After Shao Song

Chapter 129: Making good news and making paper money

With the combined efforts of the officials brought by Zhao Guan's family, the marriage contract-free love crisis that may have affected the construction of Taiyuan Mansion was finally resolved peacefully.

Although Zhao Guanjia feels a little depressed as if he has become a member of the neighborhood committee.But others obviously didn't think so, so Duan Zhixing was very happy and became closer to the senior officials of the Song Dynasty.Although Yang Yizhong didn't say anything, he obviously felt relieved.As a result, Zhao Guan's family already wanted to move Mr. Ma to their side so that King Jingsai County could observe them carefully.Not to mention Li Yanxian and Zong Ying, they were simply relieved.

You don't mind at all that your children are sent away to undergo tests. The officials are right. If you can't stand the loneliness and the temptation of prosperity, why do you still make an oath of love and get married honestly?

But now that this matter is over, the construction inspection of Taiyuan City can no longer be delayed.At that time, Zhao Guan's positioning for this city was to restore it to the level before Zhao Guangyi destroyed it, that is, a fortified city with a circumference of [-] miles. Zong Ying was obviously inferior to the old rules in terms of construction, but his strength lies in discovering Solving problems, such as the previous nail intersection, and because of the good military-civilian integration, although Taiyuan suffered a landslide only four years ago, it is now thriving.

It was sunny after the snow. Although the ground was a little icy, Zhao Guan's family was still interested and insisted on going out to take a look.Yang Yizhong and others couldn't resist him, so they had to accompany him. In fact, under the premise of insufficient funds in these years, Zong Ying has undoubtedly done a good job. Anyway, it needs to be expanded. The city wall of Zhao Guan's house that was shockingly exploded was not repaired at all, but was used as a tourist attraction. He stayed here so that people could know Emperor Jianyan's martial arts skills and destiny. In response, Zhao Jiu twitched the corner of his mouth for a while, but still didn't say anything, but insisted on setting up a sign to promote the efficacy of black gunpowder.

In other places, all the T-junctions and T-junctions were demolished, and the soldiers took turns working in the morning and afternoon. But Zong Ying spent all day promoting that this was the Northern Expedition army's contribution to his hometown, not being a handyman for some dignitary. Everyone in the market respects them because the trade with Xiliao and Mongolia is becoming increasingly accessible, and the prosperity of Chang'an, Yinchuan and Lanzhou has also directly promoted the commercial exchanges in Taiyuan. Anyway, Zhao Guan's family left incognito all morning and met at least a pair of Khitan merchants. Team, a few Mongolian men and Tubo people, not to mention the wealthy Jiangnan businessman in a blue shirt with a folding fan. Many of the main stores along the street are familiar faces. They are all branches opened in Tokyo, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, etc. There is Li Jinwang There are no hooligans who even charge protection fees under the control of this great god. It really feels like a worldly phenomenon, like fireworks in the world.

But who would have thought that less than four years ago, this was the main battlefield of the Northern Expedition. Fourteen years ago, the white-haired general even led a city full of soldiers and horses to defend the isolated city for more than a hundred days. After eating all the food and destroying the city, he died. Zhao Guanjia looked at these soldiers who were taking off their armor and building roads and joking, and suddenly said: "Wang, the old general can be buried in Taiyuan."

There was silence for a moment, and Wang Ke, the son of Loufan County Magistrate and famous minister Wang Zao, replied: "In the first year of Jingkang, Duke Wang Zhongzhuang (posthumous title of Wang Zhongzhuang) led hungry soldiers to fight in the streets. He was shot dozens of times, and finally carried on his back The statue of Taizong of this dynasty and his son Wang Xun threw themselves into the Fen River and died. The soldiers and the people felt his heroism. They stole Wang Xun's body out of the city. The Jin soldiers found out and chased after him. Several farmers hurriedly hid Wang Xun's body in a small village in Loufan. , and buried him on the spot a few days later. After I took office, I have rebuilt the tomb according to the official instructions."

Zhao Jiu's throat was so tight that he could not curse a word, but he still said, "When Taizong flooded Taiyuan City, he didn't expect this day to come!" Everyone around him could tell that Zhao Guan's family was unhappy. They didn't dare to speak. After all, it was Yang Yizhong who persuaded him: "In the official family, Wang and his wife, the grandsons of General Wang, were taken away by their old servants and fled back to Yangzhou. They had been granted Enyin in the fourth year of Jianyan, and they are now about 20 years old. , It is said that this year a fellow Jinshi will be awarded, and if the officials have any grace, they will not hesitate to give it to him."

Zhao Guanjia thought for a while and said: "No, let him do his job well. If he is capable, he should live up to the name of his father and ancestors. Otherwise, if I spoil a good child, I will let down my loyal minister. Isn't Zhang Zhongxiong an example?" , but you should also pay attention, if someone bullies him, I will not let him go." After a pause, he said again: "Nothing to do this afternoon, Zhengfu, you will take the fifty Imperial Banzhi with Wang Zhixian and Hong Zuo (Hong Shi) Come with me to Loufan to pay homage (Duan Zhixing is about to pack up and go back to marry a wife, so it’s not appropriate to attend this kind of thing)."

Taiyuan soldiers and civilians, no one can stop the officials from doing this. Yang Yizhong knew it well, so he had to gather his troops, and under the leadership of Wang Ke, he set up the emperor's dragon flag and went all the way south along the Fenshui River to this place. The general's lonely grave.

Wang Zhen has been posthumously granted the title of Prince of Anhua County. No matter how tight the funds in Taiyuan were, he was given Weng Zhong and Feng Tu according to the highest standards. The father and son slept next to each other. Zhao Guan's family did not bring any paper money, so they only invited Hong Shi to come from the imperial residence. In the newspaper, he read all the good news from the Huaishang-Xiacai battle to the Huolu battle, then took out the copper basin and burned them all.Everyone present could not help but stand in awe.Zhao Guanjia bowed and said: "You don't know me, and I don't know you. However, in one day, the soldiers and people of Taiyuan will no longer be hungry, thirsty, cold and hungry to defend the city. I ask the general to testify from the sky. Today, I will fly in to make paper money with good news."

He turned to look at Yang Yizhong again, "There is no need to send a newspaper about today's affairs, but write a letter and tell Yuan Sheng. By the way, I want to ask him why he hasn't finished writing the memoirs of the cession of the three towns in Taiyuan. Aren't you afraid that General Wang Zhen will ask him in his sleep? ?”

Yang Yizhong:
Officials, whether General Wang Zhen will frighten Yuan Shengchen to death, I don’t dare to say, but after you send this letter, I think he will leave faster. Are you really instructed by Taizu Taizong to get Yuan to death quickly? Send it down for them to beat and entertain?
But the government had orders, and of course he obeyed. The letter was delivered to Zhao Huan within six days. It is said that he was so frightened that he wrestled on the ground. But after the fall, he cried for a long time, and had to be threatened by the imperial guards again. Continue to write "Memoirs" because Emperor Huangling of the Song Dynasty went to see his ancestors. He had to write about the events during the Zhenghe years together. If he didn't write it, he would ask his daughter-in-law to come up the mountain for personal attacks, plus a meal and medicine stoppage.

Does Li Guang know?Of course he heard some rumors, but since the Supreme Emperor was involved in the assassination case, Li Guang swore that he would never have any relationship with him. As long as His Majesty did not give him a cup of poisonous wine, I'm sorry, he would not care about the royal family affairs.

Zhao Guan's family was disgusted with him, and the focus was on military-civilian relations. In early December, Wu Jie and Yan'an prefect Xie Ji first came to see the First Department, Wang De and Hebei East Road Commander Wang Zao (yes, the original Xu Jinglue was due to disarmament The question was sent to Guanglu Temple in Tokyo by Zhao Jiu) and arrived later.As for Qu Duan of Datong, he really couldn't do without it, so Liu Qi was asked to attend on his behalf.Considering that Datong is still on border defense, this is not too much.

However, what everyone did not expect was that Ma, who had been eating sand for two years, arrived in the middle of the month, and with him came the more spectacular Xiazhou magistrate Feng Ahua (from Dangxiang, whose original surname was Xifeng). So this local military and political meeting was officially held, with positive models Yue Fei, Li Yanxian and Zong Ying as speakers. They each raised questions and criticized themselves.

——Small theater extra——

An interesting thing happened recently. The works of the famous "Three Zhaos" father and son in the history of Chinese culture, namely Emperor Huangling of the Song Dynasty Zhao Ji, Emperor Yin of the Song Dynasty Zhao Huan and Emperor Shizu of the Song Dynasty Zhao Jiu, appeared together at the Hong Kong City Auction. Zhao Ji's works are The thin gold-style "Thousand-Character Essay" written during the Xuanhe period, Zhao Heng's work is a congratulatory note for his younger brother in Dongxiao Palace, while Zhao Jiu's work is "The Sapphire Case·A Presentation to Zong Zhongwu" written in his later years (the original manuscript has always been It was preserved by the Zong family and later listed as a national treasure and preserved in the Yanjing Palace Museum).

Although the calligraphers present always believed that Zhao Ji’s calligraphy skills were the highest, Zhao Jiu’s works were still the most popular at the auction, and finally sold for 1.1 million US dollars. Zhao Huan’s works were auctioned for 1200 yuan. The buyer was an overseas Chinese from the beautiful country. The reason is that he thinks Huang's calligraphy feels very vicissitudes of life.

——"Entertainment Weekly Xixi Essay"

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