Yan Liu closed the letter in his hand and said: "That move just now was a very clever person.
He actually secretly watched Lu Cai's movements these days, and acted boldly. He will decisively provide this information to you when he sees you.
He is a creative talent.
No wonder you are willing to leave a personal letter instead of directly gifting him gold and silver. "
Xiao Jingdao: "It's just a matter of convenience."
"What a smooth move.
If this person is really interested in officialdom, he will use the letter you left to seek a minor official. If he is lucky enough to achieve something in the future, he will naturally be your direct descendant, Xiao Jing.
After all, he entered the officialdom through your path. If he disagrees with your political views, he will be despised.
You have done a lot of this kind of work over the years, right? Is there anyone who really stands out among so many people? "
"There should be a few, I think this is mutually beneficial.
If they really have the ability to climb up, they will have to find a backer, and I should be a good choice. "
Yan Liu sighed and said, "It's great that they can find you as their backer.
I'm just a little jealous. If I want to intervene in the transfer of officials, even if they are junior officials, I have to go through several detours.
Unlike you, the young master of the Xiao family, a handwritten letter can make people willing to do things for you. "
Xiao Jing half-smiled and said, "If I remember correctly, no one around you has stayed with you for more than two years since you were sensible. Where did you arrange for them to go?"
Yan Liu waved his hand and said: "They are all in a remote place, so they are not worth mentioning."
Xiao Jing took out the cakes from the cabinet of the carriage and said, "It is bitterly cold in the north, but the Weiyuan Army is very wealthy, and the annual military expenditure is a huge expense."
The carriages didn't stop on the way, heading directly to Fancheng, so they could only pad their bellies with some pastries.
Yan Liu waited for Xiao Jing to place the cakes on the plate, handed him the tea cup on the table, and took a piece of red bean cake.
Xiao Jing looked at the empty cup and felt helpless. She was the only one in the world who dared to serve him with confidence.
He took out the tea bag from the cupboard again, and after some fiddling with it, he put the brewed tea in Yan Liu's hand and said, "I came out in such a hurry, so I can only drink it because I feel sorry for you."
Yan Liu didn't care about this and said: "The problem of empty pay within the Weiyuan Army is still quite serious."
Xiao Jingdao: "The Weiyuan Army is a border army and has been subject to strict inspections by the superiors many times. Compared with other armies, it is already considered good.
This is no longer the time when the dynasty was first established, and the current temper..."
Xiao Jing shook his head, did not say anything, and asked instead, "Who is Lu Cai?"
Yan Liu did not hide anything and said bluntly: "My aunt's cronies have malicious intentions towards me, so I don't know who is behind it.
I have my own way of solving this matter, so don't interfere.
My eldest aunt is stupid, but she has a good background. Her father is the commander of the imperial army.
If you interfere, I will definitely have a grudge against you based on my magnanimity. "
Xiao Jing couldn't accept this. The Xiao family has been loyal to the emperor for generations, and anyone can betray the emperor, but they can't, otherwise the saliva of everyone in the world will spit them to death.
Yan Liu also knew what the Xiao family was doing, and had no intention of letting Xiao Jing agree with her words.
The couch of the carriage could barely accommodate two people lying side by side.
Yan Liu didn't mean to be polite, just took off his boots and climbed onto the couch.
The accommodation conditions in the deserted temple in the mountains were naturally very poor. She struggled for a long time last night before finally falling asleep, and she only slept for less than half an hour in total.
Now that he had washed up and was in a safe environment, his mind was relaxed and Yan Liu felt sleepy.
Xiao Jing had no intention of getting on the bed. He took out the Go game and patiently solved the endgame.
Just when Yan Liu was about to fall asleep, the system suddenly made a sound.
[Host, mission! You haven't accepted the mission yet! ! 】
There have been too many things going on in the past two days, and the system has only now found free time to release tasks.
Yan Liu turned over and yawned, closed his eyes and said to the system in his heart: "Just tell me."
The system hurriedly passed the task content to Yan Liu.
In the next few years, there will be more rainfall than in previous years. Next year, the Weishui River will burst its banks, and then an above-ground river will form, which will spread wantonly for several years, affecting more than ten states and counties, all of which are large counties with a large population.
Then there are the victims with no end in sight, the plague and famine after the floods, and every ten houses are empty.
After that, there was great chaos in the world, and the victims attacked other counties like locusts. This chaos lasted for several years.
The number of people nationwide dropped by 50%.
Yan Liu's mission is to prevent disasters from happening and prevent people in this world from dying in large numbers, and the mission lasts for twenty years.
If a large number of deaths occur in the past twenty years, Yan Liu will die suddenly. Twenty years later, the mission will be completed.
The system will continue to look for other hosts to complete the task.
Yan Liu asked: “Does preventing the disaster require preventing the Wei River from bursting its banks?”
The system said: [It would be best if the Weishui River could be prevented from bursting its banks. The degree of completion of such a task would be very high. 】
"So it's not a necessary condition?"
System: [It is not a necessary condition, but there is still one year left, the host should try his best...]
Yan Liu interrupted directly: "Don't think about it. One year is not enough. Even if we go all out to build the dam now, it will be too late, let alone the imperial court. It is impossible to do this with all its strength."
As soon as she saw this task, she understood the key. Since the founding of the dynasty, the country has never relaxed its management of the Wei River.
But how effective is governance?
Yan Liu is not very clear about what happened a few years ago, but in the past ten years she can categorically state that there was no governance at all.
If 30% of the money allocated every year is used on the Wei River, the person responsible can be praised as an upright official.
The third prince who governed the Weishui River last year was the niece of the Empress Dowager and was deeply loved by the old emperor.
Most of the money spent on managing the Weishui River last year fell into this man's pocket.
Yan Liu wanted the court to manage the Wei River, so he had to first explain where the money was spent last year.
You know, the amount of money allocated last year was the total of the past seven years. After the third prince returned to Beijing, he vowed that the Weishui River would never burst its banks within twenty years.
Doesn’t the old emperor know about this?
Maybe I don’t know, maybe I’m aware of it, but I don’t want to ask.
Because this can make the Queen Mother calm down for a while, and can stop the Queen Mother from targeting the person who is close to his heart - the current imperial concubine.
Yan Liu also understood the reasons that allowed the Wei River to spread for decades. After the Wei River bursts its banks next year, the Third Prince and his faction must blame it on too much rain, which cannot be stopped by human power.
They would even conceal the situation of the disaster so that no matter what happened, the victims would not be able to reach the capital.
They would bet that the precipitation would not increase in the year after next, and that the matter would remain covered up like this. When they finally realized the seriousness of the problem a few years later, it was already too late and there was no solution.
Because of the seriousness of the disaster, taxes were reduced, and a large amount of taxes had to be used for the army to suppress the victims, and they were unable to manage the Wei River. After that, the Wei River burst its banks again, the number of victims increased significantly, taxes decreased, and they had to double the number of armed troops.
This vicious cycle will continue until the Weishui River no longer spreads to other counties or until God sees that there will be no more rainfall here.
But the uprising will not stop just like that, and the world will fall into war again.
According to the future given by the system, this country has not changed hands after all, and the rebels have not even spread to the vicinity of the capital, so the dynasty is still strong.
Then the rebels will only be rebels. No matter what their reasons are, they will not transform into dragons.
Therefore, those loyal ministers will never take refuge in the rebels and make suggestions for them.
