Li Xuandu looked at the roof of the carriage, and the old things from years ago gradually came to his mind.

It was in Zhang Suqing's study, there were six people in total, in addition to Li Xuandu and Zhang Baigui standing, there were four old people sitting.

The four old men are of different ages, the oldest is already the age of the ancient, and the youngest is the age of knowing the destiny of heaven. As the saying goes, life is less than a hundred, in the eyes of ordinary people, these four old people are already in the age of decay, but at that time, it was these four old people who controlled the lifeblood of the entire empire, and all the decrees on the temple were from the hands of the four people, that is, the well-known "cabinet vote", after the approval of the celebrant and the superintendent, it became an edict, and it could reach the nineteen states of the world.

At this time, the atmosphere in the study was a little delicate, and Zhang Suqing, who had the highest status, sat behind the bookcase, frowning slightly, and didn't talk much. Xu Cunzhai, who was second only to Zhang Suqing, had a solemn face and spoke very slowly. The other two elders, Shen Song's words were fierce and impassioned, and Lu Wei's voice was low, hiding a sense of sadness.

The words of the four of them were mixed together, making it difficult for Li Xuan to distinguish them.

"Now that the matter has come to this, the ancestors and ancestors of the country and the mountains and societies are still gone! The people of the Great Wei Dynasty are still in control! Zhang Xiang, and Xu Ge Lao, you have to say something to us. ”

"Of course, the ancestors and ancestors must be guarded, and of course the people in the world of the Great Wei must also be managed, but how to keep it? How to manage it? It is necessary to consider the long-term consideration. ”

"My Great Wei has been thirteen emperors to the present day, and there has never been a precedent for the queen mother to hang the curtain, if this case is opened, the next thing is the empress to get power, Xu Ge Lao, the late life said something that should not be said, that woman dares to be so upside down in the court, we don't care?"

"We certainly can't afford to ignore it. ”

"How can a ten-year-old child, whose milk has not dried up, and who has grown up in the hands of a woman in the deep palace? The key now is not the mother and son, but the new policy. ”

"The work of eternity, one step away. ”

"One step into the void is a catastrophe. ”

"The clan is extravagant, the officialdom is greedy for ink, and the Great Wei Dynasty will not rectify it, and the country will die one day. ”

"Things can be light, but also power. ”

"The government must be reformed, the clan must be appeased, and the deficit in the treasury must be filled. Take this year as an example, in the first month of the first month, the Golden Horde cavalry committed Liaodong. In February, millions of soldiers and civilians in Qinzhou ran out of food. In March, there was a famine in Liangzhou. In April, there was another famine in Yanzhou. In May, there was another famine in Shuzhou. In June, there was civil unrest in Yuzhou Tusi. In July, the Qinzhou exiles rebelled and attacked Shuzhou, and the southern Xinjiang barbarian rebellion invaded the border of Chongqing. In leap July, the Changhe River in Qizhou burst its embankment, the dead and wounded were not counted, and the displaced people were everywhere. ”

"If there is another change in the center of the court, involving the six ministries and nine divisions of the cabinet and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, then the world will be in chaos immediately. ”

"State affairs are unbearable. The rebellion in the northwest, the imperial golden horde in eastern Liaodong, the barbarian land in southern Xinjiang, and the famine in several states, the need for money for war and disaster relief, all count on the state treasury, but the state treasury is empty, so how can there be any money? Either we will implement a new policy, or we will sit back and wait for death. ”

"The New Deal is a national policy, and no matter how many people die, it must be implemented. Dying one person is a death, a hundred people dying is also a death, a hundred people dying is a number, a thousand people dying is also a number, and it is better to die a thousand people now than to die ten million people in the future. ”

"If the new policy is rashly implemented, it will involve too wide, in addition to the clan, there are hundreds of officials, as well as feudal officials from all over the country, and even generals who lead the army. Looking at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, the robes of civil officials were embroidered with birds, and the robes of military attachés were embroidered with beasts. ”

"The saint said to be benevolent, and the sub-saint said to take righteousness, why are you afraid of death? People are inherently dead, if they can sacrifice their lives for the country, I Shen will accept it calmly!"

"You and I are small things to die, but after you and I die, people will die and the government will rest, what can the people do?"

"Strike first, strike later, at this time, why don't we take the initiative!"

"Cangyan, be cautious!"

Li Xuandu came back to his senses, and his face became more and more obscure.

The carriage went all the way to the south, along the post road continued to move forward, gradually lost the traces of the undulating hills, at a glance, all the plains of the road, it was the autumn harvest season, the rice in the fields beside the road was golden, it seems that this year's harvest is not bad, after all, Jingzhou is known as the "granary of the world", the so-called "Jing Xiao is ripe, the world is full", almost half of the grain in the world comes from Jingzhou, Xiaozhou, if these two states also make a grain shortage, then the world will immediately be in chaos.

I don't know how long I walked, there was suddenly a little more humidity in the air, and then I walked forward, and suddenly there was a majestic river in my sight, the big waves were surging, the water was abundant, and it was rushing wantonly on the plain, just like a huge green dragon lying between heaven and earth, so that people could see it and immediately feel that they were small.

This is the big river in the word "river" that people often say in the world.

This great river divides the whole world into two, and the so-called Jiangnan is south of the great river. Historically, the northern iron cavalry went south, mostly hindered by the natural danger of the river, and it is difficult to say the merits, but the allusions derived from it, such as "the clothes are in the south", "the grass and trees are soldiers", "the whip breaks the river", "hits the middle stream" and so on, is really countless.

Looking at the turquoise "green dragon" that seems to be at the end of the sky, Hu Liang, who has always had nothing to do with the word "elegant", rarely chanted a poem of the ancients: "How many things have risen and fallen through the ages, leisurely." ”

Li Xuandu, who was sitting next to Hu Liang, let out a long breath of turbid air and said, "The river is not endless. ”

Hu Liang stopped the carriage and said softly: "Lao Li, don't be so heavy-minded, some things are like this big river flowing east, we can't stop it." ”

Li Xuandu nodded.

After crossing the river, it is the real Jiangnan.

Li Xuandu shook his head, as if he wanted to get rid of the old things that were lingering in his mind, jumped out of the carriage, and said: "The most good thing is Jiangnan, since you have arrived in Jiangnan, I will go to Brother Song's place, and I don't dare to embarrass the Wind and Thunder Sect if I want to come to Qingluanwei." ”

"Speaking of Brother Song, I miss his Jingzhou accent a little. Hu Liang showed a look of gratitude on his face, paused, and added: "It's just that after listening too much, I want to die when I hear it." ”

Li Xuandu laughed and said: "Don't say anything about the two of you, you are all half a catty and eight taels, you used to drink in the imperial capital, which time didn't I go to the store to say it?"

Li Xuan is not from Dijing, but after living in Dijing for a period of time, he can speak authentic official dialect, which makes Hu Liang, who has never learned official Chinese, very envious in private, because in Dijing City, both men and women, young and old, are quite superior. Young people travel to the imperial capital, it is indispensable to go to some fireworks places, Hu Liang once ran into a wall with an Oiran woman, that's all, the key is that the Oiran woman has no intention of doing this but Li Xuandu, who is walking with Hu Liang, has blue eyes, eyebrows and flirts, and verbal hints, in the end, don't say that you don't want silver, I'm afraid you can stick the silver upside down, which makes Hu Liang, who has never admitted that it is a problem with appearance, feels sad and indignant, and bites to death It is the Oiran woman who dislikes his accent, and he has been haunted about this matter, until they got acquainted with Brother Song, who is also a native accent that is difficult to change, Hu Liang felt much better。

The reason why he is called Brother Song is because this master of the Wind and Thunder Sect is indeed very old, he is already a sixtieth year, and he can almost be Li Xuandu's grandparents, but the people of the rivers and lakes interact, regardless of age, first talk about the generation, how to talk about the generation? After discussing the seniority, Fang is the age, and Brother Song came from this.

But then again, that is, Li Xuandu and Hu Liang can only be called "Brother Song" because of their relationship, and they can be replaced by other Jianghu characters, either "Song seniors" or "Song Daxia", even if they are people with similar identities, they must also be called "Song Sect Master" , Otherwise, it is to slap the face of the entire Wind and Thunder Sect, and to bully the Wind and Thunder Sect is to sweep the face of the Shenxiao Sect, and the Shenxiao Sect is one of the four sects of the Daomen.

Therefore, walking in the rivers and lakes, there are rules everywhere, and everywhere is exquisite, although it is unwritten, it is not necessarily less than the Confucian rules set by the sages.