The starry sky is brilliant, and the moon is like a hook;

Beauty near the window, add new sorrow.

Eight years of deep boudoir shadow list,

The red luan star is looking forward to becoming a pair.

Mo Dao's widow is cold-hearted,

Melting ice boiled tea is fragrant.

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When the troubled times came, when most people in the world were struggling to survive, the Zhen family had enough money and food to feed hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people.

When everyone in the world is trying to avoid the pain of their wives being separated, Zhen doesn't even have the opportunity to experience the inseparability of husband and wife. Because her man has died a long time ago, and she has to guard the huge family business, she is destined to be lonely all her life and be widowed all her life.

If this is not a great irony, is there a greater irony in the world than lying on a mountain of gold and enjoying solitude?

I haven't seen Li Li for half a month, Zhen suffers from gains and losses, not only worried that someone in the family will find out what is in her mind, but also worried that she will be scolded by others, and what worries her the most is that Li Li will never return. Also, she can't figure out Li Li's mind and character, I don't know if he is tempted by herself, whether he will dislike that he has married someone and given birth to children, and is eight years older than him.

These chaotic things, Zhen has no bottom in her heart, and what makes her the most bottomless is Li Li. This seemingly young man is too calm, his joy and anger are invisible, and his good or bad words are not leaked. Even in the face of charming and touching women, he is still quiet; Seeing the woman's obvious hints, he was noncommittal and calm.

Such a calm young man, the city is too deep, so deep that the conceited Zhen family, who has read countless people, can't figure it out, and there is a feeling that he has no idea where to start.

However, when Li Li talked about other things, it was full of emotion. The expression is sincere, which makes people involuntarily believe in him and put themselves in his shoes.

Just like Li Li spoke for Guo Jia, Li Xuan and the other four just now, he said it in detail, very seriously, very sincerely, and almost without embellishment, so that Zhen couldn't bear to refuse at all. As if once she refused, her four daughters would not be able to find a good man.

It is precisely Li Li's calm and treacherous temperament that deeply attracts Zhen. made her deeply trapped and unable to extricate herself, willing to sink into it forever, unwilling to come to her senses.

This may be the alternative difference between men and women. Men like women, as long as they are beautiful and have a good figure. That's pretty much the same thing. But some women look at men, as long as the men are not ugly. There is a special temperament on her body that deeply attracts her. It was enough to make her obsessed with it, even at all costs.

In addition to being distressed, Zhen even hopes that Li Li is the kind of man who covets her beauty, because she has absolute confidence in her appearance. Just look at her biological daughter Zhen Mi, Zhen Mi is her biological daughter, and she looks almost exactly like her. The only difference is that the two are mother and daughter, and the age difference is huge.

But the twenty-nine-year-old Zhen is the golden age of a woman's life, with mature beauty and plump body. The charming style revealed in a smile is absolutely incomparable to a girl. In addition, mature women know what men need, what they like, and how to serve men well.

The most terrible thing is that Zhen has long known about men and women, and has a daughter, and has already experienced the taste of bone-eating ecstasy of male and female love. Such a beautiful and plump woman let her stay alive and widowed, which is undoubtedly a great physical torture and a psychological double test.

This kind of inhuman torture can easily make a normal woman, especially a woman with a beautiful appearance, completely collapse. No matter how good the appearance and figure are, no one appreciates them, and they can't get comfort; In the long run, if she can not collapse, it proves that she is dead, either physically or mentally.

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Just as Zhen lowered his head in contemplation, Li Li got up and walked to the window, looked up at the starry sky, and gradually turned his gaze to the night sky in the northwest.

At this moment, he missed his wife and children in Liangzhou, hoping to find familiar stars in the starry sky, and pinned his thoughts on his relatives.

Traveling to the Central Plains, this is something he decided to do more than a year ago, but he has never been able to make the trip, and has been delayed until now. The reason is not that the situation in Xiliang is inseparable from him, nor is it that everything is entangled in him, but that he is reluctant to leave his gentle and considerate wife and concubine, and even more reluctant to give up a few children who have just turned one year old and are babbling.

More than three years after the rebirth of the late Han Dynasty, Li Li has long been accustomed to the battlefield of swords and arrows, and he is also used to seeing life and death parting, but he has never been able to be truly ruthless, and has always left the softest place in his heart to his wife and children. Because of this, he has always adopted the technique of lenient supervision of the generals and scribes under his command, and has been even more protective of the soldiers of the whole army and the common people. Unless he was forced to do so, he would not easily execute any generals and soldiers, let alone kill civilians.

In this regard, Li Li himself did not know whether it was right or wrong, but deep down he hated killing and was extremely disgusted with the act of killing.

In fact, Li Li knew that this was the work of his soul from later generations, who lived in an era of peace, advocating human rights, opposing oppression, loving peace, and hating killing. So he was reborn in this chaotic late Han Dynasty, he was small, he killed people in order to survive, and when he was in a high position, the soul of the future generations buried in his heart was highlighted again, making him lenient and benevolent, and imperceptibly diluting the heart of killing.

Therefore, when he was in Jizhou at this moment, Li Li couldn't help but miss his wife and children from afar, and became a little sad and sad. At this moment, he forgot that just dozens of miles away from Wuji City, tens of thousands of Yuan Shao's army were confronting the Black Mountain Yellow Turban Thieves, maybe tomorrow the war would extend to Wuji County, and it would affect him.

"What are you thinking? Wife, children, or military and political affairs? I don't know when, Zhen gently walked up to Li Li, put on the robe he took off when he entered the house, and asked softly.

Li Li turned his head to look at the gentle and touching Zhen, smiled knowingly, and said, "Both." Zhen's mansion is very good, brightly lit at night, quiet and peaceful, making people almost forget the disturbances outside, and it is easy to be sentimental.

Before I came to Jizhou, I thought that the counties of the Central Plains were no different from the cities of Xiliang. It wasn't until I saw everything here with my own eyes that I knew that the counties and counties here have a large population and a prosperous market, and a Wuji county town can be worth a county seat in Yongzhou. It's even more prosperous. ”

Zhen smiled slightly, and the corners of his mouth on both sides showed beautiful dimples, which seemed to be very sweet, enough to melt a person with a heart of stone.

It was the first time that Li Li noticed that Zhen's smile was so sweet, and there were two pleasant dimples at the corners of his mouth, which he hadn't noticed before.

Seeing Li Li looking at her directly, a few blush quickly rose on Zhen's cheeks, but she didn't dodge, let alone show a shy girlish posture, but looked at Li Li affectionately.

Until Li Li turned his head to avoid it. She said softly: "The population of the counties and counties in the Central Plains is indeed more than that of the counties under the jurisdiction of Yongliang Prefecture, and the markets are also much more prosperous, but these are all flashy and difficult to survive for a long time. Once the Montenegrin thieves and Yuan Shaojun completely start a decisive battle in the future, Zhongshan, Changshan, Wei County, Chenliu, Henan, Hedong and other counties will be in flames. The bustling city market will be destroyed overnight, and the people will flee in all directions. Displaced people everywhere. Desolate.

In contrast, the prefectures and counties of Xiliang are the places of long-term war against the barbarians and the countries of the Western Regions, and the people are fierce, and the Xiliang army is even more brave and good at fighting, and the soldiers are strong. Even if there is a war, as long as the counties do not fall. It won't be too much of an impact. After all, the people of Xiliang have long been accustomed to the smoke of war, and they will not panic and flee in all directions like the people of the Central Plains.

Therefore. Nowadays, the counties and counties of Xiliang are under great governance, public security is stable, and although the people live a hard life, they have hope, as long as they work hard, they can reap something. In recent years, many people in Jizhou and Bingzhou who were destroyed by the war fled to Chang'an to settle down with their families, and the people of Sili moved to Chang'an Sanfu and Yongliang to find another way to make a living.

Presumably, in the past two years, the population under Wenchang has increased a lot, right? ”

Li Li nodded and said, "Well, that's true. For more than a year, the population of Xiliang counties has increased by hundreds of thousands, and this year it is even more. Outside Hangu Pass, the people who enter Xiliang are almost endless, and it is believed that in the near future, the entire territory of Xiliang will increase the population by one million on the basis of the original population. ”

Zhen looked at Li Li with burning eyes, and then said, "Yes! Since the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the people of all counties in the Central Plains and Xiliang have fled to Jingzhou and Xichuan Yizhou. However, since a year ago, the displaced people have stopped going to Jingzhou and Yizhou, and have chosen to take refuge in the counties of Xiliang, which are closer to each other. In this way, the population of Xiliang under your rule will naturally increase, and the counties will also prosper rapidly. I believe that if the rest and recuperation decree in various parts of Xiliang is extended for another two years, by that time, the population under your rule will far exceed that of all the princes in the world, and your strength will become stronger and stronger!

It's just that I've always been confused, as early as two years ago, most of the counties of Sili were attached to the imperial court, and they were also under your rule. Why didn't the recuperation decree implemented in Sanfu and Yongliang Prefecture be implemented in Sili? ”

Li Li smiled frankly and said: "Sili is the location of the imperial capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty for nearly two hundred years, and most of the territory is famous and famous, with big roots and deep roots, but my Xiliang Erzhou has been war-torn and poor. Compared with the two, the former is a concentration of famous and nobles, and the latter is a basket of mud legs, and the two are not the same. Therefore, the policy of recuperation and recuperation is applicable to the two states of Xiliang, but it is not suitable for implementation in Sili, at least for the time being. ”

Zhen's Bingxue is smart, and he knows the meaning of elegance when he hears the string song. She understood the meaning of Li Li's words, and immediately smiled, and asked softly: "Is it true that Wenchang doesn't plan to rely on the Haoqiang clan to level the world, and insists on being the enemy of the clan in the world?" ”

"Hehehe!" Li Lilang laughed loudly: "Madame's words are a bit big, how can I be the enemy of the world's corporal clan!"

However, if the Shi clan is the enemy of the Li people, then it is the enemy of my Li Li. In other words, I did not destroy the hearts of all the clans in the world, but they must strictly implement the decree I have issued, return the land that has been usurped by the people, reduce the number of domestic slaves and maids, and determine the salaries of the servants and maids, abolish the deeds of sale, prohibit the abuse of lynching to punish servants, and all fields and servants must be registered with the government for year-end verification. If I can do this, I welcome any Haoqiang clan to enter all parts of Xiliang, otherwise I will not be blamed for turning my face and being ruthless.

Life and death are often only a thought, and if they resist the decrees I have made and resist to the end, then there is only one way to perish.

I firmly believe that things are done by man, and people will win the day. If it wants to dominate the industry for thousands of years, it must represent the interests of the Li people, not the interests of the scholars. For any king in ancient and modern times, the will of the people is the foundation of his life and the foundation of his hegemony; Otherwise, even if it can be strong for a while, it will not be able to last long after all, and it will only be a flash in the pan in the end.

Today, the total population of the scholars is less than one percent of the total population of the Han Dynasty, but they occupy more than half of the wealth and land of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, if you don't eradicate the heroes of the Shi clan, the world will be restless!

In fact, I also know that the warrior clan will never be able to eradicate it. However, I was able to break the existing system of scholars, rebuild a new order, redistribute benefits, and strive for more living resources for the common people. For this reason, I will not compromise, and I will spend 40 years commanding the army to conquer the world and put down the troubled times! I just don't know if these warriors can hold out until forty years later? ”

When he said this, Li Li's whole body suddenly showed a tenacious and fearless domineering spirit, and his eyebrows were filled with a strong aura of self-sacrifice. And all of this was clearly presented in Zhen's eyes, which made her heart pound, and an indescribable emotion welled up in her heart, and a warm current suddenly appeared in her delicate body and traveled throughout her body, causing her heart to beat sharply and her breathing became rapid.

In an instant, Zhen, who has always been soft on the outside and strong on the inside, felt for the first time that she was a petite and weak woman, because the person in front of her was a man who stood up to the sky.

At this moment, Zhen's heart that had been hesitant to gain and lose finally made a decision, his life is not about how much wealth to earn, but about a strong arm that he can rely on. She knew very well that if a man wanted to achieve supreme hegemony, he must need one or even many virtuous and considerate virtuous helpers, and Zhen believed that he was capable of doing this.

Zhen and Li Li stood side by side in front of the window, looking down at the lights of Zhen's mansion and looking up at the starry sky.

The two seem to be like-minded confidants, talking about the current situation in the world, discussing the people's livelihood, imaginatively, saying whatever comes to mind, talking loudly and unrestrained. There seemed to be a clear understanding between them, and neither of them mentioned the business to be discussed tonight, and a tacit understanding between them was quietly formed, but neither of them broke through this veil, and they tacitly understood each other.

Time passed quietly, it was late at night, and the two people in the attic were still unaware.

Until the maid brought the pastries, Li Lifang knew that the night was deep and it was not appropriate for lonely men and widows to be in the same room, so he got up to say goodbye and left in a hurry with Li Zhi, who had been waiting downstairs for a long time.

When Li Li left, Zhen did not go out to see him off, but turned around and went upstairs. Then, she stood in front of the window and watched Li Li gradually move away, until her back disappeared completely, she still stood in front of the window, watching obsessively, and was reluctant to leave for a long time.

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