The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 290 Wang Xizhi’s helplessness

Bian Yi's letter was quickly delivered to the court, and soon fell into the hands of Chu Hui.

After Chu Hui saw this, he immediately took advantage of this opportunity and said to Liu Tai:

"Your Majesty, Grand Administrator Bian has come to report that Wang Xizhi, a descendant of the Langya Wang family, wants to go north to find Wang Kuang's coffin and move it into the ancestral tomb of the Langya Wang family."

Chu Hui understood that regardless of what kind of private discussions he had with the Langya Wang family, when this matter was actually done, it must be done openly and openly, instead of making it seem like the Langya Wang family had some conspiracy with him.

Even if there is a conspiracy, it should be done loudly so that no one has anything to say, rather than doing it in such a way that everyone is left alone.

After all, now I am almost under one person under Liu Tai and above ten thousand people. I have no intention of overthrowing Liu Tai's rule, and I dare not learn from Sima Yi's operations. In this case, I must be more cautious in doing things.

When Liu Tai heard Chu Hui's words, he was slightly stunned and said in disbelief, "What did you say?"

Chu Hui saw a bit of surprise on Liu Tai's face and thought it was Liu Tai who didn't remember who Wang Kuang was, so he said:

"Because our Han Dynasty re-established the dignity of the Han Dynasty, the Langya Wang family sent people to collect the body of Wang Kuang, the commander-in-chief of the Jin army during the first Changping Battle between the Han and Jin Dynasties. He surrendered to the Han Dynasty, but unfortunately he was killed by the traitor Jin Zhun. He was killed by Jin Zhun during the rebellion!"

Chu Hui said this with a bit of pity. There was no way. As far as the legal system was concerned, the Han Dynasty recognized Liu Yuan now, so what Jin Zhun did should naturally be severely condemned.

"Keep an eye on this man and allow him to lead the way in our territory!" Liu Tai said calmly,

"After taking over the Central Plains, we need a family head and character who can represent the Jin Dynasty to show our comfort to the Jin Dynasty family.

I think Wang Xizhi is very suitable. He is willing to take risks for his father and come to us. At least he should be commended for his filial piety. "

"Follow the order! I will reply to Bian Yi immediately!" Chu Hui could not help but nod to Liu Tai.

Liu Tai also thought about how to use Wang Xizhi. First of all, there is no doubt that his calligraphy is unique in ancient and modern times.

Therefore, the project of simplifying Chinese characters that I have been thinking about can be passed on to Wang Xizhi. I think he should be able to complete it very well.

When he finishes the work of simplifying Chinese characters, he should be well rewarded and then a little pampered. Literary people are frivolous and will make some mistakes no matter what. Even if they are not wrong, they still need to make some mistakes.

When the world is unified in the future, he must be demoted to Kuaiji and not be released until he writes the "Preface to the Lanting Collection".

Apart from Wang Xizhi, I didn’t know many literati in this era. The only pity is that I don’t know when Tao Yuanming was born. Otherwise, I would have put this kid in a position with only five buckets of rice and asked him to write "Returning to Xi Ci". Say it again.

I don’t feel that there is any imbalance in my heart because the articles I have memorized are not memorized by future generations.

I simply think that this article that needs to be recited in its entirety has been lost. Wouldn’t it be a loss to Chinese culture?

Of course, Wang Xizhi didn't know it. As soon as Liu Tai knew his name, he had already arranged the rest of his life until Wang Xizhi wrote the "Preface to the Lanting Collection".

At this moment, although Wang Xizhi followed Bian Yi's words and settled in Bian Mansion, he also began to observe Taishan County.

The first impression that Taishan County gave to Wang Xizhi was that it was indescribably heroic. Even the people on the street were mostly armed with iron weapons. This made Wang Xizhi wonder about Bian Zhan, who was taking him to visit Taishan County.

Bian Zhan said: "On the one hand, the military system in Taishan County is the Fubing system. As the first place in the Han Dynasty to implement the Fubing system, most of the people with families in Taishan are Fubing, and Fubing is inherited from father to son. According to the saying, the people of Mount Tai are quite martial!

Moreover, Zu Ti had sent troops to Taishan County many times, and the offensive was quite fierce. It was only the people and soldiers of Taishan County who worked together to resist Zu Ti's attack.

In addition, Taishan County has always been a special place located at the junction of Jin and Han, so the people of Taishan County were allowed to hold weapons.

However, although people are allowed to own weapons, they are still not allowed to hide armor privately, and they are not allowed to fire weapons. They are only used as training props! "

"Give weapons to the people, will the people listen? What if force is used if there are problems such as grabbing water?" Wang Xizhi asked Bian Zhan.

"It's okay. If the weapon is fired and someone is injured in the fight, the village will have to hand over the person. If you can't hand over the person, basically most of the strong men in the village will have to do corvee service.

This is the front line, and the continuous sitting method is practiced. That kind of law does not punish everyone, and it is not suitable for the front line! "

Bian Zhan turned to Wang Xizhi and continued, "As long as the weapons are not unsealed, even if people are killed if there is a riot, we will turn a blind eye, but most villages still have a sense of proportion."

Wang Xizhi nodded, looking like he was shocked even though he didn't understand it very well, "Taishan County is really good at martial arts!"

"Fortunately, those first batch of soldiers who followed the king to conquer the world all got land in Qingzhou and got wives. And as Qingzhou develops better and better in these years, everyone is jealous!" Bian Zhan couldn't help but sigh,

"So every family naturally starts to practice hard, hoping that they can be selected into the army, become a soldier, and then make a fortune.

So generally speaking, it's okay for us to fight for water. Every year, the soldiers of the government may really fight for the quota of soldiers!

Especially in recent years, the fighting has become even more intense! "

"Why?" Wang Xizhi was a little confused when he heard Bian Zhan's words.

"Hasn't the king unified Hebei? Although the Yongji Canal has been built in recent years, everyone believes that the next step will definitely be to attack the Central Plains.

That's the Central Plains. Who doesn't want to own land in the Central Plains, but our soldiers here can only garrison in Taishan County. Unlike when the king first came, becoming a soldier would give you ripe land. Now, becoming a soldier basically requires you to cultivate the land yourself. .

The previously mature land had been taken away by those who came first, and those who came later either cultivated it themselves, or conquered other areas and divided the land. "

Bian Zhan couldn't help but sigh, "So everyone is working hard to join the soldiers and get the land.

Of course, even if they don't have land, many bachelors still hope to conquer the south and then let the king find a wife! "

When Wang Xizhi heard Bian Zhan's words, he couldn't help but be startled, because Wang Xizhi didn't expect that the situation on the Han side was actually like this. He said with a little trembling, "Isn't this the same as when Qin was strong, and he was happy to hear the war?! "

"That's how it should be!" Bian Zhan looked at Wang Xizhi and said matter-of-factly, "Now that the Han Dynasty has revived and the king is unmatched on the battlefield, isn't it natural that the Han Dynasty will be reborn? Have you never heard the prophecy of the Golden Sword? Can’t do it?”

When Wang Xizhi heard Bian Zhan's words, he could feel the pride and reason in Bian Zhan's tone.

Wang Xizhi found that the scene north of the Yellow River was completely different from what he had originally imagined.

I originally thought that without the aristocratic family, there would be a sense of depression with no roosters crowing for thousands of miles.

But in fact, just in front of Taishan County, which belongs to the border, there are prosperous trade routes with people coming and going, and the pride of Taishan County, from civilians to soldiers, who are eager to fight and establish achievements. However, Wang Xizhi said: "Don't the policies here suppress aristocratic families? Although I am not old, I heard that during the Wuhu chaos in China, I saw aristocratic families fleeing the jurisdiction of the King of Han with their families."

"The policies of the Han Dynasty do indeed curb aristocratic families!" Bian Zhan also nodded. "For example, the corvee tax limits the number of servants hired by aristocratic families, and the progressive taxation method proposed by the "Thousand Fields Tax" allows aristocratic families to occupy more than a thousand fields. After marrying the mother, heavy taxes will be levied, and the tax department Gou Chun will be watching.

I, Aye, said that this is a debt that the family committed during the Eastern Han Dynasty, so the Han Dynasty must repay its debts now.

However, although the extravagant wealth has been reduced a bit, at least in the Han Dynasty, aristocratic families can still become the pillars of the imperial court.

When the Han Dynasty flourishes, the lost family will eventually be able to get back what they have lost. After all, the family has always been there! "

When Wang Xizhi heard Bian Zhan's words, he couldn't help but chew on Bian Zhan's words and saluted Bian Zhan solemnly.

To be honest, the Jin court treated the aristocratic families with such comfort, Wang Xizhi really didn't understand what kind of mentality the aristocratic families under Liu Tai had in fighting for Liu Tai.

But now Wang Xizhi had some insights in his heart after listening to Bian Zhan's words.

In fact, Bian Zhan often only had a partial understanding, and Bian Yi did not tell Bian Zhan all his thoughts.

That is, although the Bian family conquered the north and south with the rise of Liu Tai, Bian Yi himself became the governor of an important frontline town, and the Bian family regained its strength.

But Bian Yi felt that although his family had become a wealthy family in Taishan, it was different from the family in the Han Dynasty or the Jin Dynasty, and his influence on Mount Tai had become smaller.

Needless to say, the current bellicose atmosphere in Taishan was not influenced by Bian Yi, but was caused by the initiative and initiative of the people at the bottom.

Normally, as a local aristocratic family, you should be able to completely control the people at the bottom.

But the problem is that Bian Yi does not feel this way. On the contrary, Bian Yi keenly feels that his family is affected by the common people.

It can be said that Bian Chen did not understand the deep logic, but as the head of the Bian family and the prefect of Taishan County, theoretically he should be the local emperor here, but the use of his rights was not as expected. of Ruyi.

It can be said that although his family has continued to grow in the system that Liu Tai has fought and built along the way, this growth is not at all comparable to the development of the Han Dynasty himself.

Bian Yi even generalized this and felt that even with the blessing of the Taishan prefect, he could not completely control the development of Mount Tai. Then the children of the aristocratic families who gathered around Liu Tai as representatives of the aristocratic families could really control the power of the Han Dynasty like the Jin court. The imperial court?

Bian Yi knew very well that even if Chu Hui, Xi Jian, Yang Man and others were tied together, Liu Tai's words would not be able to do anything.

It can only be said that the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, and even the Jin Dynasty have always had a headache for the aristocratic family's control of power. It seems that under Liu Tai's operation, the so-called aristocratic family has completely changed its appearance, and there is no such thing as a posture to compete with the imperial power.

To be more precise, a local aristocratic family cannot control the local area, and a court aristocratic family cannot control the imperial court.

"Is there smoke coming out of the old Liu family's ancestral grave again? Why do people like this come down every time in troubled times!" Bian Yi didn't understand.

But what Bian Yi knows is that facing an unreasonable guy like Liu Tai, he really doesn't have the confidence to fight against him, and he doesn't even dare to think about it.

Therefore, the most common method used by aristocratic families to fight against the imperial power is to survive. Even the old Liu family does not produce saints from generation to generation.

As the saying goes, a thousand-year-old family is worth ten thousand years. After all, it is easy for a family to survive by relying on rules.

No matter how powerful Liu Tai is, there is a limit to his age. At worst, he will be obedient now and firmly support Liu Tai's policies and rule. But when someone like Liu Tai who can suppress the family dies, what will the family be able to do? Rampant.

Bian Yi decisively determined that Liu Tai also taught Bian Zhan to be loyal to Liu Tai, because Bian Yi believed that Liu Tai was a peerless hero.

After all, Liu Tai can suppress aristocratic families with one hand, and he can also sweep the world with the other hand. Such a person is nothing but a peerless hero.

But Liu Tai is a human being after all, and he is mortal. The Bian family may also have the opportunity to become a top wealthy family by then.

At this moment, Wang Xizhi didn't know the twists and turns inside, but when Wang Xizhi heard Bian Zhan's words, he suddenly understood why Director Wang asked him to move his father's coffin back to his ancestral grave.

Because the most important thing for aristocratic families is their survival, and the most common way for aristocratic families to share risks is for each branch to invest in one side.

And he is indeed the most suitable, because his father Wang Kuang surrendered to the Han Dynasty, so wouldn't it be natural for him as his son to surrender to the Han Dynasty? What kind of father will be the same kind of son, haha.

Wang Xizhi couldn't help but think of the current situation in the Jin court:

"My cousin believes that if a fierce conflict breaks out between our Langya royal family and the imperial court, the big man will definitely not miss this opportunity.

By then, due to the unclear relationship between Gou Xi and Liu Tai, Xuzhou will be almost undefeated, and Langya County will definitely be captured by the Han Dynasty.

That's why my cousin sent him to Dahan at this time, and even planned to settle in Langya County. "

Wang Xizhi couldn't help but smile bitterly, "My uncle is really worried about the survival of the Wang family in Langya.

He saw through the conflicts that were about to break out within the Jin court, and saw that the great Han Liu Tai would not let go of such an opportunity, and even thought about the survival of the Langya Wang family. "

"But my uncle has such talent and vision but he doesn't want to fight for the Jin court, but plans for the family."

All the huge waves in Wang Xizhi's heart finally turned into a helpless sigh.

Because even if you see through it, what can you do? Or we can only follow my uncle's plan.

Because he is a son of an aristocratic family, he must be responsible for the Langya Wang family.

If the Langya Wang family really reaches the point of no return, then I will be the only remaining lineage of the Langya Wang family.

"Everything is for the family...hey~"

　I'm procrastinating, and I still owe the next update, so let me owe it for a while. I'm going back to my hometown in January or February, so there's basically only one update. If the passion comes one day, it will be fine by then.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)