Jinyi Night Walk

Ji Gang was taken aback when he heard Xia Xun's words.No pop-up window qi

Xia Xun asked with a smile, "How?"

Ji Gang hesitated for a moment, and said in a nonchalant manner: "Uh... the officer is planning to build the Jinyiwei yamen after going to Yaojinwei and some details of recruiting and training captains. I just thought of a few key points, and I am afraid that once I let go Will forget. The Duke wait a moment, wait for the next official... the next official has clarified these points."

Xia Xun smiled and said, "Alright, let's talk about it later!"

Ji Gang smiled all over his face and said, "Okay, okay, okay!"

As soon as the curtains on the opposite side were lowered, there were two girls giggling in the car, and Ji Gang suddenly became suspicious again: "Could it be that he deliberately teased me?"

But Ji Gang thought about it, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't think that Xia Xun just called him and invited him to play a game of chess. What's so funny about it.Suspiciously counting for a while, he asked his concubine to take a closer look for him. There was no stain on his face, and his hair was neatly tied. Only then did he get rid of his doubts a little, and thought: "I think he and his concubine said something funny." things, or flirting with concubines, that's why I laugh."

Ji Gang dawdled for more than half an hour before going to the appointment and boarding Xia Xun's car to play chess with him.

Xia Xun asked the concubine Qiaoyun and the beautiful maid Xianya to go to Xiaoying's car, and didn't want them to wait on her. When the two turned away, Tang Sai'er was chatting with Xiaoying, and when she heard about it, she ran over to see her Father Qian plays chess with Ru.

Tang Sai'er is now a 14-year-old girl. In that era, this age was indeed considered a big girl. Naturally, she could no longer sit on Qianpai's lap like before, or get tired of sitting on his back. She just Sitting quietly at the side, with big black and white eyes open, she watched her father play chess.

Ji Gang's chess skills are actually better than Xia Xun's. His chess style is open and close, and his killing power is fierce. Xia Xun has always played steadily in chess. No matter how hard he tried, Ji Gang suddenly made a mistake, showing the boss a flaw, and Xia Xun's army, who was obviously at a disadvantage, was about to die, which made Ji Gang very surprised.

He clearly remembered that his Ma Zhengwei was protecting the old man, but for some reason, when he wanted to return to the horse to save the man, he found that he had made a mistake. Ji Gang only thought that he had lost his sight and had no regrets. He still has this kind of demeanor , had no choice but to surrender.This game of chess was lost for no reason, Ji Gang was really dissatisfied, he set up the chess pieces and started over again, Ji Gangyi had a rigid chess style on the 1st, and rushed forward furiously, he would rather give up his pieces than fight for the first opportunity.

Xia Xun got used to his chess style a little bit. This time he lasted a little longer than the second time, but later he was overwhelmed by his fierce offensive. When he was about to lose, Xia Xun suddenly fired a bombardment at Shuai , Ji Gang laughed, and wanted the old man to return to the nest, and then do a double kill with both armies, and end the opponent in one fell swoop.Unexpectedly, when he raised his hand to grab the bag, he couldn't help but stare again as if he had seen a ghost.

It turned out that his taxi had already reached the corner, and the two soldiers linked together, blocking his old man's escape route. In desperation, he had no choice but to deal with it, and was pulled back and forth by Xia Xun's army, and his two armies were shot All smoked.Ji Gang screamed strangely: "Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! I remember this game of chess clearly, even if I mess up the chess pieces, I can arrange them again. I am so obvious... why did I run away? To the corner?"

He glanced at Xia Xun suspiciously, and suddenly said: "Ah! Duke, you...didn't you tamper with the chessboard?"

Xia Xun spread his hands and said innocently: "How can I? Your chess moves are stinky, so don't rely on me. Look at me sitting opposite you, how can I move my hands and feet? Under your nose, I stretch out my hand. Get out, can't you see?"

This is also true when Ji Gang thinks about it, but he clearly remembers...

Ji Gang scratched the back of his head, almost suspecting that he was suffering from amnesia. He was troubled for a while, and then looked to the side. Tang Sai'er sat cross-legged, with his chin resting on his hands. His pink face was so charming that it could be pictured. A pair of big black and white eyes, clear and bright, with a smile on his face.The little girl's childishness has not yet faded away, and she has a bit of girlish beauty.

The Eighteenth Change of Women's University, Ji Gang didn't know that the pretty girl in front of him was Tang Sai'er, the main subject of the Bailian Missionary Case in Putai County. : "I think it's because I didn't rest well on the road, and my mind is a little dazed. Come again! Come again!"

The result was that Ji Gang finally returned to his car as if he had seen a ghost, and when he got to the car, he told his subordinates: "On the road ahead, if there are any temples or Taoist temples, stop for a while. Master, I am going to pay my respects!"

Xia Xun's car, as soon as Ji Gang left, Tang Sai'er covered her small mouth and giggled. Xia Xun gave her a look and pretended to be annoyed: "Stinky girl, it's just playing chess to pass the time, what are you doing?" ? Could it be that they are going to fight again."

As soon as she raised her big hand, Tang Sai'er blushed first, full of embarrassment, but her eyes became brighter and brighter, and there was a faint anticipation in her heart, so that her heart skipped two beats.

Seeing her blushing, Xia Xun remembered that Qian Daughter is getting older and is already a young girl. This spanking method is not easy for her own daughter at this age, let alone her, so she touched it Touching his nose, he laughed and said, "You can't do this in the future, don't show off so easily."

Tang Sai'er responded with a low "Oh!" Lightly raised her beautiful eyes, the little bird glanced at Xia Xun as if looking into her, Jing Er was faintly disappointed.

Xia Xun turned to think of Ji Gang's appearance of seeing a ghost just now, but couldn't help laughing...

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Going on this journey, if I get bored, I will tease Ji Gang a little bit, which makes me feel a little bit interesting.Arriving in Huai'an a few days later, Xia Xunguo decided to rest here for two days and enjoy the place according to the foreword.Ji Gang had nothing to do, of course he agreed.

Huai'an was called Qingjiangpu at that time, and Qingjiangpu did not fall until modern times, but it was not the case at that time, because it was difficult to pass through the gates at that time, and it was dangerous to sail on the Yellow River. Qingjiang Pushe boat landed, and then crossed Hebei.Therefore, Qingjiangpu was an important route for north-south travel at that time, and it was relatively prosperous.

As far as the scenery is concerned, there are not many places of interest here, but shops and inns abound. Girls like to go shopping, both ancient and modern. Xia Xun gave them some pocket money, and the girls themselves have private savings. Ying, Qiaoyun, Xianya and Tang Saier went shopping happily.After Ji Gang settled down, he turned around and found out that there was a Dragon King Temple in the local area, so he went to worship it excitedly.

The dragon god is used to pray for rain. Ji Gang rushed to the doctor in an emergency, and he didn't care about the three sevens and two ones. He just called in to prepare three animals and six rituals. The dragon king is also a god.Xia Xun really didn't want to accompany girls when they went shopping. This girl's pleasure was an invisible torture to all men, so he just asked Xin Lei and Fei Hewei to bring a few girls and change into casual clothes to protect them along the way.

Seeing that Ji Gang was going to the Dragon King Temple at this time, Xia Xun changed into casual clothes and went to relax with him.

The Dragon King Temple is on the embankment outside the town. At this time, the river channel is being excavated outside Qingjiang Pu.However, the Dragon King Temple is hidden and dared to move. With the Dragon King Temple as the center and a radius of one temple, it has become a pure land on the construction site.

At this time, the governor of the Daming Water Transport was Chen Xuan, and Chen Xuan was Xu Zengshou's robe Zehao, who used to be in charge of the Daming Navy, and was a general of Xu Da's army. There was no money available, so he had to be reinstated as an official. He was excited by the death of Xu Zengshou, and hated Emperor Jianwen for being fatuous and incompetent, so he led his navy to demote King Yan.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne and was promoted to Beiping, he made Chen Xuan the governor of water transportation. At first, he was in charge of river transportation.Now that Emperor Yongle has decided to move the capital, more bad food will need to be transported to Beijing in the future. The current river transportation capacity is far from meeting the requirements, and Sun Xuan shoulders a heavier burden.

The Grand Canal in the Ming Dynasty followed the channel of the Yuan Dynasty. Among them, the section from Guazhou to Huai'an was called Nanhe, and the canal of the Yellow River from Qinghe to Xuzhou was called Zhonghe.After the Jiangnan Canal reaches Huai'an, it cannot directly connect to the Huaihe River. It has to be transported by land. After passing through the five dams of Ren, Yi, Li, Zhi, and Xin, it can enter the Huaihe River and reach the Qinghe River. Only this section of road transportation is very laborious.

After visiting the local people, Chen Xuan learned that the west Guanjia Lake in Huai City is only [-] miles away from the Yachenkou of the Huaihe River, which is equivalent to the mouth of the Qingjiang River.Chen Xuan was overjoyed, and hurriedly reported to the Ming emperor to collect corvees and dig the Qingjiangpu river channel. Once successful, the Jiangnan tank boats could go directly to Qingjiangpu, which not only avoided the pain of land transportation across the dam, but also reduced many risks.

Moreover, this place used to be only accessible to passengers but not to tank boats. If tank boats also pass here, the prosperity of this place will be doubled.The fact is also the same. After half a year, the river channel was completed, and it didn't take long for Qingjiangpu to become one of the four most prosperous places alongside Yangzhou, Suzhou, and Hangzhou.

For a time, boats were gathered, the market was dense, and the sails were connected to the tail, stretching for several miles. Merchants from the north and the south gathered in Qingjiangpu, showing that "the ships in the south are gathered, and the merchants have the convenience of selling", "Sifang department stores, trustworthy in the past" trend, but that's all for later.At this time, Qingjiangpu was still desolate, except for the excavation site and busy laborers, there was nothing.

Both Xia Xun and Ji Gang were dressed in casual clothes, just like how they were dressed when they first met in Putai, Shandong more than ten years ago. The two entered and strolled around, very leisurely.

Along the way, the two sometimes played chess and chatted, never mentioning their past grievances, as if they were close friends.The two climbed up and looked at the scenery, Xia Xun said: "Come on, let's sit under the tree over there. It's noon, and the sun is still a bit stronger." The two picked up a stone under the tree and just sat down , Before he could speak, there was an exclamation of "Ouch" from behind the bushes.

Behind the bushes is an earth slope, and below the earth slope is the construction area for the excavation of the new canal.At the foot of the slope, a servant who was carrying soil suddenly stumbled and fell to the ground. Another man saw him and put down his pole to help him up. He tried to help, but was thrown by him angrily, and almost fell down.The servant started yelling: "Chen Xuan is a thief, but he has a good life, what kind of river is he digging?"

As he spoke, he spat out the soil in his mouth, and the man who was thrown away by him knew his donkey temper and was not angry, he just said: "Isn't this the emperor who wants to move the capital to Beijing? If the south-to-north grain transfer is opened This river is much more convenient, if the emperor moves his mouth, we will naturally lose our legs."

The man became even angrier when he heard this, and scolded: "This dog emperor! It's not good to stay in his Jinling City and wait to die, but why the hell is he moving to Beijing? Treat us like cows and horses, not envoys, this one Tyrants and foolish rulers, they must die badly! Those bullshit ministers who are officials only know how to flatter the emperor, regardless of the suffering of the people, and they will all die!"

Another person persuaded: "Stop talking nonsense, let the overseer hear, I'm afraid I won't flog you to death!"

The man was still swearing at himself, and Ji Gang felt angry when he heard it. Before Xia Xun could stop him, he jumped up and walked around the bushes in three steps and two steps. The tempered man gave him a good beating, and Ji Gang gave him a big beating in Shandong, which made the man dizzy, and then he slapped the palm like a cattail fan again, with a "cracking" slap, which turned the man into a pig's head, but From the beginning to the end, Ji Gang didn't say a word.

Just when the spring breeze was in full swing, he was suddenly exiled to Beijing by the emperor. Ji Gang’s evil fire was all vented in this prisoner. At first, he still screamed strangely, asking him why he invaded, but in the end he was only beaten, and he couldn’t speak. I can't say a word.The man next to him saw the bearded man who broke in, his eyes widened with anger, he was wearing a scholar's green shirt, he remembered the rebellious words his partner said just now, he was trembling and dared not stop him.

Insulting the emperor, death is not wronged, the royal courtiers should defend it, Xia Xun can't say anything about him, so he can only stand on the side of Po Jie and persuade: "Hey, this is just a rough countryman, an ignorant villager, pay attention What's wrong with him!"

Only then did Ji Gang push that guy, kicked his ass hard again, and cursed: "Go to hell!"

Those two people knew that they violated a taboo, so they were not talking too much, they hurried away, not daring to fart, Ji Gang patted the dust, and burst out laughing.

He walked back down the slope, Xia Xun bent down and stretched out his hand, Ji Gang took his hand, jumped up the slope, and said with a smile: "Today's Dragon King Temple business is really fun. Haha, these stupid people don't know shit, don't know shit It's not that the lower officials don't know, duke, do you think I ever argued with him? It's just that I don't beat him up, it's really hard to get out of this bad breath."

Xia Xun said: "Opening canals and building rivers will benefit the country and the people. One day, they will know that this is good for them."

Ji Gang said disapprovingly: "I am afraid that the Duke thinks highly of these people! During the Spring and Autumn Period, King Fu Chai of Wu opened the Hangou, what was his reputation later? Emperor Yangdi of Sui Dynasty opened the Grand Canal, and what was his reputation later? Neither of them came because of his attractive women. It is not a country, but it is so stigmatized by the foolish people in the market, and it is happily slandered. I think that Emperor Yangdi just wanted to build a canal to connect the north and the south, to promote water conservancy, to transport water, to divert grain from the south to the north, and to communicate with merchants. The people; military supplies in emergencies, and famine relief in disaster years, to protect the people. It’s not like building an Efang Palace for your own enjoyment, but what is it like to be demoted by those short-sighted fools?

This group of bastards, short-sighted, a group of chicks, don't know the big ambitions, they only see the small profits under their noses, they only know that digging rivers and ditches made him suffer, they can't think so far, and they can't see Not so far, he feels that he has suffered, and you yourself are a fool and a tyrant.So Ziri said: "The people can be taught by them, but they can't be taught to know them." They didn't understand what they said, but when they understood, Yiri only thought about his own petty gains, so why bother to do such useless work?So I just beat him up to vent my anger and didn't bother to argue with him! "

Xia Xun stared fixedly at Ji Gang for a while, then suddenly burst out laughing.

Ji Gang wondered: "Is what Ji Gang said wrong? Why did the Duke laugh?"

Xia Xun said: "I seem to see that cynical Ji Xiucai sitting in a small hotel more than ten years ago again! Hehe, Brother Ji, do you know that you are actually quite cute like this."

"cute?"

Ji Gang said unhappily: "I'm not a woman, how can this word be used on me?"

The two looked at each other, and suddenly burst out laughing together.

With this smile, the relationship between the two of them suddenly became much closer. The estrangement, grievances and grievances over the years seemed to have been blown away by the autumn wind.

Ji Gang laughed for a long while, then slowly stopped, and said: "For so many years, I have not been convinced by the Duke, but since I left the palace that day, I know that you are indeed smarter than me, Duke!"

Xia Xun frowned, "Oh?"

Ji Gang said: "Ji left the palace in a daze, went back and thought about it for a long time before he understood the emperor's intentions, and the Duke has already understood the holy meaning before he left the palace, isn't he smarter than me?"

Xia Xun smiled and said: "Speaking of which, Huang Gaoming! The emperor has teased the whole world, and how many of them are still ignorant."

Ji Gang thought for a while, then showed his face and said: "Not bad! The emperor is the best!"

He laughed at himself and said: "I, Ji Gang, are just a watchdog of the emperor, so I have no choice but to be at the mercy of the emperor. Lord Guo, you are a first-rank duke, an extremely high-ranking minister, and you are also a pawn of the emperor. It is a pity!"

Xia Xun smiled lightly and said, "Brother Ji, you think highly of me. The emperor uses Yaoxia as a chessboard, and he is laying out a chess game. The crown prince, prince, and civil and military officials are all pieces on this chessboard. I'm going to Beijing, hehe, it's not against me."

Ji Gang thought about it again, then sighed: "That's right, the emperor sent you and me to leave the capital, not for you, nor for me, but for the prince! It's the Duke who sees things more clearly than I do."

Ji Gang took a few steps forward slowly, and when he reached the high slope, there was a steep valley at his feet due to the excavation. In the future, this place will be used as a river channel to build stone walls, otherwise it will collapse under the erosion of the river.

Ji Gang stood on the cliff with his hands behind his back, looking at the people who were busy like ants in the river, and said in a deep voice: "The emperor is both civil and military, but the eldest prince and the second prince only inherited half of the emperor, one article and one martial arts. In the beginning, the emperor really wanted to belong to the emperor. Later, the king of Han was forced to appoint the eldest son of the emperor under the pressure of all the officials, but he was still reluctant, or he felt that he had treated the king of Han badly, so he made an exception and kept him in the capital, and pampered him even more."

Xia Xun walked over and said, "There is another possibility. The emperor has always been worried about the prince's health, worried that he would not be able to survive his long life, and the emperor's grandson was too young at that time, so it was not a bad idea to leave the King of Han, whom he wanted, in Beijing." It is not intended to make the eldest son of the emperor the crown prince of the emperor, and the king of Han as the crown prince's crown prince, just in case something happens."

Ji Gang nodded and said: "This theory is not impossible. However, because of this, it caused a battle for the crown prince. The civil and military officials were respectively vassalized by the two princes. The battle between the temples continued, but it was not the emperor. It was predictable."

Xia Xun said: "The emperor left Beijing many times, and the prince supervised the country. The prince governed the country, which is remarkable. There is also the emperor's grandson, who is smart and very fond of the emperor. Now... the grandson is getting older and is no longer A young child. On the other hand, the king of Han has repeatedly made foolish tricks. At the same time, in order to compete for the reserve, the two factions are in dire straits. The situation is getting critical. If it is not stopped in time, it may lead to chaos. determination!"

Ji Gang nodded heavily, and said: "That's right! The emperor has always been decisive! He has already confirmed the only candidate for the crown prince, and the emperor's grandson is gradually growing up, and there is no danger of successors, so he absolutely does not allow a conspiracy in the court to continue to exist." Opposed to the power of the prince. But the emperor did not rush to do it, but because of this, he beat and slashed, and solved the problem of moving the capital by the way, hehe! Brilliant! Really clever!"

Xia Xun smiled and remained silent.

Ji Gang sighed softly: "Although the emperor has established the ownership of the crown prince, but the emperor is still alive, it is impossible to allow a group of courtiers to attach themselves to the prince, leaving the emperor and the court behind. There are no two kings, the emperor is still there, but as a minister, he has joined the prince's family, is it tolerable or unbearable? Therefore, before cutting off the wings of the King of Han, the emperor first used them to cut off the prince's wings."

Ji Gang's voice gradually became sad: "It's just that the crown prince, Bi Jing, is the crown prince appointed by the emperor. The emperor can't tolerate him being alive, so all the officials are loyal to the crown prince, but he doesn't want to kill the officials who are loyal to the crown prince. After the crown prince ascended the throne, he had no income to use. Therefore, he locked up a group, demoted a group, and exiled a group of people like you and me. The remaining courtiers, with the emperor's wrist, only need a year or so to clean up. Qianjing, make sure to leave one door!"

Xia Xun smiled and said: "Why don't you think about it from a different angle? Our role in the court is more difficult than those of the great scholars? Whether you are closed or demoted, just expelling you and me from Beijing, isn't it a kind of kindness to you and me?" Protect?"

Ji Gang chuckled twice, did not comment on this, and only said: "The emperor first uses the Hanwang party to eliminate the prince's private party, so as to ensure that the current government orders the imperial power to produce a young son; The party killed Qianjing to ensure that the crown prince would ascend the throne in the future, and that there would be no Hanwang party coveting the high position in the court; it also took advantage of the rivalry between the princeling party and the Hanwang party to weaken the power of officials in the court who opposed moving the capital, and ensured that the proposal to move the capital passed smoothly. Three birds with one stone, extremely clever!"

Xia Xun smiled, shook his head lightly, and said, "Brother Ji, I really saw it clearly, so I missed one item, hehe, it's not three birds with one stone! It's four birds with one stone!"

"Four birds with one stone?"

Ji Gang looked at Xia Xun in surprise, and said, "I've thought over and over again, but I only guessed the three purposes of the emperor, and there is a fourth reason? Ji would like to hear more about it!"

Xia Xun said leisurely: "There is also the civil servant party! Whether it is the princeling party or the Hanwang party, they are all temporary parties, but the civil servant party is not. Because of the same township, or because of the same year, or because of the same hospital, it may be Appears in various names, but generally speaking, it is the civil servant party. The emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together.

The power of civil servants, like water dripping through stone, seems weak and invincible. Even the ninety-five emperors have to be afraid of three points, and even compromise.That's why when the emperor ascended the throne, he tolerated and wooed Jianwen's ministers in every possible way; that's why the emperor had to obey the will of civil officials when he established a prince;

The current civil servant party is mainly composed of Jiangxi scholars, half of the court officials are from Jiangxi, and there are many ancient waters in the Hanlin. With the emperor's strong character, how can he tolerate the arrogance of the township party and influence the emperor?Therefore, due to the dispute between the Hanwang Party and the Princeling Party, we took the opportunity to suppress it, so as to prevent the township party from becoming too powerful!Since the emperor ascended the throne, purged the Jianwen 1st Party, and established the Jingnan hero force, this is the second large-scale reshuffle of the temple forces!The only difference is that it is easier to break the 1-day welcome, but this one is more complicated! "

Ji Gang frowned and thought about it, and hurriedly thought about the origins of the officials who were imprisoned and questioned. Except that they belonged to the two camps of the King of Han and the Crown Prince, most of those who received increasingly severe punishments or longer sentences were civil servants from Jiangxi , but because most of the officials from Jiangxi were originally in the DPRK and China, this point was ignored by him.

Ji Gang sighed in surprise, and suddenly said doubtfully: "The selection of scholars by the imperial court depends on the imperial examinations. As long as there are imperial examinations, the soil for the birth of the Civilian Scholars Party will always exist. If the Jiangxi Party is destroyed, I know that there will be no Jiangdong Party in the future. , Jiangnan Party, Jiangbei Party? The wildfire is endless, and the spring breeze blows again. If the emperor does not get rid of its root cause, it will be difficult to completely eradicate this malpractice.”

Xia Xun said indifferently: "But this spring breeze only happens once a year. In this year, if it is burned, it will be burned. There is no more reasonable way for the imperial court to recruit scholars than the imperial examination. The best way to think about it is not to abolish the imperial examination because of choking. Therefore, the imperial examination cannot be abolished. However, the imperial examination is taken every three years. Even if you pass the exam, it will take 20 years at the fastest to form a party.

If the wildfires are endless, then the wildfires will burn every year.When the water is clear, there will be no fish. As long as it is not a disaster, even the emperor can't bear it.When the power of the scholar party is about to endanger the imperial power, then when the current emperor is in power, it is the current emperor who will fight with it. Is it just for decoration to teach him the way of being a king since childhood? "

Xia Xun said slowly: "What's more, the emperor didn't just suppress it blindly, and didn't think of a way to check and balance. The emperor reused the honored generals and generals, and pushed the rank of civil servants promoted by Jianwen back to the second rank. This is a means to prevent the civil servants from dominating. Another point is to re-use eunuchs. Taizu set up the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Jinyiwei, and six divisions to punish officials in Shizhong and various provinces. Unfortunately, these are called the emperor's rank.

It's just you and me here, everyone knows what they say, you know what I know, let's be blunt, who will use these government offices in the end?Ha ha, so, the current emperor has chosen another force, a new supervisory agency, and that is the eunuch!They have become more and more active in the court for missions, conscripts, army supervision, sub-townships, and assassination.However, through the emperor's ingenious setting, in any case, the existence of eunuch power can only be attached to the emperor, and they can only exist as a chess piece for the emperor to check and balance civil officials. The eunuchs of the Tang and Tang dynasties did whatever they wanted and were lawless! "

When Ji Gang listened, he couldn't help but secretly tremble at the emperor's scheming. He looked into the distance, his eyes were sometimes clear and sometimes confused. After a long while, he suddenly turned his head to look at Xia Xun: "How should we go?"

Xia Xun stared at him for a while, then suddenly lowered his head, pointed to his leather boots, and asked, "Brother Ji, do you know when these boots started?"

Ji Gang was stunned, not understanding why he suddenly lifted the shoes under his feet, so he shook his head and said, "I don't know!"

Xia Xun said: "According to legend, in ancient times, people in those days lived in a simple way, even if they were the leaders of a tribe, the king of a country was no exception. When a king was on a tour, he was caught by the road because his feet were bare. The stone pierced his feet, and the king was so angry that he ordered all roads to be paved with animal skins.

However, even if all the skins in his kingdom are taken out, it is impossible to pave all the roads he wants to go. Therefore, a wise minister suggested to his king: "My lord, since you can't pave the road If you are all covered with leather, why not wrap your feet with two leathers?In this way, no matter where you go, the effect is not the same? 'They woke up like a dream, and later, they had leather boots..."

Ji Gang is not stupid, so he naturally understood what Xia Xun said. He stood there, staring into the distance, his face was cloudy and uncertain, and he struggled a lot in his heart. After a long time, he asked in a deep voice: "Then, the Duke Have you... chosen shoes for yourself?"

Xia Xun smiled without saying a word.

Ji Gang laughed loudly and said: "The Duke is a first-rank duke, so he can naturally choose a pair of comfortable boots for himself, but Ji Gang can't do it. Ji Gang doesn't have his own boots, so he can only lay leather on the road! My road is not full, Then I have no choice but to grab other skins and lay them in my way, so that others have nowhere to go!"

Xia Xun said lightly: "Entering life is a blessing, but entering is not enough! If you are not satisfied, you can't let it go, so the bitterness is even more bitter!"

Ji Gang took a step forward in disbelief, and proudly said: "My life is up to me, and I have to live happily ever after. Ji enjoys his own happiness, doesn't feel the pain, walks his own way, and walks by himself! I will never regret it!"

Xia Xun quickly grabbed his arm and said, "Brother Ji, stop, be careful, if you go any further, you will fall!"

To be continued