"I'm just a small person, what can I change?"

Li Xun spread out his hand and said with a wry smile.

"As long as you are willing to work hard, a small person can become a big person, it depends on whether you dare to try."

Jiang Daxiong walked in at this time, and Fan Zhongyun immediately kept silent.

"Boss, the lord said that he was going to the manor to run errands, and asked if you would go."

"No, no time."

Li Xun waved his hand: "Da Xiong, you are guarding the door, no one is allowed to come in without my orders." ”

"Got it, Boss."

Jiang Daxiong nodded, walked to the door, clasped his hands on his shoulders, and remained motionless.

Li Xun pulled Fan Zhongyun to sit down, leaned his head in front of him, and whispered: "Old Fan, what do you want to say, just say it." ”

Fan Zhongyun was silent for a moment, and then suddenly said: "Li Xun, I once told you that if it weren't for Xiao Man's illness, I would have resigned and retired long ago, do you know why I did this?" ”

"Why?"

Li Xun really can't understand, in his opinion, Fan Zhongyun was born poor, studied poetry and books for more than ten years, and after several imperial examinations, he finally passed the exam and became an official.

Fan Zhongyun sighed and said: "The gentleman is righteous, the villain is profitable, I, Fan Zhongyun, am neither a gentleman nor a villain, just a mediocre person, I just want to live a stable life, but today's Dajin, full of dangers, seeing that the world is in turmoil, I am just a small person, since I can't change, I can only be alone." ”

Li Xun was surprised: "Are you too alarmist in what you say?" Today's Great Jin, the emperor is not mediocre, and there are Yang Daosi and other virtuous ministers to assist, Jiangnan is victorious, taxes are stable, and the princes of the world are all shaken, in my opinion, within 30 years, there should be no chaos in the Great Jin. ”

"You only see the surface, but you don't know the substance."

Fan Zhongyun sneered and said: "Today's saint, the ability is average, although he is not a male lord and holy emperor, but he is also a good emperor, the civil officials have Yang Daosi and Liu Wei, the two virtuous ministers, and the king of Wu'an, Li Zhong and Zhao Bo'an, with them pressing on it, the civil and military officials really dare not have any ideas." ”

Speaking of this, Fan Zhongyun took a sip of water, and then continued: "Yang Daosi is old and holds the country, steady as a mountain, Liu Wei knows how to make good use of people, understands military affairs, both of them are political masters, and they are both from famous families, and their prestige is extremely high, and the civil and military officials of the entire court are divided into two major factions, the two flickered and struggled, and they also compromised with each other. Liu Wei and Yang Daosi may still be able to restrain themselves, not too intense, so that the situation gets out of control, but the factions behind the two cannot reach the same ambition, and they can't compromise at all, the differences between the two factions will become bigger and bigger, and the final result will only be a comprehensive break, so that you live and die. ”

"Now with the prestige of the saint, he can barely suppress the overall situation, but what about the emperor after a hundred years? Yang Daosi and Liu Wei are both over 70 years old, how many years can they live? After the death of the two, who can have enough prestige and ability to reconcile and control the overall situation of the court and the struggle between the factions? ”

Li Xun listened very attentively, Fan Zhongyun glanced at him, and continued: "This is only the internal situation, the external situation is even more crisis-ridden, since the eldest daughter of the former emperor Pingzong and pro-Monan, the Monan Hu clan has always maintained a good relationship with the Great Jin, but now the Monan Hu clan has begun to decline, and it has been unable to contain Mobei Wada, King Li Zhong led 150,000 troops to garrison Anbei, and Mobei Wada has been confronted for many years, no one can help anyone, as long as the Central Plains is not chaotic, this situation will continue to continue, the west Tufan, after years of cultivation, Has recovered its vitality, the new Zampu, great ambitions, eyeing my Great Jin, the southwest mourning, these years taking advantage of the civil strife in Funan, wantonly expanding the territory, the power has risen sharply, for the Great Jin has been no longer deferential, its attitude is becoming more and more arrogant, once the Great Jin has civil strife, Ailao will take the opportunity to send troops to invade, and finally Annan, Annan has been in civil strife for many years, the regime has changed several times, there is no need to worry for the time being. ”

"You said so much, why didn't you mention the festival envoys in various places?"

Li Xun listened to Fan Zhongyun's explanation, and his heart suddenly brightened, and he had a certain understanding of the situation in the world, but Fan Zhongyun said so much, but he did not mention those self-respecting temperance envoys, which made Li Xun feel quite strange.

Fan Zhongyun said lightly: "Although the Jiedu envoys in various places have heavy troops, they are all orthodox in the Great Jin, as long as the imperial court is not chaotic, occupies the righteousness, and does not give them the excuse to send troops, although there are many Jiedu envoys in the world, they cannot shake the foundation of the Great Jin Dynasty for the time being." ”

Li Xun nodded, pondered for a moment, and finally said, "Old Fan, what do you mean by saying so much?" Even if the foreign invasion and the destruction of the Great Jin Dynasty, I can't take the money and fly away, what can I do? ”

Fan Zhongyun smiled bitterly: "I said so much, why don't you still understand?" Now the battle for the prince is getting more and more fierce, Liu Wei supports Zhao Xun, Zhao Shuo is behind Yang Daosi and the entire Yang family, Liu Wei has the support of the emperor, and can barely compete with Yang Daosi, if there is no support from the emperor, the balance between the two sides will be broken, even if the emperor passes the throne to Zhao Xun, the king of Qi, Zhao Xun will not be able to keep the throne, when the ministers break up, there are strong enemies coveted, and the local festival envoys have the truth to send troops, and they will definitely give the Great Jin a fatal blow, and the world will be in chaos! ”

Speaking of this, Fan Zhongyun asked rhetorically: "Zhao Xun and Zhao Shuo have had a struggle for the throne, once Zhao Shuo ascends the throne as emperor, how can he let go of King Qi?" If something happens to King Qi, Concubine Li Guifei will definitely not be spared, as her own nephew, what kind of fate will it be? ”

Li Xun was silent, and finally had some other thoughts in his heart, and after a long time, Li Xun said silently: "Then what can I do?" ”

Fan Zhongyun's spirit was shocked, and after saying so much, Li Xun finally reacted: "Concubine Li Guifei is deeply favored by the emperor, you are her own nephew, with this relationship, the emperor will also love the house and Wu, and has a preference for you, such a good opportunity, how can you not take advantage of it?" ”

Li Xun smiled bitterly: "If I go directly to the emperor's uncle to ask for an official, even if I can get it, I'm afraid it will make him dislike." ”

Fan Zhongyun said with a smile: "Such a thing can only be tactful, how can it be said clearly?" The security in the south of the city has been poor, the magnates are unscrupulous, rampant and domineering, and the people dare not speak out, you can make suggestions to the emperor, set up a patrol battalion, and govern the security in the south of the city, so as to boost your prestige. ”