have gained some experience reading my father's daily life notes over the years, and what impressed me the most was my father's kindness!
It is because of the kindness of my father that the Song Dynasty is in such a prosperous state. It is because of the kindness of my father that countless proud soldiers will serve willingly, and the people of the world will love my father from the bottom of their hearts.
Emperor.
With all this love, Hou Tanzhi could only swallow this bitter pill even if he was unwilling to do so.
Hao'er does not intend to take Hou Tanzhi's life, that is, he does not want to tell the world that Hao'er is a mean monarch. He just wants to tell the world that the Song Dynasty will not tolerate mediocre officials from today on.
You can be an official, show your true ability, and the lonely king will share the world with you! If you become an official but do not have the talent to match the official position, then don't blame the lonely king for being ruthless!" (To be continued)