I woke up early in the middle of the night.

Go to court.

Although the beauty was by the side, Li Ruyu still suppressed the turmoil in his heart, dressed and washed under Ah Mu's waiting, ate some light breakfast, and then went out to go to the court.

There is neither wind nor rain nor sunshine.

I thought that Da Liang Zhao would quickly tear his face with Li Ruyu, but there was unexpectedly quiet between the government and the opposition.

Li Ruyu does not fight for power.

Zhao did not advance, and the two sides seemed to intend to coexist peacefully.

Actually, this makes sense.

The Zhao family was beaten by the empress without a little temper, how can there be strength at all these years, and he needs to take advantage of this time to recover, and Li Ruyu is quiet on the surface, but in fact there are many actions.

But it's not known.

Both sides know that they can't fight in the short term, and each side needs time to digest, the Zhao family needs to win over the court and local forces, and Li Ruyu needs to completely control the Daliang Iron Spine Army.

And once the fight starts, it will be a situation where you will never die.

Soon, the first year of Dading was approaching.

During this period, Zhao Sa, the king of Kun, became more and more contemptuous, and even the left minister Ning Que was oppressed a little breathless, and the right minister Zhou Miaoshu was even more aggressively wooing the ministers in the court.

The power of the Zhao family flourished with the momentum of wildfire.

At the end of the year, the whole world is closed.

In Lin'an City, officials of all sizes are on vacation, but fortunately, most of the officials who are officials in Lin'an have already moved their families and relatives, and they do not need to travel long distances to go home to save their relatives.

After all, as a Beijing official, as long as your brain is not stupid, you can still buy a courtyard in Lin'an in a few years.

Not on salary, of course.

In fact, this kind of thing has been the same in all dynasties, but the king is unwilling to care about it with his eyes closed, and those who are officials can't eat and drink enough, who will give you a hard job?

I'm not afraid that you are greedy, but I am afraid that you will not do things.

For example, if you want to be greedy for ink, then there must be a project, for example, after the end of the Southern and Northern War, before the empress left, the Ministry of Industry said that it was convenient to transport the two dynasties to control Guangxi, and proposed to expand the official road.

The empress agreed.

Subsequently, the Ministry of Household allocated funds and the Ministry of Industry implemented them.

There was a lot of money spent, and some of the money was missing, and everyone understood what was going on, but after seeing the official road, the empress decided not to pursue it.

The official road is not bad!

Since a good official road can be built, it is understandable to feed some officials, and this matter has mobilized a lot of people, which has made some progress to the recovery of people's livelihood after the war.

That's a good thing.

Of course, the exceptions of big greed and huge greed, or the officials who dare to be greedy for disaster relief and pension money, the kings of the Great Liang Dynasty are all severely punished for this.

The light ones are exiled, and the heavy ones are killed.

However, even so, during the Shunzong Dynasty, there were also a lot of huge greed, and after the empress ascended the throne, the means were vigorous, but it was rare to be greedy.

Not all Beijing officials are greedy.

Before the Spring Festival holiday, many officials from marginal departments asked for leave to go back to their hometowns to visit relatives, and the long ones were two months, and the short ones were 17 or 8 days.

As soon as the New Year came, Lin'an City became much quieter.

Xie Mansion is very lively.

Today is the engagement day of Miss Xie Mansion Xie Wanxi and Li Ruyu, and the entire Chen County Xie family's family members in Lin'an are all counted, even among the older generation of the Xie family in Chen County, the old man who is still Xie Lang's uncle also set off before January and arrived in Lin'an three days ago.

This old man is no longer in charge of the Chen Jun Xie clan.

The real speaker of Chenjun Xie's family is Xie Yun, who returned home to retire as the right minister, and of course he also came to Lin'an.

Xie Changjin in Shu also returned to Lin'an.

Xu Qiuge didn't come.

She was afraid that she wouldn't be able to go back to Shuzhong when she came to Lin'an.

It's a good story.

For example, everyone knows today that Li Ruyu is a hero who is high in the way of the sword.

And Chen Jun Xie Wanxi, who was praised as the Great Liang Xiaofeng by the empress a few years ago, is also the closed disciple of the immortal, and there are even rumors among the people that Chen Jun Wanxi is definitely a person who wants to be sanctified by literature and Taoism.

Far above the original talented women Jiang Zhaoyue and Liu Yin.

Heroes with beauties.

Naturally, it is not the turn of some demons and monsters to oppose it.

What's more, the iceman of this marriage is also staggering.

The Iceman, that is, the matchmaker.

It's just that the matchmaker of this marriage is not a flamboyant matchmaker, but a Confucian general who was killed from the sea of blood in the corpse mountain - Da Liang Shu Xianggong!

What an honor it is for the cardinal to be the matchmaker.

It's just a little regrettable that Li Ruyu has no relatives, and most of the matters are handled by the Xie Mansion, and on the side of the Xizhao Mountain Mansion, Ah Mu and Su Su are all small things.

On that day, Xie Fu feasted.

Full of friends.

Although it was the engagement banquet between Li Ruyu and Xie Wanxi, in fact, Li Ruyu didn't see Xiao Xiao at all.

Drinking with Xie Lang, Xianggong and others at noon, how can you win these old fritters in officialdom.

Drunk.

At night, before he woke up, he was pulled up and drunk.

There are fewer people drinking at night.

There were only five of them.

Xie Changjin, Xie Lang, Xie Yun, and Xie Qingshan, the old man of the Xie family in Chen County, who was over eighty years old, plus Li Ruyu, a total of five men-female dependents could not be served.

Besides, Xie Lang's wife and Xiaoxiao are not related by blood.

Li Ruyu was persuaded to drink a glass with several elders in turn, although it was rice wine, he was also a little drunk, and he entered a slightly drunken state, and Xie Changjin and the others did not embarrass him.

So I poured it lightly.

Men, they have all been mixed in the court, and except for Li Ruyu, the other four are all serious readers.

Naturally, it is said that it is elegant.

But in the end, we still have to talk about national affairs and national situations.

Although Xie Changjin is not in the official career now, he is actually not bad in Shuzhong, Xu Qiuge is the queen of the Western Realm on the surface, but in fact, Xu Qiuge listens to Xie Changjin for everything.

As for the military generals of the Western Army, Gao Lixian and surnamed Huo also have a lot of respect for Xie Changjin.

This talented man with the same name as Su Hanlou ate a peanut, took a sip of wine comfortably, and said slowly: "In this situation, do you know who Su Hanlou is, do you know who Zhang Zhengliang is, what about me?" ”

Li Ruyu smiled and put down his chopsticks, "If the information I got is not wrong, Su Hanlou is likely to be the immortal in the word in the Inhuman world, and Zhang Zhengliang is one of the toughest prime ministers in the Inhuman world. And you......"

Li Ruyu glanced at Xie Lang and Xie Yun.

found that these two elders were very calm, and they seemed to have known Xie Changjin's identity for a long time, and Xie Qingshan, who was older, even muttered that it had to be Liu Zhengqing.

Come to think of it, in fact, in the cold world, the family is still more tolerant of strangers.

Li Ruyu said with a smile: "Xu Xiaolan will be very happy, there is a person like you who is also an enemy and a friend, but ...... Over there in Shuzhong, don't be too greedy, the great cool and prosperous world can't afford to raise a moth like you. ”

Xie Changjin laughed and was happy, "The empress told you?" ”

Li Ruyu shook his head, "There are other people." ”

During these days, he has not rarely communicated with strangers, and from his mouth, he more or less knows the possible identities of many of those people who appear in the cool world.

For example, the somewhat aggrieved Zhou Jiangdong who died is very likely to be the governor of Eastern Wu.

Xie Changjin didn't dig deeper, but said that Li Ruyu learned about it from someone who was different after his own era by shielding the heavenly machine, so he took a peanut, put it in his mouth, and said while chewing: "What should you do about the current situation?" ”

Li Ruyu was silent for a while, "You can say? ”

Xie Changjin glanced at Chen Jun Shuangbi, Xie Lang and Xie Yun smiled, "What do you say?" ”

Xiaoxiao is engaged to you.

Chen Jun Xie's family has no way out.

Li Ruyu said softly: "In the previous war, although I killed a lot of people, but I didn't have many military merits, although I am now one of the most important officials in the Daliang court, but I don't have much popularity. And I was told that whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world. ”

In a word, it's simple.

But the Xie family had mixed reactions.

Xie Changjin chuckled happily.

Xie Lang and Xie Yun glanced at each other and nodded secretly, this young man ...... Finally, the ambition is on display.

Chen Jun Xie, you didn't see the wrong person!

The old man Xie Qingshan coughed and got up, "I'm old, I'm old, I can't stay up all night, I will go and rest first, you young people talk slowly, don't talk about the people's livelihood, don't talk about the chaos in the world, you can talk about one Liu Zhengqing, ten Wei Xi, one hundred Zhou Huaisu, and ten million Fan Wenzheng, which is the ambition you should have." ”

Everyone was moved.

Liu Zhengqing is an old man, and with the appearance of a stranger, he assists the empress to create a great cool and prosperous world.

Wei Xi, although his reputation is not obvious, but the name of the court's direct ministers, who doesn't secretly praise it now, saying that Wei Xi is the backbone of Daliang's courtiers.

Fan Wenzheng, a saint who worries about the worries of the world and then the joys of the world.

But the mad Confucian Zhou Huaisu was so valued by the old man Xie Changqing, and it was not until this moment that Li Ruyu knew why the Chenjun Xie clan could stand for so many years.

Four words: heart for the family and country.

After sending off the old man Xie Qingshan with the help of the maid, Xie Changjin sat down with a smile and asked Li Ruyu, "So what?" ”

Li Ruyu looked at the three of them, "So, where is my people's heart?" ”

Xie Lang was stunned.

Xie Yun was thoughtful.

Xie Changjin understood everything, and said with a smile: "No! ”

He also said: "This is probably a little mercy of the empress to the Zhao family, she did not completely crush the Zhao family, and deliberately kept you away from officialdom or even from the battlefield, but in the rivers and lakes, she killed meritorious officials to this day." ”

Li Ruyu nodded, "Yes, under the guidance of that master, I understand what the empress meant." ”

Xie Lang was puzzled, "What does the empress mean?" ”

Li Ruyu asked rhetorically: "Why was it that before the empress left Daliang, I was able to continue to rise on the way to the office, and in a short period of time, I was the deputy prime minister of the Privy Council, the left scattered cavalry attendant, and also the power of the military department and the pacification envoy of the Beizhen Fusi?" ”

Xie Lang was silent and said slowly: "I don't want you to have a country, I naturally need to let you have a foundation for a country." ”

If there is no sufficient weight in the official position, how can we talk about the country?

Li Ruyu shook his head, "No." ”

Xie Yun said softly on the side: "With the ability of the empress, it is impossible not to know the existence of Zhao Jin, and it is impossible not to know that Zhao Sa returned to Lin'an, the reason why she doesn't care about it is to leave a mercy for the Zhao family, after all, she is also a member of the Zhao family, and secondly, it is likely to leave room for Li Ruyu, so that Li Ruyu will not be defeated." ”

Li Ruyu nodded, "That's true." ”

"So the empress keeps promoting my official position, it seems that she wants to annex the country, but in fact, she pushes herself in front of the Zhao family and becomes a striking target, if I insist on fighting with the Zhao family, it is likely that the gains outweigh the losses, and I will eventually become the loser."

"On the contrary, the leeway left me by the empress gave me more opportunities to win the hearts of the people."

"The empress, it is precisely because she has seen through the point that those who win the hearts of the people win the world will act like this, she is choosing through this matter, whether the Zhao family will get the hearts of the people, or I, Li Ruyu, will get the hearts of the people and change the country!"

"If it is the former, the empress will return in the future, and since it is the Zhao family who can reach the hearts of the people, she will naturally treat the empress well."

"And if it's the latter, it's naturally better for her."

"The bureau left by the empress has nothing to do with her personal feelings, but only cares about one thing-"

"The people of the world."

"Those who win the hearts of the people will naturally be able to prolong the world, and the people of the world can continue to enjoy the glory of the prosperous times."

"From this point of view, she deserves to be the Empress of the Ages!"

These words are already a great contradiction.

However, Xie Lang, Xie Yun and Xie Changjin did not blink.

Since Li Ruyu has ambitions, this is a matter of time before - what is there to change the national ancestry?

It does not affect the Chen Jun Xie family.

In fact, the change of dynasty has a great impact on the family, but it is not fatal.

Li Ruyu continued: "Therefore, after the empress left, I was in a passive position in the court, not fighting, not grabbing, not distinguishing, and sitting and watching the various operations of the Zhao family. ”

Xie Changjin suddenly realized.

Xie Lang also vaguely understood, and Xie Yun bowed: "This seems to be the best choice." ”

Li Ruyu took a long breath: "Most of the people's hearts are still on the Zhao side, as long as Zhao Jin doesn't faint, if it continues like this, I will definitely fail one day." ”

Xie Changjin shook his head: "If Zhao Jin is the one, he can't sit back and watch the situation stalemate, he must take action to solve you as soon as possible, and then he can coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes to control Da Liang in his hands." ”

Xie Yun nodded: "So if Zhao Jin really makes a strong move, as long as you operate properly, the Zhao family will inevitably lose the hearts of the people?" ”

Li Ruyu nodded, "Exactly." ”

This is also the best follow-up to the analysis given to himself by the Emperor of the Ages in his body.

Xie Yun was a little puzzled, "But even so, where is your people's heart, if Zhao Jin is in a daze, you and him will inevitably fight, which is likely to lead to the battlefield smoke, so how can there be people's hearts at all?" ”

Li Ruyu smiled, "Yes, where is my people's heart?" ”

Suddenly got up, said softly to Xie Changjin, to Xie Lang and Xie Yun: "In the coming days, the Chen Jun Xie clan will be hit, and there may even be a difficult situation, all of which are due to me, please Haihan." ”

Xie Lang laughed, "Just one sentence, can Xiaoxiao be happy?" ”

Xie Yun wanted to speak and stopped.

In Xie Lang's heart, he could abandon the entire Chen County Xie clan and only care about Xie Wanxi alone, but he Xie Yun couldn't do it.

Li Ruyu saw it in his eyes and said, "I'm here, no one can bully Xiaoxiao." ”

Xie Lang smiled.

Li Ruyu said again: "I'm here, Chenjun Xie is still Chenjun Xie, even if there is a dark cloud covering the top of the gradually silent, but after the dark clouds, it is the day when the clouds cover the building." ”

Xie Yun smiled.

Xie Changjin was a little worried: "So, where is your people's heart?" ”

Li Ruyu didn't intend to hide his secrets, and said: "Before the empress left, she left the Zhao family a bit of mercy and gave me the weight of the officialdom of the country, not without any selfishness-" I wanted to say that the empress was not completely selfless in her heart.

But today is the engagement day of myself and Xiaoxiao.

It is impossible for these people in front of them not to see the empress's vague special feelings for herself.

So I had to replace it with selfishness.

continued: "The leeway she left me was to give me room to win the hearts and minds of the people. ”

Four words.

Word by word: "Retreat is advance." ”

Even if because of this, he will be constantly demoted, or even sent to a local place, he will not hesitate to do anything, everything is for those two words.

People's hearts!

And—

I can afford to retreat!