"Master, you are not in a hurry at all." The old servant has followed Song Lian since he was a child, and has long been a family-like role, and now whispering while serving the rice, "I have come all the way, and I have not seen that Nan Bodhisattva pays much attention to it. …”
He complained about Song Lian's injustice. In his opinion, there is no one more capable and smarter than Song Lian.
After Song Lian finished eating, he said to the old servant, "What's the hurry?"
The old servant sighed again.
Song Lian did not explain to the old servant.
He knows in his heart that there are not many people under Lin Yuan who want to take the lead. If he rashly entrusts him with important tasks, his future will not be easy. The current Song Shizhao is the future Song Lian, and everyone is staring at that seat. , want to replace it.
Lin Yuan asked him to take care of "Kaimeng", but only gave him a layer of gold, and with this layer of gold, he would be able to help him in the future.
Song Lian also knew that he was a brand, but what about that? His starting point is much higher than ordinary people, which is a good thing, and there is no need to be preoccupied.
All the rest of the Little White Lotus Sect were arrested because of Bao Jianghe's confession.
Most of these people do not know a single big character. They were also poor people who were oppressed in the past. Once they turned around, they didn't take their lives as human lives.
In one of them, every house in the yard was locked up with people, men and women, and they were kept in the house without an inch, just to prevent them from escaping.
The person serving in his courtyard confessed that that person would go to different rooms every day, and sometimes several people would serve together. Those who are still alive are obedient, and those who are not obedient have already died.
Song Lian is currently arranging these victims and sending them home? I'm afraid that I'll die as soon as I go back. I can't hide this kind of thing, let alone my own family. Just pointing and pointing from outsiders can kill them.
So Song Lian sent them to the barracks to work as co-leaders, or something else, and the women were to be medical nurses. It was forbidden by orders in the barracks. Everyone was exhausted every day, so naturally they had no time to work. Go gossip.
This was praised by Lin Yuan, saying that Song Lian took pity on the people, which shocked Song Lian.
Song Lian also saw that Lin Yuan was lenient to the people like a father, and he had two faces in front of the officials and the people.
It has only been more than two months, and many people in Pingjiang have sincerely supported him.
The old servant said, "I think that Nan Bodhisattva may have something extraordinary. I heard that he was originally a landlord and a young master. There are as many landlords in this world as a cow, but there is only one of him."
Song Lian took a bite of the dish: "Fortune is also."
If the world is at peace, people like Lin Yuan may spend their whole life just as landlords.
Fortune made him.
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Lin Yuan looked at the battle report on the front line, Chuzhou where Chen Bosong and Zhu Yuanzhang went together.
Today, Lin Yuan has nearly one million troops in his army—although he counts auxiliary soldiers such as troopers, but this number cannot be underestimated. There are millions of lions, although the number of lions is not the key to everything. , but for war, man is the foundation of everything.
The imperial court has long since lost an enemy force in front of him.
Ever since the imperial court came into contact with the military power of Tuotuo, and after the army was disbanded on the spot, the imperial court lost its last barrier. Now it is just a face value. Although they are still carrying money, they don't say that they will attack Lin Yuan. They were all afraid that Lin Yuan would ignore him.
They can only hope that there will be a life-and-death fight between the different rebels so that they can get a chance to breathe.
Having ruled over this great river and mountain, and then asking them to return to the border, such a gap is not acceptable to everyone.
Lin Yuan looked at the battle report, the army was almost smooth in the past, and did not encounter any resistance. The surname of Wanhu in Chuzhou was Jiang, but he was quite capable. Yueyu, who was trapped in Chuzhou, was still gritting his teeth and insisting on sending troops to fight, but he also had a relationship with Chen Bosong and the others. Come and go, it will not be crushed in the opposite direction.
Lin Yuan's army was not without losses. According to the reported casualties, there were already more than 20,000 people. Although the casualties on the Chuzhou side were even heavier, the 20,000 people he lost made him frown.
Song Shizhao took the battle report handed over by Lin Yuan, and after reading it carefully, he said, "Sir, don't worry, now the Yuan Dynasty is just a grasshopper in the late autumn.
Lin Yuan nodded: "Guo Zixing passed away more than two years ago, and now the power has been inherited by Sun Deya."
"Sir... Want to attack Haozhou?" Song Shizhao knew Lin Yuan's meaning almost immediately. The Yuan Dynasty was exhausted, and now it would be a waste of time to deal with it. Instead, several forces in the rebel army were gaining momentum. degree of defense.
Haozhou is the rear of Sun Deya.
Lin Yuan wanted to wipe out Sun Deya and the others without leaving any chance.
Lin Yuan: "I'm afraid it's not the right time."
Song Shizhao was about to break out in a cold sweat, but his mind was very awake. He quickly said, "Your Excellency is far-sighted, why don't you try to figure it out? If you can't beat it this year, next year or the year after, you will definitely be able to beat it!"
Although Song Shizhao knew that Lin Yuan's sword was pointing at the world, he did not expect that he was going to deal with the imperial court and Sun Deya at the same time.
This made him so excited that he couldn't help himself.
Perhaps it is not far from the day when Lin Yuan reigns in the world.
Song Shizhao said, "I don't know where King Xiaoming is..."
Lin Yuan thought for a while: "An Laosi should have already made some moves."
He asked An Lao Si to encourage King Xiao Ming's ambition and desire for power. There can only be one boss in a country. Liu Futong holds great power, but King Xiao Ming holds the righteousness. If King Xiao Ming really wants to fight against Liu Futong, whoever loses will lose. Win, maybe.
In the Qing Dynasty, Aobai held great power and controlled the government. Didn't Kangxi get him down
Because Kangxi is the emperor, he has great righteousness, and there are always courtiers willing to gamble with him. In the hands of Ao Bai, these people may not have a chance in their lives, but as long as they win the bet with Kangxi, they will be able to reach the pinnacle.
Lin Yuan didn't mind pushing Xiao Ming Wang.
The harder and more chaotic the King Xiaoming and Liu Futong fight, the more benefits he will get.
"What happened to Chen Youliang?" Lin Yuan asked.
Song Shizhao said: "He killed Ni Wenjun, annexed Ni Wenjun's army, and claimed to be a consolation envoy, or a political affairs officer of Pingzhang."
Lin Yuan nodded: "The news from Chen Youliang's side has to rely more on Mr. to pay attention."
Song Shizhao didn't quite understand: "I don't think that Chen Youliang is a big man now, but he occupies Huangzhou, and there is Xu Shouhui on it. I'm afraid it won't be a big deal."
Lin Yuan smiled and said, "There is a kind of person who is born different from others."
Next year will be the year when Chen Youliang shines, and he can't turn a blind eye and watch Chen Youliang sit up.
He didn't want to regret that he didn't deal with him in advance when he met Chen Youliang.
An Lao Si, who was far away in Anfeng, sneezed. He was blowing cool wind outside the house. An wife was sorting out invitations. They had been in Anfeng for more than half a year. , Although the four An Lao looked reckless, they were bold and careful. In the past six months, they were busy communicating and spending money like water, but they quickly became involved with the lower officials.
"There is no letter from Pingjiang yet." An Laosi sighed, he was afraid that Nan Bodhisattva would forget him.
An wife put away the post and took out a pen and paper to write the invitation. She is literate and can write well. Although she is a woman, her practice is not the small handwriting that women like, but the cursive script of dragon flying and phoenix dance, because she is afraid that people will not read it. I understand, it can only be a little more restrained, and the words that come out like this can only be called neat.
An wife wrote and said, "You don't have to worry about this. If you have time to sigh, it's better to go out and walk around more."
An Lao Si: "What's the use of going out for a walk? I see, I won't go and cut off my lower body to be an eunuch. I won't be able to see that little King Ming in my life."
Rather than saying that Liu Futong protected Han Liner well, it would be better to say that Liu Futong kept Han Liner under strict control. Usually, no one could see him at all. Except for those inner servants, the only people who could approach Han Liner were the important officials, and these important officials were also Liu Futong's people.
An wife also sighed: "We have to think of something else."
An Lao Si shook his head: "How can it be that simple."
But seeing the chance of promotion and making a fortune pass away, An Lao Si felt heartache and wanted to beat his chest very much.
This time, if he can fulfill Nan Bodhisattva's entrustment, and he will go back in the future, even if he is not a high-ranking official, he will be entrusted with a heavy responsibility. Isn't that what he is asking for
"Didn't you say that the Prime Minister wants to give Xiaoming Wang Namei?" An wife suddenly said, "All the daughters of officials and eunuchs can go."
This is a forced levy. The daughter of a high-ranking official is to be a concubine, and the daughter of a small official and a small official is to be a palace maid.
An Lao Si: "... We have a daughter now? It's too late."
An wife: "We didn't say anything. The family members we told the neighbors were all on the way, so how about we picked up our daughter in advance?"
An Lao Si: "Where can I find this daughter?"
An wife smiled: "You forgot? Hong Xiu answered my letter last time, and now I'm afraid that she is going to Anfeng."
An Lao Si's eyes widened: "Miss, did you think of it at that time?"
An wife: "You men do things, and you can't see women in your eyes. I'm a woman, so I naturally know what women can do."
Hongxiu is more introverted than Tianxiang and the others, as long as she wears simple clothes, it will make people feel that she has no beauty.
Such a person can not be suspected - like Tian Xiang, who does not smile but also has affection, even if he is deliberately restrained, it is easy to be seen by others.
It had been more than ten days since Hongxiu arrived. There were several guards around her who were disguised as servants to protect her all the way to Anfeng. Hongxiu took off her makeup and turned her face to the sky. The shape of their lips is still somewhat similar.
An wife walked over and asked Hong Xiu to hold her hand. The two women walked in front, and An Lao Si followed behind them, swaggering across the street.
"Are relatives coming to your house?"
"This little girl is pretty."
An Lao Si smiled and said, "This is my daughter. She was on the road originally. Now, Emperor Namei, naturally, he had to come earlier, so he sent someone to pick him up. My old parents are still behind."
While praising the red sleeves, everyone envied others for giving birth to their daughter well.
Even if she entered the palace as a little palace maid, she would definitely be able to catch the eyes of King Xiao Ming just by dressing up like this.
Xiao Ming Wang was still a young man no matter what, and young Mu Ai had no scruples when it came to matters between men and women.
After swaggering through the city, the three returned to the small courtyard.
An wife sent An Lao Si to get hot water, and asked Hong Xiu to clean up. After so many days of riding in the carriage, Hong Xiu was in good health, but it was not good at this time. She wiped her face before leaning back on the chair. When he got up, he said to An's wife, "This yard is not bad."
An wife smiled and said, "It cost three hundred taels."
Red Sleeve was startled.
An wife said: "Where is it so good to buy a house, make some connections, and make an appointment to see the house, the first one adds up to a hundred taels, and the neighbors always say hello and send some gifts in the past. If you can't handle it, three hundred The two still can't fight."
An wife asked Hongxiu again: "How is Gaoyou and Pingjiang? Although my husband and I are not in Pingjiang, we have been thinking of Nan Bodhisattva in our hearts."
Hong Xiu took An's wife's hand: "My lord is always thinking of you."
An wife sighed: "We have no choice, I'm afraid I will trouble you sister in the future."
Red Sleeve: "What's this?"
She invited Ying over by herself, and Nan Bodhisattva also promised her that if it happened, she would be an official like Governor Zhou in the future.
Although she is a woman, she also wants to fight. What if she wins
People like her have long had no illusions about men. She has seen a lot of men, and she knows that men are cats. There is no cat in the world that does not steal fish. Instead of relying on men, it is better to rely on yourself. With, naturally, we must firmly grasp.
When there are more women who will be officials in the future, they will be arms of each other and share the same hatred, so they are not afraid of not having a place for them.
At night, Hongxiu lived in the same house with An's wife, and there was always a lot to talk about between women. An's wife was also worried that when Hongxiu first arrived in Anfeng, she would not be comfortable with the soil and water, so she personally accompanied her.
After washing their faces and feet, the two lay on the bed, covered with the same quilt.
"You have worked hard all the way, but I don't know what's going on in Pingjiang." Nan Bodhisattva was still in Gaoyou when they left.
Hong Xiu said, "It's not a big deal. Some villains below are always like that. As long as the adults ask people to rectify them, where is there room for them to speak?"
An wife looked at Hong Xiu: "If you are asked to enter the palace, the first one must be the palace maid. You are beautiful, and you are afraid of the women in the palace..."
Don't make it happen, Hongxiu was killed by those women.
Hongxiu chuckled: "Sister, don't underestimate me, I've been rolling around in the crowd of women since I was a child, and I don't know what means they have? I'll go in when the time comes. If no one cares about me, it's naturally convenient. If someone cares about me , I will look for her adversary to attach to the past, and it will always save my life."
An wife: "Then you have to be careful yourself, we are limited in what we can help you outside."
Hongxiu nodded: "To tell my sister, when I think about what I'm going to do, I can't sleep day and night, and my blood is boiling."
She still remembered that Nan Bodhisattva said to her, "You are in the middle of doing things. If you succeed, you will be able to subvert a country. Are you afraid?"
She was so excited that she couldn't even lift her head up, she said, "The slave family is not afraid!"
As long as it can be done, even if she is a woman, there may not be a stroke of her in the history books, even if it is notoriety, it is enough.
It was early in the morning when Hongxiu was sent to the palace, and the maids and servants in the palace came to lead them away. The young girls got on the carriage, nervous and excited. The daughters of these little officials were also dreaming and waiting. Entering the palace, if you can get the eyes of King Xiao Ming, you can bring your family to live a good life together in the future.
For girls, getting married is the second reincarnation. If you marry a good person, you can live a good life in this life.
But no good man can compare to an emperor.
That is the emperor, the master of all things, and naturally the master of them.
If they can really become the emperor's women, they will also become half masters.
The girls were afraid to talk in the carriage at first, but after a while, they found that no one cared about them, so they started chatting.
"Which family are you from?"
"Yeah, we have the same surname, maybe we were the same family hundreds of years ago."
After finishing the homework, they began to talk about "business".
"I don't know if the ladies in the palace will serve you well."
"I heard that the Queen Mother is a charitable person, and treats concubines like sisters."
"I heard that the maids around the Empress are all stunning!"
"I don't know where we will be assigned."
Red Sleeve listened quietly.
Some people saw Hong Xiusheng's beauty and said, "Which family are you from?"
Hong Xiu said, "He settled down in the west of the city."
"Anjia? I haven't heard of it."
"I haven't heard of it either."
Hongxiu added, "It's just been six months since we moved here, and it's not unusual for my sisters to not know."
After all, Anfeng is only a county. The palace is not big, but it is well repaired. For these girls, this kind of building is a place that they could only see before and never expected to live. One or two want to get close to the car window. Going to look, the mammy outside glared at them, and then sat back again.
Red Sleeve didn't feel anything.
She has seen many houses with carved beams and painted buildings, but in fact they are all the same, that is, they live in them.
After entering the palace, the maids first received the palace costumes outside the palace room, and then arranged the room. They had to learn the rules for a period of time before they could be assigned to each palace room.
Mammy saw that Hong Xiu was born well, and also felt that she would have a future in the future, so she was very strict with her.
Although strict, she has a good relationship with Hongxiu in private. Hongxiu is different from other girls. When she entered the palace, An's wife gave her a lot of money to manage the relationship in the palace. She may not have good fortune in the future, so she also helps her to study it.
"Mammy, this candy is good, you can try it." Hongxiu stayed in Mammy's room and put the cane sugar bought from the kitchen to Mammy's hand with a respectful smile. Cane sugar is rare, and there is not much in the kitchen. , Hongxiu spent a lot of money to buy such a small piece.
As expected, when she saw the sugar, she couldn't take her eyes away, she swallowed, and said, "How can I take your things?" while stuffing the sugar into her mouth, her eyes narrowed in enjoyment.
A maid like her, who is in charge of palace maids, can't get much oil and water. She has to serve in front of nobles before she has status. She is reluctant to buy such candy.
Cannibalism was short, and the mammy took the hand of the red sleeve and said: "Among the new girls in the palace, you are the most sensible and appropriate. I see, others are not as good as you. If you have good luck in the future, maybe you will..." She glanced up at the sky.
Hongxiu said quickly, "It's all the mother's love, and the slave is stupid. If it wasn't for the mother, I'm afraid I would not be able to survive long ago. In the slave's heart, the mother is the mother of the slave, and the mother of the slave."
"Hey, good boy." The folds on Mammy's face seemed to be laughing. "Since that's the case, let's become a godfather, how about you call me godmother?"
Hong Xiu's eyes immediately turned red, and she quickly knelt down: "Godmother, let my daughter pay her respects."
Mammy helped her up: "good boy, good boy, you will be rich in the future, but don't forget your godmother."
Hongxiu: "Naturally not! The slaves don't know, but the grace of the dripping water should be reciprocated by the spring!"
Mammy smiled and said, "I'll send you to the Empress next month... Niangniang Li is the most favored, and when you go to her place, you will be able to see the emperor a few times, and then maybe it will be your chance. "
Hongxiu shook her head: "Godmother, if I go to Li Niangniang, I'm afraid I will never have a chance to get ahead, and I won't be able to repay the godmother."
Mammy wondered: "How do you say this?"
Hongxiu whispered: "Li Niangniang's holy favor is not bad, the emperor went to Li Niangniang's place, how can there be anyone else in his eyes, even if he has, he can't be in front of Li Niangniang..."
Mammy: "Oops! I forgot about this!"
Hongxiu lowered her head: "Goddess, why don't you send me to the Queen's concubine."
Mammy: "...Don't look outside and say that the Empress is a charitable person. What's the use of charity? If the emperor doesn't love her, she can only earn some fame. You go to her place, don't you just sit with her?"
"Goddess, it's because the emperor doesn't love her that he wants to go to her." Hong Xiu whispered, "The goddess and the emperor are married couples, but they are put on the head by Li Niangniang. my chance."
Hongxiu understands women, and the queen has been pressed by Li's head for so long, even if it is not herself, as long as someone can suppress Li's, she can let out a bad breath.
If the queen really had no desires and no desires as rumored, her charity name would not have come out.
These women are locked in a yard, waiting for the same man every day. It looks complicated, but it is actually simple.
As for how to let the queen see her and be willing to use her, she always has her own way.
Isn't that also in a brothel? They are competing for the top spot, and even if they can't get on, they are willing to support newcomers to suppress their old rivals.
Sometimes what they want is not their own benefit, but to make their opponent uncomfortable.
Mammy pondered for a moment: "If you go to the Empress's side, I'm afraid you will only be able to start from a rough job."
The queen has her own confidant maids, these maids will manage the queen's internal treasury, serve the queen's daily life, and control everything around the queen. .
Hong Xiu smiled and said, "Godmother, you have to gamble."
Mammy took Hong Xiu's hand and said with a smile, "Okay, then the godmother will be waiting to enjoy the blessings of our Xiuer in the future."
Hongxiu's current pseudonym is An Xiu, the name of Hongxiu is too old and dusty, and ordinary girls will not use this name.
The corner of Hongxiu's mouth smiled: "Thank you godmother for making it happen."
She was full of confidence, and at this moment, Hong Xiu felt that she was omnipotent.