Chapter 57: Flattery
Wei Li followed Yixue in, picked up the table and chairs and sorted out the clothes that had been messed up by the fight.
"Which tune would you like to hear, General?" Yi Xue hugged the pipa in her arms, found the most suitable playing position, sat down and asked.
"Is it true that a beauty is only an artist?" Wei Li came to listen to the pipa music and asked.
"Back to General Yixue, he only sells his art to raise money."
"Oh, I heard that a rich businessman ransomed you three years ago, but you married him?" Wei Li asked.
"The little girl doesn't know who the rich merchant's surname is, and she can't repay it."
"Is there such a good man in the world? Since the girl only sells art, then come to a song that the girl is best at? ”
"The little girl obeys." After Yi Xue finished speaking, she caressed the pipa and looked at it affectionately, her thin red lips gently flipped, and a pipa song "Jiang Yue", which has been sung for hundreds of years by pinning the pain of wanderers, also responds to Yi Xue's homesickness that has not returned for ten years.
Qianqian plain hands, plucking the strings, the bright silver moon, rippling river waves......
The boat, why did it shatter the moon in the river? Why did the wind blow the clouds? Cover me when the moon is in the sky, look, the relatives in my hometown are looking at the bright moon.
Jiang Tao Hao Hao will eventually return to the sea, where is the cowardice of the ronin? Ronin! Let's go home! Let's go home!
Wei Li was born poor, became an orphan in his teens, lied about his age to join the army, and became Duan's subordinate by mistake, and he has not returned to his hometown for 20 years.
A song "Jiang Yue" made his heart tremble slightly, although he was an orphan and had a grandfather at home, he was not thin, if he was not unable to survive, how could he join the army and leave his grandfather, and later joined the family, Wei Li was afraid of the criticism of the old family, so he cut off contact with his hometown for no reason because he had no relatives at home, and now twenty years have passed, and I don't know if the old man is still alive. Wei Li's expression was much more solemn when he thought of this, and his eyes became dull.
He was thinking about the mulberry tree in his hometown when he was a teenager, the wild vegetables that left only the roots in the field, and of course, the strange expression on his grandfather's face when he always said that he was full......
Seeing Wei Li's solemn expression, Yi Xue guessed that "Jiang Yue" might have stabbed Wei Li's sore spot, so she hurriedly picked up the play and said:
"General, did the little girl play the wrong tune?"
The pipa sound did not disturb Wei Li's thoughts until Yixue spoke.
"It's just that the song reminds me of the old people, and the girl's singing and playing are still so beautiful."
"The general has a good temperament, he is so kind and reasonable, and if he is kind and benevolent like the general, it will be the blessing of my Dongsheng people if he achieves a career in the future." Yixue complimented.
"Oh, why is the girl so emotional?"
"The general is superior in martial arts and martial arts, and he is benevolent, if you and others get the opportunity, they will definitely be able to achieve a great cause, to put it mildly, this great cause is not above ten thousand people under one person." Yixue said.
This boast made Wei Li, who had a strong sense of self-esteem, swell up in his heart rapidly, and his favorite words were not like this, if Chunhong could have been like this a few days ago, he would not have died.
"Haha...... Beauty is indeed disobedient, but I love to hear it. You who know me, too. Come on, reward. Wei Li laughed loudly, threw out a gold nugget of three or four taels from his sleeve and smashed it on the coffee table, the gold collided with the coffee table and made a crisp and loud sound, as if to show off that his master is a person who can achieve great things in the future, and it also seems to be announcing that the beauty is covered today.
Yixue put down the pipa and bowed her knees and thanked: "The little girl thanked the general for the victims of Haiqu." ”
"It's a trivial matter. Besides, beauty is a righteous act. Wei Li said.
The two were greeting, but the old bustard said outside the door: "General Yu Shicheng is waiting downstairs and said that he came to apologize." ”
At this time, the biggest thing is to stay with a beauty who can afford to look down on him, even if it is just to talk, the old bustard's words interrupted Wei Li's emotions that he had finally adjusted from the fight.
"Spoiled! These people also want to see me, tell him to get away! Wei Li said angrily.
"Well, I'm going to pass the word." The old bustard answered outside the door.
"Mom, wait a minute." Yixue hurriedly stopped the bustard, and then said to Wei Li:
"With all due respect, it is not the best policy for the general to push him away, after all, he is an official of the same dynasty, and even if he can't be a friend, he can't make an enemy. Moreover, Yu Shicheng is also an important position in the court. ”
Wei Li was arrogant, and no one dared to say a "no" to his decision-making or even small talk on weekdays, but today he was carried away by Yixue's praise, and he felt that what Yixue said made sense, and then retracted his words and said to the old bustard: "Just listen to Yixue, let him wait downstairs, and I'll go down." ”
"The general has such a heart, just waiting for a chance." Yixue flattered again.
Here, Wei Li was fascinated by Yixue's beauty and words, but in the palace, Su Gong was sad about the drought in Haiqu and other counties for many years.
In particular, the national treasury is overstretched, and not only is it useless to help in the disaster situation, but also because the financial system of handing over to the national treasury and then the national treasury to allocate the financial system in a unified manner, the disaster relief money and materials are often delayed by several months.
Su Gong suddenly thought of a dangerous move.
On this day, Duan was inspecting the surrounding counties on official business, and before the early dynasty, there were ministers who played the disaster situation in the southern counties, and Su Gong saw that it was an excellent opportunity, so he said to all the ministers:
"The treasury revenue and expenditure system often takes months to provide relief to the victims, so it would be better to let the affected counties and counties spend the collected taxes and funds locally, and the surrounding counties and counties should first allocate them to the disaster areas according to the proportion, so wouldn't it save time."
Of course, Su Gong did not expect to settle in the absence of Duan, and the most practical significance of this discussion is to identify Duan's dead friends and unfirm positions.
When the ministers heard this, they discussed with the neighboring officials in the court, but they didn't dare to make up their minds one by one, so they had to pretend to discuss and wait for the first bird.
"The minister thinks that if this is the case, I am afraid that the imperial court will lose its financial power and lose control over the county." Ting Wei chose to object.
The court captain chose one to be in charge of the military, and the other to deal with the government with one hand, and what was even more terrifying was that the two formed an alliance and chose to swear filial piety and loyalty, and only sought a prime minister position after the matter was completed.
Su Gong wanted to say the corresponding words that he had thought of last night, but was interrupted by a loud response.
"The minister thinks that the current disaster relief is important, three or four months is enough to save a large number of people, and besides, this is a temporary system to survive the disaster year, and then restore the normal system, so that the imperial court will not lose its financial power." The little pawn Katsumura said.
Ge Cun is loyal, and he is dedicated to loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, so not only does he flatter Duan, but he is also far away, vowing not to be in the same stream with him.
After Ge Cun finished speaking, there was a sudden silence in the court, and all the ministers were waiting for the reaction, for fear of offending Duan by saying the wrong thing. It was also in this embarrassing situation that the young young official reconsidered: "The minister agrees with what Lord Ge said, human life is important, and it is responsible for my Dongsheng people to save the time to call back." ”
It seemed that he couldn't refute Ge Cun, so he moved out of the killer and said:
"The auxiliary minister is not here today, it is difficult for me to make a conclusion, it is better to wait for Duan to come back tomorrow and discuss it!"