Chapter 154: Night Visits to the Prime Minister's Mansion
Ling Kun's planned "selling himself to bury his father" was disturbed by the fat lady of Cai Chengming's family, the richest man in Shu State, so he had to buy a coffin and pull the old beggar out of the city to bury him overnight.
On the way back, Zhao Mingyue asked, "What should I do next?" ”
Ling Kun shook his head and said, "There is no way for the time being. ”
Zhao Mingyue squinted at him and said slowly, "I have an idea. ”
Ling Kun saw Zhao Mingyue's wonderful eyes flickering with ill intentions, he felt a little cold on his scalp, and asked tentatively, "What do you think?" ”
"Look, you and I have a master-servant relationship, but now you are bold and reckless, kicking your nose in the face, daring, daring to bully me, and doing something to me, but when it comes to doing business, there is nothing you can do, so I think it is better to sell you to Miss Cai, you will definitely be able to sell it for a good price."
Ling Kun was startled, jumped to his feet and shouted, "Don't be, there is a way, there is a way." ”
Zhao Mingyue sneered and said: "Is there any way, let's talk about it, if it is not reliable, this princess will directly sell you to Miss Cai as a husband." ”
Ling Kun had no choice but to roll his eyes and think of a way, he knew that Zhao Mingyue would not really sell him, he couldn't afford to joke just like him, he trembled all over when he thought of the round fat lady.
It's just that he Ling Kun is not a clever Zhuge Liang, how can he think of such a way, but there is no good way, and there is always a stupid way. So he said: "My method is to sneak into Zhu Zixiao's house every night with light skills, and I can always find out after a long time." ”
Zhao Mingyue thought for a while and said, "The way is a little stupid, but now it has to be like this." ”
"Then you're not selling?" Ling Kun asked.
"If you dare to do anything to me in the future, I will sell you." Zhao Mingyue shook her little fist and said.
"Don't you dare, huh, old beggar?" Ling Kun said in horror behind Zhao Mingyue.
Zhao Mingyue was so frightened that she said "Mom", and plunged into Ling Kun's arms, Ling Kun bowed her head and kissed Zhao Mingyue's lips firmly. Only then did Zhao Mingyue know that she had fallen for the trick, she bit Ling Kun's lip hard, pushed him away and said angrily: "Ling Kun, you just bully me, you obviously don't dare to say it, why doesn't it count if you speak?" ”
Ling Kun touched the tooth marks on his lips and said with a smile:
"You said that I am not allowed to use my hands and feet in the future, doesn't that mean that I can now, am I misunderstood?"
Zhao Mingyue was extremely angry, and waved her fist and smashed it over: "Stinky rascal, you dare to play tricks, I will fight with you." ”
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At the beginning of the Shu State, all kinds of waste were waiting to be rebuilt, as the prime minister of a country, Zhu Zixiao, the country's government affairs had to be handled, and he was so busy every day that even when he returned home, he had almost no leisure time.
Shu is much smaller than the Great Song Dynasty, but Zhu Zixiao is much busier than Kou Zhun, the reason is that the emperor of Shu Wang Liguo has a clever way of governing the country, he handed over all government affairs to the prime minister, and handed over all military affairs to the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, and only kept finances in his hands.
Indeed, money is the lifeblood of a country, especially a country like Shu that does not even have taxes.
Zhu Zixiao has read poetry and books since he was a child, has a strategy for governing the country, and is well-known in Shudi. Zhu Zixiao himself has been ambitious since he was a child, and he is angry and strong, intending to achieve a great career.
However, Zhu Zixiao's strategy and the eight strands of the imperial court are obviously not the same routine, and he has been tested for ten years, but he just won a show. Seeing that he was about to pass the year of standing, but he achieved nothing, he was filled with grief and anger, and wanted to commit suicide several times. At this time, Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun rebelled and invited him to go out of the mountain to serve as a military advisor.
Zhu Zixiao thought about it again and again, it is impossible to enter the Great Song Dynasty, rather than silently exhausting his life like this, it is better to follow Wang Xiaobo to rebel, whether he lives or dies, it is a career, so he became the first master of Dashu.
Wang Xiaobo was defeated and died, Zhu Zixiao was rescued by the people of Shu and arranged to spend his days in a thatched hut at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain, he wanted to end his life like this, but 20 years later, Wang Xiaobo's son Wang Liguo was born again, and took the army to occupy Sichuan and Shu, established the country, and went to Qingcheng Mountain to invite him to be the prime minister of Shu.
Zhu Zixiao was pleasantly surprised, and readily agreed, he took Zhuge Liang as an example, did his best, and handled everything for Shu, and in less than two years, he took care of Shu in an orderly manner, and the people were rich and the country was strong. He was even more famous in Shu, and for a time he became a virtuous minister on the same level as Zhuge Liang.
Ling Kun has been squatting in the Prime Minister's Mansion for three consecutive nights, seeing Zhu Zixiao busy handling government affairs, meeting officials at all levels, swiping a big pen, spending money like flowing water, but never revealing where the money comes from.
Could it be that the treasury of Shu is a cornucopia that can be inexhaustible?
This night, Ling Kun once again took advantage of the night to sneak into the Prime Minister's Mansion with the "Praise of Father's Divine Behavior", and now he is familiar with the road and went straight to Zhu Zixiao's study. Generally speaking, Zhu Zixiao works here after returning home.
Still as he had been the other day, he hung himself upside down from the roof with a golden hook and hung himself from the back window of his study. The small hole left in the window yesterday is still there, and I just saw the scene inside.
Zhu Zixiao is reviewing the folds inside, yes, that is, he is reviewing the folds, in Shu, the emperor never cares about the folds, nor does he care about the affairs of the army, what he is doing, even Zhu Zixiao doesn't know, but no one dares to say that the emperor is a faint monarch, because Shu does not collect taxes, this is the emperor's ability.
Compared with Wang Liguo, Zhao Heng, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, worked diligently every day, walking on thin ice, and he was simply suffering.
Ling Kun hung on the window bored, thinking nonsense, suddenly heard a knock on the door, and then two people came in, one was the housekeeper Zhu Guilun, and the other was a girl with a tray.
The girl put the tray on the table and brought the soup bowl on the plate to Zhu Zixiao's table.
Zhu Guilun said: "Master, this is the new girl Ying'er, I see that she is clever and pleasing to the eye, so I let her wait for you in the study." ”
Zhu Zixiao didn't raise his head, and answered: "You can arrange these things, you don't have to report to me, oh, by the way, people have to be reliable, I have all state secrets here." ”
"Master, it's reliable, his family has been a farmer outside Chengdu for generations, and his grandfather has had dealings with my family."
"That's good." After Zhu Zixiao finished speaking, he continued to watch the folds.
Zhu Guilun said again: "Master, Qian Butong, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, is waiting in the front hall, saying that he has something important to see the master. ”
"Oh, Lord Qian is not an outsider, tell him to come directly to the study."
Zhu Guilun agreed to take Ying'er out.
Ying'er kept her head down after entering the door, Ling Kun didn't notice it, when she was about to go out at this moment, she naturally raised her head, Ling Kun was surprised when she saw her appearance, what kind of maid was this, it was Yelu Jingying who almost killed him.
Wasn't she the side concubine of the king of Western Xia? Why is it the girl of the Prime Minister's Mansion of Shu again? Who the hell is she? What are you going to do?