Su Jin sighed dejectedly: "It's so boring. Others say that the emperor is very good to me, but they don't know the key. In the eyes of the emperor, he is not someone who can be used or used. I, Su Jin, am useful, so he treats me very well."
It's quite polite. Look at the fate of Prime Minister Lu. He served in government for decades, and was finally impeached and returned home by the four admonishers with the emperor's acquiescence. He eventually died of depression. Therefore, there is no need to have any friendship with the emperor. This is the truth to me.
I’ve realized it a long time ago.”
Xia Siling sighed softly: "Although my husband is talking drunkenly, what he said does make sense."
Yan Biyun frowned and said, "Ling'er, how can you add fuel to the fire?"
Xia Siling said: "The slave family is not adding fuel to the fire. My husband is not happy as an official. Why don't we resign and our family go back to Luzhou and live a comfortable life? Wouldn't it be better?"
Yan Biyun laughed and said: "It's easy for you to say. Are you going to be the county magistrate or some small official that your husband is? You can leave as soon as you want? What reason do you give to resign? Besides, once you resign, all the business in the family will be lost."
It is about to collapse, especially the silver bank, which was specially approved by the imperial court. Most of the business is due to the imperial court taking money from the bank and attracting merchants to join. If there is a falling out with the emperor, the court will
The court must set up another bank, and our bank will have no business; and most of the money deposited by the people in several banks have been misappropriated. The mines, new cities, and horse businesses combined have embezzled tens of millions. Now we can only
Two to three million are withdrawn every year. Once you resign, how can you continue to run these businesses? Won’t all the money invested be wasted? Will the whole family, young and old, drink the northwest wind? "[
Xia Siling was stunned. She didn't think so much. Seeing Su Jin's miserable state, she blurted out that she wanted Su Jin to resign, but she didn't expect there would be so many chain effects.
Su Jin smiled bitterly and said: "Yes, I am riding a tiger now. I can't escape, so I can only hold on; but it is not as terrible as Biyun said. I just don't want to give up halfway. In fact, I have always had something in my heart.
A dream. From the moment I refused several adults to participate in the New Deal, my dream gradually became clear. Do you know what this dream is?"
Everyone shook their heads and asked: "What is it?"
Su Jindao: "The failure of the New Deal is inevitable, because although the New Deal looks inspiring, it is too difficult to implement and the support is too great. Even an enlightened Prime Minister Yan, let alone others, cannot accept it, let alone others.
"
Yan Biyun said: "Are you still thinking about how to implement the New Deal?"
Su Jin shook his head and said: "I wasn't optimistic about it before, but it's even less likely now. Top-down reforms in the Song Dynasty will inevitably fail. Unless the emperor is not afraid of losing his throne, it is obvious that the emperor cannot have such determination."
Yan Biyun said: "Didn't the ten shortcomings of the strategy that my husband wrote down at the beginning not be to correct these shortcomings?"
Su Jin smiled and said: "That's speculation. I don't tell lies about my own family. The emperor liked to hear these radical words at that time. In order to get good results during the imperial examination, I could only write like that; of course, what I wrote was all
The facts are not lies.”
Yan Biyun nodded and said: "No wonder the emperor later asked you if you could get rid of the shortcomings. You said you didn't have the ability. In fact, you knew that it would lead to the same failure as Mr. Fan and Mr. Han, right?"
Su Jin nodded and said: "That's true. With the reputation of Han Fan and others, they still failed. What's more, I was a fledgling student at the time. I didn't want to change the shortcomings according to the method I wrote."
Yan Biyun said: "The slave family doesn't understand. What your husband means is that the New Deal cannot be achieved by borrowing the power of the court from top to bottom. Is there any other way?"
Su Jindao: "This is my dream. Why do you think I spent most of my fortune, more than 100,000 people, and millions of dollars to build this Pearl City?"
Yan Biyun said: "Didn't you say that in order to develop commerce in the northwest, attract merchants to open shops for business, collect business taxes, and alleviate the financial distress in the northwest?"
Su Jindao: "This is just the most basic purpose. If it is just to attract merchants to come and do business, it will take so much effort to build a new city. There are dozens of prefectural capitals in the northwest. Which one should be slightly renovated and given preferential policies?
Attraction will have the same effect, so why should I build a new city?"
"Yes, the slave family also felt strange. I told you about it at the beginning, but you didn't answer. I didn't want to throw cold water on my husband, so I didn't ask again."
Su Jin patted Yan Biyun's hand and said: "You are a virtuous person. You would rather have doubts than make me unhappy. Even if I do something wrong, you will not say a word."
Yan Biyun whispered: "You are the head of the family. The slave family and the sisters naturally follow your lead. You can do whatever you say, and everyone will support you."
Su Jin said gratefully: "How lucky is Su Jin that even if he exchanged all the wealth in the world with me, Su Jin would never give up on you. You are my greatest wealth."
The wives and concubines were all moved. Su Jin's love words always made them tempted, although sometimes they knew clearly that he was just trying to coax them.[
"Stop being pretentious, tell me your other reasons for spending so much effort to build Pearl City." Yan Biyun poked Su Jin's forehead.
Su Jin took a sip of wine from the cup, tilted his head and asked, "Do you think I am any different from others?"
Everyone was shocked. Although everyone had felt this way for a long time, no one had ever seriously thought about this issue.
Su Jin smiled and said: "I believe you will feel this way, but if I ask you what the difference is, you may say no; that's because, although the food I eat and the clothes I wear are different from others,
There is no difference, but my way of thinking makes you feel strange. This is why many people say that I, Su Jin, "act unexpectedly and always surprise people", because I think differently from them, so I do things
Naturally it was unexpected.”
Yan Biyun nodded and said: "It seems to be true. I first met my husband at the ready-made clothing exhibition in Luzhou. At that time, my husband hired a group of brothel girls to set up a stage to dress and walk on the street. They also held some lottery activities, which was an eye-opener for the slave family.
No one has done this before, it’s really beyond our expectation.”
Su Jin smiled and said: "However, this has deeply attracted Sister Yan. You are most likely to throw yourself into my arms, right?"
The girls laughed endlessly, and Yan Biyun blushed and spat: "What nonsense are you talking about? The slave family is just surprised, but I don't think there is anything about you that attracts me."
Xiao Xian'er rolled her eyes and said: "Miss, do you want me to reveal something? Don't hold on, Hu'er is already so big, there is nothing to be ashamed of."
Yan Biyun spat: "Are you seeking death? Didn't you dislike him at the beginning? You even hit him so hard that his forehead bled."
Xiao Xian'er immediately spoke up and looked at Su Jin with a red face. Su Jin smiled and said, "Xian'er loves me very much. Hitting, kissing and scolding is love. I understand."
The girls laughed endlessly. Xiao Xian'er blushed and picked up a wine glass to smash it. Su Jin calmly stretched out her head and accepted it. Xiao Xian'er couldn't move her hand away and stamped her feet to the side without making any sound.
Huan Niang smiled and said, "When I think about that time, it was really sweet and funny."
Su Jin nodded and said: "Yes, let's get down to business. Let's recall those things when we get to bed." Amidst laughter and scolding, Su Jin continued: "Do you feel that after following me, some of your thinking or life habits have changed?
many?"
The girls nodded and said, "That's natural. If you stay together for a long time, they will naturally influence each other."
Su Jin said: "It's not all because of this. Many of the rules of our Su family are different from those outside. You felt awkward at first, but later you got used to it. For example, when we eat at the same table, I asked Xiao Sui'er Rou Niang to do it before.
When they eat at the same table as me, they always feel awkward. Even if they are forced to sit together, they lower their heads and turn sideways without speaking. But now, they naturally sit together every time they eat, although they still have to wait.
They asked me to eat first before everyone else started, but they were talking and laughing while eating and no longer acted coyly. Has this been changed by me?"
Xia Siling covered her mouth and smiled: "That's because they are all yours...yours, who can still be so reserved?"
Rou Niang tried to pinch Xia Siling's face, but Xia Siling jumped away laughing.
Before Su Jin could answer, Xiao Sui'er shouted: "Master, please don't rely on me as a maid. If I hadn't insisted on letting you all eat at the same table, how would you, a maid, dare to eat at the same table with my master? Master, the rules are loose and you can't do anything."
We still follow the rules after entering the house."
Su Jin smiled and said: "I don't blame you, I'm just saying that the power of this subtle influence, the habits developed over many years, even the worldly rules in the mind, are not unchangeable."
Yan Biyun said: "What are you going to say, husband? Why do the slaves become more and more confused the more I listen to it."
Su Jin said: "Don't you think that changing old habits is similar to the new coup law?"
The girls were still confused and didn't understand why Su Jin connected this matter with the newly abolished New Deal.[