The stars hang down the plain, and Yu Dilong sits on the top of the city, looking up at the stars in the sky, his mind is swaying, and he can't get enough. This child's fortune is good enough to make all the direct disciples of top Jianghu sects jealous. Not only has Wang Xianzhi's 30% gift, but also can get advice from Xu Fengnian's side. Yu Dilong looked back, and heard the master say "Fire flows in July, clothes are given in September".
Xu Fengnian looked at the big spark above his head that was falling westward at a slightly strange speed this year, and smiled a little. There is a full-time Huozheng in the Qin Tianjian in Tai'an City who is dedicated to staring at the big spark. I demoted two because I couldn't tell the reason. In the case of the white clothes in the capital, the Great Mars, which also descended from the mid-heaven position to the west that year, can be regarded as the culprit. When the dynasty is prosperous, there will be auspicious signs, and when the country is in chaos, there will be bad omens. The Qin Tianjian, who has replaced a young man as the supervisor, has not stopped for a moment this year. Xu Fengnian turned his head and looked at the northern land outside the city. The Liyang court was considered the most extensive dynasty since the Great Qin Dynasty, and there were two vassals Xu Xiao and Yan Chi Wang Zhao Bing sitting on the frontier. It has reached the apex of each dynasty, above the temples of Tai'an City, there are a gathering of famous ministers, ministers and ministers in the same hall, Xu Fengnian often wants to ask the emperor of the Zhao family personally, except for the flaw of his husband's lack of strength, what else do you have? What is unsatisfactory? Xu Fengnian subconsciously looked towards the direction of Tai'an City to the east, and thought of Bi Yan'er, who had devoted herself to the Zhao family. This old scholar's life is not easy at the moment. With the restoration of the Western Chu Kingdom, his actions of suppressing military power and cutting down the vassals completely touched two places of rebellion. No one in the world likes the Xungui Zhao family in Tai'an City who has had a long-standing grievance, as well as all the princes in other places who have been ordered not to leave the territory without authorization, and the royal relatives surnamed Zhao in the world. And the act of "training" that forced generals from all over the country to lead troops to the outskirts of Guangling almost completely offended all the outstanding generals headed by Gu Jiantang. Xu Fengnian said with emotion: "Wu Wudi, Wang Xianzhi are dead. You, Wen Wudi, just want to follow Lu Xu's advice to reform at this time. Do you really think you can end well? Do you really think you are the emperor?"
Xu Fengnian didn't gloat over this. Although Zhang Julu is the sworn enemy of Beiliang, there are always a few outliers in this world who can win the heartfelt respect of the enemy, and Xu Xiao is one of them. Empress Bei Mang, Gu Jiantang, the old King Jing'an Zhao Heng, these opponents who should hate Xu Xiao the most, have never verbally abused Xu Xiao in their entire lives. Xu Fengnian sighed softly, said to Yu Dilong to leave, and the child jumped down from the wall. Before entering the city, Xu Fengnian had already learned from Wang Lingbao that the two people he was going to meet this time were not in Qingcang City by chance, and his younger brother Xu Longxiang went to the border north of Linyao Junzhen with only 80 cavalry to chase down a gang Known as a horse thief with thousands of people, Chen Xiliang "recruited soldiers and horses" for the Youzhou frontier army somewhere outside the city, and spent almost every day and night outside the city for the past two months.
Xu Fengnian and Yu Dilong came to the governor's mansion of Liuzhou, where the Dragon King's mansion was occupied by the magpies. The mansion was brightly lit, and the officials who sat behind desks and dealt with government affairs were almost all young faces. Junyan, half of them are the sons of the Liang Dynasty who have undergone many screenings, and the other half are the noble descendants of the old three states of Beiliang. When Xu Fengnian entered a small yamen house in charge of food and grass under a household, he happened to see the governor Yang Guangdou beating an official on the head with a wolf pen upside down, and swearing at him. Over and over again, the young man whose official uniform should be Liang Cao Lang blushed, was so insulted by the governor in front of his colleagues, and his rank was a thousand miles away. Naturally, he did not dare to refute, and felt wronged. The handsome seven-foot man was sobbing uncontrollably. Inspector Yang still couldn't go over, handed the pen back to the young man angrily, wiped the other's official robe with his ink-stained hand, snorted coldly, and said: "I will come again tomorrow morning, if it is still It's a mess, hey, your grandfather is Wei Tieshan, I can't afford to offend you, and it's not easy to demote your official, but let you go to the crappy place near the toilet, this kind of trivial matter can still be done! Tonghe, you don’t need to wash this official robe if it’s dirty, anyway, you’ll probably have to change it tomorrow.”
The young man's face was pale and he gritted his teeth. Although his words were still choked with sobs, there was no fear in his eyes, and he said, "Lord Inspector, Linyao Army Town has three counties under its jurisdiction, and Xinjian is only so small." Time, the lower official, three colleagues and six subordinates only sleep for three hours a day. Although there are indeed some mistakes in the recording of Linyao's fourth-class field, this is already the limit of the ability of the lower officials, Mr. Inspector If you feel that the official is not worthy of the job, and that the official is here to eat and drink because of the merits of his ancestors, there is no need to make excuses and make things difficult, and the official will go to the ceremony room to take up his post now!"
Yang Guangdou blew his beard and stared, hesitated for a moment, and then sneered: "You have a backbone! Then don't talk nonsense, get the hell out of you. Our Liuzhou Lifang, that is the most important big yamen, is responsible for persuading and educating students, I guess Seeing that those refugees all like to listen to your young master Wei Tonghe Wei, maybe next year there will be a basket of top talents."
Weitonghe burst into tears after such a run. His grandfather, Wei Tieshan, was a meritorious veteran who retired from the high position of deputy commander of the cavalry, not to mention that he hadn't taken off his armor for a few years, and He Zhonghu, who took over Wei Tieshan's position, always regarded the former as his elder brother and respected him very much. He's father, Wei Jinshui, also became a fourth-rank military general in the frontier army, and was extremely trusted by He Zhonghu. Wei Tonghe was different from many general-seeded younger brothers who were enjoying themselves on the merits of their parents. I heard that the newly established Liuzhou on Beiliang Road is in urgent need of officials. It is almost a place where refugees came here without telling the truth about their families, and they have never let their colleagues know their identities. I was terribly frightened. However, Wei Tonghe's temperament is gentle and soft, and he really doesn't look like the elders in the family. If Wei Tieshan was reprimanded by the old King Liang, even if he didn't dare to scold him, he would still keep silent, but he would never be so wronged that his face was full of tears.
Weitonghe didn't have any steps to go down, so he could only go to the Qingshui yamen where there were three or two kittens and puppies in the ceremonial room to do odd jobs. He raised his arm and wiped away his tears. When he was about to walk out of the yamen, a person standing at the door held his shoulders. Wei Tonghe raised his head and saw a strange face with a warm smile. Why don't you appreciate it? Wei Tonghe, don't you know that your grandfather and our Inspector Yang have been drinking friends for many years? Would he really be willing to throw you into the ceremony room? If you dare to do this, the Inspector Yang will not turn back Being chased and beaten by your grandfather."
Wei Tonghe looked astonished, and asked in a daze, "Who are you?"
Yang Guangdou, who was dismantled, said angrily and rolled his eyes: "Idiot, why don't you kneel down when you see the prince?!"
As soon as he heard the word "Wang Ye", all the young people in the room who were standing with Wei Tonghe and being scolded all looked in awe and were about to kneel immediately. Xu Fengnian waved his hand and said, "No, no, you all sit Continue to deal with government affairs. Liuzhou has set up three towns and eight counties, and everything is waiting to be done. Everything is difficult at the beginning. After this wave, practice makes perfect, and it will be much easier in the future. When the governor wants to scold you, he will not be able to find you. It’s an excuse. During this period of time, everyone is really lucky. Later, the king will send a few jars of wine to all the yamen, um, more will be sent to the ceremony room. , you have to let the smell of wine overwhelm the smell of urine."
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became much more relaxed, and the young officials all had smiles on their faces.
Wei Tonghe couldn't help swallowing his saliva even more, he stood alone in front of the King of Beiliang, if he didn't know his identity, it's okay to say, but after Mr. , this is not to say that Xu Fengnian is really aggressive, it's just that Wei Tonghe, a frail scholar, frightened himself. His Royal Highness Xu Fengnian's heir was full of ups and downs. First, he was infamous, and later, even the general of Huaihua Zhong Hongwu was easily suppressed. , patrol the border and set up Liuzhou. How could Wei Tonghe not be frightened? In fact, ordinary officials would tread on eggshells no matter how notorious a vassal was. However, the deeds of the kings of Beiliang were not deeply felt by Wei Tonghe, who was studying hard behind closed windows. What really made him admire Xu Fengnian was a "small matter" related to himself. , Liyang seems to be a bit hesitant about this rebellious act that has not been reviewed by the central government, and he is not sure whether to issue an order to reprimand. Qian Lusu, etc., are only slightly inferior to Lord Shoufu, with only three hundred guan in monthly money, and a small Liuzhou official like Wei Tonghe, who is worthy of entry, also has fifteen guan in money. , fifty bundles of firewood, and even five pieces of spring silk and five winter silks that only senior officials in Liyang can match. Wei Tonghe didn't think that changing to other vassals could make the Liyang court obediently bleed like this, even King Yanchi and King Guangling couldn't do it!
Xu Fengnian didn't stay for long, and walked out of the house with Yang Guangdou. The old man who was a frontier officer was obviously in a good mood, and said with a soft smile: "Chen Chengmu has no plans to spare. He was underestimated before. It's a shame to just be a Qingcang Chengmu." Qu Cai, I, the governor, should let the sages do the right thing. There are always a small number of 200,000 refugees who volunteered to join the army in the two prefectures of Youliang, and it is still less than 10,000. I was helpless at the beginning. The army put a knife on the necks of the refugees and forced them to go to the border. However, Chen Xiliang used a strategy, and the results were immediate. For each household of the refugees, only one person needed to enlist in the army can receive farmland in Lingzhou and become a naturalized Beiliang household certificate. Corresponding to Xu Beizhi's plan in Lingzhou, those wealthy gentry who were afraid of death sold their ancestral property at a low price one after another. Now Lingzhou has a lot of free land. After this trip, Liuzhou can at least send 40,000 soldiers to the border of Beiliang! A total of 40,000 soldiers who voluntarily fought to the death for their wives, children and brothers! Your lord, you said that Chen Xiliang is a martial arts city shepherd, do you really feel sorry for his achievements?!"
Xu Fengnian only knew that the number of soldiers joining the army in Liuzhou was expected to increase sharply, but he hadn't got the detailed information yet. He was quite shocked when he heard the huge number of 40,000. You must know that the fighting on Guangling Road seemed to be turned upside down. The long neck stared eagerly, and the government and the public murmured a few thousand catties of saliva. The number of people who actually went to the battlefield was only close to 100,000, but Chen Xiliang alone quietly brought 40,000 to Beiliang. And don't forget, the 40,000 soldiers of the Northern Liang Army are comparable to Yang Shenxing's 40,000 soldiers? Someone once commented on the combat power of the army in various places in Liyang, and the result was widely circulated. That person may have deliberately set the Beiliang army on fire, and even said that the Beiliang army could reach Liyang with a single ride. Two goblin cavalry, one infantry from Beiliang, and three elite infantry from Liyang. However, Yan Wenluan, who has never boasted, indeed said in private after the restoration of Western Chu that if Yang Shenxing's 40,000 Jinan soldiers were replaced by his 20,000 infantry, the Kuixiao Army Town could be taken in one fell swoop, so naturally There is no subsequent loose warehouse defeat.
Xu Fengnian said helplessly: "Refugees can obtain household registration when they move to Lingzhou. Chen Xiliang didn't say hello to Qingliang Mountain beforehand."
Speaking of this, Xu Fengnian said with a smile: "Lord Inspector, is this a cover for Chen Xiliang? Why, are you afraid that I will punish him for both crimes?"
Yang Guangdou laughed out loud without hiding it, and said bluntly: "That's right, Chen Xiliang was born in a poor family, and he really cares about the common people. This is something that even a noble descendant with a simple heart like Wei Tonghe will never be able to do. Your lord, You must not kill this good seedling prematurely. Ugly speaking, if you really want to use Chen Xiliang to make a name for yourself in Liuzhou, I can't stop him, but I will definitely pull him into the governor's mansion afterwards and treat him as a treasure offer."
Xu Fengnian said frankly: "In the beginning, I planned to reward and punish Chen Xiliang clearly, but on the way to Qingcang City, I met a son of the Luming Song family who, like you, spoke very highly of Chen Xiliang, so I gave up the idea And I found out that with my second sister leading the Wutong Court, and with the help of the old group of counselors and staff, it is very far-fetched to deal with the general government affairs of Beiliang. Staying behind the desk for an hour may not be able to be busy. What Qingliangshan is facing now is just to solve some old bad habits on Beiliang Road, and it can probably be followed step by step according to the rules. Once this battle is fought, I am sure Going to the border will give me a headache."
Yang Guangdou said in a deep voice: "The lord is saying that Qingliang Mountain lacks a Li Yishan who has the vision and strategy to control the overall situation?"
Xu Fengnian nodded.
Yang Guangdou said with emotion: "This kind of person, not to mention once in a hundred years, can be counted as once in decades. Even if there is, they will enter the Zhao family in Tai'an City. How can we get Beiliang? It's like rushing to Liuzhou. There are nearly a hundred scholars, and there are more than 200 children from the local Jiangzhong clan in Beiliang, but I think that the best material is Weitonghe's level of temperament and talent. It needs to be refined. It takes more than ten years of hard work. How can I be independent? It is the easiest to be an official. To put it bluntly, being a corrupt official requires talent, let alone a capable official who can rest assured to govern one side. Now I hope Among those scholars from other places, a few can emerge quickly, not simply a piece of uncut jade, but the kind of beautiful shaped jade that can be used immediately. Of course Chen Xiliang and Xu Beizhi are very good, but they are still younger after all. Nalan Youci, who are in the same seat as him, and the country seekers, were all influenced by the smoke of spring and autumn, and whether it is Chen Xiliang or Xu Beizhi, they all have a fatal flaw that cannot be changed by their own abilities."
Xu Feng said in a young voice: "It is a reputation recognized by the world."
Yang Guangdou said with a tired face: "This world is such a cold world. A dog of a wealthy family is better than a nobleman of a humble family, especially before the Spring and Autumn Period. No matter how powerful you are, as long as you have no family background, it is as difficult as climbing the sky. Now it is just a little bit." Get better, maybe it will gradually get better in the future, but we in Beiliang can't afford to wait."
Xu Fengnian said to himself: "Looks like we have to hurry up."
Yang Guangdou is so sophisticated, lowered his voice, and asked with surprise on his face: "But someone has chosen?"
Xu Fengnian smiled wryly and said: "For this kind of thing, it's not that if you are in love with each other, it doesn't work. It's my luck that the horoscope has not been written yet."
Yang Guang fought which pot was not opened and which pot was lifted, and said with a playful smile: "There are rumors that Lu Xu from Xiangfan City was once turned a blind eye by the prince?"
Xu Fengnian did not deny it, and laughed at himself: "I don't know who is blind."
Yang Guangdou laughed it off, and suddenly asked: "I heard that the guy from Shangyin Academy left the customs and went to Tai'an City?"
Xu Fengnian's face was a little gloomy, he nodded and said: "The dragon slaying has begun."
Yang Guangdou said with a sneer: "The cunning rabbit is a dead dog, killing a deer is the right thing to do!"