Chapter 9 Water Can Carry Boats

"I didn't expect Brother Shen to be so curious about this martial arts, it was really unexpected. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info "A scholar, especially a scholar with some talent like Shen An, pays attention to martial arts is really curious.

"Hehe, Brother Jiang is probably used to seeing a master like Yang Huwei performing martial arts at will, so he is naturally not interested." Shen An smiled, but he was thinking in his heart, he didn't know if there really was a martial arts cheatbook similar to the Yijin Sutra and the Eighteen Palms of the Dragon Descending, if there was, he must find a way to get one.

"I haven't seen much fighting, actually, I'd rather go north and see the fighting on the battlefield." Jiang Yingjie sighed and said quietly: "Brother Shen's broken array really makes my blood boil, this scene of a prosperous era in the south of the Yangtze River, but I don't know that my big Jiang has long been an internal and external trouble."

Jiang Yingjie muttered, and he actually read it with the voice of silk and bamboo: "Drunk and looking at the sword, dreaming of blowing the horn and the camp......"

After a while, Jiang Yingjie, who finished reading the poem, looked at Shen An and smiled helplessly: "It's out of shape, hehe."

"It's okay, Brother Jiang seems to be very concerned about this national event?" Shen An shook his head and signaled that it was harmless.

Jiang Yingjie glanced up at Shen An and asked, "Brother Shen thinks I'm so weak?"

Shen An always gave him a feeling that was difficult for him to see, and he himself didn't know why he asked Shen An about this kind of thing.

"Uh" Shen An obviously didn't expect the other party to ask such a question, so it can be speculated that this Jiang Yingjie's identity is not simple, so he can't talk about any state affairs, and if he doesn't pay attention to it, he will be killed.

"In the next scholar, where is the national event, it's okay to write poems and lyrics, well, you can also sell cakes."

Jiang Yingjie immediately became serious when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Shen, don't worry too much, today's matter, Jiang Yingjie will never spread it, if Brother Shen has any opinions, please speak up."

"Why does Brother Jiang insist that I know something about this state affair......" Shen An smiled bitterly, he knew earlier, it was better not to come.

"Intuitively, Brother Shen has such a poetic talent, brilliant writing, and must have unique insights on national affairs." Jiang Yingjie said lightly, compared to the previous enthusiasm, it was like two people.

"So, why does Brother Shen think my big ginger is weak?"

Shen An looked out the window, and then said, "I thought that my big Jiang Dynasty was not weak!" On the contrary, it is strong. ā€

"Nonsense! The situation of the Jiang Dynasty can be seen at a glance by a discerning person! Jiang Yingjie was obviously disappointed, and it was really just a scholar's opinion.

"Heh" Shen An smiled, "My big ginger has a rich population, and various industries are even more developed, and they are not weak at all, Brother Jiang asked me why the country is weak?" ā€

"The reason seems complicated, but it's actually simple." Shen An stared at Jiang Yingjie and said word by word, "The king's method of governing the world is wrong, the people in the country are not happy, the people's hearts are scattered, and there is no cohesion. ā€

Jiang Yingjie's knuckles turned white while holding the wine glass, obviously trying to restrain some emotion.

Seeing this, Shen An's heart sank, and sure enough, he guessed that Jiang Yingjie's identity was not simple, so it seems that Jiang Yingjie is afraid that he is related to the royal family, plus the surname Jiang and this age. Shen An probably guessed Jiang Yingjie's identity, it should be a certain prince.

After speculating this time, Shen Anxin couldn't help but be a little shocked, the person sitting in front of him turned out to be a big Jiang prince! In this way, this is even more indiscriminate.

"Aha, what, Brother Jiang, don't care, what you said just now is just drunken nonsense, don't care......" Although he guessed Jiang Yingjie's identity, Shen An couldn't break it, those who don't know are not guilty, once it is broken, it will be quite embarrassing.

Jiang Yingjie calmed down for a while and said slowly: "Since it is drunken nonsense, then Brother Shen can speak carefully." He wanted to see what Shen An could say, maybe what Shen An said was not unreasonable.

"This ......" Shen An was difficult to ride a tiger at this time, he wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, it was not a big deal to talk about some of his own opinions, so he talked about it endlessly.

"Okay, Brother Jiang also knows the current situation of my Da Jiang, the Tatars in the north are constantly in conflict with my Da Jiang, and there are even more Japanese bandits in the coastal area, but in fact, these are not the most deadly, the most deadly is the domestic situation."

"Natural disasters and man-made disasters have left countless people in dire straits, hungry, and the imperial court has few good governance strategies. In this way, they can only wait to starve to death, both horizontally and vertically, then these ordinary people will rebel and revolt in order to survive......"

"Speaking of which, many of the imperial court's forces were used to suppress the uprising...... Forget it, let's not talk about it. Looking at Jiang Yingjie's gloomy face, Shen An resolutely stopped, saying too much will be lost.

"Then what does Brother Shen think should be done to deal with this group of rebellious peasants?"

"Hmm...... Those with weaker forces should be recruited and suppressed. ā€

"What about the powerful ones?"

"Water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat. The rebel army that is too strong is not easy to deal with, it is too complicated......"

"Smack!" Jiang Yingjie put the wine glass on the table heavily, and looked at Shen An with a majestic face, the sentence that water can carry a boat and can also overturn a boat is too bold, doesn't this mean that he Jiang Chao is going to die?

After a while, Jiang Yingjie let out a long sigh of relief and smiled reluctantly: "Brother Shen is forgiving, and he has lost his temper again......"

Shen An snorted, this Jiang Yingjie's personality is really fickle, and after a period of time, the two did not say anything more, they were both immersed in drinking, Shen An saw that Jiang Yingjie looked like he was thinking about something, and found an excuse to leave.

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Inside the house, Li Mingzhu kept a careful account: "One hundred taels, two hundred taels...... Eight hundred taels, eight hundred thirty-six taels. ā€

Xiao He held a large handful of silver and smirked, his eyes flashing.

When Shen An pushed the door open, the two didn't even notice it, until Shen An deliberately suddenly appeared in front of the two of them, startling both of them.

"Ahh Uncle, you scared Xiaohe to death, Xiaohe thought that there was a thief who robbed the house. Xiaohe kept beating his chest, puffing out, you must know that he was decisively holding the silver just now.

"Xianggong......" Li Mingzhu smiled helplessly, and her face was full of joy.

"Ahem, you didn't notice when I just came in, so I scared you, haha, I won't scare you next time. Hey, where did you get so much money, did you go to rob? Shen An pretended not to know, showing a frightened look.

"Poof" Li Mingzhu and Xiaohe laughed at the same time, Li Mingzhu glanced at Shen An: "This is the silver taels earned by selling cakes, where do Xiaohe and I dare to learn from those thieves to rob."

After speaking, Li Mingzhu handed the account book to Shen An, and Shen An took a cursory look at it, and sent the account book back, too lazy to look at it.

"By the way, Xianggong, this is a silver tael for Wan'er's sister, you can give it to her." Li Mingzhu took out some silver taels and handed them to Shen An.

Shen An took a look, and there were about three hundred taels.

"These more than 300 taels will pay off the debt owed by Wan'er's sister first, and there should be a hundred taels left, which should be used as the cost of help, and she will be indispensable for help in the future."

Li Mingzhu carefully remembered in the account book: "If you spend another 200 taels to repay the rent of the restaurant, there will still be about 300 taels left, and then the house will be repaired......

Li Mingzhu was concentrating on keeping accounts, and Shen An pulled Xiaohe out of the room quietly.

In the courtyard, Xiaohe blushed slightly: "Uncle can't you stop pulling Xiaohe so hard next time......

"Ahem" Shen An's body was excited: "Ah, I received it."

Shen An was bored, pulled Xiaohe out, and he himself sat on the rocking chair and asked Xiaohe to serve tea and pour water......