Soon, the time will be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and this is also the first Mid-Autumn Festival that Zhang Chao has spent in this time and space. But Zhang Chao felt a little depressed, because he was now surrounded by cumin, and there was no one to spend the holiday with him. He was a lonely person, both internally and physically. And many departments can also have a holiday during the Mid-Autumn Festival, after all, everyone has to go back to their homes to reunite with their families, and people who don't have families have to go to enjoy the lanterns and the like. Now that the troubled times are over, it won't be long before they end, so everyone also hopes to take the opportunity to celebrate that they have not been killed by the swords, guns and arrows of the troubled times, and can survive this troubled times in peace. And next, the world is peaceful, and everyone can be a little ordinary person with peace of mind. Sometimes, it is better to be a peace dog than to be a chaotic person, and things are so simple. Maybe it's romance to dominate the world, but this kind of romance is built in the pain of countless people, so Zhang Chao won't respect it too much. After all, Zhang Chao is an economic official, and his thinking is different from those tyrant and hegemonic careerists, he prefers the peace of the world, and uses more political means to solve problems.

"Oh, Director Zhang, are you here?" A middle-aged scribe said.

Zhang Chao took the initiative to ask, "Why are you still here?" Aren't you going back for the holidays? ”

"Hehe, I'm on duty today and I'm responsible for guarding here to make sure there are no problems." The scribe said.

Whether in ancient times or in later generations, many government departments will also leave some people on duty overnight to avoid any problems. However, at this time of family reunion, it is very unpleasant to be on duty all night.

"Judging by your age, you should be in your forties, right?" Zhang Chao asked.

The scribe replied, "Thanks to Master Zhang's concern, I am forty-six." ”

"Then you should get married and have children, right?" Zhang Chao then asked.

"Well, now there are two children, a boy and a girl!" The scribe said.

Zhang Chao thought for a while and said, "Okay, you can go back for the New Year reunion now, I'll be on duty!" ”

"What? The duty is all done by our people, where can you be on duty? The scribe asked.

"Forget it, I'm young, I'm not married, and my parents have already died in troubled times. So, when you go back at this time, I'll be on duty for you! Zhang Chao said.

And the scribe thought about it, but in the end he couldn't resist the attraction of being able to go home for a reunion during the festival, and then took the initiative: "Thank you Director Zhang, I will definitely work hard for Director Zhang in the future and repay Director Zhang!" ”

The scribe soon went back, and then Zhang Chao did it alone in the duty room of the ministry, and then he was a little depressed.

"I really didn't expect that Director Zhang, you would be so sympathetic to your subordinates, let your subordinates go home for the New Year, and your boss is on duty here?" A woman's voice asked.

And Zhang Chao looked over and immediately said in surprise: "Miss Du Yulu? I haven't seen you for months, and you're really a lot more beautiful! ”

Du Yulu took the initiative to ask: "Yes!" I entered the palace today, and then when I was about to leave the palace, I passed by the ministry, but I was curious for a while, and I came in to see it inexplicably, but I didn't expect to see the scene of Director Zhang's sympathy for his subordinates and letting his subordinates go home for the New Year. It's really surprising, is it appropriate for Director Zhang to do this? ”

"How is it inappropriate? He is old and has a family, so I am not married yet, not to mention that my home is far away and is destined to be unable to go back, so it is nothing to let him go back. Zhang Chao said.

Zhang Chao didn't think there was anything wrong with this situation, after all, whenever he was on night duty in later generations, sometimes not only could the leader not shirk it, but he had to take the initiative to take on this task and let his subordinates go back for the New Year. Therefore, the matter of Zhang Chao being on duty for his subordinates is nothing in Zhang Chao's eyes, but in Du Yulu's eyes, it can be regarded as sympathetic to his subordinates. In this era of strict hierarchy, only subordinates have always paid for their superiors, and they have never heard of bosses taking the initiative to help their subordinates, which makes Du Yulu very unusual.

And Zhang Chao said that his home is far away in the sky, which is naturally because he has crossed over, and his home is in the future life, and he can't go back, so he is here with peace of mind. He doesn't have any hometown to go back to, his hometown is in the afterlife, so he has nothing to miss the hometown of this body. So now he has no hometown, no relatives, so he doesn't care.

"It seems that you can't go back to your hometown during the holidays!" Du Yulu said: "And I am also a person who can't return to my hometown during the holidays. ”

"Oh? Where is your home? Zhang Chao asked.

Du Yulu said: "Since I was a child, I have been displaced from my father in troubled times, and I have no hometown for a long time!" ”

"Haha, we are all the same people, sympathetic to each other!" Zhang Chao also said lightly to himself.

"In that case, two of us who don't have a hometown, let's have two drinks here!" Du Yulu said.

Zhang Chao replied: "Since Miss Du has such a Yaxing, then I will also sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman and drink two cups together!" ”

Zhang Chao then sent the people on duty in other departments to help him and Du Yulu go to a nearby restaurant to buy some low-alcohol wine and some snacks, and then drink two glasses with Du Yulu and eat some side dishes.

"May I also ask, who is Miss Du Lingzun?" Zhang Chao asked.

And Du Yulu took the initiative to smile and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"How can you let me guess, I can just know that you should not be Du Ruhui's daughter who joined the army, but how can I know about other people!" Zhang Chao said helplessly.

Du Yulu replied: "Okay, I won't hide it from you, my father is Du Chuke." ”

"Du Chuke? Du Ruhui's younger brother? Zhang Chao asked.

"Yes, Du Senjun is my uncle." Du Yulu said.

And Zhang Chao sighed and said, "Miss Du, are you here to settle accounts with me?" ”

"Oh? How do you say that? Du Yulu asked.

"Last time, I prevented Ling Zun from entering the Tiance Mansion!" Zhang Chao said.

Last time, when Zhang Chao suggested that Li Yuan take back the personnel rights, he used Du Chuke as an excuse, so Du Chuke was not able to enter the Tiance Mansion. In this way, Zhang Chao thought that this Du Chuke's daughter was here to settle accounts with him, so naturally he wouldn't feel too funny.

"Puff-, I didn't expect that Mr. Zhang, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, would have such a timid time? Don't worry, I'm not here to settle accounts with you, in fact, you helped me, and I don't actually want my father to enter the Tiance Mansion. Du Yulu said.

"Oh? Didn't you want to follow Du into the Tiance Mansion with the army? Zhang Chao asked.

Zhang Chao felt a little surprised, Du Yulu actually didn't want his father to enter the Tiance Mansion to serve? Because Du Ruhui is one of Li Shimin's eighteen bachelors, if his younger brothers also join Li Shimin, they should also be able to be reused. In the original history, Du Chuke seemed to be able to really become a master after Du Ruhui died, and finally became the master of Li Tai, the king of Wei, and was the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and managed the Ministry of Industry for many years. But now he is unwilling to join Li Shimin's Tiance Mansion, which is really strange.

"Actually, it's very simple, it's enough to have an uncle in Tiance Mansion alone, and you don't need too many people." Du Yulu said.

And smart people don't need to say too much, Zhang Chao immediately understood what Du Yulu meant. Du Yulu's meaning is very obvious, which is why Du Chuke did not join Tiance Mansion. Because according to those really smart families, they have always known that eggs cannot be put in one basket. They have arranged all the people of their own family into different forces, and they will not hesitate to kill each other even when the time comes. Because they know very well that if all the people of the entire family are invested in one force, if this strength falls, then everyone will be unlucky in the end.

So later, everyone also had the idea that they would arrange the talents in their own family to serve in different forces, so that even if one of them won the victory, it could ensure that their family could survive in peace. And the most obvious is the Zhuge family in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang took refuge in Shu Han, Zhuge Jin took refuge in Eastern Wu, and there is a not very famous Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Dan who took refuge in Wei. The Zhuge family also has a high status among the three forces, and its status is very lofty.

And this situation shows that their eggs are not put in one basket, that is, they can continue the family well, so they have taken refuge in different forces to serve, you can imagine the wisdom in this.

This is not the case even in the revolutionary era of later generations? A lot of people have scattered their siblings into different parties, which is telling.

Now Du Ruhui and their family are not like this? It is enough to have a Du Ruhui who follows Li Shimin, there is no need for so many people to follow Li Shimin, after all, the continuation of the Du family is very important. Therefore, since Du Ruhui is already Li Shimin's person, there is no need to let Du Chuke come out to join Li Shimin again. Now Li Shimin has not yet passed the crisis, because even if the world is unified, there is still a competition for the throne between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, which is also a very dangerous thing, almost not much worse than fighting for hegemony in the world.

"Then I did a good deed by mistake?" Zhang Chao said with a smile.

"Yes, even if it wasn't for you this time, my father and uncle would have found a way to excuse myself." Du Yulu said.

Zhang Chao then asked, "Isn't Miss Du by Ling Zun's side?" ”

"If I don't go back, I have nothing to go back to, my father has been living in seclusion in Songshan now, and there is nothing to do. And my father asked me to come to Chang'an to have a look, see the world, and find him a son-in-law by the way. Du Yulu said.

Zhang Chao asked curiously: "Look at Miss Du, you don't want to get married!" ”

"Yes, I don't want to get married! Why do you have to get married? Du Yulu asked very righteously.

Zhang Chao was speechless, he didn't expect that someone would think like this in ancient times, because in ancient times, men were married and women were married, and generally speaking, they had to get married. But now there are people who don't want to get married, which makes him a little surprised. So Zhang Chao was surprised, but he wasn't too surprised. After all, in the 21st century in which Zhang Chao lived in his previous life, there are more and more unmarried people, and more and more people do not want to get married. This is because women have enough economic conditions, so they naturally don't need to get married.

"Our Du family says that it is not big or small, but it is also a scholar family, so there is still some financial resources to live. And our Du family doesn't have anything to marry, and I don't need to marry him. In addition, at present, our Du family has enough strength to make the family prosperous, and there is no need to make the family prosperous through marriage. So my father didn't force me to marry someone, but just let me do it myself, as long as my status wasn't too low. However, I don't want to get married yet. Once I get married, I will have to bear too many things in the future, and I don't want to take on so much, so I won't get married! Du Yulu said.

Zhang Chao probably understood Du Yulu's thoughts, in fact, Du Yulu, a woman with a certain economic foundation, actually doesn't need a man to live, so naturally she doesn't have too many ideas of getting married. In addition, there is no need for their Du family to increase their family power through marriage in this generation, because Du Ruhui is already an important adviser to Li Shimin, as long as history can become the emperor, then Du Ruhui's position as a prime minister cannot be hidden. Therefore, there is no need for the Du family to sacrifice the marital happiness of their descendants for the development of the family, which gives Du Yulu a certain amount of freedom and does not have to be forced to marry by the family.

And Du Yulu may have seen too much of the consequences of the marriage of those scholars, all kinds of unhappiness, and also has to bear the responsibility of the family, so she longs for freedom and doesn't want to be bound by any marriage, so she will resist marriage so much.

In fact, whether or not to get married depends on the freedom of each other. It's not impossible to get married if you don't want to, as long as you can support yourself, then what's the reason why you have to get married? Zhang Chao also said.

Du Yulu asked, "Can you understand me?" “

"Of course, I've seen a lot of things, and this kind of reluctance to get married is nothing!" Zhang Chao said.

Zhang Chao is a later generation, the economic conditions of that era have been greatly improved, science and technology have been developed, and women no longer need men to support them, so there are more and more people who are not married, what can Zhang Chao not understand?

"Thank you for being able to understand me, too many people don't understand me, for you to understand me, I toast you! It's a drink for the two of us who are alone in a foreign land! Du Yulu raised her glass and said.

"!" Zhang Chao also gave a glass in return.

Soon, the two of them just joined each other with a cup of you, and they looked very friendly.