Chapter 99 The Situation

The two looked at each other, and the room was so quiet that one could hear a needle drop.

Nanny Gui stood at the door, originally listening to the two talking, but suddenly it was quiet inside. After listening carefully, there was still no sound, and I was a little worried. Hastily asked someone to bring a bowl of fruit, and then called out: "Girl, the crane's head melon has been cut, I brought it in."

Nanny Gui brought the crane's head melon into the room, and found that Yuxi and Yuchen hadn't spoken, she was very puzzled. It's just that when Yuchen told her to go down, she couldn't stay any longer.

After Yu Xi waited for Nanny Gui to go down, a smile appeared on her face, and she said, "Third Sister thinks too much, so I think history books and art of war are very interesting."

Yuchen didn't beat around the bush at this meeting, and said to Yuxi straight to the point: "Fourth sister, it's okay to read history books and art of war for leisure, but there are some things we shouldn't get involved in. Grandma doesn't tell father, it doesn't mean they don't I know." Yuchen has no objection to reading history books, because she has read them herself, but reading military books is a bit problematic. After reading these books, Yuxi often went to her elder brother's yard. Grandmother and father knew exactly what she was doing, but Yuxi thought she was doing it a secret.

It's all said and done, there's no point in pretending to be stupid anymore. Yuxi laughed at herself and said, "I didn't expect grandma and father to pay attention just by going to elder brother's place a few more times." Here, she really has no secrets at all.

Yuxi never thought of hiding anything from the old lady and Han Jingyan, but Yuchen's words today also reminded her. Her current life and death are still in the hands of the old lady and Han Jingyan. Even with the support of her aunt and brother, if they really want to do something to her, she can only bear it and have no way to resist. The days of ease have been too long, and she has lost her sense of crisis.

Seeing the sarcasm on Yuxi's face, Yuchen felt a bit blocked: "Fourth sister, I'm doing it for your own good. Once some things are stained, you can't get rid of them." She didn't know where Yuxi was going. What does the eldest brother do, but what is certain is that it will not be a good thing, at least not a good thing for Yuxi.

Yuxi said sincerely: "Third sister, thank you." Yuchen was able to talk to her like this today, and even taught her how to play the flute, it was really for her good from the bottom of her heart. It's just that she also knows that compared with the old lady and Han Jingyan, she has to lean back. Also because of this, she never communicates with Yuchen, because the two of them are not in the same way.

Yuchen doesn't need Yuxi's gratitude: "Fourth sister, I hope you don't go to elder brother's place again in the future. Eldest brother is a person who does great things, and what he does is beyond our reach."

Yuxi nodded with a smile and said, "I see." No matter what Yuchen does, she is good, and no matter what she does, she is always wrong because she has ulterior motives. Although helpless, this is the reality, and she doesn't want to explain any more, because it's unnecessary.

Yuxi did not stay in Tingyun Pavilion for dinner, but returned to Taoranju.

When Nanny Gui watched Yuxi go out, she had a solemn face and asked Yuchen, "Miss, what's wrong with Miss Si?"

Yuchen sighed slightly: "I said she shouldn't go to the big brother's place often, she might feel uncomfortable!" From the incident with the Shou county master, it can be seen that the big brother acted too hastily and didn't think about the consequences at all. If not, why are Jianjun and Jiancheng still in bed? She was really worried that Yuxi would become very aggressive after staying with her elder brother for a long time.

Nanny Gui was taken aback; "Girl, why did you tell Fourth Miss about this? You say that, Fourth Miss will not die of anger?" No one would be happy if they knew that their privacy was prying into someone. .

Yuchen smiled wryly: "I also hope that she will not go astray. Why is the fourth sister so confused? The elder brother is the son of the world. He can make mistakes and correct them, but she can't! And if people know that she and Eldest brother learns the art of scheming, so whoever dares to marry her in the future." At that time, she was shocked when she heard Nanny Gui's guess.

She also endured it for a long time, but in the end she still couldn't resist the worry in her heart, and had a showdown with Yuxi.

Nanny Gui knows that Yuchen really treats Yuxi as her own younger sister, otherwise she wouldn't be so painstaking: "I hope the fourth girl can understand your painstaking efforts." Nanny Gui really thinks that Yuxi doesn't know her The girl at home did this for her.

Coincidentally, Yu Xi had just finished dinner. Han Jianming sent someone over and told Yuxi to go to the study, saying that he had something to look for her.

Seeing that Yuxi's face was wrong, Han Jianming asked in surprise: "What's wrong? Such an ugly face? Are you feeling unwell?"

Yuxi shook her head and said: "The third sister told me today that my grandmother and my father already knew that I was learning the art of maneuvering from my elder brother. She advised me not to learn these things from my elder brother. It will be harmful and not beneficial to me." Yuchen's words That's right, women are too smart, and they are so smart that they are exposed, which will indeed arouse people's suspicion and defense. It was her oversight that she hadn't thought of this before.

Han Jianming laughed: "Why, are you afraid? Are you going to give up?" Yuxi is learning, but she is not learning from him, but putting what she has learned into practice. It's just that he didn't tell anyone about it, not even his grandmother.

Yuxi was silent for a while, and said: "It's not that I want to retreat, but I don't want to attract attention. I'm a woman, not a man, and people know that I'm learning these things. It's not good for me, and even, it's hard to tell others in the future." She can study and study in private, and she doesn't have to come to her elder brother to avoid attracting attention. She didn't think carefully before, and she didn't expect to have such a big trouble.

Han Jianming didn't say anything, turned around and took out a brocade box from the shelf. Yuxi thought it was a rare treasure, but she didn't expect that there was a map in the brocade box.

Yuxi was a little baffled, what to do with a map.

Han Jianming spread out the map and placed it on the desk, pressing the four corners of the map with paperweights and inkstones. He drew a circle with his finger and said, "This is the Liaodong area."

Yuxi looked at Han Jianming, not knowing what he was telling her about Liaodong.

Han Jianming pointed to the place marked with a red dot, and said: "This is Tongcheng, and outside Tongcheng are Donghu people. A few years ago, there were constant riots in Donghu due to the battle for the throne, and the new king of Donghu was settled just over a month ago. Internal affairs. Liaodong, there will be no more peace in the future."

Yuxi couldn't help asking: "What does this have to do with me?"

Han Jianming didn't respond to Yuxi's words. He swiped his hand over, circled another place, pointed to a red dot, and said, "This is Yucheng, the border pass in the northwest. Outside Yucheng is the northern prisoner. Every spring and autumn, The northern captives would go to the border towns to burn, kill, loot and torture. But the war over there has never been ideal, with countless casualties."

Yuxi understands this meaning, the so-called unsatisfactory means losing more and winning less. When Han Jianming pointed to the southwest, Yuxi couldn't help asking: "Is it not peaceful there?"

Han Jianming shook his head and said, "The Miao people and the Qiang Rong people in the southwest have turned against each other. The imperial court sent an army of 100,000. Not only did they fail to wipe out the rebels, but they were completely wiped out."

Yuxi opened her mouth: "The imperial army is so useless?" The Miao and Qiang Rong are both ethnic minorities with a small population. Even if a 100,000 army cannot be wiped out, the entire army will not be wiped out. How poorly these armies have fallen into such a field.

Han Jianming said: "The imperial court's taxation is decreasing year by year, but the expenditure is increasing year by year." After a pause, Han Jianming said: "The expenditure of the emperor and the harem accounted for one-fifth of the annual tax. one."

Yuxi let out a long breath. Even if she is not an official of the imperial court, she also knows that the treasury's taxes should be used for military pay, official salaries, agriculture and water conservancy, etc. The emperor and the harem use up one-fifth, so how can the court use the rest? However, Yu Xi directly ignored the latter sentence, and it was useless to pay attention. No one dared to object to how much money the emperor spent: "Why are taxes getting less and less, and where is the money going?"

Han Jianming said: "They were all corrupted by corrupt officials."

Yuxi often reads history books, and there are also records of peasant uprisings in history books. Those peasants cannot survive because of the excessive expropriation by corrupt officials. For these common people, there is no way out anyway, and the rebellion might kill a way out, so they raised the flag: "If the common people have no way out, don't they want to rebel?"

Han Jianming felt that Yuxi's history books were not in vain: "At the beginning of the year, Henan was rebelled because of corrupt officials' excessive expropriation, but those people were all killed by the imperial army."

Yuxi was a little horrified: "How come I haven't heard of such a big thing?" After she finished speaking, she knew she was stupid, and gave a wry smile. Although this matter is big, but because it is not something glorious, it was suppressed and the news was not revealed. It is normal that she, a daughter of a boudoir, did not hear about it.

After hearing all this, Yuxi seemed to understand what Han Jianming was going to tell her: "Brother, what do you mean, the world is about to fall?"

Han Jianming shook his head and said, "It's not enough. But if this continues, the world will end up in chaos sooner or later." He was worried that he would be in trouble in the future, so he asked Han Jianye to marry a girl from the Lu family. Really wait until the world is overthrown, only by holding military power can you protect your family and yourself.

Yuxi thought for a while and said: "I have met the Ninth Prince, he is a very powerful person. If he succeeds, he should be able to control the situation!"

Han Jianming also knew that the Ninth Prince was a man of great power and skill: "No one can say for sure what will happen in the future. Whether the Ninth Prince can successfully ascend to the throne is still a question." At this point, he changed the subject and asked : "After hearing so much, what do you think?"

Yuxi shook her head and said: "I don't have any thoughts. The world is too far away from me, even if it does happen, it won't affect me temporarily. But if I don't shy away, if I offend my grandmother and my father, I won't be able to bear it." Walking around. Brother, I won’t be able to come to you often in the future.” Avoiding the old lady and Han Jingyan is the second, the main reason is that Yuxi is worried that her sharpness will be exposed, and it will be difficult to say goodbye at that time. Memorizing medical books and learning tactics are just in case. Deep in Yuxi's heart, she still hopes that she can marry a good family and live a life of husband and son.

As for the world's great sex, she didn't wake up when she died in her previous life. Well, although there are refugees everywhere, the capital is still too peaceful.

Han Jianming didn't force it, and said with a smile, "It's fine if you don't come here." After finishing speaking, he handed a few books on the desk to Yuxi, and said, "Take these books back and read them, and let me know when you're done reading them." .I'll change it for you again."

Yuxi took a few books with both hands, nodded without reading any books, and said, "Okay, I'll read it when I get back."

ps: O(∩_∩)O~, everyone guesses, what book did the elder brother give Yuxi? (to be continued)