In the days when I was dressed as the king of a subjugated country

Zuo Shijue went to the official office in a trance.

In the official office, not to mention him, the others have no intention of working at all.

Each of these officials had a copy of the new book published by the newspaper, and they read the beginning in the morning. At this moment, they were very itchy, and they were ready to see how Zhang Junbao would kill the world.

Helplessly, the attendance of officials is strict, and Prime Minister Mu, Jiang Yushi and others walk around and patrol from time to time. These people dare not read books blatantly, so they can only wait until lunch time, take out the books, sit in front of the desk, and can't wait Study voraciously.

After reading for half an hour, Ichiro said: "Mr. Jin Yong's brushwork this time is a bit different from the usual."

One master is a fast reader. He has already finished reading Zhang Junbao’s creation of Wudang, and seeing Zhang Cuishan’s appearance, he suddenly said: “So it’s not about Zhang Junbao, but about Zhang Cuishan! Haha, haha, it’s really different, but the style of writing is still as sophisticated as ever. !"

Although these people knew that Mr. Jin Yong was fighting with Liaoqu, they didn't know that Liaoqu was Zuo Shangshu, and they discussed it unscrupulously.

One person asked: "Do you think Mr. Jin Yong will win this time, or Zen Master Liaoqu?"

"Of course it's Mr. Jin Yong!" The officials stood in line without hesitation.One person said: "Zen Master Liaoqu is indeed talented, and he is a hundred times better than me, but I think his structure is far inferior to that of Mr. Jin Yong!"

Hearing it in the corridor, Zuo Spaze almost vomited blood.He asked for leave in the afternoon, returned to Zuofu with his books in his arms, and immediately locked himself in the study, stopped writing in his notebook, flipped through a copy of "Yi Tian Shou Long Ji", and said viciously: "I would rather Look, where is the layout of this broken book!"

Seeing that Zhang Sanfeng was old and Zhang Cuishan appeared on the stage, Zuo Shijue sneered and said, "Zhang Sanfeng wrote tens of thousands of words, but suddenly changed to Zhang Cuishan. It's really not a very clever way of writing."

However, he still couldn't help but continue to watch, he just felt that the more he looked, the higher he went, when Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu were chased to the island by the golden-haired lion king and gave birth to a child, Zuo Shijue couldn't bear it. Zhu Dianping said: "The progress is so fast, let's see what you write later!"

When I arrived at Zishi, I finally saw "The Centenary Birthday Feast Destroys Lives and Intestines", Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu both died, Zuo Shijue's pupils quaked, and he said angrily: "How can there be such a way of writing! Hundreds of thousands of words are written in ink, and the corners are actually written Dead! It's nonsense! It's absurd!"

Zuo Shijue put down the book, calmed down, and murmured: "It seems that Lao Jin is also in a hurry. How much time does he have to plan such a heavy book in a month? He lost. Haha."

Patriarch Zuo felt relieved and fell asleep, but he didn't know that there is a word in this world: talented and self-willed!

When I arrived at the government office the next day, I saw that the people under my command had dark circles under their eyes, apparently they had stayed up all night and read by the lamp.It doesn't matter to Zuo Shijue, anyway, after his words are written and published, these people will know who is better.

However, the servants squatting near the newspaper shop brought bad news to Zuo Shijue: the newspaper shop was publishing books all day long, and there was an endless stream of people who came to buy "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji", and it hasn't stopped in the past few days .

"These people are all here for Mr. Jin Yong's reputation. When they find out that this book is not up to standard, they will definitely not be fooled again!" Zuo Shijue thought for a while, and told his servants: "You find some people to go There are many people to guide one or two."

This is not the first time he has done this, but it was just to flatter himself before, but this time, it was to discredit his opponent.

The servants took orders and left.

However, the next day, several people who had been beaten with bruised noses and swollen faces came to look for the servants of the Zuo Mansion.

These people are veterans. They thought that this mission would come easily, but they were outraged and kicked out of the teahouse before they even said a word.They changed places several times, but in the end they were recognized and smeared many times about Yitian Tulongji, and were beaten up by angry scholars.

Zuo Shijue was stunned.

The servant wept and said, "My lord, everyone is talking about it now, it must be that Zen master Liaoqu couldn't write it, and seeing that Mr. Jin's writing is so good, so he bribed people to deliberately discredit it!"

Zuo Shijue was silent for a while, and told his servant: "Take some money to treat these people."

After the servant left, Zuo Shijue took out the book "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji" which he took as a pillow, and said viciously: "I want to see, even if the characters are changed, how will this Jin Yong continue to write!"

But when you look at it, it's over.

Zuo Shijue stayed up all night reading, in a trance, and when he arrived at the official office, he was still in a daze.When we were gone, he didn't even want to eat the stir-fried potato shreds that the cook had recently researched, so he took a white steamed bun and watched while eating.It was like this for several days. After Zuo Shijue finished reading the book, he couldn't help muttering: "Who is this Jin Yong? Is there really someone in this world that I can't surpass?"

Zuo Shijue was conceited and narcissistic, suddenly met such a powerful enemy in his life, and was hit so terribly, he felt ashamed and lifeless.

Gu Li doesn't know what kind of magnificent psychological activities Zuo Shijue has. He is worrying about the arrival of the rainy season.

Although there will be no floods this year, the large and small channels of the canal also need to be sorted out. He needs to select a few people to control the water, so as not to be overwhelmed when the floods come again in a few years.

In the past, eunuchs and court officials worked together to control the water, but Gu Li didn't want the court eunuchs to get too involved in the affairs of the court.He asked Prime Minister Mu if he had any good candidates for water control.

Prime Minister Mu thought for a while and suggested, "Your Majesty, there is a man who, although young, is quite insightful in water control."

Gu Li was silent for a while, then suddenly said: "Prime Minister Mu, the last time you said this was when you recommended Fu Shaoge."

Prime Minister Mu chuckled and said, "Your majesty asks me what you want, so I will say what you say. If your majesty wants to control the water, I will recommend talents."

"Who is this person?"

"This person is the Prime Minister of Taipu Temple, Nie Guangyu."

Gu Li: "...Oh, it's the Si Cheng of the Taipu Temple again."

Prime Minister Mu smiled without saying a word.

"What's so special about Nie Guangyu in water control?"

"Although Nie Sicheng is young, his grandfather is Nie Feng, a famous minister of water control. He followed his grandfather when he was young, and he has seen a lot. After he became an official, he was originally the director of the Ministry of Industry and wrote several articles on water control The old minister came to read the memorial, and thought that this man has the essence of his grandfather, and he is a man to be made."

Gu Li nodded, thought for a while, and asked, "Are there any other candidates?"

"There is one more..." Prime Minister Mu pondered, hesitating a little.

Gu Li smiled and said: "Why is the prime minister hesitant? This person can't be Fu Shaoge who has been assigned to Liaodong."

Prime Minister Mu shook his head and said, "It's not Fu Langzhong, it's just that this person, like Fu Langzhong, has made mistakes. I wonder if Your Majesty is still willing to use him?"

"Who is this person?"

"The former censor of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Xia Xingcheng."

This name seems to have been very long ago, Gu Li thought for a while, and finally remembered it.This former member of Wang Zheng's henchman was a deadly enemy of Zuo Shijue when he was in the court. Later, Gu Li thoroughly investigated Wang Zheng's case and dismissed him as a civilian. I don't know what happened to him now.

"Why did Prime Minister Mu recommend him?"

"Xia Yushi used to be the minister of the Ministry of Industry. In Jingshun's great flood in ten years, Xia Yushi was ordered to take people to the Yellow River to control the flood. Xia Yushi... oh, Xia Yushi was also a man with ideals and talents. Young man, when His Majesty mentioned water control, the old minister naturally thought of him."

Gu Li thought about it, but still couldn't make up his mind whether to use Xia Xingcheng.He has only stepped down for a few months, if he rises again, what will the courtiers think, what will the people think?

However, to his surprise, within two days, he actually received a letter of submission, which was brought into the capital by Xia Xingcheng.

Xia Xingcheng returned to his hometown of Kaifeng, and in June, there was more rain. Xia Xingcheng was worried that the tributaries of the Yellow River would flood Kaifeng, so he specially submitted a letter asking His Majesty to send someone to control the water, and wrote several good prescriptions for water control in the letter.

He wrote this letter more than ten days ago. Xia Xingcheng also said in the letter that no matter who His Majesty sends to control the water, he is willing to assist this person without asking for any reward.

Gu Li thought for a while, and ordered Nie Guangyu and several directors of the Ministry of Industry to go to Kaifeng for water control, and Xia Xingcheng fully assisted in the water control.

Gu Li approved a large sum of money, and also gave Nie Guangyu a trick.He also gave this secret recipe to Jiao Liewei when he set out, that is, the method of making cement.

Cement is actually quite simple. It only needs to be ground and mixed with lime clay, calcined and then ground together with iron slag, then mixed with water and ready to use.Da Chu, like the Ming Dynasty, had already mastered the mature lime firing technology in the seventeenth century, and it was quite easy to make cement.

Although the cement is easy to crack and steel bars are needed to build the city wall dam, it is no problem to fill the dam with cement to repair the city wall.

He personally sent Nie Guangyu out of the city, hoping that their group could do a good job in water control, not to mention solving a hundred years of troubles, maintaining the stability of the Yellow River for ten years, which is also a great achievement for the benefit of all people.

Nie Guangyu rode on the horse and led the people away.

He has entrusted his wife to his aunt to take care of, and left enough money.Although Ji Shaoqing has pleaded guilty to the purchase of the male gelding, he cannot be blamed, and with the certificate in hand, he is very safe at the moment.But in this capital city, there is still that old fox Zuo Shijue, so he has no room for display.

Although it is dangerous to go out of Beijing to control the water, it may also be his chance.

Nie Guangyu looked back.

In this capital, he will come back sooner or later.

left mansion.

Zuo Shijue already knew about Nie Guangyu's trip to Beijing to control the water.

He also knew that His Majesty had sent Xia Xingcheng to assist in water control with all his strength. In the past few days, many people have come to inquire about his attitude, and they seem to believe that Xia Xingcheng is coming back.

Zuo Shijue didn't care if Xia Xingcheng would recover, his cliques were almost wiped out, not to mention eunuchs, even his own vitality was already seriously injured. Now if there is any party in the imperial court, then Probably His Majesty's party.

What troubled him was another matter.

Seeing that mid-July is coming, but his book is still only half written, the more anxious Zuo Shijue is, the more he can't write, sitting for a day to hold back a few pages, and looking at it the next day, he feels that what he wrote Like shit, penniless!

After a few days of tossing like this, Zuo Shijue fell ill, lying on the bed staring at the mosquito net, silently thinking who is Jin Yong, why are there such strange people in the world?Could it be that God descended to torture him, Sir Zuo?

Thinking of him, Zuo Shijue, he was the number one scholar in high school when he was only 40 years old. After that, he did not say that he had a magnanimous career in the court, but at the age of [-], he had already achieved the position of Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Confrontation, the king of the seventeen dynasties of Chu, and his capable courtiers, can't count one hand!

But... why!

why? !

If you give birth to the left, why should you give birth to gold!

Zuo Shijue rested for a few days, then forced himself to sit up again, and asked his servants to sharpen the ink for him, writing vigorously.He had a hunch that this script might be his swan song, and his last voice in this world must be earth-shattering!

By July [-]th, the manuscript was finally finished.Zuo Shijue no longer had the energy to revise it, so he asked his servants to hand over the manuscript to the newspaper shop, and then fell ill.This manuscript has consumed all his energy and energy, and his health has been destroyed by the creation to a precarious state.

As soon as the book was published, Zuo Shijue couldn't wait to ask his servants to go to the newspaper shop to buy books. Even if he knew that he might not be able to surpass the sales volume of "Yi Tian Shou Long Ji", but no matter what, he couldn't lose too badly!

On July [-]th, the newspaper posted the sales of the two books at the door, and the servants went to read them early in the morning. After reporting back and forth to Spokesperson Zuo, he was silent for a long time, let the servants support him, and entered the palace. go.

The newspaper has to pay the city's tax, so it is impossible to tamper with the sales volume. The only thing he doesn't know now is——Who is this Mr. Jin Yong? !

In any case, Zuo Shijue wants to ask clearly.

Gu Liben discussed with Cui Shi the matter of promoting potato planting in the palace, and when he saw the Zuo Shijue coming, Cui Shi withdrew first.

When Gu Li saw Zuo Shijue's appearance, he was shocked. He went to court in early July, and went to the officials' office in mid-July, but he didn't see him in just ten days. How could Zuo Shijue become like this? So old-fashioned?

what happened to him?

Gu Li hastened to sit with him, although he hated Zuo Shijue, but seeing his decayed appearance, Gu Li really couldn't bear it, and asked: "Zuo Shangshu, what's wrong with you?"

Hearing the concern in His Majesty's words, Zuo Shijue exchanged tears and said, "Your Majesty, you have really hurt the old minister."

Gu Li was stunned, could it be that Zuo Shijue guessed that he was wearing Mr. Jin Yong's vest to fight with him?

Zuo Shijue wiped away his tears and sighed: "Your Majesty, if you hadn't asked the old minister to write the "Geng Lang Jun Going to Beijing to Sue the Imperial Court", maybe the old minister would not have the heart to compete with Mr. Jin Yong. You would not In order to write a story book, I have to suffer myself to the point where my lamp is exhausted."

Gu Li sighed, and said, "Zuo Shangshu, you have such a temperament that you don't dare to be inferior to others, even if I don't look for you, can you bear the itch? I'm afraid you have already written a few vernacular books in private It was printed and published, and I wanted to compete with Mr. Jin Yong."

Whether he refuses to be subordinate to Prime Minister Mu or Mr. Jin Yong, Zuo Shijue is such a person.Although capable, but being so competitive, he ruined himself.

After hearing this, Master Zuo was silent for a long time, sighed, and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has come to such a field, and I just want to ask your majesty, who is Mr. Jin Yong? I hope your majesty will let the old minister understand."

Seeing his pitiful appearance, Gu Li didn't give up, and said: "Mr. Jin Yong has passed away, and I only have a few of his manuscripts in my hand. He is not from here."

Zuo Shijue was startled, and asked: "Then who is the person who is fighting with me?"

Gu Li didn't want to say Xie Lian's name, so he prevaricated: "I guess someone impersonated him."

But Zuo Shijue seemed to understand, and said to himself: "So, Mr. Jin Yong has passed away, there is no such person in this world, and this old man is still the most powerful..."

After he figured this out, he was much more relaxed, and he looked more energetic.He bowed to Gu Li and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for solving the confusion in my mind."

Gu Li didn't expect that at this time, Zuo Shijue was still thinking about these things, and he persuaded: "Zuo Shangshu, why do you have to compete with others? Some things can be seen more openly, but you can live more at ease."

Zuo Shijue gave a bleak smile, and said: "The old minister has been comparing himself with others all his life, and he has also been fighting for the top spot all his life, how can he say that he can let go just by letting go."

He bid farewell to Gu Li and left Wenhua Palace.At first, I felt better, but when I walked to the Meridian Gate, I heard a few guards talking: "Jin Yong fought with Quwen, do you all know the result?"

A guard said: "This result has long been settled, and Mr. Jin Yong must have won!"

"Just relying on Qu's three-legged cat's kung fu, and giving him another 30 years of training, he is not worthy of Jin Yong's shoes!"

"Haha, you're too mean. There are still some merits in the novel "The Legend of the Volcanic Demon in the Vast Sea". For example, it's great for making toilet paper!"

Zuo Shijue couldn't listen anymore, he vomited a mouthful of blood, felt dizzy, stumbled out of the palace, the servant was guarding at the gate of the palace, seeing him like this, he was frightened immediately, and hurriedly helped the master into the sedan chair , Take it home and ask a doctor to treat it.

However, after the doctor came, he found that he was in a huge deficit, and he was at a loss for recovery, so he could only prescribe a few medicines and drink them, barely holding his breath.

After going on and off for a few days, Zuo Shijue finally gave up. Before he left, he grabbed Madam's hand and asked, "I'm really... not even worthy of carrying shoes..."

Gu Li heard in the palace that Master Zuo had passed away. Although he didn't like the old man, he felt a little sad when he saw him leave, so he asked Li Tang to go to the mourning hall to express his condolences on his behalf.

When Zuo Shijue left that day, he seemed to have recovered a lot, why did he suddenly fail after returning home?Gu Li thought that this matter had something to do with Xie Lian, so he called someone to question him, but Xie Lian refused to know.

Xie Lian came out of Qianqing Palace, several guards came forward, and said with a smile: "Brother Tianjing, what you asked us to do, can we do it beautifully?"

Xie Lian patted them on the shoulder: "Go, I invite you to drink."

After drinking, Xie Lian went back to the residence alone, bowed to Xie Chixing's spiritual seat three times, and said, "Father, my son has avenged you. My son knows that what you are most concerned about right now is Liaodong. Don't worry, there is a Jiao Liewei sits in the township, afraid that after the autumn harvest, the Jian captives will go south to grab food, and when that time comes, his son will ask His Majesty for troops..."

As he talked, thinking of Xie Chixing's earnest teachings, and the ideals and ambitions that the father and son had talked about, he finally couldn't help but shed tears.

His father has already gone, and this ambition can only be realized by him.

When Geng Chongming came to the Jiangsu area, no matter what restaurant he entered, he could always see Xiao Er enthusiastically selling potato dishes to the objective.After seeing him a lot, his daughter Lan'er took his hand and asked, "Father, what are these potatoes?"

Geng Chongming wanted to buy potato and egg pancakes for his daughter, but when he saw the price, he was so frightened that he was a man from Shanxi and broke into a cold sweat.

His wife, Ruan Niang, also knew that potatoes were too expensive, so she didn't dare to order them, so she persuaded Lan'er, "There's nothing very tasty, let's eat fish today, okay?"

When Xiaoer heard this, he sneered and said: "Guest officer, these potatoes are a royal item from the capital, and they are precious!"

"Queen?" Lan'er asked: "Father, didn't you go to the palace to have dinner with His Majesty the Emperor? Has the Emperor invited you to eat potatoes?"

Before Geng Chongming could speak, Xiaoer sneered and said loudly: "Yes, Your Majesty not only invited your father to eat the imperial meal, but also invited your father to drink the imperial wine!"

All the guests roared with laughter.

Although Lan'er was young, she could also hear the irony in his words, and she burst into tears immediately.

Geng Chongming picked her up and said in a low voice, "Lan'er is as knowledgeable as these people, what do you want to eat? Daddy will buy you some potato pancakes?"

Geng Chongming came to Xiao Er, counted out one hundred bills, and bought a potato omelette, wrapped in oiled paper.Seeing the stack of thick banknotes in his wallet, the waiter's eyes straightened immediately, and he said enthusiastically, "My guest officer, there are many other dishes in our restaurant, don't you want to try..."

Geng Chongming ignored him and left with his wife and daughter.

The family lived in the inn and were sharing a potato omelette. Geng Chongming's wife, Ruan Niang, took a sip and said, "Is there nothing special about it? It actually costs one hundred bills!"

Lan'er grabbed the cake and said, "Lan'er thinks it's delicious! Dad! What do you think?"

While the family was talking, there was a sudden commotion in the lobby of the inn.

There were one or two horrified screams amidst the noise. Geng Chongming hurriedly opened the door and rushed to the lobby to watch. He saw the crowd running in all directions, and one person in the middle was unconscious and convulsed. This person had chestnut hair and a high nose. He was a foreign businessman who came to Dachu to do business after the sea ban was lifted, and there were three servants standing beside him, two of whom were from Dachu with yellow skin and black hair.

The three of them shrank and did not dare to move, and let the master pass out on the ground. Geng Chongming stepped forward to check, and the child in the inn screamed: "Guest officer, don't go! It's acne!"

Acne is smallpox.

Ruan Niang and Lan Er who came later were also stunned, Ruan Niang shouted: "The master! Don't touch him!"

Geng Chongming had already pulled off the collar of the unconscious man. The man was covered in pustules, and his body temperature was high when he touched it. He was unconscious and shivering.

It might indeed be smallpox.

Geng Chongming told his wife and daughter not to come over, and dragged the unconscious man up. The three servants wanted to go forward, but they didn't dare. They could only stand far away and ask, "What are you going to do to our master?"

"Send him to the Medical Bureau!" Geng Chongming explained to Xiaoer: "Hurry up and tell the government that these three people also need to be stopped, and don't let them wander around."

The author has something to say: creating this kind of thing is really torture.According to our company, I can only write when I get up early every day, write during the lunch break, and write after returning home at night. There are no other entertainment activities, and I am really exhausted.After finishing this book, take a good rest and exercise.

感谢在2020-04-2621:06:56~2020-04-2718:39:04期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel of the irrigation nutrient solution: 4504778210 bottles; 3 bottles of a boring one; 2 bottles of Ang Ke, a big villain;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!