"It's just a pariah, what kind of people are to talk about?" If we really want to talk about it, this is not only Yan Zhengqian's point of view, but also the true thoughts of thousands of officials and high-level people in the depths of their hearts.

From a certain point of view, their thinking is not without a little truth, because the "untouchables" in their eyes are not the citizens living in the towns, not the rich peasants and small landowners who own their own land, but the poor people at the lowest level who are ragged, landless, and proper, and do not have enough to eat all year round.

Because they can't eat enough, they are malnourished, thin and small, their brain development is delayed, and their thinking and reflexes cannot keep up. They don't have the energy to think about anything else, and how to eat enough is the biggest issue in their lives.

They struggle to meet the food and clothing line, and their daily chaos is more like some kind of humanoid creature between "man" and "beast" than "human". When you talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, the truth of heaven and earth, and the origin of the universe, they can't understand it, and they will only look at you, a strange "master", with numb and awe-inspiring eyes.

Therefore, in the eyes of many upper-class people, they are not "people", but just "untouchables", who can trample on and bully at will, and only need to give them a bite to eat and promise not to rebel - even if they rebel, it doesn't matter, violent suppression is enough, as long as they are not on the verge of extinction and the national power is declining, it is not difficult to suppress a peasant uprising.

Strictly speaking, Gu Yunji was born in the Jiangnan Shi clan, belonging to the landlord class and the exploiting class, and every bite of food and every piece of clothing he was born to eat was the blood and flesh of the people at the bottom.

Of course, he was not so selfless that he was ashamed of himself, and gave away his food, clothing, and wealth to others, but if he wanted him to enjoy all this with peace of mind, and still treat the people at the bottom with contempt and disdain, he would never be able to do it.

After all, the reason why he was able to sit here in a well-dressed place and talk about it was only because he was lucky enough to have a good tire.

Although Gu Yunji is rich and worry-free in this life, his family was embarrassed in his previous life, and he was also a person who had suffered hardships. He can accept that Yan Zhengqian has no empathy and empathy, and he can't know the people's suffering, but he can't accept Yan Zhengqian's brazen words that "untouchables die when they die", and he still said it so lightly and reasonably.

After a short period of shock, a huge anger rose, and Gu Yunji gritted his teeth with hatred; "Yan Zhengqian, if you say such a thing, do you still have a heart?! That's all a living human life, and it's so worthless in your heart? 'Dead is dead'?! ”

Hypocrites are most afraid of meeting a true gentleman, even though Gu Yunji didn't dare to call him a gentleman, Yan Zhengqian was still poked in the sore spot by his appearance, and said angrily: "Don't put on this appearance, as if you are noble!" Gu Yunji, ask yourself, isn't it for political achievements that you promote artichokes? Not for promotion? ”

Gu Yunji looked at his eyes filled with desire, his heart suddenly calmed down, and he said slowly: "I am indeed for political achievements, but not all for political achievements. At least I won't be like you, who can even abandon human lives for the sake of political achievements. ”

Yan Zhengqian sneered, and didn't know what to say for a while, so he had to hold back his anger and turn around without saying a word.

Gu Yunji took a deep breath and continued: "Take a step back, even if you don't care about the lives of the people, the imperial court always cares, right?" If the drought becomes severe, even if the Xuzhou government pays a lot of grain taxes, but there are more people who die, won't the court be held accountable? ”

Yan Zhengqian still turned his back to him, and his tone was impatient: "I, Yan Zhengqian, am also the prefect of Xuzhou Mansion, and the household administration and people's livelihood are all under my control. ”

Gu Yunji's eyes narrowed slightly, and the fire that had just been suppressed in his heart faintly showed signs of rising, and he said in a deep voice: "Lord Yan, you are too arrogant, even if you are the prefect, you can't cover the sky with one hand." There is also the Sichuan Political Department above the Xuzhou Mansion, and there is also the Central Committee above the Political Division, as well as the governor sent by His Majesty to supervise the government affairs of Sichuan, do you think you can hide from them without leaking? ”

Yan Zhengqian turned around and sneered: "Lord Gu has never been a magistrate before, I'm afraid I don't know how much power a magistrate has, right?" On Shangguan's side, the political secretary has already been taken care of by me, and the political envoy will only look at me, the governor is sent by the central government, and he will not be stationed in Sichuan, so he will go back after a turn, so he has no time to ask how many people have died in Xuzhou Mansion. ”

"As for the people's side, the Chen family, who was born in Chen Xunzhou, has a lot of influence in the local area, and we have common interests, as long as the Chen family speaks, no one will not poke this kind of thing above without a long eye, and hide it from the water, isn't it easy?"

Looking at Yan Zhengqian's arrogant and arrogant face, Gu Yunji smiled and said: "To please the superiors, to suppress the subordinates, Lord Yan has a way to deal with the upper and lower levels, and he is really thoughtful." But have you ever thought about the officials in the middle, especially within the Xuzhou government? ”

Yan Zhengqian didn't know why: "What do you mean?" ”

Gu Yunji smiled and stared at him directly: "You can beat Shangguan, and you can move Chen Xunzhou, but can you buy me?" ”

Yan Zhengqian's smile froze, and his expression froze on his face.

Although there is an element of big talk, but in the end, this is a heart-punishing theory, it is arrogant words, it is nothing to say in front of others, but he should not say it in front of Gu Yunji, he should never say it in front of Gu Yunji - this master who turned his face and didn't recognize people, there was someone covering him, but if he pinched the handle in his hand, he might burst out at any time.

As soon as Yan Zhengqian said this, Gu Yunji was afraid that he would target him in the future, and it would not be so easy for him to make small moves.

Looking at Yan Zhengqian's increasingly ugly face, Gu Yunji's eyes were cold, and he said coldly: "I, Gu Yunji, am the general judge of the Xuzhou Mansion, and I am responsible for supervising the officials of this government, and you Yan Zhengqian are also within the scope of my supervision." At that time, if you dare to conceal the report, I will dare to hand it to the emperor and state your guilt one by one! ”

Yan Zhengqian regretted his negligence and lost his words, seeing that Gu Yunji dared to threaten and warn himself like this, his heart was in turmoil, and he was angry and unbelievable for a while, and shouted in a broken jar:

"Sue me?! Gu Yunji, do you think you're amazing? If you have a cousin who is still in the criminal department, you can do whatever you want? If you have the ability, you sue, you sue! You don't sue me for looking down on you! ”

"Isn't it just a first-class Tanhualang, isn't it just a good background, if I could worship the first assistant of the cabinet as a teacher, I will definitely be able to take the top exam and come back, and it will be your turn to point fingers here?! If Lao Tzu had been a first-class jinshi, he would have been nearly half a hundred years old and still nested in this mountain for nine years? ”

Gu Yunji said three or two sentences, but it happened to poke Yan Zhengqian's pain point, the more he spoke, the more angry he became, pacing back and forth in the room with rapid steps, and scolding himself endlessly:

"Gu Yunji, you are a waste, you can still be demoted out of Beijing after staying in the Hanlin Academy, you don't think about how to be promoted and transferred away every day, you just think about how to grow artichokes, are you an official or a mud leg?!"

"The family of the Songjiang Gu family, the wife of the Xu family of Shaoxing, has such a good family background, I don't see you have half of it to cherish and use! If I can marry a daughter-in-law of the Xu family in Shaoxing, not to mention being afraid of the inside, I will definitely treat her as an immortal every day......"

Yan Zhengqian was furious, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, scolded and poured out the true thoughts in his heart.

Gu Yunji felt inexplicable at first, and didn't understand why he reacted so much, but slowly came back to his senses, and couldn't help but feel a little funny: "Yan Zhengqian, you are so jealous of me?" ”

Yan Zhengqian was caught off guard by being said to be thinking about it, his face turned red, and he became more and more violent: "Who the hell is your father jealous of you?" Hairy boy, milky smell is not dry, yellow-mouthed child! You, are you going to sue me? OK! It's just that I'm going to be ahead of the curve, so I'll see you first! I want to impeach you for being passive and slacking in government, and hindering me from resisting the drought! ”

Yan Zhengqian was angry and turned into a fried chicken, and his speech was undisciplined and logical, the more Gu Yunji listened, the more bored he felt, and said perfunctorily: "Okay, okay, Lord Yan, impeach as you want." It's not early, go back early, you're old, don't be able to see the road under your feet for a while, and fall on your heels. ”

After that, Gu Yunji packed up his things and left the mansion.

Behind him, Yan Zhengqian was still cursing incessantly:

"Gu Yunji, you come back! Who do you say is older? I haven't finished talking to you about the artichoke yet......"

(End of chapter)