On the sixth day of the first month of June, the official news was officially announced in Qinghe City, that is, after supervising the army, the newly appointed Liaodong Economic Strategy Yang Hao also visited Qinghe City. The civil and military officials in Qinghe were strange in their hearts, thinking of Zou Chuxian's abnormal behavior some time ago, and everyone was a little suspicious in their hearts. But no one dared to inquire about the details, anyway, the Lord of the Prison Army came, and the Marshal of Jingluo also came, as long as he knew this, it was enough.

As a result, everyone's original passive attitude of slacking off work was swept away, and they continued their previous work with high spirits. Some clever people secretly scolded Zou Chuxian in their hearts for not being interesting enough, and such a fatal event was not to give a hint first.

What a big deal the Minister of Strategy is coming. The attention of all the forces in the city was all focused on Yang Hao, and only a few people noticed that Yue Xiang had returned to Qinghe City in a low-key manner almost at the same time. When acquaintances such as Dong Mingchuan asked, they only deduced that they had gone to Sanyang Fort on a secret order, and it was inconvenient to say more about the rest of the situation related to military aircraft.

Later, Yang Ho summoned the city's Chinese martial arts, held a meeting to give lectures, boosted morale and taught combat strategies, and promoted Yue Xiang to the rank of Qianzong on the grounds that Yue Xiang was brave and courageous, and could walk in the Jingluo Journey.

This news can be described as extremely shocking to everyone, this Yue Xiang's feelings are really the right place for the ancestors of the previous life, and there is such good luck at the head. The army pays the most attention to seniority, and how many old fritters who have been mixed in the army for more than ten or twenty years have never encountered such an opportunity in their lives.

How many people were secretly jealous, how many people were secretly envious, but on the surface, they all congratulated Yue Xiang. After all, this is a position where you can talk by the side of Lord Jinglu, and with your own local fellows, Qinghe's life may be better in the future. Besides, Yue Xiang is a person with real skills, there are so many people in the city, only he has really fought with the Jianzhou soldiers. With this, although many people are jealous, they cannot be unconvinced psychologically.

Behind the superficial scenery, Yue Xiang's heart was not a taste, he knew very well what price he had paid.

Partly because of money, he was forced to confess the location of a high Huai Zangjin, in order to save his life. Other than that, he found that there was no way out of his current predicament, but that wasn't the most frustrating thing for him. He found that his power was much smaller than he had imagined, and that he could do much less than he had imagined, and that was what frustrated him the most. He began to wonder if his "destiny" was just an imagination of his own.

Only now did he realize that he had thought that by understanding the trend of history, he would definitely be able to be invincible and omnipotent in this backward era and with his advanced knowledge. But he found that he hit a wall everywhere, was controlled by people everywhere, and all kinds of setbacks hit him almost continuously, and he even doubted how long he could hold on without being knocked down.

At first, he believed that he was carrying some kind of "destiny" to this era, but now he wondered if this was some kind of accident, in fact, he was not as great as he imagined, and he was now an ordinary person. Even those people who usually look down on him, if they want to move the real thing, they can easily erase their existence, such as Yang Hao.

I knew that he would lose the battle in the future, but there was nothing he could do to change that fact now. Although he despised him, he had to compromise with him, because he didn't even have the ability to protect himself in front of him. Keep in mind .. com thinks it's ridiculous when you think about it, just like this, you still have the face to feel that others are incompetent, and you can't even handle an incompetent person, isn't that even more incompetent?

In fact, he felt that his efforts had not changed anything obvious in this era, on the contrary, he felt that this era was changing himself, he felt that he was becoming more and more like an ancient person, and he was beginning to adapt to some of the things here. The uncompromising resolve to certain principles is now beginning to waver.

He only now realizes that he had made some things too simple before, and he thought that he could change history, but now he realizes that it requires strength, and now that he does not have this power, it is difficult to say whether he will have it in the future. It was not even clear to him how much power that would be needed.

The reason why I was so confident before was that I had never met a really awesome character.

Now as soon as he meets Yang Hao, those illusory illusions of himself immediately disappear. He is now in front of him, like a powerless baby facing a giant man, although it is painful, but I have to admit that he is not a level opponent at all. I thought I could do anything, but when I encountered real difficulties, I realized that my strength was pitiful.

He only now realizes that he thinks of himself too much. If the situation in the entire Liaodong is like a deep pool, and he is now a live fish at best, the impact of the waves that can be stirred up is too limited, and in the eyes of those who really control the overall situation, his own energy may not affect the overall situation at all.

At the same time, he also realized that he had never considered such a question, that is, the history of this era that he was bent on changing.

Let's not talk about whether you have this power, even if you do, but if the era itself does not have the will to change, and you insist on pushing it to change it, it is tantamount to being the enemy of the entire era, and the result of this is the end you want? And what he wanted to end up, he realized he hadn't thought about it.

He had only been bent on fighting the Jurchen invasion, but if he succeeded, what would happen? Will the Ming Dynasty continue to rule? Judging from the current ** and chaos of the Ming Dynasty, even if the Jurchens are bulldozed, there will be other foreign enemies that will continue to rise, and after a period of time, internal and external troubles will continue to appear, if this is the case, what is the need to continue to save this hopeless dynasty.

People have a life, and empires have a life. The Ming Dynasty should have reached the age of the last years of the wind and candles, and the fate has arrived. Continuing to let the Ming Dynasty rule China, Yue Xiang did not think that this was the outcome he wanted to see, but he also did not want to see the Jurchens enter the Central Plains. Although the propaganda slogan a few hundred years later was that fifty-six nationalities were one, that was then. Today's people, including Yue Xiang, don't think that the Jurchens and the Han are one family.

So what do you want? Do you want the emergence of a new power of a third party? Yue Xiang thought about Li Zicheng, but denied it again, judging from Li Zicheng's performance after entering Beijing, he knew that this person was still the character of a bully bandit in his bones, he could succeed, but he couldn't make a big deal.

After thinking about it, he realized that everything he had been thinking about before seemed to be a fantasy with no end in sight. He felt confused, he had been groping his way through the fog, but now he realized that the previous path seemed to be not quite right. Even if you don't know which way to take from the beginning, you only know which path to avoid, and you don't have a clear goal.

With all sorts of confused thoughts, he returned home.

The Yue family's vitality that had already tormented him was greatly damaged, and he sold his real estate, raised military expenses, and armed his family. Now hundreds of families have been wiped out, hundreds of thousands of silver taels of military investment have been lost, and the Yue family has changed from a big clan in the city to a broken house, and there is a big mansion left.

Most of the strong men in the clan joined the army with him, but basically all of them died on the battlefield, and many old women and children of the same clan who lost their sons and husbands hated him to the bone. He knew all these things, so he basically didn't go home when he was fine, and he didn't have anything pleasing to look at when he got home anyway.

Everything that can be sold has been sold, his "father" was so angry with him that he couldn't even speak, and his "old lady" Huang saw him so loser, and his attitude of supporting him from the beginning has also changed, and he is counted down every day, in short, the whole family scoops him as a plague god, but they can't control him.

This time he was nominally going out to do business, but just seeing that the housekeeper Li Liang did not come back, he knew that the result was not good. In the eyes of many people, the last hope of the Yue family to turn around has also been shattered.

These days, the Yue family, from the old lady to the maid and the servant, are all sad and lifeless, and they all know that the prospect of such a loser in the Yue family's stall is definitely not good, and they can't open a monthly case, and many helpers and helpers have left, leaving only those who are still in the hands of others who can't leave, but they have no intention of doing things.

In this case, Yue Xiang didn't want to go home, but there was nowhere else to go. He was thinking that maybe this was the last time he would return to this "home" to see, although he had no feelings for this place, but after all, this was the place where "himself" grew up, and some memories could still be imagined. After all, it is a kind of fate to be reborn here, and if you want to see this place in the future, you may not have a chance.

He was ready to endure the resentment of the remnants of his clan once, and he wanted to beat or scold them as he pleased. After all, when he took their husbands, sons, and brothers to join the army, he said the bold words of living and dying together, and now he is the only one left alive, and it is really false to say that he is not ashamed in his heart. After all, it is a good family, and now that he has become this appearance after being tossed by himself, he himself feels a little unreasonable.

Originally, he wanted to jump in through the back wall, but when he passed by the gate, he thought about it and decided to enter through the gate anyway. As a result, when he opened the door of the mansion, he saw that the maids and servants inside were very shocked when they saw him, he stiffened his face, lowered his head slightly, and stepped into the courtyard, only to find that the people inside actually cheered.

"The second master is back! The second master is back! ”

Yue Xiang was stunned for a moment, at first he almost thought that he was welcoming others, but then he saw these subordinates hugging them one by one with a smile on their faces, and they did their best to do what they could, not only did they feel strange in their hearts, but they also thought to themselves, when did I, a mourning star, become so popular?

"Second master, just now the young master of the Dong family, the young master of the Ma family, Zou Junmen and other adults have already come, and they all sent generous gifts, saying that the second master has been promoted, and he has been favored by the marshal of Jingluo Yang, and he is going to Beijing to be a big official! The little one congratulated the second master! ”

All the servants present expressed their reverence for Yue Xiang, and he only then understood what was going on. It's really warm and cold, and when he was unlucky before, these people avoided him. Unexpectedly, as soon as he was promoted now, he immediately came out to show his hospitality. It is unheard of for Zou Chuxian, a dignified deputy general, to give himself such a gift. However, he didn't know about the things between himself and Yang Hao, maybe he really thought that he had to be treated differently by Lord Jingluo, so he naturally wanted to express it. Being an official is human nature.

He was surrounded by everyone and walked to the main hall, but he saw his old lady Huang Zhengle closing her mouth and counting the amount of gift money there, and as soon as she saw Yue Xiang come back, she immediately came up and praised him as his own son, who really has the ability to go to the capital to be a big official. He is a woman's family, where does he know what kind of official the strategy is, but I heard that even the governor has to stand aside in front of others, and she knows how old the governor is.

Then the uncles in the clan also rushed over when they heard the news, and they dared to wait for him here for a long time, and they all seemed to have completely forgotten what they used to look at Yue Xiang, and they seemed to have forgotten that their own children all died because of him. All of them enthusiastically had a relationship with Yue Xiang, praising him for his promising, which is a bit of a one-person ascension to heaven.

Seeing this formation, Yue Xiang's heart seemed to be much more relaxed, obviously in this harsh place, the environment has honed people to know how to survive very well. He found that he didn't seem to feel so guilty anymore, but just lightly promised, circling around the crowd. The Yue family seems to have returned to the previous time when they were harmonious. He, the plague god who ruined the family, seems to have become the leader who leads the revival of the family at this moment.

"Mother, what's going on with these people? Didn't you look at me like a plague god some time ago? ”

"Which one is this? You are an official now, and my son is an official! Can they not stutter? Hahahehe, my son is an official......" In the back hall, the Huang family counted the envelopes of silver, and the beauty was a little incoherent.

"I used to be an official, why don't I see them so respectful." Yue Xiang sneered, picked up a piece of silver casually, and checked it, about fifty taels, obviously the property of the Yue family was almost wiped out by him, but these relatives in the side branch still had some inventory on hand.

"Silly words, what was your former official name? Who gave you the seal? Now this is sealed by Lord Jingluo himself, so is it fake? How big is this lord, is he bigger than the governor? ”

"After a while, it's about the same as Qincha. If there is a sword of Shang Fang, no matter how big or small the official is, he will cut it first and then play it. The governor is still worse than him. Yue Xiang's words made the Huang family even more happy, thinking of such a big official, he never dreamed of it before. Yue Xiang ignored her, and only waited for her to be beautiful enough before asking, "Mother, has our family ever done business with the Jurchens before?" ”

"This mother doesn't know, I don't know anything about this business, it's all your brother's former Zhang Luo."

"Have there been any people from outside the house these days? What kind of small traders, hawkers and stuff like that. ”

"I don't know if it's a mother, I've been heartbroken for your business these days, how can I have time to care about this. It's the ones who go out to deal with it. ”

"I've seen a lot of people gone, how many are left?"

"Except for those who sold themselves, the rest are gone. There were seven or eight left. ”

"Are there any of them who are more advanced than my eldest brother or Li Liang?"

"What do you ask for?" Huang looked at his son, his eyes full of puzzlement......