live with conscience

Everything that happened on this day is enough to be recorded in the annals of history, whether it is the corn planted by the old lady, or Xu Guogong's refusal of the position of the Duke of the State without any nostalgia.

These two things have a great impact on the calendar!

The former can change the pattern of the world, and the latter can change the political pattern of Dali today.

The old lady's sentence, how big a stomach is, how big a bowl of rice to eat, although popular, but it was brought up by the Queen Mother and Emperor Xiaohe as the central idea of ​​Dali's official career.

The queen mother is ready to use her "thick skin" to have a good chat with several important ministers Guixun.

In this day and age, there are few nobles who can compare to Duke Xu's mansion. After Xu Guogong's mansion has made concessions, other people should know how to be a talent, if they don't want to be slapped by the Queen Mother!

The Queen Mother, who had been successfully brainwashed by the old lady, discovered for the first time that she still had this effect.

As the empress dowager, as long as she didn't commit any acts of anger, treason and treason, who would dare to do anything to her for the sake of being the emperor's mother?

Anyway, now that she is an old lady, it's a big deal not to spoil her image for the sake of her son.

What is the posthumous name, what is virtuous and virtuous, are not as important as a son.

Like the old lady, she has already lost two sons, and she understands very well that the son is her life.

If you want your son to live a free and unrestrained life, you have to help your son take back all the rights that have been scattered.

So, after that farm work, Gui Xun, who was summoned by the queen mother, obediently submitted a letter of application for demotion.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Zhao and Prime Minister Li, the two imperial powers, were also forced to propose a series of new measures for evaluating officials!

After being slapped in the face by the Xu family, if they want to keep their status, they must cut their flesh and blood, otherwise, they will just wait to be uprooted by the emperor!

His Majesty the Emperor, who has regained the sword of the Xu family, is not so easy to talk to!

The Xu family voluntarily gave up the game of power and tactics, which broke the balance of Dali. In addition, they saw the corn and soybeans planted by the old lady with their own eyes, and they knew that the sky was about to change.

It turned out that they were just planning to manipulate the emperor for their own benefit.

But after the old lady's trouble, their face was stepped on the ground and rubbed.

In other words, at the moment when the balance of power in the imperial court was broken, their prestige has been shaken, and there is no possibility of recovery.

If they don't struggle, they will be pulled off the horse, and the lightest thing is to be dismissed from office and go home, and die for nothing.

However, this is just a dream. They know what kind of person they are and what they have done. Once they fall from the altar, they are most likely to lose their children and grandchildren, leaving no bones left.

Therefore, in order to continue to enjoy the current rights and wealth, they fought hard!

Because of this, Shen Ke's calendar, which was already a certain official, suddenly began to grasp the official style and function!

Under the personal control of two leaders who have the conscience of the country (extremely unscrupulous), Prime Minister Zhao and Prime Minister Li dare to risk the world's disgrace (shameless, no lower limit), capable people (villains), have been affecting the entire The assessment standards for Dali officials from the Dali Dynasty to the Dali Federation have been released.

The person who knows you best in the world is your enemy.

Prime Minister Zhao and Prime Minister Li have been enemies of each other for many years, and the other party's routines and arrangements are not more than eight points, but seven points.

The evaluation criteria for officials they customized are aimed at the other party's heart, liver, spleen and lungs.

What I want to fight is, even if my status is not guaranteed, I will cut off your hands and feet and make you hurt.

So, don't look down on little people.

In order to survive, the villain went crazy, which definitely made Quan Dali afraid.

Anyway, Hedi was very satisfied when he saw such an application that was perfect in every way and in line with his wishes.

If this plan is followed, it will not be a problem for the Dali to prosper for another three or four hundred years.

"It's because I have misunderstood the two of you all the time. It turns out that the two are really the femur ministers left to me by the emperor! I was wrong!" It was just a few good words, and Emperor He was willing: "The Dali must not miss the two lovers." !"

Prime Minister Zhao and Prime Minister Li were absolutely filled with grief, but they could only "cry with joy": "Thank you Lord Long En."

In particular, the officials under them who have been supporting them for various reasons never imagined that it would be the leader they supported who would knock them out [-]% of the time!

simply……

Deep hatred is nothing more than that!

They just "seem to be enlightened"!

It turns out that this is really a routine of the two, in order to let them "drill" in, and then catch them all in one go, so as to fulfill their reputation!

They are all blind!

As for Xu Guogong...

No, I can only be called General Xu now.

On the third day after the incident, His Majesty the Emperor still thought that it would be better to demote him by two ranks and give him a title.

As for why it is the third day?

Because after the farm work that day in the Dali Dynasty, a strange phenomenon appeared. For three consecutive days, including His Majesty the Emperor and the big bosses of the court, they did not show up. Most of the important business matters were their subordinates who ran to their homes and reported to them. Afterwards, present their note to His Majesty the Emperor.

Without him, there was an old lady with a faucet stick and a handboard. All of them were exhausted. They knew that it would take three days before they could barely get up and continue their business.

However, the former Xu Guogong who was specially called to the imperial court shook his head and waved his hands and refused: "Your Majesty, Xiaohe..."

Some ruffian Xu Zhong saw that there was no one, so he really carried out what the old lady said, and got along with the emperor as his junior, and took out the roast chicken he secretly stole from the old lady's kitchen: "Bring some wine, my grandpa." Let's chat. I'm not allowed to drink alcohol in my family, from my ancestors down to my daughter. In the past three years, I've almost faded into a bird's egg. Can you treat me to a meal? In the whole world, only the level of Yujiu is absolute. can guarantee."

His Majesty the Emperor wanted to compensate him seriously: ...

I feel itchy and want to punch him!

"Your Majesty, to be honest, I really don't want to return the position of duke of the state to the court. After all, this is a title that allows me to lie down and live, and it can be passed on to our next generation, even if it is downgraded. It can be passed on for several generations!"

His Majesty the Emperor and Xu Zhong sat together under the dragon table and dragon chair in the study, gnawing on the chicken with greasy hands, drinking two glasses of wine, and chatting soon, especially Xu Zhong's big mouth There is no meaning to stop.

Seeing this, His Majesty the Emperor took back the words that he had no son at all, and stopped laughing at him!

"But there are also advantages. What my daughter will enjoy in the future will not be what her grandpa and grandpa Zeng earned for her, but what she earns from me!" Xu Zhong's drinking capacity is obviously not very good, the emperor has already seen His face was flushed, and his eyes were blurred: "The Duke is good, but his grandfather, with such a title, I have been named a nephew since I was a child, staying in the capital, unable to move, watching the old man with the third child I have traveled all over the east, west, north and south, but I am nestled in the capital..."

Seeing the teasing look in the emperor's eyes, Xu Zhong had no choice but to spit out the bones in his mouth: "Well, I have accompanied the old man outside a few times, and I have also sneaked by myself, but this feeling of being restrained is suffocating. Beneath!"

"Old Jiu, I want to go out for a while! Just like the third child in my family! In order to go to the east, he directly married his daughter! Every year, under the slogan of taking his wife back to see his parents, he always sneaks out!"

"I said, the third child and I have been targeting overseas for a long time. We have connections with the third daughter-in-law's family. We have a lot of connections, but we only dare to come here secretly. If you are interested or not, let's make a lot of money secretly first." Pen, how about handing it over to the country?"

smuggling?

His Majesty the Emperor who refreshed the Three Views: ...

Almost all overseas goods now go inland.

It's not the Dali Haiban, the previous dynasty was established by foreign invasion, so it's only been a long time, and they are not so arrogant.

It's because the big countries passing by along the coast are fighting in a mess.

The Dali merchants have the backing of the Dali Dynasty. Passing through these places will not be life-threatening, but it is inevitable to be robbed and blackmailed by many parties.

A risky sea shipment, after a narrow escape, the harvest is only enough for hard work. Gradually, few merchants take this sea route.

Except for the chieftain of Xu's third sister-in-law's family, they are doing well in that area. All the news about overseas in Dali is provided by them.

Although the Dali Dynasty had a naval force, the treasury was tight, and it barely maintained a long coastline. It was a little tired to guard against the group of small countries with too much ambition overseas, and it was difficult to develop outward.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is smuggling.

"You mean, let's earn a vote secretly first, and then earn it for the country?"

It was the first time to be educated to openly pry the country's wall, Xiaohedi, some couldn't accept it.

Xu Zhong showed a look of stupidity: "I said, Xiaohe, you are really honest, but unfortunately, your subordinates are not very honest. If those people are my subordinates, I will cut them down and clean them up severely." If you are restless, you will be buried, but that is your subordinate..." Shaking his head, he honestly expressed his feelings: "The national treasury has never had enough money. If I want to get money from the national treasury, there are so many tricks that I have a headache. , your subordinates cry poorly whenever they have something to do, obviously they don’t stop digging into their pockets, and even ask you to get it cheekily. How many rounds has it been?"

"Tsk tsk... They are just afraid that you have money, and they won't make the national treasury rich unless they take all the money out of your pocket!"

His Majesty the Emperor was speechless.

He knows all this, but this country belongs to him, so what else can he do?

Xu Zhong continued with a big tongue: "People are not for themselves, and heaven and earth are destroyed. When you have no money or power, and you only have a name, who do you think will listen to you? Your great grandfather's position was also snatched from someone else's family." So, when it’s time to be tough, you have to be tough, what kind of benevolence, righteousness and morality is something you can talk about after you become a winner!"

The emperor rolled his eyes, with a disapproving look on his face: "False reason!"

If this is the case, what do you think of the country!

"Yes, it's nonsense, but this is the truth that our generals said. Big fists, enough money and food for soldiers and horses, that's the truth! How can I be like those civil servants who babble endlessly, and I have a big head every day when I go to court! Anyway, I It doesn't matter, the third child and I are going to sea, you want to come or not!"

The emperor threw him a chicken bone: "You all ran away, who will help guard my capital? Do you think I want to give you the position of Duke?... (wanted to swear, but kept silent), help me The gatekeepers are almost all people who have fought with your uncle on the battlefield and are good brothers with your father, you say I dare not give you the title of Duke?"

Scholars rebelled, failed in three years, and had military power in his hands. He was not afraid of them. On the premise of not causing chaos in the country, it is the best policy to clean up slowly!

How can someone like you, who can only be a general, understand?

Xu Yong looked mentally retarded: "Emperor Xiaohe, I always thought you were a smiling tiger, but I didn't expect you to be a smiling cat! Do you think that group of guys who don't have wine and meat and don't show up are supporting our Duke Xu's mansion?"

It was the first time His Majesty saw someone making fun of him like this, but seeing the old lady's faucet stick and hand-beating board, he held back his anger and nodded.

"Hahahaha...let me laugh for a while..." Xu Zhong fell to the ground, clutching his stomach and rolling over regardless of his image: "I haven't heard such a joke for a long time, hahaha..."

Get angry and hold a grudge!

Very angry, very vengeful!

Very angry, very vengeful!

Just when His Majesty the Emperor decided to let the Imperial Forest Army come in and throw this bastard out, the former Xu Guogong finally stopped laughing, lay back on his stomach again, poured himself a glass of wine contentedly, and finished tasting: "Emperor Xiaohe, Let me tell you, the kind of people you mentioned are those who follow our Duke Xu's mansion wholeheartedly, but that part is because they have a relatively important chain of interests with our family, so they want us to continue to be the Duke of the State, Among them, there is not a single slap in the face of those who sincerely want to sacrifice their lives for our Xu family, not for fame and fortune!"

"The reason why they support my Xu family is actually because our Xu family has always adhered to the rule of distribution!"

"What should be given to them, the Xu family will never let others be greedy, but if they reach out to those who shouldn't, our Xu family will also be the first to chop off their hands!"

Having said that, Xu Zhong didn't hide anymore: "The Xu family is the most suitable leader for them at present, that's all. If you throw it out, let other people replace the Xu family's bait, the stupid fish that jumped out to bite the bait They are definitely in a crowd! You are too far-sighted!"

That gentle way of replacing his own staff made him feel irritable!

His Majesty the Emperor rolled his eyes indecently, too lazy to have the same knowledge as this ignorant person.

But Xu Zhong, who was already drunk, didn't know it. He patted His Majesty's shoulder boldly with his greasy paws, leaving faint fingerprints: "However, at your age, you have done a good job in front of those thousand-year-old foxes." No, don't be afraid, as long as you believe in our three brothers, I can guarantee that those monkeys will never jump up and down. To be honest, I'm really bored, smiling sinisterly, or my second brother, who is better than his wife, I can’t! So, it’s more appropriate to let him look after your house! Give me 200 people, and I can sweep out a sea area for you! I said, don’t just focus on this land, the sea is also a place, Just to get some pearls to make marbles for the girls, we have to go and occupy them first!"

Looking at the mimeograph on his shoulder, His Majesty the Emperor estimated that this dragon robe could be scrapped, so he shouted: "Where is the Imperial Forest Army..."

lb……

The door opened: "The end is waiting..."

The emperor turned sideways, revealing the wine and meat environment between the two of them, as well as the obvious oily palm print on his shoulder: "Tie this bastard up to me."

Xu Zhong didn't resist either, and obediently let him be tied up, but after he was tied up, he lay down and rolled around shamelessly, but he didn't cooperate: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... I... what the last general said just now, what do you think? Tell me Answer me! I'm going, I'm going...Your Majesty, Your Majesty is wise and mighty..."

His Majesty raised his eyebrows. It seems that even if he is drunk, he knows what to do and what not to do. At least, he still knows how to behave in a place where there are people: "You come here, except to tell me this, "

The drunk Xu Zhong rolled around twice pretending to be stupid, and said very unwillingly: "The old lady and the ancestors called me!"

"Is the old man okay? What's the matter? Is there anything I can help with?" Hedi's attitude changed immediately, and he greeted eagerly: "Could it be that the officials I sent over didn't suit the old lady? "

Sighing, although Xu Zhong felt jealous of the emperor's attitude, he also took it for granted.

My ancestors were the ones who instinctively got along with the royal family.

It should be said that the ancestors are people who can get along with people with normal three views without gaps!

Easy to understand, not bad-hearted, has its own line.

"The old ancestor said, let you call back all those ghosts who are more annoying than flies all day long, she doesn't want to participate in any ghost sacrifices to heaven and gods... She is an old lady who can farm, and those seeds are still , What His Majesty Taizu Wudi and Emperor Wen left her is not due to her credit, she just planted the seeds, there is no need to participate in any ghostly things, she is old and can't bear to toss!"

The emperor bent over...

He bent halfway, paused, picked up a bone with unchanged expression, and threw it at Xu Zhong who was lying on the ground, right in the middle, perfect!

Just ignore the person who was hit by the bone, and aim at his waist with the look on his face looking at the boy.

Really, although the aftereffects of the farm work that day were not obvious, the pain was still there. Hedi finally understood why his father would be lazy every time he did farm work. This is really not something people do.

Compared with those face-saving farming in the palace, the old lady's family is really too hard.

However, it is hard work that makes it real.

"This is what you said yourself, what did the old lady say?"

In order to thank the old lady for her maintenance, His Majesty the Emperor is going to hold a ceremony to sacrifice to heaven, and then distribute the good seeds harvested at the old lady's house to the world.

This kind of ceremony, of course, cannot do without that magical old lady.

Both out of gratitude and out of maintenance.

After this sacrifice to heaven, the status of the old lady is unshakable.

That is, His Majesty the Emperor did not expect that there would be another situation.

Xu Zhong rolled his eyes upwards, and imitated the tone of the old lady and said vividly: "Baby Zhong, get over here and tell Emperor Xiaohe to take away this group of people who only know how to eat rice. You know how to plant, but you still want to guide the old lady to salute and thank the heavens and the earth? Bah! The gods of the heavens and the earth are too lazy to care about what is going on in your field! People don’t need to eat! The old lady stretched my feet, and I can go to see the king of Hades immediately, I have never seen anything before. The gods and the gods eat the wind and drink the dew, and those who want to eat food are all human beings! This group is a group of people who want to fool Xiaohe Emperor Food!... Zhongwa, let me go, you can't stop me, See if I don't beat up this group of black hearts who focus on the food of orphans and widows! Let you see my little old lady..."

His Majesty the Emperor: ...

"Old lady, is she okay?"

The ancestors couldn't have been better. Before they came, Zan'er and the others coaxed them to eat two big bowls of rice, half a chicken, and a bowl of soup!

It's a pity that those old antiques from the Ministry of Etiquette are probably still in the Tai Hospital now!

When he came in, he took the group of elders who were stunned, dizzy, and short of breath by the old lady to the imperial hospital.

Xu Zhong became addicted to acting through his drunkenness: "Zhongwa, drag this group of people away to me, or I will throw shit, I tell you, go and tell Xiaohe Emperor well! The weather has been good these few years, it is the gods of heaven and earth. Be in a good mood, eat well and sleep well! Don’t listen to those fools saying that there is no such reason for offering sacrifices, no matter how much food you have, it’s not such a waste! He has a big family! Oh..."

A memorial was thrown over, interrupting Xu Zhong's performance: "What do you mean!"

His Majesty the Emperor was condescending, as if he could see through him.

Xu Zhong chuckled: "The old ancestor is eighty-three this year. We just want the old man to live comfortably. Don't bother her old man with these red tapes. Let's define this matter as a manifestation of the great ancestor. Anyway, our family It is true that the seeds of the great ancestors have been selected and planted from the time of Taizu!"

His Majesty the Emperor: ...

No wonder this guy said so much to him as soon as he came in. His feelings just wanted to exchange this for the things he just said!

Should it be said that she is worthy of being the queen of the country?

This abacus hit very loudly.

"Okay, just keep the princess and your daughter. The old lady seems to like children more!" Especially the older one that day, unlike the daughter of the Zhao family, was more like the daughter of the Xu family: "Your third brother, daughter-in-law You can take it away, but likewise, the girl must stay!"

Xu Zhong: ...

I always feel that this Xiaohe Emperor is more black-hearted than he imagined!

If he doesn't bring his wife and daughter with him, what's the point of him going out to play!

"I... woo woo..."

That's right, what Xu Zhong just said is grand, but in fact the main purpose is to take his wife and daughter out of the capital to play together!

The second thing I want to do is to help the fathers of the third siblings build a bridge and build a road, so that the emperor and the chieftain can discuss a method of killing people.

His hard work pays off.

Don't underestimate this little hard work, in this kind of transaction that can rise to the country, even the hard work is enough for him to covet!

The emperor saw through all this, and with a wave of his hand, the well-trained imperial guards covered his mouth.

Xu Zhong was horrified when he heard the emperor say: "Throw him to Mrs. Tai and tell Mrs. Tai that he bullied... that's not right. The old lady will definitely be very angry if you say you bully me. It's not good for the old man to get angry often. Just say, he stole the old lady's chicken and came here to seduce me, and he cheated me of the wine, and he hasn't given me to eat yet!"

Royal Army: ...

Your Majesty, are you kidding me!

However, seeing that His Majesty had no intention of changing his words, the Imperial Forest Army lifted him up with a well-trained hand, saluted and withdrew.

Xu Zhong: "Woooooooooo..."

No, you can't do that!

Xu Zhong, who was incapable of resisting, hoped that His Majesty the Emperor would take back his order with a look of horror on his face, but he didn't take it back until he was thrown in front of his ancestors in the end.

When Zhao Zan and the others woke up on the big kang of their ancestors, what they saw was the old lady holding up the faucet stick, lying on the ground, tied up into rice dumplings, the uncle who couldn't speak, um... , hit hard.

Xu Zhong: Hey, hey...

I am so innocent!