The flower hall of the county king's mansion, the heating is warm, the hall is full of flowers, and the wealth is pressing.

Li Jianchen is still not used to sitting on the sofa, especially in front of the general king, this time he sat in and half of his body collapsed, what kind of body did he become?

But as he chatted, his mind was not on it.

Ye Zhaozheng talked with him about improving the trial system according to the prosecutor's department, and each state capital has set up a division according to the prosecutor's office, and all matters in the local lawsuit and criminal name should be tried by the prosecutor's department, and this "inspection system" is read in the state capital's yamen, and so on to the county, according to the general Wang's statement, it is to "separate the law enforcement power from the administrative power", this sentence is not aware of it at first, but after thinking about it carefully, it is really a grand statement.

The general Wang also said that the judges at all levels have their powers, such as the death sentence, which can be limited to the state government according to the judges. He also said that the offender could ask a lawyer to file a lawsuit, and after the verdict was announced, he should be given time to appeal to the higher level according to the inspection yamen.

The general Wang even said that although the legislation is now according to the judges, but in the future, the legislative power and the law enforcement power will also be separated, and the legislation must represent the will of the people, and it will be decided by the representatives of the people, of course, this will be a long, long time later, the general Wang sighed even more, and said that in his lifetime, it is already progress to see the group that represents the interests of the emerging aristocracy but more or less to deceive the people to participate in the legislation on the surface.

Ye Zhao sighed and thought of the future generations, no matter what the political system is, in fact, this political system is safeguarding the rights and interests of the country's big interest groups, but if the society is enlightened, ordinary people will get relatively more protection.

And what kind of changes will you bring to this land with thousands of years of civilization precipitation?

At least the so-called Westernization Movement industrial and commercial development is actually the surface of the skin, really to make the Chinese civilization prosperous, morality plus the rule of law is the way to follow, Chinese traditional morality has the "royal law" as a very high holy text, but the concept of "the prince violates the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but the implementation is often out of shape, thousands of years to the future generations are general, this world, there must be something different.

But the road, after all, has to be walked step by step, not to mention the rule of law now, it will take time to accept the concept of private property and less cases of raiding homes, at least I can't do it for the time being, such as encountering a rich businessman who is a bandit, if he doesn't copy his home, what is the deterrent? And he is also happy to see the silver of white flowers enter the treasury.

Seeing that Li Jianchen wanted to speak and stopped, Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Yixuan, you have something to say." ”

Li Jianchen said puzzledly: "Lord, there are so many lawsuits, how can the prince value it?" "Indeed, what the prince said is all subtle words, but if you want to say that the official document assigned the litigants to go to the court to reverse black and white with those three-inch tongues, Li Jianchen really can't figure it out.

Ye Zhao smiled: "I understand what you mean, but our lawyer, it is necessary to take an exam, to obtain the qualification of a lawyer, to be familiar with the laws of various lines, and to defend in accordance with the law." If it's just a nonsense and a joke, or a story about words, it's not a lawyer, it's a scoundrel! He added: "With the profession of lawyers, our legal principles have been tested, and we can take the opportunity to improve them, and we can pass on the laws and regulations to the people effortlessly, why not?" ”

Li Jianchen suddenly smiled and said: "Lord Wang, humble duty, alas, humble function is always listening to the teachings in front of the prince, it is really a blessing in life!" "I can see it, from the bottom of my heart.

Ye Zhao smiled silently, if he vaguely guessed his ambition, Li Jianchen should be the first among the civil officials, because the laws of various lines in Guangdong were promulgated one by one, in fact, some laws have long been contrary to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, and now the world is in chaos, and the struggle for power between the north and the south is a change that has never been seen in this dynasty, and no one has used it as an article. But if in the peaceful period, I don't know how many people will break their jaws and fall by themselves, Li Jianchen is afraid that he will be the first to lose his head, but he is so dedicated, he naturally has some understanding.

Nowadays, the so-called lawyers, in fact, can not protect the rights and interests of prisoners, with today's technical conditions, including the countries of Europa, although there are lawyers, but unjust, false and wrongful cases abound, but the emergence of lawyers, if you want to play a certain role in curbing the most obvious unjust cases, that is enough, everything will have its embryonic stage, and there is no shortcut to reach the sky in one step.

After taking a sip of tea, Ye Zhao was about to speak, but the guards hurriedly entered, presented a letter, and said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, Mr. Rui transferred it." ”

The fire paint was sealed, and when he saw the handwriting on the envelope, Ye Zhao smiled, it was a matchmaker.

There is no title and no payment, I think I am afraid that the letter will fall into the hands of others, and the content of the letter is only a few lines, "The willow tops on the moon, meet with Jun Qunle Painting Boat." ”

Ye Zhao was stunned, the matchmaker has arrived in Guangzhou? Immediately, her heart was slightly hot, and she couldn't help but shake her head when she saw the location of the matchmaker's appointment.

…… The Pearl River Painting Boat is well-known far and near, and it is difficult to count the lyrics and articles of the past generations of people who have written the name of the flower boat, poetry and wine. Although it is not as prosperous as Qinhuai, it may not appear as early as Qinhuai, but the flower boat that integrates flower courtyards and restaurants has been quite prosperous in this dynasty. There is a Zhuzhu Bridge at the mouth of the Zhuyong River in the south of the city of Guangzhou, it is the place where the Pearl River Flower Boat gathers, the bridge is one of the four ancient jungle temples in Guangzhou, the ancient temple of the sea building, there are literati who say that this place is extravagant, called "the delicacies are ready, a feast of 100 gold, the sheng song is all night, the wind is blowing and the waves are surging".

When night falls, the lights on both sides of the strait are shining, sparkling, the stars are shining, in addition to the large flower boat in the river, there are also small flower boats shuttling back and forth, called the purple cave boat. The so-called small, but relatively speaking, in fact, the hull is not small, the layout is elegant, the hall is well-equipped, there is a special kitchen, not only can be moored on the shore, but also can be cruising in the river, the name of the wine, many purple cave boats also have one or two singers.

Ye Zhao, dressed as a handsome boy, walked by the riverside, followed by four inconspicuous guards, who looked like domestic servants.

Looking at the pretty girl waving a handkerchief on the painting boat in the river, Ye Zhao was a little helpless, originally wrote a letter to the matchmaker, asking her to take the train and feel the changes in Guangzhou, who knew that this girl saw through her own mind? It's really helpless to invite yourself to this place of fireworks. Are you telling yourself, is your city of Guangzhou still hiding filth and dirt?

For Hualou Jiyuan, Ye Zhao knows that it is better to be negligent, not to mention now, it will be even more difficult to really ban it after more than a hundred years.

It is to strictly manage and allow them to make a living, but to regularly check the health of the women and standardize their sanitary conditions.

In fact, before this dynasty, the so-called "remember" is very different from the word "remembered" of Western imported products, those names, probably can be counted as the ranks of performing artists, singers and dancers, the status is not as humble as people think, if you want to be a guest of the curtain, it is not so simple, it is a lot of talents will be vassally elegant, and many romantic stories have been deduced.

And now Guangzhou, in this Fengyue place, there is also a sense of recovering the atmosphere of the previous dynasty, the famous three major painting boats have the name of selling their art but not selling their bodies to make a boo, and the Cantonese newspaper a few days ago, there are more good things literati rated what "four oiran", and the literati are gracefully sent to sell gorgeous poetry and praise, which makes the four arts famous for a while.

"Master, this is the Qunle Fang." A guard pointed to a palatial painting boat moored on the riverside.

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, this "pornography, gambling and drugs" seems to be linked to gangs, and the operation of the painting boat is no exception, the operation of the Qunle Workshop is called the Qunle Gang, in fact, the owner has gathered a group of fellow villagers to protect the hospital, so as not to bully other owners or invade their "territory", strictly speaking, it is not a gang, in this era, many industries have this kind of regional grouping phenomenon.

There are more than 100 people in the group, and each lives in a dinghy. The decoration of the dinghy is slightly like a boudoir, and it is neatly arranged next to the painting boat in the river, and there is a pontoon bridge in the middle as a passage to reach the large flower boat.

Ye Zhaohuang walked leisurely across the pontoon bridge, and a small man from the painting boat had already stepped forward to help, but was blocked by the guards.

In the group music workshop, the sound of warblers and swallows is brilliant.

The heart of the hall is very wide, the second and third floors can be escalated up, the ribbons are fluttering, and the laughter from each room is charming, and the spring is infinite.

The big teapot in the hall was sharp-eyed, and when he saw Ye Zhao, he knew that he was a rich man, and he ran over to greet: "This master, this is the first time you have come, the little one will introduce you to the girl?" Yanhuan is fat and thin, and you are satisfied. ”

Seeing that Ye Zhao was noncommittal, the big teapot rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "That son must like Lang Qing and concubines, this workshop is new to Suzhou Lise, named Jade Pipa, both talented, can the son want to get acquainted?" This kind of guest painting boat is the favorite, generous, and once the demon is inextricable, if the girl has a good wrist, how much silver is also sent, Ye Zhao looked at the painting boat left and right, pondered for a while, and said: "My surname is Ye, I came to find someone." ”

The big teapot was stunned for a moment and asked, "The little one boldly asked, but Ye Zhao Ye Gongzi?" ”

Ye Zhao bowed slightly, and the big teapot immediately became more respectful, "It turned out to be a son, your friend has already arrived, please hurry, the little one will show you the way." ”

At the moment, he led the way up the dark mahogany ladder in front of him, and said as he walked: "Young Master Su is in the Yuexian Pavilion, and he has been here for half an hour. Seeing that Ye Zhao just nodded slightly, the big teapot knew that this was a sheep and had never been in and out of Fengyue Place, so he smiled at the moment: "So that Gongzi can know that this Moon Immortal Pavilion is difficult for ordinary people to take a look." The Moon Fairy girl was arrogant and tight, and only looked at Su Gongzi differently. "You, but you're stained with Su Gongzi's light.

Ye Zhao saved, "Yuan Yuexian, Miss Yuan?" ”

The big teapot grinned and said with black teeth: "It turns out that Childe has also heard of the name of the Moon Fairy Girl. ”

Ye Zhao saw it in the newspaper, and he had a vague impression that Yuan Yuexian, one of the four great Oirans of Guangfu, was evaluated by the literati of Cantonese as "the first child of a strange flower, and he was angry from afar".

As he spoke, he zigzagged and turned to a big house dressed in red and green, and there was a faint sound of silk and bamboo in the room. The doors and windows are carved with four-colored small flowers, which are quite beautiful, and are very different from other flower rooms in the painting boat.

The big teapot knocked lightly on the door and said respectfully: "Miss Yuexian, Su Gongzi, Ye Gongzi has arrived." ”

The sound of silk and bamboo in the room stopped, the sound of small footsteps, and then the door was opened, the fragrant breeze was blowing, the eyes were bright, and the door was leaning on a beautiful woman, but Ye Zhao was stunned, not for anything else, in fact, this woman was wearing a cheongsam of the Republic of China, the dark cheongsam tightly wrapped around her slender body, showing her chest and buttocks prominently, the hem of the cheongsam was split to the crook of the legs, and the seductive ** loomed, quite sultry.

The big teapot breathed a little rapidly, lowered his head, but his eyes secretly and greedily glanced at her **, and said in his mouth: "Does the Moon Fairy girl still have other instructions?" ”

This is Yuan Yuexian.

Seeing Ye Zhao "staring" at his body, Yuan Yuexian's eyebrows raised slightly, but he remained silent, in this Fengyue place, what kind of person has not seen it? Ye Gongzi's face was not red and his heart was not beating, this was not a hurry, but he didn't expect that the person Su "Gongzi" was waiting for was just a layman.

Ye Zhao was pondering, although he didn't know if this cheongsam was inspired by the Shanghai Ocean Xing cheongsam, the style of this dress must have evolved gradually, and the idea was similar to that of his previous life, so he was relieved when he thought about it.

Yuan Yuexian sent away the big teapot, and several guards stayed outside the room under Ye Zhao's eyes, and Ye Zhao followed Yuan Yuexian into the room leisurely.

The fragrance in the room is bursting, and the furniture is luxurious and bright.

The coffee table is soft, and the small bowl of the teacup is graceful and elegant, and the view is forgetful.

There was a person standing by the window with his back to Ye Zhao, and the snow-white swallowtail couldn't hide her graceful and charming bones, and when she looked from behind, she suddenly felt beautiful and delicious.

"Red, Brother Su!" Ye Zhao's heart was warm, and he smiled and gave his hand.

The beauty turned around slowly, the pink delicacy was lightly drawn, the eyebrows were picturesque, the beauty was incomprehensible, the beauty of the country was fragrant, was it Su Hongniang?

The matchmaker had a smile in her eyes and bowed her head slightly, but Ye Zhao had already taken a few steps in front of her, and asked repeatedly, "How are you doing?" Can? It's not hurt, is it? "I really want to hug me in my arms and ask for warmth, how distressing is it to be bullied by Monk Greenqin and them? But he had long forgotten that there were other people in the house.

"I'm fine." The matchmaker smiled, paced back to the coffee table, Yuan Yuexian smiled and helped the matchmaker pour tea, and asked Ye Zhao: "Ye Gongzi, what kind of tea do you drink?" ”

Ye Zhao waved his hand and said, "You step back first, the two of us have something to talk about." ”

Yuan Yuexian was stunned, but she had never seen this kind of man in her life, and she turned a blind eye to herself, and opened her mouth to tell herself to "step down"?

The matchmaker chuckled and said, "Miss Moon Fairy, play a song." ”

Yuan Yuexian was relieved of embarrassment, and sat lightly opposite, plucking the strings, the spring water tinkling, gurgling.

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, and it was okay to say it in his heart, but it would save others from eavesdropping.

The matchmaker glanced at Ye Zhao with a smile and said, "Didn't you still stare at other people's legs just now?" Are you going to drive people away so soon? ”

Ye Zhaoxin said where is it? But this kind of thing is getting more and more chaotic, anyway, being lustful in this era is not a capital crime, and there is no need to explain it. smiled and said, "I really can't imagine that you will solve this crisis." ”

Before receiving a military report, the Miao people in Yunnan had an incident, and the Yunnan and Guizhou officials and troops had to rush to Miao Jiang to quell the rebellion.

Su Hongniang said quietly: "What, is the general king going to come and capture the little girl?" ”

Ye Zhao smiled dryly: "Didn't my wife take it a long time ago?" ”

Su Hongniang's face flushed, but there is really no way to take this apprentice, he is now the most famous person in the world, why is he still not in shape?

Ye Zhao asked again: "But after all, this is an expedient measure, does my wife have a strategy to break the monk king?" ”

When it comes to business, she can't say it seriously, Su Hongniang can only turn a deaf ear and say, "I came this time in the hope that you can help." I have already calculated, there are not enough guns, I can use gunpowder arrows to break the cavalry, I have brought a sketch of gunpowder arrows, and I ask you to help me to hurry up the work, and I can pay double the silver taels. ”

"Oh?" Ye Zhao smiled: "Is the rocket here to scare the war horse?" That's a good idea. "Knowing that with the technical conditions of Guangxi, it is naturally impossible to produce in large quantities, so I came to ask for my help.

Matchmaker, it seems that she really doesn't need to worry about herself, what tactics to use under what conditions, she has a lot of ideas.

"Okay, how many sprigs? I told them to work at night. Silver, the enterprise system over there, does have to be settled, but I'll help you put it on first. ”

The matchmaker didn't expect this slippery head to agree happily, now it's different from the past, don't look at the time when he sent guns and silver, but in the end, think about it carefully, how much benefit did he make in this mess in Guangxi? The east and the west are drumming out a branch of elite soldiers, is it not because the southeast half of the wall is shaky? But now it is different from the past, he is the general king, and the ambition of the queen mother is obvious, sometimes when I think about it, I really think that this person is terrible, and he pretends to be stupid and stunned, but the depth of his scheming is simply chilling.

Now I'm afraid that he has already saved the heart of adopting the Guangxi Fairness Party, and if he wants him to help, he naturally wants to listen to his conditions, but I don't want him to agree so soon.

Su Hongniang looked at Ye Zhao suspiciously and asked, "It's gone?" ”

Ye Zhao spread out his hands and said with a smile: "What else can there be?" If you want me to help, can I still say anything? ”

Su Hongniang seems to believe it or not, she used to think that he was a little pervert and a little slippery, but this slippery head is just a little smart, but now that she looks at it, she is really blind, and she has seen the world's characters several times, and her "husband" is the most unfathomable.

Ye Zhao sighed and said, "I originally asked you to take the train, how good is that, why did you come to this place of wind and moon?" "But I thought in my heart, this Yuan Yuexian wouldn't be bought into a high-level spy by the matchmaker, right? Her sources are afraid that they will go to sea, although it doesn't look like the situation now, but I'm afraid that it will happen sooner or later.

Bringing yourself here makes you unable to touch her, doesn't it?

The little girl is thinking about herself all day long, is she in her eyes now a wicked person? Think about it, how many Taiping troops did you kill? In the eyes of some people, their top is naturally stained red with the blood of the Taiping Army.

However, the Taiping Army, after all, does not represent the advanced productive forces, and plays a role in hindering and destroying society, and some of them may be brave in battle, but they can sing and cry, but that's all, if they gain the upper hand, the harm to Chinese civilization is only unprecedented.

Even if the barbarians enter the customs and know how to learn the culture of the Central Plains, the Taiping Army is a kind of theocratic system that uses Western religious deformities, and some people even call the war with the Taiping Army a Sino-Western religious war.

It's just these words, but she doesn't have to tell the matchmaker, even if she has a mustard for herself, it's just because she is acting in a fog, so she can't figure it out, as for the Taiping Army, she has never had a good impression.

After taking a sip of tea, Ye Zhao shook his head and sighed, as if he was very helpless: "In this whole world, the only one who can give me a headache is you, you can't beat or scold, you can't scold you, you are afraid of being bullied by others, but you can turn your head and want to go against you." ”

Su Hongniang sneered, although he was pretending, but it seemed that it was really like this, she glanced at him and said, "You can arrest me." ”

Ye Zhao's heart fluttered, and he smiled: "Can't I really catch you when I am forced by you?" ”

Su Hongniang picked up the teacup and tasted the tea.

Ye Zhao shook his head and said: "I was going to take the train for the first time, but you didn't go, now that Guangdong is developing, it is said that with each passing day, you say that if it goes on like this, the people will live and work in peace and contentment, why is it bad?" ”

Su Hongniang pointed to the faint lights outside the window, and said, "How is this different from before?" ”

Ye Zhao was in his heart, and sure enough, not going to take the train with him was to expose the "dark side" under his rule. said with a smile: "Things always have to come little by little, at least in Guangdong, everyone has the hope of eating a good cup of tea and rice." Why did you rebel before? Isn't it so that all the brothers under him have something to eat? It seems to be your ideal for everyone to have food, but how small is it to say something unpleasant? In the future, you will naturally know who is wrong and who is right. ”

Su Hongniang was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "I'm a little afraid of you now." ”

As soon as Ye Zhao picked up the teacup and brought it to his mouth, a mouthful of tea squirted out, and he looked up at the matchmaker with an innocent face.

Su Hongniang smiled, but said slowly: "It's true, I often wonder, are you the same person as Ye Zhao I first knew?" Which one is the real you? What do you really want? The more I think about it, the more confused I become, and the more I think about it, the more I don't understand. ”

Ye Zhao slowly put down the teacup and said, "If you can't figure it out, don't think about it, sometimes, it should be simpler to be a person." Just like you and me, I only know that even if you are a female thief for the rest of your life, I will protect you and cherish you, whether I am a good person or a wicked person, you are my wife after all. ”

Su Hongniang was silent.

The sound of the piano gradually stopped, Yuan Yuexian blinked and looked at the situation of the two, and did not wait for the matchmaker to speak, she stroked her ten fingers, and the heavenly sound of the piano rose again, but it was like a mountain and flowing water, much more cheerful, and it made people feel relieved.

Ye Zhao was slightly stunned, this moon fairy girl, but there is a bit of wisdom.

After pondering for a while, Ye Zhao said: "Today, you should rest early, don't think about it, and tomorrow I will go to Foshan with me, just the picture is afraid that it will be biased, you must always explain it to them." ”

Outside the door, someone knocked lightly, and it was Bakshi's voice: "Childe, Hong Kong emergency call." ”

"Come in!" Ye Zhao frowned slightly, knowing that it was definitely not good news.

Bakshi quickly came in with the telegram in his hand, did not squint, presented the telegram to Ye Zhao, and retreated.

Seeing Ye Zhao's brows frowning more and more when she saw Ye Zhao looking at the message, she asked with concern, "What's wrong?" ”

Ye Zhao did not squeak, the telegram was sent by lawyer Hall, saying that the fleet transporting shipbuilding machinery had a dispute with people in Xinjiapo, several captains were imprisoned, and the fleet was also detained and not allowed to leave the port.

I'm afraid it's not as simple as it seems on the surface. Ye Zhao pondered and handed the message to the matchmaker.

(To be continued)