On December 1, the dynasty broke up unhappily.

The lead-gray sky was heavy, the cold wind outside the Xuande Hall was cold, and the iron armor on the warriors condensed white ice. The courtiers of the scattered dynasty were cold, cold, hungry and afraid, and the cold gaze of the Son of Heaven when he dispersed the dynasty made everyone's hearts cold, and they only thought about leaving the land of right and wrong far away, returning home, and warming up.

Wei Yishen was helped by two little eunuchs to walk towards his sedan chair, he was unforgiving, and after half a day, his whole body was sore, and his old cold feet had an attack again. The sedan chair man raised the curtain high, Wei Yishen just bent down, and the sedan chair docked next to him lifted the curtain on the sedan curtain, and Liu Xinming's face appeared.

"Wei Xiang, congratulations, the marriage between Ling Sun and Princess Anshou will be reached soon, and the old man's family will wash their necks in hundreds of mouths, waiting to add some red to your family with blood." Liu Xinming gritted his teeth and said.

Without waiting for Wei Yishen to answer, the curtain fell, and Liu Xinming's sedan chair left.

The news of the Great Dynasty quickly blew through every corner of the Yongchang Imperial Capital with the north wind, and extended to different corners of Dazheng, and the chill came out of the Xuande Palace, and the entire Dazheng seemed to have entered a cold winter.

There were two pots of silver charcoal in the study, and Liu Xinming still felt cold.

The Son of Heaven is dissatisfied with himself, Liu Xinming knows it, but Liu Xinming is not very worried. The ups and downs of the family are common, as long as the family does not hurt the fundamentals, cutting off one or two branches will soon be reborn, and the descendants of the Liu family are full of talents, even if they are suppressed today, they will inevitably have to be reused again when the next son of heaven is born.

However, Wei Yishen's statement made Liu Xinming deeply frightened, the family has always been together, except for the Shi family and the Wang family, the other eight families can be said to be related, it can be said that one is prosperous and the other is lost, such a simple reason Wei Yishen can't see it? When his Wei family was in a downturn, the old man of the Liu family did not contribute less.

Liu Xinming angrily threw the teacup in his hand to the ground, did Wei Yishen even ignore the interests of the family for his grandson to marry Princess Anshou? Even if the Wei family can become popular today, without the help of other families, the Wei family will definitely be unable to support itself. No, the old man has to go to Wei's house to ask for clarification.

"Someone, prepare a sedan chair."

East Academy, white-headed and white-headed, have intersected for 50 years, work hand in hand, fight openly and secretly, can't tell whether they are friends or enemies, but they are definitely rare confidants.

"Willow roots, I can't sit still, the old man is thinking that it will take half an hour to come, why the older you get, the more you can't hold your breath." Wei Yishen poured a glass of wine for Liu Xinming and said, "It's cold at night, drink a cup of bright moon incense to warm up your body." ”

Liu Xinming was not polite, took a sip of the cup, spit out a long smell of wine, and said with a gloomy smile: "The bright moon fragrance of the Wang family is the recipe that took away the Chen family, the Chen family used to be a family like us, and now his children are burning charcoal in Longwu City." Wei Niangzi, do you see that my Liu family used to have a good relationship with the Chen family, and plan to send my Liu family and the Chen family to be companions together. ”

Wei Yishen took a mouthful of food, chewed it slowly, and praised: "This deer tendon is crispy and soft, simmered with three ginseng until soft, it has the effect of tonifying the spleen and stomach, aphrodisiac and benefiting essence, willow roots, your body has already been hollowed out, just to make up." ”

"Make up for your mother", Liu Xinming put his wine glass on the slap and scolded: "Wei Yishen, believe it or not, your grandfather Liu lifted your table." ”

Wei Yishen smiled dumbly, and said: "Willow roots, willow roots, you still have this unprovoked temper, you can do the household book, your old man's shadow accounts for seventy percent, everyone is looking at his old man's face to let you have a few points." ”

Liu Xinming's father, Liu Minfeng, successively served as six scholars, known as "Liu Liubu", as a teacher, and helped countless people in his life. Hearing Wei Yishen mention his deceased father, Liu Xinming was surprisingly silent, and silently spilled the wine in his hand on the ground.

Wei Yishen put away his smile, picked up the wine and said solemnly: "Respect Uncle Liu", and spilled the wine on the ground.

The atmosphere in the room became serious, and Wei Yishen said: "Today, I follow the will of the Son of Heaven to suppress the family, not to sell well, but just to be responsible, the responsibility of the prime minister, to reconcile yin and yang, and alleviate contradictions, I believe that Liu Bo will definitely support me to do so." ”

"Tell me about it". Liu Xinming restrained his arrogance, and every wrinkle on his face exuded a deep one.

"Do you think the old man doesn't stand up, what will happen to the court today?"

"What will happen?" Liu Xinming smiled sarcastically: "It's just that the head is on the ground, do you think the old man will be afraid of death?" This pus, the old man has long wanted to squeeze it. If the old man dies, you killers will touch your neck and find a way to get this son of heaven down. ”

Wei Yishen said angrily: "You are happy, have you ever thought about the consequences of doing this?" How many lives are at risk? ”

"Instead of being cut to death finely, it's better to have a good time, and the fish will die and the net will be broken." Liu Xinming's eyes revealed madness.

"Hey, hey, hey, in fact, you and the Son of Heaven are the same people, and you do things regardless of the consequences. In fact, there is no need to get into a situation where the fish is dead and the net is broken, as long as you feel the temper of the Son of Heaven, you can follow the hair. Wei Yi inspected the wine and raised his hand to persuade the guests.

"Tell me." Liu Xinming played with the wine glass and said with a smile: "Among our generation, you Wei Niangzi is the most vicious and scheming, what should I do?" ”

"Today's son wants to be a saint of the ages, comparable to the ancestors, and expand the territory......"

"Phew, it's up to him", Liu Xinming said disdainfully: "Wen Tian Wuxi, if he can pass on a few more generations, even if his Shi family burns high incense." ”

"Brother Liu is cautious", Wei Yishen pointed to it, listened to it, and said in a low voice: "Long Wei is terrible. ”

Liu Xinming scolded a few words in a low voice, but did not say anything more.

"I received an emergency report from the border yesterday, the snow is several feet deep, and the northern desert has suffered a white disaster."

Liu Xinming was not an idiot, and exclaimed: "It's going to be a war? "The northern desert is mainly nomadic, and after the white plague, the cattle and sheep have no feed, and they will inevitably starve to death in large numbers. In the spring of the following year, in order to make a living, the herdsmen had to pack up their knives and arrows and go south to grab grain and property.

There has been no war between Dazheng and the Northern Desert for 12 years, if the war starts, the northern states will be in flames, the people will inevitably flee south, the treasury is empty and unable to deal with it, and I am afraid that the family will not be able to protect under the nest. A thin layer of sweat broke out on Liu Xinming's forehead.

At the time of the national disaster, Liu Xinming didn't care about fighting with the Son of Heaven, and said hurriedly: "I will calculate the treasury and silver taels tomorrow, and urge all localities to pay this year's taxes and silver, Wei Xiang, you have to find a way to delay the war, it is best to avoid the war, and under the war, both sides will lose." For the time being, the matter of clearing the acres of land will be done according to the intention of the Son of Heaven, raise more money to come out, and deal with the current situation first. ”

Shi Fangzhen's brows furrowed, and he walked uneasily in the imperial study. He also saw the report at the border pass, a sudden war is about to start, domestic affairs have just improved, time does not wait for me, as long as I am given three more years of effort, I will be able to enrich the treasury and win this battle. Tomorrow we will discuss with Wei Xiang what can be done to delay the arrival of the big war, and it is urgent to clear the acres and acres of land and enrich the treasury, and immediately push the whole country away.

Five days later, Master Li learned the news of the dynasty and completely collapsed and fell unconscious. Li Zhuang began to be busy preparing for the funeral, the people were panicked, a stormy scene, and even the errand boys knew that the Li family was about to be in trouble.

Li Mingde was still calm and calm in front of people, his two red eyes betrayed him, he didn't sleep well for two consecutive days, and when he closed his eyes, he seemed to see the holy decree passed down, raiding his house and destroying the door.

The tough attitude of the Son of Heaven frightened some people, and Ning Xian Ling had long forgotten to take the Li family's silver, and had promised to look forward to the horse's head. Since the eighth day of December, as soon as the gate of Li Zhuang was opened, the sedan chair of Ning County Ling appeared outside the gate of Zhuang, and Li Mingde had no intention of perfunctory him, so that the second uncle Li Shicheng accompanied him to complain.

Qing Zhan made the yamen surprisingly silent, the biting dog did not bark, and Li Mingde knew that he was waiting for his own statement. The Li family has reported that they have encroached on 2,325 hectares of land, and it seems that Yu Zhijie's taste is not small, and he does not intend to let the Li family go.

It's time to make a choice, my father is unconscious, and it's up to me whether the Li family's difficulties can be overcome. Li Mingde dipped his head in cold water and cleared his swollen mind with the help of the icy stimulation.

Unlike his father's toughness, Li Mingde has always believed in overcoming rigidity with softness, and several of his father's hard hands have failed, making the situation of the Li family very passive, and the sixth brother was severely reprimanded by the Son of Heaven, which was also aimed at the Li family. If it is really hard top, I am afraid that the holy decree in the dream will really come.

After drinking the bowl of hot ginseng soup, Li Mingde felt warm all over his body, and his sluggish spirit was concentrated again. In the past 20 years, all the secret contracts signed by the Li family and others have been handed over to the government, and Li Mingde estimated that it is almost nearly 2,000 hectares, and the fields of more than 4,000 hectares are almost eight or nine tenths of the Li family's secret contract, and the sincerity is enough.

The arrears of taxes are nearly 100,000 taels, and of course the Li family can take out these silvers, but how to get them is a knowledge. Li Mingde stretched out his hand and rubbed his temples, the Li family has done good deeds in Anqi County for three hundred years, helping the poor, building bridges and roads, although some unscrupulous children act dissolutely, but in general, no one in Anqi has a better reputation than the Li family. The voice of the people looks useless on weekdays, but it can play a big role at critical times.

"Li Fu, you take someone to the county seat tomorrow and sell the goods in your family's store at a discount, so you can say that the old man fell ill in order to raise the outstanding taxes, and the Li family can only sell the property to pay the arrears of taxes. Secretly send people out on the street to talk about the miserable situation at home, understand? After a few days, the shop on the bright side was also sold. ”

Steward Li bowed and said, "The old slave understands." ”

"Master, there are difficulties at home, the old slave still has a thousand taels of silver in his hand, take it to the family for emergency use, see the old man lying on the bed, the old slave's heart is like a knife, master, you have to take care of your body, sleep well, forgive the old slave for saying a presumptuous word, if the old slave falls again, the Li family will really fall." Li Fu wiped his tears as he spoke, he has been the housekeeper of the Li family since his grandfather, and the family is the real confidant of the Li family.

Li Mingde nodded gratefully and said, "Uncle Fu, you are the old man in the family, and you can't fall in the Li family." I don't need the money, and the family can't even get a few thousand taels of silver, I just want to show the world the plight of the Li family and win the sympathy of the people. When public opinion comes up, the situation of my Li family will improve. ”

Yu Zhijie also knew what happened in the Great Dynasty, the Son of Heaven supported himself, and the clearing of the fields and acres must be completed beautifully. In the past few days, the good news has continued to come, and the number of acres of land found in various counties has skyrocketed, and has exceeded 15,000 hectares.

There is also a problem solved, Feng Shaojun, the assassin of the German family, sent a letter, taking the initiative to mention that the 560 hectares of land occupied by the Shangjiao family, human affection, some people must have affection, Feng Tingshi takes good care of his own family, and Jiang Anyi is also promoted by his insight, these feelings add together, so that Yu Zhijie is not easy to come forward, and the arrival of this letter really relieved him.

When the news came that Xuchanghua was robbed and killed halfway, Jiang Anyi's mood was not high, and he couldn't lift his spirits to do things. Yu Zhijie once said that as long as the Li family handed over the land, Jiang Anyi would not need Jiang Anyi to do other things, and now the Li family has handed over more than 2,000 hectares of land, and yesterday it was rumored that there are about 2,000 hectares, more than 4,000 hectares are almost, and Yu Zhijie doesn't want to do things too much. The Li family handed over more than 4,000 hectares, plus the number of clean-ups in various places, it should not be difficult to break through 20,000 hectares a year ago, and it has already met Yu Zhijie's expectations, and I believe that the Son of Heaven will also be greatly surprised by this number.

Yu Zhijie waved his hand, let Jiang Anyi take leave, let him go home for the New Year, and then go to Anqing Mansion on an errand after the 20th day of the first month.

Before Jiang Anyi left, Yu Zhijie's troubles came.