"Isn't it possible that the imperial court doesn't allow such an obvious thing?!"
Lin Xu was both very angry and very surprised!
"It's not that the court doesn't allow it, but that many people don't allow it."
"who?"
"They are the people Mr. Lin just mentioned who want to get a piece of the pie from this matter!"
Liu Mingju sat back on the chair, drank the water and wine in the glass, and said in a deep voice: "This pool of water is bottomless, Mr. Lin should not ask too much!"
Lin Xu sighed and said: "I am an outsider, so I can naturally not ask questions! But Mr. Liu is in the game, can I not ask questions? If there is a civil unrest in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I dare to ask Mr. Liu where he will go? Is it possible?
Master Liu, aren’t you prepared to leave a way out for yourself?”
Liu Mingju raised his head, looked at the dark night outside the door, and said solemnly: "I know that many people are scolding me now, especially the common people. They don't know that there are so many things happening behind the scenes, so they put all the blame on me."
On me."
"Just scold me! As I said just now, choose the lesser of two evils! Everything I do now is trying to maintain a balance so that I can concentrate on fighting the Japanese pirates and save fewer lives!"
"As for the retreat, from the moment I became the Governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I have never thought about the retreat!"
Listening to these words and looking at Liu Mingju's heavy expression, Lin Xu was deeply shocked!
While he admired Liu Mingju very much, he also felt that Liu Mingju was very pitiful.
If you hadn't heard it with your own ears, who would have thought that the dignified governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the powerful official in the border areas, Liu Mingju, known as the "first man in the Southeast", would also have such helplessness that is not what outsiders think?
In addition, just based on Liu Mingju's words, he can make an evaluation.
This is a good official!
A good official who serves the country and the people!
What is even more commendable is that Liu Mingju was not a clean figure who cherished his feathers, but an official who was willing to bear infamy in order to do something for the country and the people!
Qingliu focuses on being a good person, and following officials focuses on doing things.
In the Daning Dynasty, which valued literature over martial arts, literati generally valued integrity and reputation more than their lives. It was easy to be a pure person who cherished feathers, but it was too difficult to be a notorious official.
Got it!
"I have heard this saying: A real man does not die heroically for his ideals, but lives humbly for his ideals."
Lin Xu looked at Liu Mingju and said in a deep voice.
After hearing these words, Liu Mingju was silent for a long time, and then suddenly burst into laughter!
"We know each other all over the world, how many people can we know? Come here!"
A house slave guarding the door immediately walked in, bowed and said: "Master!"
"Bring over the altar of fifty-year-old flower carvings that I have treasured, and two big bowls. Mr. Lin and I will not get drunk tonight!"
Liu Ming raised his hand and waved with pride! This chapter has been completed!