Chen Ji was quite helpless, the old man seemed to be just talking about those things to himself, and he didn't care whether Chen Ji could listen to it or not, and interrupted at the moment: "Boss, don't say that I don't have that ability, even if I have, this military matter is not something I can interfere in."

Xu Wu said distressedly: "You kid, you don't know how to be interesting."

Chen Ji said: "If you want me to see, the current focus of the entire Guanwai is to consolidate the corridor of western Liaoning, and then open up the strategic connection between eastern Liaodong and western Liaoning, and as for the rear of eastern Liao, we should also try to solve the plundering of Goguryeo by Jianyu." For example, iron tools should be strictly controlled. ”

"Easy to say."

"Since the old man knows that I just came with my mouth open, why bother to tell me so profoundly?"

Xu Wu shook his head and said, "That's it, I'm afraid you kid really can't count on it." I don't know how Old Pifu Xu believed in your crooked ways. Now half a year has passed, and the Denglai sailor has not even seen a shell. ”

Chen Ji said bitterly: "The boss has wronged me, where is the little money given by the imperial court to organize a water division." Besides, I'm not trying to figure it out right now. ”

Xu Wu glared, didn't bother to talk about it anymore, and said: "Go to Dengzhou, collect your temperament, and continue to make trouble like this, but no one will clean up the mess for you."

"Well, if it weren't for the boss's reputation, I would have been tossed around in Qingzhou for so long, and I would have been killed a long time ago. But before leaving, I want to ask you for one thing. ”

"The old man and you are not familiar to this point."

"That's a rejection? Where did the minister's bearing go? ”

Xu Wu snorted coldly: "The girl of the Xu family is really good, but that embarrassing identity, the old man can't help you, it's up to you." Of course, if it is only the old man Xu who is in the way, the old man can help you come forward to fight in the ring. ”

Chen Ji was bitter, "You better hurry up and get out of the mountain." ”

Xu Wu didn't look over, he didn't bother to speak.

Chen Ji was quiet for a moment, and said loudly: "That was the truth just now, I won't tell you, I really need someone to cover me now." If the business accidentally grows bigger, there will be a lot of messy things, but with my father's Denglai prefect, I can't do enough. ”

"Even if you know this, you still don't converge?"

"How to converge? How many people up and down want to eat? I've told you before, I'm actually not very confident in today's court, and it's hard to get rid of the shortcomings, and people like you have failed to implement reforms, and it's even more difficult for people around me. ”

The old man Xu was said to be regretful, his eyes changed, but he didn't blame Chen Ji for not being big or small, and talking about the court in vain.

"Qingzhou's affairs are all trivial, this time in Dengzhou, the first thing is the sailor, it is estimated that it is necessary to persuade the Dengzhou gentry to stand in line, and then it is a process of paying attention to returns, otherwise they will see the benefits, and the sailor is just a name. On the other hand, I don't want to hide it from my lord, but I actually want to promote the study of things within a certain range, and in the eyes of those orthodox readers, these are just strange and obscene techniques, and things that cannot be put on the table. It's a big fuss, and I'm afraid I'm going to be embarrassed in the court. Of course, there are so many things in the imperial court, maybe there may not be the leisure to know my little gossip......"

Chen Ji breathed a sigh of relief, "There are many things that I don't want to do, but because of a certain sense of urgency, I know that I can't do it, so I don't want to touch this brow." It's just that neither the boss nor my father are dedicated to serving the country, and I am not qualified to evaluate your ways, but at least now I can't agree with them all. Therefore, I also want to try my own way, not to mention how much change I can bring to this situation, and I should also leave a way back for the people around me. ”

Chen Ji looked at Xu Wu, did not avoid the scrutiny from the other side, and said: "I, Chen Ji, am just the second ancestor who does not learn and has no skills, so many temple ministers dare not say how to save the country, and I dare not dare to do it."

Xu Wu glanced at Chen Ji, didn't joke, and said: "The old man is not that kind of pedantic person, if so, he may be in this kind of place, but you should know that there is a backlash behind this, and the backlash brought about by the system that has been passed down for thousands of years, can you boy?"

"Of course it's hard. However, there are all things that cannot be done, and I can only choose to do it that I am somewhat enterprising. ”

Xu Wu sighed: "If it is not broken, it will not be established, but today's Zhao Zhao cannot and will not allow it to be broken and then established."

Chen Ji laughed, "Boss, be relieved, sewing and mending for another three years, as long as those people in the court are not really old and confused, they can still survive in three or five years." ”

The old man glared, and only then did he say a few words, why was he not serious again.

"Get out, get out, don't disturb the old man's purity."

Familiar with the eviction order, Chen Ji got up to say goodbye, got into the carriage directly after going out, and went to Qingzhou City, and the day of departure has been set, just two days later.

This time to Dengzhou, the blessing and misfortune are hard to know.

Chen Ji never wanted to be a savior, nor did he want to have so much love and hatred. As an ordinary and unreasonable member of the crossing army, he also wanted to live the kind of life of eating and waiting for death. It's just that the wheels of history are crushing forward, and there are many things that he can't avoid. And in order to cope with the possible future changes, he can only try to replenish himself.

Outside the border, because of Fang Jingyu's relationship, he can know a lot of hidden insiders. He was worried about the Jianzhou Jurchens, who rose in the white mountains and black waters, and one day they would be ruthlessly crushed over like the history he was familiar with. Fifty years ago, the Jokhang had begun to decline outside the Guan, and now except for the western Liaoning corridor and the eastern part of Liaodong, the rest have lost their opponents. Several major wars in the past fifty years have followed almost the same trajectory as the ones he is familiar with. That is to say, one day in the future, if there is another battle in Guangning, the western Liaoning corridor will be lost, and the Jokhang can only retreat to Guannai. In the face of the increasingly serious rebel army in the pass, the building will fall.

According to Chen Xiujie's temperament, he will probably make a move to martyr his country, which is a scene he resolutely does not want to see. Moreover, Xu Wu, an old man, is still unwilling to give up hope, and he also wants to try again.

At least five years, Chen Ji thought.

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On the day of leaving, no one saw them off, and most of the old friends in Qingzhou who are still in the city today can't leave because of official business. After going out of the city, there is a bit of a mourning dog. The earlier explanation has been completed, and Chen Ji himself will probably rush back before the autumn of next year, this subject is his last chance to fight for the status of "scholar", according to his level, whether he passes the exam or not, he will not make a second attempt.

Therefore, when he went to Dengzhou, he would probably still choose to study in the academy, and in these days in Qingzhou, in addition to farming with the boss, he is also learning the method of composition.

According to the level of the old man, and he taught each other, and then with the inductive method of Chen Ji, now he has some success, as long as it is not too unexpected, it is still very possible to take a crane tail in the autumn test, as for the ranking that is too good, he is too lazy to think about it.

In his life, he has a fame, which is enough for him.

Therefore, what he brought into Dengzhou this time was a lot of annotated notes given by Xu Wu, as well as a letter of introduction asking him to study at Penglai Academy in Dengzhou.