The meeting of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion did not last long. Many things have been discussed before, but today I will only mention it again, and the only new topic is that the Prime Minister's Mansion will hold a feast three days later to celebrate the great victory of the north.

chatted with Qin Siyuan, Yao Zunian, Jueming and others for a while, and when he came out of the courtyard, Ning Yi's face didn't have much joy. After rejoicing at Pharmacist Guo's victory, new problems have been pressed down, and the rope of the north-south situation has become tighter and tighter.

After the Northern Expedition began, Qin Siyuan's side was mostly responsible for domestic affairs. However, the previous development of the secret investigation department in the north still has a huge role, and the matter of Zhang Jue, the governor of Pingzhou, is one of them, this person was originally a general of the Liao State, and after the Jurchens called, due to the defeat of the Liao State, the gold was reduced. However, Zhang Jue's staff arranged a member of the secret investigation department, and after discovering that Zhang Jue had the intention of surrendering to the Wu Dynasty, he had been promoting this matter. Pingzhou has an important position among the sixteen states, and Zhang Jue also has tens of thousands of horses under his command, if it can be done, it will be a great achievement.

It's just that before this, the war situation in the north was erosive, and the Jin people were always strong. Although the emperor Zhou Zhe at this time was angry for the fact that the Jin people did not return the sixteen states, and he had already said that he would be tougher, but where did Qin Siyuan dare to provoke easily. With Pharmacist Guo's victory, this is somewhat confident.

If it is said that from what the people have seen before, the Wu Dynasty seems to be a little naïve and full of mistakes and omissions in dealing with the situation in Jinliao. But when Ning Yi reached his current position, he could understand that it would be unfair to accuse the Wu Dynasty of being defenseless against some possible catastrophic consequences. For several years. On the one hand, the Northern Expedition was promoted, and on the other hand, everyone was also actively expanding the defense of the rear, including a large-scale increase in the strength of the border defense...... And so on and so forth.

Whether it is Tong Guan, Cai Jing, Li Gang, or the emperor, including Tan Zhen, who may have taken over Tong Guan's position recently, most of the high-ranking officials in the court are not fools. Even if the possibility of the Jin people invading south is extremely low. They themselves understand the need to strengthen the defence. Especially for these people. The erosion of the Northern Expedition has also made them actively promote and cooperate with this kind of thing.

The Jin people's strength itself is not much, and after encroaching on the land of Liao, even if they really have a bad brain, they choose to go south. It started with Guo Yaoshi and others north of Yanmen Pass and went all the way to the south of Yanmen Pass. From Taiyuan to the bank of the Yellow River. Thousands of miles in depth. Hundreds of thousands of troops—even if there are a lot of tofu scum projects—are enough to drag down the Jin people's forces.

In the right minister's house, there are not a few people who have this self-consciousness. The original Cheng Zhouhai, Wang Shanyue and others were all loyal promoters of the "Jin State Threat Theory", but until now. Even Ning Yi can't talk about things all day long, at least everyone is doing things, even if some things are done a little bit fucked, just for the sake of face or political achievements, what the Right Prime Minister's Mansion can do is at most to try its best to correct it - this has nothing to do with right or wrong, it's just that being in the game, it can only be so.

But in any case, Ning Yi was still a little worried in his heart.

The trajectories of the Wu Dynasty and the Song Dynasty have their similarities, but before that, he did not pay much attention to the real history, all of which was related to his extremely pragmatic personality in his previous life.

For him, the so-called history has something in common with stories, but because history has actually happened, it is more convincing to others. But in the final analysis, whether history is a story or a story, what is really useful is the lesson it contains, and it is a process that pins its trust on its predecessors and reflects itself. However, in the impetuous society of later generations, there are many people who have no ability to discern and think, they sometimes surrender to the so-called historical truth, but never reflect themselves with any real history, most people only use the truth to compare others, and gain a slight sense of superiority, but never find that what they have done is the same as many stupid things in history.

When people mock the stupidity of their predecessors and denounce the cruelty of their enemies, but never reflect on themselves, never see their own stupidity and insensitivity, and even break the rules and hollow out the country, these real histories become worthless. If the truth of this history also gives people a certain sense of superiority that "I know a lot" so that they can mock others, then for society, the meaning of this authenticity is a negative value.

Because of this cognition, Ning Yi has extreme contempt for the authenticity of history, and has always believed that it is better to pursue the authenticity of history than to pursue the educational significance of fables, at least fables can soberly tell readers that this is right and that is wrong. But because of this habit, it is difficult for him to confirm the development of the whole situation at the moment. The Song Dynasty had Jing Kang shame, and it is really difficult to say whether the Wu Dynasty would have it.

Of course, for the time being, recruiting Zhang Jue is of course a good move to increase his own strength, and there is no need to think about it. As for the extremely difficult issue of food prices in the disaster area, which was seen by everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion, of course Ning Yi did not mean to take it lightly, but when he started to prepare more than a month ago, Ning Yi did not intend to care too much about the specific details of this matter.

Because...... There are a lot of people who will starve to death here......

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In the summer of the 11th year of Jinghan, floods and droughts befell the Wu Dynasty, including Jingzhaofu, Hedong, Hebei, and Jinghu, and more than 20 prefectures and counties were affected to varying degrees. Due to the effective relief efforts of the imperial court, far fewer people died directly due to the disaster than in previous years. It is also because of the large number of survivors that the hidden danger of soaring food prices has begun to brew in the affected areas and in the states and counties adjacent to the affected areas.

This phenomenon is concentrated in the north and south of the area, the north to Jingzhaofu Road, Hedong Road - that is, the later Shaanxi, Shanxi and other areas - the most serious, the south of the problem appeared in the Jinghu area, this side was originally a grain production area, but because of the overlap of flood and drought problems, it caused a greater panic, but for the time being, the situation of starvation to death is not as serious as the north.

At this time, the Right Prime Minister's Office was still trying its best to mobilize food and maintain the distribution of basic rations for disaster relief. But the increase in food prices in the market will only allow more and more people to join the ranks of the victims. Now, in order to ensure the Northern Expedition, the Wu Dynasty can take out limited grain reserves, coupled with layers of greedy ink diversion, it is basically unrealistic to maintain the green and yellow until next year.

Theoretically speaking, in the event of such a thing, what the imperial court can do is to strictly regulate grain prices, kill a group of officials, and then kill a group of merchants. But this time. The scope of the spillover is too wide. There are too many people involved.

The Zuo family, led by the great Confucian Zuo Duanyou, was involved; The Cai family, led by Cai Jing, is powerful and has participated in it; The Han family in the Jingnan area is a royal in-law. relatives of the Queen Mother; The Qi family of Henan Province. Generations of scholars. Qi Yan, the head of the family, was a great Confucian in the dynasty, and he had incense feelings with many officials in the capital, and was good friends with Li Gang and Geng Nanzhong. It also intersects with the Western Army.

And that's just a few of the forces that can be seen through a casual survey. In fact, the intertwined relationships and the drive of interests make it impossible to solve many things with determination. Even if Li Gang nodded, Qi Yan nodded, and even Cai Jing nodded, suppressing grain prices, as soon as low-priced grain arrived on the market, it would dry up instantly like water in the sand. Because it is often not only these big households who participate in the grain storage, but also every ordinary person who is shrouded in panic.

Basically, at a time when the productive forces were not developed, every man-made disaster was a process of new aristocratic fortunes and land annexation. On his side, there are indeed some countermeasures at the moment, and the Right Prime Minister's Mansion has naturally made up its mind, but some people at the bottom will still die, and those who have a little family property will inevitably sell their fields and sell their sons and daughters. The only difference is that when the measures are taken properly, there will be fewer such people.

As for Ning Yi, he can accept all kinds of darkness in the world, and he can also accept all kinds of dead people. But as a person from later generations, it is difficult for him to watch the process of one or two women and children being starved to death, so whether it is hypocrisy or out of sight, when it comes to this kind of thing, he would rather sit in the capital and deal with everything as a number.

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The carriage came out of the side gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and there were not many pedestrians on the road called Wenyuan Street, and the time was still in the afternoon, and the leaves on the side of the street dissolved in the golden light, and the two children ran over the street with a flutter.

After retracting his gaze from the window, Ning Yi took the charcoal pen and revised and wrote the book in his hand. The carriage moved forward, with the occasional rustling of wheels over fallen leaves, and the occasional pedestrian passing by on the road. After a while, I heard a voice coming this way: "...... What do you know, what an Oiran, let me tell you, the little candleshop is the most boring, and the alum tower is not interesting, I ...... Yes? Hum! What are you doing, it's in the way! Do you know the road...... What are you doing, you can go this way, if you go this way, find out the ballast, the bamboo memory is amazing——"

With these arrogant words, the carriage stopped. There were a total of three carriages for Ning Yi to go out, and he sat on the one in the middle, and as soon as he heard this voice, he knew who it was. After the car stopped, he sat there and finished writing the last few words before getting up and lifting the curtain. Sure enough, I saw that in front of the road, it was Huahua Tai Sui Gao Muen who was blocking the way with his hands on his hips. Following him, there is still a group of gentlemen in the capital, but there are many officials in these people's families, Ning Yi's identity as a businessman is theoretically unprovoked, he has a smile on his face, and he bowed his hand to meet him.

"It's really a big flood that washed the Dragon King Temple, Gao Yanei, all the sons, what a coincidence, we met again. It's the people on my side who are not sensible, so don't hurry up and pull over the carriage! Ning Yi shouted at the person driving the car in front of him, and said with a smile, "Where are you going to play?" ”

Ning Yi smiled kindly, but he didn't look like a bully. Seeing that it was him who appeared, Gao Muen's eyes changed, but then he raised his chest higher: "What's the matter with you!" You don't care about the things you shouldn't care! Why are you walking so close! Kind of you come and beat me! Don't think that if you kill Lu Qian, I'm afraid of you! ”

"Gao Yanei, I said a long time ago that it was a misunderstanding, not to mention that I don't know anything about Lu Yuhou, even if there is such a thing, with Lu Yuhou's martial arts, where is the opponent in Xia, you see, it's been almost a year...... At the beginning, if there was still a little misunderstanding in the Yanai, he would worship dozens of tables and head wine in Zhuji tonight, and personally make amends to the Yanai, okay? ”

As soon as Ning Yi said this, Gao Muen behind him coaxed, but Gao Muen stopped his chest and didn't know what he thought: "Hmph! Fake kindness! Excuse me! Tell you, I, Gao Muen, are inseparable from you. Take care of your men in the future! Hum...... Get in the way! ”

After saying this, Gao Muen led the people around him to stride past Ning Yi's side, and one or two people said to Ning Yi: "Wait!" "Be careful!" Ning Yi smiled and nodded.

In fact, this grievance between the two sides has lasted for a year. In the first half of this year, when Ning Yi expanded Zhuji, the performance became more intense, Gao Yanei first found hooligan thugs to smash the scene, and after encountering the intervention of the secret investigation department, he and some people set up a restaurant to grab business with Zhuji. Next, I also wanted to give Zhuji a little color through officialdom. It's just that this kind of thing is blocked back in the end.

Kaifeng Mansion can't afford to offend the Right Prime Minister's Mansion. didn't dare to offend Gao Muen, there was too much trouble, and all kinds of complaints would inevitably spread to Gao Yu. People in the officialdom, shopping malls, and literati all reacted to Gao Yu, hoping that he would not do too much to restrain his son. Although Gao Yu is a courtier. But this kind of thing to make enemies also pays attention to input and output. The other party is more related. But after all, he is just a businessman, and his son's nonsense can't get the other party, which means that there is no need for too much entanglement. So he scolded Gao Muen a few more times. In this way, Gao Muen is like a ball of cotton every time he makes a move, and he loses a lot of money by investing in business grabbing, and he has to be discouraged in the end.

Of course, giving up on action does not mean that this breath in my heart must be swallowed, and I will have to quarrel a few times when I meet it a few times in the future. It's just that Ning Yi's business is getting bigger and bigger, including several things that Gao Yu revealed in order to make him stop, which made Gao Muen feel a little short of breath. After separating from Ning Yi at this time, a gentleman beside him said: "Since Brother Gao can't get used to that kid, let's beat him, even if he has a relationship, we will beat him this time!" He can only sue after the fact, right! I don't believe that the bunch around him dares to fight back-"

This gentleman is also a member of the officialdom, and what he says is actually very reasonable. Their families are all in the officialdom, and no matter how much they have a relationship, they are also businessmen. If your gang rushes up and beats each other, at most you will apologize to the people afterwards. It's a pity that before he finished speaking, Gao Muen had already picked it up and slapped him on the back of the head.

"Hit your sister! Hit your sister! Hit your sister! I won't fight if I can beat it! You still need to say it! Do you know that Zhou Dong didn't kill him! Do you know that Sikong Nan and Lin Zongwu were bullied by him! You bastard! Do you know who Zhou Dong is! Do you know who Lu Dao Sikong Nan and Lin Zongwu are! They are even more powerful than Lin Chong - grass you mother! That guy looks polite, but he's actually a madman, and if he suddenly goes berserk, you think I'm ...... These three-legged cat kung fu bastards around me can stop him! With that, he flew up and kicked at the man, but the kick was a little crooked, and the other man staggered forward, but he took a big step and almost fell.

"Do you know why I stood in front of you just now, just to help you stop that mad dog! Hum! With a cold snort, Gao Muen slapped the clothes on his body, "Learn something for me in the future!" ”

He said this, but after all, he was a little indignant. Lu Qian is also dead, no one can have so much fun with him, and a few guys around him are doing a bunch of things, and they can't believe it. Thinking like this, I suddenly felt that the capital was a little less fun, and the autumn colors became more and more depressed......

It was impossible for Ning Yi to think of these things in the other party's heart. After Gao Muen left, he shook his head and smiled, because the destination was not far away, he didn't get on the bus next. He took out the booklet that had just been revised from the carriage and handed it to Zhu Biao: "I have revised this Who's Who in the rivers and lakes, you can take it to the Wang family, and by the way, see how the printing is prepared, and you don't have to rush back at night." ”

When he said this, Zhu Biao couldn't help but smile. After the Dulonggang incident, Hu Sanniang and Wang Shanyue had a friendship, after returning to Beijing for a period of time, Wang Shanyue had a conflict with some of the capital gentlemen who were not in good shape, and the two sides fought. Wang Shanyue has been fighting outside for a few years, and his anger has increased greatly, and he has also won - he threw a master nicknamed "Eight-armed Sword King" in the opponent's family to the ground in the fight, tore off half of the opponent's arm, and bit off a few catties of meat.

After this battle, the master was crippled, and the eight-armed sword king became a one-armed sword, but Wang Shanyue also made a big fuss. Qin Siyuan felt that such a character would not be able to continue to develop after all, and if he was left in the capital, he would be attacked again, so he made up a county order in Yuyao, Zhejiang. Wang Shanyue's own temperament is biased towards literature, but he was stimulated too much when he was young, and his actions were more extreme, and the Yuyao area is the hometown of literature and ink, and after he came here, he couldn't use the ability to eat people, which could be regarded as a kind of exercise for him.

Before Wang Shanyue left the capital, she was officially engaged to Hu Sanniang. The old lady of the Wang family originally hoped that the two would marry like this, and let Hu Sanniang, who was strong in martial arts, accompany her grandson to take office, and Wang Shanyue asked Hu Sanniang to go back to Dulonggang first to avoid gossip, but Hu Sanniang voluntarily stayed in the Wang family - in fact, this is also an expectation that Wang Shanyue can't export - the Wang family is a female streamer, even if there are a few women who are so strong, they can't compare to others in terms of force after all, with Hu Sanniang, a female hero, Wang Shanyue can go out with peace of mind.

As for Zhu Biao, what he likes is not a strong woman like Hu Sanniang, after a few trips with the Wang family, he has some feelings for Wang Shanyue's ninth sister. After that, he cooperated with the Wang family in the workshop of papermaking and printing to promote the research of movable type printing.

At this time, Zhu Biao took the order and rode away. Ning Yi had also arrived at the courtyard where Yunzhu and Jin'er lived. Li Pin felt that he was quite a gentleman at this time, and it was also his own reason, there were many people who were arranged to serve in this courtyard, and he felt like a golden house hiding Jiaojiao - but the main effort was still spent on safety, even if Yunzhu and Jin'er were around, two ugly but good female knights were arranged.

All the way in, someone greeted him, and when he crossed the two small buildings connected in front of him and entered the backyard, no one followed. Behind this courtyard is a small garden composed of rockeries, pavilions, and ponds. A woman dressed in white sat on the edge of the pond, humming softly the melody of a song that she didn't know what kind of song it was, holding a book and a brush in her hand, and writing something to herself.

At this time, the sky is warm and yellow, a big plane tree stretches up its crown above the pool, the woman sitting on the edge of the pool is wearing a white dress, her long black hair is hanging down at the waist, she takes off her shoes and socks and puts them aside, her white slender feet gently pluck the water, with the music in her mouth, as if the whole person is dissolved in the warmth of autumn. For a moment, she put the brush aside in her hand, rested the book on her lap, and turned a page with her head down. When Ning Yi walked over and sat down, she subconsciously shrank her slender feet in the shrunken water, and then laughed and leaned her body towards Ning Yi.

After a while, she lay on her back on Ning Yi's lap, holding a book and reading. Ning Yi felt the tranquility of this autumn day, looked left and right at no one around, and put a hand into the other party's chest. The woman didn't resist, just reached out and gently covered it, and continued to read.

"Actually, I think it's still too small...... You said it would be nice if there was a lake in front of this......"

Ning Yi looked at the courtyard wall at the end of the garden in front of him and said.

"I'm already at the lake...... It's perseverance that is not quiet. ”

"Is it......" Ning Yi pursed his lips, "By the way, what about Yuan Jin'er's living treasure?" ”

"It's gone."

"Oh?"

"Ah...... Uh......" As if suddenly realizing something, Yun Zhu's face suddenly showed a smirk smile, and for a moment, she squinted her eyes, put the book on her face, and said softly: "No ......"

"Is there any?" By the pond, in the autumn colors, Ning Yi laughed, and after a moment, he stood up there with Yunzhu in his arms and walked towards the hut here. Under the white skirt, Yun Zhu gently curled up the arch of his feet, and at the same time leaned his face quietly against him.

From the time the two met and knew each other, to the first time Yunzhu dedicated his innocent body to him, and then at this time, this kind of intimacy is not too big a thing. After all, in this day and age, there are not many things that can really entertain...... (To be continued......)