After Wu's words, Li Zhi finally became restless and looked a little panicked.

After finally reaching the present, only one step away from the position of the prince, Li Zhi's desire for gains and losses in this position has become increasingly serious, and he no longer holds the conservative idea of ​​"I am lucky if I get it, but I am not lucky if I don't have my life" as he used to.

People will change, and so will honest and kind children.

At the beginning, Li Zhi did not have much expectations for the position of the prince, because that position was too far away for him, as far away as stars. Just dream of it, don't take it too seriously. However, after Li Su's open and secret operations, Li Zhi was lifted step by step to the special position of the prince's ruler today. Li Zhi suddenly realized that he was close to the position of the prince. Seeing that the power of the Supreme Nine Five was about to belong to him in a few years, and the country was in hand, and the world was the only one in the world, Li Zhi's mentality changed unknowingly.

The closer you are to that position, the more you pay attention to it, the more you feel like walking on thin ice, and you may be in trouble and lose everything. Li Zhi wanted to promote the new rice seeds to make contributions in front of his father, so that his father can be more at ease with him, and thus consolidate his position.

However, at this moment, Wu's words rejected all his beautiful thoughts, like a basin of cold water pouring from head to toe. While Li Zhi was frightened, his heart also became cold.

"Your Highness's intention is good. Promoting rice seeds is a move that benefits the country and the people. If it is successful, it will be recorded in history and will be famous throughout the ages. However, your Highness only saw the benefits of this matter and did not see the disadvantages of this matter." Wu said calmly.

Li Zhi frowned deeper and deeper: "Since it is a benefit to the country and the people, it is an open and upright achievement. How can there be any disadvantages?"

A charming smile appeared on Wu's lips, and no one knew whether her smile was flattering or mocking.

"From ancient times to the present, the establishment and abolishment of national laws have all been caused by reasons and profit. Everything decided in the court has a purpose. How can it be said to be 'open and upright'? No matter how great or bright the intention is, after walking around the court, what is not dirty from the inside out? The so-called 'open and upright' is just a false statement from the powerful and powerful to the people..."

Li Zhi raised his eyebrows and looked at her quietly.

When Wu came into contact with his gaze, he was shocked. Then he immediately realized that he had lost his words. He had been upset for several years and had endured for several years. Her temperament had become more and more angry. She was so happy that she accidentally revealed her nature in front of Li Zhi. Wu felt extremely upset.

"I have a mistake, Your Highness forgives me." Wu said with his head down.

Li Zhi was silent for a moment and said, "You continue."

Wu was uneasy. She knew that Li Zhi had a bad impression of her. After saying these words just now, she was afraid that her human nature would be deducted a little more in Li Zhi's heart.

Wu clan calmed down and then said, "The abolition of the law has nothing to do with affection. Just because of the benefit, Your Highness is certainly promoting rice seeds to benefit the people, but have you ever thought about how huge and complex the things you are going to do will be? First, agriculture must have sufficient rice seeds for the implementation of the world's prefectures. Secondly, governments in various places must implement them at all levels and meticulously execute the orders of the court. Third, although rice seeds are good, farmers in the world do not know the seeds they had planted and sowed before and replace these new rice seeds that no one knows the effect but no one understands the benefits. Do the people agree? How much trust does this require to make all farmers in the Tang Dynasty abandon the old and get the new? Your Highness asks himself, is the farmers so much trust in the court? Does their trust in the court make them willing to use the harvest for a whole year to bet?"

"Fourth, the imperial court has promoted new rice seeds. Even if the farmers in the world agree, has His Highness ever thought about the attitude of aristocratic families? In recent years, His Majesty has secretly won over Shandong gentry to suppress the Guanlong family. Various measures have made the Guanlong family quite dissatisfied. The Guanlong family is very clear about the significance of the imperial court's promotion of new rice seeds. Will they allow His Majesty to use new rice seeds to consolidate the hearts of the people in the world? The rice seeds are implemented everywhere. His Highness thinks that the aristocratic families will make trouble behind their backs and stubbornly disobey the imperial court's government orders? There is another more important point..."

Wu said and said, and Li Zhi's mind was completely attracted by Wu's words. Seeing her pause, Li Zhi couldn't help but glance at her curiously.

Wu's voice suddenly became very low, staring at Li Zhi's eyes, and slowly said word by word: "More importantly, Your Highness promotes new rice seeds out of benevolence and righteousness. It was originally a good thing to benefit the people, but have you ever considered His Majesty's feelings?"

Li Zhi was stunned. Although he was not old, he had been in the state for more than half a year after his experience in the reign of the country. He gradually had some sensitive political awareness. Although this awareness was still very ignorant and immature, he could at least understand the meaning of Wu's words.

So Li Zhi's expression changed suddenly and his face turned pale.

Seeing his appearance, Wu couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, revealing an admiring look.

"It is a risky thing to implement new rice seeds. If this matter fails, the consequences will be very serious. It can be said that the people's voices are full of grievances and they have lost their hearts. Because you have damaged the most important food and clothing interests of the people. Based on this, Your Majesty must come forward to calm the public's grievances. How to calm the public's grievances? Of course, you are pushed out. All the crimes are done by Your Majesty, you are the only one. It is not a difficult decision to sacrifice a King of Jin to protect the reputation and prestige of the Tian family. Although Your Majesty is unlikely to punish you too much, it is certain that the position of the crown prince will never be with you from now on!"

"What if the new rice seeds were implemented under the planning of Your Highness? Haha, I think that even if this matter is successful, it may not be a good thing for Your Highness. When Mr. Li discovered this rice seed, his Majesty was very happy. For this reason, he promoted Mr. Li to the county seat. He even refused to rebel against the powerful enemy Tubo, and wanted to marry the daughter of King Jiangxia to the prince of Zhenla. From this we can see how much Your Majesty values ​​this new rice seeds, and why does Your Majesty value it? Because if the rice seeds are successfully implemented, the harvest of farmland in the world will increase a lot. Farmers

The surplus grains for the people will also increase. As long as the political situation of the Tang Dynasty continues to stabilize, the people will no longer have any worries about famine. Your Highness, this is a great good deed for thousands of families to be born in history, which can be recorded in history and is respected by future generations. This matter can only be done by Your Majesty, because His Majesty wants this merit, only the great God Khan is qualified to do this. If Your Majesty returns to the Eastern Expedition and finds that this matter has been done by you, and you don’t even say hello in advance. Your Majesty, imagine what kind of mood your Majesty will feel?"

Li Zhi was shocked and his face became paler.

Yes, it is a good thing to promote new rice seeds, but if it goes up to a political perspective, it may be a disaster for him. This is undoubtedly a fight against his father. If he really does this, Li Zhi will completely lose his holy family in the future, and he will never even think about the position of the prince.

No wonder when he mentioned this matter to the two prime ministers these days, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling both rejected it, and their attitude was extremely firm. It turned out that the two prime ministers had thought of what they had not expected. The consequences were too serious and they didn't want to be involved at all. They were too lazy to remind them, so they jumped up and down to show their presence.

When Li Zhi thought of himself almost falling into the abyss that was irreversible, he couldn't help but feel scared and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

At this moment, Li Zhi finally changed his indifferent attitude towards Wu Shi, looked at her gratefully, stammered his lips a few times, and said thank you. I have to admit that Wu Shi woke him up tonight, allowing him to escape a disaster. No matter how disgusted Li Zhi was with her, Wu Shi finally made a great contribution in front of him, which is an undeniable fact.

Wu's face was filled with a smile, and Li Zhi's expression was completely in her eyes. The expression of the little man told her that his perception of her was slowly changing due to the incident tonight. Perhaps, the long winter in her life was almost over.

The position you earned yourself is the most solid. If... it would be even better if... if you can live without relying on others in this life.

After years of hard work and countless attempts, wasn’t the one Wu family planning to grow into a towering tree, rather than a vine that survives by lingering around the tree?

"Thank you... Thank you for your hard work, it's late at night, you go back to rest." Li Zhi's eyes moved back to the memorial in front of him, and he said without raising his head, and his tone was dull.

Wu clasped at Li Zhi tactfully, responded "Yes" sincerely, and then retreated slowly.

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Walking out of the gate of the side hall, Wu walked alone in the cold and deserted corridor. Her steps were very light and slow, and each step was the right standard. It was quite charming but did not make people feel frivolous. It was obviously educated in good court etiquette.

The steps did not stop, but Wu's face was like a slowly blooming peach blossom, and a charming and beautiful curve appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Wu was the manager of the Jin royal palace. Although Li Zhi was indifferent to her before, he never treated her slowly. Wu's treatment was excellent and he assigned her a separate courtyard in the front courtyard of the royal palace. After living there for a few days, Wu felt lonely, so he called Xing'er, who had shared the joys and sorrows with her in the palace, and also came to live with her.

There are a few plum trees planted in the courtyard. In the cold winter, plum blossoms bloom, and the light pink petals are blown down by the cold wind. The plum blossoms on the trees stand proudly in the wind and are indomitable, just like Wu's life.

There was a lamp inside the house. Wu entered the door, put on the door bolt with his back, leaned his back against the door panel, and suddenly covered his mouth and chuckled. The laughter was indescribable and proud. Then the laughter became louder and louder, and became more and more wanton. Finally, the laughter gradually slowed down and turned into a suppressed sob.

Xing'er sat cross-legged on the soft mat in the room, looking at Wu's ever-changing expression and emotions in confusion, and a trace of uneasiness flashed across her delicate little face.

"Miss Wu, what's wrong with you?" Xing'er asked timidly: "But Your Highness, King of Jin, scolded you?"

Wu shook his head, raised his sleeves and wiped the tears on his face hard, sucked his nose, and said with a forced smile: "Don't guess, Your Highness is Wen Junzi, how could he scold me?"

"Then you are..."

Wu did not answer, walked up to Xing'er, knelt in front of her, and suddenly raised his hand to stroke Xing'er's messy hair, his eyes were full of softness, and he said softly: "Xinger, do you believe in cause and effect?"

Xing'er shook her head in confusion and nodded again.

Wu did not need her answer, and said directly: "The Buddha said that people in the world are suffering in their lives, and there will be retribution for good and evil in the world, and the cycle of cause and effect will never stop. However, I have never done anything evil, so why should I be born to suffer? If I committed evil in my previous life, the Buddha could find out the cause and effect in my previous life, why did he blame me for this life?"

Xing'er's eyes became more and more panicked, and she looked at the somewhat crazy Wu family with concern.

Wu slowly closed his eyes, and two lines of clear tears fell on his cheeks.

"I have suffered for twenty years before I understand a truth: I cannot believe in my life, nor can I accept it! Even if God punishes me for suffering, I will not accept it! I will end this suffering day with my own hands, at any cost! Xing'er, our suffering days are almost over. In this life, you and I will do whatever we want, I swear!"

Xing'er lowered her head and said softly: "Miss Wu, I don't have as lofty ambition as you. I just want to live my life safely and obediently. I... I still miss the days when we lived in the Duke's Mansion. Mr. Li... I am very good at being a good person, and even though Mr. Xue is a little strict, he cares about me. Although the Duke's Mansion is busy, I sincerely feel peaceful and quiet. Miss Wu, after you finish what you want to do, can we live back to the Duke's Mansion? This royal palace... is too big, too cold, I don't like it..."

Xing'er looked up at Wu's family expectantly, but Wu's body suddenly trembled.

The thin but tall figure suddenly flashed through her mind. The clear eyes that seemed to penetrate the fog and see through the heart were like a sharp sword that was unsheathed, piercing through the middle of her heart, leaving all the darkness deep in her heart without any trace.

Wu bit her lower lip hard, and a complex light appeared in her wonderful eyes. After so long she left the county government, she thought she had completely gotten rid of the shadow. However, the shadow was always there, and the gangrene attached to the bones followed her like a shadow, as if a nightmare that could not be cut off for the rest of her life, popping up at every unexpected moment, swallowing up a little bit of confidence she had finally established.

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Gyeongju City.

The cleaning after the city was broken finally passed, and notices of people were posted everywhere in the city.

Although Li Ji and Li Su both felt that there was no need to massacre the city, the city was all the people of the enemy country after all, and strict high-pressure management was necessary. Otherwise, the people of the enemy country would easily rebel, causing big or small trouble to the Tang army guarding the city.

Therefore, the notice posted said it was "Anmin". In fact, the terms and conditions in it were extremely strict, and the city curfew system was stipulated. If the people were caught, they would not be done with a single slap like Chang'an City. Instead, they would be cut off without saying a word. For the rest, for example, the people were prohibited from visiting each other, and the friends were prohibited from visiting each other. More than three people who were not relatives gathered as rebellion. Even the time when shops in the city were opened and closed were severely stipulated to die. Violators were beheaded, not only were beheaded, but their relatives and neighbors were also held together.

Li Su looked at the regulations in the notice and couldn't help but shake her head and smile bitterly.

This is not the "Announcement" of the People, it is clearly a talisman to urge the King of Hell.

It is inevitable that the people in the occupied cities have no human rights. So Li Su has no objection to this notice, and he does not want to cause trouble to the soldiers and robes because of negligence in management and pay unnecessary life and death costs.

At this moment, he was sitting on the city tower, looking into the distance, with a feather fan and a scarf, looking like a monster...

"Well, I'm watching the mountain view on the city tower, and I hear the chaos outside the city..."

Li Su shook his head and tail, and sang a sing of a Peking Opera that was unheard of in this era.

Zheng Xiaolou, who was standing next to him, couldn't calm down and glanced at him with a strange expression.

Fang Laowu behind him flattered: "The prince sang well! Although the villain couldn't understand what he was singing, the tune of the prince sing was particularly pleasant, and it sounded very comfortable..."

Although I was unclear, Juoli's sincere attitude immediately won Li Su's favor. Li Su happily patted Fang Laowu's shoulder: "Uncle Wu is so good. Life is in this world, it is hard to find a soulmate. God treats me well. I will add chicken legs to you when I go back to Chang'an. Yes... I will increase my salary. This life may not be rewarded, but I can reward my confidant..."

After saying that, Li Su glanced at Zheng Xiaolou, and the meaning in his eyes was clearly expressed.

There is already one who is not moral and doesn’t care about one more. In such a harmonious atmosphere of deep affection between master and servant, don’t you express it?

Zheng Xiaolou looked directly at Li Suqian's eyes, and pulled the corner of his mouth, and two words burst out from his teeth: "Unclear."

OK, the atmosphere of deep affection between master and servant was instantly washed clean by these two words without any trace.

Li Su couldn't help but get angry. If it were thousands of years later, it would be certain that Zheng Xiaolou was definitely not suitable for being in the officialdom, nor was he suitable for being in the workplace. He would be beaten to death. The most suitable profession is probably the crematorium...

"Uncle Wu, after you return to Chang'an, your salary will be doubled. The doubled amount will be deducted from Zheng Xiaolou's salary. It's such a happy decision!" Li Su said simply and neatly.

Fang Laowu glanced at Zheng Xiaolou in embarrassment: "Is it really pleasant... happy?"

"Brother Xiaolou is not living up to earth, what's the use of money? If you are interested, please give him a big red envelope on Qingming Festival..."

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A soldier hurried up to the city tower and came to Li Su to bow with his fists.

"Master, the general is urgently summoned, and there is news from Quan Gaisu."

Li Su was shocked and hurriedly got up and walked down the city tower.

The temporary commander's tent was set up in the city's government office. Li Ji was wearing armor, his gray hair was slightly scattered on his temples, and he stared at the map on the table with a gloomy face.

Li Su hurriedly entered, Li Ji waved to him and said in a deep voice: "The scout sent to Daxing City has heard news that Quan Gai Su has made moves."

Li Su blurted out: "Could Quan Gaisu care about the destruction of Qingzhou City at all, and he still rectified the troops and horses to pursue our main force?"

Li Ji looked at him strangely: "How do you know?"

Li Su calmed down and smiled bitterly: "I guessed it, unfortunately I guessed it... What is light and what is heavy? Quan Gai Su clearly distinguished. The destruction of Qingzhou City is just a gain or loss of a city. It hurts the main force of our Tang Dynasty and is crippled, but it can maintain peace in Goguryeo for at least twenty years. If I were him, I would have made such a choice..."

Li Ji sighed: "Zizheng predicts that the enemy is not bad, Quan Gaisu really disregards the gains and losses of Qingzhou City. After rectifying the troops in the morning, he marched towards the Liaohe River in a hurry, obviously intending to pursue His Majesty's main force."

Li Su stared at the map, and his fingers drew back and forth between Liaohe and Daxing City. After a long time, Li Su suddenly asked, "Uncle, where are we sending five thousand soldiers and horses that harass Quangaisu?"

Li Ji said: "The news came early in the morning. The five thousand soldiers and horses launched a total of four raids and attacked Quangaisu's troops late in the night. According to your and my deployment, each time they attacked the enemy in the enemy's outer camps. They retreated with one blow and attacked them again. It is said that Quangaisu's former army was already in a panic and exhausted manner, and the harassment tactics were effective."

Li Su thought for a while and said, "Uncle, the task assigned to us by Your Majesty is to block the enemy's rear. If Quan Gaisu is unmoved, it will be meaningless for us to occupy this Qingzhou City. We may have to abandon the city and advance westward. We will stab the rear army hard and must hurt him before he will turn around and concentrate all the troops against us. Calculate the day. Your Majesty should have retreated to the Tang Dynasty by then, so there is no worries."

Li Ji nodded: "I think so too. I have ordered the entire army to pack up and prepare to abandon the city and start the journey."
Chapter completed!