What Kong Luhua didn't expect was that two days later, Ruan Yuan suddenly took her to the Tengwang Pavilion on the bank of the Gan River. It was said that the Tengwang Pavilion had a beautiful scenery. From a distance, the scenery of Nanchang could be seen, and the vastness of the Ganjiang River made it...

People are open-minded. Kong Luhua also agreed to Ruan Yuan. Along the way, he saw the Tengwang Pavilion towering into the clouds and majestic. When he walked up to the pavilion, he saw white clouds hanging low in the west, the river and sky were the same color, and Nanchang City and Fangshi in the east.

It was bustling and the mood felt a lot more relaxed.

"How is it, Madam, are you satisfied with the scenery here?" Ruan Yuan and Kong Luhua looked at His Excellency Prince Teng's Nanchang scenery together, but they were also proud and smiled at her: "Look, Madam, I was here last winter.

I came here once, and I left a poem here. You can see that there are more footprints here than other places where poems were written. It seems that there should be many people in Nanchang who like me.

Poetry." He said and pointed to a hanging scroll in the pavilion for Kong Luhua to see. When Kong Luhua looked at the hanging scroll, she saw the poem on it was:

The preface to the thousand-year-old poem still exists today. Who can see Ji Ji Zun at that time?

Because he has great writings about shooting bulls and fighting, he taught Gao Ge the old world.

The clouds and curtains are flying again, and the rain is flying again, and Peng Ze is vomiting in front of the river.

Leaning on the threshold, I think about hundreds of cities. The cold river is extremely quiet and speechless.

"Master, since you have a poem here, Madam also has a poem here. Please ask someone to get paper and pen. Madam will write it down right now. I would also like to read it. In the future, more people will read your poems.

Or are more people reading my poems?" It seems that Kong Luhua is not satisfied with Ruan Yuan's poem.

Ruan Yuan did not object, so he sent someone to bring pens, ink, paper and inkstones. Kong Luhua pondered for a long time, and already had a poem, so she wrote on the rice paper:

The old museum of Fangzhou is wandering again, and the eyes of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers are suddenly opened.

The curtains are rolled up, the west wind shakes the Jie Pavilion, and the shadow of the sun pool embraces the Immortal Terrace.

The cockfighting cock mistakenly enters the palace of the kings, and its flying horses can pass on talents that are unparalleled in the world.

But he lamented that the land was heavier because of the people, and half of the tourists came here to make peace for themselves.

"Haha, madam, you don't like my poems." Ruan Yuan looked at the second half of the poem and couldn't help laughing: "What madam means is that Tengwang Pavilion has its own unique style. If you talk about Tengwang Pavilion, you have to think about it from afar.

When Wang Zi'an wrote "Preface to Tengwang Pavilion", he forgot about Tengwang Pavilion itself."

"Exactly, Master, if it weren't for Wang Zi'an's preface, would you still come to Tengwang Pavilion? If Tengwang Pavilion didn't have that preface, it wouldn't be a beautiful scenery? Madam is willing to write a poem today

First of all, it is also because this pavilion is majestic and the scenery is excellent. Otherwise...if Wang Zi'an just wrote a poem and preface to a stone, wouldn't I have to go out of his way to take a look at that stone?" Kong Luhua had her own reasons.

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"Madam, what you said makes sense." Ruan Yuan looked at his wife's expression. She was quite serious, but he did not dare to neglect it. He just smiled at her and said: "Could it be that... what I talked about with Madam a few days ago, Madam can't

satisfied?"

Kong Luhua lowered his head and said nothing. Ruan Yuan looked around and saw that the people who had come to deliver paper and pens had already retreated to Prince Teng. Because he was on tour, there was no one else on the high building for a while, so he also said to Kong Luhua: "Mrs.

There is a poem about Tao Yuanming. The last two sentences of that poem are, "If you bend your waist to ask for a good official, Tao Gong will not be a good man that day." I read this poem at that time, but I was also a little ashamed. Tao Yuanming was

Five buckets of rice, I have a second-grade official salary today, but after all, I can't escape the word "bend one's waist". But madam, I still remember these poems of yours, then I will talk about Meng Zhuzeng's words, madam

Why did you forget? My thoughts are actually the same as Madam’s, right?”

"Master, what you mean is..." Kong Luhua seemed a little confused for a moment.

"Madam, in my "Mencius on Ren", did I mention something about the unkindness of the king?" Ruan Yuan slowly said to her: "An unkind king pays too much in taxes, is wary, and corrupts his people, and will not be able to survive in bad years.

Saving the people won't win the hearts of the people. King You of Zhou was unkind and used sycophants to eliminate the virtuous, so that the clans were relocated. The six countries were unkind, so they perished in Qin, and Qin was unkind, so that they perished in the world. So, I and the Emperor, I am a minister, Your Majesty

It is the king, and the king is superior to his subordinates. This is the law of nature. But what is above the king? It is nothing more than the four principles of "morality, benevolence and righteousness". As a king, his behavior may be in line with morality, benevolence and righteousness, or it may not be in line with morality, benevolence and righteousness.

, so what happens to a minister? I have made it clear when I annotated "Zengzi". What Zengzi said is that a gentleman does not flatter the rich and honorable, but speaks for himself, and does not take advantage of the poor and lowly to live in his own dignity. Anyone who does unrighteousness will be punished by me.

If I don't do things well and I'm not benevolent, I won't grow up. If I don't do things well, I mean the princes who are unjust and unrighteous. If I don't do things well, I mean the ministers and officials are uncivilized and unkind. In this way, as the sage said, "If a country has its way, then it will be an official."

"If a country has no principles, then it will be hidden." This is the ultimate theory."

"Master, do you think the current emperor is a righteous person or an immoral person?" Kong Luhua felt a lot more enlightened when she saw that Ruan Yuan could indeed pursue benevolence and was willing to "hidden without righteousness". But even so, she

But for Jiaqing, I can't be as reassured as Ruan Yuan.

"Not to mention anything else, I am willing to believe in the Emperor just because of the gift of medicine. It has been two years since the Tianli Sect incident. Although the world was in chaos at that time, after two years, it has gradually returned to peace.

Therefore, the emperor has not lost his way, and the affairs of the world can still be managed. Madam, just wait for a while, maybe the emperor will gradually understand after reading my memorial?" Ruan Yuan also consoled Kong Luhua.

"Then... okay, I'll wait with you." Kong Luhua also nodded to Ruan Yuan.

"Madam, it's not easy to come to Prince Teng's Pavilion today. You see, with such a scenery on the side, if we only think about the words of saints and benevolence, we will fail to live up to these scenery." Ruan Yuan looked at the mighty north flow beside him.

Gan Jiang also held his wife's hands and spoke warmly to her.

Sure enough, at this time, the sun was setting in the west, and there were already thousands of golden lights on the Ganjiang River. Under the sunlight, the vast river also emitted endless light and rushed forward. Although the clouds were almost gone, it was actually infinitely magnificent.

However, Ruan Yuan did not know it at this time, but Na Yancheng of Lanzhou chose to compromise with reality amid internal and external difficulties.

Na Yancheng did not go to the government office that day, but stayed in the back house of the Governor's Court to accompany Unzen. Unzen was originally weak, but he accidentally fell while worshiping Buddha the day before yesterday, which caused the onset of an old illness and left him bedridden for days.

Na Yancheng felt even more sad when he saw his wife's haggard state, and he had no good plan for the relief work in Gansu. Perhaps, agreeing to Chen Qi's suggestion was the least bad choice at this time.

"Madam, I...I heard some time ago that Chen Fantai of the feudal lord's office took a ginseng root, which is the most effective in replenishing qi, strengthening the body and strengthening the body, but...that's fine, madam, I'm going to find some now.

How about you go to Chen Fantai with your money and buy the ginseng to make soup for you?" In desperation, Na Yancheng finally fell in love with Chen Qizhi's words.

"Master, Master, you can't..." Although Yunxian was weak, he had heard about Chen Qi's story. After hearing this, he firmly said to Na Yancheng: "Master, have you ever thought about it, if you really harvest this ginseng,

What will happen in the future? Then Chen Qi will only use this as an excuse to force the master to obey his orders. If he engages in bribery in the future, then...the master will have no choice but to be his accomplice! Master, I am all alone.

My life is gone...it is gone, but if the master is not clear with such a traitor, in the future...in the future, the master's reputation will never be clean again..."

When Na Yancheng listened to Yunxian's words, he felt sad in his heart. Suddenly, the voice of his second son Rongzhao also reached his ears: "Amma, just now that Chen Fantai came again, saying... saying it was...

There is an important matter in the capital, and I must inform Amma now and ask Amma to come over." Na Yan's eldest son Rong An had already resigned from Enyin and became an official in the capital, and only Rong Zhao remained by his side.

"This... Madam, if it's something important in Beijing, I have to go there this time." Na Yancheng had no choice but to follow Rong Zhao to the lobby of the Governor's Court, where he saw Chen Qi already waiting beside him.

Na Yancheng hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "Your Excellency, there is good news in Beijing. The official has received rumors that after the disaster relief is over, your Excellency will be transferred to the post of Governor of Zhili. Your Excellency has been very fond of your Excellency these days.

I have to thank you sir for taking care of me."

"Governor of Zhili...are you serious about what you said?" Na Yancheng felt a little relieved after listening to Chen Qi's words.

"Of course. Your Excellency, I have a friend in the Ministry of Personnel. We all know the relationship between the leader of the Ministry of Personnel and that person. So, after the disaster relief silver rice is distributed, Sir, you can

I went to Baoding to take up the post." But when Chen Qi said this, he also changed the topic and said: "It's just that sir, in two days, it will be the deadline for the relief. Have you thought about it? What if those officials then

There cannot be any restrictions. It is the common people who are suffering. My lord, do you think that if the common people cannot receive relief on time, what will they do next year? If your lord strictly orders the officials to distribute silver rice like this, they will have to put it in their own pockets.

How much, I can lower my official position..." After the Tianli Sect incident was over, Yinghe immediately held the two important positions of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Admiral of the Nine Gates. At this time, he thought that Na Yancheng had an old relationship with him, and he could work with him in the post of Governor of Zhili.

Since he already worked with him, he asked Jiaqing to transfer Na Yancheng. This news was no longer a secret.

"That's it, Rong Zhao, you go down first." Na Yancheng saw that the situation was urgent and had no other choice in his heart, so he had to make up his mind and push Rong Zhao away first. Seeing that there was no one else in the hall, he said to Chen Qi: "Twelve

Ten thousand, I will contribute another 30,000 myself and give them 150,000. If it’s more, it’s not the officials I’m sorry for, but the people.”

"Your Excellency is aware of it, Your Excellency is aware of it!" Chen Qi said happily after hearing that Na Yancheng finally compromised.

"But there is another matter that you must handle strictly." Na Yancheng added: "After this subsidy is distributed, all officials must strictly abide by the law and must not make arbitrary withdrawals from the disaster relief money! All other disaster relief money,

They need to be paid out truthfully! If they do anything bad again, I...even if I, the governor, quit, I will never allow them to do evil again!"

"Sir, the officials here are also sensible. After all, we have a clean government. We have always understood this principle. A governor with a smooth flow is a hard-working official. After they have finished their work this time, they will have to continue to do it in the future. They should be disciplined

Of course you have to abide by the rules." Chen Qi nodded.

"Also, Chen Fantai, you... how much did you pay for your ginseng plant? I bid eight hundred taels, is that enough? This ginseng plant is equivalent to several hundred taels of silver. I can't accept it from you for nothing." Na Yancheng

Seeing that the official affairs had been compromised, he also asked about ginseng.

"Sir, these eight hundred taels are the kind of profiteers who hoard them and charge random prices in the market. This ginseng is not that expensive originally. Sir, if you want it, five hundred taels is enough. I will give you the rest.

Do you want to share it, how about it?" Chen Qi saw that Na Yancheng was already in the same boat as him, so he was naturally relieved about the price of ginseng.

"Then...just five hundred taels." After Na Yancheng said this, he also let out a sigh of relief and stopped talking for a long time.

This year's disaster relief in Gansu went smoothly. Most of the relief money and food grains issued by the imperial court were distributed as scheduled. Not only that, there were still five thousand taels of silver left. Na Yancheng also deposited the remaining silver in the Gansu vassal treasury to prepare for emergencies.

After Yunxian received the ginseng soup tonic, her body gradually recovered. Na Yancheng also knew that although his wife had temporarily recovered, she was already in her fifties and her energy was already greatly exhausted.

Shen Bian would contract a serious illness again. Therefore, she was vague about the purchase of ginseng. She only said that an old friend in Beijing bought another ginseng plant for her. She also did not mention the embezzlement of relief money to subsidize officials.

.In September of this year, Na Yancheng was officially transferred to the post of Governor of Zhili.
Chapter completed!