Yi Song

Chapter 216 Liu Jiezhi has a big heart

"Liu Erlang's letter to me?"

"Yes. It was written by Commander Jie himself and asked me to pass it on to dad."

Wang Chen took the letter and opened it in no hurry.

"I was Taiwei Tong's lackey, and now I'm a lost dog that everyone calls for beating. Liu Erlang, do you still think I'm useful?"

"Dad, Marshal Jie said that in this world there are officials who are good at doing things but not good at behaving, there are officials who are good at doing things but don't know how to do things, and there are also officials who are good at doing things but not good at being a good person. Cai Jing is good at doing things and good at being a good person. Dad is barely a good person. ."

Wang Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "Erlang thinks highly of me and puts me in the same category as Master Cai."

Wang Xun continued calmly: "Jie Shuai said that he can also do things and be a good person, so he can fight Cai Jing. In this world, it is useless to just know how to do things. In the end, there is nothing to do. Only if you can be a good person, can you have something to do. , and finally accomplish something big.”

Wang Xun stroked his beard and pondered in silence.

"Jie Shuai said, it's the same as a person or a person, the key is what kind of person you want to be and what kind of things you want to do. Sometimes it doesn't matter what kind of person you are, because in this world, it's hard to distinguish between humans and ghosts. The most important thing is What did you do!"

Wang Zhen was silent for a long time, and then sighed leisurely: "Liu Jieshi has a big heart."

The city wall is forty miles long, fifty or sixty miles in radius, and four to five feet high. It is one of the most majestic cities in the north.

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Dong Anyu, the retainer of Zhao Jianzi, the great minister of Jin, built Jinyang City at the northern end of Taiyuan Basin, on the north bank of Jinshui River, and on the east side of Xuanweng Mountain.

"Liu Jieshi, why do you want to build Taiyuan City?" Wang Zhen put down the letter and asked.

But you, Wang Cun, are different. You have succumbed to Tong Guan's sect because you just want to do something practical. Now that Tong Guan has fallen, you should not be innocently implicated.

First, I praised Wang Xun a few words. I have known him since childhood and are good brothers. Now he is under his own account and has a lot of help.

The current Taiyuan City was rebuilt by Emperor Taizong in Tangming Town north of Jinyang three years later. It is less than one-fifth of the previous Jinyang City.

Seeing this, Wang Zhen's heart skipped a beat.

In the fourth year of the Taiping and Xingguo reign, Emperor Taizong destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty and captured Jinyang City.

This errand is to go to Hedong to rebuild Taiyuan City.

Then he pointed out straight to the point that I found a good job for you, which can not only avoid the limelight in Beijing, but also do practical work.

Then he praised Wang Xun a few words, saying that a tiger father has no dog sons, and Wang Xun is so smart and capable because of your good teaching, Doctor Wang. After saying the polite words, he immediately changed his tone and said that Tong Guan was ordered to commit suicide, which was a deserved death.

Rebuilding Taiyuan City sounds nice, but it actually means rebuilding Jinyang City.

He was very straightforward in his letter.

The letter was only two pages and contained little content. Liu Guozhang was not a scholar and could not write beautiful articles.

On the grounds that "when Jinyang City is prosperous, it will be subdued first, and when it is declining, it will be rebelled first", they first set fire to the white ground, and then flooded the Fen River to completely destroy it.

Later it became Taiyuan County and Bingzhou Prefecture. The Qin and Han Dynasties, the Three Kingdoms, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the Five Dynasties were all expanded and strengthened in every dynasty.

Wang Zhen still knows the history of Jinyang City.

Now Liu Erlang wants to rebuild Jinyang City, which is incredible.

He picked up the letter, tore it open resolutely, took out the letter paper inside, and opened it to read.

"Dad, the reason is very simple." Wang Xun replied, "Recover the sixteen states of Yanyun."

"Didn't we already have a plan to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun? Join forces with the Jin Dynasty to attack Liao and capture Yanyun easily. Your good friend Ma Kuo, together with his father, commanded the Dengzhou soldiers and horses to govern Dr. Ma. In April, he received the certificate of credence. Pai, together with Hu Yanqing, commander of the Dengzhou Ping Navy, sailed northward to connect with the Jurchens."

"Commander knows about it at this time." "Yes? Then does he know about the strategy of uniting Jin to attack Liao, which is controversial in the court. Zheng Xiang believes that Song and Liao have a century-old alliance, and treachery is despised by the world and is not the behavior of a gentleman. . The Qingliu people thought this was an old man's advice to seek the country.

However, Wang Xiang strongly supported it and believed that it would be effortless to form an alliance with the Jurchens and attack the Khitans one after another in the Yanyun Sixteen States.

The two factions were really fighting each other until Cai You somehow persuaded Prime Minister Zheng to acquiesce in sending Ma Dafu and Hu Yan as envoys to Liaodong. Does Liu Jieshi also know this? "

"I know. The Commander-in-Chief did not comment on the alliance with Jin to attack Liao. However, he supported Ma Zheng and Hu Yanqing's mission to Liaodong. The Commander-in-Chief believed that the Song Dynasty should at least know the current situation in Liaodong and what the fight between the Jurchens and the Khitans was like. .”

"That's it?"

"Dad, Marshal Jie believes that the Sixteenth State of Yanyun must be taken back, but if a pie falls from the sky, it will be smashed to pieces. That's why we hope to rebuild Jinyang City. No, it should be called expansion. Taiyuan City.”

"Dalang, do you mean that Ambassador Liu Jie is expanding Taiyuan City in preparation for regaining Yunshuo Datong?"

"Yes, Marshal Jie said that to recover the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, we must divide our troops into two groups. One is Hebei, and we will take Youzhou directly; the other is Hedong, and we will take Datong Yunshuo directly. Hebei has Zhending, and Hejian, and then take By descending to the heroic city of Youzhou, we can lock Yin and Pingliao and control the back of the mountain.

However, there is no strong city in the east of the river to support it. Sending troops to fight for Datong Yunshuo is like water without a source and a tree without roots. "

Wang Chen pondered for a while and said, "Leading to Shaanxi less than half a year ago, Liu Jieshi started planning for Yanyun. He is really a man who can see ten steps at a time.

Just expanding Taiyuan City goes against the ancestral system of Emperor Taizong. "

"Dad, this matter is nothing more than persuading the officials. The officials have always been keen on recovering the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. He will listen to any suggestions that are beneficial to this matter.

Previously, officials had been hesitant about expanding Taiyuan City. But now that there is a great victory at Xiaoguan, the officials must agree. "

Wang Chen thought for a while, "Well, Liu Jiezhi's ability to achieve a great victory at Xiaoguan in the first half year of his first visit to Shaanxi really gave the officials a lot of confidence. I believe Liu Jiezhi can suppress the Hexi family and then help him regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. , and made an unparalleled achievement.

Not only that, Liu Jieshi must have sent people to persuade Wang Xiang, Gao Taiwei, Huang Douzhi, Liu Douzhi, Zheng Hou, Wang Guifei, Dong Gong and other immortals.

Haha, Liu Jieshi is not only better at doing things than Tong Taiwei, but he is also a better person. "

"Dad, Commander Jie wants to entrust you with the expansion of Taiyuan City. Firstly, he wants to avoid the current limelight, and secondly, he believes that you will be able to complete this important task."

Wang Xun said eagerly, "Dad, I think this is a great thing."

Wang Xun glanced at his son with a deep look, "Da Lang, things are not that simple. If I accept Liu Jieshi's invitation to preside over the expansion of Taiyuan City, it means that our Wang family will be completely on his boat."

Wang Xun was a little puzzled, "Dad, my son is now under the command of General Jie. You were an old general of Tong Guan. You originally came from the Xuanfu Envoy in Hedong, Shaanxi Province. Now you have returned to the Xuanfu Envoy. How can you say that you have completely boarded the ship?"

"Dalang, you don't understand. You only said a few words about Liu Jiezhi's methods, but I can get a glimpse of it. It's amazing. I believe that in less than two years, he will be able to make Shaanxi Hedong the Xuanfu envoy!"

"Be real?" Wang Xun's eyes flashed, and he understood what his father meant, "Dad, the court has its ancestral methods."

"Haha, today's officials have great ambitions and few talents, and it is difficult to be a wise king. The temples are full of traitors and sycophants. The desert south of Liaodong is also turbulent and unclear. Once the Jurchens rise, with strong momentum and new ambitions, they will reproduce the prosperity of Yelu Abaoji and Taizong of Liao Dynasty, and China will There may be a disaster.

By then, Liu Jie will control Hedong, Shaanxi Province, and the soldiers and civilians will return home. Dalang, what do you think will happen? "

"Dad, how is this possible?"

"How is it possible?" Wang Xun exclaimed, "Who could have imagined that the government would be in such a state during the Jingguo period? Who could have thought during the Shaosheng period that the officials would rule the world today? Who would have thought during the Taizong Zhenzong period that the Khitan people would decline like this? Who could I thought of it."

Wang Xun was silent for a while, and then said loudly: "Sit back and reap the benefits of being a fisherman, recreate the land of the former Tang Dynasty that controlled Hedong, Shaanxi, sit back and watch the chaos in Guandong, and wait for opportunities to enter the world?"

Wang Zhen stood up, walked to the screen, and admired the painting on it with his hands behind his back, "Mountains and Rivers Inside and Outside", signed by Zhang Zeduan.

"The mountains and rivers are magnificent and fascinating!"

(End of this chapter)