"The human heart is terrible. People's hearts are separated from each other. Who can be sure who is a good person? Of course, those county magistrates dare not easily hand over the power of governance and land registration to a young governor. On the contrary, they are right not to give it easily. The land registration is
Household registration is the foundation of a place, and they don't trust Pei Xingjian."
Di Renjie nodded understandingly, "But they trust Lishan."
"That's natural. The Marquis of Lishan County is dedicated to serving the people and the country, and you can't find anyone else in the world. Various deeds over the years are enough to show that this Marquis of Lishan is dedicated to building Guanzhong and has no time for other things. He should be trusted."
"Shilang Xu, what will happen if your Majesty learns of this?"
Xu Jingzong said seriously: "Test Pei Xingjian's ability and wait and see what happens."
After listening to Xu Jingzong's analysis, Di Renjie sighed: "It's really amazing."
Xu Jingzong finally picked up the chopsticks and said, "However, even if we are in front of His Majesty, the county magistrates of the twelve counties are confident, and it is Pei Xingjian who will suffer the loss."
"The boy has learned a lesson."
Xu Jingzong said in his heart that you still have a lot to learn. On the one hand, he felt that Di Renjie's intelligence would be of great benefit in the future, but on the other hand, he felt that this boy was inexperienced in the ways of the world.
On the third day after Pei Xingjian handed in his resignation memorial, there was no movement in the court.
I learned this from General Su Dingfang.
Resigning from office is a common occurrence in court.
Pei Xingjian found Su Dingfang again.
In Zuo Xiaowei's official office, Pei Xingjian was chewing dried meat and said, "General Su, a certain family has also resigned."
Su Dingfang looked at the document and stroked his beard and nodded.
"But there has been no movement in the court."
"Whenever memorials are submitted, only 23 out of 10 of them will be approved by the court. There are many memorials that will not be approved, some will be discussed later, and some will not be accepted."
Su Dingfang asked: "You can go find Xu Jingzong."
Pei Xingjian shook his head and said, "We can't find him."
Su Dingfang smiled, with a somewhat pleased look on his face, and added: "If you want to measure the acres and check household registers, you don't necessarily need to submit files from each county."
Pei Xingjian suddenly said: "Thank you, General Su, for the tip."
"Well, I didn't say anything."
The next day, Pei Xingjian took Niu Chao and others to Wannian County, where they began to measure the acres of land and ask the villagers.
The county magistrate of Wannian County is named Gao Yu. His ancestor is Gao Liang, a powerful family member in the Northern Wei Dynasty. He was over fifty and planned to serve as magistrate for another three or two years before he resigned and returned to his hometown to continue teaching the children of Bohai.
Hearing that Pei Xingjian and his men were coming to measure the land in person, Gao Yu hurried over. He held his official hat in one hand and walked hurriedly but cautiously, making the children on the side giggle.
"Pei Fuyin, what are you doing?"
"Measuring the fields."
Seeing that the other party gave a simple answer, Gao Yu added: "The lower official can submit the land register and household register, why does the governor do this?"
Pei Xingjian replied: "That's how it should be."
"ah……"
Gao Yu hesitated to speak, with a forced smile still on his face, but added: "This field was just measured last year."
"It doesn't matter, I will make my own measurements and know clearly."
Seeing this, Gao Yu bowed and said, "I won't hit the governor when I'm a lower official. The governor can do what he wants."
Of course, he left it to his own devices. Pei Xingjian adopted this attitude, and all county magistrates reached a tacit understanding. They first stepped forward to ask, and then left him to his own devices.
When Pei Xingjian arrived in Huayin County, he met Li Ke. After their marriage, Li Ke's title of King of Shu was also changed to King of Wu.
Li Ke's conversation still has a military atmosphere. He often goes to the army now and his hair is bronzed.
Pei Xingjian also suffered a lot when he was in Persia. At that time, his whole body turned a lot darker. After being raised in Chang'an City for half a year, he has returned to his former fair appearance.
"The lower official Pei Xingjian has met His Highness the King of Wu."
Li Ke also bowed and said, "I have heard everything about Pei Fuyin and I admire him."
Pei Xingjian was four or five years younger than Li Ke, and his conversation was much better than that of King Wu. He was sitting on the ridge of the field to rest.
"I envy you very much for being able to go on an expedition beyond the Great Wall."
"There's nothing to envy, but it's all arranged by the DPRK."
Li Ke stood upright, looked at the three or two clerks who were busy in the distance, and said again: "Why don't you say it was Lishan's arrangement."
Pei Xingjian looked back at King Wu in surprise.
Li Ke said again: "When I was young, I was taught by the Marquis of Lishan County, and I have the honor to call him teacher. If you claim to be a disciple of Lishan, then I should also be a disciple of Lishan."
"I have been training troops for several years." After saying this, Li Ke lowered his head, "But I have never personally led an army. Even my friend Li Xiaoyi went on an expedition."
Pei Xingjian took off his official hat and scratched the back of his head.
Li Ke added: "I'm afraid I won't have the chance to lead troops in the future."
Pei Xingjian stood up and said: "Actually, leading an army is quite tiring. When I was in Persia, I was often tortured by military chores, which made me almost crippled. If an army of tens of thousands of people is not strictly controlled, it will fall into chaos."
"Really?" Li Ke still looked envious.
"I wish I had a few more pairs of eyes, just staring at them like this."
Li Ke asked again: "When you went to the Western Regions and then to Persia, were you under the guidance of the Marquis of Lishan County?"
"Well, there is a lot of guidance and care."
Seeing that King Wu looked even more envious, Pei Xingjian hurriedly went about his business, fearing that the King of Wu would cry on the spot if he talked too much.
Outside Lishan Village, after careful calculation, another mile of railway was built.
Life is very melancholy, and melancholy I want to drive an excavator, and then use the excavator to dig the graves of those saints.
How long will it take to build this road? Three years? Five years?
It should be repairable in five years.
Zhang Yang thought about it carefully and realized that he was wrong. It was very irresponsible to judge the construction period without considering the construction conditions.
Right now we can only cultivate one mile at a time.
Cheng Chumo came over carrying two small wine jars, "Take a few sips?"
Zhang Yang took a wine jar and took a sip.
"There is news about Pei Xingjian."
"you say."
Cheng Chumo glanced at His Highness the King of Wei who was reciting poems with the young princess and the young marquis not far away. He came closer and whispered about Pei Xingjian in detail.
Zhang Yang breathed a sigh of relief, nodded slightly and said: "Very good, now Pei Xingjian has secured his position as Chang'an Order."
"Well, that boy had to measure the fields in twelve counties and did it himself. He suffered a lot."
"Speaking of suffering, how can we Lishan disciples be so pampered?"
Cheng Chumo took out a bamboo tube and handed it over, "News from the bearded guest."
Zhang Yang took the bamboo tube and took out the letter paper inside. On the letter paper was a page of county annals. In June of the second year of Zhenguan, in Huang County under the rule of Dengzhou, there was a strong man with a beard as red as a Qiu. His surname was Zhang, and he was known as a Qiu beard.
In July of the second year, the leading pirates took the boat eastward.
Zhang Yang frowned and said, "Did you really go to Fuyu Country?"
"Where is Buyeo Country?"
Zhang Yang shook his head and said: "Duration eastward? Where will we go? It has been more than ten years."
Cheng Chumo smiled and said: "More than ten years have passed and he has gone to sea again. How do you know where he is?"
"Well, I will send the news to General Li Jing first."
Cheng Chumo wanted to say something more, but he saw Zhang Yang leaving quickly.
In the past, whenever anything happened, you could discuss it with Shangguan Yi. Now he went to the court to serve as an official.
Braised Pork helps so many people. After years of expansion, some things are almost out of control for some people.
Cheng Chumo was worried that something might happen.
I plan to let Shangguan Yi come to Lishan first.
When Zhang Yang put the news in front of him, Li Jing was very excited and actually found out his whereabouts.
"The bearded man has gone to sea?"
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "We don't know where he is at the moment. This happened ten years ago."
Li Jing sighed: "That's it, that's it."
"What do you mean, General?"
"I'd like to thank you for your help. The bearded man is a free and easy person. If you pursue it blindly, it will only cause displeasure. Let's leave it at that."
Li Jing was very open-minded and put the matter aside.
Zhang Yang cupped his hands and said: "General, if you want to come back, we don't have to look for him. If you don't want to come back, what's the use of finding him."
Li Jing nodded and said, "Thank you."
"I finally got a result, but it didn't help."
Li Jing turned his gaze to the east and said with a smile: "When we became sworn brothers, he was our elder brother. Your Majesty was still the King of Qin at that time, so I recommended him to your Majesty at that time. But the eldest brother felt ashamed after seeing your Majesty's demeanor.
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"Later he dispersed all his family wealth, gave a sum of money to a certain and Hongfu, and left alone. At that time, the eldest brother still wanted to compete with all the heroes in the world. When he saw Your Majesty, he knew that only Your Majesty among the heroes in the world could unify the Central Plains.
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"The facts are just as the eldest brother said. His Majesty really unified the Central Plains. You should know what happened next. There is no news from the eldest brother."
Zhang Yang returned to the mountain and heard from his daughter that Hong Fu Nu did not cry or get angry when she learned about the Qiu Bearded Guest. She was just silent, very silent.
The bearded guest has gone to sea, and naturally he does not want to participate in the affairs of the Central Plains anymore. Maybe he will never come back in this life.
Just let the Qiubeard Guest live in history, let him become a story.
Zhang Yang felt that there were endless stories about the Tang Dynasty. There were too many stories about the Tang Dynasty, including the love between sons and daughters, heroes, the changes in Jiangdu, and the overthrow of the world.
The mighty Eighteenth Route Army rebelled against the king, and General Tiance wiped out the Central Plains.
Li Yue sat in the study, and Zhang Yang whispered the story of the three heroes in the dust.
Perhaps the real Three Heroes are different from those in the story, which at least adds one more chapter to the Tang Dynasty story.
Zhang Yang searched for the biography deep in his memory and slowly told the story of the Three Heroes in his memory.
The Hong Fu girl is witty and courageous, while the Qiu bearded man is a free and uninhibited person, like a flying general descending from the sky, carrying strong winds and thunder, coming with lightning speed, making people frightened, and then disappearing into the bright moon and clear breeze.
After Li Yue finished writing the story of the Three Heroes, Zhang Yang still had a hope in his heart. Did Zhang Xingsan, the bearded man, really become the king of a certain place? If so, would he come to the Tang Dynasty to congratulate him?
The story was sent to Lishan, and Li Jing and Hongfu Nu had no words to say when they saw the story.
However, Li Shimin was a little unhappy. He was sitting in the Manlu Hall reviewing memorials. At this time, he was distracted and finished reading the story. He said solemnly: "The style of chivalry is not good for governing the people. He actually..."
After another look, Li Shimin actually liked this story very much. The story of the Three Fengchen Heroes is very touching, with the heroes becoming loyal and high-spirited.
Even my image in the story is so positive. When the bearded guest saw me, he realized that I was not generous enough, so he lost his ambition to fight for hegemony and left freely.
Cen Wenwen said again: "Your Majesty, do you need to order all counties to pay attention to the knight's style?"
Li Shimin put down the story and said: "Well, you also tell Zhang Yang not to write these stories in the future. If he has time, he can help me think of some national policies that are beneficial to the country."
"Here."
Tang Dynasty has a new story.
The story of the Three Fengchen Heroes was circulated among the people. After An Yanyan told Songtsan Gampo, he asked: "What does Zangtsen Gampo think of this story?"
Songtsen Gampo said with emotion: "Good stories. The Tang people have touching stories, but the Tubo people don't."
Anyan clicked his tongue and said: "There is a story about Zanpu in Tubo."
"The story of Tubo is trivial." Songtsan Gampo looked around, and people were talking about the Three Fengchen Heroes, and said: "You see, although the bearded man has disappeared, he will always live in the story. People like the Tang people more.
The stories are all touching, and Zhang Yang is a very good storyteller. His Red Mansion, Liaozhai, and White Snake are enough to be passed down to the world."
"From now on, no one will look for the Qiu bearded guest anymore, because he is already in the stories of the Tang Dynasty."
Anyan Yan took a sip of wine, and saw the helplessness and loneliness of this Zamp in his eyes.
Songtsen Gampo felt a deep sense of powerlessness facing the Tang Dynasty, whether facing the current Tian Khan or the Marquis of Lishan County.
His life ended long before he entered Chang'an.
What is living in Chang'an City now is just a shell.
Anyanyan added: "The people of the Tang Dynasty have endless stories to tell. These stories will spread. If the county princes intend to do so, these stories will also spread to Tubo. From now on, the Tubo people will tell the stories of the Tang people."
"The Tubo people also want to become Tang people, and the Tubo people will gradually lose their stories, and killing people is just that."
Songtsengan preached: "Did he really do this?"
An Yanyan said puzzledly: "Don't you know? The Red Mansion and Liaozhai have been spread to Tubo for a long time. Today's Tubo children like these stories very much. Although the Tubo Protector's Palace of the Ministry of Rites was only built a year ago, the people of the Ministry of Rites are still in Tubo.
For several years."
"Does Zampu think that those in the Ministry of Rites raise cattle with you Tubo people all day long? This is too underestimated of them."
Songtsen Gampo closed his eyes and whispered: "He has always killed people without showing blood."
An Yanyan shook his head and said: "Don't blame the county princes. You Tubo lacks written books. The fewer books and texts, the fewer stories there are. And the stories of the Tang Dynasty can make up for the vacancy in Tubo."
"What will happen if Zanpu is still unwilling? You can't change anything. Zanpu has already done what he should do. He unified all the tribes of Tubo and became famous in the world by fighting against the Tang Dynasty."
"What will happen to Tibet in the future is a matter for future generations. Zanpu has done enough."
Songtsan Gampo stood up, drank all the wine in the bowl, and said with a silly smile: "Why did Tubo encounter such a Tang Dynasty? Is it really blessed by God?"
Tubo and Tang Dynasty had been entangled for five years. The battle of Liangzhou lasted for one year, and Tubo was defeated. Later, Lu Dongzan entered the Tang Dynasty to negotiate for another year.
Another year later, Tibet surrendered.
Anyanyan advised: "Zanpu, you are in too deep, it's time to come out."
In the late autumn night, the wind was very strong tonight, and the north wind was howling. A carriage drove slowly and stopped at the entrance of the village of Lishan.