"How did you come up with a way to feed the fish?" Qingyu asked unconvinced.

Seeing that Qingyu's face was not good, Zhou Jin honestly confessed: "How can I have that thought, this is all played by the princes and nobles of the capital, you think, this fishing is a very patient thing, you can't walk still and the old monk looks like a settled monk, those uncles don't have the patience and love to be vassal, so they came up with such a way." ”

"So that's what happened" figured out the ins and outs of the matter, thinking in his heart that since you calculated me once, it is no wonder that I calculated you, and it is only fair for one person to calculate once.

Qingyu said with a "wicked smile" on his face: "If you don't pursue your calculations against me, the "Ruihe Picture" left by my side is also a "violent heavenly thing", rather than let it go where it should go, since you like it so much and it is in your hands, it is also the best destination for this picture, if you take it back, it will not hurt the brotherhood between the two of us." ”

Just listening to the words that understood the righteousness, Zhou Jin ignored the "evil smile" on Qingyu's face, and his eyes flashed with gratitude: "It's rare that Brother Li is so generous, and the younger brother Zhou Jin admires it very much." ”

Throwing in peach in return, Qingyu did not put away his "bad idea" because of Zhou Jin's gratitude, and said with a smile: "You must know that there is no free lunch in the world, you have to pay two silver taels for the table in Deyue Building just now, and you will pay for the expenses from today to the end of next month." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Jin's face turned green, and he thought that I might as well spend money directly to buy that painting, why bother with so much thought, it is really "stealing chickens does not make rice", thinking of Qingyu's posture of spending money lavishly, he secretly sweated for his pocket.

Stopping the flood of emotion, Zhou Jin begged for mercy: "Can you regret it, I will give you back the "Ruihe Picture", and I will give you another five hundred taels of silver to suppress your shock." ”

"Do you think it's possible?" Looking at Zhou Jin's black face, Qingyu laughed, shook a few whips on horseback, and hurried towards the county seat, and Zhou Jin followed behind like a wronged man.

When he arrived at the gate of the city, Qingyu pulled the reins and stopped the horse, turned around and looked back to see Zhou Jin listless not far behind, Qingyu looked like he had fallen into a well: "Can you let you spend some silver soon, as for being sad to be like this, look at your virtue is the same as a dead father." ”

Thinking of the silver of Baihuahua like flowing water, Zhou Jin's flesh said bitterly: "Father, mother, no silver." ”

Qingyu said disdainfully: "It's so unproductive, and I sold my father and mother for just two or three thousand taels of silver." ”

Zhou Jin felt uncomfortable and said: "You don't hesitate to spend money, otherwise you will pay for this month's expenses." ”

"I'm not fooled by you, I want me to pay the money in a few words, tell you that there is no door, you still face the reality and pay the money with peace of mind, the benefits can't be all taken by you alone" Qingyu continued: "Don't talk nonsense with you here, I have to go back and wash up quickly, you also hurry back to prepare, prepare, we will see you at the door of Deyue Building." Before Zhou Jin could react, he was gone.

"I owe you in my last life." Zhou Jin complained a few words on the spot before riding a horse and whipping into the city.

Li Mansion - the largest mansion in Songlin County, stands like a behemoth in the center of the county.

When Qingyu returned home, he saw his father Li Wendong, who had just returned from the capital, in the main hall, and his father was talking to his mother at this time.

Qingyu entered the main hall and stepped forward to care: "Dad, you are back, the journey is still smooth." He found a place to sit down, grabbed the tea from the table next to him, and drank it to himself.

Li Wendong saw that it was his son: "So he said, things are going well." Then he took a book from the two books on the table, handed it to Qingyu and said, "This book is the only one that my father came back from the capital, you have time to take it and read it." Qingyu took the book and took it in his hand and looked at it, the book is called "Yuan Ji", written by Haoli.

Li Wendong said: "This Haoli is an editor of the Hanlin Academy of the former dynasty, and this book is written about the achievements of the previous dynasty in all aspects. ”

"Well, the kid remembers," he said, getting up and running away from the hall, the book lying quietly on the table and not leaving. Li Wendong saw that his son was so uncompetitive and wanted to be angry with him, but he was persuaded by the Wen family sitting next to him: "Master, forget it, our son is destined to study, don't force it, the more you force your son, the more he will not rely on you, and he will be angry with his body in vain." ”

Li Wendong, who originally wanted to be angry at Qingyu, was full of anger and didn't know where to go, but at this time, Wen said a lot on the side, and the angry Chong Wen yelled: "A loving mother has many defeated children." He got up and walked to the backyard.

Wen sat in the hall and said aggrievedly: "Who am I trying to provoke."

Qingyu washed up at home and went to Deyue Building on behalf of his subordinates.

People come and go at the door of Deyue Building, there are people who come on horseback, there are sedan chairs who come over, talk and laugh in twos and threes and go to the restaurant, Xiao Er is busy at the door, nodding his head repeatedly, and repeatedly greeting the guests who come in and out, "How many guest officers, please here", "Guest officer, you go well, welcome to come again next time." The man was busy and dizzy, but the smile on his face was still as bright as the rising sun.

This time Qingyu arrived earlier, and the seats had already been booked, so he was not in a hurry to rush in, but stood at the door leisurely watching the crowd coming and going, watching Xiao Er so busy that he couldn't wait to use his hands and feet at the same time, standing aside and shaking his head and laughing.

Thinking that these guys not only have good physical strength, but also have excellent patience, they don't have the slightest impatience to deal with so many guests, and if they change to themselves, they may not know where to go to sleep.

It didn't take long for Zhou Jin to ride a tall horse and speak: "There is something going on at home, our old man has been pulling me in the study for an hour, and my ears can grow calluses. ”

Qingyu opened his mouth and said: "Don't worry, don't worry, I just arrived." With that, the two walked into the Deyue Building. Seeing that it was a big customer, the shopkeeper nodded and said, "The two sons are so pleased, be careful of the threshold." ”

The shopkeeper of Deyue Building put down the things in his hand and said to Qingyu and Zhou Jin: "The two young masters have not been to Deyue Building for a few days, and we have added a few new dishes to the store, and I hope the two of you will enjoy the face and taste." Qingyu said: "Okay, what is fresh for you today, what dishes are expensive, you can not break his face." "Okay," the shopkeeper replied happily, opening the door of the private room one step ahead.

Zhou Jin said: "You are busy with the shopkeeper, we can just come here ourselves." The shopkeeper lost a lot of money and retreated.

The lights in the Deyue Building are brilliant, and there is an endless stream of people drinking and eating. In the private room, Qingyu has already begun to serve food on their table, and the shopkeeper sings the name of the dish: "Steamed carp, braised carp, hydrangea dried scallops, fried guinea fowl." "One after another, a table full of dishes was served.

Qingyu picked up the chopsticks and brought himself a glass of wine and said to Zhou Jin: "Eat, don't patronize it." ”

Looking at the table full of dishes, Zhou Jin said bitterly: "Can the two of us eat such a full table of dishes?" ”

"Is it much?" Qingyu said nonchalantly: "Anyway, it's not me who pays the silver, I eat half and throw half away." ”

"You are a cub selling Ye Tian, don't feel distressed." Zhou Jin protested against Qingyu's "extravagant" move.

Ignoring Zhou Jin's protest, he grabbed a secret chicken leg from the plate and put it in front of him to take a look, and said boredly: "I don't know if this is a rooster leg or a hen leg." ”

deliberately dangled the chicken leg in front of Zhou Jin and said, "I heard that the rooster meat is harder, and the hen meat is more fragrant." Sent the chicken leg to his nose and smelled it: "The chef skills of Deyue Lou are good, this chicken is so fragrant, since you can't smell it, you can only know it when you taste it." ”

I pulled some meat with my hand and put it in my mouth and chewed it: "Well, it tastes really good, but I still don't know if it's a rooster or a hen." ”

"Boring." Zhou Jin glared at Qingyu angrily.

"Haha..."Seeing Zhou Jin's uncomfortable appearance, Qingyu let out a cry of joy of victory.

Suddenly, he remembered something, and suddenly said to Zhou Jin: "Zhou Jin, you know how to go well?" Songlin County is tired of playing and wants to go out for a walk. ”

Zhou Jin put down his chopsticks, took a wet towel to wipe his hands, and recommended: "Jinhua Mansion is good, my cousin lives there, you can go over and have a look, when are you going to go?" Only when Zhou Jin mentioned where to play did he show a strong interest and forget the "flesh pain" caused by the imminent consumption of a lot of silver.

"The sooner the better" Qingyu put down the chicken leg that had only eaten a little meat and sandwiched another piece of fish.

"It's better to hit the day after tomorrow, how about the day after tomorrow, there is a passenger ship to Jinhua Mansion the day after tomorrow." "Well, we'll see you on the dock the morning after tomorrow." Qingyu said.

After deciding to go to Jinhua to play, Zhou Jin was in a good mood and was not happy to push the cup and change the lamp with Qingyu.

On the appointed day, Qingyu and Zhou Jin arrived at the dock at the same time, and got on the boat after a few words.

The Ming Dynasty is in Beijing, and the Forbidden City is in the Qianqing Palace.

Xuanzong leaned on the soft couch and closed his eyes to recuperate, next to him stood Yang Shiqi, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Wang Zhen, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, was reading the recitals of various ministries: "The political envoy of Jiangxi mentioned that the five prefectures and counties of Nankang, Jiujiang, Guangxin, Fuzhou, and Jianchang suffered from floods, and tens of thousands of victims, and he was willing to ask the imperial court to allocate grain for disaster relief and comfort the victims. The cabinet vote means that the household department has released grain for disaster relief, and ordered the Tai Hospital to prepare medicine to Jiangxi and hand it over to the government to prevent the spread of the plague. ”

After a while, Xuanzong didn't make a sound, Wang Zhen put this book aside, saying that the emperor had agreed to the cabinet vote, and Wang Zhen, who had served the emperor for many years, had understood his habits, and then read: "The military department is in charge, and the commander of Guizhou said that there is a serious shortage of soldiers in Guizhou, and the weapons have not been filled and damaged for many years. I implore the emperor to transfer troops to Guizhou to alleviate the plight of Guizhou's lack of troops. After a pause, Wang Zhen said again: "Because the transfer of troops is a big matter, the cabinet has not yet voted to meet the emperor. ”

At this time, Yang Shiqi, who was standing next to him, opened his mouth and said: "Emperor Qiqin, the transfer of troops is a big matter, and you need the will of the Holy Lord to receive the seal letter before you can lead the troops. In addition, the war with Mongolia was tight and it was still necessary for the local government to transfer troops into Beijing, and there were no troops to enter the capital, so the cabinet discussed with the prince that Jinyiwei would first visit Guizhou, and then allocate some silver taels to let the local government go to recruit troops after it was verified. ”

"How many taels of silver do you need for conscription?" Xuanzong squinted his eyes and asked.

The number is a bit large, Yang Shiqi swallowed his saliva before slowly responding: "Weichen estimated that it would take 300,000 taels to recruit soldiers, and my Ming Dynasty soldiers would need 300,000 taels a year, and 300,000 would be able to recruit 10,000 soldiers, and there would be more than 1,200 people in each of the three divisions, four prefectures and one guard in Guizhou, if it was enough according to Guizhou's previous military status, plus 200,000 taels needed to build weapons, a total of 500,000 taels would be needed." ”

"Well, the calculation is fine, just do it according to the will of the cabinet, and you don't need to ask me again." Xuanzong said with satisfaction.

"Weichen obeys the order" Yang Shiqi didn't expect Xuanzong to allow this.

Wang Zhen then read a few books, but Xuanzong did not speak again, but listened quietly.

"Your Majesty, there are some things that the slave and maid don't know whether to say or not," Wang Zhen said.

"Say," Xuanzong said.

"Recently, there is a book called "Yuan Ji" that records how good the emperor of the previous dynasty was to the people in all aspects, and the most hateful thing is that the book is mixed with chapters that damage my Ming Dynasty, and every word is ......... heart," Wang Zhen said.

"What's in it?" Xuanzong asked angrily.

The slave didn't dare to look at it, but according to the brocade guards under the slave maid, they reported it......... Please be angry with the emperor and the slave and the slave for the death penal," Wang Zhen pleaded.

"I'm angry at you," Xuanzong said.

"The book says that Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty is a monk He De can sit in this country, saying that Emperor Taizu killed meritorious ministers after conquering the country, and said that Emperor Taizu's grandfather did not pay taxes in arrears, such treacherous people are not worthy of sitting in the country, and his descendants are even more cheeky to occupy the dragon chair, and they should be Zen as soon as possible to let the virtuous live." Wang Zhenzhan said tremblingly.

"Presumptuous," Xuanzong shouted violently, and the dragon groaned everywhere, staring at the roof with his eyes wide open.

Wang Zhen and Yang Shiqi knelt on the ground together, "slaves and maids should die", "the ministers are terrified" but the two of them said in unison.

"It's nothing to do with you, get up and talk back." Xuanzong's anger came and went quickly.

The two of them thanked each other and stood up.

Xuanzong can be tolerant of his close ministers, but he has murderous intent towards those who resist his ancestors, and said angrily: "This book is a demon that will harm the people, mess with my dynasty, and deceive people's hearts. Wang Zhen's matter is left to you to handle, and anyone who comes into contact with this book will be strictly questioned, and those with bad intentions will be arrested and killed. "The slave and the maid receive the order, and the slave and the maid will do it immediately."

Wang Zhen said that he was about to withdraw from the Qianqing Palace. Xuanzong seemed to remember something again and said: "Come back" Wang Zhen immediately stopped in place and asked: "The emperor still has something to order the slaves?" Xuanzong said: "Anyone who reads this book will be arrested if they don't stay, you understand." "The slave and maid understood," Wang Zhen said, and withdrew from the Qianqing Palace.

In the corridor of the Qianqing Palace, Wang Zhen said to the 'godson' Wan Gui beside him: "The emperor just said in it that all those who have read a book called "Yuan Ji" will be arrested and tortured. You go to the Jinyi Guard and bring me Commander Xiao. ”

"Anti-book? "Yuan Ji" muttered softly, Wan Gui seemed to be recalling, and suddenly woke up: "Godfather, that **** went out of the palace to go to the gambling house." "It's a little embarrassing to say this.

Then he said: "I lost some silver in the gambling house, and I accidentally ran into an old man in brocade clothes on the street in a trance, and unfortunately knocked him to the ground and hid two books in his arms also fell out. ”

Wang Zhen asked, "It can't be the anti-book we mentioned." ”

Wan Gui flattered and said: "Godfather really said that it was the anti-book "Yuan Ji", and he also felt guilty at that time and chatted with the old man a few more words, and learned that the old man was from Songlin County, Zhejiang, whose surname was Li, and he was engaged in the silk and medicinal materials business to listen to his tone and do not do a small job. ”

"Well, this is a good clue, when this matter is done, it is indispensable for your benefit, this matter should be handled as soon as possible, you should go to Jinyiwei quickly." Wang Zhen nodded with satisfaction and said.

"Yes, son, let's go" Wan Gui turned around and ran towards the Jinyi Guard's premises.