Taiping Inn

Lu Yanbing didn't like reading since he was a child, so he didn't like others to quote classics when they spoke, but Li Daoxu and Li Xuandu both had this habit, and Lu Yanbing didn't dare to disobey them, so he could only listen obediently. Over time, he also understood some Confucian principles.

At this time, the words Li Xuandu said came from Confucianism, which means that if a father has a son who dares to speak out, he will not do unrighteous things. So when the father does something unjust, the son should not blindly obey the father, but should fight against the father. Similarly, when the king does something unjust, the minister should not obey the king, but should also fight. The saints talk about filial piety, and they should be filial, but they don't have to obey. If you should obey, you should obey, and if you shouldn't obey, you should be filial but not obey. If you ignore the reality and blindly follow, and put your parents in injustice, it is unfilial.

Here, Li Xuandu compares Li Daoxu to a father and he is a son, which corresponds to the relationship between the two. Confucianism, which advocates filial piety the most, does not agree with foolish filial piety, and believes that benevolence and righteousness come before filial piety. If neither of them is willing to give in, then they will eventually reach a point where they cannot be reversed.

However, perhaps Lu Yanbing's reaction disappointed Li Xuandu too much, or perhaps Li Xuandu did not want to involve Lu Yanbing at all. In short, Li Xuandu only mentioned it briefly and stopped entangled in the matter. Instead, he said: "I used to think that money was vulgar, and talking about money was even more vulgar. But today I know that money is the most important thing in the world. It is not only a matter of poverty and humbleness that makes everything miserable, but also a country that has no money is in trouble everywhere."

Lu Yanbing understood this truth a long time ago, so she started to save her private property a long time ago. Although she could not compare with Qin Su, she was much richer than Li Xuandu, who was short of money. This is also the reason why she always felt that Li Xuandu was a little childish in the past. Of course, even now, she felt that this senior brother was a little too idealistic and took it for granted, but Li Xuandu had succeeded, so that was another matter.

Hearing Li Xuandu say this, Lu Yanbing naturally agreed and said, "Where does money come from and where does it go? There is a lot of knowledge here. The old man's revitalization of Qingwei Sect is inseparable from the word 'money'."

"See the details and know the big picture. Let's go around and see what the situation is like in the imperial capital now." Li Xuandu said.

Lu Yanbing continued to lead the way. She wanted to ask Li Xuandu when he was going to take action, but after Li Xuandu mentioned Li Daoxu's attitude, she didn't dare to ask, thinking that it was better not to know.

In fact, Li Xuandu was also waiting, one was waiting for news from Qin Su, and the other was waiting for news from Ning Yi.

Hold small meetings for big things and big meetings for small things. If a big meeting is held for a big thing, it is easy to have a situation where a thousand pounds are weighed. If someone raises a problem at the meeting, you can't turn a blind eye. Under the watchful eyes of the public, you must solve the problem. You can't shirk, delay, reconcile, or mediate. It's very tricky and easy to end.

For example, when Li Xuandu advised Li Daoxu, although only Li Daoxu and Li Xuandu knew what Li Xuandu said, everyone in Qingwei Sect knew that Li Xuandu was trying to advise Li Daoxu, so Li Daoxu could not pretend that it did not happen, and could only give a clear attitude. However, the problem raised by Li Xuandu was not fabricated nonsense, but a real problem in Qingwei Sect. Even if Li Daoxu was an immortal, it would be difficult to solve it, and he could not just kill the person who raised the problem to deceive himself. So Li Daoxu was rarely angry, and summoned the thirty-six hall masters to discuss the matter together, and finally ended with Li Xuandu being expelled from the sect.

From this point of view, Li Daoxu always acted in accordance with the rules and did not act arbitrarily by force. Li Xuandu also acted in accordance with the rules, seeking benevolence and getting benevolence.

Li Xuandu himself had done similar things, so he naturally knew it well and would not repeat the same mistakes. To decide on major matters, you must first set the tone, then communicate and find out the bottom line, and greet each other from top to bottom in turn, and finally reach a consensus, so that there will be no mistakes.

Although the current situation in the imperial capital is not equivalent to deciding major events, there are some similarities. Li Xuandu has already set the tone. What he needs to do next is to communicate, find out the bottom line, and greet each other with various forces. This is also what Qin Su, Ning Yi, Zhang Baizhou, Shangguan Wan, Murong Hua and others are doing. Including Li Xuandu's personal visit to the little emperor, it is also for this purpose, and the little emperor has basically expressed his attitude on Li Xuandu's side.

Now Li Xuandu is just waiting for feedback from all parties. If most opinions are consistent, that is, the Confucian school, the officials, and the powerful parties all recognize Li Xuandu's tone, then it is time for Li Xuandu to take action. This is the general trend, and Li Xuandu will go with the flow. Even if there are still voices of opposition, it can't stop the rolling trend.

If you don't take action, it's fine. Once you take action, you must put your opponent to death. The sooner the better, it's not easy to cause chaos. If you fall into a stalemate, many variables are inevitable.

Li Xuandu naturally wouldn't tell Lu Yanbing about these thoughts. Those who can understand will understand without saying anything, and those who don't understand won't understand even if they say it. Li Daoxu is a person who understands. He already knows what Qin Su's intention is without Qin Su saying anything.

So this period of time is a rare leisure time for Li Xuandu, so he can have such leisure time.

After leaving this commercial market, the two came to the human market. As the name suggests, this is a place to buy and sell slaves. The so-called selling oneself as a slave and selling oneself to bury one's father is here. Generally speaking, wealthy families use family-born children, that is, the children born by slaves in the family are still slaves, and they are family-born children. Even if buying and selling people, they invite human traffickers to come to the door. There are also some criminal slaves, that is, officials who were confiscated and made slaves after being convicted of crimes, and they are responsible for the special yamen of the court. So most of the people in this human market are people who can't make a living and take the initiative to sell themselves.

As for those who beat beggars and those who make a living by cutting and slicing, they are all unforgivable crimes. The court cannot tolerate them. If they are caught, they will be put to death, especially those who cut and slicing. Once caught, they will be directly executed by slow slicing.

The so-called beggars are human traffickers. Human traffickers are only middlemen, while human traffickers kidnap and rob people.

As for cutting and slicing, "cut" means to take and collect; "raw" means raw materials, usually children or weak women with normal development. When "cutting and slicing", they often use various tricks to lure women and children, and some use drugs to "shoot flowers". One person takes action, and several people spread the wind at the same time. After they succeed, they will run away immediately. Sometimes, cutting and slicing actually has another meaning: that is, killing a living person and collecting the soul of the living person for use. There is a whole set of magic rituals when killing people. After killing a person, his soul is collected in a gourd and can be used by the owner at any time.

"Zhe ge" means chopping with a knife or an axe. Simply put, it is to capture a normal living person, chop him with a knife, axe or other methods to make him look strange and disabled, then pretend to be a family, beg everywhere, make all kinds of pitiful appearances, and get money and things.

Zaoge Sect only fiddles with corpses and collects the "ghosts" transformed from the three corpses after death. The soul and spirit still return to heaven and earth, and these are dead things after all. These people fiddle with living people, kill living people and collect souls, so that the soul cannot return to heaven and the spirit cannot return to earth. Not to mention the court, even the Jianghu Sect cannot tolerate such people and regards them as the flow of the devil. Li Xuandu and Hu Liang had encountered this incident before, but it was not the kind of begging, but the kind of collecting living souls. As a result, Hu Liang chopped off their heads one by one, and none of them had a complete body. Collecting living people and making vegetables are the most cruel things Li Xuandu has ever seen in his life. Compared with them, Jianghu vendettas and the torture of Qingluan Guards are nothing.

Li Xuandu glanced at these people, his steps did not stop, and his face showed no joy or anger.

Lu Yanbing accompanied Li Xuandu and knew that this senior brother liked to use thunderbolt means to show his kindness, so he was definitely not here to buy people, but most likely just to understand the situation.

As for what to do after understanding the situation, that was not her concern. She didn't care about these things. If Li Xuandu hadn't insisted on coming, she wouldn't bother to come here. After all, this is not a brothel. Everyone is disheveled. What is there to see?

Li Xuandu thought further. If the tillers have their own land, and the landless can still work to support themselves, who would sell themselves into slavery? The key to solving such problems lies in the word livelihood. People usually call livelihood "livelihood". Finding "livelihood" can be seen. Although Qin Qing's Liaodong model has many drawbacks, it is not impossible to implement.

At this time, a voice interrupted Li Xuandu's thoughts: "Mr. Li?"

Li Xuandu came back to his senses and looked in the direction of the voice. It was a woman, and she was an acquaintance.

To be fair, this woman is not as good-looking as Qin Su, but if you look at her from the perspective of an adult man, this girl is undoubtedly very outstanding. She is tall and graceful, especially her long legs, which are slender and straight, very eye-catching, almost to the point where it is difficult not to notice her.

Shen Shuangmei.

The head of the Criminal Supervision and Arresting Department.

The Supervision and Arresting Department is at the same level as the predecessors of the Qingluan Guard, the Qingyi Department and the Yiluan Department. People in the Supervision and Arresting Department were granted hereditary military positions, and they also imitated the "fish token" system of the previous dynasty to issue four levels of fish tokens, which were divided into "jade white", "gold purple", "silver red" and "copper blue" according to different colors.

Shen Shuangmei has a "gold and purple fish token" hanging around her waist, which is cast in gold into a fish shape and decorated with purple gold. It shows that she is the head of the Criminal Supervision and Arresting Department, a sixth-rank official, with a low rank, but a low position and great power.

The two had not seen each other for nearly three years since they parted in Zhongzhou. They did not expect to meet here.

"It's me." Li Xuandu smiled, "Miss Shen, long time no see."

It is said that a man should be treated with new eyes after three days of separation. If Li Xuandu was still Mr. Qingping as usual, Shen Shuangmei would not dare to step forward to recognize him. However, Li Xuandu deliberately changed his aura today, and he was very similar to the downtrodden Li Xuandu in the sixth year of Tianbao.

Shen Shuangmei looked at Lu Yanbing again, and recognized the former right commander of Qingluan Guard, and was a little afraid.

Lu Yanbing looked Shen Shuangmei up and down, but did not take it to heart.