The official road of the farmer

Li Yu originally wanted to leave the palace directly, but his time was very tight.

But Xiahou Bing's gaze was so pitiful, Li Bing hesitated, and went with him to the Imperial Garden to admire the so-called winter plums.

Xiahou Bin was full of joy, and led Li Yu to the imperial garden, saying, "This winter plum plant was specially transplanted by my father. It has not bloomed for many years. I didn't expect it to bloom this year. Brother Yu, you will definitely see it." like."

Then I couldn't help asking: "Brother Yu, what are you doing these days? Are you busy? When I went to pay my respects to Empress Mu, I even read a few words to us that you rarely come into the palace."

Then he said that if it is inconvenient to say, he can not say it.

In fact, Xiahou Bin was very envious. Li Yu was obviously a brother, but he was able to make a career like a father, better than most fathers!

Even though Li Yu's parents have passed away, he still has relatives who are dedicated to him. Even his father pampered him and could do whatever he wanted, but he himself was like a canary in a cage, unable to take a look at it. outside world.

No, he is worse than Canary, at least there are people who feed and tease Canary from time to time, and some people think of it and care about it, but he is in the palace, as if he does not exist.

I'm afraid that one day it will disappear and no one will come looking for it...

Hearing a lot of nonsense from him, Li Yu frowned slightly, and said directly: "Your Highness Fifth, if you have anything to say, just say it."

If you are so persistent in looking for him, it shouldn't be just to say these insignificant words.He didn't have much time, and there were a lot of things to arrange, and he didn't want to spend time listening to them.

Xiahou Bin fell silent, bit her lower lip, and then mustered up her courage to say, "Brother Yu, do you know Lord Ye? Does he have someone he likes?"

"Master Ye?" Li Yu was puzzled, there were several officials with the surname Ye among the hundred officials, and Li Yu didn't know which one he wanted to ask.

"That's, it's Jinke Detective Huayejun Shuye!"

Ye Junshu?Li Yu looked down at Xiahou Bing's shy face, because the cloak with a fur collar made her blushing face even more beautiful.

The words have already been opened, and Xiahou Bin's words after that are much smoother, "Master Ye is very handsome and handsome... I think there are many brothers who admire him? I wonder if he has someone he likes?"

After listening to Xia Houbin's long speech on admiring and admiring Ye Junshu, Li Yu couldn't tell at this moment that His Highness the Fifth Highness was clearly interested in Ye Junshu...

For a moment, Li Yu's expression was strange, especially when he asked Ye Junshu again if he had a crush, he felt very uncomfortable.

"What do you think of me? Is it suitable for Lord Ye?" Xiahou Bin looked at Li Yu and said, "Brother Yu, you also know my embarrassing situation in the palace. If you don't ask me, the brothers will play tricks on me... I finally found someone who wants to form a bond, and I said it to you with the cheek to go all out."

I don't know what came to mind, Xiahou Bin's eyes lit up, he grabbed Li Yu's hand suddenly, and begged, "Brother Yu, help me, can you help me? I don't want to stay in the cold palace anymore, can you help me?" It’s a very happy thing to form a bond with someone you like.”

"I want to have a home of my own, Brother Yu, will you help me?"

Xia Houbin looked forward to the authenticity.

Li Yu was speechless for a while, and remained silent for a long time.

Xia Houbin suddenly became anxious, "Brother Yu, I know that both the father and the empress are worrying about your marriage, and you can choose all the talents in the world. I also know that Master Ye is also one of the candidates selected for you by the empress." , as long as you nod your head, no matter who the father is, he will give you a marriage right away...

But you don't like Master Ye, do you?I'm not greedy, can you just talk to my father for me?As long as you open your mouth, Father will definitely give us a marriage! "

"No matter how bad it is, no matter how bad it is, you can talk to the queen mother, he will definitely answer you!"

Li Yu felt complicated, and he withdrew his hand silently, "Your Highness the Fifth Highness is too flattering to me, I am a soft-spoken person, so I can say whatever I want, not to mention, Ye Junshu already has someone he likes."

Even if he didn't, Li Yu would not get involved in this matter, he knew Ye Junshu well.

Ye Junshu considered the matter of getting married from the aspect of feelings, not from the aspect of interests.If he takes a fancy to a person, it doesn't matter what the other person's identity is. This is not allowed in the aristocratic family.

Everyone has their own way of life, Li Yu respects his choice, and will not do things he doesn't like in the name of his good.

"Who is it?" Xia Houbin couldn't believe it, and almost asked sharply, but soon realized his gaffe, and apologized in a low voice: "I was just too surprised for a while, brother Yu, don't mind."

Then he couldn't help asking, "Then do they have plans to form a bond? Which family is it?"

Xia Houbin lowered his posture and begged with red eyes, "Brother Yu, can you help me? I want to see him. If they haven't formed a contract yet, I still have a chance, right? I'm the royal brother, he must Will be willing to form a contract with me!"

For more than half a year, he thought day and night, and his vague feelings for Ye Junshu became more and more profound.

But he knew that if he didn't fight for it, after a year or two, the empress father would think of him, and he would just point out someone to make a contract with him.

Xia Houbin wanted to fight for himself once, but he didn't dare to see his father, and he didn't dare to say that the empress was chosen for Brother Yu.

So only Brother Yu can help him.

As long as Brother Yu opens his mouth, he will definitely get his wish!

Li Yu couldn't help frowning and said: "He is not such a person."

Not everyone wants to be this son-in-law, but it's hard to say anything, so he said: "He will form a bond with someone he likes."

As for the fact that the person Ye Junshu likes is actually him, Li Yu feels that he shouldn't say it, and it's hard for him to say this fact...

Li Yu has already decided to form a contract with Ye Junshu, but before that, he wants to talk to Ye Junshu first, if his mind still does not change...

Li Yu touched the mask on his face.

Xiahou Bin suddenly wanted to cry, distraught, "I know, Concubine Mu has no background and no status in the palace, even if she is a royal brother, her life is worse than that of a courtier..."

Li Yu couldn't bear to listen to these self-pitying words. He didn't understand where His Highness Wu's inferiority came from. In his opinion, His Highness Fifth Highness, who had no worries about food and clothing, was much happier than most people in the world.

He interrupted: "I still have something to go out of the palace first, about plum appreciation, why don't we talk about it when I come back next time."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for him to keep Li Yu, he made a slight salute, turned around and left.

Xia Houbin stood where he was, watching him leave with a gloomy expression.

Li Yu left the palace, went back to the Marquis Mansion, said a few words to Li Changchuan, and then went straight to the barracks.

Li Changchuan looked at Li Yu's leaving back, sighed leisurely, with a melancholy expression on his face: "Your son is too big to stay..." Ye Junshu followed the army all the way to Jinjiang.

The journey was not smooth, passing through the barren mountains and ridges occupied by bandits, they encountered several groups of bandits who were not afraid of death to snatch official food.

Fortunately, there was no danger.

Halfway, snow fell in the sky. In order to get to Jinjiang according to the scheduled time, they marched against the wind and snow, day and night.But Deng Hongyuan couldn't bear it long ago, he stopped being stubborn, and sat in the carriage obediently, not to hold back.

Hurry up and hurry up, and finally arrived in the Jinjiang area within the specified time.

The situation in Jinjiang is not as optimistic as imagined, it is still very serious, and the confrontation between the two parties cannot be broken.

Envoy Wan Qin and General Liao, who were one step ahead of them, still surrounded Jinjiang in the outer city and camped nearby.The inner city has been occupied by rebels, and it seems that the negotiation has not been reached.

Wan Qinchao is Wan Xiuhe's father, his name is Wan Xingchang, and he is a middle-aged man with a serious face and three deep law lines on his forehead.

When the two parties met, Wan Xingchang specially received Ye Junshu and Deng Hongyuan to show their friendship.

But it was limited to this, although Ye Junshu and Deng Hongyuan came here to assist the imperial envoy in dealing with the Jinjiang matter, but the imperial envoy itself had a master or something like that, and it was not their turn to point fingers.

It's nice to have them with you, to get them involved, at least not to completely shut them out.

Wan Xingchang specially gathered all the officials who came here to brainstorm.

The leader of the people's uprising was the Lu family, a large gentry family in Jinjiang. It has been in the local area for a hundred years, and its status is deeply rooted. It is also a famous family of hundreds of good people and has a good reputation among the local people.

Cui Liangdao was able to force such a family to such a point, which shows how much he has done.

However, the matter has already happened, and it is useless to get to the bottom of it.

The situation in Jinjiang's inner city is not optimistic. It is said that everyone is doing very badly, but still no one is willing to open the city gate, and no one is willing to come out to negotiate peace with the imperial court.

The public grievances caused by Cui Liangdao cannot be eliminated in a short time.

The people of Jinjiang were willing to negotiate peace only when they saw Cui Liangdao's head fell to the ground in front of them.

However, considering the larger network of connections behind him and the missing stolen money, the imperial court is naturally unwilling to execute him immediately, and only wants to execute him after everything is found out.

The common people, who have been in dire straits all year round, have long distrusted the imperial court and firmly believed that they were protecting each other from officials and officials, and they refused to make any concessions.

Wan Xingchang tried to contact the rebel leader, but to no avail.

Naturally, the imperial court has a different attitude towards foreigners and its own people. When it is possible to refrain from fighting, it is the imperial court's fault.

The people all over the world are watching. If violence is used to control violence, I am afraid that for a long time, the imperial court will be divorced from the people.

Under various considerations, General Liao just led his troops to surround the people and stood still.

This has resulted in the current confrontation between the two parties.

On the side of the court officials, there are roughly three positions.

Cai Zhifu is a representative of the faction, who believes that the matter should be investigated to the bottom, so that the best explanation can be given to the suffering people, and they should try their best to negotiate with the people and try their best to persuade them.

Wan Xingchang's side believed that such a stalemate would not benefit both parties, and that they should make appropriate concessions, give the other party an explanation, and urge the Ministry of Punishment to determine the sentence early. If necessary, they can use force to threaten them. Nothing can compare to the regular army that came down from the battlefield.

General Liao and some officials who have no idea can do whatever they want, as long as the matter can be resolved in the end.

General Liao was leading the army and civilians in chaos, but he had to follow the command of the imperial envoy in action.

Therefore, the two parties argued endlessly and quarreled, and no one could convince the other.

Ye Junshu watched from the sidelines, and finally sorted out the general problem.

He glanced at Cai Zhifu thoughtfully.

Jinjiang, as a prefecture under the jurisdiction of Cai Zhifu, has made such a big political mistake, and it is hard to escape the blame.

But he was smart and transparent, and he made an apology as soon as the incident happened. His words were clear and his emotions were full of guilt, as if he had to commit suicide to apologize.

Finally, I earnestly asked Emperor Tai'an to give him another chance to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds. When the matter was resolved, he would let Emperor Tai'an dispose of him, and he would have no regrets.

Therefore, Cai Zhifu was able to sit here and become one of the members who dealt with the Jinjiang civil uprising.

Judging from his words and deeds, it seems that he is completely unaware of this matter, and even advocated finding out the people behind him, which is really flawless.

In fact, they did not have evidence to prove that Cai Zhifu was involved in this matter.

Cai Zhifu is a short, fat, middle-aged man with a gentle face. The first impression he gives is that he is a good person.

He is fair in dealing with affairs, and in the eyes of officials and common people, he is a good official.

Judging from his behavior and without any evidence, the imperial court has already removed him from suspicion, and will only discuss his merits and demerits after the matter is over.

Ye Junshu was skeptical about this.

After all, knowing people, knowing face but not knowing heart, no one knows what is inside him, and before the truth of the matter is found out, everyone will be suspicious.

Cui Liangdao's big move in Jinjiang, if no one was covering it, it wouldn't have been so long before he couldn't cover it up before being exposed.

It's a pity that no information was revealed during the secret meeting with the First Prince's faction.

The people he met that day were not important people.

He seems to have entered the core of the first prince's faction, but in fact he is only standing on the edge.Ye Junshu carefully recalled that conversation from the beginning to the end, except that he knew that Cui Liangdao was indeed the eldest prince, he did not reveal any other information, it was really tight.

Ye Junshu underestimated them.

His opinion at the time only allowed him to confirm that there was someone behind the scenes, but he didn't know who it was. Even if the eldest prince really pushed a scapegoat according to his idea, it might just be an insignificant abandoned child .

The eldest prince seems to have trusted him on the surface, but he has been guarding against him, and he is not willing to abandon him.

Ye Junshu has been thinking.

He intuitively believed that one of the people behind the scenes must be among this group of officials. Who is it?

When Wan Xiuhe first came into contact with him, he obviously admired the Ming family, but Wan Xingchang usually behaved like a royalist.

Ye Junshu was not sure for a while whether Wan Xingchang was from the Ming family.

If not, did he know that his son had joined the Ming family?If so, then Wan Xingchang, who can still be entrusted with important tasks by the emperor at this time, is really terrifying.

The two parties discussed for an entire afternoon, but failed to reach a result, so they had to disperse.

Ye Junshu didn't figure out the key points either.

I have no choice but to give up for the time being and see how the seniors deal with it.

Snow is also falling on the Jinjiang side, and the temperature is even colder than that of Shangjing.

The people of a city were trapped inside, unable to get out or get in. It was said that there was not much food left, and there were few things to keep out the cold. Some people might be unbearable and sick and die.

But even in such a predicament, no one is willing to come out and sue for peace.

Ye Junshu stood in the open space, looking at the dusty city wall covered in silver, with deep eyes.

Lieutenant Liao came from behind and stood beside Ye Junshu, also looking into the distance.

With a broadsword on his waist and a scarlet armor cloak on his shoulders, he fluttered in the cold wind.

"The people there are suffering." Deputy Lieutenant Liao's tone did not know whether it was regret or pity.

Their soldiers killed the enemy and guarded the people in the frontier fortress, thinking that by protecting their compatriots behind their backs, they would be able to avoid suffering and live in peace and joy.

As everyone knows, there are still ferocious fangs waving towards their compatriots, and the people behind them are still dying of pain.

So what they look down on the most are civil servants, so what if they read more books?It's not as good as those reckless people who blame the people.

Since ancient times, most of the corrupt officials came from civil servants, and there were not many military officials. This is the difference.

"Ah." Ye Junshu uttered a meaningless word.

"You literati are the most spoiled, what do you think? This deadlock will be broken sooner or later."

Ye Junshu turned to look at Lieutenant Liao, "Do you think I have an idea?"

Lieutenant Liao was very confident about Li Yu, "Of course, you are the person Yu brother likes, so naturally you will not be a mediocre person."

This statement is completely logical!Ye Junshu couldn't help showing a smile, quickly restrained himself, and said seriously: "I want to go to the city."

Compared with Deng Hongyuan who has been with Wan Xingchang since he came, Ye Junshu walked around by himself unless necessary, asking some officials who escaped from Jinjiang and officials and people in nearby places what happened before and after.

He heard a lot of irrelevant and messy things, and he extracted important information from them and recorded them, but he only missed the most important point.

What kind of grievances did Cui Liangdao do?

The officials in Jinjiang were all vague and secretive about this, and they avoided talking about it if they asked too deeply. Ye Junshu couldn't get to the bottom of it for a while.

He also checked the files, so far he only knows that he has plundered the property of the people for so many years and accumulated it to the point of horror, and finally forced the people to rebel.

If we delve deeper into the detailed process, we will not know.

Unable to ask here, Ye Junshu came up with the idea of ​​going to Jinjiang City to find out.

There must be a reason for the people of Jinjiang to see Cui Liangdao's execution before they are willing to negotiate peace. Ye Junshu felt that if he found out the key points and persuaded them to open the city gate, things would be easier.

The food they brought had no chance to be sent there.

There is silver, but there is no thing to keep out the cold.

Ye Junshu thought for a while, and said to Lieutenant Liao: "It's better to let people find a way to get a batch of things to keep out the cold, presumably those are the supplies they need urgently."

Lieutenant Liao thought it made sense, "I'll talk to my father, and he will arrange it."

Ye Junshu nodded.

Lieutenant Liao continued, "If you want to go there, I will accompany you."

Ye Junshu thought about it, and felt that with Lieutenant Liao following him, he could do more things, so he nodded again.