Hope for luck

Chapter 349
Jeju City.

Since Ning Yan's decree arrived, the city has become a scene of wailing, many people are running, and ordinary people even shut their doors, not daring to open the door.

Inside the governor's yamen, Liu Yuanliang walked up and down in his own yamen's office, with an anxious face, and he didn't know what news he was waiting for.

After a while, footsteps were heard outside, Liu Yuanliang quickly looked towards the door, but saw a middle-aged scribe, led by a yamen servant, walking towards the yamen office quickly.

Seeing this, Liu Yuanliang quickly tidied up his appearance and came to the door to greet him.

"Brother Zhao, I finally have you here, hurry up, please come inside!"

Liu Yuanliang seemed very respectful, and this middle-aged scribe he called Brother Shi Zhao, whose full name was Guan Shi Zhao, was an ordinary Juren in Jeju Prefecture.

"Master Liu is too polite, how dare I call him brother, I am ashamed!"

Guan Shizhao also hurriedly returned the salute politely.

Seeing this, Liu Yuanliang smiled and said:

"Brother Shi Zhao is too modest, no one knows that you have the talent of Guanzi, the world respects you as the current Guanzi..."

While talking, he asked people to serve tea, and asked Guan Shizhao to sit down at the guest seat beside him.

"Earlier, I have been wanting to ask Senior Brother Zhao for advice, but you have repeatedly refused. In the current situation, I wonder what Brother Senior Zhao is thinking about?"

After taking a sip of tea, Liu Yuanliang looked at Guan Shizhao with a smile and said.

Seeing this, Guan Shizhao also responded with a smile:

"I originally intended to come to the government office of Lord Fantai, didn't I already give the answer?"

After hearing this, Liu Yuanliang was overjoyed, got up quickly, and said joyfully:
"Okay, that's great, I've finally invited you out of the mountain as the current 'Guanzi', and I'll write a letter to the Lord later, asking her to make you a servant!"

From Liu Yuanliang's point of view, Guan Shizhao's talent is enough for a great job.

Guan Shizhao also got up quickly, bowed and replied:
"Master Liu misunderstood, what I am willing to accept is your solicitation, Master Liu, not your so-called Great Yan Kingdom!"

Liu Yuanliang was shocked when he heard this:

"What do you mean? What's the difference?"

Guan Shizhao seemed a little mysterious and didn't explain, but sat down and drank tea on his own.

Seeing this, Liu Yuanliang thought for a while, then recovered his expression, still smiling:
"Since that's the case, I won't force you anymore. It doesn't matter whether you give advice to me or to Great Yan Kingdom, it's the same!"

After hearing this, Guan Shizhao frowned:
"Master Liu, to be honest, I don't think highly of your restoration of the country. If it weren't for your sincere invitation, Master Liu, I would never be able to work hard for your Great Yan Kingdom!"

These words made Liu Yuanliang's smile freeze instantly, and he looked at Guan Shizhao solemnly:
"Brother Zhao, if you have something to say, you may as well speak it out, it's just you and me here, no one else knows..."

Seeing this, Guan Shizhao took a sip of tea first, and then said slowly:
"You have three defeats, one defeat, the location is not well chosen. Although Dongshan is facing the sea, you seem to have a way out, but in fact it is adjacent to the capital, Jiangnan and the Central Plains. Dongshan can be said to be a place of hundreds of battles, and it has always been the main battlefield... "

"Secondly, you didn't prepare to train enough soldiers, so you rushed into action and divided your troops into three groups to conquer the surrounding areas. This is undoubtedly self-defeating..."

"The three defeats are also the most important. Your master is a woman, and I heard that she is a young woman? This is the biggest cause of your defeat..."

Liu Yuanliang was taken aback by the three defeats. Although he didn't have time to think about it, on the surface, every defeat that Guan Shizhao said seemed reasonable.

This made Liu Yuanliang terrified. After thinking for a long time, he asked:
"Brother Shi Zhao said, the biggest defeat, what's the detailed explanation?"

Guan Shizhao curled his lips when he heard the words:
"Master Liu, I would like to ask you, for so long, is there any woman who is the master and the king of the gods?"

Liu Yuanliang was taken aback again after hearing this, and then said with a smile:

"I see. Why do you say that this defeat is the biggest defeat? In fact, this is the ancestral rule of the direct branch of our Ning family. There is no way. The descendants of this generation will be a woman..."

"Therefore, according to the rules, this female descendant will choose a man from the side branch to be her husband, and the eldest son after giving birth will be regarded as our true lord, and will also be the lord of the Great Yan Kingdom in the future!"

Regarding this explanation, Guan Shizhao disagreed very much, shaking his head and saying:
"I'm sorry to offend you, but I don't know what your ancestors thought. In this way, before the king grows up, who will he listen to? Isn't it you, the descendants of the direct descendants?"

Everyone understands this truth, but the rules left by the ancestors of the Ning family are like this. Liu Yuanliang also shook his head and said with emotion:

"The family law of the ancestors must be respected. Besides, although our lord is young and a woman, the means and resourcefulness that can be revealed everywhere, I personally think that they are not much worse than men!"

Guan Shizhao still doesn't quite agree with this:

"Master Liu is in it, and he doesn't know how stupid he is. Now, Master Liu is going out to have a look. Does this Jeju mansion still look like it used to? Every family stays behind closed doors. I don't know. I thought that Jeju mansion was born. What a mess..."

Being told in front of his face that his Patriarch was stupid, he should have fought back angrily, but Liu Yuanliang's reaction was to frown and think.

After a long time, he looked at Guan Shizhao and said:
"According to what you mean, Brother Zhao, my lord's move to split the property of the landlords is wrong?"

Guan Shizhao heard the words and replied sharply:
"That's natural, and not only wrong, but terribly wrong..."

"Your main idea is indeed good, the world is farming together, but Mr. Liu is also a person who has read poetry and books. You should understand that scholars rule the world, farmers support mulberry trees, and merchants do business. Let's all perform their duties..."

"In the final analysis, there are always gentry in this world to control. If these gentry were gone, wouldn't it be a mess, but you are lucky. Not only did you not win over these gentry, but you killed them all and ransacked their homes!"

Seeing that Liu Yuanliang listened seriously, Guan Shizhao went on to add a few words:
"Lord Liu, forgive me for saying something that doesn't please you. If you continue like this, you are looking for your own death. Before the imperial army arrives, you will have collapsed yourself. I am definitely not alarmist!"

These words made Liu Yuanliang tremble instantly, they finally waited for this perfect opportunity to recover Dongshan, he didn't want everything to be gone like this.

"Brother Shi Zhao, I will definitely believe what you said, so what should I do if Brother Zhao taught me?"

Seeing Liu Yuanliang's anxious look, Guan Shizhao was delighted, but his expression didn't change. Instead, he said seriously:

"Lord Liu, the most important thing right now is to get your lord to stop this so-called measure of land-sharing by landlords, and to win over the gentry is the way you should go in the long run!"

(End of this chapter)