It was a very inconspicuous house, and it was unusually cold, with only a faint candlelight.

On the dining table, there are three stacks of side dishes and two bowls of rice.

Wang Bingzhong walked in and saw that it was a bowl of pickled vegetables, a small fish, and a bowl of cabbage.

"Yang Gong, how can you eat so shabby during this Chinese New Year!" Wang Bingzhong looked at the shabby three dishes on the table, and couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

The white-haired old man could see the faces of the visitors by the faint light of the candle.

"It's Xingpu who is here, have you eaten, come, sit down and eat, Su Xin, bring a bowl of rice to Uncle Wang!"

"Hey, Lord Wang, please take a seat, I'll serve you dinner!"

Wang Bingzhong saw it and quickly waved his hand and said: "No, no, I came today to invite you to go with me for the New Year, Su Xin, quickly get a coat for your grandfather and put it on, don't let him catch a cold!" ”

When the girl heard that she was going out to eat, she immediately laughed.

The girl took out an old cotton jacket from the house and put it on the white-haired old man, held the old man's hand and said, "Grandpa, Lord Wang told us to go to the reunion dinner!" ”

The white-haired old man got up and smiled, and said, "What's so embarrassing about this, how dare I be a guilty person!" ”

He said he was embarrassed, but his body stood up honestly.

Wang Bingzhong stepped forward to help the old man and said: "Where is Yang Gong talking about this, no one in the Manchu Dynasty knows Yang Cheng's straightforward reputation, I have always admired Yang Gong as a person, today is the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, and I specially invite Yang Gong to meet someone." ”

"Oh? Who is it? ”

"The Lord of Yuan Zhou today!"

When the white-haired old man heard these words, he was stunned for a moment.

"You're talking about anti-thieves, don't ask?"

Wang Bingzhong nodded.

The white-haired old man's expression changed, he glanced at Wang Bingzhong with an unpredictable eye, and said, "It seems that Xingpu has been subordinated to the thief, right?" ”

Wang Bingzhong nodded again.

The white-haired old man sighed when he saw this, and said, "Okay, just take me to meet him, I want to see what the person who can defeat Xie Xuelong looks like." ”

"Su Xin, help me out!"

The white-haired old man put aside Wang Bingzhong's hand and called his granddaughter.

Mo Qian waited in the mansion for less than a quarter of an hour, and then saw Wang Bingzhong come to the back hall of the mansion with a white-haired old man and a young girl.

Before the white-haired old man entered the back hall, he suddenly felt unwell at the door and began to cough violently.

Mo Qian saw that he quickly got up and walked out of the back hall to the three of them, looked at the white-haired old man and asked with concern, "Old man, are you okay?" ”

The old man coughed and gasped for a while before his breath subsided.

Wang Bingzhong also hurriedly stood up at this time and introduced: "Lord, this is a lowly friend, Mr. Yang. ”

"Oh, it turned out to be Mr. Yang, please take a seat."

When the old man heard Wang Bingzhong call him his lord, he couldn't help but look up at Mo Qian, who was slightly taken aback when he saw Mo Qian so young.

Mo Qian beckoned the old man to sit down, and instructed the servant at the door, "Go and bring a brazier for the old man!" ”

When the girl beside the old man heard Mo Qian's words, she couldn't help but cast a grateful look at him.

Mo Qian also set his eyes on the girl beside the old man at this time, and found that this woman was actually very beautiful.

After seeing the girl's gaze again, Mo Qian also smiled back, and then turned his head.

It turned out that Mo Qian saw the old man's body trembling just now, and then looked at the clothes on the old man's body, guessing that the old man couldn't stand the cold and coughed.

After a while, the servant came to the inner hall with a pot of charcoal fire and placed it beside the old man.

As soon as the brazier came to his side, the old man couldn't help but put his hand over to bake the fire, and after a while of blood flowed all over his body, the old man suddenly felt much better.

The spirited old man turned his head to look at Mo Qian, who was sitting on the main seat, and was a little surprised in his heart.

"I can't imagine that the anti-king who defeated Xie Xuelong, the governor of Jiangxi, and occupied the land of Yuanzhou's one prefecture and four counties, is actually a young descendant who is less than twenty years old, which is really admirable!"

Mo Qian hurriedly replied: "The old man praised it falsely, and the student was just a fluke." ”

The old man nodded and said, "Young people don't have to be so modest, I heard that Young Master Mo is also a scholar?" ”

Mo Qian smiled, "The student Xiucai was born and studied in the county school for a few years. ”

"Oh? Since he was born in a show, why did the son rebel? ”

Mo Qian thought for a moment and said, "The student dares to ask the old gentleman's name!" ”

The old man was stunned for a moment, then smiled, touched the gray beard on his chin and said, "The old man's surname is Yang Minghe!" ”

Yang He!

Mo Qian pondered this name in his heart, and after a while, he suddenly realized.

He quickly got up, came to the old man's seat, and bowed deeply to the end.

"It turned out to be Lord Yang, the former governor of the three sides of Shaanxi, and the students couldn't welcome him from afar, so I asked Yang Gong to forgive his sins!"

"How dare you, the old man is a guilty person, and he can't afford to be such a great gift from the king!"

"Hey, Yang Gong's words are wrong, students admire Yang Gong as a person, and today there are thieves everywhere, Shaanxi is in turmoil, no one in the Ming Dynasty dares to do things for the country, Yang Gong does not know soldiers, but he resolutely provoked this courage, so loyal and courageous, so dare to take responsibility, the students are full of admiration in their hearts.

I heard that Yang Gong was visiting Yuanzhou, and the students had long wanted to explore in person, but they had many important tasks and couldn't get out. ”

When Yang He heard Mo Qian praise him like this, his eyes suddenly felt slightly hot, and he remembered the experience he had a few years ago.

At that time, Shaanxi was in turmoil, and he took the position of governor of the three sides to take up the post of Shaanxi to do the work of appeasement.

However, the court had neither money nor food, and it didn't take long for the rogues to rebel again, causing the court ministers to impeach themselves one after another, resulting in their own end as an army confiscation of Yuan Zhou.

If it weren't for his granddaughter by his side to accompany him, I am afraid that he would have died in Yuanzhou a long time ago.

The girl saw the old man crying, and hurriedly handed over a handkerchief to Yang He to wipe his tears.

"Grandpa, the past is over, let's not think about it, okay?"

Yang He wiped his tears and stared at Mo Qian in front of him.

"Does Master Mo really look at the old man like this?"

"Of course, the matter of Shaanxi can't be blamed on Yang Gong's head at all, Yang Gong has an upright temperament, and he offended people in the imperial court, so he was impeached by the courtiers."

Yang He listened to what Mo Qian said, and his heart felt as if he had found a confidant.

"I didn't expect that I, Yang He, had gone through half my life in officialdom, and I didn't even understand this matter, Mo Gongzi was young, and he could write directly about the pros and cons of the court in just a few words.

Mo Gongzi is so talented, it's a pity not to serve the country! ”

Mo Qian sneered when he heard this: "Yang Gong's words are wrong, this Ming Dynasty has already been terminally ill, and there is no cure, in my opinion, within ten years, this Ming Dynasty will die." ”

Yang He's face turned pale when he heard this, and he asked, "Why did Mo Gongzi say this?" ”

Mo Qian arched his hand and said, "Yang Gong, I have four reasons. ”

"The old man listens!"

"First, land annexation was serious, and a large number of landless displaced people rebelled.

Today, the bureaucrats and gentry occupy almost eight out of ten lands in the world, and the vassal kings are the most important.

Emperor Taizu, for the sake of the future generations, let the descendants of the Zhu family not pay taxes, which may be possible at the beginning of the founding of the country, but what about a few hundred years later?

Today, there are more than one million descendants of the Zhu Ming royal family, but these people do not produce and do not pay taxes, and the imperial court spends a huge amount of money to support them every year.

Secondly, Shaanxi and other places have suffered a serious drought since the year of the Apocalypse, but the imperial court not only did not do its best to provide disaster relief, but intensified the collection of heavy taxes on the people, and the tax burden borne by the people is getting heavier and heavier, and the imperial court even increased the salary every year.

Third, the ministers of the court did not want to serve the country loyally, but there was serious infighting.

Whenever something happens in the world, officials from all over the court focus on their own interests, and few officials are willing to consider the common people in the world.

There are many parties in the court, everyone is thinking about how to make money, but no one is thinking about how to save the country.

Fourth, Emperor Chongzhen was stubborn, indecisive, mean, and unkind, unable to assume the responsibilities that an emperor should bear.

Take the case of Yang Gong's governor of Shaanxi, for example, the emperor asked Yang Gong to be the governor of Shaanxi's trilateral military affairs to appease the Shaanxi Liukou.

But what? The imperial court can't take out the money and grain to appease them, and today they appeased the rogues, but they don't give them acres, don't give rations, don't give seeds to plough cattle, how can this group of rogues make a living?

The rogues rebelled, and the court officials immediately pointed the responsibility to Yang Gong, but Chongzhen, as the final decision and person in charge of this incident, could not stand up and say a fair word for his courtiers, but instead confiscated you to Yuanzhou, such an emperor, how can he be the lord of China? ”

Yang He was stunned.

"Well said!" The girl beside Yang He applauded and gave Mo Qian an appreciative look.

"Grandpa, what Mo Gongzi said is right, this Ming Dynasty has long been hopeless, you have done your best for the Ming Dynasty in your life, but what have you gained? The emperor has been unfair to you! ”

Yang He's mind seemed to be down at the moment, he had never heard such a rebellious word.

After a long time, Yang He came to his senses, he arched his hand towards Mo Qian, and said: "Mo Gongzi's high argument made the old man pause, and the old man thanked Mo Gongzi for solving his doubts." It's just that the old man has a question he wants to ask his son, but it's inconvenient to know the way! ”

"Yang Gong has any questions, but it doesn't hurt to ask!"

"The old man wants to ask, Mo Gongzi thinks that when the general trend is today, who will be able to sweep away Liuhe, sweep the Eight Desolations, and become the lord of the world?"

After speaking, Yang He set his eyes on Mo Qian, and the eyes of everyone present also turned to him.

Mo Qian thought for a while and replied: "Yang Gong, everyone here, if I don't have soldiers, eighty percent of the world will fall into the hands of the Jiannu outside the Guan. ”

"Oh, how so?"

"Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Yingshen and other generations, all of them were born in Liukou, and these three people are not the saviors of the world.

Daming is difficult to return, Chongzhen is unable to return to heaven, and Daming is unable to continue his life.

It's just that Huang Taiji outside the pass, this person Yunwen Yunwu, the eagle is in the world, and he has always taken entering the Central Plains as his ultimate goal. ”

"Then it seems that this Huang Taiji will replace me and dominate the country with the Ming Dynasty?" Yang He asked.

"No, no, although Huang Taiji is the male master, he is unlucky."

"Oh, what's bad luck?"

"He met me, and I am the nemesis of his life!"

"Flutter!"

The girl beside Yang He smiled.

"You are so shameless, how can you boast so much!"