Shao Song

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July is not a suitable time to travel.

Especially to the south.

For Zhao Guan’s family, July is especially inappropriate, because this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival sacrifices and Taixue Shangshe Diandi and palace examinations will all be staggered, and Wu Guifei’s second child’s birth will also be staggered... several Children, none of their fathers were in front of them before they were born.

But, as an official, when will you leave the capital without delaying things?

It's nothing more than saying that the value is not worth it.

And this southern tour was made after careful discussion by the important court officials, and after a long time thinking with Zhao Jiu...Several important officials made suggestions for the southern tour at the same time. It is not a coincidence, but that since the northern expedition is about to be made. , The emotions on the southern side must be paid attention to. Whether it is suppressing or easing, you have to go before the Northern Expedition, and you can't let the opposition between the north and the south continue.

Otherwise, as soon as the center encounters a problem here, it feels that the South is dragging its feet. Every time it sees a move in the South, it feels that the center is targeting itself. As a result, there is no party restraint but a phenomenon of party restraint is actually formed, which in turn leads to new and big issues. Extensive and fierce partisanship reappeared.

From this perspective, as Zhao Guan’s family cleaned up the court one after another and carried out policies related to the Northern Expedition, the court’s exclusion of minorities such as Ma Shen and Li Guang also became obvious, so that Zhao Guan's family, including himself, often avoided this. The behavior of the two important ministers is essentially a manifestation of a similar phenomenon.

Of course, this is definitely not good, and Zhao Jiu knows that it is not good... But everyone who understands also knows that the ‘early’ of this matter was not only in the court, but also in the south.

In addition, Zhao Jiu himself also hopes to go to the south to see with his own eyes, to see what the local social structure is all about, to find out how heavy the burden of the people in the south is, and how the south is from top to bottom. What is the anti-war sentiment?

Finally, can the burden of the people in the south be slightly eased without affecting the fundamental plan of the Northern Expedition?

Therefore, it is always good to go there first, whether it is necessary to stay inside, understand the people's sentiments, or promote the harmony between the North and the South in the country.

However, even if you make up your mind to travel south, you still have to be prepared...

At the beginning of July, the imperial court issued successive orders, first to recognize and commend the minister Lu Yihao's contribution to the southeast, which further promoted Lu Yihao's food town, and according to the rank of the food town, he became a country official.

Then, he gave Guan Xue Zhang Zai as Xi Bo, and worshiped at the Confucian Temple together with Wang Anshi.

Immediately afterwards, he chased down the gift of Emperor Taishangyuan to Sima Guang during the Jingkang period, and exempted Sima Guang from the title of Duke of Qin.

According to the original words of Zhao Guanjia in the Dibao, Sima Junshi is a man who can be called a gentleman and a model in academic studies, but he is a misunderstanding of the country. It is precisely this generation who is not good in learning and ignorant in politics, so that he first started party disputes. Cruel is the origin of Jingkang's disaster.

In addition to publishing these three latest decree and accidents at the same time, the Di Bao also specifically mentioned the old incidents of Zhao Guanjia’s “pardon” against Su Shi and other members of the Yihe Yuanyou Party in Baihe, Nanyang, and then used the joint name of the four men. , Clearly reiterated the court’s basic attitude towards the old and new parties...respecting the new party, but Yuanyou’s old party will not be convicted and held accountable.

Together, these are the keynotes conveyed to the southern public opinion by the Zhao official's southeast tour-no malice, but don't expect to take the opportunity to come back on the basic level. Some things will not be shaken.

After the will, it is the selection of the entourage.

Yang Yizhong and Liu Yan didn’t mention it. The two thousand cavalry soldiers decided to bring them after hesitating for a long time. Although some precautions in patrols in the country can’t help but seem embarrassing, but in case something really happens, or What Zhao Guan's family is going to do, has a mobile unit in its hands, which is also convenient for bomb control.

As for the leading generals of the cavalry, the court has discussed it for a long time. After all, they did not dare to let the cavalry dominate the song, and they did not let Li Shifu, who were all fan-riders, lead the team. Liu Qi, who is demeanor, leads the team.

It's very simple for the rest to accompany the ministers.

There are two Hanlin bachelors, one is Fan Zongyin, who is considered to be a senior and well-known figure in the internal group... Don't think that the three-zhao bachelor has only one face. When he was a subordinate in Yangzhou, Wang Anshi also complained about Han Qi. This person has only one face... to have a face is very telling; the other is of course Hanlin scholar Lu Benzhong, this is the real four generations and three males, and his hometown is also regarded as Huainan, it is always useful to bring it up.

In addition, Gemen only Ren Baozhong, Zhongshu Sheren Mei Li, Living Sheren Military Statistics Department Yu Yunwen, and the new secretary Lang Zongying also accompanied.

In the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there is also an escort, Shao Chengzhang, who has lived with the Empress Dowager Yuanyou in Yangzhou for a long time.

At the same time, in order to ensure the smooth operation of Tokyo, without delaying political affairs, one public minister, four chief executives, one Zhongcheng, and six Shangshu all stayed behind, but there was no foreign court minister to follow.

In a sense, it can be regarded as a light car.

In other words, it even means that some lonely heroes go deep into the tiger's den.

In short, after a long period of tossing, in early July, after updating the latest chapter of "Water Margin", which tells that Chao Gai went down the mountain and was shot to death by an arrow, Zhao Guan's family officially set off and went straight to the southeast along the Grand Canal.

The first stop is Nanjing (now Shangqiu), which is about two hundred miles away from Kaifeng, and it has always been the companion capital alongside Xijing Luoyang. Just like Luoyang, there has also been a fatal large-scale military disaster here. In the second year of Jianyan, two army generals of Jin Guodong Road, Lubu and Ali, led the army to the south and rushed here, causing it to take charge of the eastern front. The great Song Dynasty minister Zhang Suo died of the country, which in turn triggered the collapse of the entire line of defense on the east side of the Tokyo left-behind Division.

That time, the entire city was severely damaged, and the countryside was looted many times by bandits and soldiers.

Probably because of this, Zhao Guan's family who has repeatedly traveled to and from Jingxi and Guanxi has no special feelings except for the accent gradually becoming more cordial here.

Therefore, the official just took a break from the Old Nanjing Palace for a day, and the next day he gave a memorial ceremony to Zhang Suo and set off immediately.

Of course, there are other considerations for the urgency - for example, more than three thousand soldiers and horses.

In fact, these 3,500 troops are absolutely nothing in this era. There are hundreds of thousands of troops along the Yellow River to the north, and the rounds of war should have begun by this time. But the front line is the front line, and the rear is the rear. More than 3,000 troops will still bring a heavy burden to the local area. Therefore, Zhao Jiu basically marched in the way of marching. He brought all the ceremonial guards, but he put away all the ceremonial guards along the way, but he personally suppressed the formation in the army in accordance with the rules of the army, and then walked forty or fifty miles a day, day and night. Stay here.

In this way, after Nanjing is the Lianghuai, and the Huaibei area, Zhao officials are more familiar with them, and they have not stayed much... In late July, the weather gradually turned cooler and the climate was suitable... I passed the Bozhou Mingdao Palace without entering, and continued to Shun Da The canal descends southward, passing through Bozhou, Suzhou, and Sizhou in turn, leaving the Grand Canal from Qingyang Town in Sizhou, turning to Surabaya, and crossing the Huai River from Mopankou on the eighth day of August.

Moreover, before crossing the Huaihe River, Sun Jin sent people to Huaibei early by the Huainan East Road Jinglue. They were invited to come from Yangzhou to meet and drive, but Zhao officials made an order that the autumn harvest was prosperous and it was not easy to be disturbed. He is not allowed to pick him up, only that he will arrive in Yangzhou before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

You must know that Sun Jin, who was entrusted by the Huainan East Road Jinglie, was recommended by Zhao Ding to take over for a reason, that is, this person is a gentleman...or more directly, an honest person with Xiao Gui Cao Sui.

I don’t have to say about his own moral level and personal ethics. The article is written first. He will always implement what is said at the top. He will also seriously consider any problems below. He also has some of the faults of traditional scholar-officials. , But he is always an honest person and will never make trouble.

Ever since, after receiving the decree, he really stayed in Yangzhou and couldn't come out.

After all, the will is justified. In the agricultural society, the most important thing in the world is the autumn harvest. The officials are so high-sounding, it is really difficult for honest people to refute it.

However, Yangzhou City is the largest town in Huainan and Jiangbei. It gathers the essence of the two Huai Rivers, and is also the gateway to the southeast to the north... Don’t forget, in the two Huai Rivers alone, there are silks and silks used to pay taxes in one year. Nearly a million horses, so it is completely conceivable that even those exiled nobles have already rolled back and become the dregs of history, but the city's wealthy merchants, monks and priests, are still at the level of the world.

Moreover, the most important point is that they have never encountered a real war... The Jurchen people stop at the Huai River, the Southeast Army's rebellion is confined to the south of the Yangtze River, the Jingxiang rebellion has never crossed the Dabie Mountains, and even Fangla has never fought the Yangtze before the rebellion... Then There is no need to mention the peace and prosperity here, and the mentality of the people and the people is also difficult to break away from the old nest.

Therefore, seeing Sun Jin and Sun Xiantai standing still like a mountain, he seemed to be a fool. Local scholar-bureaucrats, village elders, wealthy people, and even famous figures in the monks and Taoism became a little anxious.

Every day, people go to find Sun Jinjin.

That said, although officials say that they will enter Yangzhou during the Mid-Autumn Festival, they can have a full two hundred and seventy-eight li from the spot to this point. How can they be able to make it in seven days? It is better to greet you early, lest the officials have nowhere to put a banquet on the Mid-Autumn Festival outside the city.

That said, the officials came too eagerly. Originally, all walks of life wanted to get together and give the officials some tricks on the canal. Now it is too late. It is better to ask Sun Xiantai to stop on the road, so that everyone can prepare.

Others say that the official family is a northerner, and the southernmost in this life is just stopping at Bagong Mountain. After Huainan, will it be dissatisfied with the land and the south? It just so happens that there is a cook from Tokyo in my home. It was Taishi Cai's home who made steamed stuffed buns. When the Emperor Taishang Daojun escaped to Zhenjiang, he was separated. It's better to send it to the officials to make soup.

Then it was said that although Yangzhou scholars had seen the queen mother and once seen the emperor Taishang Daojun who had fled to Zhenjiang (Jingkang had fled to Zhenjiang before), they had never seen the emperor who was in charge. Today they heard that the official family is going to Yangzhou. Many young students want to show their talents in front of officials, and many scholar-bureaucrats want to talk to them in person. Now that the autumn is high and fresh, why don't they meet up early?

Moreover, in the wilderness, it can also stimulate everyone's poetry and Zen.

I'm afraid that when the official family arrives in Yangzhou, I will stop for a while, meet with the old elders, check the work, and then go straight away. Then the local scholars and people will wait in vain?

All in all, Sun Jin stayed in Yangzhou City to do official business, and the officials and aides below had to persuade him; when he got home, his wife, concubine and children would also be asked to say these things; if he got upset, go to Daming Temple for a vegetarian meal. The monk of the Daming Temple must also twitchy and ask, does the official family come to live in Daming Temple or the old palace of the Queen Mother?

Although Daming Temple has a weak foundation, it is a 600-700-year-old temple with enough houses.

However, Sun Jin was the gentleman Zhao Ding fancy, and he actually held back.

Moreover, during this period, under the attention of the public, the queue of more than 3,000 riders actually did not enter any city along the way, did not disturb any place, and steadily went south along the official road next to the canal every day. A good place sets up camp on time, and moves forward solemnly and orderly at a rate of forty to fifty miles a day, without any random numbers.

In a trance, there is another saying that the reason why the ranks are so fast is because the official is not among them. This official traveled early with Pan Guifei, who is familiar with Yangzhou, to visit the local pros and cons privately. It was the Yang Tongzhi who pretended to be the official family... Although the white people knew that the official family did not bring any noble concubine on this trip, Yang Yizhong had absolutely no guts to pretend to be the official Zhao family, but he still caused confusion everywhere. .

For a time, all those who collect autumn taxes are cautious.

But no matter what, on August 14, an army of five or six hundred horses rushed into Yangzhou first and took over the streets and palaces. Then on August 15th, in the morning, the autumn tiger had not disappeared, and the army of three thousand men appeared in the north of Yangzhou on time.

At this moment, everyone put away their messy thoughts. Scholar-officials and state school students brought their articles, retired officials brought their own comments, wealthy businessmen and tycoons brought their treasures, and monks and Taoists brought their own articles. With a mouth of his own, the ladies and the people with a pair of eyes greet them with the honest gentleman Sun Xiantai to the north of the city.

In a sense, the Yangzhou scholars almost came out all over the city, all to see what Zhao Guan’s parents were like.

"come yet?!"

"Come here! Long Zhu has seen it..."

"Anyone with a little bit of common sense knows that it is not an ordinary dragon, but Jinwuzheng... just why don't you see the frame? It's not just Jinwuzhengyang in the "Course"... wait for me to turn over the book again..."

"Don't turn it over, it's already here, and Sun Xiantai is up too!"

"..."

In front of the north gate of Yangzhou city, a group of scholars, merchants, and monk roads were almost caught off guard. Only a moment ago, they saw the dragon dragon heading towards the wind. The next moment the dragon dragon pressed directly in front under the guard of the cavalry and stopped directly at the north officer of the city. On the road... only seven or eighty steps away from them.

The headed Sun Jin did not dare to neglect, and went forward directly with Wei Zhen, the Zhizhou Zhizhou of Yangzhou, and greeted him with the imperial commander Liu Yan who arrived yesterday. As for the other local officials and folk monks in Yangzhou, including the envoy Lu Yihao who crossed the river to meet, they were not qualified to step forward at this time. Instead, they held their breath and prepared to watch the Dahongpao official come out and bow before bowing.

However, as Sun Jin stepped forward, instead of the so-called big red robe, there was only a knight with a golden helmet and golden armor. He jumped out of the queue just stopped, and laughed aloud:

"Is it Sun Qing and Wei Qing? Sun Qing and Nanyang have parted. It's been five or six years, right? Wei Qing only transferred from the province a year ago."

Sun Jin and Wei Jin heard this, and without hesitation, they hurried forward to salute the man in the golden armor.

But the person in the golden armor immediately turned over and dismounted when he saw it, and raised the two of them with one hand and laughed again: "Mid-autumn festival, when the monarchs meet, why do you have to give a big gift? Besides, I have a purpose along the way, so I don’t have to deliberately welcome the worship... Today Whatever you want."

Sun Jin was an honest person. He immediately got up. Wei Zhen was also the kind of Zhao Ding's confidant. His temper was also considered earnest. He immediately stood up, and the two bowed their hands slightly in front of the official Zhao's house, calling him Your Majesty.

At this moment, everyone knows that it is correct-the man in the golden armor is Zhao Guan's family, who is also hurriedly saluting dozens of steps away, but some kneel down, some do~www.wuxiaspot.com~ some panic arched their hands. , Some people even froze for a while, just stepping to see it blankly, completely messed up.

After the two of them saluted, Zhao Guan's family laughed more and more, and immediately led them into the city together.

However, Sun Jin was dragged and turned around and looked at the chaotic city gate nearby. He hesitated for a while, and he turned to tell him: "Officials, Yangzhou citizens have been here for a long time, and they all want to see the heavens. The officials came here in armor, and they were afraid they could not see clearly..."

Zhao Jiu smiled but took off his helmet immediately, handed it to Liu Yan who was standing beside him, and then asked, "Is this feasible?"

Sun Jin wanted to say more, but hesitated, and finally nodded.

However, Zhao Jiu thought about it again, and turned around to retrieve the helmet from Liu Yan, put it on again, then turned on his horse, stroking the horse and grinning at the two local ministers: "The ancients said, with one hundred thousand waists, riding a crane down to Yangzhou. …It can be said to be the best way to go, and today, since I came to this famous capital, I shouldn’t lose my morale… I led three thousand troops and entered Yangzhou in a vest! Sun Qing, you come to lead the way!"

After all, Sun Jin was an honest man, hesitated for a moment, and nodded again and again, but it was the official who wielded his armour and wielded his strength and entered this famous capital of Huaizuo.

At noon, the Zhao official’s family entered the palace of the former residence of the Empress Dowager Yuanyou in Yangzhou City, and the edict ordered Yangzhou Sengdao to come together.

At this time, the Yangzhou scholars who had just recovered from their senses once again talked about it again, wondering if this official would not ask the common people to ask the ghosts and gods?

But soon, Yangzhou officials, scholars, and old people were all introduced, and everyone suddenly realized that Zhao Guan’s family was going to worship the Yuetai Stele Forest here, to comfort the soldiers and civilians who died since Jingkang, and then to communicate cordially with the locals. .

At this moment, everyone was caught off guard again-Huaizuo hadn't seen the disaster of swordsman war for many years.