Chapter 135: People's hearts often harbor the spirit of a tiger and a wolf
After being busy with this matter, Zhao Yu finally settled down and had time to visit Chang Yuchun.
Often at the beginning of the spring, he was injured by King Yin Ye, so he stayed in the house to recuperate. When Zhao Yu led the army to the Northern Expedition, he was seriously injured and could only lie on the couch, and after half a year of recuperation, there should be improvement.
Chang Yuchun's mansion is in the south of the city, a family of three, plus Hu Qingniu and Zhang Wuji, which were specially given by Zhao Yu.
Zhao Yu was dressed in civilian clothes and only brought two entourages to Changfu. After entering, I saw Chang Yuchun's tiger-headed and tiger-brained son Chang Mao carrying a big wooden knife and slashing behind the shadow wall.
Zhao Yu stood aside with his arms crossed and looked at it for a while.
Chang Mao is seven or eight years old, but he is full of life, and since he was a child, he has Hu Qingniu, a medical immortal, who has carefully adjusted his body and laid a solid foundation. After slashing a hundred and ten knives, he stopped panting, slammed the ground with his knife, and said majestically: "Master Mao took a big knife and cut down 100,000 Tartar soldiers!"
Hearing laughter in his ears, Chang Mao's little eyebrows raised, and when he turned his head, he saw Zhao Yu standing with his arms crossed, and his face turned red at the moment, and his expression twisted: "When did Uncle Zhao arrive at my house?"
"It's time for General Mao to rush to the enemy camp to kill, your knife technique is really terrifying!" Zhao Yu said with a smile, although he is old, he is still a little childish, and he has always loved Chang Yuchun's naughty son, and he also likes to tease when he is idle.
Chang Mao's little face became more and more red, and when he heard Zhao Yu's words, his dark eyes turned, and he threw down the wooden knife and knelt at Zhao Yu's feet, shouting: "Chang Mao thank Lord Longen!"
When Zhao Yu saw him like this, he said strangely: "Bastard boy." What are you doing here?"
Chang Mao raised his little face and said: "Uncle is going to be the emperor in the future, the king has no jokes, he made me a general, I am grateful!"
After Zhao Yu heard this, the mood that had been low became cheerful, and he pointed to the little guy and said with a smile: "Your father has been fighting for many years, but he has not won the title of a great general, you kid will be tricky! If you can't kill the enemy, serve the country and bravely crown the three armies. I'll only make you the general of the Wa'er Army!"
When Chang Mao heard this, his smile fell, and he sighed: "How else do you want to grow? Drill me every day. My nephew was fiddled with half a life left......"
"What a cowardly boy. I actually learned to sue behind my back!" Chang Yuchun rushed out of the room with a loud shout, walked up the Land Rover, and saluted Zhao Yu first. Then he turned his head to teach his son, but saw that the little guy had already fled with a knife.
Zhao Yu saw that Chang Yuchun was as good as usual, and his steps were steady, thinking that he had recovered, Zhao Yu said happily: "Congratulations to Brother Chang for finally recovering." ”
Chang Yuchun welcomed Zhao Yu into the room and said: "A little injury, what is it, a tiger can be killed a long time ago!
"I'm going to ask Mr. Hu if he's really fine!" Zhao Yu said again: "This time, the brothers of the Five Elements Banner avenged you on your behalf, and the King of Yin Ye was injured more than you. ”
When he mentioned this, Chang Yuchun was angry again, and snorted: "If it weren't for the fact that King Yin Ye was too insidious and suddenly broke out in the rout, he might not have hurt me! It's a pity that the white-eyed eagle king I is famous, but he has raised a son who can't be on the stage!"
After a moment of greetings, Chang Yuchun's face suddenly turned solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Mr. Liu came to my house last night and asked me to persuade the lord to look away. In the past few days, although I can't see a general idea, I can also feel the taste of someone who wants to force the palace. Brother Zhao, we met in the rivers and lakes, I don't mention those red tape, if you have a life, I will immediately raise troops into the city, rush to kill a few back and forth, and kill the people with evil intentions cleanly!"
When it came to the upset things, Zhao Yu's mood was a little irritable. He waved his hand and said, "The matter is far from being so serious, and when it comes to it, I am a little anxious for quick success." Chuzhou's agriculture is already thin, and once it changes, the good situation will be in the hands of people in an instant. It was a bad thing that this matter broke out early. Those gentry are willing to kick out the businessmen with their hearts, which shows that they are really optimistic about the prospects of Chuzhou and are going to make heavy bets. After this chaos, Chuzhou should be peaceful for a period of time. ”
He saw that Chang Yuchun's face showed a puzzled look, so he spoke carefully: "At the end of agriculture and business, there have been many ancient times. I introduced Shen Wansan and other merchants to Chuzhou, firstly, to solve the financial embarrassment situation in Chuzhou, and secondly, I also wanted to try to open up a new situation. It's just that the foundation of Chuzhou is too weak after all, and there is nothing to come out of, once there is an external force to interfere, the people's livelihood will be turbulent. The gentry of Chuzhou used the mouths of Mr. Liu and Governor Ye to find out about this matter, which was far better than their private confrontation. ”
"Since ancient times, there have been emperors who have not been for a thousand years, but there are families that have been for a thousand years. These gentry are tied to the land, and no one who is in charge can ignore their existence. The change of dynasty, in the final analysis, is just to see which family pretends to be a grandson in front of these local tyrants and gentry and pretends to be more decent. Land is the livelihood and well-being of all people, and it is also a rope on the emperor's head. Now that I have made it clear that I value business over agriculture, the rope will be loosened, and they are willing to bother to accept the right path instead of colluding with foreign criminals, which shows that they still have some confidence in me. ”
Chang Yuchun sighed: "I used to do things, just with a lot of blood, thinking that cutting off the heads of those tyrants and heroes would make the world peaceful, but I didn't know that the world was so dangerous, and many things were not the steel knife in my hand after all." Are we really hopeless?"
Zhao Yu shook his head and said: "That's not the case, this incident made me understand that if you really want to do a difficult thing, it is necessary to make a big show and be clear." And the time is not yet ripe, in the final analysis, if the business of agriculture is not changed, the local tyrants and squires will not be able to get rid of it for a day. Farming and eating are a matter of course, and they have been handed down for thousands of years, so how can they be changed overnight? I have had the luxury of hoping that one day, one acre of land can produce 10 stone of grain, and the peasant households have rice, and their eyes are no longer focused on the land, or they can make a difference. ”
"How is that possible!" Chang Yuchun sighed, his tone not without frustration.
Zhao Yu also sighed: "I don't know how many people in the world are amazing, if it is really a problem that is easy to deal with, why should we be sad today." I have heard that some of the leaders of the church took advantage of their positions, and some of them found large tracts of fertile land outside the city. It's just that the people of Chuzhou are now willing to work in the workshop, and few people are willing to be a tenant patiently, so a large area of fertile land can only be barren. It's really desperate to peel back the skin and look inside. ”
In this way, those profit-heavy businessmen are also good people, at least they do business with integrity, and they have not deducted the wages of workers. Chang Yuchun said again.
Zhao Yu said: "Everything is always good at the beginning. Looking through the history books, which dynasty was not the beginning of the dynasty was not the same heart of the monarch and the ministers, and made great efforts to govern the country? The Sui and Tang dynasties did not take scholars from the family, but the heirlooms of poetry and books, and the dynasty was Tian Shelang, and the twilight ascended to the Tianzi Hall. As the old saying goes, there is no punishment for the doctor, or the son of a daughter does not die in the city. It can be seen that people's minds change, and they often carry tigers and wolves, and they are stronger than which one is not seen. I have seen with my own eyes the collapse of Zhang Zhongdao's innocent world, and I have already planned, as long as I can let more people live, whether it is good or bad, I have to give it a try. ”
Chang Yuchun patted his head and said: "In this way, I am more and more confused. Sure enough, I only have the use of going into battle to kill the enemy, and I only listen to the chief manager to explain what to do. Don't worry about it, I don't want to sit back and miss this great achievement, I don't want to sit back and miss it!"
"This matter has to be asked by Mr. Hu before it is considered. Zhao Yu said with a smile.
Chang Yuchun didn't say a word, and took Zhao Yu to see Hu Qingniu and asked him to prove that he had recovered.
When Hu Qingniu saw Zhao Yu, he immediately got up and bowed, and said with emotion: "The disciples of this sect have been trembling on the rivers and lakes for many years, and they have never raised their eyebrows like now. ”
Zhao Yu smiled and talked with him for a few words, and only after asking if Chang Yuchun's injury was no longer serious, he was allowed to escort the baggage to the front line of Jiqing.
As he was talking, Zhang Wuji, whose eyes were red, walked in from outside the door, hugged Zhao Yu deeply and said: "Before my mother died, she told me to remember the person who forced my father and mother to death, wait patiently for revenge, and not let go of any of them." I don't have the skills myself, thank you for besieging Shaolin this time to avenge me!"
Zhao Yu saw his sad appearance, felt sympathy in his heart, and said: "You are a coward, you can't harden your heart after all." If you really want to take revenge, you have to do it yourself to be able to beat people to the point of pain. ”
Seeing that it was getting late, Zhao Yu didn't stay long, so he got up and left.
Compared with before, after a few days of undercurrent surges, Chuzhou street market seems to be a little depressed. Zhao Yu visited a few grain stores at random, asked about the price and storage of goods, and the situation was not too bad. It can be seen that after this blow, the hope of those Jiangnan merchants in Chuzhou has not been completely broken.
After leaving the grain store, Zhao Yu planned to find a time to meet with these merchants and talk openly and honestly. Chuzhou's current prosperity is inseparable from their help, and it is not in line with Zhao Yu's plan to drive the merchants out of the game in one fell swoop.
When passing by an inn, Zhao Yu suddenly heard a somewhat familiar voice.
"Shopkeeper, has there ever been a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl who came to the store?" Ding Minjun was holding a sword in his hand, and was asking the shopkeeper of the inn with the two fellow doors, but he did not find Zhao Yu standing at the corner of the street.
Seeing the Emei faction appearing in Chuzhou City, Zhao Yu had a few doubts in his heart. After the battle of Shaolin, although Zhao Yu provoked a misunderstanding between the two derivatives of Huashan and Kongtong, the relationship between the Five Elements Banner and the entire righteous martial arts still became extremely tense. At this cusp, how could the people of the Emei faction come to Chuzhou?
After a little hesitation, Zhao Yu turned his head and ordered the two entourages to order the city defense to hurry up the screening of people entering and leaving the city, and then he quietly hid behind the Emei sect people in this line to see what they were going to do. (To be continued......)