Lin Jue told Lu Wu his thoughts, but Lu Wu was hesitant.
"This...can it be found out? Concubine Rong may have just asked casually, and it may not be Mr. Lu. And...I'm a little scared. I don't know why, but I suddenly don't want to know my life experience. I'm very worried now.
Well, if something bad happens, I don’t know how to face it."
Lin Jue felt strange at Lu Wu's words. But after thinking about it, he understood Lu Wu's state of mind at the moment. After all, a person who knew nothing about his past would give people an inexplicable feeling if he found out the truth.
Fear and resistance, fear that something bad will happen to break the peace at this moment. Especially for a weak and timid person like Lu Wu, he does not dare to face it bravely.
"Baby, listen to me." Lin Jue hugged Lu Wu and sat on his lap, whispering close to her face: "You don't have to be afraid, I have everything. No matter whether your life experience is found out or not, you will
You are a member of my Lin family, this will not change, and I will treat you as before. I know you are worried, and this is human nature. But think about it, if your family is all here, or in a house somewhere in the capital
We are waiting to reunite with you here, how can we let go of this clue in front of us. Those are your relatives, and I know you must also want to reunite with them. Be brave and don't be afraid."
Lu Wu was greatly moved when he heard this. As the young master said, his mother and siblings had returned to the capital and were living in a house somewhere. They could not reunite with their loved ones so close together, or they would regret it for the rest of their lives. In fact, he
In my heart, I yearn to be reunited with my family. How could I not seize this opportunity just because of my cowardice?
"Everything...but it's up to the young master to make the decision." Lu Wu gave the answer.
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On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Jue went to pay New Year greetings to Fang Dunru and his wife. Because it was the New Year season, Fang Dunru was kind and had a lively reunion dinner. Fang Dunru and Lin Jue talked about some things in life.
Both of them deliberately avoided talking about trivial matters and official matters, as if they were deliberately avoiding any embarrassment.
Although this will keep the atmosphere harmonious on the surface, the gap between each other is obvious. Once the content of the conversation only involves life aspects, and does not talk about the current situation and official matters that men care about, that is
You are wary of the other person, or you are unwilling to talk in depth.
However, Mrs. Fang was very enthusiastic and cooked a large table of delicious food to entertain Lin Jue. Fang Huanqiu was even more happy, and her joy was beyond words. The enthusiasm of mother and daughter somewhat diluted some of Lin Jue's discomfort. After this meal
The meal was quite lively. After the meal, Dunru went out to meet the guests, and Mrs. Fang also went out for some reason, leaving Lin Jue and Fang Huanqiu alone at home, rubbing their ears and temples together, which quenched their thirst for lovesickness.
But after leaving the Fang family, Lin Jue's mood was still gloomy and inexplicable. His husband was no longer as confidant to him as before. This was what made Lin Jue most uncomfortable.
On the third day of the lunar month, Lin Jue went to the old palace to pay New Year greetings to his uncle Guo Kun. On the fourth day of the lunar month, Lin Jue invited Yuan Bin and Shen Tan to get together. After he and Yuan Bin sworn sworn brothers last time, Shen Tan also became one of the sworn brothers.
This was the first time that the sworn brothers and sworn brothers got together. They drank and drank happily in the Lin family's flower hall. During the dinner, Lin Jue informed Yuan Bin about the information about Lu Wu's family and asked him to help investigate. But for what happened in the palace,
Lin Jue did not tell them what happened between Concubine Rong and Lu Wu.
It's not that Lin Jue doesn't trust Yuan Bin and the others, it's that Lin Jue feels that there seems to be some sensitive matters that are unusual. Especially those involving the palace, Lin Jue doesn't want to make a big deal about it. So he only asks Yuan Bin to check it out.
Ten years ago, was there any change in the family of any minister or official in the capital? And check which street in the capital has archways and stone horses and where you can hear the noise of morning bells and evening drums. If the person and the place can match, Lv Wu's origin will be the same.
Just ready to come out.
In the evening of the sixth day of the lunar month, a carriage came to the palace, carrying many gifts. The servant who accompanied the carriage told the Lin family that the things on the carriage were all given by Concubine Rong to Lu Wu. There was only one person on the carriage.
In addition to a large pile of clothes and utensils, Concubine Rong also gave Lu Wu a pair of expensive jade bracelets. All this made Lin Jue even more confused.
Why did Concubine Rong like Lu Wu so much? They had just met her once, and when Lu Wu offended her, instead of punishing her, she instead gave her so many rewards. Think of Concubine Rong’s love for Lu Wu.
Lin Jue was puzzled by the series of words and deeds he made, and felt that there was a lot in it.
On the seventh day of the first lunar month, the annual vacations of all the major yamen came to an end. After a pleasant New Year, the officials returned to their respective yamen with a tired air of excessive alcohol and meat. Although the vacation prescribed by the court had ended, in fact
The efficiency of doing things is also extremely low. The laziness of the New Year will continue. This period is also a time for officials and colleagues to have banquets with each other and to communicate with each other. Except for extremely urgent official business, the official start of official work must be after the Yuan Dynasty.
However, one yamen was an exception, and that was the yamen of the Ordinance Department where Lin Jue worked. On the evening of the sixth day of the lunar month, the yamen issued an urgent document and passed it down. Officials and servants of the Ordinance Department were not allowed to be absent, and were not allowed to make any excuses.
The reason for extending the holiday is that all employees must arrive at the Yamen on the seventh day of the lunar month. After receiving such a notice, Lin Jue felt a little nervous. I hope this is just the work style of Yan Zhengsheng and Fang Dunru, and not something urgent.
Something had to be announced. Lin Jue didn't want what he was worried about to happen.
On the early morning of the seventh day of the lunar month, in the cool morning light, nearly a hundred officials from the Ordinance Department gathered in the front yard of the Yamen. The weather was very cold, and the officials who got up early in the morning and rushed to the Yamen did not even have a chance to drink a pot of hot tea.
They stood in the cold wind with their necks hunched, stamping their feet and whispering to each other.
Some people complained softly and opened their mouths widely. Some people asked each other what kind of orders the two adults had for everyone to gather here today. Some stood there quietly, saying nothing.
In the past few months, a group of doers have emerged in the Ordinance Department. They never say much and only work on the new law under the command of the two adults. They do not ask about the content and responsibilities of the new law.
Wrong. They only focus on implementing it. They are the first batch of loyal promoters of the new law trained by the Ordinance Department.
Lin Jue stood at the front of the team with several inspection and writing officials and a dozen officials who were interested in each other. Lin Jue's left and right sides were Liu Xiding and Du Weijian. Du Weijian was as cold as ever, and when he met Lin Jue, he was just
He nodded slightly as a sign of care and didn't say much. But Liu Xiding was very enthusiastic and kept whispering in Lin Jue's ear.
"Master Lin, have you seen the greeting card I sent to you on the first day of the Lunar New Year? I visited your house on the second day of the Lunar New Year, but you went to Fang Zhongcheng's house and didn't see it. This is my fault,
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Mr. Lin must go out. It is really inappropriate for me to see Mr. Lin at that time. Mr. Lin, if you have free time another day, how about we get together? It is also possible outside the month and a half.
How about getting together, drinking, and catching up with friends?”
Lin Jue smiled and said nothing, making no comment. In his heart, Lin Jue had already become wary of Liu Xiding. During the last conversation with Prince Huai at the opening of the Grand Theater in the East Erchao, Lin Jue noticed that the Regulations Department
There may be a mole in the matter, and after that, he paid close attention to a few people at the core of the Ordinance Department. It seemed that Liu Xiding's behavior was very suspicious, but Lin Jue had no evidence and was not sure. Therefore, Lin Jue
Jue's strategy towards Liu Xiding is to remain the same on the surface, but keep a respectful distance. He will never discuss his inner thoughts with him, and will never be confused by his words. What is said from Liu Xiding's mouth must be greatly discounted, or
Trust only after verification.
However, Lin Jue did not intend to offend him. Sometimes it is unwise to offend villains. Villains are difficult to raise, and those who are close will be resentful if they are far away, so it is best to maintain a relationship that is neither far nor close. At the same time, it is best to maintain a relationship that is neither far nor close.
You can also secretly investigate whether Liu Xiding is a mole and reveal the information in the Ordinance Department. If you catch real evidence, you can also eliminate an unstable factor for the two adults.
"Brother Liu, do you know what is going to be announced today? The two adults seem to have something important to announce." Lin Jue asked Liu Xiding with a smile.
Liu Xiding shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't know. You, Mr. Lin, don't know, and I don't know either."
Lin Jue chuckled and said, "That's not necessarily the case. Mr. Liu has great supernatural powers and is much more flexible than the rest of us. I thought that with Brother Liu's ability, he must have known about it in advance. It seems that I thought too much."
Liu Xiding chuckled and said: "Master Lin, you are mocking me. How do I have so many magical powers? It's just that I know a lot of people in various yamen, and I hear a lot of rumors. Today's incident... I didn't hear any rumors.
, I don’t know what the two adults are going to do. But...I guess...it should be related to the second new law. Maybe it is, maybe it is not, I don’t dare to say nonsense. I will know in a moment."
Lin Jue's heart trembled. There was something in Liu Xiding's words. Could it be that what he was worried about was really going to happen? Could it be that the peaceful days of the past few months were really coming to an end?
"Master Yan, Master Fang is here!" A clerk shouted loudly at the door of the courtyard. Everyone in the courtyard immediately stood in awe, and there was silence. Everyone's eyes turned to the screen wall at the door.
There was a cacophony of footsteps. A dozen guards appeared on the side of the screen wall, surrounded by Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru, who were wearing black fur cloaks. The two adults looked serious, and their eyes were firm and cold. As they walked through the passage in the middle of the crowd,
A gust of cold and sharp wind was brought up, and many officials subconsciously shrank their necks.
After a while, Yan Zhengshen and Fang Dunru came to the steps in front and turned around to stand. They glanced at the dark crowd in front of them with serious faces, exchanged glances with each other, and nodded.
Yan Zhengsheng took two steps forward, walked to the steps, cupped his hands and said in a deep voice: "My colleagues, we have just taken the annual leave, and the New Year has passed. Yan and Fang Zhongcheng would like to extend belated New Year congratulations to you all."
Yan Zhengsheng and Fang Dunru bowed their hands in front of everyone with expressionless expressions, saying they were congratulating them on the New Year, but they had no festive meaning. Everyone on the steps also bowed their hands and said some polite words.
"The New Year has passed, the winter is about to pass, and spring is coming. As the saying goes, the good times of the year come in the spring. When spring is the time when all things flourish, people should also work hard and do something good in the new year.
This is what should be done in spring. I know that many yamen are unwilling to put their minds into doing things until the end of the Yuan Dynasty, or even at the end of the first lunar month. But they are they, they can kill time and live lazily.
Our regulations department is not successful. We are shouldering a major event that has high hopes from the Holy One and is related to the safety of the imperial court and the country. There is no room for any delay or slack in the reform. Therefore, today, Mr. Fang and I asked you to gather here early because we want to
You understand, it’s time to do what we have to do. We need to get nervous, get busy, and take action to live up to the coming time of spring.”
Everyone in the courtyard also became serious. After hearing these words, it seemed that something big was about to be announced. The Ordinance Department has not been busy in the past two months, and some public buildings can even be described as idle. The reason is that the second new law has been enacted continuously.
Now that Mr. Yan has said that he wants to get busy, it may mean that the second new law is about to be enacted. Only in this way will the yamen enter a state of nervousness and busyness. Many people begin to gear up.
Lin Jue frowned, feeling quite worried. In the previous conversation with Liang Wang Guo Bing, Lin Jue had already learned about part of the second "Servant Law", which was definitely a annexation of vested interests.
A heavy blow from the landowner. In Guo Bing's words, it was an act of killing the rich against the rich and exploiting the people. If it were really done like this, it would probably cause a huge backlash and cause dissatisfaction among the rich and powerful. I don't know what happened.
After two or three months of peace, have the two adults softened their original thoughts? Lin Jue hopes so, otherwise there will be a big storm after this.
"...In recent times, I believe you have all heard some rumors. After the "Changping New Law" was launched, many people were talking behind the scenes, pointing fingers and making sarcastic remarks. What's funny is that even last year's big event
The drought is also blamed on our reform. I know that the new law has caused dissatisfaction among many people, and the new law does have some drawbacks. Mr. Fang and I went for a walk a few years ago, and indeed we found many problems that we did not expect. However,
There are disadvantages, but the benefits are also greater.”
"Changpingcang has been initially rebuilt in various places, and it has played a great role in providing relief to the people. This winter, there was a heavy snowstorm in the Gyeonggi and Hebei areas. Changpingcang provided timely relief, which effectively ensured the stability of the people. All roads in the southeast have issued loans of 500 yuan.
800,000 taels. It was recovered at the end of the year, including the principal and interest of 8 million taels. This not only allowed the people to tide over the difficulties, but also increased the income of the court by more than 1.2 million taels. Soon, the collection of loan banks in the north will begin.
, calculated comprehensively, there should be more than two million taels of interest income. This has greatly alleviated the imperial court's financial shortage this winter."
"In addition, because of the loan money lent by the court, many farmers have the capital to farm, and the amount of land sold this winter has been greatly reduced. This means that the number of farmers farming next year will not decrease, and may even increase.
.This also means that the trend of declining court finances and taxes every year has been effectively curbed. At this point, it can be preliminarily concluded that Changping's new law is successful. This has also been affirmed by the emperor."
"...I know that there are many people who always like to make articles based on the shortcomings of our new law, exaggerate some things, create some public opinion, and attack our reform. I also know that some of you are also a little shaken.
He even doubted our major reform. Here, I send you a poem. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Liu Zhen wrote a poem to his cousin. The poem said: There are pine trees on Tingting Mountain, and there is a strong wind in the Sese Valley. The sound of the wind is so strong, and the pine branches are so different.
Strength! The frost is miserable, and the whole year is always upright. Isn’t it cold? Pines and cypresses have their nature! I hope you can be like the pines and cypresses mentioned in the poem. No matter what kind of wind and rain there is outside, it can’t shake you.
Your determination cannot shake your belief. You must remember what is your original intention of coming to the Ordinance Department? What is the purpose of this reform? It is to let me, Dazhou, change the current embarrassing situation and become stronger
.Otherwise, we, the Great Zhou Dynasty, will be coveted by tigers and wolves, or will rot from the inside and fall apart. What we do is to save the country of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It is a matter of great merit, something that will be famous in history and praised for eternity. How can we be human beings?
You are afraid of words and shaken by the words of people with ulterior motives.”
The solemn words made everyone in the courtyard quicken their blood flow and breathe quickly. It is true that many people in the Ordinance Department sneaked in to seek the limelight and speculate, but most of them came in with passion and wanted to change the shortcomings of the imperial court.
Those who contribute their efforts are those who have the ideal of serving the country. Indeed, in the past period, there was a lot of noise in the court, and a lot of negative news came from the new law, which caused their morale to decline. But serious words are good.
It reminded them not to forget their original intentions, not to be conceited, and not to be swayed by some bad rumors from the outside world. These words cheered up their spirits when they were a little confused and relaxed.
"... Of course, we cannot completely ignore those negative things. Indeed, there will be some deviations in the implementation of the new law, and some negative things will occur. But I once made an analogy with a colleague in the government office. For example, a person
If you are about to die, you can survive by drinking a bowl of strong medicine. However, this strong medicine may be somewhat toxic and may make you physically uncomfortable, suffer for a period of time, or even make you blind or deaf. In this case, what should you drink?
Don’t drink? If you don’t drink, you will lose your life. What about other things? Those who slander us use these small shortcomings to make irresponsible remarks about us. They only do it for themselves and do not think about the danger of the country. They are moved.
The interests of the people are noisy, but they don’t know that the eggs will not be completed after the nest is overturned? Temporary comfort is exchanged for eternal pain, which is more important? We are doing things for the eternal stability of the country, but not for the benefit of some people.
It’s a small profit. That’s why we can get the support of the emperor and many people in the court. What we have to do is not to stop the reform, but to constantly improve and improve. If we offend some people and cause them to suffer losses, there is nothing we can do about it.
.For the sake of the vast majority of people, and for the sake of the imperial court, the country, the country, and the country, we cannot take care of everyone..."
"...In the past few months, the second new law, the Employment Law, was supposed to be enacted before the year, but it was delayed for some reason. You must have some doubts in your hearts, and you have heard some rumors. Yes,
I will not hide it from you, but the content of the second new law has indeed caused a lot of controversy. Some important ministers in the court, some princes and nobles said a lot in front of the emperor, trying their best to prevent the formulation and promulgation of the "Employment Law". These days
For months, apart from going down to inspect the operation of the "Changping New Law", Fang Zhongcheng and I spent all the remaining time arguing with each other and convincing His Majesty. Fortunately, His Majesty is wise. Two days ago, His Majesty made up his mind.
Ignoring those people's words, we were ordered to formulate the "Employment Law" immediately and promulgate it in early February. That's why I tell you that you will be busy. You may even have to work non-stop and be too busy to go home and sleep.
However, the "Employment Law" is the second new law that is more important than the Changping New Law. If this new law is successful, it will further promote changes together with the Changping New Law. What I can tell you is that you must come up with twelve
The "Employment Law" must be successful, and the pressure from the outside world will definitely be greater than before. If you feel that you can't stand it anymore, think about what I said today, think about the song I sent you
Poetry. Grit your teeth and get through it. This is what I want to say to you today. You are all people with lofty ideals. You all have lofty ideals. You want to make our country a glorious and prosperous world, and you want to do things for the country and the people.
People. Now is your opportunity. I, Yan Zhengsheng, and Fang Zhongcheng will stand with you and face the wind and rain together."