Chapter 499: The World's Extravagant, Small Town Events (Part 2)
This meeting at the Right Prime Minister's Mansion did not last too long. Many things have been discussed before, and they are just mentioned again today. The only new topic is that the Prime Minister's Mansion will hold a banquet for guests and friends in three days to celebrate the North.
Great victory.
After chatting with Qin Siyuan, Yao Zunian, Jueming and others for a while, when he came out of the courtyard, Ning Yi didn't have much joy in his face. After being happy for this great victory of Medical Master Guo, new questions came to him.
It has been suppressed, and the tension between the north and the south has become tighter and tighter.
After the Northern Expedition began, Qin Siyuan was mostly responsible for domestic affairs. However, the Secret Investigation Department still played a huge role in the development of the north. One of them was the matter of Pingzhou Zhizhou Zhang Jue, who was originally a general of the Liao Kingdom.
, after the Jurchens came, they lowered the money due to the complete defeat of the Liao Kingdom. However, there was a member of the Secret Investigation Department among Zhang Jue's staff. After discovering that Zhang Jue had the intention to surrender to the Wu Dynasty, he has been promoting the matter.
Pingzhou has an important position among the sixteen states, and Zhang Jue also has tens of thousands of troops under his command. If it can be accomplished, it will be a great achievement.
But before that, the war situation in the north was corrupt, and the Jin people had always been strong. Although the emperor Zhou Zhe was angry at the Jin people for not returning the sixteen states, and had already said that he would be tougher, Qin Siyuan did not dare to provoke easily.
.After Guo Yaoshi’s victory, I feel somewhat confident.
From what the public has seen before, the Wu Dynasty seems to be a bit naive and full of mistakes in dealing with the situation in Jin and Liao. But now that Ning Yi is in his current position, he can understand that if he wants to accuse the Wu Dynasty of being responsible for some possible problems,
It is unfair to be unprepared for the catastrophic consequences. In the past few years, on the one hand, the Northern Expedition has been promoted, and on the other hand, everyone has also been actively expanding the defense of the rear, including a large-scale increase in border defense forces. Knowing that they cannot fight,
Just try your best to absorb the surrendered people from the Liao Kingdom, give them preferential treatment, form corps, ensure logistics... and so on.
Whether it is Tong Guan, Cai Jing, Li Gang, the emperor, including Tan Zhen, who is likely to take over Tong Guan's position recently, most of the high-ranking officials in the court are not fools. Even if the possibility of Jin people invading the south is extremely high
Low. They themselves also understand the necessity of strengthening the rear defense. Especially for people like Tong Guan. The corruption of the Northern Expedition also made them actively promote and cooperate with this kind of thing.
The Jin people's military strength was not large. After occupying the land of the Liao Kingdom, even if they were really crazy, they chose to go south. Starting from Guo Yaoshi and others north of Yanmen Pass, all the way to the south of Yanmen Pass, from Taiyuan to the bank of the Yellow River.
Thousands of miles deep and hundreds of thousands of troops - even if there are many shoddy projects - are enough to defeat the Jin people.
There are many people in the Prime Minister's Office who have this self-awareness. Originally, Cheng Zhouhai, Wang Shanyue and others were loyal promoters of the "Jin Kingdom Threat Theory", but now, even Ning Yi cannot
If you keep talking about things all day long, at least everyone is doing something. Even if some things are done a bit too badly, just for the sake of face or political performance, the most that the Right Prime Minister's Office can do is to try to make things right.
Take a look - this has nothing to do with right or wrong, it's just that you are in the middle of the game and can only do this.
But no matter what, Ning Yi still felt a little worried in his heart.
The trajectories of the Wu Dynasty and the Song Dynasty were similar, but before that, he did not pay much attention to the real history. This was all related to his extremely pragmatic character in his previous life.
For him, the so-called history has something in common with stories, but because history actually happened, it is more convincing to others. But in the final analysis, history or stories, what is really useful is the content it contains.
Lessons are a process that relies on the predecessors and reflects on oneself. However, in the impetuous society of later generations, there are many people who have no ability to discern and think. They sometimes are convinced by the so-called historical truth, but never take any truth as the basis.
Most people only use the truth to compare themselves with others and gain some sense of superiority, but never find that their actions are consistent with many stupid things in history.
When people laugh at the stupidity of their predecessors and denounce the cruelty of the enemy, but never reflect on themselves, never see their own stupidity and insensitivity, and even break the rules and undermine the country's behavior, these true histories
, becomes worthless. If this historical truth also gives people a sense of superiority of "I know a lot" so that they can mock others, then for society, the significance of this authenticity is actually a
A negative value.
Because of this understanding, Ning Yi has extreme contempt for the authenticity of history. He has always believed that pursuing the authenticity of history is not as good as pursuing the educational significance of fables. At least fables can clearly tell readers that this is right and that is wrong.
. But because of this habit, it is now difficult for him to confirm the development of the entire situation. It is really hard to say whether the Song Dynasty had Jingkang Shame, but whether the Wu Dynasty would have it.
Of course, at the moment, recruiting and surrendering Zhang Jue is of course a good move to increase one's own strength, and there is no need to think too much about it. As for the food price issue in the disaster-stricken areas, which is considered extremely difficult by everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Ning Yi certainly does not mean to take it lightly.
But having started preparations more than a month ago, Ning Yi didn't plan to care too much about the specific details of this matter.
Because...many people will starve to death here...
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In the summer of the 11th year of Jinghan's reign, floods and droughts struck the Wu Dynasty. More than 20 prefectures and counties in Jingzhao, Hedong, Hebei, and Jinghu were affected to varying degrees. Due to the effective disaster relief provided by the imperial court, the number of people who died directly from the disaster was far away.
It is less than in previous years. Also because there are too many survivors, the hidden danger of soaring food prices in the disaster-stricken areas and the states and counties adjacent to the disaster-stricken areas has begun to brew.
This phenomenon is concentrated in several areas in the north and south. In the north, Jingzhaofu Road and Hedong Road - which are later Shaanxi, Shanxi and other areas - are the most serious. In the south, such problems appear in the Jinghu area.
The border area was originally a grain-producing land, but due to the overlap of flood and drought problems, it has caused greater panic. However, for the time being, the situation of people starving to death is not as serious as that in the north.
At this time, the Right Prime Minister's Office was still trying its best to mobilize food and maintain the distribution of basic rations for disaster relief. However, the increase in food prices on the market will only cause more and more people to join the ranks of disaster victims. Now, in order to ensure the Northern Expedition, the Wu Dynasty can use all the reserves
With limited food and layers of greedy diversions, it is basically unrealistic to maintain the situation until next year.
Theoretically speaking, what the court can do when encountering such a thing is to strictly regulate food prices, kill a group of officials, and then kill a group of businessmen. But this time, the scope of the impact is too wide. The people involved are also
There are simply too many.
The Zuo family, led by the great scholar Zuo Duanyou, was involved; the Cai family, headed by Cai Jing, was involved; the Han family in Jingnan, who were royal in-laws and relatives of the Queen Mother; the Qi family in Henan Prefecture, a scholarly family for generations
The head of the family, Qi Yan, was a great scholar of the time. He had close friendships with many officials in the capital. He was on good terms with Li Gang and Geng Nanzhong. He also had close friendships with the Western Military Division.
These are just some of the forces that can be seen through casual investigation. In fact, the complicated relationships and the drive of interests mean that many things cannot be solved with determination. Even if Li Gang nods, Qi Yan nods, or even
Cai Jing nodded and suppressed the price of grain. Once the low-priced grain arrives on the market, it will dry up instantly like water in the sand. Because those who participate in grain harvesting are often not just these big households, but also every ordinary person who is shrouded in panic.
common people.
Basically, at this time when productivity is not developed, every natural disaster is a process of new noble fortunes and land annexation. On my side, there are indeed some countermeasures at the moment, and the Right Prime Minister's Office has naturally come up with them.
Although we have made determination, some people at the bottom will still die. Those who have a little bit of family property and land will inevitably sell their land, children and daughters. The only difference is that if measures are taken properly, there will be fewer such people.
As Ning Yi, he can accept all kinds of darkness in the world and all kinds of dead people. But as a person from later generations, it is difficult for him to watch with his own eyes the process of two women and children being starved to death. Therefore,
Whether he was hypocritical or out of sight, when it came to this kind of thing, he would rather sit in the capital and deal with everything as numbers.
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The carriage came out from the side door of the Prime Minister's Mansion. There were not many pedestrians on the road called Wenyuan Street. It was still afternoon, and the leaves on the street were melting in the golden light. Two children ran past the street.
After looking away from the window, Ning Yi took a charcoal pen and revised and wrote on a book in his hand. The carriage moved forward, and the wheels occasionally ran over fallen leaves, making a rustling sound. Occasionally, pedestrians passed by on the road. The carriage drove for a while,
Instead, I heard voices coming this way: "...What do you know? What a courtesan. Let me tell you, Xiaozhufang is the most boring place, and Fanlou is not interesting either. I...ah? Huh! What are you doing?"
Why are you blocking my way! Do you know... What are you doing? If I go this way, you can go this way. Are you looking for trouble? Zhu Ji is amazing——"
Following the arrogant words, the carriage stopped. There were three carriages going out on Ning Yi's side. He sat in the middle one. When he heard the voice, he knew who was coming. After the carriage stopped,
He sat there and finished writing the last few words, and then stood up and opened the car curtain. Sure enough, he saw the road in front of him, with his hands on his hips, blocking the way. It was Huahua Taisui Gao Mu'en. Following him, there were still a bunch of dandies from the capital, but these
There were quite a few officials in his family, and as a businessman, Ning Yi was theoretically untouchable. He put a smile on his face and greeted him with his hands.
"It's true that the flood has washed away the Dragon King Temple, Gao Yanei, gentlemen, what a coincidence, we meet again. It's because the people on my side are ignorant, why don't you pull the carriage aside!" Ning Yi shouted at the man driving the carriage ahead,
Then he smiled and said, "Where are you gentlemen going to play?"
Ning Yi smiled warmly, but he didn't look like someone who was easy to bully. Seeing that it was him who appeared, Gao Muen's eyes changed, but then he raised his chest higher: "It's none of your business! Don't worry about it.
Stop worrying about my affairs! What are you doing, coming so close! Come and hit me if you dare! Don’t think that I’m afraid of you just because you killed Lu Qian!”
"Gao Yanei, I have already said that this is a misunderstanding. Let's not mention that I know nothing about Lu Yuhou's affairs. Even if there is such a thing, with Lu Yuhou's martial arts, I am no match for you. Look, this is so fast.
It's been a year... If Yanei is still angry about the little misunderstanding, I'll have dozens of tables of drinks at Zhuji tonight and apologize to Yanei in person, okay?"
When Ning Yi said this, the people behind Gao Mu'en started to boo, but Gao Mu'en paused in his chest and didn't know what he thought of: "Huh! Fake good intentions! Forget it! Let me tell you, I, Gao Mu'en, are at odds with you. Take care of your subordinates from now on.
People! Huh... blocking the road!"
After saying this, Gao Muen led the people around him and strode past Ning Yi. One or two people even said to Ning Yi: "Wait!" "Be careful!" Ning Yi smiled and handed over his hand.
nod.
In fact, the grudge between the two parties has lasted for a year. In the first half of this year, when Ning Yi expanded the bamboo record, it became more intense. Gao Yanei first hired gangsters to destroy the scene, and then met the Secret Investigation Department.
After getting involved, he teamed up with some people to set up a restaurant to compete with Zhuji for business. Then he also tried to give Zhuji some color through official circles. However, such things were blocked in the end.
The Kaifeng Mansion cannot afford to offend the Youxiang Mansion, nor does it dare to offend Gao Muen. There are too many things going on, and all kinds of complaints will inevitably spread to Gao Qiu. Officialdom, shopping malls, and literary people all go to Gao Qiu.
Bian responded, hoping that he would control his son and not go too far. Although Gao Qiu is a jester, this kind of enemy-making thing also pays attention to input and output. The other party is more relevant. But after all, he is just a businessman, and his son's nonsense cannot be dealt with.
The other party showed that there was no need for too much entanglement. So Gao Muen scolded him a few more times. In this way, every time Gao Muen made a move, it was like being hit with a ball of cotton. He invested in business and lost money. In the end, he had to give up.
Done.
Of course, giving up on action does not mean that the breath in the heart must be swallowed. After several encounters, there will be a few quarrels. It’s just that Ning Yi’s business is getting bigger and bigger, including Gao Qiu’s attempt to get him to stop.
Several things revealed made Gao Muen feel a little short of breath. After separating from Ning Yi at this time, a dude next to him said: "Since Brother Gao can't stand that kid, let's beat him up, even if he is
It doesn’t matter, let’s just give him a beating this time! He can only complain afterward, right! I don’t believe that the people around him dare to fight back——"
This dude's family is also from the officialdom, and what he said is actually very reasonable. Their family is all from the officialdom, and no matter how many connections the other party has, he is still a businessman. If his group of people swarmed up and beat the other party up, the consequences would be the worst.
He also apologized to others. Unfortunately, as soon as he finished speaking, Gao Muen picked him up and slapped him on the back of the head.
"Hit your sister! Beat your sister! Beat your sister! I won't beat you if you can! You don't have to say it! Do you know that Zhou Tong didn't even kill him? Do you know that both Si Kongnan and Lin Zongwu were bullied by him?
!You bastard! Do you know who Zhou Tong is! Do you know who Si Kongnan and Lin Zongwu are! They are more powerful than Lin Chong - fuck you! That guy looks gentle and gentle, but he is actually a madman. He
If he suddenly gets angry, do you think me and I...these three-legged cat kung fu bastards around me can stop him!" At this point, he flew up and kicked the man, but this kick was crooked.
After a little while, the opponent staggered forward, while he took a big step and almost fell down.
"Do you know why I was standing in front of you just now, just to help you block that mad dog! Humph!" Gao Mu'en snorted and patted the clothes on his body, "Please learn from me in the future!"
He said this, but after all, he was a little aggrieved. Lu Qian was also dead, and no one could play with him so happily. There were a few guys around him who were so messed up that they couldn't believe it. Thinking of this, he suddenly
I feel that the capital has lost a bit of fun, and the autumn colors are becoming more and more desolate...
It was impossible for Ning Yi to think of these things in the other person's mind. After Gao Muen left, he shook his head and smiled. Since the destination was not far away, he stopped getting in the car. He took out the booklet he had just revised from the carriage.
Handed it to Zhu Biao: "I have revised this list of celebrities in the world. You can take it to Wang's house and see how the printing is being prepared. There is no need to rush back in the evening."
When he said this, Zhu Biao couldn't help but smile. After the incident in Dulonggang, Hu Sanniang and Wang Shanyue developed a friendship. After returning to the capital for a while, Wang Shanyue had an affair with some of the dandies in the capital who had already been on bad terms.
During the conflict, the two sides started fighting. In this conflict, Hu Sanniang took action and beat a lot of the opponent's generals to a pulp. Wang Shanyue fought outside for several years, his anger increased greatly, and he also achieved something - he killed the opponent's generals in the fight.
One of the masters, nicknamed the "Eight-Armed Sword King," threw himself on the ground, tore half of the opponent's arm open, and bit off several kilograms of flesh.
After this battle, the master was disabled, and the eight-armed sword king became a one-armed swordsman, but Wang Shanyue also caused a big problem. Qin Siyuan felt that such a character would not continue to develop after all, and he would be criticized if he was left in the capital.
, and asked him to replace a county magistrate in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province. Wang Shanyue's own temperament is literary, but he was overstimulated when he was young and acted a little extreme. Yuyao is the hometown of literary and ink. After he came here,
If his ability to eat people is not used, it can be regarded as a kind of training for him.
Before Wang Shanyue left the capital, she and Hu Sanniang were formally engaged. Mrs. Qian of the Wang family originally hoped that the two would get married like this, and let Hu Sanniang, who was highly skilled in martial arts, accompany her grandson to take office. Wang Shanyue told Hu Sanniang that it was best to return home first.
Dulonggang, to avoid gossip, but Hu Sanniang voluntarily stayed in the Wang family - in fact, this is Wang Shanyue's unexplainable expectation - the Wang family is a female stream, even if there are a few women with strong tempers, they can't compare with others in terms of force.
With the heroine Hu Sanniang sitting in charge, Wang Shanyue can go out with peace of mind.
As for Zhu Biao, he did not like a strong woman like Hu Sanniang. After several interactions with the Wang family, he developed some feelings for Wang Shanyue's ninth sister. The Wang family was happy to see this happen, and Ning Yi was also interested.
After that, he cooperated with the Wang family in papermaking and printing workshops to promote the research of movable type printing. The two parties communicated through Zhu Biao.
At this time, Zhu Biao took the order and left on horseback. Ning Yi had also arrived at the courtyard where Yunzhu and Jin'er lived. At this time, Li Pin felt that he had the air of a noble gentleman, which was also the reason why he was arranged to serve in the courtyard.
Quite a bit, it feels like a hidden beauty in a golden house - but the main effort is still spent on safety. Even Yunzhu and Jin'er are surrounded by two ugly but skilled female knights.
As he walked in, people greeted him. When he passed the two small buildings connected in front and entered the backyard, no one followed him. Behind the courtyard was a small garden composed of rockeries, pavilions, and ponds.
The woman in white was sitting on the edge of the pond, humming the melody of an unknown song softly, holding a book and a brush in her hand, writing something happily.
At this time, the sky was warm and yellow, and a large sycamore tree stretched out its canopy over the pool. The woman sitting by the pool was wearing a white dress, but her long black hair hung down around her waist. She took off her shoes and socks and put them aside.
, her white slender feet gently played with the water surface, matching the music in her mouth, as if her whole body was melting into the warmth of autumn. For a moment, she put the brush in her hand aside, put the book on her lap, and lowered her head.
After turning a page, when Ning Yi walked over and sat down, she subconsciously shrank her slender feet, then she smiled and leaned her body towards Ning Yi.
After a while, she lay on her back on Ning Yi's lap, holding up the book and reading. Ning Yi felt the tranquility of the autumn day, looked around and saw no one around, and put a hand into the other person's chest. The woman
He didn't resist, he just stretched out his hand to cover it gently and continued reading.
"Actually, I think the place is still too small... You said it would be great if there was a lake in front of it..."
Ning Yi looked at the wall at the end of the garden ahead and said.
"I'm already at the lake... It's because Li Hengxin is still calm."
"Really..." Ning Yi pursed his lips, "By the way, where is that living treasure Yuan Jin'er?"
"out."
"oh?"
"Ah... uh..." As if she suddenly realized something, a shy smile suddenly appeared on Yunzhu's face. For a moment, she squinted her eyes, covered her face with the book, and said softly: "No..."
"Is that possible?" Ning Yi laughed in the autumn scenery beside the pond. After a moment, he stood up there holding Yunzhu and walked towards the hut here. Under the white skirt, Yunzhu gently
She curled up the arches of her feet and leaned her face quietly against him.
From the time when the two of them met and got to know each other, to when Yunzhu dedicated her innocent body to him for the first time, and now, this kind of intimacy is not a big deal. After all, in this age, it is really possible to entertain
There are not many things to do...(To be continued...)l