The surrounding subordinates paused, sat upright, and asked solemnly, "Oh? Why did Ziling say this? ”

Born in a wealthy family, not worrying about food and clothing, and in the Spring Festival, how could he suddenly be so untimely and so emotional? This is not like Zhou Qiu's usual etiquette.

Zhou Qiu replied: "Back to my uncle, since the seal of the yamen, my nephew has been idle, and from time to time he meets with friends to eat tea and walk the street, and observe the people's feelings. Only then did I know that even if he was as prosperous and wealthy as the feet of the Son of Heaven, there were people who were not clothed and hungry. ”

As he spoke, he told him everything he had seen in recent days with his surroundings.

"My nephew thinks that he will serve as an official and benefit one party. Since his uncle is responsible for the position of Jing Zhaoyin, if he is allowed to do so, he may provoke criticism. So I wanted to find a charter with my uncle to see if I could find a way to solve the matter. Zhou Qiu's words were sincere and frank.

After listening to it, he responded with a smile: "Ziling is naked, worried about the people's society, and it is inevitable that he will be worried about these things. ”

As soon as the words changed, he admonished in a solemn voice: "But you need to know that there is no perfect place in this world, and under the light, there will always be shadows; In the splendid ointment, it is inevitable that there will be one or two ragged people.

"There is no shortage of poor people in this world; This capital is beyond the power of you and me to change. ”

When Father Zhou on the side heard this, his face immediately changed, and he immediately turned his head and scolded Zhou Qiu lightly: "It's not the first day that you have entered the court as an official, how can you not know that this capital is like a forest, and all kinds of relationships are intertwined?" Although your uncle is in charge of Jing Zhaoyin, this is a ministry with little power and the most idleness. If you are careless, not only can you not help others, but you will be burned and you will be unable to protect yourself.

"Those who are hungry and cold are not all able to be rescued by one Jing Zhaoyin."

He has no hope in this life, and his only hope is pinned on this son, who has been outstanding since he was a child, and whether it is in the Zhou family or in the court, if he loses the support of his eldest brother, his son Zhou Qiu's future will be greatly affected.

When Zhou Qiu heard this, he had no choice but to apologize to his surroundings: "My nephew doesn't have the heart to criticize my uncle's director, but he just sympathizes with those who are hungry and cold, and he is afraid that someone in the court will attack the uncle's mansion with this matter, so he is in a hurry and candidly say what he sees." Please forgive me. ”

But he sighed secretly in his heart, listening to the meaning of his father and uncle's words, not only did he not agree with what he thought, as if he reproached him for being nosy. This is about what Han Yan said, after being in the officialdom for a long time, he gradually lost the sincerity and bravery that he used to be dedicated to the people and move forward bravely, and became the most shameless kind of person he used to be.

Seeing that Zhou Qiu was being taught, he also softened his face and taught earnestly: "In today's court, the monarch is young and pure, and it is not a bad thing for you to have this sincere heart. It's just that you don't just rely on enthusiasm and courage to do things, you have to think twice about everything, so as not to cause disaster. ”

Zhou Qiu was taught: "Thank you uncle for your teachings." ”

After a pause, he smiled again: "My nephew also dared to be so presumptuous in front of his uncle." Outside, naturally it is not daring. ”

The surroundings nodded in satisfaction.

Father Zhou quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and was proud of his son's safety, but couldn't help but feel aggrieved for his son's sensibility.

Such a talented young man Junyan, if he hadn't been a useless father like himself, he wouldn't have to wronged himself like this, obviously in his own home, but he even had to look at other people's faces to tell the truth.

However, since Zhou Qiu had promised Han Yan to persuade the surrounding people to prepare for the impending famine in advance, he naturally would not give up so easily, so he took the opportunity of the conversation to tell the vendor who sold silk flowers he met by chance on the way home from the palace.

Of course, he didn't hide his encounter with Han Yan.

The surroundings were originally just listening casually, but when they heard Zhou Qiu mention Han Yan, his eyes suddenly moved, and he interrupted him and asked, "You mean, on your way home from the palace, you met Mrs. Han?" ”

Zhou Qiu nodded, his expression calm, as before.

Raised his hands and twisted his beard, silently pondering.

Originally, he thought that all this today was just Zhou Qiu's sincere heart of worrying about the country and the people, but now it seems that maybe Han Yan deliberately guided him and used Zhou Qiu's mouth to specially mention himself.

If this is the case, then he will have to think carefully and make a decision. You must know that many of Han Yan's decisions at the moment also represent the will of Emperor Kangping to a large extent. Although the Zhou family fell in love with the Sun family and stood on the opposite side of the Han family, this does not mean that the Zhou family does not serve Emperor Kangping as the king.

The surroundings instantly put away the previous carelessness, and the eyebrows were solemn.

Zhou Qiu is sincere, and this matter is related to the hunger and cold survival of the people of a country, so he didn't care about being admonished by the surroundings just now, and directly told Han Yan about observing the sky at night and divination, and said solemnly at the end: "Han Taifu is a teacher of Liu Zhenren, but I am afraid that this hexagram will not fail." As Jing Zhaoyin, my uncle is in charge of the livelihood of the people in Gyeonggi, so he should have prepared early. ”

Otherwise, once the hexagram is fulfilled, and the capital is in chaos because of the famine, I am afraid that the powerful people around him who are afraid of offending will not speak for him, but they will also take this opportunity to get him down and replace him with someone who is more beneficial to his own family.

Hearing this, the surrounding expressions were awe-inspiring, and he raised his hand to signal Zhou Qiu to sit down, and said, "This matter is not trivial, and it needs to be discussed in the long run." ”

Regardless of Han Yan's talk to Zhou Qiu about the end and purpose of this matter at this time, he only knew that under his rule, the Gyeonggi Heavy Land would definitely not be allowed to be lost!

On the first day of Kangping's third year, Jing Zhaoyin couldn't wait to devote himself to work.

Time is like flowing water, slowly passing away.

In the blink of an eye, it's the Lantern Festival again.

Because Zhang Lihu and Zhang Li were about to return to Liaodong with Xiao Ping'an in the first lunar month, so this Lantern Festival, Han Qian arranged for Han Yan to set the best place to enjoy the lanterns early in the morning, and set up a banquet to entertain them.

The in-laws invited each other kindly, and Zhang Lihu and Zhang Li naturally did not refuse, not to mention that they hurt their hearts, and then made it difficult for their daughter and son-in-law to be people.

It is a dinner party, and the guests and hosts are happy.

After the banquet was withdrawn, Han Qian looked at Xiao Ping'an, who was sitting politely and politely, and persuaded Zhang Orion with pity: "Although I Guan Linglang is young, his words and deeds are quite orderly, and his qualifications and endowments are excellent, and he is a talent that can be created.

"It's a pity to go back to Liaodong like this......"

Zhang Orion sighed when he heard this, raised his hand and touched Xiao Ping'an's head, and sighed with pride and helplessness: "This kid, it's hard to be a child, and it's really wronged to live in a family like us......"