The starry sky is brilliant and the moon is like a hook;

The beauty is coming to the window and adding new sorrow.

Eight years of deep boudoir single,

The red phoenix stars move in pairs.

Don't be silly and cold,

The aroma of making tea with melted ice is fragrant.

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When troubled times came, when most people in the world were struggling to survive, Zhen had enough money and food to support tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people.

When everyone in the world was trying to avoid the pain of separation of his wife and children, Zhen did not even have the opportunity to experience the inability to leave his wife. Because her man had long died, but she had to guard the huge family business, destined to be lonely for the rest of her life and live a widow for the rest of her life.

If this is not a huge irony, is there any irony in the world that is greater than lying on a mountain of gold to enjoy loneliness?

Having not seen Li Li for half a month, Zhen was worried about gains and losses. She was worried that someone at home would find out about her thoughts and was scolded. What made her most worried was that Li Li would never return. Also, she could not understand Li Li's thoughts and personality, and did not know whether he was moved by himself in his heart, and whether he would dislike him for marrying and having children, and was eight years older than him.

Zhen was unsure of these chaotic things, and the person who made her most unsure was Li Li. This man who seemed to be young was too calm, and he did not show his emotions in his expression, and did not miss the truth. Even when facing the charming and attractive woman, he remained silent; when he saw the obvious hints of the woman, he did not agree and was calm.

Such a calm and steady young man is too cunning, so deep that Zhen, who is proud of himself, cannot figure it out, and feels like he has no way to start.

However, when Li Li talked about other things, he was full of emotion and sincere expression, which made people involuntarily believe him and put himself in his shoes.

Just like Li Li just now talking about the matchmaking for Guo Jia, Li Xuan and other four, she said it very in detail. She was very serious and sincere, and almost without any modification, which made Zhen unable to bear to refuse. It seemed that once she refused, her four daughters would not be able to find a good man.

It is precisely Li Li's temperament that attaches equal importance to both calmness and treacherousness that deeply attracted Zhen. She was deeply trapped in it and was willing to sink into it forever and not wake up.

This may be the alternative difference between men and women. Men like women. As long as women are beautiful and have good figures, they are almost inseparable. But some women look at men. As long as men are not ugly and have a special temperament that deeply attracts her, it is enough to make her fascinated and even do anything.

While worried, Zhen even hoped that Li Li was the kind of man who was greedy for her beauty because she had absolute confidence in her appearance. Just look at her biological daughter Zhen Mi, you will know that Zhen Mi was her biological daughter. She looked almost exactly the same as her. The only difference was that the two were mother and daughter, and the age difference was huge.

But Zhen, now 29 years old, is the golden age of a woman in her life. She has a mature beauty and a plump body. The charming charm revealed in her every frown and smile is definitely incomparable to a girl. In addition, mature women know what men need, what they like, and how to serve a good man.

The most terrible thing is that Zhen has long known about men and women. He has given birth to a woman and has experienced the ecstasy taste of love between men and women. Such a beautiful and plump woman makes her live a widow, which is undoubtedly a great physical torture and a double psychological test.

This kind of inhuman torture can easily cause a normal woman, especially a beautiful woman, to completely collapse. No matter how good her appearance and figure are, no one appreciates her, and she will not be comforted. If she can continue to fail, it proves that she is dead, either dead or heart-dead.

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Just as Zhen lowered her head and thoughtlessly, Li Li stood up and walked to the window, looked up at the stars in the sky, and gradually turned her gaze to the northwest night sky.

At this moment, he missed his wife and children far away in Liangzhou, hoping to find familiar stars among the stars in the sky and express his longing for his relatives.

Traveling to the Central Plains was something he had decided more than a year ago, but he could not make it happen and had been delayed until now. The reason was that it was not that the situation in Xiliang could not be separated from him, nor was it that everything was plagued by him, but that he was reluctant to leave his gentle and considerate wife and concubine, and even more so that he could not bear to leave his children who had just turned one year old and were babbling.

After being reborn in the late Han Dynasty for more than three years, Li Li had long been accustomed to fighting on the battlefield with swords and arrows, and had also seen separation from life and death, but he could never be truly ruthless and kept the softest part of his heart to his wife and children. Because of this, he has always adopted the art of controlling his generals and scholars under his command with kindness and supervision, and cared for the soldiers and the people of the army. Unless he had no choice, he would not easily execute any generals and soldiers, nor would he kill the people.

Li Li himself didn't know whether it was right or wrong, but deep down he hated killing and was extremely disgusted with the act of killing people.

In fact, Li Li knew that this was the cause of his soul from later generations. Later generations were in peaceful times, advocating human rights, opposing exploitation, loving peace, and dislike killing. So he possessed his body and was reborn in this chaotic late Han Dynasty. When he was in a small age, he killed people for survival. When he was in a high position, the soul of his later generations buried deep in his heart was once again highlighted, making him be generous in his governance and subtly weakening his heart for killing.

Therefore, when he was in Jizhou, Li Li couldn't help but miss his wife and children in the distance, and became a little sad. At this moment, he forgot that tens of thousands of Yuan Shao's army were confronting the Yellow Turban thieves in the Black Mountains. Maybe the war will extend to Wuji County tomorrow, and then it will affect him.

"What are you thinking? Wife, children, or military affairs?" At some point, Zhen walked gently to Li Li, put on the robe he took off when he entered the house, and asked softly.

Li Li turned his head to look at the gentle and moving Zhen family, smiled knowingly, and said, "It's both. The Zhen Mansion is very good. It is brightly lit at night, quiet and peaceful, making people almost forget the troubles outside, and it is easy to be sentimental.

Before I came to Jizhou, I thought the counties in the Central Plains were no different from those in Xiliang. It was not until I saw everything here with my own eyes that the counties here had a large population and the streets were very prosperous. A Wuji County could match a county in Yongzhou, and it was even more prosperous."

Zhen smiled slightly, with beautiful dimples on the corners of her mouth, making her smile look particularly sweet enough to melt a person with a heart of iron.

This was the first time Li Li noticed that Zhen's smile was so sweet. There were two gratifying dimples on the corner of his mouth, but he had not noticed this before.

Seeing Li Li looking at him straight, a few red glows quickly rose on Zhen's cheeks, but she did not dodge, nor did she show her shy girlish posture, but looked at Li Li with affectionateness.

Until Li Li turned his head to avoid it, she said softly: "The population of the counties in the Central Plains is indeed more than that of the counties under the jurisdiction of the two prefectures of Yongliang, and the markets are much more prosperous, but these are all passing glitz and difficult to survive for a long time. Once the Heishan bandits and Yuan Shao's army completely fight in the future, wars will occur in Zhongshan, Changshan, Weijun, Chenliu, Henan, Hedong and other counties will be everywhere, and now such a prosperous city and market will be destroyed in a daze. Then the people flee in scattered places, refugees are everywhere, and desolate.

In contrast, the prefectures and counties of Xiliang are a long-term war against barbarians and countries in the Western Regions. The people are strong in the people, and the Western Liang army is brave and good at fighting and has strong military strength. Even if war occurs, as long as the counties and counties are not falling, they will not be affected too much. After all, the people of Xiliang have long been used to the war and will not be as panicked, panicked, and flee in all directions like the people of the Central Plains.

Therefore, the county and county in Xiliang are now under great control and have stable public security. Although the people live a harder life, they have hope. As long as they work hard, they can gain something. Therefore, in recent years, many people in Jizhou and Bingzhou who were destroyed by war have fled to Chang'an to settle down, and the people of Sili have moved to Chang'an on a large scale to Sanfu and Yongliang in Chang'an to make another way to make a living.

I guess the population has grown a lot in the past two years, right?”

Li Li nodded and said, "Well, that's true. Over the past year, the counties and counties in Xiliang have increased by hundreds of thousands of people, and this year there are more people. Outside Hangu Pass, there are almost endless people entering Xiliang. I believe that in the near future, the entire Xiliang area will increase by one million on the basis of the original population."

Zhen looked at Li Li with a bright look and continued, "Yes! Since the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the people of the Central Plains and Xiliang have fled to Jingzhou and Xichuan Yizhou. However, from a year ago, the refugees no longer went to Jingzhou and Yizhou, but chose the Xiliang prefectures and counties that were closer to the journey. In this way, the population of Xiliang under your rule will naturally increase, and the counties will flourish quickly. I believe that if the rest and rest orders in Xiliang are extended for another two years, by then, the population under your rule will far exceed the princes in the world, and their strength will become stronger!

But I have always been confused. As early as two years ago, most of the counties in Sili had already joined the court, and they were also under your rule. Why was the rest and rest orders implemented by Sanfu and Yongliang Prefectures not implemented in Sili?"

Li Li smiled calmly and said, "Sili is the seat of the imperial capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty for nearly two hundred years. Most of the territory is famous and prominent families with deep roots. However, our two states in Xiliang have experienced wars and are poor and poor. Compared with the two, the former is a concentrated place for famous families and nobles, while the latter is a basket of mud legs. The two cannot be compared. Therefore, the policy of rest and rest is applicable to the two states of Xiliang, but it is not suitable for implementation in Sili, at least at present it is not appropriate."

Zhen’s Bingxue is smart, and she knows the meaning of the string song. She understood Li Li’s implication, immediately smiled and asked softly: “Does Wenchang really not plan to rely on the powerful gentry to pacify the world and insist on being enemies with the gentry all over the world?”

"Hahaha!" Li Lilang laughed and said, "Madam is a bit big. How could I be an enemy of the gentry in the world!

However, if the gentry is an enemy of the people, it is my Li Li's enemy. In other words, I do not have the intention to destroy all the aristocratic families in the world, but they must strictly implement the decrees I issued, return the land of the people, reduce the salary of the servants and maids, abolish the contract of selling body, prohibit the abuse of lynching and punishing servants, and all land and servants must be registered in the government office for year-end verification. If this can be done, I welcome any powerful and powerful gentry to enter various places in Xiliang, otherwise I will not blame me for turning against me.

Life and death are often only in one thought. If they resist the laws I have formulated and resist stubbornly to the end, then there is only one way to perish.

I firmly believe that things are in the works of others, and people conquer nature. If you want to achieve hegemony for thousands of years, it will inevitably represent the interests of the people, not the interests of the gentry. In any king in ancient and modern times, the people's hearts are the foundation of one's own life and the foundation of hegemony. Otherwise, even if you can show your strength for a while, it will be difficult to last forever, and it will be just a flash in the pan.

Today, there are disputes and the princes are separatist. The total population of the gentry is less than one percent of the total population of the Han Dynasty, but they occupy more than half of the wealth and land of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, if the gentry and powerful people are eliminated, the world will be in peace!

Actually, I also know that the gentry and powerful people will never be eradicated. However, I can break the existing gentry system, rebuild a new order, realize the redistribution of interests, and gain more survival resources for the people. For this reason, I will never compromise and spend 40 years to command the army to conquer the world and quell the chaotic times! I just don’t know if these gentry and powerful people can last until forty years?”

When she said this, Li Li's whole body suddenly showed a tenacious and fearless domineering aura, and her eyebrows were filled with a strong aura of no other than me. All of this was clearly presented in Zhen's eyes, making her heart beat faster, and an indescribable feeling surged into her heart. A warm current suddenly appeared in her delicate body and wandered around her, prompting her heartbeat to accelerate sharply and her breathing became rapid.

In an instant, Zhen, who had always been soft on the outside and strong on the inside, felt for the first time that she was a petite and weak woman, because the person in front of her was a man who stood upright.

At this moment, Zhen's heart, which was once hesitant and worried about gains and losses, finally made a decision. Her life was not about how much wealth she earned, but about a strong arm that could be relied on. She knew very well that a man who wanted to achieve supreme hegemony must need a virtuous and considerate virtuous supporter, and Zhen believed that she was able to do this.

Zhen and Li Li stood side by side in front of the window, looking down at the lights of Zhen’s mansion and looking up at the stars in the sky.

The two of them seemed to be close friends with similar interests, talking about the current situation in the world, talking about the various aspects of people's livelihood, and talking about everything they thought, talking nonstop without restraint. They seemed to have a sympathy between them, and no one mentioned the important matters to discuss tonight. A tacit understanding of husband and wife quietly formed between them, but neither of them pointed out the veil and understood each other tacitly.

Time passed quietly, it was late at night, but the two people in the attic were still unaware of it.

Until the maid brought the pastry, Li Li realized that the night was deep and it was inappropriate for the lonely man and widow to live in the same room. So he stood up and said goodbye, and hurried away with Li Zhi who had been waiting downstairs for a long time.

When Li Li left, Zhen did not go out to see her off, but turned around. Then, she stood in front of the window and watched Li Li go further and further away until her back completely disappeared, she still stood in front of the window, watching in a daze, and was reluctant to leave for a long time.

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Chapter completed!