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Elder Qi sighed, and said: "Although I don't have much contact with Shen Wuji... Elder Yu Ge is familiar with him. Regardless of his being a eunuch, he has a weird temperament, and he is really not a good match. Although Cao Guozhong was brought down , but there is also suspicion of waiting for an opportunity to take over." The conversation changed, and he said, "However, judging from his heart towards you, there is a lesson to be learned from the sun and the moon. You said that he intends to push the emperor to implement the New Deal, although I don't think he has the foresight. I saw you were interested, so I speculated just now, but it is not a bad thing after all. You will pay more attention to him all the time in the future, which is considered a great achievement."

Luo Jinyu didn't intend to have more disputes with Qi Lao, and she didn't argue about other things when she heard the words, she just nodded in agreement.

Seeing that he was well-behaved, Mr. Qi felt much more at ease, then lowered his voice, and said: "I still have a few days left for Beijing, you can go to Ge Lao's mansion to see me, don't mention anything else, especially the New Deal, don't mention it."

Luo Jinyu asked suspiciously: "The student is having such doubts. The student repeatedly talked about this matter with the husband, but the husband deliberately talked about it elsewhere, but what are the concerns?"

"I don't have any other worries, but I'm afraid that the walls have ears." Qi Lao whispered, "You are still too young after all. You don't understand many things. In fact, I would rather you don't understand, but if you don't understand, I will I'm afraid that you will suffer because of it." He sighed quietly, "Otherwise, why do you think I just accepted the ridiculous thing about Shen Wuji and you... It's nothing more than, seeing how sincere he is, he will take care of you more in the future, don't Let you be eaten even bones and flesh."

Luo Jinyu frowned slightly, thought for a while, and said in surprise: "Sir, what did you say, could it be——Old Yu Ge opposes the New Deal?"

Qi Lao just looked at him and didn't speak.

Luo Jinyu was puzzled and said, "But the New Deal was originally proposed by Mr. Yu Ge."

It is said to be a "new deal", but it is not "new". It was proposed by Mr. Yuge many years ago, but it involved too many interests and involved a lot. , After the Three Emperors, until now, it has not been officially implemented.

Old Qi laughed, but there was no joy in this smile, only helplessness, bitterness, and disappointment.

"That's right, it was Yu Huailiang who proposed the New Deal at the beginning." Qi Lao looked at the ruins of the other courtyard in the western suburbs not far away, and said quietly, "At that time, he entered the court not long ago, how could he have thought that his New Deal would start from Will the benefits shared by the rich and powerful be the ones that he will share from himself now?"

Luo Jinyu was startled.

Old Qi slowly withdrew his gaze, looked at Luo Jinyu, and said seriously: "He is also a powerful man."

"However," Luo Jinyu said, "when the student was in Taixue, he had already advocated the New Deal. He wrote an article about it. Why did you agree to overturn the case for the students? And you still accept the students as apprentices?"

"You are speaking modestly. You didn't say 'articles have been circulated'. Back then, most of the students in the capital respected you, and you were the leader who advocated the New Deal. If it weren't for this, how could you be framed by Jun's family and Shen Wuji was on the way to save you? Will it be so difficult? How could someone risk being bitten by Shen Wuji and torture you in prison? He has spent a lot of effort to save you." Qi Lao said, "How disgusted you are, You don't know how to count yourself."

Luo Jinyu: "..."

Elder Qi laughed again, looking at Luo Jinyu with loving eyes: "No need to be sad, you did nothing wrong, it's not that you are hated by people because of mistakes, it depends on who hates you."

"The student knows that the student is not sad." Luo Jinyu said frankly, "It was just a momentary surprise."

Old Qi: "..."

He shook his head dumbfounded, and said back to the topic, "Yu Huailiang reversed the case for you and paved the way for you. One is that the situation forced him, and he is not stupid. It can be seen that no matter whether he does this favor or not, Shen Wuji is determined to do it. Why doesn't he go smoothly with this matter? Two, he also tries to save face to the outside world. Three, there is no conflict. If you enter the court and push for a new deal in the future, he will have a lot of ways to obstruct you secretly. Whether it's a face-to-face conflict, it's all undercurrents surging, and the face is peaceful."

Elder Qi took a breath, sighed again, and continued, "The fourth thing... is the complicated heart. I have been friends with him for life, and I have known him since we entered private school. He is not like Cao Guozhong and Jun Qi. Otherwise, he would not be able to propose a new policy. He also has a heart of love for talents, and a wish to seek the well-being of the community."

Luo Jinyu was thoughtful.

Qi Laodao: "Zi Shi, the teacher is leaving Beijing soon, and the mountains and rivers will be far away in the future. My old bones may fall apart one day, and I may never see you again..."

Luo Jinyu hastily leaned over to him and said, "Teacher——"

"Scholars, you shouldn't shy away from talking about life and death." Elder Qi raised his hand to stop him from speaking, "After reading so many books, you should understand, as Mr. Yangming said, as long as your heart is bright, you will not be afraid of other things. If not In this way, the book is read for nothing, it is no different from burning it in the stove, and there is no need to feel superior to others. Reading is just for stereotyped exams. What is the difference from building walls with mud? People avoid wind and rain, you study for your own wealth."

Luo Jinyu didn't speak for a while.

Qi Lao said: "Oh, you are still sticking to this. I don't blame you, you are still young, and I am probably old enough to see it. When I was your age, I was probably no better than you."

He said again, "I just want to tell you that I can teach you knowledge. I have taught you in the Taiyuan Academy class. You are better than blue. Now I have nothing to teach you. Only officialdom Although I didn’t do much about things, but because I was forced to give birth to you decades earlier and soaked in the dye vat for decades earlier, I know a little better than you, so I’ll simply tell you everything today.”

Hearing this, Luo Jinyu hurriedly cleaned up her clothes, sat upright in front of Mr. Qi, and said seriously: "Students are taught by the master."

Elder Qi looked at him and said lightly, "I have three requests first."

"First."

Qi Laodao, "For officials, there are five or six out of ten, and at first they were no more vulgar and incompetent than you Luozishi, but these five or six people are in the wealth and vanity fair, after a year, only three or four are left, and after five years, only one is left. Two, after ten years, there will often be no one left, I hope you don't do this."

Luo Jinyu couldn't be more serious and said: "Students don't know."

"the second."

Qi Laodao, "If you are not as good as the above sentence, there will be countless people who can't understand you, and even persuade you, accuse you, don't say that you are 'in the same boat', just say that you are 'in the same dust', but you should You know, there is actually no difference between these two words. What people, especially villains, are best at is to sprinkle a pot of stinky meat with a strong-flavored sauce in a grandiose posture, put it on the table, and turn it upside down. Right and wrong confuse people's hearts, and some people know that this pot of meat is stinky, but other people at the same table say it doesn't stink. For the so-called "community", he has to say it doesn't stink. Later, he gradually couldn't tell the difference It doesn't stink, and in the end, he will feel from the bottom of his heart that this pot of meat really doesn't stink. Don't do this. "

Luo Jinyu nodded: "Students can't."

"The third."

Qi Laodao, "After many years, you still remember that you promised me these three requests."

Luo Jinyu said: "Students will remember it for life."

Elder Qi laughed again, and looked at the ruins of the other courtyard not far away, what he saw was no longer the ruins, but the scene that was still there back then.

He sighed quietly, as if talking to himself, and said, "I hope you can do it."

These words were told by their husbands many years ago before he and Yu Huailiang left their hometown to take the exam.

The husband was depressed and frustrated all his life, and passed away very early, and the two of them were not seen to be named on the gold list.

Elder Qi no longer remembers his appearance, but only remembers what he said.

He only remembered that Yu Huailiang and himself agreed as seriously as Luo Jinyu did back then.

The author has something to say: make up＞＜

It's not that the author thinks that reading is superior to building walls with mud, it's the inherent concept of Qi Lao ancient scholars.