Chapter 0162 Hard Work

Two days later, Xiao Rong kept his promise and sent Sun Renluan and his family across the Yellow River.

Originally, he said he would personally escort Sun Renluan back home, but because Xiao Rong didn't want to take Qu Yunmie with him, Qu Yunmie would never agree to let him go to Pingyang alone. The two compromised, and in the end, Qu Yunmie cut the journey of nearly seven or eight days into four hours. In the morning, he left home and watched Sun Renluan get on the boat, and then Xiao Rong had to rush back without stopping, otherwise Qu Yunmie would chase him. ...

Fortunately, after the fall of the Yong Dynasty, Sun Renluan became more open-minded. He didn't care where Xiao Rong would send him. Even if Xiao Rong didn't send him there, he wouldn't have any objection.

Most of the Sun family members followed Sun Renluan and left. A few who wanted to take a chance chose to stay in Chenliu. As for the warrior who opened the city gate, Sun Renluan's nephew, Xiao Rong wanted to make him a first-class duke and banish him to an unimportant place to die there. But Xiao Rong didn't need to worry about it. No one knew what Sun Renluan did behind closed doors. Anyway, General Su also appeared in the Sun family's motorcade today. He sat in the carriage and never got out or made any noise. Xiao Rong was worried that he was dead. ...

Opening the city gate was indeed a great achievement, and the entire new dynasty had to treat General Sun well. The problem was that this kind of kindness overdrafted the future of the Sun family, and all the Sun family members had left, leaving only General Sun in the new dynasty. With his brain, he might be caught wrong by the officials of the new dynasty one day and beheaded or have his property confiscated.

Xiao Rong respects Sun Renluan, but he will not protect General Sun. Maybe he is the one who threw General Sun into jail.

At this point, Sun Renluan no longer had anything to want. His sister was still on the run, but the Zhenbei Army had already found her whereabouts and it would probably not be long before they caught her. He had never seen He Fu again after leaving Nanjing. From the moment he pointed a sword at He Fu and forced him to write a letter of abdication, he knew that his relationship with the boy was severed. These days, some of his old friends had died, some had fled, and some had surrendered. There was nothing wrong with the Zhenbei Army's approach. To the victor go the spoils, and Qu Yunmie had fulfilled his promise. As long as one was not truly an unforgivable criminal or stubborn, one would always have a way to survive.

To be fair, if he were in other people's shoes, Sun Renluan might not be able to act so uprightly, so he is no match for these two young men in this respect.

Thinking of this, Sun Renluan couldn't help but smile in his heart.

He had also heard about the turmoil a few days ago. Some people even tried to incite him, saying that Qu Yunmie and Xiao Rong were rebelling against Tiangang, so they might as well give it another try. Sun Renluan did not comment on such remarks that were obviously intended to unsettle the world. He did not care much about the indescribable relationship between the two.

The only thing he cared about was what Qu Yunmie said that day. Qu Yunmie said that he and Xiao Rong had conquered the world together. ... Hmm. A little envious.

He had walked this path alone for decades, and only he could understand the feeling. He thought that no matter who reached this position, they would become the same as him, but a different person appeared so soon. ... Hateful.

Thinking about the word "hate", Sun Renluan actually felt indifferent. After all, he had already retired. What the world would become in the future was no longer his responsibility. Besides, Qu Yunmie and Xiao Rong were both strong young men. They might stumble when they first started, but he believed that they would understand what to do.

With this relaxed attitude, Sun Renluan got off the carriage. They had already reached the river, where the official boat was waiting. After crossing the river bank, Xiao Rong and he were no longer people from the same world. The next time they met would probably be when Sun Renluan passed away and Xiao Rong would write an obituary for him.

Turning around, facing this young man whom he had only met a few times, Sun Renluan still felt a little strange. Although he didn't know Xiao Rong, he always thought that Xiao Rong would persuade him again in the carriage. As a result, Xiao Rong was quiet throughout the whole process. It seemed that he was being too sentimental.

It was late January, and the wind was still cold, but the river had already thawed, with large chunks of white ice floating on the river, drifting downstream, looking a bit magnificent. Sun Renluan was about to bow to Xiao Rong again, but Xiao Rong helped him up as he moved, like a junior. Xiao Rong smiled at Sun Renluan and said, "It's a long journey, Grand Marshal, take care."

Sun Renluan nodded, and Xiao Rong said, "Grand Marshal, don't worry about the affairs of the court. Prime Minister Gao and I will manage the Yan Dynasty well and restore its ancient glory."

Sun Renluan: “…”

Generally speaking, in this kind of sentence structure, it should be you and Qu Yunmie, right?

Xiao Rong pretended not to notice Sun Renluan's complicated look. He continued, "After the coronation ceremony, I have many things I want to do, such as recasting coins, gathering marginal foreign tribes, building salt roads, strengthening dams, expanding commercial markets, and repairing laws."

Sun Renluan listened and felt that it was not very reliable. These were all big moves and would be very laborious. Was Xiao Rong planning to work himself to death? Even if he didn't work himself to death, he would at least annoy him to death. How could a long-standing system be changed so easily?

Up to this point, Sun Renluan still didn't think that Xiao Rong was daydreaming. After all, these things would not shake the foundation of the country. If Xiao Rong wanted to make trouble, he would basically only make trouble for him. After all, he was young. If he wanted to make trouble, then let him do it.

But what happened next was increasingly wrong.

Xiao Rong: "One month after the coronation ceremony, I will inform the world that an official selection exam will be held in the fall. The standard will be a few questions. The better the answers, the higher the scores. The people with the best scores will be the new officials of the court. At the same time, I will also set up schools in various states and counties, ranging from six-year-old children to thirty-year-old adults. After passing the school's exam, they can continue their studies in the school. The students of the school can enter the county-level government in the future and become minor officials. Of course, if they can get a good rank in the official selection exam, they don't have to stay in the county."