Escape: I rely on the food exchange system to survive to the extreme

Chapter 281 Chu: Ah——!
how to say?

When Mei Qian learned of the Jiangnan court's thoughts, he could only say - the bolder the people, the more productive the land.

The idealism of the ancients is really amazing!
"How come they can think of all the good things?"

The weather was getting colder, Mei Qian and Qi Chen sat in the pavilion, screened on three sides, brewing tea around the stove and watching the snowflakes falling in the yard.
There are some things that can only be said when the two of them are together.

Including Chu Ji, sometimes they didn't dare to listen to the remarks of these two "crazy guys".

To a certain extent, the only people who truly walk on the same path are Mei Qian and Qi Chen.

"Have you seen clearly? Even if there are no noble families, the imperial power still cannot be concentrated in the hands of one person in the end."

Mei Qian took the roasted sweet potatoes that Qi Chen had peeled.

After hearing Mei Qian's words, Qi Chen poured himself a cup of milk tea and said:

"Without the aristocratic families, there will be another group of people who want to replace the aristocratic families and achieve their own ideas."

Mei Qian smiled and nodded.

Although Qi Chen seems to be very open-minded in some aspects, such as his feelings for Mei Qian and his attitude towards elevating the status of women for Mei Qian, he is still an ancient person.

In this era of supreme imperial power, his passion for power and his despotism were no less than anyone else's.

Qi Chen was very clear that as an emperor, the reason why he failed to inform Qi Yu of some things was because he had already seen them from Qi Yu.

Even if there were no aristocratic families, some people would still try to control the imperial power and treat the emperor as a puppet in order to realize their own political ambitions.

When Mei Qian heard what Qi Chen said, she almost choked to death on her sweet potato.

Just now Qi Chen described it as XX constitutional system, right?
Mei Qian also poured a cup of milk tea, looked up at Qi Chen, and heard Qi Chen change the subject and said:
"Although there are not many women officials among this year's new batch of officials, each of them is very eye-catching.

Even though Tian Lingjiao was only an eighth-rank official in the Ministry of Revenue, her superiors were quite complimentary of her when they settled the accounts at the end of the year. "

Hearing Qi Chen praising Ling Jiao, Mei Qian also felt proud and smiled, "That's because her superior had a keen eye for talent and didn't deliberately suppress him, allowing Ling Jiao to display his talent."

Originally, Mei Qian had actually warned Lingjiao that if she was discriminated against by her colleagues because of her gender after becoming an official, Shangguan Caomo must tell her.

But I didn’t expect that the water chestnuts were mixed quite well.

"I heard that Mr. Chu from the Ministry of Rites is also very talented~"

Speaking of Chu Yuan, Mei Qian later found out that she was the biological sister of her teacher Chu Ji.

However, her teacher seemed unaware that her sister was coming to take the exam. After further questioning, she found out that Teacher Chu was also from a wealthy family - the Tianyu Chu family.

One of the three most powerful families in Tianyu Prefecture.

However, Teacher Chu was expelled from the Chu family when he was young.

Of course, according to the latest news, Chu Ji's family has been completely expelled from the Chu family.

No wonder Chu Ji was able to fully support Qi Chen's secret attacks on the aristocratic families.

Even when her teacher knew this, Mei Qian remembered that Chu Ji was quite happy and said that except for his father, his would be the highest-ranking tablet in the ancestral hall in the future.

When Mei Qian heard this, he just thought that his teacher's mental state was quite beautiful.

"Of course, we are all brothers and sisters from the same family, so our talents cannot be that low."

Listening to what Qi Chen said, Mei Qian always felt that he was implying something. In fact, Chu Yuan’s personality and temper should be the same as Chu Ji’s, right?

Otherwise, according to the current standards for women, how could Chu Yuan have managed to escape from the isolated mountainous area of ​​Tianyu Prefecture and take part in the imperial examination?
"Teacher...why was their family expelled from the Chu family?"

Mei Qian didn't feel comfortable gossiping in front of her teacher.

But this did not stop her from gossiping in front of Qi Chen.

"When my mother was in the boudoir, she had a female tutor, who was Lord Chu's sister. She was married to a noble family in the capital."

What Qi Chen said was quite funny. Apart from the word "marry" for the legal wife, who else could be referred to as such?
"But later on, that nobleman favored his concubine over his wife, and this Lady Chu could not stand that filthy attitude and divorced him directly. In this matter... my maternal family also contributed a lot."

Mei Qian:? ? ?
How dare your maternal grandparents, who are not related to you, cause such a thing?
"After the divorce, the teacher lived in Li Mansion and taught my mother. By the time the news of her divorce reached Tianyu Mansion, it was half a year before the Chu family of Tianyu Mansion came to the capital."

"The purpose of in-laws from aristocratic families is to consolidate relationships or to make new friends and expand new connections. Of course, the Chu family is very angry about Madam Chu's behavior.

I also want Madam Chu to go back to that family in person to apologize."

"Wow, you don't even ask if your own child has been wronged, right?" Mei Qian frowned and asked, "What happened later? Did Madam Chu agree?" "Of course not. Later, my mother entered the palace, and Madam Chu left the capital to travel around. But she caught a cold a few years ago and died on the road.

It was also at that time that Lord Chu came out of Tianyu Mansion and buried his sister. "

"My teacher left Tianyu Mansion..." Mei Qian felt that the rest of the story should be even more exciting.

"I heard that Lord Chu ran away from his marriage and married the maid who had taken care of him since childhood."

"hiss--"

It turns out that the wife that her teacher always talks about is actually her childhood sweetheart?
Although there is indeed a big difference in identity, according to the ancient people's views.

"The teacher is amazing."

Hearing Mei Qian's sigh, Qi Chen couldn't help laughing and said, "You haven't seen that Lady Bi. Although she was born a servant, she has an open-minded and cheerful personality and a bright smile. When she is with Lord Chu..."

Qi Chen paused as he spoke, his tone inexplicably sad, and said, "I think that was the happiest day for Master Chu at that time."

Mei Qian was also a little depressed by the change in tone. She continued to ask, "What about Chu Yuan, this young Master Chu? Could it be that he also ran away from his marriage?"

After Mei Qian finished speaking, she didn't get a response from Qi Chen for a long time. When she looked up again, she saw that Qi Chen was laughing so hard that he couldn't make any sound, and she couldn't help laughing too.

"The Chu family was able to endure until this Lord Chu Yuan ran away before removing them from the family... that's also considered a pfft~~"

Mei Qian really didn't want to gloat over other people's misfortune, but when she thought about what happened to the Chu family, she really couldn't help but laugh!

Too rude!
Seeing Mei Qian smiling with great joy, Qi Chen said:

"I thought you would make friends with Chu Yuan, and you would probably know this from Chu Yuan.

Now, from what you call me, you haven't had any private contact yet?"

"It's almost New Year, and the Ministry of Rites is very busy. I would like to invite her to have tea with me~"

Mei Qian finished her sweet potatoes and drank her milk tea. She sighed and said, "Hurry up and bring Jiangnan back. I haven't seen my grandma for a long time, as well as my dad and mom..."

"In fact, if you really miss them, I can arrange for someone to pick them up in advance."

"Oh, don't, come here secretly and cross the river, it's always risky. Let's wait until next year, I can be considered to be returning home in glory, right?"

Next year she must be the first person to cross the river!
Mei Qian's thoughts were good, but she had forgotten that she and Jiangnan were also conducting peace talks with the North and the Western Rong...

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"It's us again this time. Why are we so unlucky?"

Wu Hui (the previous part was written wrongly, the Prime Minister of Jiangnan was Hu Chunlin, and Wu Hui was the Minister of Rites) was standing on the bow of a large ship heading north, feeling the biting cold wind, and feeling a sense of empathy.

Lu Ji standing aside looked calmer now than before. He was wearing a cloak, his face was thin and pale, and he looked a little more sad than before.

The situation in Jiangnan has not been stable in the past two years.

After returning from Jiangbei, Lu Ji was first dismissed from office, and then imprisoned for almost two months and nearly died of illness.

If his father and clan elders had not put in a lot of effort to rescue him from prison, he would have died long ago.

After that, he was dismissed from office and stayed at home to recuperate.

It was not until they heard the news and many noble families were confiscated by the new emperor that the Lu family realized that the man before them was truly a madman.

On that day in Jiangbei, Lu Ji did not receive any promise from King Yongning.

Therefore, just for the so-called "righteousness of the country and the nation", Lu Ji did "play dirty" at that time and did not cooperate with the peace talks between Xirong and Xirong.

But since then, the Lu family has also discovered that no matter whether it is Jiangnan or Jiangbei, those who are above the imperial power seem to be unable to tolerate the aristocratic families.

When Lu Ji heard Wu Hui's words, he squinted at him, looked at Jiang Yanhaomiao and said coldly: "What if it's unlucky? What if it's not unlucky? Since you are here, you should at least find a way to survive, right?"

Chu: Who could have thought that the marriage of young people would affect people's mentality so much?

Chu Ying: If you don’t love me, I’ll give up.

Chu Ji: I have the final say over my wife.

Chu Yuan: I am the master of my own life.

Chu: Ahhhhhhhhhh!!