Entering the hall, Li Dingguo asked Wang Lanping to sit at the top, and he stood aside.

Li Dingguo was born poor, and now he is ranked as a feudal marquis, but he is also extremely frugal in life, and there are only five people in the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion of Nuoda, counting the Li family and his wife, one is a maid who has recently been invited to serve the pregnant like snow, a cook, and an old servant who cleans the courtyard, which is not as good as the average small rich family.

After the two exchanged a few words in the hall, Ruxue personally brought the tea.

"Prime Minister, please use tea" Ruxue put down the tea, held the tray in her arms, and stood next to Li Dingguo.

Just now outside the house, because the light was not very clear, by the candlelight in the house, Ruxue was a little more bloated than before, and her abdomen was slightly raised, covered with a wide floral skirt.

Wang Lanping said, "Dingguo, your loyal and righteous marquis is also about three hundred taels of silver per month, look at the shabby in your house, the furniture is still left by the Ma family in the past."

Li Dingguo arched his hand and said, "Yes, my subordinates are used to being rough, and now this is already very good."

Wang Lanping pointed to Ruxue's stomach and said, "Then don't be wronged Ruxue, don't be wronged by the child in her belly, Zhongyi Marquis is not only a title, but also a status symbol, if you want to be noble in front of people, first of all, you have to see yourself as a nobleman, listen to me, tomorrow I will change all these furniture, this house inside and outside will also be renovated once, invite more servants, you are a minister in the court, but in this mansion, you are the lord, the marquis"

Li Dingguo is sincere, honest, affectionate, these Wang Lanping understands, but the more this kind of person is, the more difficult it is to convince, too admitted, he can't pull back the nine cows he recognizes, and he has to slowly let him change, and Li Dingguo has no high requirements for wealth and beauty, and he is indifferent to fame and fortune, maybe in the hearts of many people, this kind of person is a gentleman, but in the eyes of those in power, in the eyes of Wang Lanping, such a person is terrible and respectable, you never know what he wants.

For example, Song Dali, greedy for money and lustful, Wang Lanping can see through his heart, liver, spleen and lungs at a glance, and he can do it.

Fang Guoan likes power, then try to satisfy him and give him power, and Wang Lanping, the Huaiyuan camp of Fang Guoan, try not to interfere.

Cao Dingjiao is brave and invincible, loves good horses and divine weapons, and Wang Lanping can do what he likes without much effort.

Song Xian is calm, cautious, not in love in the past, not chasing in the future, only focusing on reality, that is to say, no matter what choice Song Xian makes, he will take one step at a time, the immediate interests are above all else, and Wang Lanping can also satisfy him.

There is also Zhang Shenyan in the middle of the court, Zhang Huangyan and his ilk want to display their ambitions in the troubled times, so give them space to display.

Even Zheng Zhilong, the big pirate Wang Lanping in the southeast, can touch his itchy flesh, and a blank check of 'the mainland is the mother and dominates the Quartet' can make him marry a daughter willingly.

Only Li Dingguo, Wang Lanping really has no way to take him, he doesn't want anything, he doesn't want fame, he doesn't greed for money, he doesn't love sex, there is no way to take this kind of person, so Wang Lanping can only use a method that is not bright, he values love and righteousness, so he will continue to give him favors, rewards, gifts, and giving, so that he feels that he will never be able to repay this favor, and firmly pile him by his side.

In all dynasties, each person in power has his own set of skills, which can also be said to be the art of using people, the world is too big, a person's strength is insignificant, and the most important thing is to use every person around him and every talented person.

Such ideas have been staged again and again, even the Manchu regent in order to be able to dominate the world, but also had to put all the power in the south of the Yangtze River to Hong Chengchou, even many Manchu princes have to listen to his orders, no matter how lowly people as long as they have the ability to enter the general, and they are not stingy with the heroes, how many Han people surrendered to the Manchu Dynasty to be crowned kings and marquises, the Manchus have such a mind, which is admirable, and even more afraid, and it is precisely because of this that in the official history, hundreds of thousands of Manchus can sweep the whole of China.

In the original Ming Dynasty system, appointing people as relatives, appointing people for profit, fighting for power everywhere, grabbing profits everywhere, and the party fighting constantly, there is no reason not to fail.

Li Dingguo arched his hand gratefully and obscurely, "Xie Cheng is concerned, Dingguo feels good like this"

Wang Lanping snorted, remembered the pair at the door, and read, "The wind is light and the clouds are light, and the flowers at the courtyard gate bloom and fall; Honor and disgrace are not shocked, looking at the clouds in the sky. You are pure in heart and have few desires, and you can think openly."

Ruxue on the side said, "Prime Minister, where, he is poor and has no money."

Li Dingguo hurriedly said, "Don't talk nonsense"

Ruxue pouted, walked to Wang Lanping's side, and had a very good look of letting the prime minister call the shots for her, snorted at Li Dingguo, and said, "Prime minister, you don't know, what our family has become like these days, not to mention renovating the Hou Mansion, just his clothes, Prime Minister, have you noticed, he has three clothes inside and out, official uniforms, armor, and this regular uniform, do you want to believe him to change again"

Wang Lanping was shocked, "Dingguo, what Ruxue said is true?" ”

Li Dingguo smiled awkwardly, which was considered a tacit acquiescence.

Wang Lanping looked at Ruxue Road, "The house is often robbed?" No, which thief in the Nanjing Garrison Admiral's Mansion dares to worry"

"No, it's his ......"

"Like snow, stand down" Li Dingguo interrupted her suddenly.

"You stand down, like snow, and say," Wang Lanping glared at him.

Ruxue said, "Why don't you let me say, Ruxue is not disgusted with poverty and loves rich, nor is it that she can't bear this kind of hardship, but I don't want to see you like this"

The more Wang Lanping listened, the more strange he became, "What's going on?" ”

Ruxue then revealed the origin of the matter one by one, and the matter had to start with Li Dingguo's marquis, once he was made a marquis, it didn't take long for the news to spread to his hometown of Sichuan.

There is a way that a person who has attained the Tao of chickens and dogs ascended to heaven, Li Dingguo originally gave Zhang Xianzhong as a righteous son in Sichuan, many of the original villagers went to him, borrowed money and grain, and even begged for a future.

His fellow villagers couldn't stay in Sichuan, they fought every day, the people didn't have a good life, and they didn't have a peaceful birthday, so they left their hometowns one by one and fled to other places, and they didn't know where they got the news that Li Dingguo had made a marquis in Nanjing, and he lived in eight seats.

In a poor and remote place, it is difficult to find such a person, in the past few months, there have been more and more hundred and ten villagers who have come to join him, and Li Dingguo is not good at turning away these villagers from all afar, and always tries to help them, but this is like a bottomless pit, almost every month is spent on these people, and they have not saved any savings, and it is difficult to save again and again for the sake of snow, but the days are always tight.

After listening to Ruxue's narration, Wang Lanping really couldn't blame him.

"You both sit down, sit, my Wang Lanping is not from a good background, my family has been poor since I was a child, and I am only where I am today thanks to my mother, when I was a child, I also hoped that there was such a person around me, to help, I understand the feelings of these people who came to you, they are right, your kindness is not wrong, but you are wrong.

When I was a child, there was a beggar in my hometown, people were very pitiful, almost everyone in Huaining City knew him, he should have been in his forties at that time, no children and no daughters, once begging came to my small courtyard, but my mother did not allow me to give him anything to eat, I didn't know why, I always thought that my mother was too ruthless, and then he went to Yun Niang's house, Yun Niang's heart was good, gave him half a nest head, but since then, he has been staying outside Yun Niang's house, and he can't drive away, until Yun Niang's house can't give him anything, he went to another house, And so on until starvation on the streets"

Wang Lanping paused after saying this, and then said, "I said this, Dingguo, do you understand?" ”

Li Dingguo was a little moved, "My subordinates just want to help them more, and if I can help one of them, it's too bitter to be in my hometown."

Wang Lanping nodded, and said softly, "You know, they are like that old beggar, waiting for your alms every day, until you can't give them anything, what should you do at that time, whether they starve to death or you starve to death, the dignified Ming Zhongyi Marquis starved to death, where is my prime minister's face to rest, what you have to do is not to help them, not to help the poor, what you have to do is to give them a way to live, let them stand on their own, the world is big, hundreds of millions of people, you can save a few, what you can do is to let this world settle down, there will be no more wars, No more people are displaced, you have to rebuild your hometown, rebuild this troubled world, let the people live and work in peace and contentment, and let the market prosper, this is what you should really do."

When Wang Lanping said these words, he suddenly felt a shock in his heart, yes, what happened to Lao Tzu as a thief, if you break all this, you will be the opposite.

On the way to the Marquis of Zhongyi's mansion just now, he seemed to be still in the midst of a difficult choice.

Li Dingguo seemed to have listened to it, his expression was gloomy, he got up and arched his hand, "Dingguo understands, the prime minister has great ambitions, Dingguo has no talent, I am willing to follow the prime minister's drive, sooner or later, one day, Dingguo will rebuild Sangzi"

Wang Lanping smiled knowingly, he finally knows what you kid wants, this trip is really not in vain, you have to rebuild your hometown, but you want to rebuild the world, recreate the supreme, this goal will never waver, who dares to stop me, under the butcher's knife, regardless of loyalty and treachery.

Wang Lanping said, "Yes, when I go west to conquer Sichuan, you will realize this wish, and soon, you will go."

Li Dingguo hurriedly said, "The prime minister is leaving now?" "When the prime minister comes to the house, it is impossible to be nothing, he must want to say something.

Wang Lanping said seriously, "Many things, many decisions may not be my original intention, but you have to believe me, I think the same as you, you will understand in the future"

This was said suddenly, and Li Dingguo didn't understand it at all.

When he walked to the door, Wang Lanping suddenly stopped and said, "Ruxue, send someone to my house tomorrow to find Fang Ling to get some money, my soldiers can't be shabby."

The couple looked at each other, and waited until Wang Lanping was out of the house, then they remembered, hurriedly ran out of the mansion, and arched their hands, "Congratulations to the prime minister!" ”

**

Wang Lanping, who walked to the Dingguo Mansion, was in an extremely relaxed mood, he had never been so free and easy, and the heavy moral stone in his heart was finally moved away, what people's hearts, what public opinions, and what regarded the king as his father, all to hell with it.

The spring breeze was proud, the night was cool, Wang Lanping galloped on the bluestone slab, the horse's hooves shook, fortunately, there were no pedestrians on the street at this time.

Passing through the streets and alleys, in a blink of an eye they have arrived at the Dingguo Mansion, and the soldiers standing guard outside the door saw Xiangye returning to the house, and hurriedly greeted him.

Wang Lanping's face was full of spring breeze, turned over and dismounted, laughed, threw the reins into the soldier's arms, and strode into the house, and the hearty laughter attracted Fang Ling and Yun Niang, who were reading in the study.

Yun Niang is illiterate, and Fang Ling can be regarded as her enlightened teacher, so both of them put down their books and walked out, just out of the gate of the middle courtyard, and happened to meet Wang Lanping head-on.

Fang Ling hurriedly said, "Husband, where have you gone, I'm so unhappy?"

Wang Lanping's current mood is so refreshing, he stepped forward and picked up Fang Ling, spun around on the spot, put her down, and laughed, "Happy? You can see it."

Fang Ling blushed and said, "Who can't see it, you see, you're about to become a Maitreya Buddha, right, Sister Yun."

Yun Niang on the side nodded affirmatively and said, "Brother Lan Ping, what is so happy, I have never seen you smile like this, your face is deformed"

Wang Lanping didn't answer, she was on a whim at the moment, and her heavy hands were groping around her body without scruples, making her look at Yun Niang with a flushed face, embarrassed, and whispered, "Xiangye, Sister Yun is watching."

Yun Niang was embarrassed to see this, and was about to walk away.

Wang Lanping glanced back at Yun Niang, pulled it back, made a strong effort with both arms, supported their backs one by one, and even hugged them together, and said with a smile, "That's okay, no one will suffer, come together, go"

Yun Niang suddenly opened her mouth, and Fang Ling's expression over there was also dumbfounded, and the two of them exclaimed almost at the same time, "Together? ”

Wang Lan strode on the cobblestone path of the middle courtyard, and said, "It's better to be happy alone than to be happy, let me tell you, from today onwards, I can't stop what I want to do."

The two girls didn't speak anymore, but they didn't dare to imagine what an embarrassing scene it must have been for a while, and after thinking about it, they had already come to the room, and before they could react, the two had been thrown on the bed.

The unbearable sound mixed with the sound of night insects chirping rose in all directions, and lasted for an hour, until the housekeepers and servants in the house were tossing and turning on the bed, Wang Lanping gasped and got out of bed with a satisfied face, walked to the table, picked up the tea, and cooed.

The brocade on the bed was turned over and waves, and two women with red faces came out of it, and the scene of forgetting love just now appeared, but at the moment it was embarrassing.

Yun Niang pulled the brocade quilt tightly, blocked it in front of her chest, and said to the other party embarrassed, "You, you turn around first, I'll get dressed, I'll go back to my room and sleep."

Fang Ling shrank in the quilt, only revealing two big eyes full of shyness, looked at Yun Niang, and shrank in.

Wang Lanping ignored them, just quietly walked to the window, pushed it open and looked at the starry night sky, at this time, Yun Niang, who had just put on a thin veil, walked from behind, gently draped a dress on his shoulder, and also looked in the direction he was looking, what is there to see about this night moon, she looked back at Fang Ling, who was still shrunk in the quilt, and said, "Brother Lanping, you go to bed early, I, I'm going back to the room"

This room is Fang Ling's residence, located in the middle courtyard, Yun Niang and many female relatives in the house live in the backyard together.

Wang Lanping nodded, "Put your shoes on"

Yun Niang looked down, stuck out her tongue, ran back to the bed, and while she was putting on her shoes, she couldn't help but lift the corner of the quilt on the bed, and whispered to Fang Ling inside, "You are so big, hehe"

Then he turned around and ran, giggling all the way.

Fang Ling shyly poked her head out of it, Yun Niang left, only then did she dare to come out of the quilt, half leaning on the head of the bed, her face was still cloudy, she really couldn't imagine how this happened, what happened just now, and she didn't know if her voice was louder just now.

"Xiangye, it's late at night, you still haven't come to sleep?" Fang Lingmei's eyes were shy, and she lifted the corner of the quilt, it was rare for the prime minister to sleep in his house for one night, as long as he was in the house, almost Yun Niang accompanied him.

Wang Lanping nodded, but did not move, after the excitement, there were other concerns, a meteor flashed in the night sky, he closed his eyes, and muttered, "It's time for news"

"Xiangye, you have to go to the city early tomorrow morning to pick up your wife"

"Okay, here we are"

Lowering the window, he returned to the bedside, and Fang Ling hurriedly moved inside.

"Ah, Xiangye, you want it again"

"Infinite rivers and mountains, all in my own way"

"Huh? What do you say? (To be continued.) )