Tens of thousands of veterans from Jizhou led by Yang Shenxing were lured into the big urn, which was a bad start for the invincible Liyang Dynasty on the road to the south. Before Cao Changqing showed up, he was lost on the edge of Guangling Road Nearly 100,000 elite, this makes those Spring and Autumn survivors who have finally integrated into the Zhao family's court become complicated. They are worried about the real combat power of Liyang, and whether they really have the national strength to compete with Beimang and swallow them all in one fell swoop? In the depths of his heart, there was more or less an unexplainable emotion. Back then, Li Yang, who relied on Xu Xiao and a large number of generals to conquer the world, would not still suffer from Xichu's side twenty years later? As the old saying goes, 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, and 20 years in the Central Plains, it is almost the same. Is it possible that the sky is really going to change? After Yan Zhenchun's entire army was annihilated, Lu Shengxiang, the nominal commander of the Southern Expedition, was still suffering. Although he was not reprimanded by the emperor, he still had very little military power in his hands. Among them, General Longxiang Xu Gong, who was originally expected to be the pillar of the Gumu Xu family who was in power, regretted his defeat and continued to be "snow hidden" by the court and the Ministry of War. It was probably out of compensation for this fierce general. Gong is expected to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of War to inspect the two Liaos. With the second wave of mobilization of a large number of troops from the capital city of Liyang, Xichu was not far behind. With the help of Dongfeng who had won two great victories in succession, a young man named Kou Jianghuai, after his fame in Xie Xizhen, also Immediately afterwards, a series of dazzling and beautiful battles were waged. In the duel on the Eastern Front with Zhao Yi, the king of Guangling, who had unique insights into the use of troops, he was sure to win. , especially the 3,000 soldiers under this man's command called the Flying Ape Army, all of whom were able to cross rivers and streams like apes, and shined brilliantly in the battle of conquering Xipeng Mountain on the Eastern Front, and Kou Jianghuai used troops Treacherous, not only is good at long-distance raids, but also does not defend the city every time he wins the city. He intercepted and killed Zhao Yi's reinforcements four times, but failed once, and wiped out the reinforcements three times. In the first place, the large area originally belonged to the transition zone Zhao Yi used to slow down the west and east, but it was fragmented and reduced to the point where no one dared to guard and no one dared to rescue, allowing Kou Jianghuai's soldiers and horses to come and go. Going like the wind, slowly eating away, Zhao Yi was furious for this reason in the Chunxue Tower, a place where the military aircraft is important, and asked the generals in the building, who can find out this Kou Jianghuai who has not officially appeared on the battlefield so far, even if he can meet him from a distance One side is also good!
It's a pity that Zhao Yi's right-hand man, Lu Shengxiang, had already been promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of War. The fledgling Kou Jianghuai is really worthy of Zhang Erbao's crusade, and Cao Changqing is almost the same! In the end, Zhao Yi expedited five hundred miles to order his confidant, Hengjiang General Song Li, to return to Chunxue Building from the north gate of Guangling immediately. Take it easy, I heard that General Hengjiang, who likes to collect beauties, took in two beautiful women who were in distress during his trip to the south. The eldest son Zhao Piao personally went out of the city for a grand reception, which shows how much he relies on this "fortune general".
If this is still just Liyang's internal troubles, then the external troubles are even more like black clouds pressing down on the city and wanting to destroy it. Beimang's millions of troops began to move south, not only eyeing Beiliang, but also coveting the Central Plains, the fertile land in the south of Beiliang.
In this eventful autumn of the first year of Xiangfu, it seems that there is really no more eventful.
The city of Tai'an was extremely lively. A white-clothed monk who once traveled west alone for thousands of miles came, and another Qi Yanglong, who was as knowledgeable as heaven, came. The silence soon returned, and he was able to be remembered for a few words, thanks to Zhang Shoufu's comment, "The bureau is not enough to accommodate talents." The young man at a glance, named Sun Yin, is the most hated person from Beiliang in Tai'an City, and now he is working in Menxia Province, and he can barely be regarded as a low-ranking person. But Sun Yin, who lives in seclusion, was quickly forgotten by the capital, and he was far inferior to the little real Wu Shijiao who came down from Qingcheng to Beijing.
After Tan Tanweng made a fuss about Lu Baijie, Minister of the Ministry of War, Huan Wen was not blamed by the court, but rumors spread that Tan Tanweng was very likely to become the first official of the Liyang Dynasty, which never had a subordinate provincial official. The big man who is in charge of the entire sect's province has also begun to truly be on the same level as Zhang Julu in official rank, becoming one of the few genuine first-ranks in the dynasty! Not only that, but there are also people who say that Tan Tanweng's promotion this time is an act of killing two birds with one stone by His Majesty the Emperor. In addition to paving the way for Qi Yanglong to enter the Zhongshu Province and serve as the Zhongshu Ling, and as long as the rumors are true, then originally only in name The upper and lower divisions of Zhongshu's sect, which divided Shangshu Province's power, will be completely out of the control of Mr. Shoufu, and the scene of Bi Yaner covering the sky in the court hall in the Spring of Yonghui will obviously be gone forever. As for the truth of this matter, I am afraid that few people in the entire Liyang Dynasty dare to confirm it with their chests. In fact, Huan Wen, one of the two major parties involved, does not know how the situation will turn out, but Tan Tanweng, who is about to be trampled on the doorstep of his house, does not seem to care much. However, those Qinggui Huangmen who were under his family couldn't sit still anymore, and changed their ways to carry wine to the mansion of "temporary" Lord Zuo Pushe to ask for inside information. Tan Tanweng didn't pretend to be profound, he only talked to others It is a great thing to say that this kind of promotion and honor is such a great thing, I am lucky to lose my life. Tan Tanweng also said bluntly, anyway, if I, Huan Wen, can be promoted, my original seat will definitely not flow to outsiders. Even if I go to the Emperor's side to play and roll, I will have to be promoted from my own family's one-acre three-point land. As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the family was overjoyed.
At the time when the undercurrents were surging in the province, Sun Yin, who was in charge of recording affairs from the eighth rank, still left on time every day. When Zhang Shoufu's comments were widely circulated, it was said that Sun Yin would advance to Fu Baolang from the sixth rank. After all, this position It can also be regarded as one of the emperor's close ministers, although it is not as good as the "study office" newly established last year. The officials of the province, big and small, didn't like this outlander with a withdrawn temperament, and they were happy to see him fail. Sun Yin's recorder was a temporary official position created by Tan Tanweng. There were six former recorders who tacitly joined forces to exclude Sun Yin. He flipped through the books and practiced calligraphy, sitting in the darkest corner of the recording room, in addition to being in a daze, he was still in a daze. At first, the recorder was afraid that this young scholar would be "handpicked" by Tan Tanweng, so he wanted to save some face with him. How to stumble secretly is one thing. As time went by, I found that after Lord Zuo Pushe threw this guy into the door, he ignored him at all, and never summoned Sun Yin alone. , From the beginning to the end, he didn't even look at Sun Yin. As a result, even the last bit of good looks in the government office here disappeared. It can be said that it is even so pitiful that there is nothing wrong with it.
At dusk when the autumn rain continued, Sun Yin walked out of the house silently and looked up at the gloomy sky. During this period, colleagues around him occasionally came in and out, but they all turned a blind eye to each other. Then Sun Yin saw a familiar figure waving towards him, and after following them, the two walked side by side. Some figures in the distance were dumbfounded after seeing this scene. Go with an umbrella! And that late student who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth can deal with it calmly? ! Sun Yin opened his mouth and said: "I heard that Lord Shoufu is hosting a family banquet at the mansion today, and Master Zuo Pushe is going to eat and drink? Are you afraid that you will be rejected?"
Huan Wen said calmly: "Whether or not you see it is Bi Yan'er's business, whether you go or not is my business."
Sun Yin frowned, hesitated for a while and said: "At that time, the study office was set up in the palace to target Zhang and Gu Erlu. If there is one more Zhongshu decree, it will really tear the face."
Huan Wen smiled and said, "You kid actually want to say these four words, right?"
Sun Yin nodded.
Huan Wen didn't expand on this topic, but asked, "What have you been thinking these days?"
Sun Yin is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, so he replied bluntly: "I want to be Xun Ping first, and then Zhang Julu. In Xiangfan City, there is Lu Xu, who is Jing'an King Zhao Xun's ghostwriting, and the famous capital city is still in my opinion. It’s also a prescription for headaches and head and foot pains.”
Huan Wen smiled and said, "Oh?"
Sun Yin said indifferently: "I have an article, I have half thought about it, and for the time being, I can talk about enthronement, governance, housekeeping, and border patrol."
Huan Wen is so old-fashioned, he has been in the ups and downs of the officialdom for most of his life, and he has seen the far and far, and said with a soft smile: "It seems that this is a piece written for His Royal Highness, and you are here to teach His Highness how to become a successor, how to sit on the dragon chair to face Two classes of old ministers, how to act as a filial son and strict father, and how to stabilize the territory. Sun Yin, Sun Yin, it’s not that I rely on the old to sell the old, you, a poor kid who has never been a magistrate or even touched a hundred taels of gold, you have to follow others Telling how to govern the world, isn't it too ambitious? The scholar Xun Ping is Qi Yanglong's proud student after all, and he has mastered the true skills of vertical and horizontal techniques, and Bi Yaner has been under our mentor's door for many years, you?"
Sun Yin asked back: "Wild carp in Jianghe can't jump to the dragon's gate?"
Huan Wen laughed loudly, "It's not impossible to meet Mu Qing in white clothes."
Huan Wen, who was also helping to hold the umbrella, laughed, and said with emotion: "It's a good time for scholars. Maybe an article with tens of thousands of words can buy an emperor's teacher."
Having said that, Huan Wen turned his head to look at the young man from Beiliang, and asked curiously: "If you are lucky enough to be Xun Ping and Bi Yan'er, whose turn will it be next?"
Sun Yin pointed at himself.
Huan Wen curled his lips, and managed to choke out two words, "It's time to kill."
Huan Wen put away his umbrella, and the two of them sat in a well-equipped carriage and drove slowly towards the street lined with dignitaries. Tan Tanweng lifted the curtain, looked at the familiar buildings, and said to himself: "It is reasonable to say that it should be The tree falls and the monkeys scatter, but it will definitely surprise people when the time comes, and it depends on whether the Yonghui spring bamboo shoots that Yin Maochun and Wang Xionggui personally promoted by the two of us will change immediately."
As he approached the capital's mansion, Huan Wen said softly: "The Confucian sage once said that those who look at the sea are hard to be water, and those who swim in the door of a sage are hard to speak. But in the future, there will be more and more sages like you Outsiders, I am afraid that once you have power in your hands, you will be responsible for all the people in the world."
Sun Yin remained silent.
When they arrived outside Zhang Julu's mansion, Tan Tanweng held up his umbrella and got out of the carriage. As expected by Sun Yin, the embarrassed doorman of the Zhang family told Tan Tanweng that today was the Zhang family's private banquet, and no outsiders were allowed to enter the mansion. Apparently, Tan Tanweng has also become an "outsider" now, Huan Wen didn't make things difficult for the very familiar concierge, nodded slightly, turned and walked down the steps. Sun Yin didn't follow up immediately. He looked at the old man's back and then at the dark sky. For some reason, there was no sunset or afterglow above his head, but Sun Yin still felt that a dynasty supported by someone alone had come into the twilight.
With the death of Zhang Julu, the last ray of the empire's afterglow will also dissipate.
It was probably because Huan Wen finally realized that the young man was not keeping up with him. He stopped a hundred steps away from the carriage and turned his head to look.
Seeing that late student who walks steadily, from him, he can see a kind of vigor that he once had in him back then.
To turn the tide, who else can I have? !
I still remember that a long time ago, in the teacher's family, the government and the public all recognized that two blue-eyed children were Huan Wen.
But Huan Wen never thought so.
Even if the teacher and the late emperor decided that Huan Wen would be in charge of Shangshu Province.
He is also willing to serve as a foil for Zhang Julu, a close friend, for decades.
Huan Wen suddenly smiled, and handed the umbrella in his hand to Sun Yin, "From now on, you will be the one to support it."