Chapter 43: Chatter in the Garden
The conversation between the two was comfortable, but he didn't expect to be interrupted suddenly, Qin Han was a little unhappy, but Li Cunxin was one step ahead of Qin Han and gave a salute to the visitor.
"Uncle Zhao, it turned out to be you."
The visitor nodded and said to the two. "I just passed by here, smelled the wine, and came to take a look, but I didn't expect it to be the two of you."
The person who came paused, looked at Qin Han, and said. "Do you remember me, this little friend?"
Qin Han got up, arched his hand towards the visitor, and said. "Xiaosheng has seen this, this uncle."
Qin Han scratched his head, although he had seen this person, he didn't know much about him, so he didn't know how to call him, so he had to follow Li Cunxin and call him uncle.
"Uncle Zhao, sit down." Li Cunxin gestured to Uncle Zhao.
Uncle Zhao was not polite and walked towards the seat.
Seeing that Guo Yong carefully wiped the stool with his sleeves, Qin Han pursed his lips, the relatives of this prince are different, such a big fan.
Uncle Zhao sat down, looked at the two who were still standing, and stretched out his hand to say. "Sit down, too."
"Here..." Li Cunxin hesitated, but Qin Han's ass had already fallen on the stool.
"It doesn't matter."
Uncle Zhao stopped Guo Chang, who wanted to speak, and shook his head.
Seeing Qin Han and Li Cunxin sit down honestly, Uncle Zhao opened his mouth.
"I just heard that the two of you were discussing border soldiers? How, is there any good understanding. ”
Li Cunxin shook his head and said. "Uncle Zhao, let's talk casually with the strength of wine, we can't take it seriously."
After Li Cunxin finished speaking, he pinched Qin Han next to him.
Comprehending Li Cunxin's meaning, although Qin Han didn't understand why Li Cunxin said this, he hurriedly responded. "The two of us are just talking casually, it's nothing."
Uncle Zhao shook his head and nodded at Li Cunxin. "What, is there anything you can't say? I don't blame you for saying something wrong, not to mention that I just heard what this little brother said, and I agree with it. ”
"Yes."
Li Cunxin answered, and did not say anything else.
Qin Han was a little confused about the origin of this Uncle Zhao, looking at Li Cunxin's tight-lipped appearance, it was estimated that he was also a general at the border pass. Li Cunxin was silent, and Qin Han was also silent.
Zhao Bo looked at the two of them and bowed their heads without speaking, and frowned, this was not the result he wanted, and as soon as his eyes rolled, he instructed Li Cunxin.
"Cunxin, I see that there are fewer dishes on the table, go and ask the kitchen to make a few dishes, you go and watch, and tell them to hurry up."
"Ah, I..." Li Cunxin was stunned when he heard the command, and wanted to shirk it, but as soon as Uncle Zhao glared, Li Cunxin was a little helpless, so he had to get up and agree.
"Yes, Uncle Zhao."
As soon as Li Cunxin came out of the garden, he felt anxious in his heart. "Brother, brother, don't say anything you shouldn't say."
After Li Cunxin was gone, Uncle Zhao smiled with satisfaction, but when he turned around, he saw Guo Chang also looking at him with a smile. Uncle Zhao's face was pale, and he said with a straight face. "Go, you go and see the storage letter, I don't feel at ease if he goes by himself."
Guo Chang was stunned for a moment, looked at Qin Han, and felt a pain in his heart. "Yes, sir."
Qin Han looked at Uncle Zhao and ordered Guo Chang to go to the back kitchen, pouting, this uncle was too worried about his nephew, he even had to go down to watch.
Now only himself and Qin Han were left, Zhao Bo nodded with satisfaction, and said to Qin Han again. "I just heard Xiaoyou say that the stability of the country is all the work of the border soldiers, and I agree with it. They received the emperor's favor, threw their heads and spilled their blood, and were extremely loyal. ”
Qin Han likes to talk with his roommates in this life, this Uncle Zhao opened the topic, and Qin Han's interest was re-hooked. "I don't think so, it's not so much to receive the emperor's favor as to live."
Uncle Zhao frowned, his face was not very good-looking. "To live?"
Qin Han only cared about the wine and food, and did not pay attention to Zhao Bo's face, and replied. "Yes, those generals who command the army can still be said to have received the emperor's favor, but those pawns have never even seen the emperor, so how can they talk about receiving the emperor's favor.
Maybe the uncle is in a high position, and he has never heard of a good man not being a soldier, and he is not a nail. Part of this is the fault of the generals, the soldiers are not clean-minded, and the generals are not able to restrain their subordinates well, so that some troops often disturb the people and are hated by the people. The other part is that those pawns are too bitter, not to mention the monthly salary, if they lose their hands and feet in the war, they are disabled, and the court subsidy is small, it is difficult to look at that little silver to maintain their lives.
Therefore, those who are willing to be soldiers really can't survive. ”
Uncle Zhao said. "But the soldiers' salaries are all formulated by Taizu, and the court has never deducted half a point."
Qin Han picked up the wine jar, filled it with Uncle Zhao, and continued. "Uncle Zhao, this silver can't be counted like this, decades have passed since Taizu has now, and now the price of the entire Great Jin Dynasty has increased several times, and the money that could buy a load of grain at the beginning can only buy a bucket now. It was enough to make money, but now it is certainly not enough. ”
Uncle Zhao's eyes lit up. "Is there a reason for this?"
"Of course, Uncle can find out by asking anyone."
Uncle Zhao nodded, and remembered another thing. "However, since the price of goods has increased so much, doesn't it mean that the saints are immoral today? Didn't manage the river well? ”
Qin Han shook his head. "Uncle, it's not like that, rising prices are not necessarily a bad thing, how to say it, this, anyway, it has nothing to do with the emperor."
For Zhao Bo's question, Qin Han was a little difficult to explain, the causes of inflation were many, and the impact was not necessarily bad, but these words really couldn't be explained to an ancient, so Qin Han had to change the topic.
"The most annoying people who have accidents in those countries are all blamed on the emperor."
Hearing Qin Han's words, Uncle Zhao's face turned happy. "But those great Confucians and sages all think so, even the Heavenly Khan, Tang Taizong Li Shimin, has issued an edict because of the locust plague."
Qin Han pursed his lips and said. "That's those people are ignorant, the locust plague is because of the drought for many years, so that those locust eggs have survived, which led to the locust plague, what does this have to do with Tang Taizong."
A hint of surprise flashed in Zhao Bo's eyes. "So that's the case, Qin Xiaoyou actually knows so much. I don't know what Qin Xiaoyou thinks of what Tang Taizong said about Junzhou Minshui? ”
After sparing for so long, he finally turned to the place he wanted to hear the most, Zhao Bo took a sip of wine and waited for Qin Han's answer.
Qin Han stopped his chopsticks and thought about it seriously before continuing. "The boat is the people's water, the water can carry the boat, and it can also overturn the boat. Tang Taizong can be said to have seen through the essence of dynastic change. Uncle Zhao, think about it, which change of dynasty was not because of the uprisings of the people everywhere, and which of the soldiers in those armies were not the people who worked in the fields on weekdays. Before this time, those adults will scold that these rebels are a group of people.
But I don't think so, I think those people are the most simple. I came from a humble background, and it was these people who came into contact with the most, who toiled in the fields all year round just to keep their stomachs full. For these people, filling their stomachs is a big deal, and it is too far away for them to be the king and hegemon.
Looking at the uprisings of all dynasties, which time was not because the people did not have enough to eat, and who would want to live the kind of life with their heads on the blade if they could eat enough. ”
"This, those hundred officials never told me about those things, they only told me that I lost the country, all because those monarchs lost their virtues." Emperor Jin sighed and shook his head.
"They, they, I?" Only then did Qin Han catch the key words in Emperor Jin's words, and hurriedly got up and saluted.
"The grass people don't know the identity of the emperor, and they act rudely, what they just said is just the grass people's drunken nonsense, and I hope the emperor will punish him."
Qin Han felt that the sweat was constantly flowing down his back, but he didn't dare to straighten up, no wonder Li Cunxin kept his mouth shut, and didn't let himself say more, it was over now.
Emperor Jin waved his hand and said. "It is all right, I forgive you for your innocence, and get up and speak."
"Thank you, long live the emperor." Qin Han hesitated, but he still got up slowly, but he didn't dare to continue to sit down, nor did he dare to continue to look directly at Emperor Jin.
"Sit down."
"This..."
"I'll allow you to sit down." Seeing that Qin Han did not move, Emperor Jin accentuated his tone.
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty." Qin Han sat cautiously on the stool, but his back was still a little wet.
Emperor Jin sighed and said. "Now I have a strong enemy outside the Great Jin, and there has been a drought in the Guannan for many years, and under the internal and external troubles, I am afraid that the people will suffer again, so that the people can not fill their stomachs, I am afraid that they will lose the hearts of the people. In the end, it's my fault. ”
Seeing Emperor Jin like this, Qin Han was also a little moved, and couldn't help but say. "The emperor doesn't have to be like this, the famine only needs to urge the state capitals to open warehouses and release grain, and the situation will definitely be stabilized."
Emperor Jin waved his hand and said. "You don't understand, because of the war in the frontier, a lot of grain and grass have been transferred to the frontier, and the opening of the warehouse and the release of grain can only survive."