"I have been in Jiangnan for so many years, and now I think of the people in the world?" Yue Guhan peeled off a pumpkin seed and put it in his mouth: "Back then, the God Emperor beat the gong and drum and sent a messenger to Yuelu Academy to invite you out of the mountain, and you were knighted and crowned official, so why don't you think about the world with such a good opportunity?"

Liu Ziyue became famous as a young man, and was regarded as the leader of the Central Plains Wulin for many years. Lā Liu Ziyue rejected the God Emperor, and still served as the head of his Yuelu Academy, teaching and educating people, neither asking about the affairs of the world nor the affairs of the rivers and lakes.

"There are two in the world, one is the world of meat eaters, they are incorruptible and shameless, the people of fish and meat, fighting for power and profit, and regard the world as their own private property, Qianshou Li Shu is the same as the sheep in the sheepfold in their eyes, and the care is to take hair and eat meat, the God Emperor is like this, the fish auxiliary country is like this, and the Empress Dowager Wen is also like this. Liu Ziyue explained to his old friend: "In my opinion, there is no difference between this court and the eunuch Si Chen or the eunuch dangguo. Is there any difference between letting Yu Fuguo take care of this world, and Mrs. Wen taking care of it, or letting Li Xu take care of it?"

"Before the reform of the two tax laws, the land of each person and each household belonged to the state, and was distributed by officials, paid land rent to the imperial court, and had to pay taxes when there was something to serve. Liu Ziyue said: "And the powerful families don't have to pay rent, they order a book in the government office, and the court just holds the small people to scrape the bones and suck the ointment, not only the Yu Dynasty, you compile the past dynasties are like this." ”

"The imperial court's financial resources were exhausted, and in order to open up the bank's two-tax law, the land was distributed to the people forever, and then taxes were collected according to the property and land. However, no matter how the tax system was changed, the output of one acre of land was originally limited, and the wealth to be amassed by the imperial court was increasing, and the small people could not afford it at all, so in order to survive, they sold the land to the local wealthy and powerful households, and gave it to others as tenants. ”

"It has been nearly 100 years since the implementation of the two tax laws, and the rich and powerful families in the south of the Yangtze River are connected by good fields, and the poor households have no place to stand. Liu Ziyue said: "Once this merger is opened, who will be able to stop it? I was the king of Hengyang County back then, serving as a servant, and destroying all the Yufu countries and the Wen family for the God Emperor, can I stop the expenses of the imperial court and the land annexation of the people?"

Liu Ziyue talked eloquently, explaining the cause and effect of the year. He was originally a well-informed person, and he knew Mencius's truth that "the people are important, and the king is light", the so-called "hearing the punishment of a man, not hearing of the killing of the king", the people in the court are now just some big and small people, Liu Ziyue did not lead the people to rise up, even if it was good, how could there be that mood to wipe the butt for this group of people?

"Then why are you going north this time?" Yue Guhan didn't understand why his old friend was wading into Bai Yujing's troubled waters at this time.

Yue Guhan didn't care who the person sitting above the court was. Although the emperor expressed his willingness to explore the water for him, Yue Gu Han did not think that this meant that he was going to be some kind of thug assassin for the emperor. If the emperor has the ability to deal with the likes of Yufu and the country, and then send someone to Luoshui, then Yue Guhan may help Li Xu, if the emperor doesn't have that ability, Yue Guhan doesn't care.

"It's all said, it's for the sake of the common people. Liu Ziyue said: "When I was discussing martial arts with Du Zhucup, I met the emperor's envoy, a eunuch named Chen Chaoen. ”

"He, I've seen it. Yue Guhan nodded, he also had a few encounters with Chen Chaoen, although this eunuch didn't know martial arts, but he made people feel comfortable doing things, and he couldn't feel bad for him.

"The news that Du stopped drinking and discussing martial arts with the world is known to the world, and Chen Chaoen came to ask Du to stop the cup. Liu Ziyue sighed and said: "At that time, I knew that the current emperor acted unconventionally and relied on strength and wisdom to deceive others, and there would be a big disaster in Bai Yujing sooner or later. ”

Yue Guhan still didn't know what the emperor was sending someone to do with a reckless dragon snake like Du Zhubei, Lianyunzhai is indeed the most powerful organization in the rivers and lakes today, and no one dares to despise Du Zhubei's martial arts, could it be that the emperor wants to borrow Du Zhubei's hand to kill Han Gang?

"What are you asking Du to stop the cup for, let him kill the old enemy Han Gang?" Yue Guhan knew the origin between Du Zhubei and the Han family.

"It's not. Liu Ziyue replied: "I asked him to kill a very powerful foreign thief, it is a matter of military secrets, although you and I are old friends, but I can't tell you." ”

Yue Guhan almost couldn't hold the teacup in his hand when he heard this, what kind of extremely powerful thief, didn't Langdarma, this Zampu, beg himself to kill, could it be that the emperor still wants to regret it, this doll really doesn't understand the rules of the rivers and lakes, and doesn't bother the two masters to know anything?

"Then why did Du stop the cup to tell you?"

"A gentleman is a good friend. Du Zhubei and I are both gentlemen of the teachings of the saints, so they can naturally tell me. Liu Ziyue winked at Yue Gu Han, the implication was that a fierce and fierce puppet like you was naturally not suitable to listen to.

Yue Guhan didn't sell Guan Zi either: "Hey, isn't it just the assassination of Lang Dama, how did the little emperor think of it and go to find Du Zhubei." ”

"Has he looked for you?" Liu Ziyue immediately understood, since the emperor could find Du Zhubei, Yue Gu Han, who was in Bai Yujing, would naturally not let it go. "Do you want him to dig a hole for you?"

"What is digging a pit. Yue Guhan was a little angry all of a sudden, although Liu Ziyue had been his friend for many years, Liu Ziyue always didn't take what he thought seriously: "That's the pursuit of the Great Dao, the root of heaven and earth, I don't believe you are not moved." ”

"The road is also a trip to the world. Liu Ziyue said with a smile: "The gods and Buddhas are ethereal, the demons and ghosts are gone, and what the people stop is where the Tao exists." After so many years, I persuaded you to read more books, but you just refused. ”

This friend regarded the county of Sichuan and Shu as the Luoyang of Luoshu, and Liu Ziyue did not correct his mistakes, but this old friend's stubbornness was still beyond his imagination, and Liu Ziyue lost his patience, so he simply let him go.

"What do you say?"

Of course he responded, and followed Chen Chaoen to Bai Yujing's side. Liu Ziyue shook his head, Yue Guhan called himself a rotten Confucian, if Du Zhubei was compared with himself, he would know that he was much more flexible.

"Are you going to meet the emperor? Then you have come at the right time, he is complaining about his illness and Cheng Qili and Han Gang, and he probably doesn't have the energy to ......."

"Let's go out more, don't you know what happened to Bai Yujing when you stay at home every day?" Liu Ziyue shook his head. "Cheng Qili arranged assassins to assassinate the emperor, but failed, the two elders of Nanhua in Taiping Road were defeated, Cheng Qili was killed by the emperor in the Shence army, and now the emperor is mostly appeasing the Shence army, and the situation will change greatly tomorrow. ”

"How do you know?"

"I, a Confucian sect in Nantian, have children all over the world, which is different from your family. ”

"I also have apprentices. ”

Liu Ziyue stood up.

"I will enter the palace tomorrow to meet the emperor, and then go north, and now Hu Ma is looking south, and I must not let Hu Lu take advantage of the infighting. ”