Passing by Ma Rulan was the world-famous Confucian Wang Jue, who was looking at his little granddaughter dotingly at this time.

Wang Wan'er was quirky, chattering non-stop at this moment, "Grandpa, that eldest sister just now seems to be Kaifeng Ma Rulan." I watched her sumo wrestling once, and it was so exciting......"

Wang Qi faintly looked angry, "How many times have I told you, you are the daughter of my Wang family......"

Wang Wan'er forcibly snatched the conversation, "How can you go to this unscrupulous place, you need to be diligent in being a female celebrity... But grandpa, even the official family also watches it from time to time, and the ladies of the harem also have fun during the New Year's Festival, I heard that it is still the same... Well, I won't talk about it. Seeing that her grandfather was really angry, Wan'er stuck out her tongue and shook Wang Qi's arm humming.

Wang Jue sighed, this great Confucian scholar of ancient and modern times, but there was nothing he could do about this eccentric granddaughter. "When you get to Prime Minister Li's mansion, don't be stubborn, otherwise you will ...... when you return to your hometown."

"Oh, Wan'er knows. But Wan'er doesn't want to get married, she just wants to accompany her grandfather..."Wang Wan'er's eyes rolled and began to shake again.

Wang Qi was relieved, and he was reluctant to give up this granddaughter, "What nonsense, how can a girl not marry." Shaofeng is only a good character, which point is not worthy of you. Shaofeng Gongzi, everyone knows that there are many young ladies in Bianjing who want to marry but can't. ”

"Your grandfather and I can let you meet in advance in the name of visiting friends, it is against the way of the saints, don't make trouble else." After speaking, she rubbed Wan'er's little head, and the woman couldn't help it.

Not long after, the servants of the Li family who accompanied him to protect him stepped forward to lead the way, and the Li Mansion was in sight.

These family members were respectful on their faces, but they shouted bad luck in their hearts. This best friend of Xianggong didn't know what was crazy, and he had to go all over Bianjing, but he had tired them half to death in the past few days.

As the prime minister, Li Gang is full of scenery, but he attaches great importance to this scholar and the good of the Tong family, and he and his eldest son Li Shaofeng went out 100 meters to greet him.

"You old man, if you don't come again, my wine will have to be warmed up again." Li Gang laughed, where is there still a bit of a prime minister.

"Hehe, old man Li, you look good. What's the matter, the old man waited for you to drink when he was young, and he was able to wait all night. It's only been a long time, and you can't wait? The old man will go back, and he won't attract people's attention here..."Li Gang hurriedly grabbed this old man, and he still didn't suffer a loss!

The servants of the Li Mansion took off the cloaks of the grandfather and grandson, and a light snow was already falling. Li Gang and Wang Jue met officially, Wang Wan'er visited her uncle, Li Shaofeng met Wang Jue, and then the two young people met each other.

Shaofeng saw Wang Wan'er's pretty and innocent look, and his heart jumped. Wang Wan'er saw that this "Shaofeng Prince" was outstanding and outstanding, but she didn't hate it very much. When the two old men saw this scene, they looked at each other.

Walking through the front yard and garden, Li Gang and his old wife entertained the old friend in the backyard. Then Wang Wan'er was accompanied by Li Gang's daughter to the boudoir, and the two old men went to the study after three bowls of tea.

"Listening to the report, you haven't been idle at all in the past half a month, and you have almost run all over Kaifeng? You stubborn old man, why can't you live peacefully, do you still want legs? Li Gang looked at the flying snow outside the window and said jokingly.

Wang Qi was admiring a picture of the previous dynasty's "Spring Coming to Snow", and he didn't look back, "Others think I'm nostalgic for this Bianjing City, so I look around." I don't believe it, with your Li Xianggong's eyes, you can't see anything else. ”

Li Gang turned to look at him, his brows furrowed slightly, "Are you observing the city defense and the forbidden army?" Why, what exactly are you worried about? ”

Wang Jue sat down opposite Li Gang, closed his eyes and thought for a while, "It's okay to defend Kaifeng City, after all, the Yellow River is raging, and it will be overhauled once in twenty or thirty years, but the equipment is mostly damaged." The forbidden army was terrible, and there were less than 12 out of 10 soldiers... In the land of the forbidden army, there are shops all over the place, and all industries are gathered, which is really a great spectacle! ”

Li Gang knew Wang Jue's indignant nature, but he had always praised him, and he sighed in his heart when he heard the words. "The forbidden army is indeed lax in training, its armament is damaged, and it is not a day's cold to freeze three feet... But there are only 12 out of 10 soldiers who can fight, is it a bit exaggerated......"

"It's not an exaggeration at all, my Lee Sang-gong. Although the annual income of the dynasty was 60 million, more than half of the millions of forbidden troops, millions of soldiers and 300,000 border troops were spent, and the treasury was bound to be tight in case of war. ”

"Tens of thousands of officials in the national dynasty, plus salt, iron, tea, etc., are also very expensive. Not to mention the more or less epidemics and droughts and floods every year, which do not cost money and food. Besides, if the officials do not cultivate, there are many greedy people......"

Although Wang Jue has no official status, he has lectured in Guozijian and several academies for decades, and his protégés are all over the world. As a bystander, Wang Jue summarized the financial situation of the Great Zhou Dynasty at a high level, and then returned to the issue of the forbidden army.

"Most of the forbidden army is called the army, but it is actually a refugee! Half of the salary in the hands of the soldiers is good. The officials and soldiers had no money to spare, so they engaged in all kinds of industries, and even resold weapons. ”

"If it were peaceful, it would be enough, but now Fang La is raging, and the north is... Hey, the so-called left and right are weak, and the crisis is gradual. "Wang Qi is a very practical doctor, and he handed over the information collected by many parties to Li Gang, so that Li Gang had nothing to say.

Wang Jue didn't have the idea of attacking the fundamental system of the Great Zhou, after all, he was also a member of the gentry, but he was just a little worried.

Li Gang sighed, "Xianggong Cai Jing and Xianggong Wang Boyan, what they have done in the past few years has gone a little too far, some rats should also be cleaned up, and the forbidden army needs to be rectified more." News has just come from the north that Aguta led more than 20,000 soldiers and 30,000 servants to break the Liao State of 400,000, and the five capitals of the Liao State have lost three capitals, and the Jurchen massacre of the Khitan tribes. ”

Wang Qi's face turned a little pale, "Doesn't that mean that the Jurchen 50,000 breaks 400,000?" Yelu back then was just like that, just in case..."Li Gang was also a little worried, but when he heard this, he just smiled lightly and didn't care about Wang Jue's worries.

"There is no need to worry about the Jurchen being too much, not to mention that the strength of the Liao State is still there, even if the Jurchen conquers the Liao State with lightning speed, it will be the last ear of the crossbow. The barbarians have always been like this, but it is the people of Fang La, slaughtering the gentry, and the crime is extremely heinous! Li Gang never felt that Jurchen was a big threat, after all, the Khitan rose up, and hundreds of thousands of troops were only fighting with the Great Zhou for a hundred years, and each had its own victories and defeats.

As for the Jurchens, when it was the Qiang who swept through the north back then? Compared with the external threat, Fang La and others, who questioned the rule of the gentry and dared to rebel, were the henchmen and needed to be extinguished with all their might.

Wang Jue's worries were dispelled by Li Gang, and when he knew what happened to Hangzhou Zhizhou, he hated Fang La just as much. "Also, it's because I've thought about it far, or Fang La's more worrying. However, Fang La seems to be getting more and more intense, but he blindly slaughters the gentry, and it will be difficult to become a great weapon in the end. ”

"Yes, but you need to be careful not to be careless. Qin Tianjian Langzhong said that there may be another catastrophe in northern Jiangsu this year, and the disaster will be everywhere when the disaster is ......."

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