Small courtyard.

Peng Shi, Liu Dingzhi, and Shang Shi came to visit together, with polite words and elegant manners.

I have to say that the readers are still quite particular on the surface.

Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling person, Li Qing invited a few people into the house, the guest hall, and a few people talked and laughed, as if they had been friends for many years.

Peng Shi looked at the furnishings of the house and said with admiration: "The Marquis of Yongqing has paid a lot for the Ming Dynasty, but he is so... Thrift, it really makes us sigh to ourselves. ”

Most of these words are polite, but they are not all polite, most of the people in the temple are unhappy with Li Qing, but they all admit his merits in their hearts.

The facts are in front of us, and it is not okay if you don't admit it, not to mention that civil officials pay attention to a black ...... that is bright on the surface and unreasonable It's too cheap, and it's hard to be convinced.

This is also Li Qing's repeated impeachment, but no one has ever made a fuss about the major rights and wrongs, not because he doesn't want to, but because Li Qing can't find fault with major matters.

Li Qing smiled and said, "I'm this old, and I have no children or daughters, so it's okay to have food and shelter, and I don't pursue foreign things too much." ”

Outside the door, Zhu Wanqing couldn't help but feel sad and distressed when she heard this.

Uncle Li... It's so pathetic...... Zhu Wanqing was depressed.

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In the guest hall, the compliments continued, and the procedures that should be taken were completed, and a few people entered the topic.

Peng Shi was the first to speak: "The Ming Dynasty is in this day, the country is peaceful and peaceful, and the four seas are peaceful...... Well... Although there are internal frictions and hidden dangers outside, however, with the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty, there is no need to worry. ”

"Not bad!" Liu Dingzhi echoed, "The current situation of the Ming Dynasty is in Wenzhi!" Commerce, agriculture, handicrafts... How to balance the relationship between the three, how to make the people's lives better, and how to make the country richer and stronger, is the top priority. ”

Shang Chen nodded happily: "What the two adults said is that now that there is no war in the Ming Dynasty, Wenzhi is particularly important." ”

The subtext of the three is obvious: the general trend of military generals is gone, and the future will be the world of civil officials!

They are not wrong to think so.

Today's Ming Dynasty, there is indeed no war, the Tusi problem is far from a threat, although the situation in Mobei is chaotic, but on the whole, it is very deferential to the Ming court, and there is no intention of attacking, or dare not.

The political status of military generals is really going downhill.

This is not the fault of the generals, nor is it that the emperor emphasizes literature over military force, but that the political soil has changed.

This is the general trend, and they firmly believe that the status of civil servants will rise again in the future.

Li Qing groaned: "Born in sorrow, die in peace; If you are blindly arrogant, the disease of scabies will eventually become a problem of elbows and armpits. ”

Shang Shi smiled dumbly: "It is naturally good to be cautious, but it is too much to ......."

"Huh? Armament is extraordinary, and it is not a bad thing to raise troops for a thousand days and take precautions after all. Li Qing said with a smile, "Throughout the past dynasties, there is no richer than the Song Dynasty, but the rich Song is no match for the poor Jin, why not?"

The reason for this is that it is too heavy on literature and light on military force. ”

Liu Dingzhi's brows, which were finally stretched, furrowed again.

Peng Shi hurriedly took the lead and said, "What Yongqing Hou said is reasonable, but in the end, Wenzhi is more important, isn't it?" ”

Li Qing was stunned, nodded with a wry smile: "That's true." ”

This is the law of historical development, and it is also inevitable, and the great unified dynasty will enter the stage of civil rule after passing through the early stage.

How can there be so many battles to fight?

The meaning of war is to stop war, and it is meaningless to stir up war, and to fight for the sake of war is not a good thing for the country or the people.

Liu Dingzhi's brows stretched......

The next thing is logical, a 'masterpiece of the world' is impossible to refuse.

…

After leaving the small courtyard and walking for a long distance, the sedan chair of the three people stopped, sent the sedan chair driver away, and then talked about the bet this time.

Liu Dingzhi frowned and said, "Two, why do I have an ominous premonition?" ”

"Taking money to do things has been the same since ancient times." Peng Shi said with a smile, "The money has been collected, is it difficult to ......"

He suddenly paused, suddenly looked up, and found that Shang Shi and Liu Dingzhi were staring at him, and he couldn't help but smile and froze, remembering something unpleasant.

When Li Qing stirred up the storm in the early stage of the Orthodox Dynasty, they were still junior brothers, but they ...... They know Li Qing's reputation, he has done it more than once if he doesn't do anything with money.

This bastard has a criminal record.

"Not really, right?" Peng Shi said, "He can't ...... It's been so tasteless, right? ”

"It's hard to say," Liu Dingzhi sighed, "He didn't agree directly, but he didn't promise the whole process, so it was difficult to guarantee it...... Alas. ”

He suffers from gains and losses.

Peng Shi frowned: "Hongzai, what do you think?" ”

Shang Chen thought for a while and sighed: "Before we bet, we will take the risk into account, do our best, and obey the destiny of God, so we don't have to suffer from gains and losses because of his attitude." ”

After a pause, "Judging from his speech and demeanor, he also recognizes the decline of military generals and the prospect of the rise of civilian officials, and his entry into the civilian system also verifies this." ”

Listening to his analysis, Liu Dingzhi's brows stretched again, and he said:

"What Hongzai said is reasonable, if he wasn't optimistic about the civil service system, he wouldn't have deigned to be a cabinet scholar, and today's situation is mostly for the sake of pretentiousness."

Peng Shi nodded slowly, he also agreed with this point of view, smiled, and said:

"The one who knows the times is a handsome man, he can mix with the Yongqing Marquis, how can he be a general, and he will not fail to understand the general trend."

"What Brother Chundao said is extremely true." The two nodded with a smile.

The three of them parted, and after Peng Shi walked away, Liu Dingzhi and Shang Yu reunited.

"Brother Hongzai, this position of the first assistant of the cabinet...... What do you think? ”

"At present, there is a high probability that Yongqinghou will not be able to sit down, and most of them will fall to Scholar Peng." Shang Shi sighed and asked rhetorically, "What do you think of Brother Master Jing?" ”

Liu Dingyi changed his usual and said, "Brother Hongzai, what do you think...... How about the foolish brother? ”

"It's great!" Shang Shi nodded, "When the emperor summoned me to the cabinet, Chen Ge made things difficult for me in every way, and Scholar Peng was often excluded, but Brother Jing was kind......

Liu Ding's heart was ecstatic, and he promised: "If Hongzai supports Brother Yu, Brother Yu will be the first assistant in the future, and he will never disappoint you." ”

Shang Shi looked useful, and arched his hand: "Brother Jing is in need, and his words are enough." ”

"Hey, okay."

The two walked for a long time before they parted......

Shang Zhen sighed lightly: Let's fight, it won't fall on my head anyway, just watch the show, maybe I can get some benefits.

Liu Dingzhi said: The right to speak in business is too low, so he is a foil, well... It depends on Yongqinghou, and Ming'er has to visit again in private.

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Small courtyard.

Li Qing took out all the silver tickets in the book and counted them, three silver tickets for one thousand taels, and a total of twenty for one hundred taels, which is really a lot.

With the salary of a scholar, even if you add the emperor's reward, as well as Bing Jing and Tan Jing, these money will have to let them work for at least three years.

But judging from the shots of the three of them, this money is not enough to make them break their bones, which shows that there are too few officials who are absolutely incorruptible in the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Li Qing couldn't help but sigh lightly: "Looking at the court, how many people are not greedy? ”

Zhu Wanqing endured and endured, but finally couldn't help it, and complained: "Uncle Li, you ...... What is the difference between you and a corrupt official? ”

"You little girl, what do you know?" Li Qing didn't get angry this time, but asked: "Do you know what the standard of a corrupt official is?" ”

Zhu Wanqing snorted: "Accept bribes from others!" Helping to do things that are beneficial to those who pay bribes, but harm the court and the people. ”

"Hmm... So what if you only collect money and don't do anything? ”

"Huh? This ......" Zhu Wanqing didn't know what to say for a while, "Also, can it still be like this?" ”

"Why not?" Li Qing was right, "Are they justified in bribes?" ”

But is it justified for you to take bribes...... Zhu Wanqing didn't dare to say it, and asked, "Uncle Li, aren't you afraid of their urgency?" ”

"They don't dare to rush." Li Qing smiled, "If you are not clean, how can you dare to say that others are dirty?" ”

Zhu Wanqing was speechless, and said stupidly: "Uncle Li, you are like this...... It's a bad character. ”

"I don't have any character in officialdom." Li Qing smiled, put the treasure money into his pocket, "Let's go, go down to the restaurant." ”

……

Zhu Wanqing was also convinced, and what made her even more convincing was that there were still people stammering with such an Uncle Li.

Among the three people who came that day, one of them came to give money again, which was a huge amount of a thousand taels.

These people are really rich...... Zhu Wanqing hated and thought: It's nothing more than Uncle Li saying that there are few honest officials in officialdom, but Uncle Li himself is not honest......

The little girl felt uncomfortable, firstly, because the officialdom was muddy, although her status as a princess was not recognized, she still regarded herself as a royal clansman;

The second is because of Uncle Li, she feels that Uncle Li is not so perfect.

The collapse of the idol's house made her feel uncomfortable.

For this reason, she also specially found Li Qing and persuaded: "Uncle Li, let's return the money, let's be an upright person and don't take this black money." ”

Li Qing said: "It is difficult for a righteous man and a gentleman to be an official, even if he is an official, it is difficult to go ...... long run."

And so forth and so on......

Zhu Wanqing didn't agree with this theory, but she couldn't persuade Uncle Li, so she sulked for several days.

It wasn't until Li Qing said that Li Hong was going to Beijing that Zhu Wanqing's mood improved.

The lover is coming back, she is excited in her heart, and she deliberately dresses up for this, but she is teased by Li Qing, she is almost turning black.

Now, all the aura of the idol in her heart has completely disappeared, and the idol is really too tasteless!

Two days later, in the morning, Zhu Wanqing was choosing vegetables when the sound of knocking on the door suddenly sounded.

'Bang bang bang ......! Li Hong's loud voice came, "Godfather, godfather open the door, it's me, Hong'er!" ”

"Big brother?" Zhu Wanqing was stunned, hurriedly took off her apron, and stepped forward to open the door happily.

The door opened suddenly, and Li Hong outside the door rushed in coldly and almost fell down.

"Big brother, you're finally back." Zhu Wanqing hurriedly supported him, her little face was happy, "You're not injured, are you?" ”

"No, who can hurt me?" Li Hong smiled proudly, he hadn't seen him for a few months, his sweetheart became more and more lovely, and he couldn't take care of his godfather.

"Sister Wanqing, have you been waiting for me?"

"Hmm..." Zhu Wanqing blushed with shame, and didn't dare to raise her head, only revealing her snow-white neck......

It's ...... like that Annoying.

Li Hong couldn't help himself and got started......