"After all, Henan is still not as good as Jiangnan." Ma Yu sighed.

Gao Huai took the towel handed by the entourage, wiped his hands and asked, "Grandpa Ma has been to Jiangnan?" ”

"When my godfather was there, I went to Yangzhou with him on a business trip, and at that time, I saw flowers, fields, mountains and rivers along the way, and the scenery was beautiful."

Gao Huai didn't expect Ma Yu to spit out such a crepe sentence, he thought that Gao Huai missed the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, but he didn't want Ma Yu to remember that his godfather was eating, drinking, and having fun all the way in Yangzhou, and collecting money.

This shocked Ma Yu very much, and he couldn't help but have the idea of 'the husband should be like this'.

"As soon as the godfather arrived at the border, the prefect of Hangzhou sent 2,000 taels of silver, who knew that he had arrived in Henan...... He couldn't even buy three thousand taels of silver for the prince. Ma Yu sighed, he just ordered the county order of Xiangfu County, but the appearance of people who dared to be angry and did not dare to speak did make him unhappy in the bottom of his heart.

It stands to reason that Gao Huai said that it is not only to go south to run errands, but also to do the affairs of King Lu first, and then take your time in the rest.

But Gao Huai added fuel to the fire: "Yes, this county is too much of a thing." ”

Ma Yu turned around with his hands and said, "Father-in-law Gao, do you think our family really puts these three thousand taels of silver in their eyes?" Just touch the temper of the local officials in Henan. ”

"I would like to hear the grandfather of the horse."

Ma Yu nodded and said, "This time, we were ordered by the Empress Dowager to pre-build a feudal mansion in Henan and allocate it to the feudal property. What is the attitude of local officials? They will do everything possible to prevaricate, so how can we return to Beijing in front of the Queen Mother and Your Majesty. ”

"From these three thousand taels of silver, we can know our place in their hearts."

"What my father-in-law said is extremely true, but at the moment, it seems that the county order will not be made."

Ma Yu sneered: "You don't know, this Henan Governor Yang Yikui is a native of Anyi, Shanxi, and it was Wu Qingbo who was promoted all the way for the sake of his fellow villagers, otherwise where would he have today's interest." ”

"This petty official doesn't know the power of heaven, doesn't the big official know the proportions?"

The entourage on the side also smiled and said: "Godfather, we have a will, if they dare not do it, it is disrespectful to the will, and we are justified wherever we go." ”

"If they still dare to shirk, we don't need to say it, a letter to the capital, long live the lord will teach them how to honor their godfather."

Ma Yu nodded when he heard the words and said, "That's the truth." ”

While a few people were talking, someone outside said: "Godfather, the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, the county order of Xiangfu County asked to see him outside the hall, saying that he had sent three thousand taels of silver." ”

"It's really here," Ma Yu laughed when he heard this, and said to the left and right, "It seems that Yang Yikui still has the Queen Mother in his heart." ”

Except for Gao Huai's wry smile, the other entourages all slapped their asses at Ma Yu.

The bell of Daxiangguo Temple rings faintly.

A carriage stopped in front of the courtyard, and an old man stepped down from the carriage in the morning light.

The old man wore a simple turban and a cyan shirt, but he had a sense of detachment.

The old man walked into the courtyard under the guidance of his subordinates, paused, and then waved to the person in front of him: "I have seen Mr. Xuegong." ”

When Lin Yanchao heard this, he immediately said: "The old gentleman doesn't dare to be. ”

The two of them talked on the dewy meadow in the courtyard.

"The last time I talked to Mr. Xuegong about the disadvantages of the clan, it was true, in the forty years of Jiajing, there were four million rice, and the rice had reached 8.53 million stones, and the sects and clans in the world continued to multiply, so how could there be land allocated in the future."

"Everyone wants to love his son, and he wants to make it thicker, but it is not a way that can be practiced for all ages.

The old man spoke, and Lin Yanchao said: "As a member of the clan, it is really rare for the old gentleman to be able to say such a thing. ”

This old man is Zhou Wangfu Zongzheng, Zhu Mu?, the word Guanfu, and the number Xiting.

Zhu Mu? Unlike the prince of Zhou, who did not learn and did not know how to do it, he was able to penetrate the Five Classics at the age of twenty, and he was especially proficient in Yi and Spring and Autumn.

Zhu Mu? As a clan, but all his life as a scholar self-proclaimed, he loved to collect books, in the opening of the feudal 10,000 volumes, the collection of countless books, was the world's first bibliophile at that time.

A few days ago, Zhu Mu? After hearing that Lin Yanchao arrived in Kaifeng, he came to visit in person.

The two talked about the Pentateuch very speculatively and became friends for the year. Today's Zhu Mu? When I visited again and talked about the affairs of the clan, I sighed.

Zhu Mu? Said regretfully: "The old man is also a descendant of Taizu, how can he not plan for the Ming Dynasty." It's a pity that the descendants of future generations don't know the hardships of their ancestors' entrepreneurship, and they defeated the great family business in vain, and the old man is really sad. ”

"Mr. Xuegong, you are a scholar in today's middle school, and there are officials who can understand the changes of the past and the present, the old man asked you, if this continues, how many years can my Zhu family still have?"

Lin Yanchao looked at Zhu Mu, and said silently for a while: "The old gentleman thinks too much, now that I am in good fortune, how can I see the trend of decay." Henan, where the old gentleman lives, has had more disasters in recent years, but the world is still stable, but it's just ......"

"Just what?"

Lin Yanchao and Zhu Mu? I just walked to the side of a pond in the courtyard, pointed to a withered yellow leaf floating in the pond and said: "Old gentleman, this piece of fallen leaves with a big fingernail is increasing every day, and it only takes ten days to cover the West Pond within a radius of several miles outside the city, do you think so?" ”

Zhu Mu? Nodding and saying, "Doubling and doubling, this old man thinks so." ”

"And how big is the leaf on the ninth day?"

Zhu Mu? Wen Yan asked, "Half a pool?" ”

"Yes," Lin Yanchao nodded, "We are all in the prime of life right now, but when the dynasty declines and collapses one day, we seem to feel that the prosperity is yesterday." Just like this fallen leaf, yesterday it was only the size of half a lake. ”

Zhu Mu? Enlightenment: "What Mr. Xuegong's words refer to, the harm of this clan is like this fallen leaf that increases every day? ”

Lin Yanchao said: "In fact, the disadvantages of the Ming Dynasty are far inferior to these, and the harm of the clan is only one of them. But I am rich all over the world, the land is vast, and the people are thousands, just like the water of this West Pond, a few fallen leaves are still acceptable. But if it goes on like this, there will be a time when it will be difficult to return, and the old gentleman will ask me how many people are ...... I don't dare to say nonsense, although it is a prosperous weather now, it is not far from the half-lake that has already covered half of the lake. ”

Zhu Mu? chewed Lin Yanchao's words in his heart, and then said with a straight face: "Old decay understands." ”

After talking about Zhu Mu? He waved to Lin Yanchao, and then left the courtyard.

Lin Yanchao looked at Zhu Mu? 's back, close your eyes, a few days ago Zhu Mu? When he came to talk to him, he occasionally talked about his desire to admonish the Son of Heaven as the head of the Zhou Dynasty's palace and reduce the food of the vassal king.

But Lin Yanchao didn't say anything when he heard it, but asked him to come back another day. Later, Lin Yanchao sent Qiu Mingshan to find out Zhu Mu, and he was indeed a clan queen who was worried about the country and the people.

Lin Yanchao wrote a letter to recruit Zhu Mu? Please go to the courtyard and make arrangements.

After these words, do you want to come to Zhu Mu? It has been decided to advise the Son of Heaven and reduce the food of the vassal king.

As for Zhu Mu? What will happen to him after he is admonished? It can well be imagined.

"Even if the leaves are doubled, they won't cover the lake in ten days." When parting, Lin Yanchao suddenly said to Zhu Mu? Words.

Zhu Mu? Stunned, he turned around and said with a smile: "The old man knows, but the meaning is similar." ”

After talking about Zhu Mu? Unimpressed, board the carriage.