The meeting of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion did not last long. Many things had been discussed before, but today I just mentioned them again. The only new topic is that the Prime Minister's Mansion will hold a feast three days later to celebrate the great victory in the north.

I chatted with Qin Siyuan, Yao Zunian, Jueming and others for a while. When I came out of the courtyard, Ning Yi's face did not have much joy. After being happy for this great victory for Guo Yaoshi, new problems had been suppressed, and the rope of the situation in the north and south was getting tighter and tighter.

After the Northern Expedition began, Qin Siyuan was mostly responsible for domestic affairs. However, the secret investigation department's previous development in the north still had a huge role, and the affairs of Zhang Jue, the governor of Pingzhou, was one of them. This person was originally a general of the Liao Kingdom. After the Jurchens attacked, they surrendered to the Jin Dynasty due to the defeat of the Liao Kingdom. However, Zhang Jue's aides arranged a member of the secret investigation department. After discovering that Zhang Jue had the intention to surrender to the Wu Dynasty, he kept promoting the matter. Pingzhou has an important position among the sixteen prefectures, and Zhang Jue also has tens of thousands of troops under his command. If he can succeed, it will be a great achievement.

But before this, the war situation in the north was in corruption, and the Jin people were always strong. Although the emperor Zhou Zhe was angry at the time for the Jin people to refuse to return the Sixteen States, he had already said that he should be tougher, but Qin Siyuan dared to provoke easily. With Guo Yaoshi's victory, he was somewhat confident.

If the people have seen it before, the Wu Dynasty seems to be a little naive and full of mistakes in dealing with the situation in Jin and Liao. But when Ning Yi is at this current position, it is understandable that it is unfair to accuse the Wu Dynasty of being unprepared for some possible catastrophic consequences. In recent years, on the one hand, on the one hand, the Northern Expedition, and on the other hand, everyone is actively expanding the defense in the rear, including a large-scale increase in border defense. Knowing that they cannot fight, they try their best to absorb the original Liao Dynasty surrender, give preferential treatment, form a corps, guarantee logistics... and so on.

Whether it is Tong Guan, Cai Jing, Li Gang, or the emperor. Most of the senior officials in the court are not fools, including Tong Guan, who may have replaced Tong Guan recently. Even if the possibility of the Jin people invading the south is very low, they themselves understand the need to strengthen the defense. Especially for Tong Guan and others, the deterioration of the Northern Expedition has also made them actively promote and cooperate with this kind of thing.

The Jin people had few troops themselves. After occupying the land of Liao, even if they were really crazy, they chose to go south. Starting with Guo Yaoshi and others north of Yanmen Pass, all the way to the south of Yanmen Pass, from Taiyuan to the bank of the Yellow River, a depth of thousands of miles, hundreds of thousands of troops - even if there were many shoddy projects in it - was enough to drag down the Jin people's troops.

There are many people in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion who have this consciousness. Originally, Chengzhouhai, Wang Shanyue and others were all loyal promoters of the "Jin Kingdom Threat Theory", but now, even Ning Yi cannot talk about things all day long. At least everyone is doing things. Even if some things are a bit fucked, it is just for the sake of face or political achievements. At most, what the Right Prime Minister's Mansion can do is to do to correct it in it - this has nothing to do with right or wrong. It's just that in the situation, it can only be like this.

But no matter what, Ning Yi was still a little worried.

The trajectory of the Wu Dynasty and the Song Dynasty was similar, but before that, he paid little attention to the real history. All this was related to his extremely pragmatic personality in his previous life.

In his opinion, the so-called history has something in common with stories, but because history has happened, it is more persuasive to others. But in the final analysis, whether it is history or story, what is really useful is that the lessons it contains are a process that is placed on predecessors and reflects itself. However, in the impetuous society of later generations, there are many people who have no discernment or thinking ability. They sometimes impressed by the so-called truth of history. However, they never reflect themselves with any real history. Most people only compare with others with truth and gain some sense of superiority, but never find that what they do is like with many stupid things in history.

When people mock the foolishness of their predecessors and condemn the cruelty of their enemies, but never reflect on themselves, and never see their own stupidity and insensitiveness, or even destroy the rules and empty the country's behavior, these real history becomes worthless. If the truth of this history also gives people a sense of superiority of "I know a lot" that can mock others, then the meaning of this authenticity to society is actually a negative value.

Because of this understanding, Ning Yi had extreme contempt for the authenticity of history. He always believed that it was better to pursue the educational significance of fables than to pursue the authenticity of history. At least fables can clearly tell readers that this is right and that is wrong. But it is also because of this habit that it is difficult for him to confirm the development of the entire situation at present. It is really hard to say whether the Jingkang dynasty will exist in the Song Dynasty.

Of course, at the moment, recruiting Zhang Jue is of course a good move to increase his own strength, so there is no need to think about it. As for the extremely difficult grain price problem in the disaster area that everyone in the Prime Minister's House saw, Ning Yi certainly did not mean to be despised, but when he started preparing more than a month ago, Ning Yi did not intend to care too much about the specific details of this matter.

Because... there are many people who will starve to death here...

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In the summer of the 11th year of Jinghan, flood and drought disasters came to the Wu Dynasty, including Jingzhao Prefecture, Hedong, Hebei, and Jinghu, more than 20 prefectures and counties in Jingzhao Prefecture, Hedong, Hebei, and Jinghu, were affected to varying degrees. Due to the effective relief of the imperial court, fewer people died directly due to the disaster situation than in previous years. It was also because there were too many survivors, and the hidden danger of soaring grain prices in the affected areas and counties adjacent to the affected areas began to brew.

This phenomenon is concentrated in the north and south areas. The north is Jingzhaofu Road, Hedong Road - that is, Shaanxi, Shanxi and other areas - is the most serious. The south is in the Jinghu area. This place was originally a grain-producing place, but due to the overlap of flood and drought problems, it caused greater panic. However, for the time being, the situation of starving people to death is not as serious as that in the north.

At this time, the Right Prime Minister's Office was still trying to mobilize food as much as possible to maintain the distribution of basic food rations for disaster relief. However, the increase in grain prices on the market will only increase more and more people join the ranks of disaster victims. Now, in order to ensure the Northern Expedition, the Wu Dynasty can take out limited grain storage, and the layers of greed and ink diversion, it is basically unrealistic to maintain the connection between youth and yellow next year.

Theoretically, when encountering such a thing, what the court can do is to strictly regulate the price of grain, kill a group of officials, and then kill a group of merchants. But this time, the scope of the incident was too wide, and there were too many people involved.

The Zuo family led by the great scholar Zuo Duanyou was involved; the Cai family led by Cai Jing was involved; the Han family in Jingnan area was the royal family in-laws and the relatives of the empress dowager; the Qi family in Henan Prefecture, a scholarly family of generations, and the head of the family Qi Yan was a great scholar of the dynasty. He had a passion for many officials in the capital, and had a good relationship with Li Gang and Geng Nanzhong. He also had a close relationship with the Western military divisions.

This is just some forces that can be seen by random investigation. In fact, the complex relationship and the driving force of interests make many things resolved not just by being determined. Even if Li Gang nods, Qi Yan nods, or even Cai Jing nods, suppresses the price of grain, and once the low-priced grain arrives on the market, it will instantly dry up like water entering the sand. Because there are often more than these big households involved in the garrison of grain, including every ordinary person shrouded in panic.

Basically, when productivity is not developed, every man-made disaster is a process of new nobles making a fortune and land annexation. On my side, there are indeed some countermeasures at present, and the Right Prime Minister's Office naturally made up their minds, but the lowest part of the people will still die, and a little bit of family business and land is inevitable that some of them will sell land and children. The only difference is that when the measures are appropriate, there will be fewer such people.

As Ning Yi, he can accept all kinds of darkness in the world and all kinds of dead people. But as a person who came from later generations, it is difficult for him to watch the process of a woman and a child starving to death with his own eyes. Therefore, whether it is hypocrisy or invisible, when encountering such things, he would rather sit in the capital and treat everything as numbers.

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The carriage came out from the side door of the Prime Minister's Mansion. There were not many pedestrians on the road called Wenyuan Street. It was still afternoon. The leaves on the street melted in the golden light, and the two children ran over the street.

After retracting his gaze from the window, Ning Yi took a charcoal pen and revised and wrote a book on his opponent. The carriage was moving forward, and the wheels occasionally ran over the fallen leaves, making a rustling sound, and pedestrians passed by on the road. After a while, he heard a sound of talking coming to this side: "...What do you know? What are you doing? What are you doing? I tell you, Xiaozhufang is the most boring, and the alum building is not interesting, I...ah? Humph! What are you doing, blocking my way! Do you know...What are you doing? You go here and find fault? I'm so great to remember-"

With the arrogant words, the carriage stopped. Ning Yi was sitting in the middle of the carriage. When he heard the sound, he knew who the person was. After the car stopped, he sat there and finished writing the last few words before he got up and lifted the curtain. As expected, in front of the road, Huahua Tai Sui Gao Muen was blocking the way. Following him was still a group of playboys in the capital, but many of these people were officials. Ning Yi was a businessman who could not afford to offend him. He had a smile on his face and bowed to meet him.

"It's really a flood that washed away the Dragon King Temple. Gao Yanei, all the young masters, it's a coincidence that we met again. It's the people on my side who are ignorant, so why don't you put the carriage aside!" Ning Yi scolded at the person driving the car in front, and smiled, "Where are you going to play?"

Ning Yi had a gentle smile, but he didn't look like he was bullying. Seeing that it was him, Gao Muen's eyes changed, but then he raised his chest higher: "What do you do? Don't care about what you shouldn't care about! Why are you doing so? Come and hit me! Don't think that if you kill Lu Qian, I'm afraid of you!"

"Gao Yanei, I have said it was a misunderstanding. I will not tell you that I have no idea about the matter of Lu Yuhou. Even if this is true, with Lu Yuhou's martial arts, I will be the opponent. Look, it has been almost a year... After the small misunderstanding at that time, Yanei still felt angry. I will pay dozens of tables and wine tonight and apologize to Yanei to personally, okay?"

After Ning Yi said this, everyone behind Gao Muen started to cheer, but Gao Muen stopped in his chest and didn't know what he thought: "Hmph! Fake good intentions! I'll let you know that I, Gao Muen, are incompatible with you, and take good care of your subordinates in the future! Humph... block the way!"

After saying this, Gao Muen led the people around him to strode past Ning Yi. One or two people said to Ning Yi: "Wait!" "Be careful!" Ning Yi smiled and bowed and nodded.

In fact, the grudge between the two sides has lasted for a year. It was not until the first half of this year that Ning Yi expanded the Zhuji, and it became more intense. Gao Yanei first found a gangster to smash the situation. After encountering the Secret Investigation Department, he joined hands with some people to set up a restaurant to compete with Zhuji for business. Then he also wanted to give Zhuji a little color through the officialdom. However, such things were eventually blocked.

Kaifeng Prefecture cannot offend the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, and he dare not offend Gao Muen. There are too many things, and all kinds of complaints will inevitably be passed on to Gao Qiu. In the officialdom, in the shopping mall, and literati people all respond to Gao Qiu. I hope he will control his son and not do too much. Although Gao Qiu is a jester, this kind of enemy matter also focuses on input-output, and the other party is more related, but after all, he is just a businessman. After all, his son can't deal with the other party, which means there is not much need to be entangled. So he scolded Gao Muen a few more times. In this way, every time Gao Muen took action, he felt like he was wearing a ball of cotton, and he lost money in investment and robbed business, so he had to give up in the end.

Of course, giving up in action does not mean that the breath in my heart will definitely be swallowed. After several encounters, I have to argue a few times. However, Ning Yi's business is getting bigger and bigger, including the things Gao Qiu revealed to him to stop, which made Gao Muen feel a little short of breath. After separation from Ning Yi, a playboy around him said: "Since Brother Gao can't stand that kid, let's beat him. Even if he has something to do, we will beat him! He can only complain afterwards, right? If you don't believe that the things around him dare to fight back-"

This playboy's family is also a person in the officialdom. What he said is actually very reasonable. Their family is all a person in the officialdom. No matter how many relationships the other party has, they are still a businessman. If they rush forward and beat the other party, they will at most apologize to the person afterwards. Unfortunately, as soon as he finished speaking, Gao Muen had already picked up and slapped him in the back of the head.

"Beat your sister! Beat your sister! Beat your sister! Beat your sister! I can't beat me! You say it! Do you know that Zhou Tong didn't kill him! Do you know that Sikong Nan and Lin Zongwu were bullied by him! You bastard! Do you know who Zhou Tong is? Do you know who Sikong Nan and Lin Zongwu are! They are even more powerful than Lin Chong - Cao You Mom! That guy looks gentle and kind. In fact, he came from a madman. If he suddenly got angry, do you think me and me... these three-legged cat kung fu bastards around me can stop him!" At this point, he kicked at the man with a kick a little bit, but the other party staggered forward, and he took a big step and almost fell down.

"Do you know why I was standing in front of you just now, just to help you block that mad dog! Humph!" With a cold snorting, Gao Muen slapped his clothes, "Learn to me in the future!"

He said this, but he was a little angry after all. Lu Qian was dead, and no one could have such a happy time with him. The guys around him were doing things in a lot of hands and could not believe it. Thinking of this, he suddenly felt that the capital was less fun and the autumn scenery became more and more bleak...

Ning Yi could not think of these things in the other party's mind. After Gao Muen left, he shook his head and smiled. Since the destination was not far away, he would not get on the bus next time. He took out the booklet he had just revised and handed it to Zhu Biao: "I have revised this famous person-general of the world. Take it to the Wang family and see how the printing is ready. Don't rush to come back tonight."

When he said this, Zhu Biao couldn't help but smile. After the Dulonggang incident, Hu Sanniang and Wang Shanyue had a friendship. After returning to Beijing for a while, Wang Shanyue had a conflict with some of the dandy playboys in the capital who had already had a disagreement. The two sides fought. During this conflict, Hu Sanniang took action and beat the other party a bunch of family generals to pieces. Wang Shanyue fought outside for several years, and his hostility increased greatly, and he also gained a victory. In the fight, he threw a master nicknamed "Eight-Armed Knife King" among the other party's generals to the ground, tore open half of the other party's arm, and bit off a few kilograms of meat.

After this battle, the master was disabled. The Eight-Armed Knife King became a one-Armed Knife, but Wang Shanyue also made a big fuss. Qin Siyuan felt that such a personality would not be easy to continue to develop. He would be criticized if he stayed in the capital, so he would be reinvented as a county magistrate in Yuyao, Zhejiang. Wang Shanyue's own personality is more literary, but he was too stimulated when he was young and acted a little too extreme. The Yuyao area is a hometown of literary and mo. After he arrived here, he could not use the ability to eat people, which was also a kind of exercise for him.

Before Wang Shanyue left the capital, she formally got engaged with Hu Sanniang. The old lady Qian of the Wang family originally hoped that the two would get married like this, and that Hu Sanniang, who was very skilled in martial arts, would accompany her grandson to take office. Wang Shanyue asked Hu Sanniang to go back to Dulonggang first to avoid gossip, but Hu Sanniang voluntarily stayed in the Wang family - in fact, this is a hope that Wang Shanyue could not express. The Wang family is a woman. Even if there are a few women who are very strong in nature, they are not as good as others in martial arts. With Hu Sanniang, the female hero, Wang Shanyue can go out with peace of mind.

As for Zhu Biao, he didn't like a strong woman like Hu Sanniang. After a few trips with the Wang family, he had some feelings for Wang Shanyue's ninth sister. The Wang family was happy to see this, and Ning Yi was also determined to make it happen. Since then, he cooperated with the Wang family to make paper and printing workshops to promote the research on movable type printing. The two sides contacted Zhu Biao.

At this time, Zhu Biao received the order and left on a horse. Ning Yi had already arrived at the yard where Yunzhu and Jin'er lived. Li Pin felt that he had a strong temperament and was of his own origin. There were many people arranged to serve him in this courtyard, which felt like he was hiding in the golden house. But the main strength was still spent on safety. Even Yunzhu and Jin'er had arranged two ugly but good-looking female heroes.

As we walked in, people greeted him. When we passed the two small buildings connected in front and entered the backyard, no one followed him. Behind the courtyard was a small garden composed of rockery, pavilions and ponds. A woman in white dress sat by the pond, humming a melody of unknown songs softly, holding a book and a brush in her hand, and was happily writing something.

At this time, the sky was warm and yellow. A big sycamore tree stretched out its crown above the pool. The woman sitting by the pool was wearing a white dress, but her long black hair was hanging on her waist. She took off her shoes and socks and put it aside. Her white slender feet gently fiddled with the water surface, and combined with the music in her mouth, as if she was dissolved in the warmth of autumn. After a moment, she put the brush in her hand aside, put the book on her legs, and turned over a page. When Ning Yi walked over to sit down, she subconsciously shrank the slender feet in the shrinking, and then she smiled and leaned her body towards Ning Yi.

After a moment, she lay on Ning Yi's legs and read the book. Ning Yi felt the tranquility of the autumn days, looked around and saw that there was no one around, and put one hand into the other's chest. The woman did not resist, but just reached out to cover it gently and continued reading.

"Actually, I think the place is still too small... You said it would be great if there was a lake in front of you..."

Ning Yi looked at the courtyard wall at the end of the garden ahead and said.

"I'm already by the lake... I'm still calm when I'm alive."

"Is that true..." Ning Yi pursed his lips, "By the way, where is that live treasure of Yuan Jiner?"

“Go out.”

"oh?"

"Ah...uh..." As if suddenly realizing something, a shy smile suddenly appeared on Yun Zhu's face. For a moment, she squinted her eyes, covered the book on her face, and said softly: "No..."

"Is that true?" Ning Yi smiled by the pond, in the autumn scenery. For a moment, he stood up there with Yunzhu in his arms and walked towards the cottage here. Under the white skirt, Yunzhu gently curled up her arch, and at the same time leaned against him quietly.
Chapter completed!