"Yes, when the commander came over there, he followed him and looked at him."
"What are the characteristics?"
Liu Jinsuo said: "He looks very good. If I hadn't heard him say that he wanted to kill his wife, I would have thought that such a person was a relative of the emperor."
Li Xia had some impressions, but couldn't recall them at the moment.
"Send someone to Taixue to investigate."
"Okay! If you find it, do you want to kill it?"
"If you find it, report it to me."
Li Xia left the Wind Curtain Tower, bypassed the Qianwang Temple, went all the way to the West Lake, and boarded a painting boat.
"Don't worry, Commander, we are all on board."
"Let's go."
The boat rowed towards the center of the lake...
~~
A small boat is parked in the middle of the lake.
"Alang, he's here."
The boatman who was speaking was standing on the bow of the boat with an oar, guarding an old man who was fishing.
The old man seemed to have no intention of fishing and sang the lyrics lazily, reaching the last few lines.
"Drinking to achieve immortality, drunkenness to Zen. Spending leisurely time will lead to a good night's sleep. A high-ranking official has a good human nature, but how many things can break his heart?"
The boat rocked and someone jumped onto the boat.
The old man didn't look back and said, "I feel a little homesick. Maybe I haven't had such leisure time for a long time. I have to thank Feiyu for letting me come and greet you."
"The right prime minister has no intention of fishing. He must be still worried about national affairs?"
"The bait is not hung yet. I would like to know if there are any fish that can take the bait if they wish?"
"You still have to have bait. After all, the fish is not a merciful monk in the temple. How can it be willing to be eaten with chopsticks..."
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At the same time, Lin'an City.
"Hey, candied haws! Newly dipped!"
The sound of hawking came into the alley, and a group of children who were playing in the mud hurriedly ran across the alley, stood still, and stared blankly at the vendor selling candied haws on the street.
They didn't plan to buy it, they just looked at it and found it satisfying.
"Do you want to eat?"
The candied haws hawker turned around and turned the shelf in his hand.
"I don't want to, um... I've eaten candied haws, it's very sweet."
"No money." The vendor pulled out a bunch of candied haws and said with a smile, "You sing for me and I'll give you candied haws to eat."
"Really?!"
"Really, but you have to sing it every day. If you don't keep your word, centipedes will bite you at night."
"Okay! Let's keep our word. My grandma taught me to keep my word."
"Here, take it. I'll teach you how to sing..."
After a while.
There are nursery rhymes ringing in the alley.
"Big centipedes and small centipedes are all poisonous insects of human karma."
"If there are hundreds of feet attached to the Yuan, it can fly to the sky and eat dragons."
"Big centipedes and small centipedes are all poisonous insects of human karma..."
~~
Wu Qian put away his fishing rod, sat down in the cabin, and started talking.
"When you were imprisoned, Shouyuan did not abandon you and run away. Instead, he ran away to Qingyuan Mansion and asked me to save you. He agreed to what I asked him. His only request was that I would protect you. I have never forgotten this promise.
It happened, so I am willing to take action to protect you this time."
Li Xia cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your kindness."
"I didn't expect that you would come back as a spy and be promoted to an official position. You can save yourself, you are so heroic as a young man. In the past three years, you have worked hard to defend Shu and you have done a good job. It is really good..."
When Wu Qian said this, he changed the topic and said: "But if you say that you haven't eaten the bait, it is just falsehood. At such an age, as handsome as you are, you have swallowed too much bait and hidden too much in your belly.
Hook. Once someone catches it, they will fish you back to Lin'an."
Li Xia said: "What the right prime minister said is true. The juniors started too quickly, took advantage of the momentum too much, and caused too much trouble in the future. It should be cleared up and sorted out."
"It's very good, very good to be able to think like this." A happy smile appeared on Wu Qian's face, and he added: "The day when I go to see you is not far away..."
"If your right minister is willing to reincarnate..."
"Listen to me." Wu Qian raised his hand, hesitated for a while, and murmured: "I am old, and my thoughts will be confused when I am interrupted. Where did I just think... Let's talk about the people in the court. Important ministers, they all think that being an official, the holy family is the most important."
He spoke very slowly and muttered a sentence as he spoke.
"Holy family, haha."
Shaking his head and smiling, he added: "I think that's ridiculous. The officials have always hated me as a naughty man. In the year of Chunyou, when Chu coins were being rectified, the officials scolded me, 'I'm worse than Wang Anshi,' so I responded. Resigning from office and returning home. In fact, it’s better to go back home, plant bamboos, build a hall, and chant songs to suit your taste. However, the Japanese pirates are rampant along the coast, so I started to build replicas along the river again, and then this time the Mongols invaded..."
Li Xia understood that what Wu Qian said was not to show off his political achievements.
He is really teaching the way to be an official.
…
Before arriving in Lin'an, Li Xia collected a lot of information about court officials and checked them repeatedly while sailing.
It was originally to gather information, but he had a deep feeling.
Li Xia used to be arrogant, believing that with the experience of future generations, he would be able to govern Sichuan and Shu.
But after understanding it carefully, he realized how arrogant he was.
I'm just talking about rectifying Chu coins.
The imperial court has issued a large amount of banknotes. If Li Xia were to handle it, he would have to link the banknotes to gold and silver.
He knows the gold standard, the silver standard, the credit standard, he knows the reserves...
I thought he was the only one in the world who knew these truths.
But when he really saw Wu Qian's policy at that time, Li Xia realized that if he, an unparalleled talent in the world, was allowed to rectify Chu coins, the greater his power, the sooner the country would perish.
The imperial court simply did not have enough gold and silver to exchange for private banknotes. Once it was released, public resentment would boil and the earth would collapse and the mountains would be destroyed.
Wu Qian doesn’t know about the reserve?
In addition to gold and silver, Wu Qian used goods, salt banknotes, ultimatums, and purchases as reserves. When he organized the coins, he had to take into account the interests and functions of each class, including officials, nobles, merchants, and civilians.
We must take into account the corruption of the official administration of the Song Dynasty and the depth of its abuses.
It’s not that the imperial court doesn’t know the meaning of reserve funds, it’s that they have to break a penny into ten parts to maintain this... dynasty that not only has to resist powerful foreign invaders, but also is encroached by countless moths.
Li Xia couldn't even achieve this 1% result.
This matter has never been about linking coins and reserves.
Once hooked, the Song Dynasty was unable to support the huge military expenditure every year, and the country collapsed twenty years ago.
It seems easier to overturn and start over. However, the Song Dynasty was able to resist the Mongols for more than twenty years. If a new dynasty does not know how to govern the country, how many years can it last? Will there be no more accumulated shortcomings?
When it comes to governing the country, Li Xia lacks Wu Qian's fifty years of experience.
More than 700 years of knowledge?
The most fearful thing is to only know a little bit and think of yourself as wise, but don't know the word "current evil", which will cause serious disaster, a hundred times worse than the traitor party.
This is like writing poetry. Li Xia could copy a few poems to fool people at the time, but he could never really compare with Wu Qian, the great master of poetry.
Not everything can be compared like this, but this is true for official administration.
…
"The way to be an official does not lie in the official family." Wu Qian said slowly, "The reason why the official family hates me is because the people I am loyal to are actually the people of the Song Dynasty, not just the official family. However, the reason why the official family is used Me, just because of my ability to govern... Do you understand this?"
Li Xia responded: "I understand. When I return to the court this time, I am willing to learn how to govern and be loyal to the country. The Prime Minister You knows the military, politics, and economy, and the Prime Minister Rao knows agriculture. These are all my good teachers."
"Very good, I'm afraid you only want to learn Jia Sidao's tactics." Wu Qian closed his eyes and sighed.
"Don't dare."
"Remembering what I was going to say just now... I am not far away from leaving. I would like to settle down on the foundation of the country and have no more worries. Are you willing to resign and follow me back to your hometown to study?"
"Gu..."
Wu Qian raised his hand to signal Li Xia not to answer immediately.
"As I said before, you have swallowed too much bait and have too many hooks in your belly. I can help you turn these hooks into knowledge, the way to be an official, and the ability to govern. Don't worry about your official position.
The official sea is turbulent, and there will be ups and downs. A whale sinks to the bottom, and will eventually jump out..."
Wu Qian's voice is very old and his tone is very slow.
He knew Li Xia's current situation.
These words mean that if he overthrows the loyal king, Li Yong will die, but he is willing to save Li Xia's life and help Li Xia accumulate wealth... until the new king ascends the throne.
"Time is running out."
Wu Qian sighed again and murmured: "I am about to die. If the country is in danger again, I will not rise again, but it can still rise... There must be someone who can protect the country's mountains and rivers. I hope you can understand this.
meaning."
Li Xia responded: "Junior generation understands that the right prime minister is focused on the country."
"Then why do you still call yourself Prime Minister?"
"Xiangong Jia once advised me to take the imperial examination and become an official. He guaranteed that I would rule the world after him. But I don't know what the right prime minister meant. What is the difference between Xianggong Jia and me?"
"Because of your little ability, you can't save Sheji."
Wu Qian said: "I am also in a hurry, the situation is precarious, and the country is in urgent need of a wise king and good looks... But haste makes waste, and good looks also need more hard work. Jia Sidao's eyesight is not bad, and he sees the same thing as me. The difference is that he only gives you advice.
You may be an official, but I hope to teach you how to govern the world."
"I really want to learn from You Xiang how to govern the world." Li Xia responded: "This is indeed what I say from the bottom of my heart, so I want to ask You Xiang, if I disobey You Xiang, are you still willing to teach me?"
Wu Qian sighed and shook his head.
"Don't say 'disobedience', this is the only way I can think of... to protect you."
"The right prime minister also said just now that I can save myself."
"You are too conceited."
Li Xia stood up and said: "I will not help the Right Prime Minister establish the foundation of the country, because the 'only' method of the Right Prime Minister will cause me to lose all the power I finally gained. I also don't want to resign and follow the Right Prime Minister to settle down...
…It doesn’t sound nice, but I have my own thoughts.”
Wu Qian smiled and said, "People in the world have too many ideas."
"People in the world have too many ideas, and I want to keep my own."
Li Xia bowed solemnly and said, "I'm sorry for letting you live up to your prime minister's kindness."
After saying that, he turned around and climbed towards the painting boat.
Today, the conversation with Wu Qian finally broke down.
…
When it comes to political strategy, governing the country, and military skills, Li Xia is indeed much worse than Wu Qian.
He also reflected on himself, tried hard to get rid of his arrogance that popped up from time to time, and wanted to learn with humility.
But Li Xia did not lose his confidence.
With seven hundred years of experience, he really only had a superficial understanding of many things, but it still gave him a unique free will.