Xu Fengnian pushed away all the teapots and tea bowls, put his fingers together and drew a track on the table, and said slowly: "Before the Spring and Autumn Period, since the founding of the Great Qin Dynasty, every time the northern nomads launched raids, or the internal turmoil in the Central Plains Uneasy, the people of the Central Plains all migrated to the south to avoid disasters. There have been several large-scale crossings of the river in history. "Liu Shi Xing Shu" in the last years of Yongxi and "Ganlu Nandu" after the fall of Dafeng are the most typical. It can be said that "Chu Jiang" in the Spring and Autumn Nine Kingdoms can become the leader, and Ganlu Nandu brought them the orthodoxy of the Central Plains. Identity is indispensable. Contrary to the past, Hong Jia ran northward. As we all know, there are two routes, one of which is to migrate to Tai'an City, the capital of Liyang. There are a small number of survivors of Western Chu and Southern Tang.”
Xu Fengnian drew a slightly tortuous trajectory on the table, "After that, about half a year later, an unprecedented escape on a larger scale involving more gentry began. Xichu, who has the strongest character, is the favorite The corrupt and extravagant Southern Tang Dynasty, and the Western Shu with the most homeland complex, almost all appeared in this torrent, and dozens of streams of people, large and small, finally formed a confluence in the three prefectures of Liangyouhe and entered Beimanggu. The two prefectures around Sailong created the grand occasion of the Northern Mang and Southern Dynasties."
Yan Wenluan nodded, and said: "At that time, after Chu Lushan Qianqi left Shu, we used our infantry to beat the Western Shu army to the point of losing their helmets and armor. Gu Jiantang was lucky, and Gu Dazu, who was the pillar of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was too unlucky. The Southern Tang Dynasty was taken down almost without bloodshed, the monarchs of the Eight Kingdoms hanged themselves, the **** of the emperor, and the prisoners of the ranks, so the old emperor of Liyang said, "Finally, we can use the Zhao family's peace fire to report the peace of the world." '. But what does this have to do with those four people? It is rumored that Mr. Li and Nalan Youci once traveled together in Spring and Autumn. The dead man has killed half of Tong Yuan Benxi that has not been slaughtered many times."
Yan Wenluan sneered and said: "Your Majesty, although I, Yan Wenluan, am a reckless man, I still know some things in the world other than fighting. If you want to say that these four people are sitting on the same table like us at this time, planning After leaving Hong Jia and running north, I really want to laugh my teeth out. I don’t need the cowhide of the draft, isn’t that what I’m bragging about.”
Xu Fengnian's expression was normal, he shook his head and said: "Ten thousand steps back, the four people, each with their own camp and their own plans, really gathered together to plan, how could the Beimang Taiping Order, who has traveled in the Central Plains for more than 20 years, fail to notice the clues? "
Yan Wenluan couldn't help laughing angrily: "Then what are you talking about, my lord?"
Xu Fengnian looked at the old general calmly. For the first time in history, the latter didn't stare back. He just smiled awkwardly and waved his hands, "Go on, I won't talk nonsense."
Xu Fengnian continued: "Huang Sanjia, who disturbed the Spring and Autumn Period with his three-inch tongue, actually did nothing in this unprecedented change in a thousand years. The reason why he was pulled in is because without him, there would be no unification of Liyang. In this situation, there will be no Hong Jia rushing north. If we talk about the Spring and Autumn Period, Huang Longshi must not be able to get around it, and the same will be true for future history books. This made Shenzhou land sink. So there is a new problem in front of some people. Although the Central Plains incident has happened, there is still a neighbor in the north who is eyeing. In people's eyes, Liyang, which has no education at all, is even more vulgar and barbaric, since Liyang can conquer the Central Plains, is it possible that Beimang, which advocates force even more, can go one step further and even annex Liyang?"
Yan Wenluan froze for a moment, and fell into deep thought involuntarily. He is just a warrior who leads troops to fight, and he really hasn't considered this problem. When the general is there, almost all Beiliang people, including Yan Wenluan, have a strong self-confidence that can be called conceited, that is, with the 300,000 frontier troops in Beiliang, the barbarians of Beimang don't even think about going south to the Central Plains . What reason does this need? unnecessary. After the death of the great general, the northern barbarians with millions of troops stormed the border, and Yan Wenluan couldn't help thinking about it. As for the old things like Hong Jia running north, who would care
Xu Fengnian paused for a long time, as if preparing to speak, and waited until Yan Wenluan came over with an inquiring face, and then said: "My master never wants to mention Nalan Youci, who is also a counselor, but he is an old acquaintance with this person, and it is true. Yes. Master didn’t tell me about this plan before he was alive. I found it out from the clues. Chen Xiliang was looking through the notes on the top floor of Tingchao Pavilion. He had a secret letter delivered to Qingliang Mountain at the end of last year. It confirmed my conjecture. I can conclude that Master must have thought of setting up this "overall situation" at the beginning. The idea at the beginning probably happened at the end of the Battle of Xileibi. Taking down Xichu is equivalent to cleaning up the Huang Sanjia East and the West with a hammer. The mess that was knocked out with a hammer, I guess, on the way back to the capital with Xu Xiao, he may have met Nalan Youci, who was traveling north with Yan Chi Wang Zhao Bing at that time, or the two may not have met at all, but some The old general should know more or less about the things that were put on the table later. Xu Xiao, who lost his army in Western Chu, just became the king of Beiliang in the temple, so he let out a word that he wanted to be in the northwest of Jiufan. Before the Guangling River was bloodbathed, the corpses of Western Chu scholars were to block the mouth of the river. Not long after, Zhao Bing also became the king of Yanchi with the most extensive jurisdiction, and soon the remnants of the Southern Tang Dynasty rose up to kill him. The shocking tragedy of the death of three thousand left-behind soldiers in Liyang, the bad news spread to the capital in an expedited 800 li. Zhao Yi was not involved. As a result, Nanjiang gave him such a prestige, which was tantamount to adding fuel to the fire. According to common sense, Zhao Bing, the most bloodthirsty king, must be furious. A qin cypress, vowed to kill the young and strong of the Southern Tang Dynasty'."
Yan Wenluan hummed, "This matter is indeed true, and the general told us that it was a joke at the time."
The old man suddenly snorted, "But if I remember correctly, at that time the old emperor rewarded the meritorious officials. In the most important matter of conferring the king and the vassal, the general squeezed out Gu Jiantang to become the king of Beiliang. No one dared to say anything. Gu Jiantang could only As a Minister of the Ministry of War in Beijing, he had no choice but to fiddle with the dilapidated Gu Lu under the noses of the emperors of the two dynasties, how does one say that?"
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "Talking to comfort yourself?"
Yan Wenluan smiled, nodded and said, "Yes."
Then Yan Wenluan turned back to the topic and said: "But the imperial court intended Zhao Bing to be the king of Huainan at first. Not to mention the southern border where the emperor is far away from the sky, even the king of Jing'an can't be the king of Huainan. He can only be the king of Huainan and help Li The Yangzhao Chamber kept an eye on the general, and Zhao Bing was definitely not happy, so he asked to go to Liangliao to be the king of Jiaodong. The general later told us that Zhao Bing had a private chat with the old emperor, saying that he Not willing to eat ashes on the back of the general, he went to Liangliao to fight the barbarians in the North Mang, saying that even if Zhao Bing was going to die, he would die on horseback. But the result was very unexpected, Zhao Bing became the king of Yan Chi. Although not as good as Zhao Dun's younger brother, Zhao Yi, is much more comfortable than the Huainan King Zhao Ying who has been tortured for most of his life."
Yan Wenluan patted his knee heavily, and said in a deep voice: "In this way, it makes sense. If you want to drive away the remnants of the Spring and Autumn Period and force them to cross the Guangling River north, don't take the three kingdoms of Shu, Chu, and Tang Forced to go to a complete desperation, especially those aristocratic clans of "a century-old country, a thousand-year family", they will not be willing to be a dog after the country is subjugated. Wangye, here is the Yuan who later became the emperor of Liyang. Benxi, the fourth counselor, did his best, right? Why, did Mr. Li really have an unknown connection with this person back then?"
Xu Fengnian shook his head and said, "No. Yuan Benxi is only planning for the Zhao family."
Invisibly, Yan Wenluan turned into an immature child who asked the teacher for advice, curiously asked: "Your Majesty, how do you say this?"
But Xu Fengnian was distracted.
Yan Wenluan was a little helpless, the old man didn't have the cheek to ask again, besides, if Xu Fengnian didn't say anything, I, Yan Wenluan, couldn't think for myself? Then the old man thought about it for a moment, and suddenly said loudly: "After driving so much, just drinking tea and fading out of the bird, it's not enough! My lord, how about some wine?"
Xu Fengnian smiled and got up to get the wine. When he returned to the study with two jugs of green ant wine, Yan Wenluan couldn't wait to open a jug and drank three gulps before giving up. He wiped his mouth vigorously and said with a smile: "Your Majesty It is said that Yuan Benxi is planning for the emperor of the Zhao family. Does it mean that Yuan Benxi is not at all worried about those moth giants who are deeply entrenched in the territory of the Eight Kingdoms. During that war, I was worried that these survivors and elders would stab their knives in the back, so they should be thrown out? This is the same as Liyang literati who have to be officials in a different place."
Yan Wenluan, who finally thought of this step, quickly doubted himself, and had to ask again: "But Yuan Benxi is willing to let so many so-called well-dressed nobles go to Beimang in one go?"
Speaking of this, Yan Wenluan, who suddenly woke up, suddenly had cold eyes, and his tone became lighter, staring at Xu Fengnian, "Since the first year of Yonghui, Liyang has issued a heavy law. Once it flows into Beimang, the local officials will migrate for three thousand miles. Jizhou, Hezhou, and the two Liaos on the eastern front. Over the years, many people on the border have taken risks and got rich because of it, and they are rarely held accountable afterwards. But in our Beiliang, in the past 20 years, Mr. Li has killed more than a dozen generals and lieutenants with power under Mr. Li's suggestion."
Yan Wenluan held tightly the big white bowl that had been filled with hot tea and spirits on the edge of the table, narrowed his eyes, and said sadly: "Since my lord told me about Hongjia's northward flight today, he naturally has a deep meaning. I don't believe that Mr. Li and Nalan Youci wanted to increase Beimang's strength greatly, so that Beimang had an extra Southern Dynasty for no reason, and those who talked about Zhongyuan Zhengshuo every day There are nearly a million survivors of the Spring and Autumn Period. But if the prince can’t give me an explanation today, then the general will have the courage to ask the prince for the soldiers who died in the two cities of Wogong, Luanhe and all the Beiliang soldiers who died in the battle. There's a saying!"
Xu Fengnian didn't rush to make excuses, but dipped his fingers in the wine, bent down and tapped the north and south ends of the table, "To accomplish this, we must first form a situation of closing the door and beating dogs, threatening to kill all the young and strong men in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Zhao Bing was doing dirty work of buying bottoms. In fact, he did kill tens of thousands of soldiers from the Southern Tang Dynasty as soon as he arrived in southern Xinjiang. Of these people, only a few thousand were really rebellious. Some of them died unjustly. Someone did the bottom-hunting job, and someone had to close the door. Xu Xiao did this, but he led troops to Liang back then, and walked very slowly. At that time, he felt that he was being manipulated by my master and Nalan. Yuan Benxi, who Ci put together, was trying to make up for it. Yuan Benxi, like you, hoped that those powerful forces would "move the tree and die" so that he would not affect his top priority of assisting Zhao Dun to fight Bei Mang, but Yuan Benxi also did not care. I hope that Hong Jia, who ran north in the second half of the year, would run directly to his sworn enemy Beimang in one breath. His original intention was to let Xu Xiao's army hurry up and block the northwest gate before that, so that the herd of cattle and sheep waiting to be slaughtered would be killed. Hurry back to the Gyeonggi area, and stay with the previous torrent of Hongjia running northward. So there was a situation where the court ordered Gu Jiantang's confidant general Cai Nan to rush westward, but at that time it was either Xu Xiao or the Han family in Jizhou, because There were no obstacles for their own reasons, which led to the failure of Cai Nan, who had few cavalry troops at that time. After that, Li Yang didn’t dare to do anything to Xu Xiao. You can’t deal with the Han family? So the court quickly sent Han The family ransacked and beheaded, escaped from a fish that slipped through the net, and now became a loyal man, it was all just a matter of imperial decree. Back then Zhang Julu presided over this matter because he really wanted to kill the Han family, but if he was influenced by his teacher, Killing someone out of personal grievances would underestimate him."
After Xu Fengnian brought up the jug, he never drank, "The reason why Yuan Benxi didn't get entangled in this matter is very simple, because after several battles, Liyang was defeated in a row, and the old elite of the Zhao family suffered heavy losses. Finding that Bei Mang was busy digesting the Southern Dynasty, thinking that he would complete his achievements in one battle in a few years, this allowed the Liyang court under Zhao Dun to take a breather and work hard to rule bit by bit. In addition, Yuan Benxi didn't think that in the future, he would compete for national power. Losing to Bei Mang, Hong Jia Beiben gradually became a bad debt that no one cares about. Li Yang's government and the public dare not speak out about it, because this is Zhao Dun, who is famous for his enlightened and magnanimous, the only Nilin that cannot be touched .”
Yan Wenluan, who was about to throw a bowl over his face, frowned and asked, "The implication is that those clothes are dragging Bei Mang down?"
Yan Wenluan quickly shook his head and said: "No! Although those Spring and Autumn survivors have indeed weakened Bei Mang's martial arts style to a certain extent, for the old woman, the benefits of accepting these people far outweigh the disadvantages. Now they are fighting Hulukou, Liangzhou, and Hutou City, Liangzhou, have already proved this point. Their siege method is no different from that of the Central Plains. Only Hulukou is an example. Leisurely, he hits the lying bow and only hits one side. On the surface, it looks like a child playing house and having fun, but soon he is playing Luanhe, and he starts to try to surround the three ques. They were so cruel that they deliberately fought the street battles entering the city. Now that they are fighting Xiaguang, Beimang infantry have become more and more proficient, and the number of casualties on some battlefields has dropped sharply. The battle in Beiliang has been done step by step. In the future, if... if Beimang really Opportunity to attack those cities in the Central Plains, besides Xishu and Liangliao, who can defend it?! The army of King Yanzhi Zhao Bing? If the northern barbarians have all attacked the southern border, is there any point? Even if the battlefield is not mentioned, the Taiping Order has even prepared how to fill up a large number of civil servants who are proficient in political affairs as quickly as possible after the capture of Beiliang, so as to stabilize the defense and let the Beimang cavalry army go south without any worries. Twenty years ago, even if Bei Mang dared to think about it, he would never have been able to do it!"
Xu Fengnian asked with a smile: "Old General, have you ever thought about why Xu Xiao and Li Yishan did not object to my going to Beimang at all, but supported it."
Yan Wenluan's face was still gloomy, but the killing intent that he hadn't concealed before was gone, and he shook his head lightly.
Xu Fengnian looked out the window at the beginning of the bright sky, slowly put down the jug, and said softly: "Old General, wait patiently. I went to Beimang alone back then, just to convey a message to some people. It's very risky, isn't it?" But if you don’t take such a risk, how can you make others willing to take more risks? As for who in Beimang still remember their original intentions, I don’t know, but there must be a lot of them. I don’t even know, the old woman in Beimang and Taiping It's impossible to guess."
Yan Wenluan was dumbfounded.
Xu Fengnian stood up and looked down at the tabletop, which had long since disappeared from the wine stains, "Maybe you will ask if those scholars can be trusted?"
Xu Fengnian laughed to himself, "A few years ago, whoever dared to nod his head, I just took it as a joke. But the scholars in the world, just the age we have all experienced, there is Wang Mingyang who has defended Xiangfan City for ten years, and even more self-confident. Zhang Julu, who is seeking death."
Yan Wenluan breathed out a turbid breath, and said bitterly: "There is also Wei Jingtang in Jizhou. In fact, in the Spring and Autumn Period, there were quite a few such generous reading seeds who went to death. Of course, I, Yan Wenluan, also killed many of them with my own hands. few."
Xu Fengnian walked to the window, "Huang Sanjia once said that in this world, there must be more and more people who can afford to read and write. The general trend is also unstoppable. If you have read books and know how to read characters, you can become the 'reader' that Huang Sanjia said."
Xu Fengnian stretched out his palm and slowly clenched his fist, "The more you know and the more you hold, the less you will be in awe. It's human nature. A few years ago, His Royal Highness who didn't practice swords and martial arts again, dare to disrespect heaven and man?"
"The mind is like a horse, the mind is like a horse... Taoism has a warning of 'the mind is uncertain, and the mind is everywhere', and Buddhism also has a saying of 'controlling one's heart, taming the monkey', but how to do it is too general and vague. They are all extravagant ordinary people, and they can't do it. Confucianism is very simple and clear, one word, li. Li is not only a framework, but also a cage. It doesn't matter if ordinary people don't understand. We have made very detailed rules, and you follow it Yes. I think that Confucianism can stand out among the schools of thought, and in the end it outshone others. This is one of the important reasons. Of course, it is because individuals like to be unrestrained, and freedom is nature. Under such almost irreconcilable conflicts and contradictions , Confucianism has a huge difference with Mohism, which is that human nature is inherently evil. Confucian sages put forward that human nature is inherently good, and later generations of sages continue to use various means to subtly influence it. Banzi's "Three Hundred Thousands", in the final analysis, this is the merit of enlightenment. What's interesting is that the Taoist sage came out to interrupt again, saying that "the sage and wisdom will be abandoned, and the people will benefit a hundred times; the benevolence and righteousness will be abandoned, and the people will return to filial piety and kindness." , who is right and who is wrong? Maybe there is no right or wrong.”
"Huang Sanjia destroyed the Spring and Autumn Period. What he did was to give people in the world an earlier choice called 'freedom'. But Zhang Julu, a scholar who has been a seamstress in Liyang for 20 years, used his own Death, for this kind of "freedom" of future generations that he "behinds" the Zhao family to fuel the flames, he sewed up a frame in advance. Maybe Zhang Julu is futile and meaningless, but since he can think of it and do it, let's do it , this is Zhang Julu. I, Xu Fengnian, can't do it, you Yan Wenluan can't do it, those famous ministers of Yonghui Spring can't do it, even Tan Tanweng and Qi Yanglong can't do it, in fact, except for him Bi Yaner, no one can do that."
"Perhaps Huang Sanjia, who has no way to 'harm' the world with his three-inch tongue, didn't say a word to us: Knowing that I have sinned against me, it is only spring and autumn."
"The former Chief Assistant Zhang Julu, who didn't have a suicide note or a last word, should have smiled and left a word to all the descendants who regarded him as a fool: Zifeiyu, how do you know the joys and sorrows of fish?"
Yan Wenluan was standing beside Xu Fengnian with a flagon in his hand. This was the first time he heard Xu Fengnian's long speech. This young man killed people in Youzhou in Lingzhou at that time, but he didn't babble like this.
But Yan Wenluan was not bored at all.
Yan Wenluan poured the wine into his mouth with one hand behind his back, and after drinking it all, he shook the jug, still unsatisfied, and asked, "Then what about Mr. Li?"
When Yan Wenluan turned his head, he saw the young man smiling and pointing to the north. Xu Fengnian had the kind of flair on Xu Fengnian's face that a rough warrior like Yan Wenluan was destined not to have.
"Didn't people in the world say that my master is ruthless and fond of exterminating households? Hong Jia ran north, he exterminated the households of the Central Plains to study, and then went to Beiliang. The more than 100,000 refugees were just a small test. Next, it will probably be Beimang Alright."
After Yan Wenluan sighed, he quickly said with a hearty smile: "Your Majesty, my heart is gone. It's funny to say that I came to Yanzhi County at the beginning because I wanted to flatter you with the cheek. Those wars outside Hulukou, you The fight with Yu Luan was extremely beautiful! The establishment of the non-retirement battalion boosted the morale of the entire Youzhou! I didn’t expect it to change later. I was just a little bit short of turning the table and beating people. Of course, I will definitely end up in the end I was the one who was beaten up by you casually looking for Lao Ya. Although the lord did not make it clear, I, Yan Wenluan, believed in the general and Mr. Li. After confirming this matter, I also understand why Mr. Li did not Be optimistic about Chen Zhibao, if Hongjia runs northward, Beiliang will be handed over to him, and after defeating Beimang, there will be another unjust war in the eyes of scholars in the future."
Xu Fengnian didn't speak, and looked a little tired.
Yan Wenluan hesitated for a moment, but still said: "My lord, I don't want to say something, it's uncomfortable! Although Chen Zhibao left Beiliang, I, Yan Wenluan, can guarantee that he has been in Beiliang for so many years. I'm rebellious, and I'm definitely dissatisfied with you, but I definitely don't have that kind of murderous intent. I believe he is just waiting, if you Xu Fengnian can't support Beiliang after the general leaves, he will come out and let Beiliang's surname Chen. As for the last name of the whole world, Murong, Zhao, or Chen, it depends on Chen Zhibao's ability."
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "I know."
Yan Wenluan asked softly, "Really?"
Xu Fengnian turned his head, "Then I don't know?"
Yan Wenluan laughed loudly, "It seems that I really know that it is Yan Wenluan who treats the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."
Xu Fengnian laughed, "Isn't it cursing?"
Yan Wenluan was stunned at first, but after thinking for a while, the smile in that one-eyed eye became even wider, but she deliberately said helplessly: "Scholar's mouth is so powerful, you can't accept it."
In the end, the Beiliang Infantry Commander who rushed over hurriedly clasped his fists together, "My lord, let's go! It's still the same sentence we said when we met in Youzhou. If there is a chance, I, Yan Wenluan, will be lying in the coffin. It must be carried to Beimang Royal Court."
Without waiting for Xu Fengnian to say anything, the old man turned around and strode away. When he passed the table, he stopped, shouted to catch him, picked up the jug and threw it to Xu Fengnian, "I will invite the prince to have a drink at the end of the day."
Xu Fengnian raised his hand to take the jug, looked at the back of the person who had already crossed the threshold, looked surprised, and said to himself: "There are still guests who use the master's wine to treat guests?"
Yan Wenluan was striding down the corridor. At that time, the old man who wanted to say "I believe in you, Xu Fengnian" after "I believe in the general, I believe in Mr. Li", still held back and said to himself at this time Said: "General, fighting like this is fun. It's the same as following the general back then. I'm not afraid of anything, only fear of not dying!"
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Xu Fengnian, who hadn't had a drink from the beginning to the end, sat back in his seat with a dignified expression.
That gentle fourth prince, Zhao Zhuan, is really not a cheap lamp after becoming the emperor. If Zhang Julu's death was ordered by his father Zhao Dun, then Yuan Benxi's silent death was entirely due to Zhao Zhuan's cold-blooded methods. But Xu Fengnian is not surprised by this, the Zhao family has served as emperor three times, which one is not an expert in cooking? The Emperor Liyang, who had just sat on the dragon chair, opened the Jibei portal secretly, not because he was full and wanted to give military exploits to the two ten thousand commanders of Beimang, but after Liyang and Beiliang each changed their heirs. Xu Fengnian was the first to resist the imperial decree and was the first to show the bottom line of Beiliang, and after he ascended the throne, Zhao Zhuan quickly returned his color by taking advantage of the fact that 10,000 riders from Youzhou broke into Jizhou, telling him that Xu Fengnian's bottom line from the Yang court was also Not low. And Yuan Tingshan's atonement after "losing" Yinyao City did not disappoint Zhao Zhuan, who was as concerned about Jizhou's military affairs as his father Zhao Dun. , in addition to the Jizhou cavalry, he also brought more than 7,000 private cavalry entrusted to him by the owner of Yanbao, one of the two father-in-laws, and waited for the rabbit. Eight thousand cavalry, the victory report handed over to Tai'an City stated that "our side lost no more than three thousand, and the enemy was beheaded by more than ten thousand." Naturally, Xu Fengnian knew that the more than two thousand veteran cavalry accumulated by the Li family in Yanbao for generations must be It is not among the three thousand, but after this battle, Zhao Zhuan, who is newly enthroned and has frontier skills in his hands, will be happy, the military department of the capital, which has been battered for Guangling Road, will be happy, and the two Liaos on the eastern front will also be inspiring. Therefore, the government and the public, especially Shihlin, will greatly change their impression of Yuan Madgou, who was not impressed at first. In fact, if it wasn't for Xu Fengnian who was the biggest target in the world, even if Yuan Tingshan made several times as many military achievements, he would only attract cynicism and suspicion.
Xu Fengnian sneered and said, "Compared to my highness, the Prince of Beiliang, who is known to have only a good fate, your fate, Yuan Tingshan, is not bad."
What really troubled Xu Fengnian was not Yuan Tingshan and Jizhou, but two things. In fact, Zhao Zhuan did a lot after the beginning of spring, such as the relocation of the Imperial Academy, and the re-editing of the Tianxia edition proposed by a small household member, Wai Lang, into the "Xiao Dynasty" between him and the central officials. Compared to the former having nothing to do with Beiliang's wind, cows and horses, the latter is just handing out a knife to Beiliang. Beiliang's people's hearts are temporarily stable, and those who should and can go before have already left, mainly concentrated in the mausoleum. The Beiliang Road in the state does not have much impact. If the registration is changed at this time, it will open a big hole. Even if the military households in Beiliang are big heads, they can leave the place of right and wrong if they involve the people at the bottom. Among the ordinary people in the frontier army, who would like to stay in Beiliang and "wait for death"
Xu Fengnian closed his eyes, "Yuan Guo, the Minister of the Household Department who is the most able to speak on this matter, kept his mouth shut. If he didn't make a sound, then he had already made a very clear statement. It's a pity that he made a comeback after a few days." I am afraid that Situ, the local judge, will be thrown into the cold palace again. Zhongshu ordered Qi Yanglong to support it, Tan Tanweng, the subordinate province, opposed it, and Tianguan Yin Maochun supported it, but said that this matter should be delayed rather than rushed, and haste makes waste ', tsk tsk, this wording is really particular, 'it's not easy to rush', easy rather than appropriate, it's really subtle. Zhao Youling, the second-in-command of Zhongshu Province, really sang the opposite tune with Yin Maochun. , Promising people become political enemies."
If this is not an imminent matter, then there is a "little matter" covered up in a big event, which is the real surprise and urgency of the entire Beiliang Road.
The surprise was Zhang Julu's another covert trick after his protégé Wei Jingtang. If it wasn't for the fraud case deliberately played down by the court in Liyang Water Transport, Xu Fengnian would have no way of guessing Zhang Julu's intentions by following the clues. It turns out that for so many years, Zhang Julu and Tan Tanweng have been staring at water transportation, especially the matter of water grain entering Liang. Along the Guangling River in the northwest, Xu Fengnian dared to assert that Zhang Julu was waiting for Beiliang. If Beiliang was really willing to fight to the death with Beimang's army, then these grains that originally belonged to Beiliang would be smoothly sent into Beiliang. The strength is hidden, Xu Xiao and Xu Fengnian intend to keep their strength and separate themselves, so they will never get the food and grass. Zhang Julu once made up his mind to reform water transportation, subordinate officials, and floods in Guangling, but all of them died without any problems. It may not be because of this kind of "selfishness" that must be given up. Governing the country is so difficult and complicated. Just the matter of hiding food grains involves a series of cumbersome appointments of food grain officials, and it also involves those royal relatives and "founding" meritorious deeds who lie on the lifeblood of the country and the "founding" of these moths. In the game of Shuoshu's interests, Zhang Julu must not only ensure that the blood of the world is running smoothly, but also ensure that after Beiliang is indeed fighting Beimang to the death, the imperial court or Zhang Julu, the chief assistant of the imperial court, can also show his sincerity. It is necessary to maintain a balance between the emperor and those dignitaries.
Now Zhao Zhuan personally turned this unexpected joy into an urgent need. Those food officials arranged by Zhang Julu were taken over in one pot, and their official ranks were not high. Without these guys, they will benefit more in the future, and His Majesty the Emperor's iron fist and determination to control corruption have won praise from the government and the opposition. After this turmoil, who would dare to challenge the imperial court among the senior water transport officials? It will only be more difficult for Beiliang to ask for food in the future.
Xu Fengnian bent his fingers and tapped on the table.
In Beiliang Road, there are less than 2 million households and less than 10 million people, but they have to support a full 300,000 frontier troops. If it is not for the support of Lingzhou, known as the Little Guangling in the Northwest, Beiliang will be full of people. The string of twenty years, not to mention archery, has long been broken by itself. Why was Li Gongde able to become the head of the civil servants, the Northern Liang Jinglue envoy? Is it true that he can only sing praises to Xu Xiao, but he is just good at clinging? Of course not, without it, Li Gongde has the right way to make money. He can buy food through various shady channels, and the price is not too high. The big men who accept boxes of bribes are of course those royal relatives and meritorious deeds from Liyang. The court lost a lot of money. It is "little money" that earns less than one million taels. Their grandparents and parents have sacrificed their lives for Liyang's unification of the Spring and Autumn Period and made great contributions to earn some money.
In the next short time, these people should not have the guts to make trouble.
Li Gongde, who was still serving as the economic envoy, went to Qingliang Mountain and had already vomited bitterness to the deputy envoy Song Dongming. Mr. Li, who has been taking good care of himself, will soon have gray temples covered with frost and snow.
Under such a grim situation, Xu Beizhi, the governor of Lingzhou who hoarded grain like crazy last year, quickly built and filled most of the granaries in his hands. At that time, he was ridiculed as the "granary governor" who could only buy rice. The life-saving straw of the entire Beiliang frontier army. If there is no Xu Beizhi, Xu Fengnian will also pay attention to the storage of grain storage, but it is absolutely impossible for Xu Beizhi to use the power of a state to store grain. Xu Beizhi is in charge of buying grain in Lingzhou. It can be said that he does everything possible. He not only buys grain at high prices from outside Beiliang based on the network channels accumulated by Li Gongde over the years, but also buys grain at low prices from local tyrants and gentry families in Lingzhou. Rice, if ordinary people with surplus food want to sell it to earn the difference, Xu Beizhi will take all of it if there is not a single grain left!
So if it weren't for the granaries of Xu Beizhi, Xu Fengnian would have gone to the homes of distant relatives and neighbors in Beiliang Road to "grab grain" in a fair manner, instead of asking people to take soldiers and horses out of the country to "borrow grain" which is still kind, at least he would have given some Real money. But after all, this is not a long-term solution. Before long, the entire upper reaches of the Guangling River will be equivalent to clearing the walls of Beiliang Road.
Xu Fengnian opened his eyes, and murmured: "In the beginning, you, Chen Xiliang, failed to collect salt, iron and grain, and were exiled to the land of exiles. There were more than 100,000 young and strong soldiers, and then Xu Beizhi became the governor of the granary, and soon Xu Beizhi proved that he was right, and everyone else who watched the show in Beiliang was wrong. I firmly believe that you will make the world look at you with admiration , from the very beginning.”
Xu Fengnian looked around, stood up and fetched the two chess jars specially prepared by Fushuifang spies. Red jujube wood is not rare, but the textures of the two boxes showed the uncanny craftsmanship of "Heavenly Girl Scattering Flowers" and "Boy Bow". Let the two jujube wooden boxes, which were originally a few taels of silver, become priceless treasures for the royal court of Western Chu. He did not enter Beimang with his master. Xu Fengnian opened two chess jars, the white chess was the 180 famous "snow seals" all in one color, the chess pieces had more than 20 meticulous patterns, and the black chess was the dark green fish brain jelly with a clear luster.
Xu Fengnian was sitting upright, picked up a black and white chess piece one after another, knocked them on the table where there was no chessboard, and then put the white chess jar on the opposite side as if to start a chess game, and said softly: "Master, both Xu Beizhi and Chen Xiliang You were not disappointed."
Xu Fengnian looked at the empty table that became more prominent after having two chess pieces, and was dazed. Finally, he raised his head, looked at the empty table, and remained silent.
The sky outside the window is blue and white, the vision inside the house is no longer dim, the dark clouds have dissipated, and wisps of light are projected in, clearly reflecting the leisurely dust that is usually invisible to the naked eye.
In this house where only Xu Fengnian was alone, things were falling like flying.
Following Luo Zi, starting from his three characters Xu Fengnian, names blurted out from his mouth one by one.
Some are from Beiliang, some are from Beimang, and some are from Liyang.
There are dead and there are living.
Some are famous, some are rising, and some are unknown.
When he talked about Lu Xu, Xu Fengnian paused for a while.