(Many readers should be relieved, right?) ）

"Li Jieyuan, although I'm sorry that your father Ke Xin'er is innocent, she doesn't know anything about the marriage contract, and she doesn't have the slightest falsehood about your friendship."

Seeing that Li Hongyu's face was full of surprise, Zhao Deyi looked at Li Hongyu with a gloomy expression and said, "Originally, I wanted to do my best to compensate your Li family and help your Li family expand their business, but the Heavenly Dao cycle was unhappy, but Xin'er came together with you and fell in love." ”

"In order to protect you, this stupid girl actually went to participate in the township test in Huguang, regardless of the fact that she won the Yayuan exam, and she also planned to go to the capital with you, and she didn't think about what the consequences would be if her daughter was exposed!"

Saying that, Zhao Deyi couldn't help but sigh, and said with emotion, "Alas, maybe this is the will of God, this stupid girl knows that you are engaged to the young lady of the Qin family and still wants to do this, I am really uncomfortable and even more ashamed to watch from the sidelines." ”

"Li Jieyuan, you have been with Xin'er for so long, I know that her character is very stubborn, if you go to the capital to take the exam this time, you will be named on the gold list, and then her situation will be even more dangerous than yours, and if you are not careful, you will be found to be a daughter."

While speaking, Zhao Deyi's emotions became a little excited, he tried to stabilize his mind, looked at Li Hongyu solemnly and said, "For Xin'er, but also to make me feel at ease, after careful consideration, I decided to pull down this old face and tell you the truth, as for whether you accept Xin'er, I can understand, I just hope that if you can't accept her, you can cut off her thoughts, and don't let her do stupid things again." ”

Zhao ...... Uncle Zhao, do you mean Zhao Yayuan ...... me Yes to me...... Intentionally? ”

After listening to Zhao Deyi's heartfelt words, Li Hongyu finally understood what was going on, which made him a little dazed in his mind, and he stammered at Zhao Deyi and said, feeling a little unbelievable for a while that Zhao Xin was a woman and liked him.

He never imagined that the "brother" he got along with day and night turned out to be a woman, and a woman who secretly liked him.

"Li Jieyuan, you are a smart person, Xin'er must know how you think about you, why she is a woman and wants to take the Zhongya Yuan exam, I believe you can guess the reason."

Zhao Deyi couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, and then said to Li Hongyu with a serious expression, "She is the most innocent in this matter, I hope you can understand my father's hard work, and I will bear any consequences." ”

Li Hongyu suddenly fell into silence, his mind was blank now, his heart was in turmoil, Zhao Deyi was right, he was a smart person, how could he not see Zhao Xin's friendship for him from his past deeds.

Originally, Li Hongyu felt that Zhao Xin was a person who valued love and righteousness, and accompanied him all the way from Baihe Town to Wuchang City, of course, this was based on the fact that Zhao Xin was a man.

Now that Zhao Xin has suddenly changed from a man to a woman, then Li Hongyu naturally wants to re-examine those things when Zhao Xin was with him, he doesn't think that just "affection and righteousness" can be explained.

Of course, Li Hongyu must have a grudge against Zhao Deyi in his heart, and Zhao Deyi's repentance made anyone in his position angry.

If it weren't for Zhao Xin's feelings for him, if he hadn't been admitted to the Yuan, Li Hongyu didn't know when Zhao Deyi would tell him the truth, or if it would have become an eternal secret.

What makes Li Hongyu feel strange is that although he has resentment in his heart, he does not have much anger and resentment towards Zhao Deyi, Zhao Xin is Zhao Deyi's only daughter, and it is understandable to do so from Zhao Deyi's point of view.

Old Man Zhao looked at Li Hongyu quietly, carefully observing the changes in Li Hongyu's face, and a subtle smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He saw shock, stunned, surprised, and complaining from the look on Li Hongyu's face, and even relieved, which showed that Li Hongyu, who was in a complicated mood, did not feel much anger about this matter, which meant that Li Hongyu had been able to understand Zhao Deyi's intention to repent of his marriage.

In other words, Zhao Xin has already imperceptibly had an impact on Li Hongyu, making her invisibly occupy an important position in Li Hongyu's heart, which is definitely a good sign for Old Man Zhao.

In Mr. Zhao's opinion, although Li Hongyu is young, he has a calm temperament, and he can look at the matter of regretting marriage cautiously, and will not arbitrarily draw conclusions.

What is especially important is that Zhao Xin's sincere dedication to Li Hongyu, who is unaware, is enough to offset the negative impact of regretting the marriage.

"Father-in-law, please bow to your son-in-law!" After a fierce ideological struggle, Li Hongyu's fists clenched and finally made up his mind, and bowed respectfully to him under Zhao Deyi's stunned gaze.

Seeing this, Old Man Zhao suddenly showed a relieved smile on his face, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he knew that Li Hongyu would not make a choice that disappointed him, in the final analysis, Li Hongyu also had deep feelings for Zhao Xin, how could he refuse this family business!

"Hurry up, please!" Zhao Deyi was slightly stunned at first, then overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Hongyu.

"Father-in-law, grandfather, the previous things have been written off, since the providence of God has brought me and Zhao Yayuan together, then I will definitely cherish this marriage."

Li Hongyu straightened up, pondered for a while, and then looked at Zhao Deyi solemnly and said, "Father-in-law, don't worry, I will use my life to protect Zhao Yayuan in the future and will not let her be harmed in any way." ”

"Thank you!" Zhao Deyi was suddenly moved in his heart when he heard this, and said to Li Hongyu quite excitedly that he had already prepared to bear any consequences, but he didn't expect Li Hongyu to be so open-minded.

"Grandpa, I hope that when you tell Zhao Yayuan about this, you don't let her know that I know about this matter, otherwise with her proud character, she will definitely run away and deliberately avoid me."

Li Hongyu pondered for a moment, turned to Old Man Zhao, who was sitting in the first seat in the hall, and said seriously, "Although Zhao Yayuan is a woman, she has wisdom and talent that is not inferior to that of men, she should get a bigger stage to show her talent, otherwise she will bury this talent given to her by God in vain." ”

"Li Jieyuan, do you mean you want Xin'er to enter politics?" Old Man Zhao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, he naturally understood the meaning of Li Hongyu's words, and wanted to let Zhao Xin enter the official career through the imperial examination, this idea was too crazy, and the consequences would be unimaginable if he showed his stuffing.

"In the past, Hua Mulan served in the army on behalf of her father, and now there is Zhao Yayuan Kechang High School, all of whom are also serving the country and being loyal to the king, and they will definitely be passed on."

Li Hongyu knew that Old Man Zhao was worried about Zhao Xin's identity, so he said to Old Man Zhao in an orderly manner, "Grandpa, with Zhao Yayuan's strength, she will definitely be able to be named on the gold list, she is a protégé of the Son of Heaven who was admitted to the officialdom with her real talent and real learning, how can the emperor punish him?" ”

Although Mr. Zhao has rich experience and is in the business world, he is not as good as Li Hongyu when it comes to officialdom, and the most powerful relationship in officialdom is the "friendship of the same year", that is, the same year or the same year, it is a very special group of power relations in the officialdom.

Obviously, if Zhao Xin's matter happened after the East Window incident, those who were admitted to the Jinshi together would definitely not ignore it considering the friendship of the same year, and would definitely find a way to rescue them, which is an indispensable force.

Besides, even if Zhao Xin's matter of disguising herself as a man exposes that there is no precedent for how to deal with her, it all depends on how to induce public opinion in the officialdom, if this matter is related to the "prosperous era in the Ming Dynasty", then it will become a great thing.

After all, the title of the women's gold list is unprecedented, what is not a sign of "prosperity", the key is to see whose mouth is powerful, this is the specialty of the doctors who can say black to white.

What is particularly important is that Li Hongyu believes that at that time, he and Zhao Xin have become the emperor's cronies, and the emperor will definitely send down grace to fulfill this marriage, how can it be difficult for the two.

Old Man Zhao suddenly bowed his head slightly when he heard this, and his face showed a thoughtful look, thinking that Li Hongyu was reasonable, Zhao Xin's pretending to be a man was unprecedented, and it was really hard to say that good luck and bad luck were really hard to say.

"Grandpa, you must have heard that Nurhachi, the Jurchen chief outside the Guanwai, sacrificed to heaven in April with the so-called 'Seven Hatreds' and rebelled."

Li Hongyu saw that Old Man Zhao had been moved by his own words, so he pondered for a while, and said worriedly, "The chaos in Liaodong will inevitably implicate the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the day of the turmoil in the Ming Dynasty is not far away, so I must take precautions and deal with it as soon as possible." ”

"Li Jieyuan, are you saying that the little Jurchen tribe can shake the foundation of my Ming Dynasty?" At this time, Zhao Deyi looked at Li Hongyu with some astonishment, you must know that the Jurchens are only one million in total and occupy the bitter cold land of Liaodong, and the number of Ming people has exceeded 10,000 and the territory is 10,000,000 miles, how can it shake the Ming Dynasty!

"The embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed in the anthill, and it was the people of the Ming Dynasty who shook the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, not the Jurchens."

Li Hongyu knew that Zhao Deyi was a little difficult to understand his words, so he opened his mouth to explain, "Father-in-law, the Jurchens are not terrible, the terrible thing is that the Ming Dynasty has to mobilize the people to deal with them, once the Ming Dynasty cannot quickly destroy them, it will inevitably make the war stalemate, so it will cost a lot of money, where will this military salary come from?" ”

"Bonfed!" Zhao Deyi was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes lit up, and two words came out of his mouth, obviously with the Ming Dynasty's finances, he could not come up with this military expenditure, so he had to tax the people.

In fact, since the Ming Taizu implemented the military system, the Ming Dynasty's finances did not have military expenditures at all, because the troops of the local guards were theoretically self-sufficient, and only when they were fighting did they mobilize military supplies from the household department.

However, because the military system made the soldiers suffer from the enslavement and exploitation of military attaches at all levels, and the military attaches below the command of the guard were hereditary and did not have the slightest hope of progress, the phenomenon of military households fleeing from the army of the guard was very serious, and the soldiers who stayed behind were all demoralized and low in combat effectiveness, and had already lost the style of the Hongwu and Yongle periods, otherwise the Ming army would have been defeated so badly in Tumubao.

Therefore, since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court has actually begun to pay for recruitment, and the "Qi Family Army" led by Qi Jiguang is the most famous model of recruitment.

As for the three major battles of the Wanli Emperor, the troops who participated in the war were even recruited, in other words, they were all paid, unlike the military households of the guard's army.