There is the aroma of food along the way.

Yan Xinlan walked into the small courtyard with a food basket.

The porridge is a white porridge made of fresh rice in the Huzhou area, and some osmanthus flowers are put in it.

The dim sum includes sweet lotus root, freshly steamed rice cakes, and pickles made from wild vegetables.

Eating is simple, but there is a lot of food.

Wang Jingmeng walked out slowly, he sat down in front of Ying Wu, nodded, and regarded it as a courtesy.

Then he looked at Ying Wu and asked softly, "Do you want to eat together?"

Ying Wu nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay." ”

He didn't mean to deliberately look like Corporal Lixian, but he was really worried until last night, and he didn't eat anything, and when he relaxed at this time, and smelled the aroma of food, he was really hungry.

It's just that when the porridge was put in front of him, after he took a sip, he stopped unconsciously, and the rest of the people didn't know why he was doing this, but Lin Zhujiu looked at his expression at this time, but he smiled slightly, and said, "Do you want wine?"

"I don't like to drink, but at this moment, I want to drink. ”

Ying Wu looked at Lin Boiled Wine with some surprise, and then looked at Wang Jingmeng and Zheng Sleeve, "I want to toast you." ”

Lin Zhujiu smiled slightly, but in the middle of this smile, a wine gourd was already placed on the stone table.

"Can he drink?"

Then he looked at Zheng Sleeve, then at Wang Jingmeng, and asked.

Zheng Sleeve smiled faintly and said, "Yes." ”

Wang Jingmeng did not refuse, wine is the mood, and the mood is the meaning.

Ying Wu was too depressed before, but now that he was here, he found that Jiaodong County was also waiting for him here, and he was so excited that he drank it all in one gulp.

At this time, what he drank was the mood, but the wine line entered his throat, the heat went straight to his head, and his mouth was full of fragrance, but he couldn't help but be stunned, and subconsciously said: "Good wine." ”

Looking at the liquor poured into other wine glasses, it is a faint pink, which is very beautiful.

"This is the apricot blossom wine of Chudi. He said with some surprise.

"Not bad. ”

Lin Zhujiu smiled slightly and said, "But I already have a wine, and this kind of wine is not difficult to brew, only a suitable apricot blossom forest is missing." ”

Ying Wu thought for a while and said, "Changling doesn't seem to have any good apricot blossom forests. ”

Wang Jingmeng drank a glass of wine, then took a sip of porridge, and said casually: "No, that kind of one piece is fine." ”

Ying Wu nodded, and he took another drink, but he hung his head and fell silent.

After a while, he slowly raised his head, the corners of his mouth were full of bitterness, and said: "I thought that my father was seriously ill and miserable, but he didn't die, just wanted to help me ascend to the throne, and if he lived, he could make Cheng Jiao not do excessive things, and he could buy me some time and support my own power, but now I find that this is not the case." ”

Lin Boiling's hand pouring wine paused slightly, but he didn't make a sound.

Wang Jingmeng just drank porridge slowly and listened quietly.

Zheng Sleeve frowned slightly, and said: "He gives anyone the feeling that he loves you more, and everything he does seems to be to let you ascend the throne smoothly, why do you think this is not the case?"

"His illness is not as serious as I thought. ”

Ying Wu's face became pale, and he said: "Since I was a child, he has reminded me countless times that the biggest drawback of my Great Qin Dynasty at this time is that the power of those noble gate lords in Changling is too great. Even if the army is not counted, many lifelines that are closely related to the people's peace and contentment are in the hands of those noble lords, but the most important thing is that many of the wealth of these noble lords comes from business with other dynasties. But the reason why these aristocratic gate lords in Changling have such power is that most of them are the founding heroes of the Great Qin Dynasty, and secondly, they have made laws before, and they themselves are greatly superior to these noble gate valves, and now if they want to completely solve these drawbacks, they can only change the law. ”

"Cheng Jiao is so happy, he acts aggressively, and his methods are more fierce than me, I think that the reason why my father chose me and didn't want Cheng Jiao to ascend the throne is because he is afraid that he will rashly promote the change after he ascends the throne, so that if it is too intense, he will quickly break with these noble gate valves, and then he will not be the opponent of those gate valves, and even the throne will be taken away. ”

Ying Wu smiled bitterly and said: "But I found that my father and the emperor have already begun to arrange and promote the change of the law, and there are some things that I thought were Cheng Jiao's meaning, but they were actually his meaning." What he really thinks about should be that when he is alive, he will promote the change, wait until the change is completed and the overall situation is calm, and then smoothly hand over the throne, and then he will leave this world with confidence. ”

There were no stupid people in the room, and everyone understood what he meant.

"So your father will push you out and push for change, and if you want to meet the wrath of the powerful who have been greatly harmed, you will be the first to bear their wrath. ”

Lin Zhujiu couldn't help but shake his head and laughed slightly mockingly, "You are also the one who can be sacrificed." ”

"There will be sacrifice when changing the law, this is what my father has always said to me in the past. ”

Ying Wu took a deep breath, he nodded slowly, and said: "Changing the law is the process of him playing games with those powerful men and lords, advancing and retreating with each other, but I didn't expect that I would become a victim thrown by him." ”

"Why do you want to change the law, and what are the benefits of changing the law?" Wang Jingmeng's voice sounded.

"In the past, all dynasties were divided into feudal systems, and the main magnates and princes in various places were actually blood relatives of the royal family, but for a long time, there were many gates in various places, each seeking benefits, each with its own thoughts, and now all dynasties have consciously withdrawn power, and they are all centralized in the imperial city. The advantage of centralizing power in the imperial city is that the government decrees are accessible, and it will not be divided and divided, and the property of the dynasty can naturally be uniformly allocated. But according to the old system, the aristocracy is hereditary, those noble gate lords are born to enjoy the knighthood, accept the reward, in the long run, although the trend of division and division in various places is no longer there, but the wealth and power accumulation of these noble gate lords is more amazing, countless fields are in their hands, and even how many fields and how many industries in their hands are not clear at all, and those ordinary people, who can not own their own fields all their lives, are working in their fields, and the wealth created is included in these gate valves, and they cannot collect taxes。 ”

Ying Wu looked at Wang Jingmeng and said: "If you want to cure these evils, the most important thing to change the law is to let the cultivators have their own fields, so that the cultivators can have their own fields, so that they can really contribute to the country, and if they contribute more, the more rewards they can get." In the longer term, the dynasty will not be able to withstand the hereditary succession of those noble lords, and in my opinion, if the children of those noble lords want to inherit the title, they will naturally have to establish merit. ”

"So to put it simply, the people are not used by these gates, but by the country, and anyone born in this dynasty is born equal, and if you want to be crowned a king and a marquis, you must see how much merit you have made for this dynasty. ”

After Wang Jingmeng finished saying this, he frowned unconsciously, "In fact, if you change the law like this, the children of those noble gate lords will also have a natural advantage, and they will also go to the battlefield to make meritorious achievements, and with their family business, it will naturally be easier to establish military achievements." ”

"Of course, if we reward cultivation and weaving and motivate military exploits, there will be more fertile land to be cultivated, more taxes, more money available, and more brave warriors. ”

Ying Wu himself said agitation, but in an instant, he smiled bitterly again, "It's just that I want to separate the meat that I originally ate into my mouth, but these powerful gate lords don't agree." ”

"If you can really change the law, bear the anger of those gate valves but still be intact, and all the people will return to their hearts, then this throne will naturally belong to you. Wang Jingmeng finished drinking a bowl of porridge and said calmly.

Ying Wu was stunned.

He somewhat understood what Wang Jingmeng meant.

Lin Zhujiu also understood what Wang Jingmeng meant, and then he raised his hand and poured a glass of wine for Zheng Sleeve.

"I, Jiaodong County, am not the powerful gate valve of this Changling Tomb. ”

Zheng Sleeve smiled, drank the glass of wine in one gulp, and said, "If it can be done, I will naturally be happy." ”