Could it really be Pei Yuanhao's problem?

I said: "But you just said that the emperor's new policy is good for the country and the people, as the saying goes, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, is it not right for the emperor to form such a benevolent government, which is not conducive to the stability of the political situation?" ”

When Wei Ningyuan heard this, he thought deeply, shook his head and said, "It's not wrong for the emperor to do this, but ...... The timing is not right. ”

"Timing...... Wrong? ”

"Not bad."

Wei Ningyuan said, stood up and walked to the door, it was already a little late at this time, and the front was almost dark, only faintly seeing the mountain shape in the distance, and a little light. Wei Ningyuan pointed to the gloom in front of him and said, "Madam, please think about it, who does those large areas of land on the south bank of the Yangtze River belong to?" ”

"It used to be the territory of King Jiangxia, so naturally it now belongs to the Han sisters."

"Yes, how many farmers are cultivating these lands, how much taxes do they have to pay every year, and how much can the Han family exploit alone, has Madame ever thought about it?"

I smiled: "This, naturally, is unimaginable wealth. ”

"Yes. But now that the emperor does not take this large amount of money from the farmers, but from the hands of their Han sisters, do you think they will still be happy? Will you still obey? Will you serve the emperor wholeheartedly? ”

“……”

"Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, these have long been forgotten, this is not a world where etiquette collapses, but this world has long been devoid of etiquette. Those powerful and noble, they only have interests in their eyes, there is no courtesy, they will not be loyal to the king, whoever gives them benefits, who protects their interests, they will support whom. ”

“……”

"Now they are in Jiangnan, and they are under the command of the former prince, who has protected the interests of their sisters, but this is only for now. But what about the rest of the world? Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi...... Although there is no king in those places, there are also the same powerful gentry as the Han sisters, the emperor is now bullying and weakening them, their interests have been violated, will they still serve the emperor as the king? ”

“……”

"Moreover, just in the south of the Yangtze River, such a big civil unrest can be caused, if those powerful gentry in other places are also-, madam, they still have their own soldiers and their own money and food, just like the Han sisters."

“……”

"If, these people unite again......"

My brow furrowed.

This is the same as what I thought before, every war may be fought for one person, but the driving force behind the war is always interests, which is the same. If the interests of those powerful gentry are infringed upon, then they will be unjust, and injustice will often cause trouble.

A gust of wind blew with the cold breath of the river, and the surrounding leaves rattled, which also made me feel a little cool.

Reaching out to wipe it, I found a thin layer of cold sweat on my forehead.

Wei Ningyuan looked back at me and said, "Of course, this may also be my concern, after all, there are so many virtuous ministers around the emperor, it is impossible not to understand this truth." Besides, if you can keep the north and south of the Yangtze River from fighting in the short term, and give enough time to the emperor's new policy, then it will still be very smooth. ”

I didn't speak, but my eyebrows furrowed deeply.

Indeed, there are still many ministers around Pei Yuanhao, although it may be that Qinghan's qualifications are too shallow, and his vision is still very limited, and from the imperial examination, Pei Yuanhao and I have felt that many of his ideas and practices are too radical, and they can work in a special period (dealing with Shen Gongyi), and then it may not be really feasible, but no matter what, in addition to Qinghan, there are many old ministers in the court, even Fu Badai is also a blind and clear-minded, and these people are sophisticated and shrewd, and they should not be under Wei Ningyuan, Therefore, they should have envisaged the implementation of the New Deal and the results after its implementation, and they should have conceived the measures to deal with it.

Thinking so, I breathed a sigh of relief.

I really hope it's just that Wei Ning is too worried.

At this moment, the laughter of Li'er and Yu'er came from afar, although it was a dim twilight in front of them, they laughed very happily, and the crisp laughter almost dispelled the gloom and coldness of the night.

And I, as soon as I heard my daughter's laughter, felt that my previous worries and difficulties had been left behind.

No matter how big things happen in this world, it has nothing to do with me, I just need to have my daughter.

"Aunt Yu, don't lose it, my fish-!"

"Okay, Aunt Yu go pick it up."

"Give me back, my fish!"

Listening to the two children from a distance, one big and one young, I turned my eyes to look at Wei Ningyuan, and a gentle smile appeared on his face, and I asked, "Young Master Ningyuan, where are you going to go next?" ”

I'm not stupid, of course I know that although they came to see me this time, they don't plan to stay, after all, I am still in Pei Yuanxiu's sight here, Wei Ningyuan is now self-preservation, and he definitely doesn't dare to stay for a long time, after all, he has to leave.

"You, are you still planning to find a way to go north to Beijing?"

Wei Ningyuan still looked ahead, but shook his head gently: "For the time being, there is no such plan." ”

"Oh? Why? ”

"It's not easy to go north, even if you can leave Yangzhou, I don't know how many hardships and dangers there are along the way, Sister Yu's family is a girl, and she can't let her take this risk anymore, even if she is down, she also knows how to spare her life. Only by surviving can we do more. ”

I couldn't help but smile. It seems that although this man is loyal to the imperial court, he is not the kind of elm-headed die-hard loyalist.

In this way, even if Yu'er follows him, I can be a little relieved.

"So, where are you going?"

"Qishan Village can't stay any longer. After all, you are here, and the former prince's eyeliner will be more or less nearby, and it will be discovered sooner or later. I'm going to take Yumei away, let's go west first. ”

"...... to the west?"

I muttered, suddenly remembered something, and said, "Young Master Ningyuan, I have a place to go, perhaps, I can keep you safe." ”

"Oh?" He perked up and turned to look at me: "Where is it?" ”

When the words came to my lips, I hesitated a little, and I thought about it for a while before saying, "I don't know if you still remember Ning Yuangongzi, Shen Gongyi has a nephew." ”

"Shen Xiaokun? He's alive? ”

"I'm not dead. At that time, he had escaped with us from the Juma Valley, but then he left and went all the way south. ”

Wei Ningyuan's eyes widened in astonishment: "Could it be that he arrived in Yangzhou?" ”

"It's not Yangzhou, it's Jiujiang."

"Jiujiang?" He suddenly remembered something: "Is it those thieves who were near Jiujiang before?" ”

I hurriedly shook my head and said, "He originally took refuge in those bandits, but then he saw that the bandit leader was doing a lot of evil, killing innocents indiscriminately, and even robbing the displaced people in the past, so he killed the bandit leader and replaced him himself." Now he is the leader of those people, although they are also mountain bandits, but they have not done evil anymore, and their main livelihood is to collect protection money from passing merchants, but they do not indiscriminately hurt people. ”

"Oh?" Wei Ningyuan raised his eyebrows, very puzzled: "This person is a little interesting." ”

I also smiled: "He's really not a bad person, and he's not like his uncle. My daughter was in an accident before, and he saved her. ”

"Oh?" Wei Ningyuan was more and more shocked.

"But—they had fought with the prince's men once, and in order to retain his strength, he listened to my advice and left the lair on the other side of the Jiujiang River, but I don't think he would go far. If you go and meet them, I think he will keep you safe no matter what. ”

Wei Ningyuan didn't speak for a while.

I also understand his thoughts, after all, what Shen Gongyun did at the beginning was angry and resentful, these people hated him to the core, and naturally they didn't have a good impression of his family, plus now Shen Xiaokun's identity is a mountain bandit, Wei Ningyuan is Liu Yi's protégé, and he also grew up reading sage books, and he wants him to go all the way with the bandits, this is the biggest insult to the reader, in public and private, Wei Ningyuan will not be too willing to be involved with such forces.

So, I didn't say anything more, just at this time Yu'er and they came back, both of them were covered in water, but they really caught a few small fish, and carried them back with grass through the gills, and the two of them laughed happily.

I laughed and scolded them, and when it was dark, I boiled water to bathe them and made the bed outside. There was only one man in the family, Wei Ningyuan, so he naturally let him sleep in a small bed outside, and Yu'er and Li'er and I squeezed in the back room for one night.

I didn't sleep too peacefully this night, and I always faintly listened to someone in the small bed outside constantly turning over, and there was a creaking sound, and Wei Ningyuan's soft sigh.

Before dawn the next day, when it was still dark, they woke up.

I knew that they were going to leave before it was still early, so I got up early and boiled water for them, boiled soup with a few small fish that they had caught from Li'er last night, and brought them rice.

During the meal, Yu'er kept looking at Wei Ningyuan, and then looked at me, and didn't speak, just carefully grilled the rice.

When I finished eating, I cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and as soon as I came out of the kitchen, I saw Wei Ningyuan already standing at the door, and he also looked at the embroidery frame I piled up in the corner of the yard, and said with a smile: "It seems that Mrs. is going to be a big dealer, so I don't have to worry about Mrs. in the future." ”

I laughed and said, "What a big deal, it's just to make ends meet." I would like to keep Childe down and do it with me, but this small temple can't afford a big Buddha like Childe. ”

"Hehe, Madame laughed."

He smiled and waved his hand, just as Yu'er also walked out of it, and said, "After a night's trouble, it's time for us to say goodbye." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu'er whispered, "Big brother, where are we going?" ”

Wei Ningyuan replied to her, but his eyes were looking at me: "First, let's go to Jiujiang." ”

"Jiujiang? Didn't we go there last time? There's a bandit there! ”

"This time, it shouldn't be."

As he spoke, he looked at me with a smile: "Is that right, ma'am?" ”

I also smiled, took out a letter from my sleeve, handed it to him, and said, "Young Master Ningyuan, this is my handwritten letter." Although it may not be able to help you, but if you read this letter to Shen Xiaokun, he will definitely not hurt you. As for the future, it depends on Childe's own choice. ”

He was stunned for a moment, but took the letter anyway.

I went back to the house to take a look, Li'er sat on the pillow and slept in the dark, saliva flowed out, that carefree silly look made me look at it and laugh, pulled up the quilt and covered her, went out to close the door, and saw them both off.

The sky is still bright, all the way to the entrance of the village, there is even the sound of crickets around, the road is more and more quiet, the surrounding grass is luxuriant, soaked by the morning dew to green and shiny, a thriving scene. The air is filled with the fragrance of earth and grass, and listening to the sound of the river from afar, it makes people feel particularly refreshed.

Yu'er got up happily again, walked in front, picked a flower on the side of the road for a while, and pulled the hanging willow for a while, seeing that she was still a child, so carefree.

And looking at my sisters like this, I don't know whether to be happy or sad.

I thought that it would be good for her and Wei Ningyuan to be together for such a long time, and it solved a matter on my mind, but listening to Wei Ningyuan's tone last night, it was not intentional for her at all, and if you look carefully, although Yu'er is obedient to Wei Ningyuan's words, it seems that there is really no love between men and women, it is just a brother and sister relationship.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but want to open my mouth and entrust Wei Ningyuan: "Prince Ningyuan-"

"Mrs. Baby-"

Unexpectedly, Wei Ningyuan actually spoke at the same time.

I paused, then closed my mouth and just looked at him.

He opened his mouth, but did not speak immediately, but was silent and seemed to think for a long time before he said softly: "Madam, there is another word below, I hope Madame can listen carefully." ”

Looking at his expression, it doesn't seem to be the same as I thought.

I also knew more or less what he was going to say, and sighed secretly: "You say." ”

Wei Ning said from afar: "I told my wife last night that the former prince was a knife, and the first battle in Dongzhou was the former prince's battle to test the knife, and now that he has arrived in Jiangnan, the people of the Han family have opened the blade for him, and it is unknown how much disaster this knife will bring to the Central Plains." ”

“……”

"However, it can be avoided."

“…… Oh? ”

My heart moved slightly, and the corners of my mouth curled up a little: "A knife with a blade, how can he not hurt people?" ”

Wei Ningyuan, who was next to him, had already stopped, looked at me, and said word by word: "Let the knife be sheathed." ”

My eyebrows furrowed.

Wei Ningyuan looked into my eyes and said solemnly, "Madam, please forgive me for saying something offensive to you." I have always felt that Madame is the scabbard of the former prince. ”

“……”

"Didn't Madame discover that when you were with the former prince, he hardly hurt anyone."