Chapter 548: The Centrists

The incense candles in the ancestral hall are burning, and there is a continuous light smoke, but it gives people a very relaxed feeling to stay here as if there is no dispute, and they will only think about how to govern the acre and three points of land in Shaanxi, and those intrigues will be thrown aside.

I understand that it is impossible to calmly think about the question that Shi Bin just raised here, and if you want to weigh the pros and cons clearly, you must leave here. Therefore, after thinking for a while, Wang Lixin spoke: "Master Shi is right, this official should think carefully about what to do. After a pause, Wang Lixin said again: "Please rest assured, although Wang is not a decent gentleman, but he is still acting above board, if one day he is forced to become Lord Shi's opponent, he will tell you openly, and he will never hold his fists openly and kick his legs secretly." As for now, I will still fully support Lord Shi to govern Shaanxi. ”

Having said this, Shi Bin felt that it was pointless to talk about these things for the time being, not to mention that it was not easy for Wang Lixin to be willing to say these thoughts to him, he couldn't be insatiable, he had to let him and himself really rest and rest. Therefore, after thanking Wang Lixin again and again, Shi Bin proposed not to talk about these unpleasant issues, but to understand the actual lives of those villagers.

After days of hard work and hard rest, Wang Lixin didn't want to go back to the city so early. Although he was a little worried that Shi Bin would win him over, he asked himself if he was loyal to the Great Song Dynasty and would not betray him. What's more, if you learn more about Shi Bin, there may be some unexpected gains, so after thinking about it, Wang Lixin also agreed.

What I saw was still similar to the situation when I entered the village, although the villagers never stopped to rest, but they were not restless, at most they complained that they had to leave their hometown.

Since they wanted to understand the situation in the village, Shi Bin and the others simply chose a decent family to settle in, and the owner of the house naturally entertained him well when he saw that the people who came were generous, and he was very courteous.

"This friend, your surname." Shi Bin asked.

That person was very discerning, and when he saw that Shi Bin and the others had a good appearance and extraordinary momentum, he immediately guessed that it was not an ordinary person, and immediately replied very humbly: "Shengdou Xiaomin doesn't dare to be a noble character, the surname is Liu, and the master just calls me Lao Liu." ”

"That's Lao Liu. My family and friends came out today to go out, and when they were tired, they went into the village to rest, and when they passed by the ancestral hall, they were a little curious and went in to take a look, but found that there were not only ancestral tablets but also other people's immortal tablets, what is going on? ”

Lao Liu said to Shi Bin very excitedly: "This lord, those two immortal tablets belong to two officials from our Shaanxi. One is Lord Shi Binshi, the envoy of the system along the river, and the other is Lord Wang Lixin, the Shaanxi transfer envoy. ”

Looking at Lao Liu in surprise, Shi Bin asked in confusion: "Lao Liu, why are you so excited when you talk about these two people?" ”

"This lord, you must not be a local, maybe not from Shaanxi. But all the people of Shaanxi are grateful to these two adults. ”

"Why should you be grateful to them? I heard before that Wang Lixin is planning to charge you refugees some 'registration fee', isn't he a good official?" said Shi Bin with a cold face. But after finishing speaking, he secretly gave Wang Lixin a smiling look.

"The lord must not know the specific situation, but Lord Wang still did not collect the 'registration fee' in the end, and fully subsidized us, so that our refugees could settle down within three months. The system made the adult naturally have a great credit, because it was he who persuaded Lord Wang not to levy the 'registration fee', but the villain thought that Lord Wang should be the first to take the credit. After all, if there is no actual operation of Lord Wang, it may be difficult for an adult and a military general to govern Shaanxi so well in such a short period of time. Lao Liu said very firmly.

Although Shi Bin is not cheeky, he is not thin-skinned, and he accepted this award comfortably. And Wang Lixin's face is much thinner, he almost did something wrong before, but now he is so praised that he feels very embarrassed, and his face immediately turned red into pork liver.

"It makes sense, I didn't expect Lao Liu to be able to see things so accurately. Lord Shi did just say two sentences, and the specific things were all done by Lord Wang. Shi Bin didn't care what Wang Lixin was like, he just smiled to himself.

As soon as he heard this old man's praise, Lao Liu talked endlessly, if it weren't for the fact that this Lao Liu didn't know himself and Wang Lixin, Shi Bin would think that he was a complete flatterer.

The more he listened to Wang Lixin, the more embarrassed he became, and later he actually felt that it was so difficult to move his steps, and in the end he could only leave Lao Liu in the room on the grounds that he was tired and needed to rest.

Looking at Wang Lixin's pig-liver-colored face and restrained appearance, Shi Bin, Jia Ling, Sai Xishi and Xu Feng couldn't help but laugh in the end. Although he was ridiculed, Wang Lixin had nothing to say, couldn't get angry, and even suspected that Lao Liu, who spared no effort to praise himself, was deliberately arranged by Shi Bin.

As the suspicion in Wang Lixin's eyes grew, Shi Bin realized that he had to explain, otherwise it would be easy to cause misunderstanding, so he said: "Lord Wang, you don't think that Lao Liu just now was arranged by me, right?" ”

"I didn't say that." Having said that, the suspicion in Wang Lixin's words is very obvious.

"That Lao Liu was definitely not arranged by Shi, Shi can swear to the sky. To be honest, Shi didn't expect this Lao Liu to respect you so much, but to put me, the person who saved them fundamentally, behind you, it's really helpless" Shi Bin smiled bitterly and shook his head regretfully.

This sentence made Wang Lixin's face turn red again.

"Lord Wang, do you really want to rest or just take that old Liu away?" Shi Bin smiled slyly and said, "If you suddenly feel tired, you should rest and rest, and then we will go back to the city after resting." ”

was first stimulated by the immortal tablet that did exist in the ancestral hall, and then stimulated by Lao Liu's endless good words, how could Wang Lixin not feel tired when he was so excited? Naturally, they agreed to rest first and then return to the city. Wang Lixin rested, but Shi Bin and the others did not, because they felt that this might be a good opportunity for Wang Lixin to support Shi Bin more firmly and even join Shi Bin.

"Have you seen Wang Lixin like that? Is it possible to work for me? Shi Bin asked.

"My lord, it is unlikely that you will be able to work for the time being, but you will definitely be able to support you for a longer time under the pressure of the imperial court. It used to be maybe half a year, but now it's at least a year. Xu Feng said after thinking for a while.

"It makes sense, Xu Feng is right, this is the most likely scenario." Jia Ling immediately agreed.

"Isn't it possible to serve the husband, is it impossible at all?" Sai Xi Shi asked unwillingly.

"It's not that it's impossible to serve the husband, but it's not possible for the time being. Wang Lixin is a loyal person, and it may be difficult to betray the Song Dynasty if he is not forced to the end of the road. Jia Ling explained helplessly.

"Are you going to be at the end of your rope?" Shi Bin asked very distressedly after hearing this.

"I'm afraid yes. But if the husband is unwilling, it is better to tempt and tempt now. Besides, the purpose of our coming today is to test him. Jia Ling said.

So Shi Bin decided to start trying to win him over after Wang Lixin woke up.

said that he was sleeping, but in fact, Wang Lixin Wang Lixin tossed and turned in bed for nearly a quarter of an hour and didn't fall asleep, purely rolling on the bed. Later, it was boring to roll by myself, so I had to go out of the room to see Shi Bin.

Seeing that Wang Lixin was still like that, they knew that he was not asleep at all, but he didn't poke it, Jia Ling said with a smile: "Lord Wang, woke up?" ”

"Yes, wake up."

"We have something to discuss with you." Jia Ling smiled, "What do you think of the current situation?" ”

"Naturally, the situation is good." "But it could be better." ”

"Then Lord Wang thinks that if the imperial court interferes, the situation will be better?" Jia Ling asked again.

Of course, the answer is 'no', but Wang Lixin will not answer like this, but said an ambiguous answer: 'If the order issued by the imperial court is good, it will naturally help the current situation.' If the order issued by the imperial court is not very good, as long as we make appropriate changes, it will also make the situation in Shaanxi better. ’

"Makes sense." Jia Ling smiled disdainfully, "May I ask what Lord Wang thinks of Yue Wumu's death?" ”

Everyone knows that Yue Wumu was killed by Qin Hui on a 'trumped-up' charge, and Song Xiaozong rehabilitated Yue Fei when he ascended the throne, and Song Gaozong was still alive at that time, but he never objected. Hearing such a sentence, Wang Lixin immediately felt a little helpless.

If it is said that Yue Fei died unjustly, it is to admit from one side that the imperial court has done something to Shi Bin now. If it is said that Yue Fei died unjustly, it is to distinguish between right and wrong, and he is sucking him Wang Lixin's own mouth.

"Let's not discuss this, the most important thing now is to govern Shaanxi, not to discuss unjust cases." Wang Lixin had no choice but to divert the topic.

"Well, then don't discuss such a sensitive topic. Then may I ask Lord Wang, if the court really wants to get rid of my husband and Jun as soon as possible, do you think it is better for my husband to be restrained, or will he fight back? ”

Unexpectedly, when he woke up, Jia Ling suddenly said this, Wang Lixin felt uneasy in his heart, but he couldn't help answering, so he had to say: "Shi Bin is a minister of the Great Song Dynasty, the king wants the minister to die, the minister can't not die, of course Lord Shi shouldn't be a thief." But if the imperial court is really wrong, Wang will inevitably unite with his colleagues to avenge Lord Shi. ”

"Lord Wang, it's not your own head that drops, it's really easy to speak. I still remember a saying that 'the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king'. But his Zhao family doesn't seem to have been the emperor from the beginning, but the usurped throne of the world," Sai Xishi said unceremoniously.

Forced into a corner by Sai Xishi, Wang Lixin felt very unhappy, so he turned his head to look at Shi Bin and asked, "Lord Shi, what do you two ladies mean by this?" ”

"It's nothing, I just want to know what I should do if the court really wants to kill me. We couldn't find an answer, so we asked them to ask you. ”

"Now that the answer has come out, my attitude is that you can't be a traitor, but if the court is wrong, I will definitely unite my colleagues to protect you." Wang Lixin said angrily.

"Lead the neck to be killed, lead the neck to be killed" Shi Bin said bitterly, shaking his head helplessly, "Lord Wang, do you just want to unite with your colleagues to protect me, and don't want to help me?" ”

"Help?" As soon as he heard Shi Bin's words, Wang Lixin immediately broke out in a cold sweat. Everyone knows what it means to help Shi Bin. Today's Shi Bin is actually a big separatist warlord, but he is not king. If you help him, you are a real thief.

"Lord Wang, I remember that you often say that you must take the world as your own responsibility, that is to say, you must put the people of Li first, right?" Shi Bin said with a smile.

"It's nature. Otherwise, wouldn't I have become a villain shouting empty slogans? ”

"Shi doesn't know how to be modest, and he asks himself if he still takes the world as his own responsibility, if the court attacks me, may I ask Lord Wang, is this a failure to the world? Isn't it chilling? The world is never a family with one surname! Shi Bin said solemnly.

didn't expect Shi Bin to be so sharp-tongued, knowing that he couldn't talk about them, Wang Lixin had no choice but to shake his head helplessly, saying that he would no longer debate.

Knowing that Wang Lixin is very entangled now, the revocation of the 'registration fee' before March has been entangled, and now he must be even more entangled if he wants to help himself. It was not suitable to continue to exert pressure, so Shi Bin stopped talking, but just drank tea.

Not long after, Jia Ling smiled and said: "Lord Wang, can you do this, if the court wants to be unfavorable to my husband, you don't help the abuse, and you don't have to help us." If we want to fight back, please turn a blind eye and pretend not to know. ”

After thinking about it, he felt that there was no way out, as if he could only be a centrist, and finally Wang Lixin had no choice but to agree to Jia Ling's proposal to be a centrist who only managed his own one-third of an acre.