Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 191 Chapter 190
Soon, winter came and heavy snow fell in the sky. Du Ruhui continued to help Li Tai look at Gao Jifu.

Gao Jifu naturally felt extremely honored to have Du Ruhui sitting in the residence of the governor of Youzhou.

At the same time, Gao Jifu also had some hesitation in his heart, pacing back and forth in the room, as if he wanted to go out, but he didn't dare to take a step.

"Ji Fu, the stove is short in winter, and the medicinal wine is warm in the heavy snow. Sit down, just sit down and drink with me!"

Du Ruhui was holding a wine glass, and next to it was a bottle of high-concentration alcohol that he managed to get from the Youzhou medical dormitory.

Du Ruhui didn't regard himself as a guest at all, he just regarded the Governor's Mansion of Youzhou as his residence.

"Pu She..." Hearing Du Ruhui's advice, Gao Jifu took a few steps outside, and finally couldn't help but walk back, and said,

"Pu She, in such a snowy day, the King of Yan ordered the people to serve in corvée, it will kill people!"

Du Ruhui heard Gao Jifu's words, took a sip of wine slowly, and said,

"If someone is dead, King Yan is more anxious than us, what are you doing here in such a hurry!"

"The king of Yan conscripted corvée like this, and he worked in the wild on such a snowy day, how could he worry about the common people!"

Gao Jifu couldn't help but angrily said, "I'm definitely going to take part in King Yan's book on this matter!"

"No one accepts it!"

Du Ruhui calmly took a sip of the wine with some green plums in it, and felt that the temperature was not enough, so he put the wine on the stove and roasted it slowly, full of patience.

"The sages have always been stingy with the people's strength, and the servants can better relieve the people and help the people. How can we watch the people of Youzhou suffer so much!"

Since Gao Jifu opened his mouth, he said to Du Ruhui with a bit of resentment and doubt.

"Gao Changshi was originally from the Gao family in Bohai. Although he experienced the turn of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, he has never really seen the bottom!"

Du Ruhui continued to look at his drink, but sighed slightly.

Gao Jifu felt a little dissatisfied, thinking that he had been with Li Mi in Wagang in the past.

This starting point is much lower than the vast majority of people in the Tang court, and just like this, although Gao Jifu came from a famous family, he still persuaded Li Shimin to cherish the power of the people and reduce corvee, and he also had the same attitude when facing Li Tai .

But Du Ruhui glanced at Gao Jifu, but he also understood that Gao Jifu had some distrust in his heart.

But Du Ruhui was much clearer than Gao Jifu, who made him take precautions against Li Tai.

There was no way, at that time Li Tai and Li Chengqian were both born to the eldest grandson Empress, and Li Tai had shown such abilities, so I didn't care who Li Tai was.

Even the more Li Tai showed his abilities, the more defensive he would be against Li Tai.

Needless to say, the last prince who was so troublesome was Yang Guang. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was connected from the south to the north. Although the current Tang Dynasty has enjoyed the benefits, at that time, this was something that normal people could think of.

Therefore, the stronger Li Tai's ability was displayed in Gaoling, the more wary Du Ruhui was of Li Tai.

And Gao Jifu's mentality now is actually the same as Du Ruhui's mentality back then.

This is also the reason why Du Ruhui is willing to raise a point. The stronger Li Tai's ability is, the more dangerous Li Tai looks.

After all, as long as this ability is used evilly, it will be a disaster.

But when did I stop really guarding against Li Tai? Is it because Li Tai's superficial plan was seen through by myself, or was it when I discovered that the Gaoling corvee is different from other corvees in the Tang Dynasty?
Du Ruhui didn't know, but now that Li Tai left Chang'an and went to the border area to become a vassal, then he could really let go of his guard against Li Tai, and could look at Li Tai as an elder.

Therefore, Du Ruhui felt that Li Tai was excellent, and he really deserved to be the son of a saint.

Gao Jifu was silent for a while, and finally he saluted Du Ruhui with both hands, and said, "Please enlighten me!"

"Do you think King Yan is a smart man?" Du Ruhui suddenly asked Gao Jifu a question.

"King Yan, of course he is a smart man!" Gao Jifu thought for a while, but he answered Du Ruhui very solemnly.

Du Ruhui shook his head and said, "King Yan is extremely talented, and even has a golden talent born out of nothing, but he is a fool."

Gao Jifu was stunned when he heard Du Ruhui's words, if King Yan was a fool, what would he be.

And Du Ruhui continued, "Didn't you ask me, why is it suppressing you here, and allowing King Yan to display his talents wantonly on the canal, and let a group of people still come out to serve in this snowy day?"

"Because as long as there is no one holding back, King Yan is willing to pay for it himself, and he can use the money reasonably, and he can really do this matter well while caring for the people.

Except for King Yan, there are really few people in the court who can do it. Isn't this kind of person stupid! "

Du Ruhui sighed, "If he wasn't the son of a sage, with King Yan's current behavior, I would have played him without you.

But I have to be lucky, I have such a stupid person in Tang Dynasty, otherwise why would I come to Youzhou in the winter, why not go south to Yuhang to get started! "

Faced with Du Ruhui's nonsense questions, Gao Jifu didn't know how to answer them.

Du Ruhui continued, "If you have doubts, follow the corvee to shovel snow for a few days.

Ask those corvees, why they go to do corvees for the King of Yan in good spirits, but are still willing to serve the corvees of the Tang Dynasty, and even donate money to the court to be exempted from corvees! "

"Me? Going to be a corvee?!" Gao Jifu was too shocked to speak when he heard Du Ruhui's words.

"Anyway, you have nothing to do these few days, so I'll be at a disadvantage, and I'll handle the governor's documents for you for a few days!"

Du Ruhui looked at Gao Jifu and said flatly, "It's not a bad thing for you to take the opportunity to go out and relax."

Hearing Du Ruhui's words, Gao Jifu said in disbelief, "Pu She, you are serious!"

"It can't be helped, who told you that you were born as a speech officer!" Du Ruhui said with a bit of sigh,
"Anyway, if you want to know why, Lu Zhi pointed it out to you.

But whether you want to do it or not is up to you.

Of course, you can also wait for this winter to pass and do nothing, after all, nothing can go wrong! "

"Pu She don't underestimate me!" Gao Jifu saluted Du Ruhui,

"I just want to see with my own eyes how many casualties will be caused under this heavy snow.

At that time, I will write a letter to the court. Even if the saint dotes on King Yan, I will sue him! "

After Gao Jifu finished speaking, he turned and left angrily.

"The officer's anger is still a bit heavy!" Du Ruhui murmured,
"Saint, although this guy is a talent to be made, but the speech and official habits accumulated over the years are not easy to polish.

After all, you will pick someone and use him to deal with the King of Yan. In the end, you still need me to come down and grind your official air, but you still can't wear off the arrogance in him!

Really worthy of the name of medicine stone, it is smelly, hard, bitter and good! "

Du Ruhui just sighed, and immediately noticed that the wine he was simmering slowly picked up quickly.

Sniffing it lightly, it really smelled like wine, Du Ruhui showed a satisfied look, and said, "Haha, it's hot!"

"Gao Jifu entered Jinkou Village disguised as a corvee?" Li Tai heard the news from Wang Zhenru the next day.

Li Tai turned his head to look at Wang Zhenru, and said, "What does he want?"

"really do not know!
If someone hadn't reported it, and Youzhou had sent corvée to accept it, I would not have known that Gao Changshi had come to the corvee camp.

As soon as I found out about this, I came to report it! "

At this moment, Wang Zhenru said solemnly to Li Tai, "How should we treat Gao Changshi?"

Li Tai pressed his temples, and immediately said, "Call Ma Zhou, he needs to make up his mind about this matter!"

Soon Ma Zhou came to the room in a hurry, looked at Wang Zhenru and Li Tai curiously, and asked,

"Yan Wang is in a hurry to find Zhou Qian, but what is the so-called?"

Wang Zhenru did not hide it, but made the matter clear, "That's it, Gao Changshi entered the corvee living area."

"Are you sure it's Gao Changshi?" Ma Zhou was somewhat puzzled when he heard Wang Zhenru's words.

"Whether you have worked or not, the corvees below will tell if you take a look.

If not, how would you find out about Gao Changshi if you suspected that this person was a spy and reported me here? "

"Since Gao Changshi himself is not clear about this matter, it will be easy!" Ma Zhou said with a smile,

"No matter what Gao Changshi wants to do, we don't know. Just treat him as an ordinary corvee!

By the way, what is the mission of Gao Changshi's camp? Is it difficult? "

"Gao Changshi's office is mainly responsible for clearing snow and spreading salt every day, and making preparations before road construction. Does it need to be changed?"

Hearing Ma Zhou's words, Wang Zhenru asked,

"After all, they are just temporary conscripts, and generally speaking, they are only responsible for some simple tasks!"

Ma Zhou bowed to Li Tai and said, "King Yan, we don't know Gao Changshi's purpose, I don't think we should startle the snake.

Let me go to Du Pushe first to inquire. If I can know why Gao Changshi is like this, we can discuss it again and we can target it.

In order not to make more and more mistakes, and instead create a quarrel with Gao Changshi, you can see if it is feasible! "

Li Tai nodded when he heard what Ma Zhou said, and said,
"Just do as King Bin said, true Confucianism should not take care of Gao Changshi's corvee, so what should be done, what should be done.

Although I don't know what he wants to do, but looking at his cautious appearance, it would be unsightly to see through.

Let's wait for Du Pushe's message first, and the news stops here, and it can't be passed on anymore.

As for Gao Changshi, we just don't know him well. Anyway, his job of sweeping snow and spreading salt is not difficult. "

Hearing Li Tai's words, Wang Zhenru heaved a sigh of relief and said nothing more.

After all, this matter still has considerable pressure on Wang Zhenru.

Even if Li Tai didn't mean to be afraid of Gao Changshi at all, he and Wang Zhenru were not in the same system, but in the end Gao Jifu was still the highest official in Youzhou's internal affairs.

Soon, Ma Zhou who made a trip brought back the news from Du Ruhui that Gao Jifu was training his mind in the white dragon fish suit.

What these censors often do is to investigate the local people's livelihood, so as to understand the people and issue advice.

Li Tai just felt that the censors gave advice every day, almost following the wind, and there was no need to be responsible for what they said.

Who would have thought that the censors of this era would have the spirit of going deep into the bottom like an undercover reporter.

He couldn't help admiring Gao Jifu, who was born as a speech officer. The unhappiness he had with him these days was also erased by this touch of respect.

It's just that Li Tai didn't think much about coming undercover to the camp he had just built along the canal, which was the living quarters for the corvée.

After all, cattle and sheep are basically in the pen now, and the people are hiding at home. Not to mention that the whole Youzhou is completely stagnant, but the reality is that even foreign races will not attack Youzhou after it snows.

One of the important reasons is that even if the purpose of the foreign races attacking the Central Plains is to survive, not to die.

For foreign races, Youzhou is a war fortress specially prepared for foreign races.

The reason why the ancient Yanyun sixteen prefectures are so important is not because the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are the best defense line in the north.

Therefore, at this time, the whole of Youzhou is actually quite leisurely, and the Grand Canal that I am building here has mobilized part of the Youzhou corvee, but after these corvee service is completed, the outstanding ones are selected by Li Tai's Tianjin corvee system. Walk.

From then on, I will not talk about serving food as a soldier, but I will be able to eat every meal, and I will receive food stamps every week. If the locals who can go home on the day of the weekly rest, they can directly replace it with food, and the food will be sold on the same day. was taken away.

After seeing this kind of scene a lot, those corvees who couldn't go home on the same day with food stamps in their hands felt a little relieved.

Because the king of Yan promised that corvees who are willing to leave will be able to leave the camp no later than the 25th of the new year.

But after the Chinese New Year, if you want to come back to work, you must come back before the eighth day of the lunar new year.

Of course, these are enjoyed by the Tianjin corvee. As for other ordinary corvees who have not been successfully selected as Tianjin corvees, at most they can enjoy two benefits: hot baths and food and lodging.

To complete the basic corvee service that needs to be completed every year, you can only go back.

However, when they returned to their hometown, they really realized the difference between King Yan and other corvees.

I feel that if the king of Yan recruits corvees next time, I should be more active.

After all, other corvees in the imperial court don't care about food. For the people at the bottom, this kind of life is already considered a paradise.

"Oh oh oh~ These days are like hell! Hehehe, I can finally steal half a day of leisure!"

Gao Jifu took a deep breath, feeling the warm current from his legs directly into his brain, feeling this unforgettable sense of comfort again, this is the happiest time of the day after he became a corvee, that is soaking his feet.

"You! You are really particular about people!" The corvee looked at Gao Jifu who washed his face and feet with hot water every day, and sighed, "Mr. Gao Lang came from a wealthy family, but he can read? If you can read, you can enter Only the Tianjin corvee system has a future."

"Um... how many do you know!" Gao Jifu felt like he wanted to say that he didn't know how to read, but it seemed like no one else believed him either!
(End of this chapter)