From the afternoon to the evening, some people who got the news came to greet Lin Jue one after another. In the afternoon, when Ma Bin and Shen Tan came to greet him, Lin Jue told everything about it. Ma Bin and Shen Tan scolded Fang Dunru, if Lin Jue hadn't stopped them, the two of them would have scolded all the foul language. Seeing that Lin Jue didn't seem to be too affected, the two of them were relieved, comforted and left. Soon after, Yang Xiu, a friend in the storytelling office of Chongzheng Palace, also came to greet him, and Lin Jue was a little ashamed to see Yang Xiu. promised him to find a way to transfer him out, and Yang Xiu thanked him a lot. However, I actually forgot about it. Now that he has been beaten back to his original form, seeing Yang Xiu is even more uncomfortable than seeing others.

Yang Xiu didn't care at all, comforted Lin Jue intimately, and didn't mention anything else. He told Lin Jue that he had put his house in order. The two elders in the public house are also looking forward to the return of Lord Lin. I want Lin Jue to recuperate for a few days, and then go back to the public house.

Lin Jue thought that the two old men in the public house, Lord Jiang and Master Hu, were also looking forward to him, and couldn't help but think: These two adults are afraid that they are not looking forward to themselves, but they are looking forward to their own monthly salary. The only advantage of going back to the public house is that you can be much more leisurely and do whatever you want. It's just that at this time and that time, I was in a good state of mind at the beginning. But after leaving the Ordinance Division, I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to have the original state of mind.

After Yang Xiu left, in the evening, Mrs. Fang came with Fang Huanqiu. This was beyond Lin Jue's expectations. Lin Jue's emotions, which had already calmed down, were also a little out of control when facing the teary eyes of Master Fang and Fang Huanqiu.

Mrs. Fang and Fang Huanqiu were even more worried, and heard Lin Jue shouting: "Senior mother, junior sister." Mrs. Fang and Fang Huanqiu couldn't stop crying.

"Good boy, you have been wronged. The old thing is so hateful, that it did this to you. Don't worry, he doesn't recognize you, and Qiu'er and I recognize you. What could he do? You see, aren't we coming? He wouldn't let us come, and we came anyway. Good boy, don't hate your sir. He is now preoccupied with the change of Na Raushzi, and the whole person is like crazy, and no one can persuade him to wake him up. You bear with me, and after a while, when he calms down, I will count him down and let him take you back into the door. Mrs. Fang wiped her tears, resentment and comfort.

Lin Jue smiled: "Don't worry, master, how can I hate Mr." I did something wrong, and I did make him angry. In any case, my wife is still my wife, my sister is still my sister, and if my wife has any work to do at home, she can still ask me to do it. Lin Jue didn't think anything would change. ”

Mrs. Fang said with tears in her eyes: "Good boy, I know that you are very wronged in your heart. My wife is a woman, and I don't know why your master and apprentice have become like this. Or you apologize to your teacher, it's all a family, and things are easy to discuss. ”

Lin Jue smiled bitterly and did not answer. Fang Huanqiu sighed beside her: "Mother, after so many years, don't you know Daddy?" Daddy's temper, how can he just apologize? Besides, this matter may not be the fault of the senior brother, the senior brother has been wronged, how can he apologize? This matter has already made the senior brother be criticized, so don't let the senior brother be embarrassed. ”

Mrs. Fang was stunned and sighed, "Hey, didn't I still want them to reconcile?" Your father's temper, hey, how could I not know? That's all that good. ”

Lin Jue, in turn, had to comfort Mrs. Fang, who was in tears. But seeing that Mrs. Fang could worry about and defend herself so much, Lin Jue was also quite relieved in his heart. No matter what, the feelings between himself and the Fang family are inseparable, they are still there, this is what Lin Jue cherishes the most, not the matter of becoming Fang Dunru's student.

Green Dance secretly pulled Fang Huanqiu aside and told Lin Jue that he had a high fever and fainted yesterday, and his body had not healed at the moment. Fang Huanqiu then understood why Lin Jue looked so haggard, and his face was much thinner. So I came to inquire about the condition worriedly. Mrs. Fang also learned that it was another warm inquiry. It took a long time before it calmed down.

While Mrs. Fang sat down to drink tea, Lin Jue glanced at Fang Huanqiu, and the two returned to the house to talk. Mrs. Fang actually saw it, but she pretended not to see it, she knew that Huanqiu and Lin Jue had too much to say, so she simply let them be alone for a while.

Lin Jue entered the room, and as soon as he turned around to speak, Fang Huanqiu threw himself into Lin Jue's arms and cried sadly.

Lin Jue sighed, stroked her hair, let her cry for a while, wiped her tears for her and said softly: "Senior sister is worried that there is no hope for our affairs, right?" ”

Fang Huanqiu sobbed: "Although there was no hope, Daddy couldn't pass that level. Now that you're in this situation with your father, there's even less hope. Lin Lang, what should I do? You and Daddy are the people I love the most, and now that you two are like this, my heart is going to break. What should I do? ”

Lin Jue stroked her cheek and comforted her in a low voice: "Huanqiu, this matter was also unexpected by me, and I didn't expect Mr. to really do this." However, this has nothing to do with you and me. My heart for you remains the same, and my promise to you will not change, and I will definitely marry you. This is my long-cherished wish. It's just that in the current situation, it seems to be more difficult. I hope there will be a turnaround, there will be a turnaround. You have to believe in me, you have to be strong. ”

Fang Huanqiu looked up at Lin Jue for a long time, and said softly: "Jun is a rock, and a concubine is a reed." The reeds are like silk, and the rock has no transfer. Our Huanqiu is only a gentleman in this life, Langjun will not change, and I will not change. I'll wait, even if it's until the green silk turns white, I'm willing to wait. ”

Lin Jue was moved in his heart, and leaned over to kiss her pale red lips. After a while, he said with a smile: "Where will you wait until the green silk turns white, doesn't that make you waste your youth?" On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, do you remember the method I told you in the carriage? If it really doesn't work, we will cook the raw rice into rice, and we are not afraid that the husband will not agree when the time comes. But that's a last resort, and he's going to be very, very angry. It's easy not to try. So it's better to keep waiting for your chance. ”

Fang Huanqiu blushed and nodded, "Yes, that's the way...... It is not available until it is absolutely necessary, otherwise it will be angry with Daddy. Brother, don't you really blame Daddy at all? He is so ruthless, and you don't hate him? He made you discredited in front of people, and you don't hate him at all? ”

Lin Jue looked at Fang Huanqiu and said, "You may not understand it very well, my feelings for you are like a family." I regard my husband as my father and my mother as my mother. When your parents reprimand you and punish you, will you hold a grudge? Maybe the punishment was too severe, but I still didn't resent him. In fact, if you understand him, you won't hate him. Mr. has been a mountain chief in the academy for more than ten years, which is the most precious time in his life. In fact, this life is very short, the first ten years are ignorant and ignorant, and the next ten years are not mature enough, and the ideas are simple and naïve, and it is difficult to achieve anything. Especially for men, the best time is in their thirties and forties. At this time, it is a good time to make contributions to the cause. But during this time, Mr. was stumbling in Songshan Academy, and it was difficult to show his talents. Therefore, now that the imperial court has enabled Mr. to carry out a major event of changing the law, this is a belated opportunity for Mr. Naturally, Mr. wants to go all out to recover the lost time. At this time, nothing can stop him, nothing can make him turn back, because if you don't hurry up, this life will be wasted. Do you understand how that feels? Like the setting sun, the glorious scene is short and gorgeous. If you don't do your best to emit the last light and heat, you will fall below the horizon and never be able to radiate your light. ”

Fang Huanqiu didn't understand his father before, and he didn't understand his behavior. But at this moment, when Lin Jue said this, it was like an initiation, which made Fang Huanqiu understand all of a sudden. Yes, what man doesn't want to be famous all over the world. Daddy has indeed wasted too much time in his life. The past ten years of Songshan Academy seem to be comfortable and tranquil, but only the people around him know how anxious he is.

On countless moonlit nights, Daddy dragged a long shadow and walked lonely in the yard, and the sigh was a portrayal of his heart. The candlelight in the study that never goes out all night, and the manuscripts that are bundled and piled up several feet high, are all the hard work of my father. Fang Huanqiu didn't understand why her father was like this before, but now she understands. It is the sigh of a person who is eager to make a contribution, and it is the preparation for the future of those who are not willing to be mediocre. When the court called, my father came to the capital without hesitation.

What Lin Jue said is true, he is also a man, so he understands his father.

Fang Huanqiu looked at Lin Jue with adoring eyes, not because Lin Jue had solved her doubts all along, but because she admired Lin Jue's broad-mindedness. Daddy treats him so much, he can still understand Daddy, what kind of mind is this.

"If Daddy hears these words from you, he will feel like a confidant. Daddy shouldn't treat you like that, you're the one who understands him. Fang Huanqiu muttered.

Lin Jue smiled and said: "I understand him, I sang against him, and he naturally can't tolerate me." Well, I don't want to talk about it anymore. I managed to calm down, but now I'm in turmoil again. In short, from the position of the gentleman, he is not wrong. But I think I'm not wrong. Everyone has their own position, maybe I shouldn't try to change my mind, and my husband can't change my mind, so this situation is inevitable at the moment, but there is no need to say it. ”

Fang Huanqiu nodded and said softly: "I understand, you are all excellent men, it's just that you have different ideas, and you can't compromise with each other." That's why we have today. Maybe it's better that way, don't provoke each other. Maybe you have the same goal. I'm not right. ”

Lin Jue pinched her delicate little nose and said with a smile: "When do you like to say these old-fashioned words." Don't think too much, men solve men's affairs by themselves, you just need to be happy and beautiful. After leaving the Yamen of the Ordinance Department, I will have a lot of free time, and then we can meet more and talk more. We can still hang out together. Your dad is busy right now, and he can't take care of us anymore. Speaking of which, I have to thank your father for creating time for us to spend time together. ”

Fang Huanqiu saw that Lin Jue said something interesting, covered his mouth and giggled. Lin Jue hugged her into his arms and kissed Wen Cun, until Mrs. Fang reminded her outside, and then accompanied her out to see their mother and daughter leave.

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The news that Lin Jue, the new champion of the department, was expelled from the division and relegated back to the original government is indeed a blockbuster news. There was a lot of discussion and suspicion. However, the heat of the incident was quickly overshadowed by another bombshell news, which quickly diverted everyone's attention.

Just when Lin Jue was recuperating in the Lin Mansion and licking the wounds in his heart, on the third day of the second month of February, the second new law, the "Conscription Law", which had been delayed for two days because of the bag drop incident, finally passed the Holy Judgment, and all the regulations were promulgated during the court meeting that day.

The promulgation of the regulations of the "Conscription Law" was like a thunderclap exploding in the sky over the Great Zhou, which woke up countless dormant insects, birds, and beasts for a while, and made the whole earth commotion.

It is the eighteen articles of the Fourth General Provisions of the Conscription Law that have caused such a commotion, and it is precisely the articles on the scope and method of receiving the conscription money. The boldness and radicality of the entries about this enlistment money is something that many people did not expect. After a brief period of consternation, the discussion and praise of the "Conscription Law" in various parts of the Great Zhou Dynasty were boiling, filling every town and village, filling every street and alley, and every wine shop and dinner.

Of course, the commotion was not all opposition, and many people rushed to tell each other in celebration, believing that this was a signal from the imperial court to rectify the official gentry and wealthy families. Those people are so rich that they are like leeches attached to the people to suck blood, and they live a life of drunkenness and dreams. But they didn't have to do any labor, and they lived freely. The imperial court's "Conscription Law" is finally going to make them bleed, which is a very happy thing.

The practice of dividing the ranks according to the acres of land and imposing heavy taxes can also force these people to spit out the land they have taken from the common people, and the court will return the land to the people to live in, which is a disguised killing of the rich and helping the poor. And this is done by the imperial court, which is simply unique and exciting. God has finally opened his eyes, and the saints of today have finally become holy.

Without exception, these fortunate people are all middle- and low-class people. It is the vast number of people who have been exploited, because of this labor assistance money, they are so happy that they even forget that the new law actually requires them to pay. The exemption money was actually another tax added to them, but they ignored it. It can be seen that the Great Zhou Dynasty has reached such a point that the gap between the rich and the poor and the contradictions between classes are on the verge of exploding.

Of course, for the official gentry and wealthy family and the scholar class, this "Employment Law", which had long been circulated in private, was finally exposed to the world, and it was roughly consistent with the content that was secretly circulated. This immediately aroused their anger. The more the big landlords and the wealthy families are, the more they are affected by this assistant money. Even though the new version of the law has been reduced from half of the overall standard to 30%, it has caused a huge wave of discontent.

In the past few days, in the early dynasty, the court officials launched a merciless fierce attack on Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru. They denounced Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru for breaking the rules of the court and undermining the justice of the world. They said that all their possessions and fields were bought and sold. It is a big joke that they have saved money to buy acres of land to ensure the livelihood of future generations, but now it has become a sin.

There are also people who have picked up the so-called view that those who work hard govern people, and those who work hard govern people. The officials represented by Kong Shangde, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, denounced Fang Dunru and Yan Zhengsu in the imperial court, which undermined the way of ethics. They say that since ancient times, there has been a distinction between high and low. It took more than ten years for a scholar to get an official position. can stand on the court and do his best to govern the country. The people who did not study did not have the talent to learn how to govern the country, and the way they could do their best for the country was to grow land, food, and serve in labor, etc. Such a country will be able to perform its own duties and do its own thing. Now Fang Dunru and Yan Zhengsu want the officials to also pay for the conscription, which means that the officials also have to serve the labor. If so, why do you still study?

Some people even vividly compare the division of labor between officials and ordinary people, just like the division of labor between men and women. If officials are also required to serve in labor, does that mean that men should also have children, and then what should women do?

All in all, all kinds of condemnations came like a storm, in addition to the face-to-face attacks of the early dynasty, but also the memoranda written by officials from all over the country after the next dynasty. Every day, there are two large baskets of this kind of music that are sorted from the political hall and sent to Guo Chong. Snowflakes flew from all over the Great Zhou to the capital. All of these twists and turns are bitter criticisms of Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru's new laws and measures, and they do not hesitate to find faults and misinterpret their intentions to carry out attacks.

Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru did not panic, above the court, the two of them calmly faced each other, verbally fighting the ministers, refuting their views one by one. Yan Zhengsu is good at taking the national conditions and people's feelings in the Great Zhou Dynasty as an example to preach the various benefits of the "Conscription Law" and the necessity of measures. Fang Dunru was good at quoting scriptures and using the teachings of sages to refute the selfish actions of these officials.

In the raging waves, Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru stood in the tide like two rocks. When the tide came, it seemed to overwhelm them, but when the tide receded, the two of them still stood there, standing tall.

Their calm attitude also infected Guo Chong. Guo Chong didn't expect to encounter such a big wave of opposition, and a sea of mountains rolled in. Some people even ran to complain to the Queen Mother, saying that the emperor appointed a villain to change the law, which was to mess up the world of the Great Zhou. Guo Chong was under great mental pressure, and even a little scared. But every day in the court, he witnessed Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru's shocked attitude in the face of all kinds of criticism, which shocked Guo Chong a lot. He knew in his heart that his heart to change the law was actually not as firm as the two adults, and he felt ashamed of his way of retreating when he encountered difficulties. He knew in his heart that Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru's new law was precisely to solve the financial crisis in a very short period of time, and this was what he asked them to do, and he had the heart to retreat, which was shameful.

Influenced by the two, Guo Chong's performance is also remarkable. He showed no signs of relenting the whole time. Even when the Queen Mother asked about this, the Empress Dowager Wei proposed not to toss, be the emperor well, and don't make the world shake, Guo Chong also resolutely told the Empress Dowager Wei that what she did was a good thing, and hoped that the Queen Mother would not listen to those rumors outside.

For those snowflakes, Guo Chong listened to the opinions of Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru, and only reviewed the three words 'I have read' and sent them back. He didn't comment at all, not even a word.

In this situation, the wave of official opposition that has lasted for about 10 days seems to be slowly receding. When most people realized that the emperor was determined to do so, they had no intention of backing down. When Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru were also ready to fight to the death, they wanted to retreat a little. Because they also understand that if the real emperor supports Yan Fang and the two of them and this "Employment Law", they actually have no good way.

Moreover, in fact, Guo Chong has clearly informed everyone in the court that the proportion of the assistant money has been greatly reduced, which is to take into account the feelings of the officials and gentry. Originally, when the Great Zhou was in urgent need of money and food, all loyal ministers should share their worries for the country and ignore their personal interests. If you don't want to pay such a little money, who else can you rely on?

Guo Chong's words are actually very weighty. A lot of people have already heard the off-string sounds. The emperor wanted to raise the payment of this assistant money to the level of 'loyalty or disloyalty', and this big hat was buttoned down, almost extinguishing more than half of the opposition. No one can afford this.

In this case, the opposition seems to have gradually calmed down. However, Prime Minister Lu Zhongtian's silence and privy envoy Yang Jun's attitude of not caring about himself and not mixing with his affairs are intriguing. It always gives people the feeling that an iron fist is brewing. Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru speculated in private for a long time, and felt that Lu Zhongtian should not be silent, the more he did not speak out, the more articles he had.

As it turned out, their guess was correct. On the morning of 16 February, eight officials headed by Wu Chunlai, head of the Household Department of the Political Affairs Hall, joined forces with 27 people, including the three famous officials of the Yushitai and the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy, to impeach Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru. The title of the recital is simple and clear: "Impeachment of Yan Fang's Two Rape and Ten Crimes"