Immediately after the death of the master

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At that time, we were eating cheap edamame in a dilapidated and cheap tavern.

Now, we are drinking the most expensive Thousand Day Drunk in the most expensive Fengxian Building in the capital.

Xu Yuque, who has a good capacity for alcohol, got drunk. He took off his hair crown and lay down on the ground. He looked up at me on the table and murmured:

"Speaking of which, I think people are quite accurate. I told you not long after I met you that you have a bright future, and you will be a person who will do great things in the future. I will hang out with you in the future."

He hiccupped, turned over and hugged the jar, and drank again.

"Look, I'm right..."

At that time, I only thought he was complimenting me, and didn't take it seriously. I continued to listen to the babbling Pingtan, and ate edamame.

Now I know that these words are not empty words, Xu Yuque really tried his best to help me to the current high position.

Tonight, raise your glass to my brother who never tells the truth.

133,

I did what I said, and on the third day after drinking, I threw him to the side of the master, so that he had a chance to meet the master.

I'm sure the master will be bored when he is out on patrol, and the lonely master will definitely chat with the people around him.This time, I gave up my position and let Xu Yuque stand on top. As I expected, the master talked to Xu Yuque who was beside him.

At the beginning, it was just a normal question, who is the name, what did you do in the past, and what are you doing recently? Xu Yuque used his deceitful face and elegant words to make the master look sideways, and went further. After the exchange, Xu Yuque showed his empathy and witty tongue to the fullest.

But for a moment, the two got acquainted like close friends for many years. This guy Xu Yuque is worthy of his reputation, the legends in the market, the customs of various places, and some dirty jokes from the people, which can make the master laugh out loud from time to time.Sometimes the master will mention some high-level theories, and he can also talk about it. If the master wants to recite poems to counteract, he is not a problem.

The master was amazed at his profound knowledge, and couldn't help asking where his teacher was from. At this moment, Xu Yuque reported the name of his master. The master respected him and asked why Xu Yuque didn't become an official.

Xu Yuque bluntly said that he had participated in the county examination at the age of 14, but failed to pass.The master is curious about what he wrote on the test paper that year, if he can tell the general idea.

Xu Yuque pondered for a moment, and actually recited the policy theory from more than ten years ago from beginning to end.

The master was deeply shocked by Xu Yuque's memory and adaptability. After carefully savoring Xu Yuque's article, he clapped his hands and sighed:

"You can make such an article at the age of 14, you are a great talent."

Through this in-depth conversation with Xu Yuque, the master's influence on him has changed a lot, and he even feels like seeing each other late.

At the end of the conversation between the two, Xu Yuque only slightly revealed his intention to enter the Imperial College, and the master immediately demoted Ji Qinghe to a deputy position and raised him as a sacrificial wine.

In the past few years, the master seldom showed his face and smiled, and seldom contradicted his promise, but today he made exceptions one after another for Xu Yuque.

I had a deep sense of crisis, and I suddenly realized that I would lose my position as the most shameless and the most flattering in front of my master.

At the end of the tour, the master did not comfort me who had fallen out of favor, but blamed me for saying, why didn't such a capable person introduce him earlier.

I……

Okay, it's all my fault.

134,

The matter of the Guozijian is settled, but it will take two years for them to train useful officials.During the transition period, I was forced to stand taller than the dwarfs in my old department, forcing them to continue to work for me.

I have told my old department several times that once you enter the officialdom, you cannot turn back. Officials who have no way out have only two endings: playing to death and being played to death.Once they join the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they will be completely bound to me for the rest of their lives. From then on, we will both prosper and lose. Once I lose power in the political struggle, they will not have the chance to be alone.

My words have already reached this point, and these fools still ask me:

"Can it be more dangerous than a battlefield where you can die at any time?"

"of course."

"So what," they said with a smile, "Aren't there adults here?"

On the battlefield, we trusted each other with confidence, so we were able to cooperate seamlessly and achieved countless remarkable achievements.But this time, I'm not sure how long I can take them with me.

Holding power is like walking on a precipice, once you get up it's hard to get back down.I can only bite the bullet and go on.

Until you get to the top, or you're crushed.

At certain moments, I actually envied the Ninth Prince, who is also a person of prestige. It is impossible for the master to tolerate me, but he will not hurt the Ninth Prince's life no matter what.

The master is the most affectionate person in the world. Due to the death of her mother and concubine and the third prince, his desire to protect his relatives swelled to the point of paranoia. At the most critical moment, he ignored my dissuasion and risked losing his life. The danger of the head saved the little cub. For seven years in the frontier, he would rather go there in person than let the Ninth Prince be in danger.

The master is also the most ruthless person in the world. Although he is harmless to humans and animals now, and has no intention of killing the heroes, based on my understanding of him, our group of prestigious and meritorious officials will be killed before he dies. , he will definitely take us all away.

Not one left.

[When the master conquers the world, we will die. 】

This is the misfortune of those who serve Fu Jin.

The Ninth Prince is different from me. In the final analysis, he is also a member of the Fu family. As long as he wants, he can play the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and wine every day, and spend his life leisurely with the rare and exotic animals in his yard.

I also hope that the Ninth Prince can live his life in peace like this, but he has always been a man who can't be idle. The master asked him to follow the old prime minister Ji to discuss reform matters, and this guy really complied.

He didn't even think about it, could he be involved in Prime Minister Ji's reform?

From Ji Sanqing's notes, I have also seen Ji Laocheng's evaluation of the third prince: that silly boy wants something... He really thought that with that kind of pediatric palace fighting, a few deaths would be enough Achieved?To achieve his wish, what is needed is a war, an extremely cruel civil war, a massacre that will completely wipe out the clan.This is a malady that has been left since the founding of the country. The emperor of the founding of the country was kind and did not want to kill him. Therefore, his descendants will always have someone to kill for him.

I still remember the words of the old prime minister: If a person is not dead, how can he give up his position.

The old prime minister never believed that an interest group would give up their own interests. People in the interest group could not see the reality, nor would they admit their doomed destruction. Facing the truth, they would choose to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and use any means to protect their own interests , to send all opponents to hell.

Ji Sanqing had seen clearly the ideal of Prime Minister Ji very early on. From the very beginning, the old prime minister's goal was to wipe out all the landlords and sweep away all the aristocratic families - including the Ji family.

Ji Sanqing has always wanted to find a third way, to find a less bloody way, to find a way to allow the Ji family, the largest family, to continue to exist.But it's a pity that Ji Sanqing died, and there is no one in this world who can stop Prime Minister Ji.

Now, the master's army has wiped out the states of Dayu, and the landlord class has been seriously injured. The master's military strength and prestige are at their strongest moment.For the old prime minister, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he will never give up.

Prime Minister Ji led this reform with a self-destructive attitude. He has been hesitant and struggling for so many years.

The Ninth Prince didn't have such an awareness, he shouldn't be destroyed by the old prime minister's ideals.

I reminded the Ninth Prince many times not to care what the master said, to retire early and not to get involved in these things.

Unfortunately, the Ninth Prince did not listen to my advice.

135,

The reform has finally begun. With the deterrence of the master's powerful force, the old prime minister's first policy is to "relocate the rich to the real capital".

The content of this policy is to forcibly relocate the rich family to the capital.There are three reasons for this, one is that the wealth they bring is needed to fill the treasury, the other is to keep this group of guys who dare to raise private soldiers under their noses, lest they cause chaos, and the third is to separate them from the places they rule , so that their influence on the place will decline.

Now the entire Dayu Kingdom has just experienced a bloodbath, and the master is the only king who survived the troubled times, and every step of his ascension to the throne is paved with the bones of the losers.He forced his elder brother to death, wiped out the rebellious officials who took advantage of the troubled times, and killed countless people to get this position.

All the subjects know that his kindness and peace are just a temporary illusion. If anyone dares to question his supremacy, he will not hesitate to use violence to wipe out the opponents.

The family of the rich and powerful in the local area is too fragile in front of the wheels of the country. Their original privileges were obtained by relying on the old rulers. Now, facing the new rulers, this group of wealthy and powerful people The gentry had to go to the capital.

It's a pity that once they come to the capital, they can't go back.They had just arrived in the capital, and before they settled down, the old prime minister had already made a strict decree against fleeing to prevent the rich from escaping.

Those who can become rich and gentry are not human beings. They know that the old prime minister is about to make a big move. They use all their connections and money to suppress the old prime minister and hinder the formulation and implementation of policies.

It is a pity that the common people of all dynasties and generations have the simplest hope of dividing the land.