"Of course I know I can't hide it from Your Majesty." Zong Mao filled his empty cup. The clear green bamboo leaves were like a spring river in the green cup. "But, isn't this why Your Majesty asked me to be Prime Minister?" Ji Hong was stunned. It turns out that Zongmao understands everything. Zong Mao stretched out his fingers, rolled up his sleeves to look, and wiped the remaining wine from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand. Although he became the prime minister, in front of people he knew well, he was as vulgar as a village gangster. But in front of strangers, it's completely different. He will be like the scorching sun, so oppressive that others dare not look up at him. "You are all thinking wrong. I am the Prime Minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If I am like Ma Shiying, who colludes with the civil servants, and is like Liu Suifeng, who tries to use countless tough spider threads to consolidate his power, how can I be the Prime Minister of Zhou Dynasty? Fuck this prime minister?" His chest felt hot. Ji Hong was the "red horse" laughed at by everyone in the grassland. Although he blushed after drinking, he could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. But his drinking capacity is very ordinary. After a few cups of bamboo leaf green, the body will radiate heat from the inside to the outside. "You know everything?" Ji Hong found that he was a bit like a fool. "Come on," Zong Mao brought the wine bottle, "Just because you come and talk to me about this, we will be brothers for the rest of our lives." Ji Hong drank it all. Zong Mao is just like before, he was able to show off his skills in Beijing when he was just a teenager. He can't tolerate sand in his eyes and boldly exposes Geng Guang's greed for money. No matter where he goes, he is the brightest star. Some abilities are innate, and Ji Hong only shined once in his life. He weakly advised: "Your Majesty is generous, but the Prime Minister must be restrained. Soldiers are deadly weapons, let alone against the Han people." His voice sounded a little lacking in confidence. "You don't understand this." Zong Mao picked up the wine pot and stretched out his arms, crossing the entire table to fill Ji Hong's wine. "A country cannot stand without faith. Compared with faith, not to mention killing hundreds of people, it is thousands." "Thousands of people stood in front of me, but they were still killed." "The imperial court auctioned the mines, and those who paid could not mine them. How many people were watching? If the matter in Taiping Mansion is not resolved, the mines elsewhere in the Zhou Dynasty will no longer be sold. It's just the local gentry who wants to benefit from it. Do you think the honest people have the courage to do so? Some people want to get involved in everything. They build a thatched cottage on the side of a mountain and think that the mountain belongs to the imperial court. Law and discipline, if Suzhou resists taxes today and Huzhou resists taxes tomorrow, if it is tolerated, the Ministry of Revenue will not have money to give the Privy Council to organize the army. ""The vulgar people only know how to retreat and do not want to offend the public anger of the scholars," Zong Mao shouted: " How can a sparrow know the ambition of an eagle? " Ji Hong's hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly, and half of the glass of bamboo leaves fell on the table. Seeing that Zong Mao didn't pay attention, he quietly put the wine glass to his lips and drank the remaining wine to cover up. He has read many books under the supervision of his wife in recent years. If he remembers correctly, this sentence comes from "Historical Records." "Biography of Chen She". Soon after Chen She said this, he rebelled against the Qin Empire. How could Zong Mao say such a thing? He chuckled to cover up his uneasiness and said: "Prime Minister, I'm just worrying." Zong Mao laughed and said: "Just smile more and don't keep a straight face all day long. You come to my house often and I won't be busy anymore." I can also find time to have a few drinks with you." He tilted his head and asked, "Are you living in a difficult situation? The commander of Jinyiwei is also a third-grade military officer. Why do you often wear civilian clothes?" Ji Hong said, "I am a commoner, if not Your Majesty." Rescue, I am just a savage on the grassland, not even a commoner." "You" Zong Mao was speechless, "Now we have followed His Majesty to conquer a huge territory, and there will always be a more powerful dynasty in the future. What are you thinking about the hard days in the past? "Zong Mao's expression and words and demeanor made Ji Hong regain his worries before coming to the Prime Minister's Mansion. He had the exact same idea as Liu Suifeng. No matter how lenient your Majesty is, Munemo, who holds great power, is running unstoppably towards the abyss. Only one person can stop him, but His Majesty is clearing the way for his future. "You say people are weird, and the one you can't see through the most is yourself." Ji Hong said something without beginning or end, and picked up the wine bottle with his left hand, "Come, I will have a few drinks with Xiangguo today." Today is over, Until ten years later, he never came to the prime minister's house to have a drink with Zong Mao again. He is the emperor's loyal dog, and it is taboo to interact with foreign ministers. What's more, he is used to living in a quiet environment and only needs to listen to the emperor's orders. He and Zong Mao are brothers, but he is also a minister of Zhou Dynasty. After drinking for a long time, Ji Hong¡¯s face looked like pig liver, and Zong Mao was already swaying a little when he stood up. When it was time to hold the lantern, Ji Hong and Yongying said goodbye and left. Lu Ying was still reluctant to leave, holding her sister's hand and saying: "Sister hasn't come to see me for a long time, and she only came to my house half a year after entering Beijing. Is it so difficult to find the Prime Minister's Mansion? ""Where?" Yongying's warm palm covered her On the back of my sister¡¯s hand, ¡°I will come here often in the future. ¡± The bodyguard was waiting in a carriage at the door of the Prime Minister¡¯s Mansion. It was extremely rare for Zong Mao to see guests off.?Outside the door. The snow on the streets has been cleared away, and the horse-drawn carriages are walking along the quiet streets, with the sound of hoofbeats. In the car, Yongying snuggled into Ji Hong's only arm and said, "Master, I think my sister has changed." "Has she changed?" Ji Hong chuckled in the dark, "Where has she changed? She has always been the same. "That's right." "She gave me jewelry today, but I didn't accept it. She was very unhappy. I have never seen such big beads, as big as eggs, shining brightly in the light," Yongying deliberately clicked her tongue. She hugged Ji Hong's strong waist tightly and said in a faint voice: "You have never bought me such a precious thing." A smile appeared on the corner of Ji Hong's mouth and said: "She is the wife of the Prime Minister, and you are just the wife of the commander of the third-grade Jinyi Guards. "So what," Yongying pressed Ji Hong's waist tighter, "What's the use of such a big bead? It's not like putting it in a box and hiding it in a secret room." She suddenly raised her head. Looking at Ji Hong's face that was so close and blurry, he said, "Hey, do you know? Zong Xiangguo arrived in Beijing and took in two more concubines. " She counted on her fingers, "Then he already has five concubines, but those people don't dare to raise their heads when speaking in front of my sister. Ji Hong smiled and said, "Let me tell you, has she ever changed?" Yongying was surprised: "Was she like this before?" " "Isn't it? "Ji Hong remembered that when he was a boy with a broken arm, Lu Ying protected his sister like an old hen and tried every possible means to prevent her from marrying him, a disabled man. He couldn't control himself anymore, his stomach twitched and laughed. "Hahaha. ¡¡" "why are you laughing? "The two of them chatted for an unknown amount of time. The carriage stopped and the guard's voice came from outside: "Sir, we're home."