The Dragon King's Mansion was almost turned upside down, but Qingcang City didn't make any big moves. For the refugees in the city, it meant that there were hundreds more shiny bald heads. Those who were well-informed knew that a cavalry team of 800 people entered the city at night , Wu guarding the Dragon King's Mansion, this elite cavalry army is all white horses and white armors, with sabers and crossbows, and the momentum is majestic. It is an established fact that Beiliang controls Qingcang. Since there is no massacre of the city, instead, supplies continue to pour into the city. Many rare items that are usually priced but not marketed have sprung up in Qingcang overnight, and most of the refugees have followed suit. It's not that there are no people fleeing from the city, but the gate control is loose and there is no obstacle. After a while, these Qingcang dignitaries with some family background silently watched with cold eyes. Seeing the scene of peace and prosperity in the city, they returned to the city angrily. In addition to serving porridge at the gate of the city, Qingcang also posted bulletin notices in the streets and alleys. A young scholar surnamed Chen from Beiliang was temporarily appointed as Qingcang City Shepherd. Salt and iron were embargoed on Qingcang, and Master Cheng Mu began to formulate household certificates. I heard that as long as Qingcang people passed the review, they would be allowed to enter Lingzhou, the richest of the three states in Beiliang Road, to do business. It is natural that some people are sad and some are happy, but Zhou Junchen, who has never had the opportunity to wear a dragon robe in this life, is very happy anyway. The official document approved by Li Gongde and his two hands has been issued to the entire Lingzhou. If he hadn't helped Chen Chengmu clean up the mess in Qingcang City, he could have dragged his family to Huangnan County, the granary of Lingzhou, to serve as the county guard. This county guard is a real deal. Song Yan, the former chief officer, is now expensive in Lingzhou. It is clearly a treasure land of geomantic omen for promotion and fortune. Zhou Junchen is a bit good. As long as he doesn't need to work hard and gives him great benefits, he will Able to work very hard, not at all ambiguous, in the past half a day in the city to feed the saddle to Chen Cheng, who is not familiar with his place of life, that is called a hard-working and dedicated emperor, who was originally a local emperor who could be a king every day, and has not slept a few times these days In the blink of an eye, Qingcang's soldiers, who became the stepmother's support, were both resentful and frightened. Zhou Junchen, who was sandwiched between the new master and the old subordinate, was really a matchmaker and a bride at the same time. Zhou Junchen, who regards himself as an adult, has a good spirit, and most people who have hope are like this. No matter how short-sighted and short-sighted, as long as he can see the future, he will not be afraid of being tired.
Before the night fell, a young man with the appearance of a scholar, escorted by a team of white horses and light cavalry, walked up the dilapidated north wall of the city alone. On the top of the city, with two swords hanging from his waist, overlooking the north, the scholar looked north along the line of sight of the swordsman. The one-sided battle in Beimanggu Saizhou last year seemed to be an unexpected victory for the Beiliang cavalry. , but the scholar knows well that he only hurt Beimang, far from hurting his muscles and bones. Generally speaking, there are mixed advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that Gusai Prefecture was crushed and riddled with holes. From ten to eighty-nine, it is difficult for a large cavalry army to move south for a while. The disadvantage is that it wakes up Beimang. Several great generals of the Southern Dynasty will start to re-evaluate the military strength of Liangmang and Liangmang in their stomachs. The next time the battle begins, it will be difficult for Beiliang to drive northward with such a force. The young man who was the new Qingcang City Shepherd stepped forward and said softly, "I have met the King of Beiliang."
Xu Fengnian turned his head and said with a smile: "Xi Liang is here, seeing you are so busy these days, I don't even have the nerve to ask you for a drink."
Chen Xiliang smiled, and didn't agree much. This is probably the difference between him and Xu Beizhi. Whether the latter gets along well with His Royal Highness, or stays with King Xinliang, he has always been ridiculed and ridiculed. Chen Xiliang, who did not have the savvy to depend on others, was different, and always kept his duty. At that time, the confidantes of Xu and Chen's two royal highnesses "parted ways", Xu Beizhi was sent to Longqing County, and Chen Xiliang lived in seclusion in Qingliangshan Prince's Mansion, living on the top floor of Tingchao Pavilion In the side house, I browsed through the books, and the books I held were all the books and pens left by Li Yishan. Today's military strategy in Beiliang, especially the re-division of the official positions of military officials, and the geographical arrangement of the fourteen most popular and powerful lieutenants in Beiliang in the future are all written by Chen Xiliang, but Chen Xiliang was given full powers after he left the cabinet. Both the entry of grain into Liang and the official camp of Yantie were unsatisfactory. The former was Tantan Weng Huanwen, the governor of the Liyang court, who personally came forward to make things difficult for Beiliang. Even if Huangfu Cheng, who holds the military power in Youzhou, can be "commanded", he is still squeezed out by the "salt-eating" tyrants with intertwined forces. So far, the ownership of several major salt ponds is still pending, which makes many high-ranking officials in Beiliang sneer. In private, he laughed at this scholar who was about the same age as Xu Beizhi from the Northern Mang family and came out of the mountain together, and left a sentence that he was really poor and had no noble son! Then Chen Xiliang, who hadn't finished his mission yet, was urgently recalled by the King of Xinliang, and thrown to the land of refugees who didn't shit, to fend for himself, Qingcang City Shepherd? Comparable to any sheriff in Lingzhou? Isn't it obvious what relegation is? Looking back at Xu Beizhi, he is already the chief official of Beiliang, second only to the economic envoy! People are more popular than people.
Not to mention cutting off, at worst it will be exhausting to deal with. Even if Liyang loses in the early stage, it is a crushing defeat, and the entire New Eastern Front is offered with both hands, and the Northern Mang soldiers come to the city and fight all the way to Tai'an City. Jiangong, when the time comes, these nine military towns will echo each other, and it is very hopeful that Beimang will come and go. Of course, many people think that Beimang is a big deal and just eat up the Xinjun Town on the old eastern front. However, although Beimang has learned a lot of siege tactics in the Central Plains over the years, he still has a wandering character in his bones, and he really wants to dismount and attack the city. , the price of death and injury is too high. If you win the battle for a while, you will lose the overall situation of aspiring to the world. Beimang is basically nothing more than a northern Liang with a larger territory. , Li Yang cleaned up the gang of the last survivors of the Spring and Autumn Period, not only the financial resources of the Central Plains were in the hands of the Zhao family, but also the hearts of the people. At that time, Li Yang really reached its peak. Well, it is roughly the same as the Great Qin of 800 years ago, barely capable of fighting. "
Chen Xiliang pursed his lips tightly and remained silent.
Xu Feng smiled young and said: "I know you still have complaints in your heart, and you feel that you can do both, but I won't listen to you. Anyway, I will leave Qingcang soon, and I will do whatever you say. Pretend not to hear, you have finished Qingcang City Shepherd, and if there is no accident, you will be the governor of Liuzhou... "
Chen Xiliang shook his head and interrupted: "My eyes are good but my hands are low, and I know that it is very difficult to manage Qingcang's affairs, so I will not be the governor of Liuzhou, and you also said, King of Beiliang, that Qingcang is very important to the Beiliang front. It is very important, not to mention Liuzhou, which includes Qingcang, I can only talk about it, and I am an amateur in war, and I am very afraid of death, bleeding because of my plan, as long as I don’t see it, I can still feel at ease, but Seeing the gunpowder in sight with his own eyes, and the death of people around him, Chen Xiliang absolutely can't do it."
Xu Fengnian sighed and made up his mind, the stubborn temper that even ten cows can't pull back is exactly the same as Juzi. Xu Fengnian laughed at himself and said with a smile: "If you don't do it, you don't do it. I won't embarrass you. Besides, I have a big bait, the governor of a state, but a high position that countless people envy. This time to rectify the Beiliang Army, Beiliang Daoyuan's three prefectures have civil servants in place, literati govern the government, and warriors command the army. I don't expect to complement each other soon. At least the well water does not interfere with the river water. Give it to the martial arts generals who have suffered, not only the governor, but also let them occupy the position up and down, just take it as a way to appease them. Otherwise, don't look at the frontier after the school in early spring. There are a large number of powerful people who are still secretly poking my spine, and they are drinking to relieve their worries. I heard that Green Ant Wine is selling much better than in previous years."
Chen Xiliang smiled knowingly, "It's really not easy to be the king of Beiliang. It's time to use a lot of official positions in Liuzhou to appease people's hearts. Now Beiliang has a lot of signs of appointing scholars as officials, and it is encouraging scholars to form associations. It also invested in the establishment of major academies, and asked Mr. Gongda of Shangyin School and Huang Shang, the literary giants, to comment on articles. Every year, three "Queen Articles" were selected from the three states of Beiliang Road, regardless of the winner of Youliangling. Born in a humble family, one can directly become an official of the lower rank, the minimum is the eighth rank, which is simply enough to drive those educated people who think they are underappreciated crazy. On the other hand, the vested interests of the military officer group have less money and income, and those in power lose power , it’s more than a loss of heart, he must have the desire to kill. As the head of Beiliang, the king of Beiliang, it’s time to give a date with a stick.”
Xu Fengnian nodded.
Chen Xiliang stopped talking.
The two met at the Baoguo Temple in Jiangnan Dao. Xu Fengnian missed the famous blind Lu Xu, but at least he never missed this poor scholar in Jiangnan whom Li Yishan called only grand and grand.
Standing on the top of the wall, Chen Xiliang pressed his hands on the rough and uneven mud wall, his face softened a lot, and he said with a soft smile: "Back then, Chen Xiliang was just a lunatic who wished to posthumously posthumously Wenzheng, but he couldn't even enter the gate of Baoguo Temple, let alone Those romantic and refined scholars sitting on the ground in the temple, even the dandies wandering outside the temple, can look at me with the same eyes. They can only use charcoal to draw dragons all day long to relieve boredom. I don’t like to be the governor. Even a lunatic like me finds this life absurd. Sometimes when I wake up in the morning, I really want to slap myself twice. Only when it hurts can I believe that it’s not a dream. Isn’t this just like a dream? A Biao Bing vassal king with 300,000 cavalry in his hands chatting gossip and pointing out the country by the way? Can a down-and-out man with a stomach full of inappropriate times become a big man full of pride?"
Xu Fengnian was amused, and joked: "I hope we can have a good get-together and break up. Don't let you, Chen Xiliang, feel that you are unkind."
Chen Xiliang nodded, clenched his fists, and rested them on the city wall, "I hope to have a good beginning and a good end with the King of Beiliang."
Xu Fengnian joked: "As for me, I already have two daughters-in-law in name, unlike you, who haven't married yet, and now that Qing Cang is the leader, I can let the sky fly like a bird."
Chen Xiliang was confused, "Huh?"
Xu Fengnian pointed at his crotch with a smirk.
The corner of Chen Xiliang's mouth twitched, speechless.
Xu Fengnian got up and jumped off the wall, and patted Chen Xiliang on the shoulder, "The heroes of the Jianghu say that when a person is dead, his eggs are upside down, and when he is alive, he must be worthy of his own bird."
Chen Xiliang laughed it off, and did not follow Xu Fengnian down the city, but stood at the same spot rarely, taking advantage of the afterglow, staring in a daze, looking north at the yellow sand for thousands of miles.
As a native of Jiangnan, Chen Xiliang was not used to the customs and scenery in the northwest of the empire when he first arrived in Beiliang. The twilight here always comes late, and the sky here always feels higher than in the south. There is no limit here. The yellow sand desert will make you feel small when you are in it. Every inch of land here was once soaked with blood, and the smoke that used to be non-stop day and night finally dissipated slowly. To the north is the uncivilized barbarian who was described by the Central Plains as only knowing how to drink blood, but in fact he is an unprecedented enemy of any previous Central Plains dynasty. To the east, to the east, is Tai'an City, the residence of the Zhao family in Liyang. At this time, in Liyang, the harmony between the monarch and the ministers is becoming more and more prosperous, so that Chen Xiliang, who likes to read history, is very sure about the future history books. Regardless of whether the emperor's surname is Zhao, They must be admired by the twenty years after the Spring and Autumn Period, and future generations will yearn for it. Liyang once again found a prosperous country, and there is a Mingjun known for his diligence and tolerance, surrounded by a series of famous officials. , there is a long list of important ministers and celebrities on the list that are enough to make future generations tremble, Zhang Julu, Huan Wen, Yao Baifeng, Lu Daolin, Gu Jiantang, Chen Zhibao, Lu Baijie, Lu Shengxiang, Nalan Youci, Zhao Youling, Yin Maochun... and Wang Xianzhi from Wudi City, Cao Changqing, who is the most proud of Western Chu, and Qi Yanglong, who is from the Shangyin Academy, these characters shine together on the ruins of the Spring and Autumn Period, and their heyday is unique in the past 800 years.
Chen Xiliang subconsciously searched for Xu Fengnian, and the King of Beiliang, who was several years younger than him, had already gone away.
this person.
Can you really let the birds fly