After Shao Song

Chapter 184 Extra: Fan Chengda (Readers are so enthusiastic)

When later generations talk about the monarchs and ministers of the Jianyan generation, Fan Chengda deserves to be ranked second in terms of poetry and prose. The first is of course the grand Zhao Guan family.Fan Chengda was able to defeat Xin Qiji, Lu You and even his friend Yang Wanli, and stood out in the Jianyan year when the literary world was prosperous. This was because he was a secretary of the Navy and popularized science among the soldiers, and had many years of contact with fishermen and other lower-class people.

Even in his official career, Fan Chengda was appointed magistrate of Dantu County and Zhenjiang Prefecture because he cared about people's livelihood.

In the words of Zhao Jiu, "Zhi Neng (Fan Cheng) is a person who is rooted in the soil and can maintain peace. He can understand the sufferings of the people and create original poetry in the countryside, which is enough to leave a name for future generations. It seems that King Lu's You really have a good eye.”

Let me say something here.Fan Chengda's father-in-law, King Zhang Rong of Lu, was granted the title of king based on his merit.Although the Song Dynasty system did not allow the hereditary succession of kings and nobles, Zhao Jiu established an intermediate system.Except for the special case of Li Shifu and Wang De, one of the princes and heirs can ascend the title and become a duke.In the next life, he will become a marquis, and his great-grandchildren will be regarded as ordinary officials' children, if they want to restore the glory of their ancestors.Sorry, keep trying.

Considering that the officials had been in charge of the world for more than 20 years when they established this system, and more importantly, among the eighteen kings of Jianyan, who had no heirs to inherit?Anyone who disagrees is tantamount to offending people like Han Shizhong, Wu Jie, and Zhang Jun. Be careful not to get hacked at work one day.

But having said that, this matter has little to do with handsome ministers and sons-in-law such as Fan Chengda and Yu Yunwen.That is to say, after the matter was settled, I accompanied my wife back to her parents' house for a drink. I heard my old father-in-law hold his son in his arms and cry with emotion, saying that our family is no longer a mess.

The eight-year-old brother-in-law didn't have much idea. He just wanted to go out and have fun. However, the newly married Prince of Huai, Zhao Dan, was still in the mood to chat with his father-in-law, which made both Yu Yunwen and Fan Chengda feel that this man was afraid of a rough meal tonight.

But after drinking the wine, Fan Chengda soon set off for Liaodong to take up his post.Over the years, in order to solve the problem of feeding the people of the Song Dynasty, the Zhao family has vigorously carried out agricultural development in Huguang and Liaodong.This is originally in line with Confucian values, but everything is afraid of a vested interest group. In the east and west of Liaoning, there are fertile fields thousands of miles away, and the other is close to the grassland. The areas under its jurisdiction are rich in fishing, hunting, nomadic and farming ethnic groups, and the development of agriculture is the national policy set by the Zhao Guan family. So, Raising horses in the prairie and trading mink fur and ginseng in Xing'an Mountains are also major export commodities of Liaodong Port, and various conflicts in this area will soon erupt.

Unfortunately, there was no way to say who was right or wrong about these things, so the Zhao family had no choice but to promote Zong Ying, who was good at people's livelihood, as the economic and strategic envoy of the two Liaos, and Fan Chengda, who went deep into the countryside, became the prefect of Changchun Prefecture and concurrently served as the envoy of the two Liaos.Let’s adjust ethnic conflicts and build the Great Northern Wilderness together!
In his early years, Zong Ying accompanied his father to guard Tokyo. Later, he worked as a housekeeper for Zhao Guan's family. Later, he became a typical mediator of conflicts between the army and the people in Hedong. Recently, he married King Yue Wei.Everyone admired Ya Neizi who was born in Enyin and became an official. Anyway, Lu Haowen, Yu Wenxuzhong and even Zhao Ding envied Zongze.As a subordinate, of course Fan Chengda had to go to the dock first.

Fortunately, Zong Ying is also a down-to-earth man. He discussed official matters with just a few polite words, "In the Liao region, grasslands and wild forests occupy a large area. Let's not talk about the Khitan Autonomous Road for the time being. According to the official's wishes, this The Three Eastern Provinces, I don’t know what they are. Anyway, it should refer to the Guochao land north of Yuguan. The land in the north of Guan is mostly black soil. It can not only grow soybeans and sorghum, but also produce one crop per season. The rice tastes very good. My dear brother, I have always been good at agriculture, would you like to teach me?"

Yes, Zong Ying has never been a particularly smart person, but he is good at learning.

However, although Fan Chengda likes rural life, he is not an old farmer after all, and his family has been rich for generations and has no experience in digging in the soil.So he smiled bitterly and said: "The brief statement is serious. If we talk about the circular economy of rice fields and fish ponds, I have got the government's decree. I have been piloting it in Mingzhou for several years and I do have some experience. But I am not afraid of your jokes. I am a Jiangnan native and this is the first time in my life. I came to this place where there was ice and snow, and I didn’t follow the three elders in the field to investigate, so it’s really hard to say.” His father-in-law was particularly interested in the paddy fields, and forced his second son-in-law to get a few acres for him in his hometown of Surabaya, but Even if King Lu messed up, he wouldn't be able to starve him. Prefect Fan thought it was not easy for farmers, so he didn't dare to play around without experimenting.

After all, agriculture has always paid attention to timing and geographical location since ancient times, and in this place north of the Liaohe River, where crops can barely be harvested every year, if you let the people of a state or a prefecture starve to death, it will shake the foundation of the rule of Zhao and Song Dynasty.

Fortunately, Zong Ying didn't want to turn him into a modern Shennong immediately. The two made an appointment to go to the fields to inspect the area the next day. Seeing that Fan Cheng was about to leave at night, he suddenly heard the sound of military horses neighing.

In the peaceful and prosperous times, Changchun Mansion, the administrative office of the two Liao Dynasties, actually came on horseback. It must be something big.

Sure enough, the person who came turned out to be Ma Yu, the former military commander of the imperial camp.It brought news from the front line. It turned out that Zhang Xuansu, an undercover agent of the Song Dynasty who was in the 18th year of the Qing Dynasty, was exposed. The king wanted to kill him, but he didn't know how many secrets Zhang Xuansu had sold, so he was imprisoned first.

Fortunately, there was more than one spy in the Military Statistics Department, and the Qing nobles were also interested in Yanjing, so they sent the news out at night.

Zong Ying immediately said: "This is a major event, we must tell the officials and Hu Xianggong immediately."

Ma Yusa's whole body was covered with sweat from running in the cool autumn day, and he said: "Report the summary, Caosi (another name for the transshipment envoy). The former army has already gone to Yanjing non-stop, but we all said that Chief Zhang is the pillar of the country. I am afraid that he will be harmed by the Tatars, so I would like to ask the manager to give me a message, at least we have to wait until the Yanjing official’s house to reply."

This is what it should be. During the Jianyan period, the civil and military systems were divided, but generally speaking, there was a somewhat "big official responsible system" for emergencies. Just like such a big matter, it must be decided by the officials, but here Previously, Northeastern civil and military officials certainly could not watch Zhang Xuansu die.However, Zong Ying and Li Yanxian have been partners for many years, and have hardly ever taken responsibility or even worry about military mobilization. They were really numb for a while.

At this time, Fan Chengda suddenly said: "Based on the strategy, it is easy to cause trouble if we mobilize troops at this time. It is not the work of the ministers. How about I go there in my official capacity?"

Before Zong Ying could say anything, Ma Yu was so frightened that he almost fell down, "Caosi, what are you talking about? You can't do that!" Who in the former army didn't know that Li Xianggong almost killed him, so Tang Huai In this life, he had no chance to control the former army, and Li Dao lived a depressed life.

Fan Chengda had obviously thought of this and said with a smile: "Ma Tongzheng, you should not be anxious. I don't have the ability of Mr. Li, so how can he have such a big temper? Besides, there is no official decree for this trip. , but I can’t speak directly about Zhang Xuansu. I’m just going to talk to the country leader about the environmental protection issues on our border with the friendship of the same age.” Yes, Fan Chengda and the Qing Dynasty leader Wanyan Yongdu He was a Jinshi in the 11th year of Jianyan. Wan Yanyong would have done better in the exam than the sons of officials and eunuchs in the past few lifetimes if he hadn't used the wrong taboo!

Zong Ying was silent, obviously digesting what Fan Chengda said, but Ma Yu really didn't understand. He was thinking about environmental protection, but in view of some allusions, he didn't dare to say it for some reason.

But he is also a warrior, he doesn't understand, but Zhang Xian does.After receiving Fan Chengda, he immediately dispatched a hundred soldiers to deliver him to Huining Mansion. Sure enough, when he came down, people from Honglu Temple in the Qing Dynasty received him and asked him if he had any credentials or official documents. Fan Cheng naturally He said no, but some ginseng trading duties required him to talk to the king of your country. He declined politely, saying that he did not need to bother the king with these small things. Fan Chengda actually gave Wanyanyong a gift as the same year, and successfully The senior Jurchen officials were so angry that they wanted to kill him.

Wanyanyong looked at the hardcover editions of "History of Western Xia" and "History of Jin" in his hand, and his temples were twitching. Wanyanyong was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas were reborn in heaven - they were so close that they could clearly see In the "Golden History" sent by Fan Chengda, the part about Hong Ya was bolded.

He shouted angrily: "A small local official dares to threaten us like this. Lord, do you still have to endure it? I told you to chop off that old man Zhang Xuansu's head and give him a gift in return."

Wu Lin, who was already old, replied to Zan Mo but said: "No, this will anger Zhao Song officials." Seeing Wan Yanliang's dissatisfaction, he sighed: "Di Gunai, I know that you have suffered a lot of injustice in Tokyo. But I will spend my whole life We are all eating from foreign affairs, so we know His Majesty Zhao Song. If you kill Zhang Xuansu, if he also names the heads of the descendants of the Yanyun clan who came back that year, will you give them or not?"

Wan Yanliang was stunned, but Wan Yan Mouyan, the supervisor of the East Route Army, had already yelled: "Of course I won't give it. After Zhang Xuansu was exposed, many people were anxious and uneasy. If Zhao Song still allowed Zhao Song to kill someone by name, they would definitely run away. .”

As soon as he finished speaking, many people began to sigh. Apparently, they were remembering the killings committed by Zhao Guan's family 17 years ago. The person killed was the ruling prince of the Jin Kingdom. In fact, it was equivalent to the annihilation of the Jin Kingdom.Looking at the "History of the Jin Dynasty" that has been written into a book, I can only say that it is too difficult to feel that there is no resistance under the mighty trend.

So the next question is, if they could resist back then, why did Emperor Ai and the eldest prince die?Once there is resistance, under the iron heel of the army, will the foundation of the country's current leaders' efforts to implement sinicization reforms be completely lost?

Most of them are old and just want to bury their bones in the land of black mountains and white waters.

After a few breaths, everyone only heard Wan Yanyong say: "Okay, bring Zhang Xuansu out and tell Fan Chengda that the prices of mink fur, ginseng, and wood have doubled this year, so it's Zhang Xuansu's purchase." Life money.”

After saying this, even Wanyan Mouyan, who supported him the most, was stunned, and said: "My lord, such a joke, how can I convince Chaoye, at least..."

"I know." Wan Yanyong, who was always good-tempered, rarely interrupted him and said lonely: "I just want to convince myself."

After Fan Chengda agreed to the money trade and wrote the guarantee document, Zhang Xuansu, who had been with the enemy for 18 years, was finally released from prison. In May of the 27th year of Jianyan's reign, he returned to Yanjing, where he had longed for, and reunited with his family before he could. Then he was received by Zhao Guan's family in the Daqing Hall of the imperial palace.

It is said that many old people who experienced the humiliation of Jingkang cried with joy.

But after Zhao Guanjia heard about the cause and effect, he sighed: "Fan Chengda was a bit damaged, but he was dealt with in a timely manner. Zhengfu made a note and gave credit to Zong Ying, Zhang Xian, and Ma Yu, so Fan Chengda doesn't have to ”

Yang Yizhong was startled, and then he rarely said, "Guan family, what did Fan Caosi do wrong?" Otherwise, it would be difficult for me to answer when his brother-in-law asked him!
"Of course, with the power of the Jurchen country and Wanyanyong's temper, he can save at least half of the money. I have to find a way to deal with this wasteful thing in Liaodong."

　This time it's really the last.Fan Chengda in this plane will never regret here again.

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