Long Wind Crossing

    When Liu Yuru woke up, it was already the second day.

    She felt that she had not slept like this for a long time. Since Gu Jiusi was imprisoned, she had not been able to sleep well. After such a drowsy sleep, she actually felt refreshed.

    She slowed down on the bed for a moment, then sat up suddenly, and then said loudly: "Jiusi!"

    Speaking, she hurriedly put on her shoes, Yinghong heard a voice outside, hurried in, and hurriedly said, "Madam, what are you in such a hurry?"

    "Where's Mr. Lang?"

    Liu Yuru said anxiously, "He's fine."

    "Uncle is all right," Yin Hong put down the water basin, pressed Liu Yuru to sit down again, and comforted, "My uncle sent you back, but His Majesty asked him to go back, uncle said, let you Don't worry, he will be back in three days."

    "Can the doctor see his injuries?"

    Liu Yuru gradually slowed down, Yin Hong took the water basin from the side, waited on her to wash up, and replied, "I saw it when I left, it's not a big deal, Ye Gongzi personally sent the uncle there. I brought a lot of medicine with me when I left, so I'll be fine."

    Liu Yuru listened, took the water from the side, rinsed her mouth, and finally calmed down.

    She finally felt hungry at this time, and her stomach rumbled. Yin Hong heard it, pursed her lips and smiled: "The madam must be hungry after sleeping for a day. The servants made porridge, and I will bring it here."

    Liu Yuru was a little embarrassed, she answered, got up, washed her face, combed her hair, sat down and started eating.

    While she was eating, she asked carefully what happened that day. After Yinhong had almost finished reporting, there was a voice of notification from outside: "Madam, shopkeeper Yun and Miss Ye are here. ."

    Liu Yuru listened and let them in, Ye Yun and Yunyun entered the room with the ledger, Liu Yuru hurriedly stood up: "Have you eaten so early?"

    Yunyun saluted Liu Yuru, Ye Yun smiled, Liu Yuru greeted them to sit down, they put the ledger on the table, Ye Yun smiled and said: "It's been a while, I heard You were still asleep, so you ate first. I thought you were going to sleep for a while, but you woke up at the right time."

    Speaking, Ye Yun glanced at her and said with a half-smile, "I've heard of your feat yesterday, you didn't tell me when you were young, I'd like to be lenient. So, learn to be a mistress of the house and give Langjun a concubine or something... Why don't you see that you are more relaxed now? "

    Liu Yuru heard Ye Yun's ridicule and felt a little embarrassed, she glared at her, and then said, "Don't say this, but it's serious business?"

    "Oh yes," Ye Yun nodded, "Yunyun talk first."

    "I don't have anything to say here," Yunyun smiled and put the account in front of Liu Yuru, "This is Huarong's account recently, as well as the arrangements for the upcoming new products, take come to show you."

    Liu Yuru answered and took the accounts. Now, everything is on the right track in Huarong, and Yunyun is getting more and more sophisticated when she manages it. , has not been too involved in Huarong's business.

    Hua Rong is just a rouge shop after all. Although it has begun to contact and try to open up in various places, in essence, it is always just a rouge shop, and the upper limit is placed there.

    If it was in the past, Liu Yuru would be satisfied, but after experiencing Li Yunshang, Liu Yuru felt that her heart seemed to be forcibly broadened, and she clearly realized that she was a What kind of people, and what kind of world this world is.

    Many of Li Yunshang's words were pierced into her heart like a knife.

    Compared with Li Yunshang, a noble woman who grew up in the Eastern Capital, she was indeed from humble beginnings, and she really couldn't help Gu Jiusi. If she had planned to depend on her husband earlier, that would be fine. If it was at that time, Li Yunshang would be married, and she might be happy too. This would be a big help for Gu Jiusi. As Gu Jiusi's wife, she naturally had to think about Gu Jiusi.

    But now it is different, she is greedy in her heart, she wants that person to belong to her completely and exclusively. She deprived this man of the right to have three wives and four concubines, so naturally she could no longer think about relying on him.

    Loving someone is strange. Not only will it make people not care about the gains and losses, but it will also make people inexplicably brave, thinking that for this feeling, they will give it a try and make a foray.

    She wants to be rich.

    If you want to be rich and rich, so rich that you can rival the country, so rich that you don’t even need to speak, no one dares to hit Gu Jiusi. If Fan Xuan is rich enough to marry Gu Jiusi, he must also think about her unhappy Liu Yurugao.

    All status and face must be earned by oneself, not by others.

    To gamble with her life to gamble on her husband is basically because others value her husband, not her.

    Liu Yuru understood in her heart, so when she looked at Huarong's ledger and the new plan, she just nodded, and after adding a few more suggestions for the new product plan, she let Yunyun do it.

    To make money, the fastest way is never to open a store by yourself, and then make how much money, there is always an upper limit for that kind of money according to your energy. The quickest way is always to make money. She contributes money, others contribute, and then share the proceeds. She doesn't need to do everything herself, she just needs to decide where to put the money.

    Before Huarong, she had no money, so she couldn't get out. Now that she has the money she earned from cooking food and the income from Huarong, she is also able to start taking the path of making money.

    After discussing Huarong with Yunyun, Liu Yuru turned to look at Ye Yun.

    Ye Yun grew up as a young lady, and has been surrounded by her father and brother. Although she does not have much business experience, her vision ability is much higher than that of Yunyun. She has nothing to do now, so she has been helping Liu Yuru all the time. Recently, Liu Yuru has been busy with Gu Jiusi's affairs, and the food has returned to the East Capital, and she is the one who handles the food.

    "The food has been decorated, I have calculated the cost. Generally, a bucket of rice in Dongdu costs ten cents. The cost of our rice this time is eight cents. If it is only ten cents, we will A bucket of rice only makes two cents in profit.”

    Liu Yuru responded, and Ye Yun said cautiously, "We also set the price at ten cents?"

    Liu Yuru thought for a while in silence, and after a while, she shook her head and said, "No, we have to set a higher height."

    "But we are a new grain merchant, and the price will be high after we come, I'm afraid..."

    "Don't sell it yet." Liu Yuru said decisively, "There are many dignitaries in Dongdu, and our rice is good, this rice does not need to be sold to the common people, and first make a name for it in Dongdu. Nowadays, most of the rice in Dongdu is ten cents a bucket, and we sell it for fifteen or even twenty cents, and we have to sell it in limited quantities every day, and there will be no more when it is sold out.”

    Ye Yun was stunned when she heard this, and Liu Yuru said while thinking: "You call a group of people to discuss, summarize what is good about our rice, give our rice a name, this name It must be taken well, so that people will feel that the rice must be very fragrant and delicious, not too vulgar, and it must be on the table. You can call people again, pick the rice carefully, there must be no sand, and it must be The grains are full and the grains are neat. From the clerk to the rice bucket, every detail must be done well. The bad rice cannot be picked out and shipped to various places to open porridge sheds for disaster relief and make a good name. Once it’s done, make up a story about it and spread it everywhere. It’s best to send it to the palace, get an inscription on it by a saint, and a master to write a poem, which will become a special tribute, and it will be too much to waste.”

    "This way, the price will be expensive." Ye Yun asked worriedly, "Are you sure you want this?"

    Liu Yuru thought about it, and after a while, she said: "Yuner, think about it carefully, this person is divided into rich people and poor people, rich people want to eat well and use them well, and people who have no money All you want is cheap, different people want different things, if you just think cheap, will you be able to make money?"

    Ye Yun didn't speak, she thought quietly, Liu Yuru continued: "I don't get involved too much in this matter, I'll give you the full authority to do it, I'll give you some practice, you In the future, I will be the manager of the grain store. I will offer you 30 taels of salary plus a 40 percent bonus every month. You become the manager, if you want, you can choose someone to continue your business, what you want to do, You can come to me again, I will pay, and you will contribute, how about it?"

    Ye Yun was dumbfounded, Liu Yuru raised her hand to hold her hand, and said seriously: "I can see that you don't want to get married, if you don't want to get married, why not have a world of your own ?"

    Hearing this, Ye Yun couldn't help laughing.

    "You're talking about my heart," she sighed, "Actually, I don't know how to live in the future, and now I follow you every day, I feel that I make money every day, and it's not worth it. I'm very happy. It's good to be able to live like this for a lifetime. If you believe me, then the grain store will be handed over to me, and I will definitely work hard for you, what do you think?"

    "How could I not believe you?"

    Liu Yuru pursed her lips and smiled: "We, Miss Ye, do everything well as a child."

    Ye Yun heard the ridicule in Liu Yuru's words, raised her hand and pushed her with a fan.

    The two discussed for a while before Ye Yun walked out. As soon as Ye Yun went out, she saw Shen Ming jumping and jumping over. Shen Ming saw Ye Yun and immediately became happy: "Yo, Miss Ye is here too."

    Ye Yun never looked forward to seeing Shen Ming, she sneered: "How old you are, like a monkey, you dare to wear the court without ironing the folds on the government, and you are not afraid of being laughed at. "

    When Shen Ming heard this, he immediately became annoyed and said unhappily, "You are afraid that I am joking, then you will iron it for me."

    Ye Yun let out a "ha", ignored Shen Ming, and left with the ledger. Shen Ming was deeply stabbed in his heart by this silent mockery, and he roared at Ye Yun's back: "Ye Yun, don't be arrogant to me! Do you remember who rescued you from Yangzhou?! You ungrateful villain! Women are difficult to raise, villains are difficult to raise, you are the most difficult to raise!"

    "Shen Ming," Liu Yuru listened inside and walked out with a smile, "What's going on here?"

    Shen Ming heard Liu Yuru's voice, and then realized that his behavior seemed a little childish, he coughed lightly, and said a little embarrassedly, "Sister-in-law."

    Liu Yuru suppressed a smile, Ye Shian and Zhou Ye also talked and entered the small courtyard, Liu Yuru saw it, and said, "Everyone is back, let's talk in the main hall?"

    After finishing speaking, Liu Yuru went to the main hall with them. The servants served tea to a few people. Liu Yuru said slowly, "Is Jiusi okay?"

    "Don't worry."

    Ye Shi'an said: "Today's case has been moved to the Censor's Desk. After the scene, people came out."

    "What about Liu Chun's case?"

    Liu Yuru spoke out of curiosity, Ye Shian took a sip of tea: "It depends, whether His Majesty wants to check or not, and how you plan to check."

    While the group was discussing what to say, Gu Jiusi followed behind the **** and entered the imperial study all the way.

    In the imperial study room, Fan Xuanzheng and Zhou Gaolang were playing chess, while Zuo Xiang Zhang Yu, Minister of Officials Cao Wenchang, and Censor Ye Qingwen and others stood aside. Almost all stood here.

    There are no more than ten people in the imperial study, but they are the core of the entire power core of Daxia. Gu Jiusi was stunned for a moment, then quickly knelt down and said respectfully: "I have seen your majesty, long live your majesty, long live your majesty."

    Fan Xuan ignored Gu Jiusi and continued to play chess with Zhou Gaolang. The sound of chess falling echoed in the room, Gu Jiusi knelt on the ground and said nothing.

    After a while, Zhou Gaolang raised his head, smiled and said, "It's a calm one."

    Fan Xuan also raised his eyes, smiled and said to Gu Jiusi, "Get up."

    Gu Jiusi bowed respectfully and stood up, Fan Xuan calmly said: "I called everyone here today, I came to talk to everyone privately, and when Lao Lu left, Jiusi will take him over in the future. You know the location in your heart. Who will recommend it at that time, you can discuss it yourself."

    "Wei Chen understands."

    Zhang Yu said respectfully, while others quietly looked at Gu Jiusi.

    This young man has been eye-catching as early as in Youzhou, and his political achievements are remarkable. But no one thought that it would rise so fast. In less than a year, he went straight from the eighth-rank county magistrate to the third-rank household minister. Such a speed of promotion is simply unprecedented in history.

    Gu Jiusi was also full of doubts, but he didn't dare to ask more, he could only thank him again.

    Fan Xuan waved his hand, and then said: "You are all the people I feel most at ease in my heart, and I don't need these pompous manners. I asked you to come here, but I still want to ask you, what do you think about Liu Chun's case? How to do?"

    What about Liu Chun's case?

    Everyone present understood this sentence, the question was not about Liu Chun's case at all, but whether they wanted to handle Liu Chun's case.

    Everyone looked at each other, Fan Xuan chuckled lightly: "You old foxes."

    Speaking, he raised his eyes and looked at Gu Jiusi: "The old fox refuses to speak, little fox, then tell me, will this case be handled?"

    "Your Majesty, I'd better listen to all the adults," Gu Jiusi said hurriedly, "Wei ministers have little qualifications, and a lot of words are not good. I'm afraid that the adults will make jokes."

    "What's this?" Zhou Gaolang said with a smile, "I'm often laughed at when I talk."

    When he said this, everyone laughed, Ye Qingwen looked at Gu Jiusi, as if he was admonishing a junior, and said gently: "Jusi, we are all being laughed at, don't worry, Boldly say yes."

    When Gu Jiusi heard this, he glanced at Ye Qingwen gratefully, and understood that this was Ye Qingwen showing everyone his intimacy with him.

    Gu Jiusi respectfully said: "Then Wei Chen said it. Wei Chen felt that this case should be handled."

    Fan Xuan nodded, raised his hand and said, "Don't worry, continue."

    "Your Majesty, according to Wei Chen's thoughts, there must be someone behind the matter of Mr. Lu. After a while with Mr. Lu and Wei Chen's colleagues, Wei Chen thought that his temper was incapable of acting. The matter of killing Liu Chun comes. First, Lord Lu is not a vicious person, and has always had a grudge against harming people's lives. If he didn't reach a certain point, he would not wantonly kill others' lives. You should be so suspicious of Your Majesty; thirdly, most of the people who take care of Lord Liu Chun are old ministers, and they shouldn't have too much friendship with Lord Lu, where does Lord Lu have the ability to see Lord Liu, and even kill Lord Liu?"

    Everyone was silent, but everyone knew that Gu Jiusi was right.

    Lu Yong did not have the courage or ability to kill Liu Chun. If someone hadn't fanned the flames behind his back, this matter would not have developed to such a degree.

      To this extent, someone must bleed for this case. They originally expected that it should be me and Mr. Lu, either of us would go one, or even, if according to their original plan, it might be to wait for me to ask the beheading first, and then show the evidence. Come to reverse the case for me, and then let Lord Lu be punished. In this way, two important positions in the Ministry of Households will be vacated. They can arrange for someone to take over the vacated positions. Who else can there be? Wei Chen guessed that one is an old court official headed by the Empress Tai, and the other is…”

    "And another?"

    Cao Wenchang cried out in surprise, and everyone was puzzled. Gu Jiusi continued: "The second one is the prince's grandfather, Luo Zishang."

    When they heard this name, everyone quickly reacted after being stunned for a while.

    Since Luo Zishang entered the dynasty, there has been almost no movement, and he has been teaching Fan Yu his homework so obediently that everyone almost forgot his existence. This is a Taifu who is in charge of the entire Yangzhou.

    In charge of Yangzhou, in terms of Yangzhou's wealth, Yangzhou's size, and Yangzhou's population, it is equivalent to holding a small country. How can it be so easy for a monarch of a small country to be a subject?

    "Your Majesty's original plan was to attack Liu Xingzhi in the south. For the sake of the southern expedition, His Majesty agreed not to touch the blood of the old dynasty, and also agreed to let Luo Zishang enter the Eastern Capital as the prince's grandfather, but now The result is obvious, Your Majesty tolerates them, but they are not willing to stay like this. Now that they are coveting the position of the Ministry of Households, they dare to take four lives. Your Majesty thinks, the southern expedition is by no means a day's work. Your Majesty is serious about the southern expedition, such an internal affair, can your Majesty feel at ease?"

    The southern expedition was the national policy set by Fan Xuan early in the morning. Gu Jiusi's words were already a direct question of the national policy. Zhang Yu listened, coughed lightly, and said slowly: "However, if Liu Xingzhi continues to develop , Your Majesty is also uneasy."

    "Liu Xingzhi develops, and my big Xia also develops. My big Xia name is justified, and there is a heritage of the country's jade seal. He Liu Xingzhi is a rebel, even if he develops, what is there to fear? Since ancient times, the northern expedition has been difficult and easy. I haven’t seen the success of the South Expedition to the North, even if the God of Zhuge is still alive, but stopped at the place of Wuzhangyuan, what should I be afraid of in Daxia? But now I force the South Expedition, fearing that the backyard will catch fire and hurt my vitality.”

    "That's not bad."

    After listening for a long time, Fan Xuan finally spoke, he sighed, glanced at everyone and said, "Recently, I have often been thinking about this matter, especially after the queen mother has become more and more aggressive, I have become more Concerns. I thought that the southern expedition should be reconsidered, what do you think?"

    Fan Xuan's tone clearly has already decided the outcome. Everyone is smart. After thinking about it for a while, he will understand and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty Shengming."

    I'm sure that the Southern Expedition is not to stabilize the internal affairs, then it is obvious how to use the knife in Liu Chun's case.

    Fan Xuan thought about it for a while, and then said: "Now we have to settle the internal affairs, how to settle it, do you have any ideas?"

    Everyone does not speak, everyone has something in their hearts, but they know that at this time, nothing should be said easily. Fan Xuan smiled, looked at Gu Jiusi and said, "Everyone doesn't speak, so you can speak."

    "Nowadays, there are many old ministers in the court, and His Majesty wants to stabilize the internal affairs, it should not be too much, but it also needs to have the courage to shock people. Wei Chen felt that the first thing to do is to set up the queen dowager, so that these old nobles will be leaderless. The queen mother has two cards, one is the marriage of Princess Yunshang, and the other is the support of the family. We have to draw the bottom line and take away the two cards. First marry Princess Yunshang, and then use the Liu Chun case as an excuse to attack support. Several noble families of the Queen Mother. This process must be fast, and we cannot wait for these people to respond and spread the news, otherwise there may be civil unrest."

    Fan Xuan nodded, raised his hand and said, "Continue."

    "After that, His Majesty will give these nobles some benefits. Before that, His Majesty can select a few poor children from these noble families, and reach an agreement with them. After abolishing their heirs, these children will be Take the throne again and give them some comfort. In this way, even if the news spreads, there will be no more trouble."

    After all, no one wants to rebel.

    The family is different from those who fight outside every day. Their lives are precious, and they do not have the courage to take risks.

    Seeing that Fan Xuan did not refute, Gu Jiusi continued: "Finally, Your Majesty must resume the imperial examination this year, recruit talents, and then gradually replace the old dynasties in order to be free from the old dynasties. Human constraints."

    Gu Jiusi said these words, Fan Xuan laughed: "It's a smart one."

    Speaking, he looked at the people around him: "What do you think?"

    Fan Xuan had already praised it, and everyone naturally praised it again and again, and then the group began to discuss in detail, how to do these things, who will do it.

    The discussion was over at night, and then everyone left, Gu Jiusi and Ye Qingwen walked out of the hall door together, and when there was no one around, Ye Qingwen said: "Zhou Da Gongzi, I always heard that you are a playboy, Only now did I realize that you really hid in the past."

    "I made my uncle laugh," Gu Jiusi hurriedly said modestly, "I used to be ignorant, but now I am enlightened. I used to be really clumsy. Now you have to study my books, and I am not good at learning."

    Ye Qingwen smiled, he looked at the constellations in the sky, and said slowly: "Young man, you have to learn many things slowly. Jiusi, uncle advises you a word."

    "I also ask my uncle to make it clear," Gu Jiusi looked serious and respectfully asked, Ye Qingwen put his hands in his sleeves and said indifferently, "There are a lot of smart people in this world, when you are young, you always like to say Come out, but when you get older, you find that the real smartness is not to say it."

    Gu Jiusi fell silent after hearing Ye Qingwen's words, Ye Qingwen smiled: "Don't mind, I just..."

    "Uncle's meaning, Jiusi understands."

    Gu Jiusi opened his mouth, but then he said, "It's just that someone has to speak."

    "But when you say these words now, many things must be done by you. These are all things that offend people. I'm afraid that the Queen Mother's party will follow you from now on."

    Ye Qingwen saw that he was frank and did not turn a corner: "You and I are both from Yangzhou, and you are a friend of Shi'an, Jiusi, listen to my uncle's advice, and in the future, don't say such things."

    "Uncle," Gu Jiusi heard this and smiled bitterly, "What do you think His Majesty called me today?"

    Ye Qingwen was stunned for a while, and then he heard Gu Jiusi: "Your Majesty called me, just want me to make a knife. If my knife is not sharp enough, then I can't do it. Uncle Ye, I am no better than Shi'an. , he has you to pave the way for him, but I have nothing."

    "Above the court, if you can't stand up, it's not about whether you offend others, but who is standing behind you. Look at the civil and military affairs of this dynasty, and no one will care about participating in me. , but whoever joins Shi'an, does he have to be cautious? If Liu Chun's case didn't happen to me, but Shi'an, it would be too difficult to take him into custody from the beginning. Who would dare to go directly to Ye Arresting someone at the gate of the mansion? Aren't you afraid of being killed by the Censor Taishen?"

     Ye Qingwen fell silent after hearing this. Gu Jiusi smiled bitterly: "Uncle, everyone has their own way to be an official. Brother Shi'an can be silent, but I have no chance to be silent. If I don't talk much, today, I'm afraid I will have the opportunity to talk more here. None. Your Majesty wants me to be a knife, I can only be a knife. Once this knife is done well, there will be no more things like today."

    "I see."

    Ye Qingwen sighed, and he looked up at the sky: "Go back, tomorrow I will let someone sort out the files, and you should come out the day after tomorrow."

    Gu Jiusi respectfully saluted before leaving.

    He still has to go back to the prison to rest, the case has just been handed over to the censor's desk, and he has to pretend.

    He was sitting on the carriage, listening to the creaking sound of the carriage, he didn't know what to do, and suddenly he felt a little dejected.

    If you can be silent, who does not want to be silent.

    Who wants to be a knife if you can move forward safely?

    But there is nothing he can do.

    He is different from Ye Shian, he is only one person now.

    He thought to himself, and he returned to the prison in a trance. As soon as he returned, he saw Liu Yuru sitting in the cell where he was imprisoned, holding the map he usually read with relish.

    She was also familiar with the jailer, but now that the jailer saw that the palace's attitude towards Gu Jiusi had improved, she let Liu Yuru come and go freely. She heard footsteps, put down the book, and looked up to see Gu Jiusi standing at the door, staring at her in a daze.

    She smiled softly and said softly: "Are you back? I brought you the stew, drink it while it's hot."

    Gu Jiusi listened and couldn't help laughing slowly.

    He hurriedly took a few steps forward and put the man in his arms.

    "I'm luckier than them after all."

    He said in a low voice, Liu Yuru was a little dazed: "What?"

    Gu Jiusi didn't speak, he knew it.

    Although it is not as good as Ye Shian and others who have family members to take care of paving the road, but he has Liu Yuru.