Lord of the House

Chapter 136

Lin Fu came into the room and saw that Shen Rong, Yuan Jinqiu, and Zhao Shuhan were all in Zhang Yubo's house, and said with a smile, "Brother Yubo will probably not be stingy to give me a glass of water and wine!" Going down, he greeted Shen Rong and the others to sit around the table, and said, "I haven't seen Mr. Shen for many years. It's a pleasure to be able to drink at the same table with the old one after entering Jiangning City today..."

Zhao Hu's clothes and armor were not removed, and he was standing beside Lin Bie with a sword.

Including Zhang Yubo, did not expect Lin Fu to visit late at night. Although he made up his mind not to climb Huaidong's wealth, he was caught off guard by letting Lin Fu come in like this - Lin Fu's expression was the same, but Zhao Hu looked at them With Shen Rong's eyes, it was obvious that they were conspiring with Shen Rong.

Lin Fu visited Zhang Yubo's house late at night, and Shen Rong was also surprised and suspicious, but seeing Zhao Hu's expression and Lin Fu's not shy about letting him know about his visit to Zhang's house, Shen Rong thought that Lin Fu's visit was probably what Zhang Yubo expected. In addition, he was at the right time, and even if there was any misunderstanding, it was just in line with his heart.

Shen Rong said: "As soon as we say goodbye to Luoma Lake, I really didn't expect to see Duke Pengcheng again, but Duke Pengcheng came to look for Lord Zhang late at night. It shouldn't be as simple as a glass of water and wine, so Shen Rong would not be able to stay. disturb."

Lin Bie glanced at Zhao Shuhan and Yuan Jinqiu. Seeing that Zhao Shuhan and Yuan Jinqiu were hesitating, they had no intention of advancing or retreating with Shen Rong. He knew that what Shen Rong said was a run on Zhao Yuan and the two of them. , in order to deepen his misunderstanding.

Lin Fu lifted his robe to one side, two feet on stilts, and said, "Since Lord Shen and I have nothing to do with each other and don't want to stay with us to drink a glass of water and wine, then please do it!" One person is driven away.

Yuan Jinqiu and Zhao Shuhan sat still, while Shen Rong stayed embarrassed and said goodbye.

After Shen Rong left, Lin Fu picked out a clean cup, filled it with a tin pot, took a sip, frowned, and asked Zhang Yubo, "Is this wine from Brother Yubo from Song Wusao's house?"

"..." Zhang Yubo nodded, remembering that when he and Lin Fu first met, he went to Song Wusao's mutton shop for a drink. Lin Mengde was also present at the time, and it was also that night that he met Qian Xiaowu and Lai Wu in the old man's residence. Unexpectedly, in the past few years, Lin Fudao still remembers the taste of wine in Song Wusao's mutton restaurant.

Lin Fu talked about his old love, and Zhang Yubo was speechless.

Zhao Shuhan and Yuan Jinqiu also knew about Song Wusao's mutton shop, but at this time they only sat down silently, not knowing where to start the conversation - Huaidong soldiers and horses had already controlled the whole city of Jiangning, and Lin Tie was at a critical moment, and he had to wait again. The intention of inviting the Queen Mother and King Hailing to Jiangning to hold the Queen Mother so that the princes would be like lice on a bald head, could not be more clear.

For many years, Zhang Yubo, Zhao Shuhan, Yuan Jinqiu and others have not supported Huaidong's self-reliance as a vassal town. With the current situation, they just want to stay far away. Who would have thought that Lin Fu would come to the door by himself?

"To this day, I still remember the stir-fried lamb with chives and leeks from Sister-in-law Song's house," Lin Fu said carelessly, not afraid of the cold, "It's no fun to sit here and drink, I invite Yubo, Shu Han and Jinqiu to join us. Go to Song Wusao's house to drink mutton soup, maybe you can eat the fragrant and crispy mutton meat again in this cold night, it will be heart-warming..."

"Tieqian Lane was burned down when the soldiers were in chaos, and the restaurant has long since turned into ashes. Song Wusao's family lived in the alley temple in Tieqian Lane, and only some old wine was sold to old customers!" Zhang Yubo said.

"Let's just go. If you want to come to Song Wusao, she will always sell me some face and make sheep's eyelid meat for us!" Lin Fie didn't care, just asked them to go out with him. Zhang Yubo and the others had no choice but to pull Lin Fujiang out.

The curfew in Jiangning City will continue for some time, and those without post are prohibited from walking at night.

Outside Zhang Yubo's mansion, apart from the guards patrolling the streets, no pedestrians could be seen on the street, but the street was crowded with refugees under the eaves, and it was forbidden to walk around. On a cold winter night, the refugees had no blankets to keep out the cold, but were crowded with people to keep warm.

Watching the strong and stubborn armored soldiers surrounded by several people, they dare not make any noise; the cry of the frozen and hungry children in the arms of their parents is incessant, especially in the cold night of the long street. Destroys one's spleen...

In Jiangning City, many houses were burnt down by arson, and there were not a few intact houses left in Tieqian Lane, and there were broken walls everywhere. Residents whose houses were destroyed, and those who could not find relatives and friends, all crowded into a Taoist temple at the end of the alley.

The Taoist temple is not big, there is only one main hall, the main hall and the courtyard are crowded with refugees, and the soldiers who are accompanying the guards have been awakened and avoided in panic. There is a towering ginkgo tree in front of the main hall, the branches are sloping, the leaves are withered, and the cold moonlight leaks from the trees and shines in the courtyard in front of the hall.

Lin Fu, Zhao Shuhan, and Yuan Jinqiu waited under the ginkgo tree. Zhang Yubo ran in to find Song Wusao from the refugees. The abbot of the Taoist temple also ran after him. In this Taoist temple, Zhang Yubo would be considered a rarity. Your Excellency, who in Jiangning City can be ignorant or ignorant of the Duke of Pengcheng?

Here, the news of Lingye's visit to Hanguan in Pengcheng County spread, and it became lively right and left. If it weren't for the guards suppressing the scene, or the people's natural alienation and fear of officials, the refugees in the Taoist temple would probably have crowded forward. At this time, more people just crowded in the corridor and under the eaves to look here.

Song Wusao vaguely still looked like they met a few years ago, but the wrinkles were deeper.

"My lord wants to eat fried mutton, but where can the women get mutton at this time?" Song Wusao came over and knelt down, and said with a sad face, with a look of fear, fearing that if she said something wrong, she would offend the lord.

"When the soldiers were in chaos, Song Wusao wanted to protect the shop and give the rebels a discount. At this time, he was lying in the haystack in the corner of the courtyard and couldn't move. Both sons were recruited to serve as civilian husbands, and their whereabouts are unknown..." Zhang Yubo couldn't guess the intention of Lin Fu's visit tonight. Since ancient times, it is not uncommon for a humble gentleman to be humble and domineering when he is in power. At this time, Lin Fu holds a lot of power, and the emperor's abolition is all in his mind. How can he say that he can guess Lin Fu with confidence mind?

"Sister Song Wu, don't panic, you go to prepare the cooking materials, how many lambs can I still be short of? The iron pot needs a whole big one. I take the liberty to visit late at night and disturb everyone to rest. Please drink a bowl of mutton soup. !" The guard brought a chair, and Lin Tie sat under the ginkgo tree.

As Lin Fu spoke, the guards who had been instructed to go to the military camp earlier had already pulled a dozen pieces of mutton in a carriage. Lin Fu was going to Tieqian Lane to eat mutton soup late at night. In addition to the mutton, spices and iron pots were all prepared and brought in. Even if the fire head was pulled out, the four of them listened to the Hou's orders, and there was no need for Song Wusao to do anything, just let her beside the fire head. , I immediately set up an iron pot under the ginkgo tree, chopped wood, rinsed, chopped pieces, put the pot, and burned the mutton soup...

Right in front of the raging earthen stove, he set up a long table, and Lin Fu invited Zhang Yubo, Zhao Shuhan, and Yuan Jinqiu to sit down, and said, "We are friends of commoners. I came into the city today, and you avoided seeing me. I don't blame you. If it was me, a poor relative suddenly became prosperous, and he came back to his hometown to show off his power, but I didn't bother to pay attention to it. I came to look for you late at night, and I didn't mean to show off my power, but I have any questions to ask you?"

Zhang Yubo, Zhao Shuhan, and Yuan Jinqiu looked at each other, not knowing what kind of question Lin Fu wanted to ask after making such a big noise in the deep cold night.

"Mencius once said: The people are the most important, the society is the second, and the ruler is the light," Lin Fu said lightly, "Yu Bo asked for orders for the people, Xuzhou was in danger and went to office alone, dealing with thieves; Shu Han had been in office for more than ten years, and he was not attached to it. The powerful, although they do not exercise power, they still keep books and collections; Jinqiu is crazy in the world, fake and foolish, but has a true temperament - I ask you: What do you think when you read this sentence in the Confucian classics?"

"In ancient times, the monarchy and the power of the monarch were established. If the material resources of the world were collected to support one person, it would be a great selfishness; to make full use of the material resources of the world, to secure the community and to support the people's livelihood, it was for the great duke," Lin Fu continued to ask, "You guys What is in my heart, is it private or is it public? The emperor sent Xie Chaozhong to recruit Western Zhejiang, and Chen Xiang blocked it. In the emperor's anger, this world is his own world, and his death is also a world of his own. I ask you: this world , Is it the world of one person, or the world of people?"

Zhang Yubo and the others asked Lin Fu silently, Zhao Hu stood by with a sword, and it felt like a tongue twister.

"Just as Duke Pengcheng said, it is true that people's livelihoods are not supported and the society and crops are difficult." Zhang Yubo pondered for a long time before asking, "Think of the friendship between Qin and Han, Qin lost its deer, and the heroes chased it. Will the deer be treated kindly?" Questioning Lin Fu's mind between words may not be much purer than the power grabbers of the past and present?

Lin Fu laughed and said, "Speaking of Qin and Han allusions, I remember hearing a song, and I'll read it to you..."

Zhang Yubo and others are all talented and learned people, and they don't know what song Lin Fu is going to recite at this time to suit the situation.

"The peaks and mountains are like gatherings, the waves are like anger, the mountains and rivers are like Tongguan Road, looking at the western capital, I hesitate, saddened by the Qin and Han Dynasty, the palaces and the palaces are all soiled, flourishing, the people suffer, perish, and the people suffer..."

There were Yuanqu rhythms in the world. Listening to Lin Binnian, Zhang Yubo and the others just regarded it as a popular country ballad. The more they thought about it, the more interesting it became.

Lin Fu stood up and said, "Above the temple, there are big personalities and big dukes in the dispute, and it is hard for me to justify my innocence. But today, along the way, this city is full of troubles and hungry children, and you all see it with your own eyes. What you have seen, what you have heard with your own ears. If you are asked to exercise authority, abandon your own interests, and choose your own public affairs, it must not be difficult!"

Zhang Yubo already knew Lin Fu's intention to visit tonight, and the temple needed to be reorganized. Lin Fu asked them to keep their selfishness, that is, to tell them not to get involved in the vortex of the future imperial power struggle; to ask them to choose their public, it would show that They won't stop them from doing practical things for people's livelihood...

After the mutton soup was cooked, Lin Fu drank a bowl to warm his body and left, giving a large pot of mutton soup and the rest of the mutton to the hungry people who were disturbed in the cold night; Zhang Yubo, Zhao Shuhan, and Yuan Jinqiu stayed behind , looked at each other in dismay, relatively speechless, really do not know what the future fate will be.

Returning to Chen Yuan, the sky was already white, and Gao Zongting, Song Fu, Lin Mengde and others did not sleep, and were still discussing matters in the public hall.

Seeing Lin Fu walk in, Lin Mengde asked with a smile, "Why is the lord in the mood to go to Zhang Yubo to drink mutton soup..."

"Shen Rong rushed to Zhang Yubo's mansion ahead of me, probably because of the Queen Mother's intention. Judging from their appearance, they shouldn't talk much before I went there," Lin Fu took off the big cloak to keep out the cold and said, "I want Zhang Yubo As the governor of Jiangning, there shouldn't be much resistance from the Queen Mother..."

Jiangning was the imperial capital, and the governor of Jiangning was the prefect, but the authority was far beyond the reach of the general government.

Lin Fu had considered using Lin Mengde as the governor of Jiangning, and also used it to quickly restore order in Jiangning City and the counties, but the defense and governance of Jiangning City were concentrated in the hands of Huaidong~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is bound to be Making others feel uncomfortable is not conducive to quickly stabilizing the situation. Using Zhang Yubo, first, Zhang Yubo's understanding of Jiangning City is not under Lin Mengde's; Zhang Yubo's neutral attitude can also make it easier for others to accept this arrangement; moreover, Zhang Yubo's character is trustworthy, even if he opposes Huaidong, he will oppose it. In the bright place, it is not easy to win over Empress Dowager Liang and Shen Rong.

Lin Mengde was quite regretful. He also wanted to be the governor of Jiangning, but when he thought of him as governor of Jiangning, the resistance was too great, so he didn't say anything...

Lin Fu asked again, "Can the boss and the second uncle come to Jiangning tomorrow? Is there any news first?"

Shewenzhuang led the army to withdraw from Qiupu in the third year of junior high. Lin Xuwen was going down the river from Chizhou, but it was very fast. Yue Lengqiu would not leave Lin Xuwen in Chizhou for no reason at this time, but Lin Xuwen would meet Lin Tingli after meeting. Come to Jiangning together.

The reorganization of the court can be said to be under the control of Huaidong, but Lin Xuwen's arrangement after returning to Jiangning is also a headache - Lin Xuwen cannot serve as the first assistant, otherwise he will be equal to Lin Fu in name If Huaidong wanted to weaken the Zhengshitang, he would weaken Lin Xuwen.

Song Fu and Gao Zongting approached Lin Fu to discuss the matter. The two of them thought that Lin Xuwen's position in the political affairs hall should not be changed, and the first assistant should be given to others to fight to show balance, but they would call Lin Xuwen to serve as the head of households to exercise financial power. ——This arrangement has not been discussed with Lin Xuwen, and Lin Fu does not know whether he is happy or not.

In addition, the status of Lin Tingli, Lin Zonghai, and Dongyang's army has to be resolved. It is also called Lin Fu's inability to relax. It can't be that the external contradictions have not been resolved, and there will be internal disputes over power and profit.

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