Yan Heng was disappointed and said: "But general, it is true that Gou Chun sent troops to seize the people's food. Some local nobles came to Yuncheng to complain, but they were killed by Gou Chun Luo Zhi on the way. The border was not invaded by the Zhao army, but it was already
There are so many bones, if the general does not punish Gou Chun severely, Yanzhou will be in chaos before the Zhao army enters Yanzhou."
"Bold!" Gou Xi said angrily: "Your Majesty is here, and the world's dragons are here. How can Yanzhou be in chaos? Don't be alarmist."
Yan Heng wanted to persuade him again, but the staff on the side quickly grabbed him and said to Gou Xi: "General, Mr. Yan is drunk and can't help but talk nonsense. I will pull him down right now."
After saying that, he pulled him down hard.
Outside the yard, Yan Heng shook his hand away, still angry, "What are you dragging me for? What did I say wrong?"
"You are right, but the general has a bad temper now. Why do you have to confront him head-on? You have forgotten that the general killed someone just the day before yesterday."
Yan Heng stamped his feet and said, "That's why we have to advise the general even more. You know that the road ahead is an abyss, how can you just watch the general step into it?"
Yan Heng was sad and angry, tears fell and wetted his clothes, "Think about the past, when the general was upright, upright and honest, but, but..."
The staff member quickly covered his mouth to prevent him from speaking out, and whispered: "Hutu, Hutu, what are you talking about in this mansion? The maid who was killed by the general the day before yesterday was overheard by the general because of his rude words.
, do you want to imitate her?"
Yan Heng wanted to tear off his hand, but the staff did not let go this time. He pushed him for a while and let him go when he was far away from the study. "I am doing this for your own good. We have all been with the general for more than ten years.
I don’t want you to end up in a bad way.”
As soon as they finished speaking, they heard the sound of orderly footsteps. The two of them immediately stopped talking and looked around. They saw the housekeeper leading more than 20 people here. Most of them were women. They were dressed in cool and colorful clothes, holding someone or someone in their arms.
Playing a harp, or holding a pipa or flute.
Apparently she is the woman in the band.
Yan Heng's face turned even greener.
The staff held him tightly, fearing that he would rush forward again.
When the housekeeper saw the two of them, he immediately stepped forward and saluted.
The staff asked: "Where do these people come from?"
The housekeeper said: "It's the girl from Lefang sent from Qingzhou."
Yan Heng asked solemnly: "Since it is a local tribute, why not send it to the palace instead of sending it here?"
"This..." the steward whispered, "this is what Mr. Erlang gave to the general."
Yan Heng then remembered that as soon as he arrived in Yuncheng, Gou Xi asked Gou Chun for the position of governor of Qingzhou, but Gou Chun did not take up the post. Instead, he went to the border to lead troops and prepare for the Yuzhou army.
He thought it was just a title, but who knew that Gouchun was on the border of Yuzhou, but he still reached out to Qingzhou.
Yan Heng was angry and helpless. In the end, he stopped talking to his staff and simply waved his sleeves and left.
The staff looked at his back and shook their heads and sighed, then looked at the direction the actor was going, sighed deeply, and finally shook their heads and left.
Zhao Zhongyu read Zhao Hanzhang's letter again and again. Although he didn't know why she was so eager to find an official who was proficient in water mill engineering, he still decided to make another trip.
He lit the letter and threw it into the brazier, watched it burn up, then stood up and walked out, "Get the car ready, let's go to Shen Garden."
Shen Garden is located in a corner of Yuncheng. It has only a simple brick and stone house, surrounded by cultivated vegetable gardens and farmland.
There were beans and millet in the field. A middle-aged man in cloth was pulling weeds in the field. He was reminded by the boy next to him, and he turned around.
Seeing Zhao Zhongyu, he quickly put down his hoe and walked forward to salute, "I'll see Zhao Shangshu."
"Quick and excuse me," Zhao Zhongyu stretched out his hand to support him, looked at the millet he planted in the field, and asked: "We missed the farming season when we came to Yuncheng, can the millet still arrive in time?"
The man said: "If you cultivate intensively and ensure irrigation, you can naturally harvest. However, for ordinary people, this is too inefficient, so it is best to sow according to the farming season."
"Spring plowing in Luoyang is a little late this year, and I don't know what their harvest will be like."
Shen Ruhui sighed when he heard this, "Yeah, I hope God will be kind to me and the rain can fall a few days later, and it will rain for two more days, so that Luoyang will have a way to survive."
Zhao Zhongyu glanced at the millet that had already headed in his field, and then at the soybeans whose pods were slowly filling up. He smiled and said, "Spring plowing in Luoyang is about ten days earlier than your planting. Do the math, and now the beans
It should be collected."
Shen Ruhui nodded and asked Zhao Zhongyu to sit in the thatched pavilion nearby.
It was a thatched pavilion built on the left side of the stone house, right on the edge of the field, where he could rest and sit.
The servant immediately spread out the straw mat, Zhao Zhongyu knelt down and sat down, and Shen Ruhui knelt down opposite him.
The servant brought up a small eucalyptus and placed it between the two of them, then knelt down and boiled water for them to make tea.
The breeze blew away the sweat that had just broken out from Zhao Zhongyu, and his irritable heart was calmed down. He smiled and said: "You are really comfortable here. No wonder you live here all the time and refuse to go back to Guanyi.
"
Yuncheng is not a very big city. The emperor moved the capital here. Where can so many officials live?
You can't rob local people's houses. Well, there are still robberies, but they can't be too ruthless. Most officials either half-rob or half-buy, which can be considered cooperation with the local gentry;
Others live temporarily in Guanyi and wait for the imperial court to build a number of houses before moving into separate rooms.
But now building the palace consumes all the financial and human resources. Where is there left to build houses for officials?
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Shen Ruhui simply found a place with fields and water in the city and built a brick house to live in.
However, the places where there are fields for farming are far away from the bustling main city, and his place is very remote.
Shen Ruhui shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I don't have any official duties now, so why do I need to make people look at me in the official post?"
Zhao Zhongyu asked: "How have you considered the matter I raised with Shen Siqing last time?"
Shen Ruhui frowned and said, "I am a minister of the imperial court. His Majesty is in Yuncheng. Naturally, I have to stay in Yuncheng. What's the point of returning to Luoyang at this time?"
Zhao Zhongyu said: "I heard that Luoyang is becoming more and more stable. The Yuzhou Army and the Xiliang Army have cleared away the bandits in the territory. Businessmen from all over the country have begun to go to Luoyang to bring the news out of Luoyang."
"Many people who left Luoyang began to return to Luoyang," Zhao Zhongyu sighed: "The life outside is not easy. Shen Siqing should have felt it. If we can find a chance of survival in Luoyang, naturally it is better to live in our hometown.
.”
Shen Ruhui said nothing. He pushed the brewed tea to Zhao Zhongyu and invited him to drink tea.
Zhao Zhongyu only glanced at the tea in the bowl and said: "Qing Shen Si has been in the fields for a long time. I'm afraid you don't know yet. Yanzhou has a good wheat harvest, but at the border of Yuzhou, Gou Chunqi set up troops to seize the people's food."
"That is the people's ration for a year, and after being robbed, they still have to pay taxes as usual. This year, because His Majesty moved the capital to Yuncheng, there will be an extra tax," Zhao Zhongyu said softly: "I heard that the local elders were not convinced.
I asked my nephew to go to Beijing to complain, but he was killed before he even left the county."
"Gou Chun also had his whole family imprisoned for colluding with bandits. It took more than a month before the news reached the capital."
Shen Ruhui's eyes widened and he asked: "It's been more than a month, doesn't the general know?"