Chapter 258, Jintang Reform (7)

Style: Historical Author: Song HunWords: 3349Update Time: 24/01/12 11:34:02
He never expected that these tofu dregs would become as solid as a rock in just two days.

At the same time, the color also changed dramatically, from black to off-white.

Later, the speed became faster and faster, and in less than a month, a five-story building was built.

At this time, people in the capital discovered the magical effects of fairy cement, which unknowingly boosted the sales of fairy cement.

Later, the Zui Chunfeng Teahouse and Jingyuan Restaurant were opened here.

This teahouse is not far from the palace and its business is very prosperous.

Seeing how prosperous the business was here, some flowery people came to the teahouse one after another to collect protection fees.

However, soon after these fancy arms started making noise, some men dressed in black came out and beat them so hard that they cried for their fathers and had to leave.

However, there are always some petty officials who do not believe in evil and come to the door to find faults with their noses raised, and they are also warned by some men in black.

How can these petty officials show weakness and say that they are just official servants of the imperial court and it is natural for them to come to inspect people's homes?

The man in black patted the sign on his waist. When the clerk saw it, he hurriedly handed it over, called him disrespectful, and walked away.

Soon there was a rumor in the capital that the backstage of Zui Chunfeng Teahouse was quite large.

Not long after Zui Chunfeng Teahouse opened, Jingyuan Restaurant also opened.

This is a high-end restaurant that sells almost all the varieties that people in the capital have never seen before.

This angered businesses including Baifan Restaurant, and they all tried their best to launch the latest dishes.

But no matter what their dishes are, diners always feel there is a distance from Jingyuan Restaurant.

Fortunately, Jingyuan Restaurant has always taken a high-end route, and its Sichuan cuisine has a spicy taste. There are always people who don't like this taste. Overall, it has not had a great impact on other restaurants.

Similar to Zui Chunfeng Teahouse, Jingyuan Restaurant also encountered similar harassment by flower arms and clerks, and they were also dismissed.

Mou Zicailai rarely comes to "Da Song Zhonghua News" due to his official position.

When he came here today, he had the effect of killing three birds with one stone.

The first is to have tea at Zui Chunfeng Tea House, the second is to see what the editorial department of "Da Song Zhonghua Bao" looks like, and the third is to make friends through writing.

Zui Chunfeng Teahouse, like Jingyuan Restaurant, is also a high-rise building with five floors and one base. It is built with fairy cement, and the whole integrates classical style and fastening into one.

Mou Zi just came to the Zui Chunfeng Teahouse and suddenly remembered Li Bai's poem "The dangerous building is a hundred feet high, and you can pick the stars with your hands. You dare not speak loudly, for fear of shocking the sky."

Yang Tao and Liu Yunliang had already come out to greet him. Seeing Mou Zicai's astonished expression, they couldn't help but smile.

Zui Chunfeng Teahouse and Jingyuan Restaurant have become a scenic spot in the capital, and people come to visit them one after another.

This is their pride and pride. Not only is the taste unique, but the building is also unique.

The first floor of Zui Chunfeng Teahouse is a public teahouse, the second and third floors are private rooms, the fourth floor is guest rooms, the fifth floor is the editorial department of "Da Song Zhonghua News", and the sixth floor is the printing shop.

These private rooms are divided into Qin, Qi, Shu, Poetry and Painting, where you can play the Qin, play chess, write poetry, lyrics and draw pictures while playing the Qin.

Yang Tao and Mou Zicai played "A Laugh in the Sea" and "Butterfly Lovers" respectively. The more they played, the more speculative they became, and they felt like they had met each other too late.

Liu Yunliang introduced to Mou Zicai: "Jiang Tao is the great-grandson of Cheng Zhai (Yang Wanli)."

Mou Zi stood up excitedly when he heard that he was Yang Wanli's great-grandson.

The portraits and poems of this elegant room are exactly that of Yang Wanli, and the name of the elegant room is also Chengzhai.

Mou Zi then came to Yang Wanli and bowed deeply.

Yang Tao pointed at Gypsophila and said: "This is Jingzhi. He is an extremely gentleman. A few days ago, he was afraid that I would build a shabby teahouse. He even risked his life to stop it."

Mou Zicai was quite famous in the capital, not because he was a living scholar, but because of his poetry.

Man Tianxing hurriedly bowed deeply to Mou Zicai.

Mou Zicai stroked his beard and kept looking at the stars in the sky, and said: "So you are Jingzhi, you are indeed upright, haha, haha!"

Man Tianxing knew that his nerd was well-known in the capital, so he bowed his hand to Mou Zicai embarrassedly and said, "I'm not honest. I'm pedantic. That's why people call me nerds."

"You actually know that you are a nerd. It seems you are not too pedantic yet." Mou Zi looked at him again, stroked his beard and laughed again.

"Jingzhi is very serious about his work. He is currently a proofreader for the Song Dynasty China Newspaper." Yang Tao hurriedly rescued his colleague.

"It's gratifying to work hard. When you come to the newspaper office, everyone can make the best use of their talents." Mou Zicai smiled with his eyes. It seemed that he was also very satisfied with Yang Tao's arrangement.

After talking about poetry, Yang Tao changed the subject to the general trend of the world.

Unknowingly, when the battle of Jiading was mentioned, Mou Zicai immediately patted the table and cheered.

His hometown is Jingyan, less than a hundred miles away from Jiading.

If Jiading fell, the Hu people could attack Jingyan at any time, which made Mou Zicai worried.

Although the Battle of Jiading lasted for almost two months, the Song Dynasty finally won. Mou Zicai finally breathed a sigh of relief and his hometown finally escaped disaster.

Several people also talked about the recovery. Although Chengdu had been recovered, nine out of ten houses were empty, and they couldn't help but lament.

Mou Zicai thought it would take at least ten years for Chengdu Prefecture to restore its former land of abundance.

However, he did not expect that Zhao Ping continued to invest heavily in Jintang County, building nests to attract golden phoenixes, and the number of people increased from 1,000 to 50,000 in just two months.

Mou Zicai marveled at Zhao Ping, but at the same time he was deeply worried about Xi County. Xi County had already put Zhao Ping in a dilemma.

When they heard that Zhao Ping had captured Xixian County, some civil servants in the imperial court were shocked and celebrated.

In their view, this is Zhao Ping's Maicheng.

You must know that Xixian County can be said to be isolated outside the Song Dynasty, and it is very likely to become the next Yongle City.

This is a thorn in the flesh of the barbarians, and it must be pulled out to feel at ease.

But Zhao Ping had to defend. After all, Xi County was the real meaning of the Song Dynasty regaining its lost territory.

If Zhao Ping leaves Xi County without firing an arrow, he is deliberately losing his territory.

If Zhao Ping can't hold Xi County, it's because he is incompetent.

Regardless of whether Zhao Ping defends himself or not, he will be attacked by his political opponents.

In short, in the eyes of Zhao Ping's political opponents, Zhao Ping is completely finished this time.

He fell deeper and deeper into the quagmire of Xi County and was unable to extricate himself.

And Zhao Ping's security group and Sichuan-protecting army will become victims of this flesh and blood mill, and will be forced to lose-lose with the Hu people.

Zhao Ping lost the Sichuan Protecting Army and the Security Group, the Hu people lost the Xingyuan Prefecture army, and the Song Dynasty became peaceful.

This is the most ideal idea of ​​some scholars in the Song Dynasty, but it is not Mou Zicai's idea.

Zhao Ping was not only his fellow villager, but he also defeated the Hu people in Jiading, indirectly saving his hometown.

Zhao Ping turned Jintang County from a miserable situation on earth into a paradise on earth, allowing him to see the hope of Chengdu, the land of abundance, reappearing.

But Zhao Ping held the junior official examination in Jintang County, which made him confused. The imperial court had already held the examinations for candidates and Jinshi, so why did you need to hold the junior official examination?

After all, Mou Zicai had been working in the capital, thinking that as long as the magistrate made arrangements, the petty officials would naturally handle things properly.

He never thought that something would happen if someone acted against his will, let alone that the county magistrate would be found out if he was evaded, nor did he expect that the magistrate would have to plead with the village elders to build roads and bridges!

Zhao Ping hopes to take advantage of this Jintang County petty official examination to recruit more useful talents, and tie these petty officials tightly to his uncle's hands so that they can be used like arms.

It's just that Zhao Ping had this idea, but the court ministers including Mou Zicai may not understand and support it.

Or they are accustomed to the previous governance style, are unwilling to change, and are afraid of turmoil.

Even Zhao Ping's political opponents may think so. Zhao Ping wants to change, but they are firmly opposed to it.

Officialdom uses this kind of people. No matter whether they are right or not, they oppose for the sake of opposition. As long as you bring it up, they will firmly oppose it.

They just hold you back, holding you back at every turn and preventing you from doing anything.

As long as you can't do things, there will be no political achievements. If they achieve their goal, they will succeed.

Mou Zicai was naturally not this kind of person. He was worried that he, a fellow countryman, would mess things up.

He was afraid that Zhao Ping's actions would cause turmoil at the grassroots level of the magistrate of the Song Dynasty and have irreparable effects.

It would be okay if Zhao Ping was an ordinary person, and the influence could be controlled in Jintang County.

However, Zhao Ping is also a famous person in the world. Not only is he good at both civil and military affairs, but even the Great Khan of the Hu people knows about it.

If things get messed up, causing turmoil in the imperial power of the world, and letting the world know about it, the impact will be extremely bad.

The Hu people just had no excuse. Doesn't this give the Hu people an excuse to go south?

How will you, Zhao Ping, end up with this and how will you explain it to the world?

While Mou Zicai was thinking, Yang Tao took out Zhao Ping's letter and handed it to Mou Zicai with both hands.

Mou Zi then took the letter and fell into deep thought when he saw what Zhao Ping said about the junior official exam.

Several people did not dare to disturb him and watched him drinking tea and thinking.

He shook his head for a while and nodded for a while, leaving Yang Tao and others wondering what he planned.

While drinking tea, Mou Zicai looked at Yang Tao and asked, "How long has Zhao Ping been in Jiading?"

"Young Master has been in Jiading for nearly a month." Yang Tao didn't know why Mou Zicai asked, so he stood up and answered with a bow.

Mou Zi then motioned Yang Tao to sit down and said, "Jingyan and Jiading are only eighty miles away. Is Zhao Ping free?"

"I'll convey it to Xiao Langjun right away. Didn't I hear that Qi Julang is from Jingyan County?" Yang Tao didn't know why Mou Zi repeatedly mentioned Jingyan, so he had to express his intention to convey it to Mou Zi.

The Political Affairs Hall was the core of the Song Dynasty, equivalent to the later State Council.

Uncle Xie Fang drank a glass of drunken spring breeze and looked at Xu Qingsou.

He bowed respectfully to the unoccupied dragon chair, turned around, glanced around, and sighed: "The cold in the official family has not improved yet, so I cannot go to court. I have to wait for the hard work."

Xu Qingsou also bowed his hands respectfully to the unoccupied dragon chair, and replied in a decent manner: "It is our duty to serve the officials and seek welfare for the people. How can we say hard words."

The two looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

Uncle Xie Fang nodded, turned his gaze to Chen Dafang, and coughed.

Chen Dafang first saluted respectfully to the dragon chair, and then saluted Uncle Xie Fang and Xu Qingsou.

He said word by word: "I would like to inform Mr. Xie and Mr. Xu that the test papers for the Jintang County exam cheating case have arrived in the capital. Please take a look at them."