A few people lingered here for a long time, and Lu Wu discovered many places where he played in his childhood memories in the old site of the Lu family. For example, a large pool, surrounded by steps paved with blue stones, extending layer by layer.
In the pool. Although the pool has long been covered with weeds and the water is black and smelly, Green Dance recalled the scene of playing on the blue stones of this pool in the summer when she was a child. Following the memory, she found another sight on the side of the pool.
There was a water inlet on the head of a stone sculpture of a turtle. Lu Wu said that when he was a child, he would ride on the turtle's neck and play.
All these things, the more you search, the more you can retrieve the memories of your childhood. The identity of the daughter of Minister Lu, who was already confirmed, becomes more certain.
It wasn't until midnight that a few people left here. Ma Bin and Shen Tan left separately, and Lin Jue took Lu Wu back home. Lu Wu didn't say a word the whole way, and returned to his house after returning home.
Stay behind closed doors.
Lin Jue understood her mood. He suddenly learned about his origin, and also learned that his family suffered a disaster and his family was destroyed. He also remembered too many old childhood events, so naturally he felt difficult to calm down. Lu Wu needed to be alone.
After a while, Lin Jue didn't want to disturb her, and let her think about it by herself and calm down her emotions.
In fact, Lin Jue also needs to calm down his emotions. The impact Lin Jue received was worse than that of Lu Wu. Before, he still held the idea that Lu Wu might not be the daughter of the Lu family, but now this matter has been confirmed.
One question cannot be avoided. They are the rumors about Lu Feiming and Concubine Rong. Lu Feiming's death was strange and the Lu family's disaster came suddenly. Since Lu Feiming had no grudge against anyone and there were no political enemies in the court, why?
Will it suddenly lead to such a disaster? And how does all this have anything to do with the rumors between Lu Feiming and Concubine Rong? What Shen Tan said, Concubine Rong gave birth to a son and Lu Feiming gave birth to a daughter only one hour apart, is this true?
What amazing secrets does it have? Just thinking about it made Lin Jue feel dizzy.
When it was time to light the lamp, Lu Wu left the room as if nothing happened. As usual, she prepared dinner, arranged for the maids to keep watch, and gave instructions for some trivial matters. Lin Jue was very impressed by this. There was great tenacity in this small and frail body.
Even at this time, Green Dance would never give up what she should do and suppress the emotions in her heart. This is how strong she is.
Lin Jue also figured it out and put this matter aside for the time being. He couldn't tell Lu Wu what he knew, otherwise it might frighten Lu Wu and make her even more confused. The relationship between Concubine Rong and the Lu family, Lu Wu
Wu’s final identity is a mystery. Let’s slowly investigate secretly to see if there are any clues. We must not force the investigation to find the truth. Maybe it will be another big disaster.
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In the early morning of the next day, Lin Jue's vacation was over, and it was just dawn. He got up, washed, and prepared to go to the Ordinance Department Yamen. Today was a big day. According to the original plan, today, the first day of February, was the day when the new "Employment Law" was handed over to the Holy Father.
The day of preview. If the new law is approved by the Holy Judgment today, it will be officially promulgated tomorrow morning on February 2nd. This is a big day for the officials of the entire Ordinance Department.
Lin Jue specially wore a brand-new official uniform, hat and boots, trimmed the black beard that was not thick on his lips, and went to the Yamen neatly. He had solemnly said before that today he and Du Wei would be together.
Jian followed him into the palace so that he could explain the contents of the terms at any time. After all, the regulations were formulated by him and Du Weijian, and it was the best way for those who handled them to answer questions about the details.
This was not done when the first new law was promulgated last time. It can be seen that this second new law "Employment Law" is more important than the first "Changping New Law". More preparations must be made to answer the Holy Judgment.
of sufficient.
When Lin Jue arrived at the Yamen, he realized that he was the latest one to arrive. Yan Zheng, Su Fang Dunru and Du Weijian had already arrived. The three of them were sitting in the brightly lit hall, waiting for him. Lin Jue was quite a little bit confused.
Feeling guilty, Yan Zhengsheng and Fang Dunru didn't say anything else. When they saw Lin Jue arriving, they both stood up.
Yan Zheng solemnly said: "Come into the palace, the emperor should be waiting for us. Please bring your things."
Yan Zheng solemnly pointed at the table. Two wooden boxes were neatly placed on the table. Needless to say, inside were the regulations of the new law. Because it was easier for His Majesty to read, the regulations of the new law were not bound.
The pieces of paper are very loose, so they need to be packed in wooden boxes. The two wooden boxes are light and fluffy, but they actually contain more than a hundred pieces of paper with writing on them. But there are only dozens of these hundreds of pieces of paper.
This clause is now the most important document in the Zhou Dynasty, because it is a new law that affects the overall situation.
Lin Jue and Du Weijian each held a wooden box and followed Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru out of the Yamen. Because it was not far from the palace gate, they did not take a car or sedan, but only walked.
, there are only a few people in the square. It has not yet reached Chen hour. If it reaches Chen hour, it is the time when officials from all major yamen rush to the yamen, then the square will be lively. People on horseback, sedans and cars are going back and forth, and the officials are noisy.
People who were saying hello and bowing were also making a fuss. But it was very quiet at the moment.
Yan Zhengsheng and Fang Dunru were walking side by side in front, chatting in low voices. Lin Jue and Du Weijian followed behind, not too close to each other. This is the rule. If they follow too closely, they might eavesdrop on the conversation.
I think this is a distance that subordinates should keep consciously.
Lin Jue turned his head and looked at Du Weijian holding the wooden box respectfully, which was a little funny. He felt that Du Weijian looked like an old scholar. At best, he was steady, at worst, he was old-fashioned and lifeless. Lin Jue
Suddenly feeling naughty in his heart, he walked to Du Weijian's side, suddenly stretched out his hand and snatched the wooden box from Du Weijian's hand.
Du Weijian was startled. When he saw Lin Jue's sly smile, he knew he was joking. So he stretched out his hand and snatched it away again. During the struggle, several papers from the brocade box rushed out and fell to the ground. The two of them fell to the ground.
They were all startled and hurriedly bent down to pick it up. Looking at the backs of the two adults in front, the two adults seemed not to notice, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.
Du Weijian glared at Lin Jue, waved his hand to mean don't mess around, and pointed at the paper in Lin Jue's hand, asking Lin Jue to hand it to him and put it according to the page number. Lin Jue handed it over with a smile, and Du Weijian stretched out his hand.
Just as the hand was being handed over, Lin Jue suddenly opened his eyes wide in shock, staring at the paper in his hand as if he had seen a ghost.
Du Weijian looked at Lin Jue in astonishment, and her eyes followed Lin Jue's gaze on the piece of paper. The beautiful black regular script characters in Guange style on the paper came into view clearly in the morning light.
"The Fourth General Provision, Regulation 10. Concerning the method of collecting 'service money', the service money is set up to meet the needs of the people employed by the imperial court to pay for labor. In addition to the exemption money collected by the third-class households above, the former
Official households, temple households, young Guo households, female households, single households and under-age households who are not responsible for servitude shall pay half of the fixed amount of service money from the date of promulgation of this law. The specific analysis is as follows..."
No need to read much, just reading this paragraph on this piece of paper, Lin Jue and Du Weijian were stunned and speechless.
The drafting of the "Recruitment Law" was almost entirely handled by Lin Jue and Du Weijian. After more than ten days of deliberation and discussion day and night, they knew every word of this new law by heart. Look.
When they saw the text on this piece of paper, they both realized that this was not the regulation they drafted at all. The content of the regulation written on it was completely different.
According to the contents of the regulations written on this piece of paper, it is obvious that the opinions of Lin Jue and Du Weijian have been completely abandoned regarding the assistance money, and the gentle policy proposed by Lin Jue based on the principle of voluntary and conscious donation through recognition and awards has been changed.
It has become a compulsory measure. This is exactly what Lin Jue argued for before, hoping that the two adults would not be so radical.
Lin Jue and Du Weijian looked at each other and saw a hint of horror in each other's eyes.
"What's going on?" Du Weijian asked in a low voice.
Lin Jue whispered: "Look through the pages below."
Du Weijian quickly found the page of the new law and regulations of the Fourth General Provision according to the page number. He turned sideways and quickly flipped through a few pages. The contents of the above text were all about the detailed rules and standards for the collection of service money, all of which were for
Collection methods and coercive measures for official households, temple households, young Guo households, female households, single Ding households and underage Ding households. This is a completely different version of the new law, and it was not drafted by Lin Jue and Du Weijian at all.
That new law.
"What...is going on?" Du Weijian asked in a low voice.
Lin Jue sneered, raised his head and glanced at the backs of the two adults in front of him, and said slowly: "Do you still have to ask? We were fooled by these two adults. The suggestion they agreed to before was completely hypocritical. After the first draft was handed over to them,
, they revised all the auxiliary money, and still collected it compulsorily according to the method they set before. I was so stupid, how could the two adults change their minds so easily, I was too naive. "Changping New Law"
That's what they did back then, and now they're doing it again."
Du Weijian suddenly realized that in order not to delay the process of the new law, Yan Zhengsheng and Fang Dunru pretended to agree to the suggestions put forward by themselves and Lin Jue on the regulations on the collection of service money, so that the new law could be formulated smoothly. Once the framework of the new law was completed, the previous
Lin Jue and his own suggestions were eliminated and the terms were drawn up again according to their previous ideas. This was a naked deception.
"This is too shameless, it's simply..." Du Weijian blurted out the curse, and suddenly realized that Fang Dunru was Lin Jue's teacher, so he quickly stopped and said in a deep voice: "Then what should we do now? This new method is going to be given to
The Holy One previewed the ruling, the Emperor took a look at it, and it was finalized."
Lin Jue frowned and said nothing, but the anger in his heart could not be suppressed. The two adults actually used such means to deceive him, which made him feel resentful. The image of the two adults in his mind has always been upright. Even on both sides.
There are many differences, and they are all resolved on the table. Who would have thought that they would use such despicable means to plot against themselves. Yes, saying 'despicable' is not an exaggeration at all.
"You two, walk faster, why are you dragging your feet?" Fang Dunru in front turned around and shouted to the two of them.
Du Weijian was about to answer, but Lin Jue said before him: "My lords, I'm really sorry, can I go back to the Yamen? I forgot to wear my official hat. It would be rude to enter the palace like this."
"Official hat?" Yan Zhengsheng and Fang Dunru turned around and frowned. "Didn't I see you wearing it just now? Are we dazzled?"
Du Weijian was also a little puzzled. It was clear that Lin Jue was wearing an official hat before, but now he was bare-headed. Looking at the bulge in Lin Jue's arms, Du Weijian suddenly understood. Lin Jue took off his official hat and carried it in his arms.
He deliberately used the excuse that he was not wearing his official hat. However, Du Weijian did not understand the reason why Lin Jue did this. Is it delaying time? What's the use of that?
"Two adults, I did forget... I forgot to wear my official hat. If you don't believe me, ask Mr. Du, or Mr. Du reminded me." Lin Jue said seriously.
Although Du Weijian was a little surprised, he only frowned and said in a deep voice: "That's true. It's my humble duty to remind Mr. Lin. Maybe he was in a hurry when he left and forgot to wear it."
Yan Zheng frowned and said, "It seems that our eyesight is dim. So, please give the things to Du Weijian and go back to get them as soon as possible."
Fang Dunru also said dissatisfied: "Leave the things to Du Weijian. You go back quickly and don't delay for too long. Why are you so impetuous?"
Lin Juelian claimed so, put the wooden box in his hand into Du Weijian's hand, turned around and ran away.
Du Weijian looked at Lin Jue's back with some doubts in his heart. He didn't know why Lin Jue lied. But since he did it, he must have a deep meaning. He helped him to tell the lie without thinking, but he didn't know what he was going to do.
What.
Lin Jue ran back, panting, and ran through the front hall of the Yamen to the back hall. There was no one at the door of the back hall public room at the moment. Lin Jue looked around to make sure there was no one, then stepped inside and immediately started to rummage through the boxes. Soon after,
He found a draft copy of the "Recruitment Law" regulations next to Fang Dunru's desk. He quickly looked through the contents and found that it was the draft drafted by himself and Du Weijian. Lin Jue carried it in his arms without thinking.
, turned around and left quickly.
Lin Jue didn't know that this scene happened to be seen by a shadow in the corner of the yard. It was Liu Xiding who had just arrived at the public house and was getting firewood from the firewood pile in the corner of the yard to light a fire to heat the public house. Liu Xiding hid when Lin Jue rushed in.
When they arrived at the firewood pile, after Lin Jue left, Liu Xiding appeared, looking at Lin Jue's back and thinking for a moment, with a confused look on his face.
In the square, Du Weijian and the other two people had already walked not far from the palace gate. They saw Lin Jue running towards him from a distance. Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru's expressions turned pale. Lin Jue arrived, panting, wearing a hat on his head this time.
He no longer wears his official hat, but his clothes are a little disheveled, his face is a little red, and his eyes are a little twinkling.
But Yan Zhengsheng and Fang Dunru didn't pay attention to all this, and walked directly to the palace gate to prepare to enter the palace.
Lin whispered to Du Weijian: "Brother Du, thank you for your hard work. I'll take it." As he said this, he reached out and pulled out the wooden box from Du Weijian's hand, and held it in his arms. The wooden box was originally Du Weijian's
The one that Jian was holding contained the regulations paper that was the revised version of what the two of them had seen before.
Du Weijian looked at Lin Jue in bewilderment. Lin Jue winked at him and made a meaningful expression. Before Du Weijian could understand, he saw Lin Jue covering the front of the wooden box with his long sleeves and holding a
He quickly took out the papers from the wooden box and put them into his sleeves. At the same time, he quickly took out a stack of papers from his arms and put them into the wooden box.
All these actions happened very quickly, right under Du Weijian's eyes. Lin Jue did not hide anything from him during the whole process, only blocking the sight of Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru in front of him. In fact, the two adults did not look back.
Du Weijian suddenly understood. It turned out that the reason Lin Jue lied about going back to get his official title was because he went back to get another draft of the new law and regulations, and at this moment he switched the draft in the wooden box. Du Weijian
His heart beat like a drum in shock, and he was sweating all over. He was shocked by Lin Jue's boldness, and felt that Lin Jue's mind was really fast. Before, he was still thinking about how to make the two adults change their minds, whether to expose Jin Yan directly, or to think about it.
What method can be used to achieve the goal? Lin Jueze immediately made a decision and used the package swap strategy to directly replace the new laws and regulations presented to the Holy Emperor.
I have to say that this is indeed the fastest way. Judging from what the two adults have done, it is obviously impossible to convince them. Even if they expose them and argue with reason, it will be fruitless. Not only will it fail to achieve the goal
, but if they discover that their concealment and deception methods have been exposed, the situation may be even worse.
By doing this, Lin Jue completely skipped this pointless and meaningless stage of gossiping and went straight to the bottom of the barrel to complete the package s The version the emperor saw soon after was the version drafted by himself and Lin Jue. If the emperor approved it,
Then even if Fang Dunru and Yan Zhengshen found out afterwards, they would not be able to make changes. This move was indeed neat and forcibly reversed the result.
However, the price Lin Jue would pay for doing this would be huge. If he switched the contract without authorization, and Yan Zhengshu and Fang Dunru found out afterwards, Lin Jue would be finished. With the thunderous tempers of the two adults, Yan Zhengshu and Fang Dunru, Lin Jue might be
He can no longer gain a foothold in the Ordinance Department. If Yan Zhengshen and Fang Dunru were more ruthless, his career would probably come to an end. In addition, his relationship with his mentor would also drop to a freezing point, or even break up. In short, the price
It was so huge that Lin Jue couldn't bear it.
Lin Jue could not have known the result, but he still did it. Du Weijian felt a sense of admiration for Lin Jue in his heart. Lin Jue even did it without thinking, seemingly without thinking about the consequences. However,
He risked such a huge cost to do such a shocking thing, but his purpose was not for himself. He didn't need to do this. Based on my understanding of him, he had no demands or ambitions. His purpose of doing this could be
It is said that it is entirely for the smooth implementation of this new law and for the two adults not to be swallowed up by the criticism.
To a certain extent, Lin Jue is the truly staunch reformist, the one who has no hesitation. He can even be compared with the two adults, Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru, in their determination to reform. The so-called true reformist does not mean waving flags and shouting.
It’s not about making noises and encouragement, not about boasting and applauding. It’s about those people who have worked hard to make practical contributions to the progress of the reform. Even if they say inappropriate things, even if they seem to be going against the flow, they are actually true in nature.
