Looking at the various conditions in the world, I think of Qiantang as a prosperous place. Climbing high and looking far away, one can't help but sigh, Wu Yue is undoubtedly the most beautiful place in the world.
Although the prosperous Tang Dynasty is no longer there, and people of this generation have never seen the glory of that year, the records inherited by the past generations all describe the past in vivid colors.
Of course, there are countless people who believe that there are gods in this world. They live in seclusion in the mountains and vast marshes. When they walked around the world, they must have seen the scenery of the Tang Dynasty. What's more, there are not many good people in the world. If you occasionally see these masters, their miracles will naturally be magnified in the world. And all these people who have heard about it, whether they have seen it with their own eyes or not, have spread it through word of mouth.
The contemporary world has been in chaos for decades! Since the Later Liang Dynasty replaced the Tang Dynasty, the world has experienced the Later Tang Dynasty, the Later Jin Dynasty, and the Later Han Dynasty. Nowadays, the Central Plains is controlled by Zhou State, and it is vaguely the leader of all the countries in the world. However, in just a few decades, wars and disputes continued in the Central Plains. Where can ordinary people see the prosperous times?
On the contrary, since the Hou Liang Dynasty, the local separatist forces have risen in various parts of the Central Plains. Because they are far away from the disputes in the Central Plains, many places have more or less inherited many of the styles of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Especially because of the careful management of the respective separatist forces, coupled with decades of basic stability, these places are no different from paradise on earth compared to the Central Plains.
Although these places are far different from those in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, in today's world, when it comes to a place where people are safe and comfortable, Wuyue Kingdom must be the first place that people recommend.
Originally, there were separate regimes in various places, and the earliest ones to rise were the Kingdom of Shu founded by the king of Shu; Ma Yin in central Hunan; Yang Wu in the south of the Yangtze River; and the Kingdom of Wu and Yue occupied by King Qian Miao. However, with the defeat of the descendants of the royal family in the southwest, the Chu region where the horses fought for the throne and the sons of the horses attacked each other after the death of Ma Yin, and Yang Wu who was replaced by Li Tang, there were almost a lot of battles, and the people were naturally complaining.
Therefore, the one with the greatest influence in the end was Wu Yue, who had always been controlled by the Qian family.
Qian Liu, the founder of Wuyue Kingdom, had the courtesy name Jumei and nickname Poliu. It is said that he was from Lin'an. For people in this era, the Sea Dragon King Qian Liu can be said to be a household name.
When Lingnan, a land of foreigners, was first established, the young master of Lingnan, Liu Yan, once boasted to the world that there were three dragons in the world: Li Keyong, the bearded one-eyed dragon, Qian Liu, the sea dragon king of Jiangnan, and Liu Yan, the heavenly dragon king of Lingnan.
Although Liu Yan's words were a little arrogant at the time, later he not only truly became the Lord of Lingnan, but also became the world-famous number one master of the Qiyi List. This words naturally became a good talk for a while.
However, as far as the situation at that time was concerned, because Liu Yan in the south of Lingnan was outside the Five Ridges, the Central Plains regime could not control it. In addition, the Liu family's climate in Lingnan was already established, so Liu Yan naturally wanted to dominate one side and claim the throne. The neighboring Yang Wu Buxiao had a dispute with Lingnan, and the overlord of Ma Chu, Ma Yin, was helpless, so Lingnan was somewhat dissatisfied with the jurisdiction of the Central Plains. Liu Yan naturally wanted to raise his status and wanted to be like the Li family of the later Tang Dynasty and the Qian family of Wuyue.
Because Liu Yan married his daughter, Ma Yin believed that Lingnan had become his own back garden, and did not take action against Lingnan again. As for Qian Liu, who was also a famous person in Jiangnan, Liu Yan wanted to make friends from far away and close to the enemy. Because there were children of Yang and Wu between them, he boldly spoke out like this and became famous all over the world. Although Liu Yan was later laughed at, because Liu Yan actually had a nickname called Zhen Jiao Mirage, some people secretly joked that he was the real emperor and the fake dragon king.
Not to mention Liu Yan's self-praise, in fact he has been ruling the world for at least several decades, and this good story has been spread. Let’s talk about another protagonist in this story, that is Qian Liu, the emperor of Wu Yue Kingdom. The various legends left in the world about this emperor who stopped the tide with arrows have now become somewhat deified.
It is said that when King Qian was young, he was no different from ordinary teenagers. Moreover, due to the need to make a living, he once followed some villagers to secretly sell illicit salt.
Not to mention that in the increasingly turbulent years at the end of the Tang Dynasty, separatist vassal towns gradually became the climate. At any time, the salt industry, as the main resource of the imperial court, was prohibited from being sold privately. Those who sell illegal salt will be arrested and imprisoned, or executed on the spot. At that time, he dared to follow the gang to sell illegal salt for a living. The courage of King Qian when he was young must have been beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Now King Qian is gone, but the descendants of the Qian family still control the world of Wuyue. Since the three generations came to the throne, there have been five kings of Wuyue. Just looking at the scenic spots in Wuyue today, people estimate that the Qian family will continue to prosper from generation to generation. Everyone regarded King Qian as a living Buddha, just like a saint coming into the world. Therefore, various legends about King Qian in the countryside are often praised and suppressed.
But what everyone agrees with is that some people say that he often played games with his friends since he was a child, and he liked to go to Shijing Town where he lived to watch the soldiers running horses and shooting arrows. Then he would organize his friends and form them to train like soldiers. At that time, a fortune teller in the village saw it and praised the villagers: "This is a truly noble man!"
When King Qian was sixteen or seventeen years old, he once again practiced hard on bows, horses, and spears. He even read Sun Tzu's Art of War thoroughly. When he was in his prime, he went to Shijing Town to join the army. Of course, when he really became famous, he took advantage of Huang Chao's uprising and caused chaos in the world. At that time, he followed the town general Dong Chang and made many military exploits. In the third year of Guangqi (887), Dong Chang was promoted to the Yuezhou (Shaoxing) Observation Envoy due to his meritorious service. He moved from Qiantang (Hangzhou) to the east of Zhejiang, and the imperial court promoted him to King Qian. The governor of Hangzhou.
From then on, King Qian ruled alone and gradually became a phenomenon.
Later, whether it was leading troops to eliminate Xue Lang and Liu Hanhong, or following the imperial decree to encircle and suppress the madman who claimed to be emperor, and his former master Dong Chang, the imperial court allowed him to develop alone, so that after King Qian destroyed Dong Chang, Really occupying the land of two Zhejiang provinces.
Later, the imperial court was unable to go south due to political affairs, so it appointed King Qian as the envoy of Zhenhai and Zhendong armies, and granted him the title of prince with a different surname from the imperial court. Since then, King Qian has soared into the sky. From the local vassal to the princes, he has truly become a prince with a foreign surname. From the initial King of Yue to the later King of Wu. The king of Wuyue who was really known to later generations was in the hands of Zhu Wen and Houliang who stood up for the Tang Dynasty.
Some people criticized King Qian, as a prince of the Tang Dynasty, for not contributing to the purge of the country, but for being loyal to the Hou Liang who usurped the throne to replace the Tang Dynasty. But only a few people understand that the Wuyue Kingdom has always had a small territory and few soldiers. If it is truly completely independent, or if it does not think about self-sufficiency, it will soon perish. Because at that time, the Wuyue Kingdom had Yang Xingmi, a powerful military force of the Five Dynasties, on the left, and the small Min Kingdom on the right, unwilling to be lonely and guarding the rear.
At that time, it was attached to the Central Plains imperial court. After getting some recognition from the imperial court, it could not only avoid being easily surrounded and suppressed by surrounding forces, and avoid the suffering of the people in the territory, but also the important point was independence.
Because after King Qian surrendered to the Central Plains, he established his own local separatist regime in the territory. No matter what King Qian's choice was at that time, many people in the territory were at peace because of it. The eyes of the people are sharp, and it is inevitable that everyone is grateful to King Qian for his merits.
In the decades since King Qian took office, the people in the territory have continued for several generations. Everyone does not know that there is a court in the Central Plains. They only know that the world belongs to Prince Qian. From King Qian to King Wenmu Qian Yuanguan, it was also the ten years when the Central Plains changed from the Later Tang Dynasty to the Later Jin Dynasty. Regimes in the Central Plains changed repeatedly, and the Qian family of Wu and Yue continued to be in trouble.
Especially when it comes to the third generation of King Qian, although the descendants who have been on the throne have not been on the throne for a long time, the transition has been smooth. Even if Hu Jinsi, a veteran of three dynasties, deceived the emperor, because of King Qian's prestige and his reputation in the two Zhejiang provinces, these old men who used ministers to deceive the emperor did not dare to replace the descendants of the Qian family themselves.
Now the person who succeeded King Wenmu, the son of King Qian, was King Wenmu's sixth son, Qian Hongzuo. Although he only took the throne for a few years, the succession to the seventh son, Qian Hongzuo, was smooth, with no less twists and turns than in previous dynasties. Change of regime. These two masters were also very ambitious people. Unfortunately, Qian Hongzuo died young, and Qian Hongjie was ousted by his old ministers.
The dangers of the emperor's house have never been accessible to ordinary people. Now that Qian Hongchu has abdicated and is under house arrest, the throne of Wuyue has passed into the hands of Qian Hongchu, the ninth son of King Wenmu. It has been more than ten years in the blink of an eye!
Luo Shan's leaves are heavily embroidered,
There is a cluster of golden phoenixes and silver geese.
Every dance goes in two directions,
Among the words "Long Live Peace"!
Although this poem did not originally describe the Wuyue Kingdom, it can be regarded as an excellent statement of the prosperity of the Five Dynasties.
Looking around the world today, we can see that wars are going on everywhere and people are displaced from their homes. There are few feudal towns that can truly live a stable life that can last for more than ten years.
It is said that because of this chaos, many conscious families have moved into barren lands, or into alien lands like Lingnan, hoping to seek survival and stability for their families. As for places like Jiangnan along the coast, some families even moved their families overseas. Although many people were swallowed by the sea, it was at least better than being massacred by the feudal town.
Nowadays, only in the streets of Wuyue Kingdom, you can see the naturalness on the faces of the people passing by. This is an extremely rare phenomenon. The people here live and work in peace and contentment. Their smiles come from the bottom of their hearts. Of course, the clothing patterns on their bodies are also extremely exquisite and beautiful. Not to mention ordinary ordinary people's families, but those well-off families who have lived in Wuyue Kingdom for several generations, all of them live a comfortable life.
The casual Luo shirts they wear have either floral and bird-based clothing patterns, or some auspicious edging patterns. The colorful clothes embroidered on the body are embroidered on the soft silk clothing, which is really a dazzling display of flowers. Anyone who has been to Zhejiang and Zhejiang, especially those near Hangzhou, may think that Wuyue Kingdom is a paradise.
Snap!
A piece of awakening wood claps on the stage, bringing everyone back to their senses from the story.
What I just said is probably already familiar to the people in the two Zhejiang provinces. But the storyteller sitting on a chair in the middle of the restaurant had a narrow rectangular table in front of him, with only a pot of Longjing. So he sat there, foaming at the mouth, shaking his head and talking with great relish.
This storyteller is young and has two beautiful mustaches, which makes him look a little more dignified. His eyes swept across the bustling diners in the restaurant. Everyone was looking at him attentively. An imperceptible smile flashed in the storyteller's eyes. He coughed slightly, which meant he paused for a moment, picked up the tea bowl and took a small sip. The waiter who was waiting on the side took the opportunity to add hot tea to her, and what he was listening to was a biography of the Qian King of Wuyue.
Everyone tells the story of King Qian, which is not uncommon in Wuyue Kingdom. Even ordinary people in the city and countryside will know one or two paragraphs. Nowadays, the imperial court and the descendants of the Qian family do not interfere with the people's narration of the Qian family and King Qian. Because almost everyone knows things, and as long as they don’t maliciously attack and slander, no one will care. On the contrary, everyone listened to the story of King Qian's origins in the countryside over and over again, and the more they listened, the more interesting it became.
This is a small town called Xikou under the jurisdiction of Lin'an Prefecture, the hometown of King Qian.
Because it is close to the famous East and West Tianmu Mountains and is within the hometown of King Qian, Xikou, a small market town, is actually quite a bit smaller than an average county town.
The place where the storyteller is located is the famous Longgui Restaurant in Xikou Town. It is the peak meal period at noon, so the restaurant is naturally packed with people.
Although it only has a two-story layout, it can be seen that the restaurant is packed with diners. Although the village only offers simple food, it is said that King Qian had a meal here, so the business here can be said to be very prosperous. What's more, the Jiangnan area has always been rich in food, and the two Zhejiang areas have been peaceful for a long time, so everyone is much more refined and particular about their food than in ordinary vassal towns.
Although this storyteller with a mustache is not a native of Xikou, he speaks with a West Zhejiang accent. In recent years, many people have moved from Zhejiang to Zhejiang. Everyone is very welcoming to this storyteller who speaks Mandarin with an accent. Judging from the fact that he wears commoners and mango shoes, and although he is not from a well-off family, he speaks in an extraordinary and dignified manner, you must think that he is also from Zhejiang Province.
However, although the time he told stories in Longgui Restaurant was not too long, because the stories he told were logically logical and a bit more interesting than others, and he also added some worldly opinions, it was better than what was recorded in the book, and the old scholar Much more interesting. It has been more than half a year since the beginning. Everyone likes to listen to his stories and everyone knows his name is Mr. Xie.
And after this person claimed to be Xie Lingyun, this was extremely surprising. Although it was somewhat unclear, of course no one really checked the authenticity of this matter. The stable world is more tolerant. No matter how Mr. Xie performs, at least for his versatile performance, many people like him now.
Many of the old customers here were a little tired of listening to him talk about the King of Money eloquently for a while, but they couldn't say it publicly yet. After all, the two Zhejiang provinces now belong to Prince Qian's family, and the world is still peaceful. Who wants to offend the imperial court in his spare time. But looking at their disapproving looks, they were naturally a little impatient.
On the other hand, a few foreign guests with accents from eastern Zhejiang were eating and listening with gusto. From time to time they asked Mr. Xie about the gossip of King Qian's past. Because of the cooperation of these people, the atmosphere was naturally very good, and even some regular customers who had heard of it would respond from time to time. The impatient diners did not dare to show off. When they saw Mr. Xie stop, they breathed a long sigh of relief.
The owner of the restaurant, Zhang Fuquan, is said to be a native of Xikou, and his ancestors have made a living from this restaurant for four generations. Today I saw a large number of diners. Some old customers were keeping company on the second floor. When I heard the greetings from the first floor, I came down to take a look at the scene. Although he is only in his thirties, he is still fairly well-known in Xikou Town. Because making money by opening a restaurant is only part of it, but it has a pretty good reputation.
He slowly scanned the people in the place, and the regular customers nodded naturally when they saw him. Zhang Fuquan had a smile on his face, because these are his parents. Finally, his eyes fell on Mr. Xie, and Zhang Fuquan was even more pleased, feeling that he had a good vision. This storyteller, Mr. Xie, was able to establish himself in the restaurant in the first place because Zhang Fuquan did not interfere.
He has always known that there are many strange people in the world, but he is at best a worldly merchant. It has always been said that most chivalrous people are dog-slaughters. Zhang Fuquan understood this deeply, so when Mr. Xie wanted to tell stories in the restaurant, he did not refuse Mr. Xie's request. Now it seems that this choice was the right one. Not only is the business busy every day, but Longgui Restaurant is showing signs of becoming the number one restaurant in Xikou.
The waiters in the restaurant also admired Mr. Xie, the storyteller. Because of Mr. Xie's wonderful storytelling, he not only attracts many customers, but some diners will often tip him when they are happy. Not only Mr. Xie, but sometimes some children naturally want to take advantage of it. Even if some children don't get the rewards, Mr. Xie will definitely share some of what he gets with everyone.
Nowadays, the children like Mr. Xie more than the boss. Zhang Fuquan also knows this, so he usually pays more attention to Mr. Xie. Because this kind of people who don't care about money at all can be achieved by ordinary people and scholars. Even if he is not a strange person in the world, he must be a free and easy person in the game world.
The people of the Tang Dynasty were free and uninhibited, and this style almost continued during the Five Dynasties. The prosperous land of Zhejiang and Zhejiang is naturally more prosperous than other places. Although there are usually many female relatives from various families in this restaurant, Zhang Fuquan seems to have a lot of them. But now Zhang Fuquan has seen a strange phenomenon, that is, because of Mr. Xie's arrival, not only the number of diners has increased a lot, but also the number of women in each family has increased a lot.
At its peak, people often reserve seats in advance, and now it has become a good talk in Xikou Town. Zhang Fuquan was naturally proud, but he did not get carried away because he knew deeply that the chef was still the same chef, the waiter was still the waiter, and the boss was still himself. The only difference is that business is much better than before. Needless to say, this reason is also due to Mr. Xie.
Zhang Fuquan looked around and saw that there were indeed many female dependents today, and some of them were wearing veils. Although Zhang Fuquan was a little surprised, he didn't pay much attention. Because a few days ago, it was said that the eldest lady of the Lin family in Zhendong came to the restaurant. She was a descendant of the imperial minister's family. (To be continued.)
