Wei Zhongxian has never thought about these problems, since the apocalypse came to power, he has become more and more floating, living in flattery every day, how can he have spare time to think about this.

But I don't want to be sad to be said a few words in this garden full of flowers today.

The sentence just now reminded him of life and death, and also reminded him of the ups and downs of his past life, and he couldn't help but feel emotional, and a trace of sadness appeared in his heart.

At this moment, these three questions hit the depths of his heart.

"yes, why am I alive?"

"Who will remember me when I'm dead?"

"What will people say about me as a 9,000-year-old in the future?"

These three questions made Wei Zhongxian a little confused for a while, and he had never thought about the first question, because most people hadn't thought about it.

The second question made him a little sad.

Although he had many disciples and grandchildren, he knew in his heart what kind of people they were, and if he died, they would not look at him again.

"It's a pity that I'm a eunuch, if I have a trace of blood in this world, it would be fine."

Wei Zhongxian sighed secretly in his heart, and remembered the third question about the blooming of flowers.

"What should future generations say about me, a 9,000-year-old?"

He muttered in his heart, with mixed feelings for a while, and his face was even more uncertain.

Hua Fangfang looked at Wei Zhongxian's appearance and asked lightly:

"Old Wei, why are you so silent?"

Wei Zhongxian raised his head, first bowed his hand to the flowers, and then sighed heavily, and said slowly:

"Why do people live? My family never thought that because of my parents, my parents gave birth to me, and I could only live.

As for the second question, I think that after the death of our family, no one will remember me. ”

Speaking of this, the sadness on Wei Zhongxian's face became stronger, and he smiled miserably: "I'm afraid that in the Qingming Festival, there will only be a piece of dry grass on my grave." ”

Hua Fang stared at Wei Zhongxian quietly, still with that faint smile on his face.

Just listen to Wei Zhongxian continue:

"This third question, our family is a little entangled."

Speaking of this, Wei Zhongxian fell silent again, and after a long time, he raised his head again, looked at the flowers blooming, gritted his teeth as if he had made a lot of determination, and said:

"Dean Hua, don't say dark words in front of the Ming people, Lao Wei has indeed done some wrong things in his life, or bad things, but Lao Wei feels that there is nothing wrong with the general direction."

The Ming Dynasty is now difficult to return, the treasury is empty, and wars are frequent, but everyone in the court is a man of tongue, our family is exhausted, not for their own selfish interests, and naturally it will be disliked by everyone, but our family does not care, after death, the merits and demerits are right and wrong, and their descendants will judge, as long as I am not included in Zhao Gao, Wang Zhenzhi and others are enough! ”

After saying this, Wei Zhongxian was quite embarrassed, and there was a trace of tears in the corners of his eyes, which was obviously caused by his agitated mood.

These words are actually Wei Zhongxian's heartfelt words, he commands the Jinyi Guard, and naturally knows that some people in the court hate him to the core, especially the Donglin Party, using its influence to pick out the world's scholars, and listed him among the heinous eunuchs throughout the ages, and even the queen Zhang Yan regarded him as a traitor like Zhao Gao who misled the country and the people.

In this regard, Wei Zhongxian felt quite aggrieved, some things he felt that he had done right, and it could even be said to be a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, but so what? Under the crowd, there is no argument, so he is too lazy to explain, or he disdains to explain.

This mood has been suppressed in his heart for a long time, and at this moment he has finally found the object of catharsis, and he can't wait to take out his heart and let the flowers go.

He didn't know why he trusted Hua Fangfang so much, maybe it was because the other party's sentence of Lao Wei made him feel more cordial, or maybe it was that sentence of Wei Gong that made him feel respect that he had never felt before.

In short, in his heart, he inexplicably regarded Hua Fang as his confidant.

Hua Fangfang listened to Wei Zhongxian's words, was silent for a long time, and then spoke:

"The night watchman does not ask about political affairs, let alone socialize with everyone in the court, this is the rule set by Emperor Wanli back then, but at this time, the Ming Dynasty is riddled with diseases, and the old man is willing to make such a friend as Duke Wei."

After saying this, he looked at Wei Zhongxian fixedly, and said word by word:

"The top priority of the Ming Dynasty is the defense of Liaodong, Sun Chengzong is from Donglin, and I hope that the Duke of Wei will not use his own interests to help him!"

As soon as Wei Zhongxian heard this, he immediately patted his chest and shouted:

"There is no party dispute between our family and Lao Suntou, please rest assured that the dean, if he asks for something, as long as our family can do it, we will definitely do it for him, but there are some things that our family is helpless."

Speaking of this, a wry smile appeared on Wei Zhongxian's face.

"You mean the silver, right?"

Hua Fangfang asked.

Wei Zhongxian nodded, "The biggest problem of Liaodong's defense is that there is no money, although His Majesty has agreed to open the industrial and commercial tax, but there are many obstacles to its implementation, and this measure alone is obviously not enough, and our family is also a headache for this." ”

Hearing this, Hua Fangfang glanced at Wei Zhongxian with strange eyes, and said lightly:

"Jinyi is all over the world, if the industrial and commercial tax cannot be implemented, it will be laughed at."

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he was shocked, he had not thought of forcibly implementing industrial and commercial taxes by bloody methods before, that is, whoever dared to stop it would be punished, but after all, this practice was too bloody, and the objects of the levy were not ordinary people, these people were inextricably linked behind them, to put it bluntly, these people represent a huge class of scholars.

Once the knife is moved, it will inevitably cause the government and the opposition to shake, and Wei Zhongxian is very hesitant about this.

But I didn't expect Hua Fang to say such a sentence to him at this moment.

Wei Zhongxian looked at the eyes of the ancient well where the flowers were blooming, and asked hesitantly:

"What do you mean by the dean, that there is no need to shed blood?"

Hua Fang smiled, waved his hand very casually, and said lightly:

"The ancestor emperor was born in a reckless manner, established the Ming Dynasty in the sea of corpses and blood, and the corpses of the martyrdom were all over the field, and there was no dynasty that was not bloodless."

After saying this, he let out a long sigh, looked at the sea of flowers in the garden and muttered:

"How can those who do great things be benevolent to women, and in the peaceful and prosperous world of the Ming Dynasty, why are they afraid that their hands are stained with blood."

As he spoke, he stretched out one of his hands and smiled at Wei Zhongxian:

"Old Wei, do you know how many people died under my hands?"

Wei Zhongxian stood up solemnly, couldn't hold back at the flowers, and shouted:

"Dean Daigo has been empowered, and Wei Zhongxian has been taught!"

At this moment, he suddenly felt a burst of relief all over his body, and Hua Fang's words today seemed to open a door to him, making his heart unspeakably overflowing with unspeakable joy.

He asked again with some excitement: "In addition to the industrial and commercial tax, what other measures does the dean think can save my Daming?" ”

Hua Fangfang shook his head again and again, "Old Wei, I'm not good at this kind of thing, I heard that Lin Ping'an also mentioned the matter of industrial and commercial tax, I think this kid still has some ghost ideas, if you are free, you might as well go and talk to him." ”

Hearing the three words of Lin Ping'an in the flower put in his mouth, Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but move in his heart, and secretly thought to himself:

"Dean Hua's words today seem to be casual, but in fact they have a deep meaning, since he said Lin Ping'an, then I have to find time to talk to that kid."

At this moment, a crisp voice suddenly sounded in the ears of the two.

"Father-in-law, who are you?"

As he spoke, a shadow stood in front of the two of them, but it was the Suzaku Yan who smiled.