Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 711 Visit
Li Qinzai admired Liu Rengui's personality, such a person belonged to a rare stream in the imperial court.

He has an upright character, sticks to justice, and does not hesitate to die for the sake of right and wrong, and has nine deaths without regret.

He is a good person, and he really has all the common people in his heart. Li Qinzai also admires him, but he will never follow suit.

Some people are only suitable for admiring from a distance, and they must not learn from it. After all, his way of dying cannot be copied.

In the future, if Qiao'er grows up and becomes an official in the court, if he dares to follow Liu Rengui's example, he will definitely have his dog legs broken.

If you feel like your life is too long, you can hang yourself with a rope, and that's all you need to provoke the imperial power by yourself, why bother the whole family with bloody misfortune.

"Old Liu is a good comrade." Li Qinzai lightly dropped a comment, then turned around and planned to go back to the backyard.

Li Qinzai didn't care about the uproar in the court, his goal was not the journey of the stars and the sea, but the peace and quiet of the years.

That's right, Li Qinzai's years were quiet and good, and it was Liu Rengui who silently carried the burden for him.

After sending the servants of the Duke's Mansion back, Li Qinzai lay leisurely in the yard, basking in the spring sunshine, but his heart was a little heavy.

The issue of enshrining Zen has become more and more serious, and Liu Rengui is just the beginning. Although most courtiers agree with Li Zhi's decision, there are still many people of insight in the court.

This kind of people are clear-headed and have common people in their hearts. After all, they have not been polluted by officialdom. They are still a group of dream chasers whose ideals are not dead.

What happened to Liu Rengui was just a sounding of the horn, and the next court might not be peaceful.

The sound of the horn has probably awakened those sleeping consciences. After they woke up, they became the second and third Liu Rengui, and went on and on to sacrifice their lives to protect their consciences.

In fact, among the courtiers in the court, who would not know the disadvantages of Fengchan Taishan?
The national treasury is so empty that rats can run away, the folks still owe a butt of debts, and Li Zhi, who is so poor, is still in the mood to become Zen.

The heavy burden on the national treasury is bound to affect the people.

Annual fixed expenses are unavoidable, and the treasury's account books are negative. If Li Zhi still insists on enshrining Zen, then the only solution is to increase taxes on the people.

"Adding Fu" hurts the foundation of the country, destroys the hearts of the people, and suffers the people.

Li Qinzai also disagrees with Li Zhi Feng Chan from the bottom of his heart, which is purely self-destructive.Just like a female college student from a middle-class family, life is already very difficult, but it is appropriate to borrow a loan to buy a brand-name bag for her own vanity?

Ever since County Magistrate Ma came to the door in person and asked for the recruiting of young men from Ganjing Village, Li Qinzai began to have a clear resistance to Feng Chan in his heart. He has been thinking about how to persuade Li Zhi in a tactful way and let him take it back. As a fate, the Fengchan will be cancelled.

After thinking about it for a few days, he found it difficult.

After a person's vanity expands infinitely, it is like a fire burning in a flammable warehouse, which is difficult to extinguish.

Only those dark desires in human nature are the craziest and most persistent.

Li Qinzai didn't want to follow in Liu Rengui's footsteps, but what happened to Liu Rengui made him feel worried and angry.

Perhaps, those ten court sticks also awakened Li Qinzai's conscience.

Sitting alone in the yard basking in the sun, my mood became less and less able to feel the warmth of the sun, and instead my whole body fell into a kind of gloomy cold.

Li Qinzai closed his eyes and meditated, but unconsciously muttered in his mouth: "Xing, the people are suffering, death, the people are suffering..."

After a long time, Li Qinzai opened his eyes suddenly, and said suddenly, "Come on, prepare the horse, I want to go back to Chang'an!"

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Ganjing Village is very close to Chang'an. Two hours later, Li Qinzai led the trilogy into Yanping Gate.

After entering the city, he didn't go back to the Duke's mansion, but inquired about the address of Liu Rengui's mansion, and then led his followers to the gate of Liu Rengui's mansion.

There are few cars and horses in front of the door, the dilapidated lintel, the peeling doorpost, the narrow side door, and the moss-stained stone steps outside the door, obviously it has not been repaired for many years.

Holding the name card in four hands, Liu Ah knocked on the door lightly. The side door opened, and an old housekeeper staggered out, saluted Li Qinzai silently, then turned and went into the backyard to report.

After a long time, the old housekeeper came out slowly and politely invited Li Qinzai inside.

Liu Rengui was lying on the bed, and the room was filled with the smell of traditional Chinese medicine. His upper body was only wearing an inner garment, but his lower body was naked, covered with only a thin blanket, and he was hugging a stone pillow and moaning in pain.

Sitting beside the bed was an old woman, who was obviously Liu Rengui's first wife, wiping tears silently.

Seeing Li Qinzai walking in, the old woman quickly wiped her eye sockets, showed a reserved smile as if nothing had happened, and nodded slightly at Li Qinzai.

Now that Liu's mansion is in such a state, the old woman is still neither humble nor overbearing, with extraordinary grace.

Li Qinzai saluted the old woman politely, the old woman stepped aside and walked out consciously.

Only then did Li Qinzai smile, and squatted in front of Liu Rengui.

"Liu Shizhong, Liu Shizhong... I'm here to visit you." Li Qinzai called softly.

Liu Rengui looked up and saw that it was Li Qinzai, so he couldn't help but widen his eyes unexpectedly.He obviously didn't expect that since he received the court rod, the first person to visit him at the mansion was Li Qinzai, a playboy.

"What servant, the old man has been dismissed by His Majesty, and now he is just a grassroots." Liu Rengui said in a dull voice.

Li Qinzai said casually: "Okay, Liu Caomin, how do you feel? Does your fart still hurt?"

Liu Rengui was taken aback: "What's so expensive?"

"It's your noble butt. Does it still hurt after being hit ten times by the court stick?"

Liu Rengui sighed: "Did you come here to piss me off because you've seen the old man suffer enough?"

Li Qinzai said angrily: "What are you talking about? I came to see you with good intentions, why don't you know what is good?"

Speaking of which, Li Qinzai stretched his hand towards Liu Rengui's butt, as if he planned to protect him with practical actions.

Out of the corner of Liu Rengui's eyes, he saw Li Qinzai's movements. Before his wet hands were about to touch his expensive fart, Liu Rengui shouted quickly, "Stop! If you dare to touch me, I will die on the spot!"

Li Qinzai was taken aback for a moment, and had no choice but to withdraw his hand in embarrassment.

No hospitality at all, no feeling of being at home at all.

Liu Rengui groaned twice more in pain, then laughed suddenly, the laughter tugged at the wound, he immediately opened his eyes wide, and gasped in pain.

"After the old man got the imperial scepter yesterday, the civil and military officials of the court regarded me as a snake and scorpion, and they avoided me. The family was even colder at home. The old man didn't expect that you would be the first to visit me."

As he spoke, Liu Rengui shook his head: "Jingchu, you are impulsive, you shouldn't have come, Your Majesty is already disgusted with me, the courtiers have drawn a clear line with the old man, you take the initiative to visit the old man, if word spreads to His Majesty I'm afraid it will make His Majesty unhappy."

Li Qinzai smiled: "Your Majesty's mind is not so narrow-minded. You and my younger generation had a friendship as colleagues when you were in Baekje. It is only natural for colleagues to visit an injury. Your Majesty will not blame you."

(End of this chapter)