After returning from the palace, Lin Jue didn't even return to the house, so he rushed into the study. Guo Caiwei came to inquire when she heard the news, and Lin Jue told Guo Caiwei that she needed to think about some questions quietly in the study, so don't let people disturb him.

Guo Caiwei and Green Dance are very strange, Guo Caiwei guessed whether Lin Jue was angry in the palace, or fell out with his father and brother, after all, Guo Caiwei knew what his father and brother had in mind, and it was very likely that he would not go to this troubled water for the Lin family's affairs.

Therefore, Guo Caiwei specially sent someone to the palace to inquire about the reason, but the reply she got was that Lin Jue had a good conversation with his father and brother when he came, and the three of them talked in the front hall for a full hour, and Lin Jue still had a smile on his face when he left. During the period, there was no noise or unhappiness, just a few louder words. After that, the prince and the little prince were also in a good mood, not like they had a conflict.

Guo Caiwei and Lu Wu were even more confused, and after thinking about it, they thought that Lin Jue must be worried about Lin Bonian, so they wanted to stay alone for a while and wake up their minds. So he ordered no one to disturb Lin Jue, and patiently waited for Lin Jue to come out and then ask the real reason.

However, this wait waited from morning to evening, and Lin Jue was stuffed in the study all day and did not come out, which made Guo Caiwei and Lu Wu finally start to worry. Guo Caiwei and Lu Wu went to take a sneak look, only to see Lin Jue sitting on the big chair in the study without moving, as if an old monk was in a trance. If it weren't for his fingers tapping lightly on the table, the whole person would be like a clay sculpture Bodhisattva. On the table, the fruit snacks sent in didn't move, only a lot of tea was drunk.

Green Dance was so worried that she muttered in a low voice, "Childe stayed up all night last night. I haven't eaten for a day today. It's good to be so sad. It's time to go in and persuade. Something like that. Guo Caiwei also frowned, but she was more qualitative after all, she knew that Lin Jue must be thinking deeply about something, and she couldn't afford too much disturbance in her mind. Therefore, Guo Caiwei told Green Dance not to go in and disturb.

When it got dark, there was finally movement in the study. Lin Jue slowly opened the door of the study and walked under the porch, took a deep breath and stretched his waist.

"Childe, have you figured it out? I'm in a hurry. A small figure stood up on the stone steps next to the door and hurried up to greet him.

"Huh? Green Dance, why are you here? Lin Jue smiled in surprise.

"The little lady has been waiting for you here all afternoon, and she refuses to leave no matter how much she persuades me." The waiting maid whispered beside her.

Lin Jue was stunned, took Lu Wu's hand and said, "You sat here all afternoon?" Why is that? Is there nowhere else to go? What is there to see here, there is no view in the courtyard of this study. ”

Green Dance said angrily: "Where is the view?" People are worried about you. You sit inside all day without eating, drinking, or moving, do you know how worried people are? It's not just me, but the county lord's sister has been here many times. ”

Lin Jue laughed, reached out and hugged Lu Wu's body to his chest, hooked her nose and smiled: "It turned out that he was worried about me, but I would be wrong." Blame me, blame me, haha, I thought you liked to look at the bare ground in the study yard. ”

Lu Wu could tell that Lin Jue was making fun of himself, he didn't understand the reason why he was sitting here, he was just making fun of himself. Hammered Lin Jue twice at the moment, and said angrily: "Are you hungry? I haven't eaten for a day, and you don't eat the food that is brought in, is this trying to starve yourself? ”

Lin Jue stretched out his hand and pinched her face and said with a smile: "I can't starve to death, starving to death is not cheap for others like a beautiful flower." ”

Midori stomped her feet and said, "What are these words?" ”

Lin Jue hurriedly smiled: "That's it, I said the wrong thing." I'm really hungry right now, and I need to get something to eat. I want to eat sugar cakes now, the sugar cakes you made, a bowl of millet porridge, and a few pickled vegetables and melons, it will be more perfect. ”

Midori said happily: "I'll do it, as long as you want to eat." You go to take a bath, and then go to the pavilion in the back garden to cool off. I'll be ready for you in a moment. By the way, ask the county lord's sister if she eats? I'll do more. ”

Lin Jue smiled: "Do more, she also loves to eat." Listen to you, I'll go to the bath, this day, stay up late and rush, and my whole body is rancid. ”

Green Dance was in a good mood, and trotted away happily, Lin Jue looked at her back, and his smile froze. It's still the simplicity of Green Dance's life, and her mind is on herself. Sometimes I still think that Green Dance is too selfless, but in fact, I can see that Green Dance is very happy and happy. It may be a good thing to be able to think and live in such a simple way, at least for yourself, it is a luxury that you will never be able to get. Just like what is happening in front of you, you have to face a huge test, and you have to get through this difficulty, and you may benefit a lot.

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The west head of the Daqing Gate of the Great Inner Palace, the highest government affairs body of the Great Zhou Dynasty is located here. Successive courtyards and houses occupy an area of several miles in front of the right-hand gate. There are more than 30 large and small yamen belonging to the government affairs hall, nearly half of which are located here.

The public housing where the Great Zhou Zaizhi is located is in the middle position, and the public houses of the five major housing institutions and other departments in the political hall are like stars and moons. Indeed, the huge administrative power of the owners of the Zaizhi public housing, and the few important ministers in this compound can influence the policies of the Great Zhou Dynasty and decide the life and death of thousands of people.

But in fact, compared with the rest of the institutional courtyards, the scale of the courtyard where the Zaizhi public house is located is not large, and it is not luxurious. Entering from the vermilion lacquer gate of the government hall, walking forty or fifty steps through the avenue between the two high walls, you can see the gatehouse of the courtyard gate where the house of the ruler is located. The black gatehouse is also not very tall, and is paved with ordinary black mud tiles. If no one had told you that it was the office of the Prime Minister's government, you would have thought it was just an ordinary farmhouse compound.

Entering the courtyard gate to the courtyard, it is not a flowery rockery pavilion, but an ordinary courtyard. There are a few big trees, and there are indeed some flowers and plants growing in the corners, but they are not the kind of carefully cared for and constructed, but as chaotic as they grow on their own. The only thing that can be regarded as an artificial scenery is a few green bamboos on the west side of the porch. With this clump of green bamboo, the whole courtyard was immediately upgraded from an ordinary courtyard to a few notches, and it was a little more elegant.

When you enter the room, you will find that the three rooms of the front house are connected, and twenty or thirty tables are placed inside like a school. But some of the people sitting behind those tables are not students, they are all proud sons of heaven who have successfully entered the imperial examination. They are the officials in charge of various affairs in the public housing. Although most of them are only six or seven official positions, being able to sit in the public room of the core department of the political hall, have a table, and have a place is already what many people look forward to and look up to.

If you follow a ruler with a dossier in his arms, you will reach the courtyard of the second entrance. The scenery of the small courtyard is much better, there are flower beds, fish ponds, and some plum trees, peach trees, bamboo and so on. The public housing is also divided into several rooms, all of which are the public houses of some chief officials. These people basically got through the cracks. Don't look at them, the public housing looks shabby, but every time they go out, people look up. Even when the local magistrates saw them, they were afraid that they would have to give three points of courtesy.

Further back, there is the courtyard of Sanjin, which is also the public house where the chief official office in the government hall is located. The compound of Sanjin is divided into four small courtyards. The second entered the public house, and there was a rather spacious back hall in the courtyard where they arrived directly, which was actually the place where the governors often met and gathered the officials of various institutions in the government hall to gather for deliberations. The hanging door at the east head leads to another courtyard, with two separate public houses and small halls, and a tall osmanthus tree under the porch. This is the separate public house of Lu Zhongtian, the prime minister of the dynasty. The two courtyards leading to the west head of the door, near the middle is the public house of Vice Minister Qian Qianyi, and the westernmost one is the public house of the new governor Yan Zhengsu.

At three o'clock in the morning, Yan Zhengsu was sitting in front of the wide table in the public room and drinking tea. He has just returned from His Royal Highness Chongzheng, and he will enter the palace to face the saint in a while. It's basically something he's going to do every day during this time. Because during this time, he and Fang Dunru were secretly drafting some reform measures. These things are top secret, and some reforms of the system are out. Before the stage, it is absolutely impossible to leak information. And his own public house is actually not a safe place, because almost all the people in the entire political hall are Lu Zhongtian's eyes and ears, and he cannot draft and discuss the system here. Therefore, Emperor Guo Chong authorized them to do this in a secluded room in the Longtu Pavilion, so as to avoid interference from the outside world, and Guo Chong could also grasp the content of the terms at any time, and inquire and get explanations.

More than half a year has passed since I came to Beijing to take up my post. However, Yan Zhengsu believes that for this major event, even the preparation time of the previous year is not too much. Yan Zhengsu originally wanted to do more research, more discussion and thinking, and then set out to formulate the direction and provisions of the law change. In addition, it is hoped that it will be tested in advance and revised according to the implementation situation. However, circumstances did not allow him to do so. The deterioration of the Great Zhou Dynasty finances and the tight situation in the border towns made the emperor anxious and pinned his hopes on this change. The emperor hoped that the results would be immediate, and that the court's financial constraints would soon be improved and that it would be able to cope with various internal and external challenges. This also put tremendous pressure on Yan Zhengsu.

However, Yan Zhengsu does not care about these pressures. He was not afraid of dissatisfaction, on the contrary, Yan Zhengsu was more energetic than ever. Because he can finally do what he wants to do, and he can finally contribute to the revitalization of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Finally, I can overthrow and adjust the system that I have always been unaccustomed to and full of many drawbacks, and finally I can realize my own retribution and reflect my own value. In the same way, he also saw this from Fang Dunru. A man who is nearly 60 years old, working day and night, instead of the slightest fatigue and burnout, has always been full of energy and energy. Yan Zhengsu knew that as he thought, Fang Dunru had also found the direction of his life.

Specific to the matter of changing the law, Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru also made countless communications in private. They all knew that it was not as easy as they imagined. So the two of them did do a series of schemes. Including building momentum and standing up, including dealing with the opposition and resistance of some people. Both of them believe that at such times, sometimes it is harmless to plan some routines and use some scheming. As long as it is beneficial to change the law, they can use all means. This is already a high degree of consensus reached by Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru. In fact, both of them understand that the change of the law can only succeed, not fail. It has become a rich country and a strong people, and it has left a name in history, and if it fails, it will die without a place to be buried. Therefore, even for the sake of personal honor and disgrace, they have to do their best. Not to mention that this is about the fate of the Great Zhou and the national ancestry, and it needs to go all out and can't turn back.