Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 272
After seeing off the emperor and Yu Bin, Shen Zhezi returned to the room and found that the princess hadn't fallen asleep yet, sitting in front of the small window in her unlined clothes.

"Aliu and cousin left?"

Seeing Shen Zhezi sitting in front of her, the princess pushed a cup of plum soup in front of him.

"It's already gone, why aren't you sleeping?"

Shen Zhezi asked when he saw the princess's face was slightly tired and sleepy.

"I want to talk to you!"

The princess puffed up her chest and sat upright, but the buds under her clothes were still hard to reach. When she noticed Shen Zhezi's gaze, the little girl's pretty face blushed immediately, she raised her hand and pulled the skirt, gave Shen Zhezi an angry look, and then said seriously "Shen Zhezi, it's wrong for you to do this! Aliu is already the emperor, not an ordinary child in the court. He should have the majesty of a king. How can he always be obsessed with the drama of the cold."

"You always blame me for spoiling my uncle too much, but you don't always accommodate Aliu in everything. Although you have a relationship with him, you are still his brother-in-law after all. You know a lot, and Aliu also trusts you a lot. .Now that the emperor is not here, you should take on the responsibility of teaching him, and don't always look like a gentleman!"

Shen Zhezi couldn't help being slightly taken aback when he heard these words, he didn't expect this girl to stay up late at night to discuss this topic with him.Such a serious look made Shen Zhezi a little at a loss, not knowing how to answer.

He doesn't like the princess's pampering and indulging in enthusiasm. He hopes that his little brother can become a responsible person in the future. Naturally, in the future, it will not be possible to fight to the death like the original history in order to revive the family's reputation, but it must not be nothing. dandies.

As for the emperor, it is another set of standards. Sima Xiaopang's fate can be described as a lot of troubles. Seeing that a catastrophe is imminent, he survived by luck and will be a puppet for a long time in the future.Finally, he managed to kill a few powerful officials, but he himself failed to live a long life.Instead of encouraging this little brother-in-law to pursue something to revive the imperial power, Shen Zhezi felt that it would be better for this little fat man to enjoy a more carefree and leisurely life.

Although he received the great favor of the former emperor, Shen Zhezi also had his own way of repaying the favor.Ask yourself, even he himself doesn't want to have an overly strong emperor on top of his head.

Even though he had this idea in his heart, Shen Zhezi couldn't explain it to the princess in detail, should he persuade the princess not to worry about it, your brother's good life is only a few days away.If he really said that, I'm afraid the princess will turn against him.

After pondering for a while, Shen Zhezi opened his mouth and said: "Is the majesty and bearing born with him? Your Majesty is approaching his age. What kind of majesty do you want him to have? Now His Majesty the Empress Dowager is in charge of politics, and Zhongshu is in charge of internal and external affairs. In the future, my family will be in Wuzhong to support me, even if I am not the hero of Zhongxing, the Taiping Emperor can be expected, so what's the use of you worrying about so much."

"However, my husband is responsible for the family business at the prime of his age, and he has been famous far and wide! If Aliu has half of this, why should I worry about it?"

The princess still couldn't let go, and said gloomily.

Hearing the little girl's words, Shen Zhezi laughed, and wrapped her tender body into her arms: "How many people in the world can compare to your husband? Everyone has a talent and a limited number of fates, so how can we force ourselves to compare everything?" .”

"Shen Zhezi..."

"Ok?"

"You are really shameless."

"Haha, to be able to stand praise and slander, I am already above the crowd, so what harm does praise or criticism do to me?"

After a few words of laughter, Shen Zhezi said to the princess: "You have to make preparations in the next few days, and when the third uncle leaves the capital, he will return home with him."

"Are we going back to Wu Xing? Okay, okay, I also want to go back to my hometown to see the new siblings."

After staying in the capital for a long time, Princess Xingnan is inevitably very quiet, and she has too many fond memories of Wu Xing. After hearing the words, a smile appeared on her face, but she frowned immediately: "But, if we return Go to the countryside, who will take care of these industries in the capital? I still have many new products in Nanyuan that have not been put on the shelves!"

"I still have to stay in the capital, and I don't have time to get away for the time being. You take the crane back to your hometown, and after this festival is over, I will go back to my hometown to pick you up."

Shen Zhezi said with a smile that after deciding to stay in the capital, he actually didn't have much confidence in his heart. The situation would be turbulent at that time, and he was really worried that his family would stay in this source of turmoil.

"Ah? You don't go back to your hometown? Why don't you go back? Don't you miss Aunt Aunt?"

Hearing that Shen Zhezi didn't intend to return home, the princess's excitement cooled down for the most part, and she became a little depressed: "But, but I..."

Shen Zhezi caressed the little girl's smooth forehead: "Of course I also feel homesick, but I really can't get away, so I want to ask the princess to go home and visit my parents on my behalf."

"You always have a lot of excuses, and you don't know what you're doing when you entertain guests every day."

The little girl muttered something, and immediately buried her head in Shen Zhezi's arms: "Then you have to finish your work quickly and go back to your hometown to pick me up!"

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In the next few days, Shen Zhezi was busy. Although there were not many things to do by himself, every time he made a decision, he had to go through repeated weighing. He sat at home most of the time every day, and even Shen Yuan seldom went. .It was just sending out invitations one by one, asking Ren Qiu and Shen Peizhi to come out and invite the children of each family to create an atmosphere before reaching a consensus.

During this period, there was an unexpected episode. Nanyuan's steward came to report, saying that there were quite a lot of murderous people cruising around Nanyuan recently, and it seemed that they had evil intentions.

When Shen Zhezi heard the report, he also laughed it off. There are many properties in the capital, and Nanyuan is the least of his worries.Although there is a huge number of visitors here every day, due to the attention it receives, the security work is the best. In addition to the Shen family's own guards, there is a military barracks conveniently connected to it. Yu Su guards the imperial army.Unless strong troops attack, it is absolutely difficult to break.

Moreover, Nanyuan is divided into two parts, and the outside public area cannot be restricted by people.The core area where real wealth gathers, anyone who enters it must be jointly signed and guaranteed by each family.

Shen Zhezi guessed after a little thought about those murderous people hanging around Nanyuan that they should be the disciples of King Nandun.Although the king endured the previous humiliation for a while, he may not be willing to let it go.In fact, there are so many people around Nanyuan, it may not be possible to accurately judge who has evil intentions, but the image of Nandun King recruiting those disciples is really unsightly, most of them are like being punished by Peng Hui, lest others will not know that they are villains.

The current situation is turbulent, so lynchings are rampant among the people. Every time the powerful clans in the local area catch the villains, even if they do not kill them, they often impose very iconic and humiliating corporal punishments, leaving an indelible mark on the villains. mark.That is to say, people like King Nandun who have arms and are not taboo about meat and vegetables will recruit those who have survived punishment. As for the more decent, he probably won't be able to recruit them.

Each era has its own characteristics, at least for now, Shen Zhezi does not object to those corporal punishments that often cut off noses and fingers.Because the situation in this era is too turbulent, the mobility of personnel is extremely high, and the relative sense of morality is weak. It is necessary to increase the punishment to increase the cost of crimes, so as to reduce many heinous evils.

To survive in such a world, we really have to pay attention to rather than indulge, and we can't place too high expectations on human nature.The peace and morals of the world can emphasize humanitarianism and give people the opportunity to reform themselves.But nowadays, indulgence is crime.Earlier, a gangster in Xiaochanggan was released because he was pardoned. He held a grudge against the households who had exposed his evil deeds earlier, and set fire to revenge. Hundreds of shanty refugees in Xiaochanggan were burned to death.If it were not rescued in time, it would almost lead to a catastrophe.

A single case cannot represent the subject, but there is indeed no strict moral standard to restrict people besides the law.Shen Zhezi has been discussing this with Du He a lot lately, and the Du family's scriptures have been passed down from generation to generation, which can be said to represent the current people's level of awareness of the legal system to a certain extent.Shen Zhezi did not study this deeply, and many legal viewpoints originated from later generations are often out of date, so talking with Du He is always inspiring.

Today's family tradition is not necessarily completely meaningless, it has profound significance for the inheritance and preservation of knowledge.But compared to the whole society, a lot of knowledge is bundled in portals, there is less collision and exchange, and less opportunities for universal dissemination. Obviously, the negative meaning is greater than the positive meaning.

Although the Shen family is also gradually building up family studies, their background is still shallow.For example, many children in the youth camp learn mostly general skills and the like.Shen Zhezi's own knowledge reserve is not enough to build a huge knowledge system from bottom to top for universal dissemination, which also involves ideological struggle, which is not enough to complete with his current reputation and influence.

But this does not mean that Shen Zhezi is completely helpless. On the one hand, he sent people to collect ancient books at high prices throughout Jiangdong, and increasing the collection is only second. own academic status.

On the other hand, the printing technique is still being improved, and the printed products of his family have gradually expanded to the field of books, but they are still limited to some Taoist scriptures or agricultural books, and there is no profit, and they are often given as gifts to the villagers.But as long as we continue to work hard, we will eventually create an atmosphere in which printed books will accelerate the spread.

Because of the change in thinking, Shen Zhezi did not intend to arrange Guo Song into the guard at this moment.He knew how foolish Yu Liang would be in the future. If Guo Song added a layer of official status first, it would be difficult to manage at that time.

Therefore, on the one hand, Shen Zhezi asked people to transfer the hoarded goods in Nanyuan to Qu'a in batches, and then transfer them back to Wuzhong to buy supplies for disaster preparedness.On the one hand, let Guo Song mobilize Qu'a's trilogy and armaments to the outskirts of Jiankang. In the future, he will need a trilogy that can be armed at any time near Gyeonggi.

When Shen Zhezi was busy with these things, he soon learned the news that Wen Qiao, the governor of Jiangzhou, had returned to the capital to report on his duties, and then he realized in his heart that Yu Liang should be planning to attack King Nandun.

Shen Zhezi didn't expect that he would soon face the troubles imposed by Yu Liang.

This day Du He came to visit, and with a wry smile on his face, he put an invitation on the table: "Brother Jiye told me the other day, Zhongshu wanted to avoid me, and this invitation should be for this reason."

Shen Zhezi couldn't help frowning when he heard the words. Earlier, he had enjoyed poaching other people's corners, but this time Yu Liang swung the hoe to his feet.Although his main purpose of building up momentum for Du He was to gain some qualifications for entering the court, but Zhongshu Zhengpi didn't know him, which is a bit bad manners.

Although it is not up to him to speak to Zhongshu, but now he wants to use his own people. Even if Yu Liang himself does not want to inquire, it would be interesting to send his son to inform him, but now he has put himself in front of him. side.If it wasn't for the strong corner on his side and Du He didn't respond privately, otherwise it would be really embarrassing to spread the word.

"Brother Daohui is favored by Zhongshu. It is a good thing, so why worry about it. If the position arrangement is not satisfactory, you can channel me."

If it were another season, Shen Zhezi would have to be wary of Yu Liang's poaching.But at this time of year, he was afraid that Yu Liang would not be generous enough and that the official position he had promised was too small.

(End of this chapter)