(2-in-1)

Wu Chunlai frowned, he didn't expect Lin Jue to think like this, isn't that self-defeating?

"Don't worry too much, what I'm talking about is only in extreme circumstances, and under normal circumstances, the wife is still peaceful, otherwise who in the world will be an official? But as I told you before in Hangzhou, the most important thing to become an official is to have a backer and someone to support you. Someone will speak for you and stand up for you at critical times. It's important where you stand under your feet. I don't need to say too much, when I was in Hangzhou, I already talked to you very thoroughly, you should understand what I mean. I don't dare to guarantee anything else, what I can guarantee is that as long as you listen to me, I guarantee that you will soar above this court, and no one will dare to point fingers at you. Otherwise, you'll have a hard time. ”

Lin Jue sighed and said, "I understand, is Lord Wu here to tell me these things today?" The Spring Exam hasn't started yet, and I may not be able to pass the Jinshi exam, but in fact, Master Wu doesn't have to come to me so early to tell me this. At least when I get into the Jinshi, and then have the opportunity to stay in the capital, it's not too late to say these things. ”

Wu Chunlai said with a smile: "I'm not here to tell you this, what should be said is made clear in Hangzhou, I don't like to be verbose." I'm actually here today for something else. ”

Lin Jue said: "Oh? When did Kure-sama come? ”

Wu Chunlai turned his head and stared at Lin Jue fiercely: "You still dare to ask?" Don't you know what you've done yourself? ”

Lin Jue frowned and said, "Please also make it clear." ”

Wu Chunlai said: "Don't come with me for this, let me ask you, on the third day of March, on the square of Daxiangguo Temple, what did you do?" ”

Lin Jue suddenly realized, smacked his lips and said, "It turned out to be that incident." ”

Wu Chunlai said angrily: "You are so bold. Even Lu Xiang's beloved son dares to fight, you are the capital is your Hangzhou City? You can go wild as you like? Let me tell you, Lu Xiang is very angry, if I hadn't tried my best to defend you in front of him, you think you would be able to live a peaceful life now. Can you still wander the streets like nobody? ”

Lin Jue frowned and said, "Lord Wu is afraid that he doesn't know the cause and effect......

"I don't care about the cause or effect. I only tell you, Lu Xiang, you can't afford to offend, I rely on Lu Xiang's support today, and you will also want Lu Xiang's support in the future. If you can't figure it out, you're a waste. If you want to soar after entering the office, you will eventually rely on Lu Xiang's backer, understand? I know what you think in your heart, do you think that Yan Zhengsu is now the deputy prime minister, Mr. is the middle of the imperial history, and there is a prince of Liang to support you, so you feel amazing. I can tell you, these are all illusions, and there is only one real backer, and that is Lu Xiang here. I have come here today to reiterate to you that you should not destroy yourself. Don't do things you can't regret. ”

Lin Jue was silent with a frown, and Wu Chunlai seemed to feel that his words were heavier, so he softened his tone and said: "I know that this matter was actually provoked by the prince of Yanei first, and you acted to protect the little county lord of the Liang Palace." I know that your relationship with that little county lord is not ordinary, and it is understandable that you should be a flower messenger. But how can you beat the son of Yanai, and you still have such a heavy hand. But I've settled this matter for you, go back and find a chance, I'll take you to see Lu Xiang, you apologize to Lu Xiang and the son of Yanai, and the matter will be over. Got it? ”

Lin Jue sneered in his heart, but his mouth was full of promises.

Wu Chunlai was very satisfied with Lin Jue's attitude, paused, and said in a deep voice: "There is one more thing I have to remind you, do you really have any thoughts about the county lord of the Liang Palace?" I can tell you, you must not have such thoughts, and you should not ask me why, I am here for your good. If you don't believe, you will be implicated in the future, and no one will be able to save you. You don't want to step on a few boats, and you want to be the fast son-in-law of the east bed of the Liang Palace, and you want to ride the wind and waves on Lu Xiang's big boat, this is impossible. Little brother, you should marry a lady who can benefit you in the future, not a lady who will drag you down. I can say that. My wife was matched by Lu Xiang and was born in the Qin family, a wealthy family in Beijing. My father-in-law is the former vice minister, and he and Lu Xiang are a good pair. I learned a lot from this marriage. You see, that's really a good marriage, you know? ”

Lin Jue really wanted to ask, why did Wu Chunlai say that the little county lord would become a burden to him in the future? Could it be that he also knows that Liang Wangfu is about to fall, could it be that he is also a person who has experienced rebirth and can know what will happen in the future? However, Lin Jue quickly dispelled this ridiculous idea.

Wu Chunlai said this not because he can predict the future, but based on his position. Perhaps the implicit implication in his words was that Lu Zhongtian and others were about to launch an attack on the Liang Palace, which would lead to the fall of the Liang Palace. If your guess is correct, you may have insight into some secret secrets. It's just that I don't know when, where, and in what form they will launch an attack on the Liang Palace, maybe I should secretly remind the prince and his son.

"Lord Wu thinks too much, how dare I have any lofty thoughts about the little county lord. It's just that I had some contacts in Hangzhou, and I met again after coming to the city. At the invitation of the little princess, he went to live in her house for two days. That day, I also accompanied her to the temple fair, and there was no other secret at all. How could the lord of the royal palace take a fancy to someone like me? Lin Jue smiled.

Wu Chunlai nodded and said, "That's good, I don't think you will have such unrealistic ideas." I know you moved out of there a few days ago, and now you're living with a bunch of women from Hangzhou, right? Is that woman Xie Yingying from Hangzhou Wangyue Tower? You once helped her win the Oiran crown, didn't you? Hehe, you see, I know all about you. Talented and beautiful people are also enviable, and I have no problem with that. ”

Lin Jue was extremely angry in his heart, sure enough, Wu Chunlai had already mastered his own details, but he didn't know how many secrets he still knew.

Wu Chunlai spoke endlessly: "Little junior brother, you don't have to be arrogant, in fact, what kind of princess and county lord, even if it is a princess with golden branches and jade leaves?" Without that identity, they are not even as cute as the women of the Qinglou. I think I, Wu Chun, came from a poor family and came from a low background. But didn't I climb to my current position step by step on my own? When I was a poor boy, people were disdainful of me, and those rich ladies didn't blink at me. But let me tell you, now I have a group of wives and concubines in my inner room, two of whom are the daughters of wealthy families, and three of whom are the daughters of important ministers of the court. So what? At the beginning, they probably never imagined that they would become the concubines and slaves of a poor boy like me, but they don't all revolve around me now? If I'm not happy, they won't even dare to make a sound. ”

Wu Chunlai seemed to be getting more and more excited the more he talked, he couldn't hold his mouth anymore, and continued with his fingers and feet: "So, people must not be arrogant, they must fight hard, and climb up desperately." Life is like this, heroes don't ask about their origins, heroes don't care about means. When you climb to the top, those who laugh at you on the road and look down on you will look up to you and forget all the bad things you have done. People only look at the results of status, and success and defeat have always been like this. In order to succeed, you don't have to confine yourself to those shackles. The purpose of reading is not to really follow the principles in the book, the purpose of reading is only to serve as a springboard to step into another realm. That's just a means. Got it? ”

Lin Jue was completely speechless at this Wu Chunlai. People like Wu Chunlai are terrifying, and in this year, Wu Chunlai is definitely a wonder. In these years, no matter how much male thieves and female prostitutes you have in your belly, you must be sanctimonious in your behavior and words. This was an era when Confucianism was prevalent, and everyone's code of conduct was bound by morality and ethics. Even the emperor himself, the supreme ruler of the day, did not dare to act recklessly. But Wu Chunlai can say this kind of thing calmly, which shows that this person has entered an evil path. In other words, this is a pragmatic egoistic path that Wu Chunlai has thought and summed up by himself, which is contrary to contemporary ethics.

Judging from the trajectory of his behavior, this person has indeed done something deviant. For example, betraying the teacher was an unforgivable crime in these years, but he did it. As he said, in order to succeed, he can do whatever it takes to ignore the rules. And the most bizarre thing is that such a person is like a fish in water in today's court. Perhaps, in fact, throughout the Great Zhou, the so-called teachings of the sages, the teachings of the sages, the constraints of ethics and morality, and the framework of the general etiquette are just a kind of castle in the air. In fact, no one in the kernel cares much about this anymore. Otherwise, how can you tolerate people like Wu Chunlai?

This may be a precursor to a social collapse. When a person who has broken through the moral code can nourish his life in mainstream society, it may just mean that most of the other people are the same kind of people as him.

After Wu Chun said this, he actually regretted it a little. He had never confessed these words to anyone. If you say these words to others, I am afraid that it will cause a big explosion immediately, and you will be spurned to death by others. Therefore, these thoughts have been rolling in my heart for many years, and this is the first time that I suddenly have the desire to say it, and I said it in front of Lin Jue. Maybe he was too eager to instill his thoughts into Lin Jue, or maybe he felt that this Lin Jue was the one who could understand his words, even if he was not very familiar with him. Or perhaps, Wu Chunlai really regarded Lin Jue as when he was young, so he said these words so frankly.

Seeing Lin Jue's surprised appearance, Wu Chunlai regretted it slightly. But this regret soon disappeared without a trace. This is a good thing, let Lin Jue know what kind of person he is, he may better understand his code of conduct, and also better understand the price of rejecting himself. It's good for the big things. In the face of the imminent storm in the DPRK and China, Wu Chunlai must be prepared for his own faction. Lin Jue's chess piece must be pulled to his side and placed in the most important part. Whether it is intimidation or other means, in short, he cannot be allowed to escape, this is the most important thing.

"Little junior brother, I have a lot of confidence in you, I haven't said these words to anyone. That's the experience of how I've come to where I am today. I'm sure no one can say these things to you. You may find these words a bit harsh, but it doesn't matter, just remember that if you do what I say, your future achievements are not below me. ”

Lin Jue sighed in his heart. This Wu Chunlai must have thought in his heart that he was envious of him, but in fact, not only did he not envy him at all, but felt that he was a little pitiful. How much inner torment does a person have to endure before he can give up those moral shackles for his personal ends? Lin Jue asked himself that he would never be able to do it. His set is not available to Lin Jue, and Lin Jue has his own set of values.

Wu Chun said that reading is only a means, not an end, and Lin Jue's cognition is the opposite of his. In Lin Jue's view, reading is the goal, and the imperial examinations and so on brought by reading are all incidental products. When you read a book, that's what you really have. These are two diametrically opposed values.

Wu Chun said that if the king becomes the king and loses, the successful will be looked up to, and the dirty methods on the road to success will not be criticized. Lin Jue really wanted to remind him that the successful person is looked up to in his heart or under the power? Is it a gritted tooth on the surface looking up behind the scenes, or is it really an oral convincing? Wu Chunlai also forgot that there is such a thing as history books in the world, just trying to be glorious for a while and leave a reputation for eternity, is that a success or a failure?

Of course, Lin Jue is not the kind of sanctimonious Confucian, as a person who came from later generations, he is also very disdainful of many things about morality and etiquette. In this era, Lin Jue just regarded it as a rule that must be followed. But even so, it doesn't mean that people can have no bottom line, they can be shameless, they can be rebellious, and they can use power to measure success.

Wu Chunlai wants to use this kind of language to wash his brain, which is too shallow.

After that, Wu Chunlai asked a few more words about the conversation between Lin Jue and Fang Dunru, the purpose was naturally to know something. But how could Lin Jue tell him that it was only perfunctory. Wu Chunlai also felt that the things he talked about at today's meeting seemed to put too much pressure on Lin Jue, he was a person who knew how to advance and retreat, and once he found out that Lin Jue was disgusted, he immediately stopped. After a few small talks, he drove away.

Lin Jue stood at the corner of the street and watched the carriage disappear into the shade of the trees, falling into a deep groan. It seems that the life in this capital must be difficult, Wu Chunlai will be entangled like a ghost, and once he turns his face after that, I am afraid that there will be no days of peace. But no matter what, I won't give up. The goal of joining the company will not change, the goal of changing the fate of the family cannot change, and the goal of changing the miserable life of one's previous life cannot change. No matter how coerced and persecuted these people, no matter what they encountered, they could not give in.

There was a muffled rumbling sound from the theater across the street.

"It's a success, the shaft is running successfully." The cheers of the people reached Lin Jue's ears, and Lin Jue was awakened from his contemplation, shook his head, and strode towards the theater.

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In the evening, Lin Jue, who had returned from the theater construction site, sat in the shade of the back house of the jujube garden and read a book. Although there were many things on the construction site, Lin Jue still took time out to study and prepare for the exam a few days ago. For Lin Jue, it is not that he wants to review all the things he has learned, but Lin Jue has a hunch that this Spring Festival exam will be very different from the past. We can smell some signs from the policy topics of last year's autumn college entrance examination, which have never tested the content of change in the previous college entrance examination, but the policy topic of last year's big examination has broken through the convention.

In addition, Yan Zhengsu and his mentor Fang Dunru entered Beijing together, and there were obviously some strange signs. Therefore, combining the two aspects, Lin Jue believes that this spring exam may be different. Therefore, Lin Jue's evil is to make up for the articles and opinions on change throughout the ages, and try to integrate them as much as possible. In the books of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there are only changes by Guan Zhong, Li Kui, Shang Ying, and others in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. But Lin Jue knew much more than that.

In the parallel world, Wang Anshi's reform of the Great Song Dynasty, to the Wanli New Deal of the Ming Dynasty and the Wuxu Reform of the Qing Dynasty, these are all things that Lin Jue remembers, although they are not in the books of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The changes in the last three dynasties were all sensational political events, but fortunately, Lin Jue had them in the history books on the earth, and they were all in junior high school and high school. As the content of the regular exams, Lin Jue also had to familiarize himself with those boring articles and summarized the gains and losses of his views when he was a student. Now I can recall seventy or eighty percent. Lin Jue was recalling the content and provisions of these changes, recording them, sorting them out and thinking about them. When I first learned it, it was just rote memorization, but now I have a different kind of thinking.

Just when Lin Jue was racking his brains, a maidservant girl outside the courtyard hurriedly came in to report to Lin Jue.

"Lin Gongzi, there is a woman outside, who is here to find Lin Gongzi, and says that she is your master."

Lin Jue was stunned for a moment, then got up and said in surprise: "My wife is here." Invite her in. ”

With that, he walked quickly towards the round door. Green Wu, who was watering the flowers under the porch, trotted over when she heard the news, and said happily: "Mrs. Fang is here, I will go with my son to pick it up." ”

Before the two of them followed the maid out of the back house to the front yard, they saw that in front of the front yard, Mrs. Fang, who was wearing a blue skirt and carrying a bamboo basket, was standing at the door and looking around the yard.

"Oh, what kind of wind blew my wife here? Lin Jue gave his wife a salute. Lin Jue smiled and walked briskly and bowed.

When Mrs. Fang heard the voice, she saw Lin Jue's face full of smiles, and after saluting Lin Jue's green dance respectively, Mrs. Fang looked around at the big courtyard and said, "Oh, your house is good, it's much better than my house." There's a second entry in the back, which is really good. The scenery is also good, and the two big jujube trees at the door are also easy to find. ”

Lin Jue said with a smile: "My wife likes it, I can move in with my husband, isn't my house the house of my wife and my husband?" ”

Mrs. Fang smiled and pointed at Lin Jue with her finger and said, "You are this sweet mouth, otherwise why does Senior Mother love you the most?" Although we will not move here, my wife will be happy when she hears this. ”

Lin Jue smiled and said, "Master, please, how come you have time to come here today?" ”

Mrs. Fang said angrily: "If you don't go to see us, Mrs. Fang will only come to see you." It's been a few days, you haven't been there since the last time, your teacher is nagging at home every day, no, I'll see if something happened to you. ”

Lin Jue felt ashamed when he heard this, and blamed himself: "It's my fault, I really haven't visited my wife and Mr. for four or five days." Damn it. So I'll go to my husband. No, it's easy for my wife to come once, so I should have dinner here. ”

Mrs. Fang smiled: "I don't eat here, I eat here, your teacher will be hungry at home." Today's Yan Governor's Mansion ...... No, it's time to call him Vice Minister Yan, he's also coming to the house, and I'm going to talk to your teacher about things again. The two of them came together, and it was an endless tug-and-goat. No, I went to the Tan family store in the south to buy wine and salted peanuts. Lord Yan likes to drink the family's wine and salted peanuts the most. Thinking that you live near here, I'll stop by to take a look. ”

Mrs. Fang lifted the white cloth from the bamboo basket in her hand, revealing two small jars of wine and a few paper packets. Stretched out his hand to pick up a pack and handed it to Lin Juedao: "Give you a pack to taste, it's delicious." ”

As soon as Lin Jue heard that Yan Zhengsu was at the Fang family, he decided that he must go tonight. Speaking of which, it's been six or seven days in the capital, and I haven't visited Yan Zhengsu yet. The main reason is that Yan Zhengsu is now the deputy minister of the imperial court, and Lin Jue doesn't know whether to visit or not. But since he arrived at Fang's house, he should go and meet him.

"Master, if you don't eat, you don't eat, not only do you not eat, but I also have to bring some snacks and food to pay respect. By the way, Green Dance, didn't you and Xiaohu find out the snack shop near the left? Come with me, and buy some appetizers and good wine for Mr. and Master Yan to bring by the way. Lin Jue said with a smile.

Green Dance smiled: "This can be wrapped around me, Xiaohu and I have figured it out in the past few days." Nuo, Aunt Li on the opposite street roasted pork ear meat, and Cheng Ji duck neck at the entrance of the alley to the north. I don't know. However, there is a liquor store at the north exit, and it smells very good. ”

Lin Juexi said: "Then what are you waiting for, bring some silver to buy." What about Little Tiger? Tell him to prepare the car. By the way, tell the maid, and go back to report that the warbler girl knows, and say that I went to the teacher's house. ”

Green Dance promised to go to Zhang Luo, and Lin Jue took Mrs. Fang's arm and said, "Master, let's go here." ”

Mrs. Fang shouted, "You kid, I still plan to go and see the back house where you live, why didn't you let me in?" By the way, who is the warbler girl you just said? Do you live here too? ”

Lin Jue pulled Mrs. Fang out, and said with a smile: "What's there to see in the house, just pick up Mrs. Fang to stay for a few days another day." It's not good to keep Mr. and Lord Yan waiting for a long time. I'll tell you about the rest later. ”

Mrs. Fang was helpless, so she had to laugh and scold and let Lin Jue walk out with her arm. Soon after, a few people got into the carriage driven by Xiaohu, bought some wine and food from several shops along the way, and went straight to Yulin Lane.