Madame is back after ten years away

Shen Qing stopped washing her face suddenly, and quickly exchanged a look with Yu Jiuqing who was beside her.

Chen Li is now mainly working in the army, and he spends almost all his food and lodging in the barracks. If something serious did not happen, he would not come back on purpose.

With just one look, Shen Qing and Yu Jiuqing knew each other's thoughts. After quickly dressing and washing, they walked to the hall outside the room and called Chen Li in.

Chen Li came in and bowed to Shen Qing and Yu Jiuqing, and said in a deep voice, "Master, madam, according to the news from our spies in the capital, Sima Heng ordered six days ago to raise the taxes of the states and towns under his control. At the same time, all men with sound limbs who have reached the age of sixteen are required to join the army, and they must expel Daliang and Nan'an in the shortest possible time.

As soon as these two imperial orders came out, the whole court was shocked, and officials from the three provinces and six ministries opposed it. However, Sima Heng insisted on going his own way, and let Zhongyonghou and Qi Guogong be fully responsible for the implementation of these two matters. "

Shen Qing couldn't help but sneer while listening.

Zhongyonghou and Qi Guogong are really old acquaintances!

They belonged to Cheng Wang's faction, and now that Cheng Wang is in power, they are also in the limelight for a while. I am afraid that few people will agree to such absurd decisions, except for some officials who originally supported Sima Heng.

Now that Daqi is full of wars and the people are too busy to take care of themselves, Sima Heng actually wants to raise their taxes and force conscription, because he thinks he didn't die fast enough!
He would rather torment the poor people like this than temporarily bow to them and ask them to help expel Great Liang and Nan'an. Sima Heng's short-sightedness and narrow-mindedness once again refreshed Shen Qing's cognition.

But to be honest, Shen Qing was not surprised that Sima Heng would make this decision. When Yu Jiuqing and Liu Zhao were talking about things earlier, they said that Sima Heng had a tendency to do that, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

She couldn't help but said coldly: "Sima Heng is really not afraid of the fire in the backyard. The people are the most gentle and bloody. If the people above push them to a dead end, they won't sit still and wait for death."

At that time, I am afraid that if the foreign enemies are not eliminated, civil strife will break out everywhere.

It was exactly the same as Daqi ten years ago!
At that time, Emperor Zhaoming was like this, pushing Daqi to the brink of destroying the country!
This is Xizhou, which is on the border, and it will take six days for the news from the capital to arrive quickly. During these six days, the people may already be full of anger, and the people will be in dire straits.

Yu Jiuqing had a sullen face, tapped the handrail with his right index finger, and said coldly, "After so many years, this guy's virtue has not improved at all, and he has gone back as he lives.

If it goes on like this, without us taking action, he will kill himself. "

Shen Qing turned her head and glared at him, "Although we say this, we can't just watch Daqi continue to mess up.

Sima Heng's stupid and short-sighted approach has both advantages and disadvantages for us.

The good thing is that if he does this, it will only make the courtiers who are already dissatisfied with him more alienated from him. Although the people in the court have been educated to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic since childhood, the country is about to disappear, so what do you want the king to do? ?Between the country and the king, I believe that people with a clear mind and a righteous heart will choose the country. "

The more dissatisfied the courtiers are with Sima Heng, the more it will help them win people's hearts.

Shen Qing paused, and said: "It's just that the downside is that when we send troops this time, I'm afraid Sima Heng won't be happy to see the result. He would rather torment the common people than cooperate with us. This shows that compared with Great Liang and Nan'an , he was even more jealous of us.

This time when we send troops, he is likely not only unwilling to cooperate with us, but also obstructing us in every possible way. "

As she spoke, she couldn't help sneering, "With that guy's stupid and narrow mind, he might really be able to do such a stupid thing as letting go of the troops of Great Liang and Nan'an, and instead deal with our troops first."

Chen Li was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but said: "Probably not, no matter how you say it, the Lord and his wife are the people of Da Qi, no matter what, they will not do anything that is really harmful to Da Qi.

But Great Liang is different from those foreigners in Nan'an. If they succeed this time, Da Qi will really be gone. How can the people of Da Qi live a good life if they fall into the hands of those foreigners? !
No matter how Sima Heng is, he is also Daqi's current sage, so he shouldn't do such a stupid thing..."

Shen Qing raised the corner of his mouth coolly, and said: "Who knows, has Sima Heng done so many stupid things so far?
No matter what, it is better to think about the worst possible development of things first, and to think about comprehensive countermeasures than to be caught off guard.

My request is very simple. This turmoil must be ended with the fastest speed and the least harm to the people of Daqi. "

She turned her eyes to look at Yu Jiuqing, and said word by word: "I believe you can do it."

The woman's eyes are firm and bright, but they give people a deep pressure invisible.

Yu Jiuqing immediately understood that his wife's request was for him. It was her promise not to intervene in the frontline battlefield, and it was also her trust in him.

He met Shen Qing's eyes with a calm expression, but his tone was firm: "Of course, I will not let Madam down."

Shen Qing raised her lips slightly.

No matter what Yu Jiuqing did before, he never lied to her.

He said he could do it, and she believed him.

She nodded, stood up and said, "Go ahead and talk to Captain Chen, I'll go to the back kitchen to see if the breakfast is ready."

As she said that, she turned her head to look at Chen Li, and said with a slight smile, "Lieutenant Chen, you came so early today, you must have not had breakfast yet, let's have breakfast with us later before leaving."

Chen Li was slightly stunned, nodded subconsciously, and watched his wife leave the hall straight away.

He turned his eyes inadvertently, and saw his master sitting on the main seat, with a pair of phoenix eyes looking calmly and softly at the back of his wife leaving, the look in those eyes reminded Chen Li of Wanliwu Clouds, calm sea.

It was in stark contrast to the master's dark and fierce eyes, which were as dangerous as fragile glass but fragile when his wife had just disappeared more than a month ago.

It's so clear that it's not like a person.

Chen Li was silent for a moment, but the worries in his heart were finally let go.

He didn't know what his wife had done, but he knew that the Lord's mood had completely stabilized.

In the past, he and Wei Qihou felt helpless when they were facing the enemy. They were afraid that the irrational Lord Lang would do something that was unacceptable and hurt others and himself.

And the master at that time did indeed do it. He and Wei Qihou knew very well that the current chaos in the world was driven by his own master.

Wei Qihou has even made up his mind, if he can't pull the Lord back, he will kill his relatives righteously, and he can't let the Lord make a wrong step, step into an abyss where there is no turning back.

Fortunately, the Lord finally found his wife, but in just a few days, the wife brought back the former Lord, allowing the Lord to pick up his reason and conscience that had been shattered into pieces.

Chen Li sighed secretly, remembering that he was not worthy for the master, and felt that his wife left so ruthlessly and unjustly for ten years, such a good master should not only hang on the tree of his wife.

Only now did he realize that this is not a question of worth or not, but that only the lord who is by his wife's side is the real lord.

The one who can't live without his wife is their master.