The cry of elephants appeared in the wasteland of Lingnan. One hundred and twenty elephants were slowly marching on the wasteland with heavy loads on their backs. The wasteland was full of frightened pheasants and various small animals.
The thick-skinned elephants simply ignored the thorn forests and bushes. The four elephants and sixteen thick soles of their feet stepped on them. After the soft land was stepped on by the elephants behind them, it turned into
A road more than one foot wide that can barely pass traffic.
The elephant was followed by 300 Guangnan soldiers. They held shovels in their hands and quickly filled in the potholes that the elephant had not stepped on. These soft lands were then trampled by the horse hooves of Wu Shengjun's cavalry.
It has solid land. Although it cannot be compared with the official road, it is very suitable as a one-time pass.
Wen Yanbo and Yun Zheng lay lazily in the small attic on the backs of elephants, looking around at the intoxicating scenery of Lingnan. The two of them had argued all the way out of Liuzhou, and when they arrived in the hinterland of Lingnan, they no longer had the interest to quarrel.
The fifth lunar month is the time when lychees are ripe, so the small table between the two of them was filled with lychees.
Wen Yanbo peeled off a lychee, admired the silvery-white lychee flesh in front of him, and exclaimed: "It is indeed the best fruit in Lingnan. No wonder there was an allusion about the laughter of the concubine in the mortal world. I can't deceive the ancients."
Yun Zheng threw away the lychee shell in his hand and laughed: "I eat three hundred lychees every day, and I have grown up as a Lingnan native. Mr. Kuanfu, this is a treasure land. Why do people in the court always think this is a barbaric land?"
, and are unwilling to come here. Even those who have been demoted will seek death and survival when they come here. I really don’t know what they think.
We have agreed that if I make a mistake, just remember to demote me to Lingnan and don’t move me to another place."
Wen Yanbo did not argue with Yun Zheng. He realized that he would probably lose in the argument with Yun Zheng, so he pointed at the elephant in front of him and said: "Didn't it say that transporting 60 war elephants to Kyoto would be enough? Why?
Will the number double? These animals have a large appetite, so you are not worried about not being able to raise them? Do you still expect the government to help you raise elephants?
During the Qingli period, Dali presented an elephant as tribute to His Majesty, but His Majesty reprimanded him for wasting his life and wasting money. He was slaughtered by the Dali envoy before he arrived in Tokyo. If you want to use the elephant to please the officials, this is a wrong idea.
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Yun Zheng spit out a lychee core and said: "How can we get back to Tokyo without elephants? Damn it, there isn't even a better road in Lingnan. If we don't open up a branch road to the Meiling Ancient Road, we can't keep up with the imperial court by going around in circles."
Compare."
As long as anyone has been with Yun Zheng for a long time, they will contract some problems that they shouldn't have. For example, Wen Yanbo is like this now, lying lazily on a soft chair and spitting out a lychee core with just one mouthful. Such an image used to be
It would not appear in the stereotypical Wen Yanbo at all, but it is really uncomfortable to sit upright on the back of an elephant. The elephant walks very bumpyly, and it will not take long to make people feel dizzy. There is no way.
Follow Yun Zheng's example and lie down on the soft chair. The soft chair will sway with the steps of the elephant. As long as you adapt to the frequency of this swing, it will be very comfortable to sit in it.
"Although your Marquis Wenxin's mansion outside Zhuque Gate is not small, I'm afraid it won't be possible to put one hundred and twenty elephants in it."
"You said my home is in the alley outside Zhuquemen? This is too much. I heard that the street is full of brothels! You are harming me. You are young and full of vitality, and you deliberately put
I arranged it there, right?"
"Hi! The streets outside Zhuquemen are not just brothels, wheat straw alleys, and the Zhuangyuan Building are there. Your home is to the south of Longjin Bridge, together with the Imperial College and the Imperial College, and to the east is Liu Lian's house. It is considered the center of Tokyo.
One of the best places. Oh, by the way, the house your Majesty gave to Di Qing is right next door to you. The two families are separated by a wall. This time, your Majesty has spent a lot of money. You must know that the place where King Pu wants to come and give it to the emperor's stepson.
Even His Majesty Zhao Zongshi didn’t agree, so this time it’s easier for you and Di Qing.”
"I've always wanted to ask one thing. Please don't fool me. For the sake of helping you transport money, you must tell the truth."
Wen Yanbo glanced sideways at Yun Zheng and said, "Tell me what you're talking about!"
Yun Zheng squinted his eyes and asked: "I have always wanted to know why the Song Dynasty's schools were built next to brothels no matter where they were? Think about it, those students were reviewing their lessons while thinking about the girls in the brothels today.
Is it convenient? Can this help you learn well? What is the purpose of this? Is it that students should learn to be a human being before they learn?"
Wen Yanbo's eyes were confused, and he couldn't figure it out. Yun Zheng was right. The schools in the Song Dynasty were usually very close to the brothels, and it was impossible to say which one existed first. Yingtianfu's school was by the Qinhuai River, in Tokyo.
The Imperial Academy went to a brothel on Zhuque Street, the academy of Daming Mansion...
"How did you think of it? I found that you think differently from everyone else. You can always see some problems that we all ignore. For example, you can find the relationship between the academy and the brothel, and you can also find that elephants can be used
Come and clear the way, how did you come up with the idea?"
Wen Yanbo sat up and asked Yun Zheng.
Yun Zheng said lazily; "It's very simple. As long as you look at something from a different angle, you will find that different angles will give you different perceptions. However, the elephant opening a path does not count. He has never
It has existed since ancient times.
There are no roads in the world, but when there are more people walking on them, they become roads. This is the truth. We can go back ten thousand years. At that time, there were almost no ready-made roads on the earth. Even if there were roads, they were made by wild beasts.
Since beasts could trample a road ten thousand years ago, why can't they trample it now?
Now that we have shovels and tamping hammers in our hands, we have forgotten how the earliest roads appeared. This is not progress, but a regression. Whichever method saves money and labor is the best method."
Wen Yanbo lay down again and cupped his hands and said, "I've been taught a lesson."
Yun Zheng sighed and said: "Di Qing has spent a lot of money this time. He insists on dragging me into misfortune. What does this mean?"
Wen Yanbo laughed loudly, patted his thigh and said: "What a Yun Changsheng, you live up to your reputation for intelligence. I just told you that you and Di Qing were neighbors, and I immediately knew the cause and effect of the reward for the house. This is just one of them. I
He also said the second thing, can you guess it?"
Yun Zheng glanced at Wen Yanbo and said: "Di Qing knows that this time he will definitely reach the pinnacle of military ministers and will definitely become a target for literati. In order to save himself from receiving a few cold arrows on his butt, he begged your majesty to put me and
He put them together, and His Majesty agreed because of his hard work and merits. This should be the case.
You also mentioned two other people, one was King Pu, and the other was Zhao Zongshi, who had a good chance of becoming the emperor's stepson. You also said that King Pu wanted the house in my family very much, so you went along with the flow and encouraged His Majesty to give that house to me.
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There must be your idea in this, otherwise you, the three ministers and ministers, would not care about His Majesty's reward for the house. You have found an enemy for me before I even arrived in the capital. My enemy really thinks highly of me.
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Wen Yanbo smiled happily, like a fox that had caught a chicken, clapped his hands and said: "I want you to help Di Qing disperse the impeachment. This is a small favor given by His Majesty to pity Di Qing and give to the old minister. As for Zhao Zongshi and King Pu, they said
To be honest, we have no shame in fighting with others. The year before last, we all thought that His Majesty would not have any more dragon sons, so we all wrote to ask Your Majesty to accept Zhao Zongshi, the son of King Pu, as the emperor's stepson. To tell you the truth, I am also involved in this matter.
Now that His Majesty has his own flesh and blood, it is naturally impossible for him to ask for any more imperial stepsons. Therefore, King Pu and Zhao Zongshi were hung in the air. They were very dissatisfied and began to make trouble in the court. We are ashamed to be in trouble with others. After all, they are now
The status of being neither above nor below is the result of our encouragement.
After you arrive in the capital, it will be easy to handle. You have nothing to do with King Pu or Zhao Zongshi. There is no psychological burden on you to deal with him. In addition, you already had grudges with Zhao Zongshi and King Pu when you were suppressing bandits in Luzhou.
Now, you are a capable person, if you don’t go to top the tank, who will?”
"You can't imagine this kind of one-chicken-three-eating method! Prince Pu and Zhao Zongshi are both royal families, and they are followed by a lot of princes and princesses. Which one is easy to mess with? I just came to Beijing and I didn't have a clue.
If you figure it out, you won't be afraid of killing me alive?"
Yun Zheng said he was aggrieved, but his face showed a calm expression. He was just complaining. Who wouldn't do that?
Wen Yanbo stood up and leaned close to Yun Zheng's head and said: "Judging from your experience in Xixia, you are very suitable to be a sycophant. You don't need to belittle yourself. From Pang Gong to Han Qi to Fu Bi Lao Bao and finally to me, during our time
I’m just studying you, and to be honest Di Qing doesn’t even have the qualifications.”
Wen Yanbo raised his thumb and continued: "It is indeed remarkable. He has a thick skin and a dark heart. He only takes advantage and does not suffer any losses. He is good at leveraging others' strength. There is no trace of the antelope's horns.
When you lower your head and act like a child, you are impeccable; when you raise your head and show off your power, you are like a tiger roaring and all the beasts trembling on the hills.
From the time you appeared penniless on the construction site of Dousha County until you led the army to watch the eagles, Pang Gong claimed that looking at your resume in the winter made him soaked with sweat.
Di Qing can be the best commander, but if he is in the court, he will only be drowned alive by those horrible saliva.
You are different. You are like a greased ball. You can be a clerk, an official in the Ministry of Works, a famous mathematician, or a commander in charge of an army. After looking at your account books of Wu Shengjun, I think you are responsible for the job.
The three envoys I currently serve are more than enough. Zeng Gongliang also said that you can be a general who will serve as a prisoner.
Others can make a living and even prosper by being good at one thing, but you can do everything. Zhang Fangping even said that you are the best cook in the world. This is unreasonable. What do you plan to do after entering Beijing?"