Chapter 130 This big undertaking is about to cause chaos
As she stepped into the room, a wave of heat hit her. Chunxue and Xiahe helped Jiang Yu take off her cloak and then went outside. Jiang Yu smiled and asked Jiang Jiamu, who was sitting by the charcoal cage, "What book are you reading, brother?"
Jiang Jiamu showed the book cover to Jiang Yu, and saw two large characters written on it—Mozi. Jiang Yu raised an eyebrow, "I didn't expect my brother to like reading Mozi's books."
“Those who love others will be loved in return. Those who benefit others will be benefited in return. Those who hate others will be hated in return. Those who harm others will be harmed in return. Well said,” Jiang Jiamu said with a smile.
Jiang Yu sat down next to him. "Brother is a magnanimous person."
Jiang Jiamu laughed, "People aren't about being open-minded or not; they just have different obsessions."
Jiang Yu nodded, feeling a pang of regret in her heart. If Jiang Jiamu hadn't been switched at birth and poisoned, he probably would have achieved considerable success.
"I heard that Mozi wrote many technical works, but they were all burned, which is a great pity," Jiang Yu said regretfully.
Many later historians have said that the Mohist school produced many works on scientific research, but these were burned during Qin Shi Huang's burning of books and burying of scholars. Otherwise, China's scientific research would not have lagged behind the West for so long.
At this moment, Jiang Jiamu said, "It's not necessarily all burned. Perhaps a lot of it was preserved, but we just don't know it."
Jiang Yu looked at him with a puzzled expression. Jiang Jiamu put down the book in his hand and said, "You should have heard of Prince Rui, right?"
Jiang Yu nodded, "It is said that although this Prince Rui is the Emperor's brother, he was raised by the Emperor, and both the Emperor and the Empress Dowager dote on him."
Jiang Jiamu nodded, "I heard that Prince Rui has liked to lock himself in his room since he was a child and study all sorts of strange and unusual things. I think what he studied must be the things left behind by the Mohists."
Jiang Yu was shocked. She had always focused her attention on officialdom, and although she had heard of Prince Rui, she had never met him. If what Jiang Jiamu said was true, and he might be studying the Mohist books on techniques and science, then she really should get to know this Prince Rui.
"Is your brother interested in those?" Jiang Yu asked.
If he's interested, she can use her connections to borrow those books. A man like Jiang Jiamu is worth it.
But Jiang Jiamu waved his hand and said, "Reading those kinds of books is too mentally taxing."
Jiang Yu smiled and nodded, and the siblings discussed some of the Mohist ideas. Neither of them mentioned Jiang Jiamu's illness, as if his suffering did not exist at all.
Jiang Yu felt that this was probably what Jiang Jiamu would have wanted. He didn't want to be pitied or treated like a patient before his life ended. He wanted to be a normal person and maintain the dignity of a normal person.
Jiang Yu had dinner with Jiang Jiamu's family before leaving. Lying in bed that night, she even wondered why everyone else who transmigrated had a cheat code, while she didn't. Now she desperately wished she had a space or a spiritual spring that could cure all diseases, so that Jiang Jiamu could be saved.
She got up before dawn again the next day, ate a simple breakfast, and went to the Ministry of Revenue for her shift. She arrived at 3:45 a.m. as usual. On the way, she met other officials from the Ministry of Revenue, greeted them with a smile, and chatted with those she got along with for a few minutes as they walked.
"Lord Jiang, how old are you this year?" Dai Liang, the secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, asked Jiang Yu with a smile.
Jiang Yu glanced at him. "You'll be twenty soon."
"Oh my, you're in your prime!" Dai Liang said with a smile, gesturing for them to meet. "Lord Jiang, let's talk over there."
Jiang Yu didn't know what he wanted to say, so he followed him to a less crowded place. There, he saw Dai Liang, who was in his forties, coughing in a low voice, and then saying somewhat awkwardly, "Lord Jiang, I have a nephew. You met him the other day."
Jiang Yu thought for a moment, "The one who came to see you three days ago?"
Dai Liang laughed, "Lord Jiang has a good memory. My nephew also saw you that day and was amazed by your beauty. He couldn't eat or drink anything after that."
Jiang Yu frowned upon hearing this, and then Dai Liang continued, "I know that our family is not worthy of Lord Jiang, but... but he can marry into the family."
"Bullshit about marrying into a family!"
A voice came from behind, and Jiang Yu turned around to see Li Zhengze standing behind Dai Liang. He was blocked from view by Dai Liang, so Jiang Yu hadn't seen him. Dai Liang, engrossed in his conversation, also didn't notice someone behind him, so this person overheard their entire exchange.
"Young Master, how can you eavesdrop on other people's conversations?" Dai Liang was furious, but he dared not show the slightest dissatisfaction on his face or in his mouth.
Li Zhengze snorted, "Stop with your scheming. I know exactly what you're up to."
He tugged at Jiang Yu's wide sleeve. "Let's go."
Jiang Yu lowered her head, a slight smile playing on her lips, and followed behind him toward the storage room. Dai Liang stomped his foot as he watched their retreating figures.
Upon arriving at the storehouse, Li Zhengze sat down at the table and said in a nonchalant tone, "Jiang Yu, everyone says you're smart. My father has even pointed his finger at me and scolded me several times. You're not even as good as Jiang Yu, a woman. I think you're just stupid. He wants to kill off your family line, can't you see that?"
Jiang Yu found these words rather harsh and said, "Watch your words. I have brothers and nephews. What do you mean by 'no descendants'?"
Li Zhengze paused for a moment, then said, "Anyway, he's up to no good, so just ignore him."
Jiang Yu wasn't someone who couldn't distinguish right from wrong; she knew that Li Zhengze was doing it for her own good. Besides, although Li Zhengze was a good-for-nothing and loved to have fun, he had never done anything to harm anyone.
The two of them usually got along well, so Jiang Yu patted him on the shoulder like a buddy, "Thanks, I won't listen to him."
Li Zheng let out an exaggerated sigh of relief, then leaned closer to Jiang Yu and said, "Last night, my mother and my wife were talking about Princess Yalin, saying she's foolish, her mind is full of love and romance, and she doesn't care about her family. I'm afraid you're the same way."
Jiang Yu: "......" Do I look like a love-struck fool?
Jiang Yu chatted with him for a few words, then walked to the last row of bookshelves in the shelving, browsed through them briefly, and then took out the official documents from the year before last to start reading.
Li Zhengze sat down opposite her and said, "I'm telling you, what's the point of watching this every day?"
He had asked this question many times in the past six months. Jiang Yu replied without even looking up, "If you have nothing to do, just look at official documents. You can't just sit there and do nothing."
Li Zheng sighed, "Life is so boring!"
Jiang Yu ignored him, focusing intently on the official documents in front of her. Before she knew it, the morning had passed. She ate a quick bite at noon and continued working on the documents in the afternoon. But as she read, she sensed something was amiss.
She dug out the military expenditures from the year before last, the year before last, last year, and this year for comparison. The more she looked, the more alarmed she became, and the more she felt that this major undertaking was going to be chaotic.
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