Standing in front of the city gate, Ye Saburo raised his head and looked at the two strong big characters on the towering city gate: Yangzhou. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info felt small in his heart, and the people around him slowly walked towards the city, and they looked up at the name of the city on the city gate.

At this time, a veteran noticed these two piercing people, walked over, and asked, "Is it the first time you have come to Yangzhou?"

Ye Saburo nodded.

"This gate is magnificent, isn't it? How many countrymen would be shocked when they first saw this gate. The veteran said proudly.

Ye Saburo noticed the veteran in front of him at this time, looked him up and down, and saw that he was burly and energetic, not at all like other soldiers who were cowering and slippery.

"What's your name?"

"Don't dare to be a name, nickname Maohao, surname Lei. ”

Ye Sanlang wrote down the name in his heart and said, "This little brother, can he have a grand ambition in the future?"

Hearing this, Lei Maohao sighed lightly: "Alas, I was full of enthusiasm and devoted myself to the army, wanting to protect my family and defend the country. Unexpectedly, the military system in various parts of the Central Plains is corrupt, and the garrisons in various prefectures and counties are also very corrupt, I don't think about anything now, I just wait for one day to retire and go home to cultivate the fields. ”

"Don't give up on your goals so early, you wait, sooner or later there will be that day. After speaking, Ye Sanlang entered the world-famous Yangzhou City.

Lei Maohao looked at the backs of the two people gradually moving away, and some of the second monks were puzzled, and then he gradually reacted, could it be that it was the son of a general's family? He began to have a faint expectation for the future in his heart.

As soon as Ye Saburo entered the city, he saw the wide main road in front of him, which was very wide, which was comparable to the Suzaku Street in Chang'an.

They walked around the street for a while, and found that the layout of Yangzhou is very similar to Chang'an, and there are even East City and West Market.

Ye Saburo saw that Li Sihan was a little tired, so he found a less conspicuous inn called "Laifu", and the two of them each opened a room.

In the room, Ye Sanlang once again sorted out all the known information about Yangzhou, at present, the next thing he wants to contact is the assassin Liu Zhao and Sima Lu Yongming, this Liu Zhao seems to be definitely not a good official, and nominally he is even the brother-in-law of the crown prince Li Heng, which makes him very disgusted, he has never had a good impression of Li Heng.

And that Sima Lu Yongming is an unknown factor, basically except for the information of the Ministry of Officials, he has been on the examination for several years, basically most people have no deep impression of him. And he also felt that since the emperor could try to win him over, he should also contact him, but he should first look at his impression among the people.

He went out and found a snack stall, ate something casually, chatted with the shopkeeper, and talked about the people's livelihood in Yangzhou from the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, and then it was his real theme.

"Speaking of your Sima Lu Yongming, who is you?"

"To be honest, even our Yangzhou people are not very familiar with him, he has always lived in a simple place, but he has also done a lot of good things, built a few roads for us, and opened a porridge shed to relieve refugees, everyone is actually grateful to him from the bottom of their hearts, the other two state officials are relatives of the emperor, and they don't do anything practical for the people, and the people hate them. ”

I see, but this aroused Ye Sanlang's curiosity, why is this Lu Yongming so mysterious.

After inquiring about his residence, Ye Saburo changed his face a little and went for a while.

Lu Yongming's house is in Dongrenfang, an inconspicuous house, Ye Sanlang stood in front of the door, not realizing that this was the mansion of the No. 3 person in Yangzhou, from this moment on, he had a good impression of this Sima.

He knocked softly on the door, and in a short time an old man's voice rang out.

"Who?"

"Here are people from Chang'an, and they have something important to ask to see Lu Sima. ”

"My husband is sick in bed, you better go back. ”

How is it possible, I heard that he was still dealing with government affairs a few days ago, it must be because of Li Huaiyuan's unexpected violent death, he didn't dare to fight with Liu Zhao, so he pretended to be sick.

"Please tell your husband, my surname is Ye, and he will let me in. ”

There was silence in the door for a while, Ye Saburo knew that he was going to reply, and not long after, the door opened with a "squeak", and an old man walked out slowly, looked at him, and said, "Our husband is invited." ”

He walked into the door, Ye Saburo also followed behind him, walking through a few corridors along the way, Ye Saburo took a look at the garden by the way, the flowers and plants were very lush, and it could be seen that he liked these very much when he was usually free.

Walking to a room, the old man stopped and said, "Sir is waiting in the study." With that, he left.

Ye Saburo knocked on the door, and a deep voice sounded inside the door: "Come in." ”

He pushed open the door, and a quaint study appeared in front of him, with many paintings and calligraphy hanging on the wall, among which there were several calligraphy treasures of today's famous artists.

A middle-aged-looking man was standing at his desk at the moment, looking at the painting on the table, and not looking back.

"Xiaguan Yangzhou Sima Lu Yongming, welcome Ye Yushi to visit the contemptible little study. ”

Ye Sanlang was a little surprised: "Lu Sima, do you know it's me without even looking back?"

"From the moment Li Changshi asked Xiangguo to hand the emperor that excerpt, I knew that things were definitely going to happen, and sure enough, Li Changshi died violently within a few days. I expected that the emperor would not be able to turn a blind eye to this, and then the popular person in Chang'an was you, I expected the recent situation, and inferred that your appointment as the superintendent of the imperial history was for this matter, and the emperor would definitely let me intervene, so it was expected that you would visit my mansion. ”

Ye Sanlang suddenly gave a thumbs up: "Lu Sima is really extraordinary!"

He turned around and said, "It's not just a state Sima. ”

"Where is it, with Lu Sima's talent, Sima in any state is too condescending. ”

"I don't know what the emperor means?"

"Everything is based on my debriefing report, what Lu Sima wants, it depends on Lu Sima's performance. ”

He sighed and began to ask, "Ye Yushi, what do you think of the Tang Dynasty now?"

"Do you want me to be honest?"

Lu Yongming nodded.

"To tell the truth, since the capture of Shibao City in the seventeenth year of Kaiyuan, the Tang Dynasty has gradually become corrupt, with land annexation outside, corruption inside, and the government military system has been corrupted, although it seems to be the kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, but in fact the heart has been corrupted. ”

"yes. He sighed, if there is no one to do something practical for the people at this moment, then what can the people use to trust the government? The people are the foundation of the country, and if they are not treated well, then I will be in danger. ”

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