The news of Bian'an City quickly reached the hands of Murong Chong and Lin Ruo. Unlike Su Muyu's nonsense, the news that the Ying Wei of King Rong's Mansion found out was all about the court and the court.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not in the capital, and there are still a lot of movements of King Ye."

Murong Chong frowned and shook his head: "King Ye only has the throne in his heart, and he doesn't care about the dire situation of the people of Yu and the bitter cold of the soldiers in the north. ”

"If it weren't for the fact that Shangyu Prefect He Ru was Shen Shangshu's protégé, Shangyu's greed for ink would endanger his position as the crown prince, and I am afraid that the prince may not be willing to be busy."

Lin Ruo shrugged his shoulders and said nonchalantly. Compared with King Ye, she doesn't have a high opinion of the prince, and both of them are half a catty.

Murong moved the corners of his mouth impulsively and did not speak. Lin Ruo is telling the truth, and it is difficult to refute. He still remembered that in the East Palace, he and Marquis Jingping had a hard time talking about moving the prince to Shangyu to deal with the flood.

"However, you still favor the second brother's side."

Lin Ruo nodded: "Because Sister Qing is the crown princess, because the Gu family took refuge in King Ye." ”

"It's as simple as that?"

"It's as simple as that."

"If the crown princess is no longer the eldest lady of the Jingping Marquis Mansion, you won't favor the prince anymore?"

"Hmm," Lin Ruo pouted with his hand on his cheeks, "Then it depends on who is cost-effective, profiteers, and it always comes down to profit." ”

Murong Chong raised his eyebrows: "Whether it's right or wrong?" ”

Lin Ruo pouted: "How can it be cost-effective if it's wrong?" ”

She didn't care who the person who would sit on the top of the throne in the end. What she has to do now is to increase the bargaining chips in the hands of the Lin family, so that the wealth of the Lin family is enough to fight against the great imperial power, and it will not be affected by any power.

Murong Chong was stunned, although Lin Ruo's words sounded like sophistry, they did make sense.

"As I said, small wealth depends on wisdom, and big wealth depends on virtue. The Lin family is engaged in long-term business, and the so-called most cost-effective way will naturally not be a way to harm others and benefit themselves, act for the tiger, and lose their conscience. ”

Lin Ruo replied nonchalantly, mixed with an imperceptible loss in his heart.

Lose?

Lin Ruo was stunned, how could he have such an emotion?

In the past, when Murong Chong had doubts about her, she would just say it like this, how could she ...... Lost?

Is it because you were touched by the phrase "let it be"?

So put Murong Chong in the position of heartbeat?

It shouldn't be like this......

Lin Ruo took a deep breath, and was about to suppress this strange emotion in his heart, but his hand was held by Murong Chong.

"Don't be angry."

A deep voice came into his ears, and Lin Ruo suspected that he had auditory hallucinations.

Murong Chong: This is ...... Coax her?

raised his head and met Murong Chong's gaze, looking at her with apology in his deep eyes. The unwary gaze met and her heart suddenly messed up again.

Turning his face away with difficulty, he pulled out the hand held by Murong Chong, and replied lightly, "Not angry", his voice was as thin as a mosquito.

Murong Chong hooked his mouth, and a smile overflowed from the corners of his mouth, but he didn't say anything, but took the initiative to change the topic: "Second brother said that Jiangnan is an outstanding person, and he has collected a lot of talents with real talents. Among them, there is a teacher named Zhang Xu, a teacher in Shangyu Academy, who is really a rare talent! The flood in Shangyu was able to be brought under control so quickly thanks to him. ”

"Zhang Xu?"

"Well, that's right. He is a lifter, and he has a lot of insight into water conservancy, agriculture, civil affairs, and governance, but it is a pity that he failed in the imperial examination two years ago. The second brother said that he should check carefully, who has no eyes and no beads, so that such a beautiful jade is covered with dust. ”

"Is it really that powerful?"

"Shi Nong is in business, Shi is in agriculture. But how many people who study do not think very highly of themselves and look down on agriculture and industry? ”

Lin Ruo hooked the corners of his mouth shallowly, and responded: "That's right." It is mentioned in the Analects of Zilu that Fan Chi asked his teacher Confucius for advice on how to grow crops, but Zi said: 'Villain, Fan Xuye! If you give a good gift, the people will not dare to be disrespectful; Good righteousness. The people dare not disagree; If you have a good letter, the people will not dare to be ruthless. If the husband is so, then the people of the Quartet will carry their sons and come to the place, and use the crops? (1) 'Waste of crops'? Hmph, I don't want to think about what these saints eat without peasants to grow crops? Confucius is still like this, no wonder these scholars who believe in Confucius are not familiar with farming. ”

Murong Chong was stunned: What did Confucius want to express? Isn't it an expression of the will of each department to do its job and show its strengths? After all, Confucius said in the "Analects of Learning", "The country of a thousand times of the Tao, respect and believe, use sparingly and love people, and make the people timely." It can be seen from "making the people time" that Confucius was quite concerned about agricultural affairs during the agricultural period.

But being misinterpreted by Lin Ruo like this, Murong Chong really felt that this out-of-context statement was quite reasonable.

He was really curious, how did Lin Ruo make this nonsense reasonable?

Lin Ruo shrugged his shoulders: "People are different, their experiences are different, and their opinions are naturally different." I am a woman, and it is okay to be a saint with the heart of a villain. What's more, a 'saint' who put forward the 'three obedience and four virtues' and deprived women of their right to freedom is not really a saint in my eyes. ”

"You really have a deep grudge against Sage Kong......"

Murong Chong sighed helplessly, came back to his senses, and found that the topic had been unconsciously pulled away from Shangyu Juren Zhang Xu to Sage Kong, and couldn't help but be happy: "I was still talking about this Zhang Juren just now, and this is about the 'three from the four virtues'." ”

"Because the resentment is too deep!"

Murong Chong smiled, looked at the words on the letterhead, and thought for a moment: "I don't know what this 'Qingmiao Method' is, it makes the second brother so happy." ”

"The former dynasty was cut down by various feudal towns, resulting in a shortage of imperial troops and money. Someone suggested to the emperor of the previous dynasty that this method of green seedlings was aimed at achieving the goal of 'the people do not give more and the country is sufficient'. ”

Lin Ruo said slowly.

The so-called former dynasty is the Tang Dynasty.

Soon after Lin Ruo arrived in Donglu, she found that Donglu was in turmoil at the end of the Tang Dynasty before, and further on, it was no different from the history she knew, but after that, history turned a corner for some reason, not to the development of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms she knew, but to the current appearance. Probably because there are many troubles in the troubled times, and the variables are unknown.

It's a good thing that she won't worry about how much impact her actions will have on future generations, and it also allows her to keep her curiosity enough to continue exploring this unknown future.

Murong Chong was a little surprised by Lin Ruo's remarks: "Do you know the 'Qingmiao Method'? ”

Lin Ruo pretended to shrug his shoulders lightly, and joked: "In addition to the fact that the Lin Mansion has a lot of money, there are also a lot of books. ”

Notes: (1) In the Analects of Zilu, it is said: Fan Chi asked for learning. Zi said: "I am not as good as an old farmer." "Please learn as a nursery. He said: "I'm not as good as Lao Pu." "Fan is late. Zi said: "Villain, Fan Xuye! If you give a good gift, the people will not dare to be disrespectful; Good righteousness. The people dare not disagree; If you have a good letter, the people will not dare to be ruthless. If the husband is so, then the people of the Quartet will carry their sons and come to the place, and use the crops? ”