Liang Chuan returned to Bianjing City in a special way. Behind him, Yelv Chongguang and the members of the intelligence team followed closely, keeping an undetected distance. After knowing that Liang Chuan was safe and sound, all the team members breathed a sigh of relief.
Liang Chuan wanted to come to Bianjing because Sun Houpu told him that Shen Zhenzhen came to Bianjing alone to find him!
This silly girl, I have advised them so many times that whenever I am in danger, I must not do something stupid, for fear that these people will not be able to help me, but will become my worries.
In the past few months, Liang Chuan has been locked in Guyuan City without any news. His life and death are unknown. No one dares to leave. They are waiting for the opportunity to sneak into Guyuan City to find Liang Chuan.
You can't just leave Shen Yuzhen in Bianjing and return to Qingyuan?
And Xin Wubing, this guy also disappeared after returning to Guyuan City. Where did he go?
It was not until the Song-Xia peace negotiation that the iron-barrel-like Guyuan City was relieved of its tense state. Merchants and returning wanderers were able to return to their hometowns. Although the intelligence team was all Khitan, none of them had been heard from in Liangchuan. After escaping for days, Liang Chuan burst into tears when he saw these brothers who had gone through life and death. They truly interpreted what it meant to never abandon or give up.
Xia Song also moved very quickly. Before anyone arrived in Bianjing to report, he first bought a large house on the bank of the Bianhe River, in front of Xiangguo Temple, and next to Yudao Street. You know, the most prosperous place in Bianjing City was Ma Xing. Street, there are many restaurants here, the lights are bright at night and the people are noisy. The house prices have also risen with the tide, so every inch of land is valuable.
But later, an excellent place appeared on the bank of the Bian River, called the Forbidden City. As soon as the city came out of Ma Xing Street, the mansions and other places were eclipsed, and instantly it was like a small brothel in the countryside outside the city. There is no fun in having fun.
The key point is that the owner of the Forbidden City is still a top businessman. When the Forbidden City was not yet developed, the land price of the houses on the Bianhe River was at the middle to lower level in Bianjing City, because most of the businesses in Bianjing were based on goods. Lord, most of the people living there are hard laborers who make a living by the Bianhe River. They have no spending power.
The owner of the Forbidden City swept away the land and real estate on both sides of the Taiwan Strait as soon as he took action. The Forbidden City has been operating for more than half a year. It is really hard to get a ticket in Wankong Alley. The songs sung in it will be imitated in other places, but there are only other Some places started to imitate the singing, and they would introduce new songs. Other places imitated the songs, and they didn't have the charm of others at all.
Nowadays, the housing prices along the Bianhe River in the entire Bianjing city are the hottest. If you have the money, you can't buy it because the land deeds are all in the hands of the owner of the Forbidden City. The owner has disappeared for several months.
Xia Song also had some connections, and he actually bought the best house in that area. Behind it was the Daxiangguo Temple. The environment was quiet, and in front was the Bian River. You could go boating on the river every day. The most important thing was the Yudao Street. You can go to court on horseback and in a sedan chair. Not many high officials in the court have the financial resources to deal with real estate. This is tantamount to putting a label on your face of being greedy and amassing money.
Xia Song didn't care about this. He was more direct than Ding Wei. He was greedy for money, and he was not afraid of others saying that he loved money. He himself was a righteous Confucian scholar, so naturally he would not flaunt those sour Confucianism and rotten ideas about himself.
Coincidentally, the Forbidden City is not far from Xia Song's home. .
Xia Song's team had been walking for half a month, and they happened to meet someone on the way.
During the Spring Festival of 2016, a group of people spent the festival on the road. This festival has always been meaningful only when the whole family is together. Liang Chuan missed his son very much, and also missed Yi Niang, Shen Yuzhen, Zheng Ruoying, and those far away. Ah Guo, and the leader of the island country with whom he had a romantic relationship. .
Ever since I left Fengshan, I have been thinking about my family more and more during the holidays, always thinking about family reunion, but it always failed to happen due to accidents of one kind or another.
Liang Chuan has already figured it out. After returning this time, he will return to Fengshan to cultivate his own land, and will never pay attention to this worldly affairs again. The death of the old beggar was vivid in his mind. This world was too dangerous. Every time he stepped into the world, the people around him were always hurt. He could no longer bear this process.
I probably can get rid of the world by withdrawing from this world.
Along the way, Xia Song offered Liang Chuan delicious food and drinks like an ancestor. She just wanted to leave a good impression on him, and also hoped to find out some traces about Empress Dowager Liu. How did this kid get into contact with Empress Dowager Liu? There was no news about him in the court, which was a bit scary.
It's scary that Liang Chuan didn't know that it was the influence of Queen Mother Liu that saved him. Naturally, he had nothing to do with Queen Mother Liu, but as soon as he mentioned Queen Mother Liu, he knew that Liu Jinyan was silently helping him behind the scenes. She Saved his own life over and over again. .
Naturally, he couldn't answer Xia Song correctly. He just assumed that Xia Song had ulterior motives for him. However, being able to leave the northwest could be regarded as clearing his identity. He was no longer a Ding Party member and said goodbye to his previous criminal record.
The people in Bianjing City did not know the true situation on the northwest front, and they did not know how Xia Song got this position of participating in political affairs. They only thought that Xia Song was a high-ranking official and someone they had to cling to, that's all. They don't care how Xia Song earned this position!
As the saying goes, whoever steals the hook will be punished, and whoever steals the country will be punished by the princes. People in today's world only think about success and failure. Who cares whether you use bright methods or underhanded tactics? Naturally, people from all over came to congratulate Xia Song on his return as king. Why should Zhang Zhibai go away and ask others to see him off, right? Who dares to deliver it?
Walking the same road again, today's winter seems not as cold as last year, but Liang Chuan was surprised to find that there were more and more refugees outside Tongguan. They used to be in small groups, but now they are a large queue. It's endless as far as the eye can see.
The war between Song and Xia has ceased, so why are the number of refugees increasing?
Liang Chuan went to Fan Zhongyan and asked this question.
Fan Zhongyan said: "There has been an armistice between Song and Xia, but it is not a complete victory. The price of the armistice is the expropriation of hundreds of thousands of people's wealth every year. Who will pay for this money? It is impossible for the nobles and nobles to go out, and it is impossible for the landlords and merchants to go out, so we can only They are poor people. If they cannot pay, they will sell their houses and land, and their families will be ruined!"
Liang Chuan felt horrified in his heart: "I have heard that there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. Good policies may be implemented and turned into tyranny in the hands of officials at the bottom. It seems so today!"
Fan Zhongyan did not meet Liang Chuan by chance, but they met outside Tongguan. Xia Song accepted a banquet from local officials and had a drinking and dancing banquet in the official palace. Liang Chuan didn't like the taste of this wealthy family, so he went outside Tongguan to relax alone.
The mottled ancient city only has a rich history, only a history of suffering. There is no beautiful scenery except the traces of killings with swords and guns, and there are countless bones at the feet.
Fan Zhongyan drove all night, but the mule's foot strength was really not very good. He arrived outside Tongguan in the middle of the night. The officers and soldiers guarding the city were not ready to let the mule rider pass the pass.
In desperation, Fan Zhongyan could only show his credentials and the court's appointment documents.
All the military forces in the world are out of the military government. If he, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, can't control the defense of Tongguan, then what kind of official will he be?
As soon as he was released from the customs, Fan Zhongyan met Liang Chuan.
Liang Chuan looked at the suffering in front of him and did not exchange polite words with Fan Zhongyan's family. He asked this question with compassion. Fan Zhongyan smiled bitterly for a while: "Now we have no say in the court, so we can only support ourselves. We The official family is a sage, and when Empress Dowager Liu transfers power to the official family in the future, she hopes that we can change this situation!"
Liang Chuan respected Wen Zhenggong from the bottom of his heart, and naturally knew what changes he was talking about. This was the Qingli New Deal in later generations. Liang Chuan did not say anything. He did not dare to give Wen Zhenggong cold water in person, saying that you The New Deal is bound to fail, so don’t waste any more energy.
Without reform, the number of refugees will increase. Today is just the displacement caused by the war between Song and Xia. Tomorrow there will be Khitans and Jurchens. Not only will there be invasion by foreigners, but there will also be troubles caused by thieves and rebels. Then the real situation will be The people are in dire straits.
He hoped from the bottom of his heart that if he only met this great man in Yueyang Tower, it would be fine. He yearned for him. But now that I am in front of Wen Zhenggong, if I can participate in this great reform and correct my ideas to the trajectory of history, will it make any difference?
When Fan Zhongyan saw that he was silent, he just smiled and said: "You are not an ordinary person. I studied your poem day and night, and I will definitely copy it when I go back. It is very awe-inspiring!"
Fan Zhongyan is talking about Liang Chuan citing his own work - Yueyang Tower. The author is Fan Zhongyan himself, so naturally he saw it and it aroused such great resonance. .
Liang Chuan was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say. Some problems were even more complicated to explain.
Fan Zhongyan's battle was very simple. He rode a gray mule, followed by two servants and two porters. Except for a few winter clothes, the rest of the load seemed to be all books. Just when he was captured by Zhao Zhen On the night when he was appointed Privy Deputy, he still kept his hands on the book.
Liang Chuan followed Xia Song's team. He wanted to leave the team many times and return to Xinghua alone, but the shameless Xia Song used Xin Wubing as a hostage, forcing Liang Chuan to follow him obediently. .
The group of people could not return to Bianjing until after the Lantern Festival. The houses of millions of people were unevenly distributed. The majestic city walls told the world that this was the most majestic city in the world. There were also the mighty Bian River and the endless mountains. Refugees. .
Liang Chuan originally thought that last year's winter was so cold and Li Yuanhao's evil deeds were the reason why there were so many refugees. It turned out that he had mistakenly blamed Li Yuanhao. During the Taiping years, the number of refugees was only much larger. Li Yuanhao might be able to recruit from the border areas when fighting. Some refugees, in peacetime, these refugees can only wander and beg for food!
On the official road in the western suburbs of Bianjing, countless nobles in mink fur and brocade robes, as well as some ministers in scarlet robes, were waiting respectfully on both sides of the official road, preparing to give gifts to the newly promoted minister. I know that the Deputy Prime Minister for Political Affairs is here to take over. .
