In the small village, there are lanterns and colorful decorations. A banquet is being held here.
The people at the banquet were all local villagers.
But these villagers all looked sad, because they had provided the money for the banquet.
During the banquet, only Gonggong and Suiren were happy. After all, they had been cheated out of money by others before, and now they were cheating out of other people's money. This feeling of revenge for a great revenge is not easy to come by.
When the wine was in full swing, Suiren came close to Gonggong and said sincerely: "Brother, what are your plans next?"
Gonggong smiled slightly: "What about you?"
Suiren said: "You and I have been appreciated by the banished immortal and personally taken care of by the patent office. The county magistrate has praised you and me very much. If you stay, you can probably live a stable life here."
"However, I don't like it here. I would rather go to Xianyang City and be a mediocre person than live in the mud anymore."
When Suiren said this, he looked at the villagers. Obviously, he treated these villagers as dirt.
Gonggong nodded and said, "Yes. We may be able to live peacefully in this life, but what about our descendants? Let them oppress the good, or be oppressed by the good? This is not what I want."
Suiren smiled slightly, as if he was not surprised by Gonggong's answer.
He said: "In that case, let's go to Xianyang City together?"
Gonggong nodded.
Afterwards, the two of them drank the wine in their glasses, stood up directly, and headed towards Xianyang City.
They did not say goodbye to the villagers. These heartless villagers did not deserve their farewells.
They did not wait until daybreak to leave. This place has been bullying them and they don't want to wait until dawn.
Gonggong’s wife asked, “Don’t we have to go home and lock the door?”
Gonggong smiled slightly: "Don't worry, those people don't dare to steal our things. Even if we come back ten years later, they won't have the guts to enter our home."
Gonggong and Suiren left. The villagers sat among the banquets and looked at each other.
I spent so much money and bought so much wine and meat. Now they're gone?
What to do with the remaining meat and wine?
If you leave it, it will go bad, so you can only eat it as hard as you can.
Every time they took a bite, they felt distressed. This was all bought with their own money. After eating wine and meat today, I'm afraid I'll be hungry in the second half of the year.
For the first time, they discovered that food and wine were so difficult to swallow.
…………
In Xianyang City, Li Shui yawned all the time.
He is receiving Wang Wan.
Wang Wan took advantage of the darkness and sneaked to Shangjun's courtyard.
After bowing to each other, Wang Wan started talking nonsense and rambling, without getting to the point for a long time.
Li Shui thought painfully: Staying up late is harmful to the body.
Finally, he couldn't stand it any longer and asked Wang Wan: "What big deal does the Prime Minister have? You might as well speak up."
Wang Wan seemed to be waiting for Li Shui's words. After hearing Li Shui's question, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and introduced the topic: "You also know that I am an honest official and have never done anything corrupt."
"But I never thought that the house had some shortfalls in the past few days and could not make ends meet. I heard that the banished immortal was good at charity, so I came to borrow some money."
Li Shui suddenly realized: "So that's what happened. Ji Nu, go and call Ji Nu."
Soon, Ji Nu arrived.
Li Shui rubbed his eyes and said vaguely: "I'm going to sleep first, you two can talk."
Then, Li Shui left.
Wang Wanqi's seven orifices were filled with smoke: How could this not make sense, how could it really make sense! I am the Prime Minister and an honored guest in your house. You actually left me here and went to sleep?
Wang Wan looked at Ji Nu and felt even more angry: You actually asked a servant to receive me? How rude.
Wang Wan was furious in her heart, but she didn't show it on the surface.
Ji Nu smiled slightly, but he was not humble or frightened. Instead, he said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "Please, Prime Minister."
Then he opened a small package.
This bag is made of cowhide, black, and looks very stable.
The packet was opened and Ji Nu took out a stack of paper.
Wang Wan asked curiously: "What is this?"
Ji Nu said: "This is an IOU."
Wang Wan: "..."
This IOU can almost be bound into a book. Is this guy Huai Guzi sick?
Wang Wan complained secretly in her heart.
Ji Nu said: "Excuse me, Prime Minister, how much money do you want to borrow?"
Wang Wan asked: "How much can Shang Jun's Villa be lent?"
Ji Nu smiled slightly: "A few days ago, the Immortal was banished to open a special Financial Institute. A villain without talent is the director of the Financial Institute. The funds in the Financial Institute are based on Shangjun Courtyard and are extremely strong. Therefore... the Prime Minister only borrows money. That’s it.”
Wang Wan thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll lend... I'll lend you fifty million."
This is an experience learned from Li Si.
Anyway, it’s money that I don’t intend to pay back, so the lion will open his mouth.
Ji Nu's face remained unchanged, as if fifty thousand were not a big deal.
Wang Wan suddenly thought: That's right. There are several gold mines in Shangjun Courtyard. Who would be frightened by tens of millions of dollars?
At this time, Wang Wan suddenly became a little jealous of Li Shui.
Although it is said that a gentleman is content with poverty and loves morality, and values virtue rather than wealth, however... I still feel a little unbalanced when I see such a wealthy person.
Ji Nu quickly filled out a form and handed it to Wang Wan: "Please take a look at it and see if there are any mistakes."
Wang Wan looked at it and saw that the form was very detailed, including his name, address, official position, and salary.
Wang Wan was a little unhappy and asked, "What does this mean?"
Ji Nu laughed dryly and said, "Since you want to lend money to the Prime Minister, you must find out clearly. Otherwise, if the Prime Minister is unable to repay it, won't the villain lose money?"
Wang Wan asked in confusion: "What? Do you think I can repay fifty million?"
Ji Nu said: "The status of Prime Minister is a priceless treasure. How can I not be able to repay it?"
Wang Wan nodded and thought: Haha, you are wrong this time. Even if I have the ability to repay, I will not pay it back.
Ji Nu added: "Fifty thousand, there is interest, and this interest is..."
Ji Nu said a lot of numbers, but Wang Wan didn't listen at all.
I don’t plan to pay it back anyway, so why are you listening to this?
He just told Ji Nu to deliver the money to the Prime Minister's Mansion tomorrow, and then left.
After Wang Wan left, Ji Nu put away the IOU with satisfaction, carried the black leather bag, and walked slowly towards his residence.
When he was halfway there, he saw a familiar figure circling back and forth on the ground.
Ji Nu asked curiously: "Is that Mr. Zhang over there?"
Zhang Liang immediately responded and said hello to Ji Nu.
Ji Nu asked curiously: "Is there something wrong with Mr. Zhang?"
Zhang Liang sighed and said: "I have something that I still can't figure out, so I can't sleep at night and I can't get rid of it."
Ji Nu smiled and said, "Sir, you might as well talk to me."
Zhang Liang couldn't say anything.
What he was worried about was answering the question asked by the banished immortal: Why did he rebel?
How can you just talk to people about this kind of thing?
He thought for a while and said cryptically: "I have been thinking about something recently. I am thinking about why Shang Tang was able to destroy Xia Jie. Why King Wu was able to defeat Zhou."
Ji Nu suddenly smiled: "Isn't this simple?"
Zhang Liang was surprised: "You know?"
Ji Nu said: "Don't everyone know the reason for this? Jie and Zhou were tyrannical and the people were in dire straits. Tang Wenwu acted for heaven and asked for life for the people, so the battle was successful."
Zhang Liang suddenly understood: "Yes!"
When answering the question about banishing immortals before, Zhang Liang said that he would avenge Korea, that he would make great achievements and become famous in future generations. The only thing I didn't say was that I wanted to benefit all people in the world.
After being reminded by Ji Nu today, Zhang Liangcai suddenly realized that if he wanted to rebel, he must comply with the people's will. He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world.
He sincerely saluted Ji Nu and said with emotion: "As expected of the people next to the banished immortal, they are really talented."
Ji Nu was a little speechless and thought: Don’t all children understand this truth? This Mr. Zhang looks very smart, but I didn’t expect...
Ji Nu shook his head and left.
In fact, he wronged Zhang Liang. Zhang Liang just thought too deeply and reached a dead end for a while.
Zhang Liang stood under the moonlight, the more he thought about it, the more excited he became. If the slogan is to defeat the unjust and punish the Qin Dynasty, maybe the rebellion can really succeed.
Before, I had squandered all my wealth to look for assassins, which was actually a big mistake.
So what if I kill King Qin? The people of Qin can establish a new king and treat the symptoms but not the root cause.
Zhang Liang was excited and wanted to share the results of his thinking with Li Shui. But then he thought, it was really late now, so he decided to forget it, so he returned to his residence with excitement and lay in bed all night without falling asleep at all.
The next day, early in the morning, Zhang Liang came to Shangjun's courtyard and asked to see the banished immortal.
However, he heard that the banished immortal had not gotten up yet, so he waited in the yard until three o'clock in the morning.
At noon, Li Shui finally came out.
When he saw Zhang Liang, he was slightly startled, and then said sheepishly: "Last night I dreamed of talking to my fairy friends. It's a different feeling to visit my old place again, so I lingered and wasted time."
Zhang Liang immediately looked at Li Shui with great reverence.
Li Shui smiled and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Zhang Liang said respectfully: "The question of banishing immortals in the past has been answered in my conscience today. I am here to report the banishment to immortals."
Li Shui was a little puzzled and thought: Did I ask him a question? When did I ask him a question? What question did I ask him?
Li Shui remained calm and nodded enigmatically: "Well, let's talk about it."
Zhang Liang said: "Zhang Liang has already thought about the reason for the rebellion. It is to plead for the lives of all the people. If the king is unruly, we can attack him and save all the people from fire and water."
Li Shui suddenly realized it and thought: So this is the problem.
He smiled at Zhang Liang and said, "Yes, you are indeed talented and smart. You can see through everything."
Zhang Liang was stunned for a moment and thought: Just one point? What does it mean?
Wait, when you ordered mine last night, wasn’t it Ji Nu? There was no one else around at the time, and the Immortal had already fallen asleep. Could it be that……
Yes, there are ever-changing ways to banish immortals. Maybe he saw me thinking hard and asking for nothing, so he took pity on me and turned into a slave to give me guidance.
In this way, Banishing Xian solved my confusion for many days and saved my face.
Exiled Immortal is really...too good to me.
The more Zhang Liang thought about it, the more excited he became. He suddenly fell to the ground and said with tears in his eyes: "Liang, I can't thank you enough."
Li Shui: "..."
What's wrong with this guy? Why do you get so excited at every turn? You don't have any mental problems, do you?
Li Shui helped Zhang Liang up with a look of disgust on his face: "Don't be so excited, calm down quickly, so as not to get angry."
Zhang Liang responded quickly: "Yes, Zhang Liang is still not able to express his emotions and anger. Compared with banishing immortals, his state is really far behind."
Li Shui said oh but didn't say anything else.
Zhang Liang asked uneasily: "Exiled Immortal, now that I have found the reason for rebellion, when should we take action?"
Li Shui smiled slightly and said, "You just found a reason. Then I ask you, how should you govern the world after the rebellion? Do you know how?"
"How much tax should the people collect to ensure the operation of the court without making the people trapped? How should the courtiers be controlled so that they can appreciate the king's favor but not become spoiled? If there is a severe drought, how will you provide relief? Victims? How do you respond if floods occur? How do you send troops if there is an enemy foreign invasion?"
Zhang Liang was stunned for a moment and opened his mouth to speak.
These questions actually did not trouble him.
The Zhang Liang family has been the Prime Minister of Han for many generations. They have been exposed to it since childhood and learned a lot.
However, Li Shui did not give him a chance to learn. Instead, he said calmly: "I know you can talk eloquently and speak eloquently, but that's all just talk on paper. Without verification, who knows if it will work?"
Zhang Liang was stunned for a moment, and then said with great shame: "The banishment of the immortal teaches you a lesson."
Li Shui patted his shoulder and said earnestly: "After the rebellion, if we can't give the people a peaceful world, how can we live up to the rivers of blood and bones?"
"So, you must be cautious. Otherwise, you will let down the world. In the future, you will leave a name in history, but you will leave a reputation."
Zhang Liang felt cold sweat all over his body when he heard this, and said with great fear: "We are banishing immortals, Liang almost mistakenly misled others and himself."
Li Shui smiled slightly and said: "If you know your mistakes and you can correct them, there is no great way to do good. Let's do this, you can practice here with me, start with small things, and go step by step. When you have completed the experience, I will let you go out and try again. "
Zhang Liang agreed with great gratitude.
Li Shui said: "In a few days, I will hold an award ceremony. This is the first award ceremony for the Exalted Immortal Award. It must be done perfectly. I will leave this important task to you and see if you can do it. Okay. If you can do a good job, I will assign other important tasks to you."
Zhang Liang nodded vigorously and said firmly: "Don't worry, Banished Immortal, Zhang Liang will definitely not disappoint Banned Immortal."
Li Shui nodded with satisfaction, stretched out and went to eat.
Well, now that Zhang Liang, who has been strategizing and winning a thousand miles away, is here to organize the award ceremony, I can feel relieved now.
Li Shui felt happy.
