In the Chamber of Internal Affairs, there were only three people, Liang Shicheng, Li Bangyan, and Gao Qiu, in a quiet room.
Wang Fu, who used to like to stick to Liang Shicheng the most, is still fighting with the chieftains in the southwest, and the atmosphere in the room is a bit dull.
"The plan to defeat Yan is an opportunity for us. If we miss this opportunity again, I'm afraid we will always be suppressed by Cai Jing." Liang Shicheng rarely had a ruthless look on his face. He always looked calm and calm.
, even when facing Zhao Ji, he never lost his luster.
Being treated like this now was beyond his expectation. Seven or eight years ago, Liang Shicheng was in the limelight, and his reputation as the hidden prime minister of the Song Dynasty was slowly spreading. Who would have believed that a magistrate and a scholar in Yangzhou could make such a big deal?
He was forced to this point.
"Do you want to say something?" Looking at Gao Qiu, Li Bangyan lowered his head and said nothing like a clay statue of a Bodhisattva, Liang Shicheng punched his thigh angrily and asked.
Gao Qiu was the privy envoy. Although most of his power was divided by Cai Bian, he could still be regarded as an important minister of the Xifu. He sighed and said: "Enfu, if we attack Yan, without the support of Cai Jing and Yang Lin, our chances of winning are not good.
Now Yang Lin controls the Shipping Department and the Northwest Commercial Tax, and Cai Jing controls Yan Yin and Tea Yin. Together, they use different methods to get the money into the yamen they control. Except for the inner government of the officials, the rest is just
Open maintenance expenses.
Let’s talk about the army. The Forbidden Army’s attack on the Liao Dynasty was probably too weak. Don’t look at the Liao people who lost troops and generals in the Northeast. In the past few years, there was a war in Hebei. They attacked Shandong in one fell swoop and plundered before leaving. The Forbidden Army was no match for them.
Tong Guan's victorious army was outnumbered, and only the Western Army was worthy of a fight. Now Yang Lin held it in his hands and sent it to Songjiang. Even if it was ordered by the Xifu, it would not be as good as Yang Lin's secret letter.
use.
If we rush to attack Yan at this time, if we fail, the officials will definitely not give us mercy."
Li Bangyan quickly agreed: "What Captain Gao said makes sense. We must take a long-term approach to deal with Cai Jing."
After a long while, Liang Shicheng sighed and said, "What is Yang Lin doing?"
Li Bangyan happened to hear some news and replied: "Then Yang Lin takes a few students and a group of idle people to wander around every day."
"I'm tired, you all should go out."
The two people stood up and slowly exited the house. After going out, Gao Qiu and Li Bangyan looked at each other and turned around to leave with a tacit understanding.
Both of them knew very well that Liang Shicheng, the most powerful hidden minister in the Song Dynasty, was no longer in glory.
Relying on his huge foundation, he can still survive for a while, but in a few years, this boundless power will be divided up by Cai Jing and Yang Lin sooner or later——
In the courtyard of Zhaodefang, Yang Lin pretended to be a teacher and scolded several apprentices with his hands behind his back.
After running around for the past few days, Yang Lin took them into various workshops to see how the daily expenses for food, clothing, housing and transportation were spent.
"It is not advisable to study hard and study hard. After New Year's Day, I will take you to the fields to see how farmers plant crops. Each of you is not diligent in all aspects of your body and cannot separate the grains. You cannot walk.
After just a few steps, I started complaining incessantly.
In the beginning, none of the saints were learned by sitting at home and studying. Saint Kong traveled around the world. If you have a body like yours, you will be exhausted halfway."
The five disciples looked at their mentor eagerly and couldn't understand why he didn't blush or breath all day long.
Dark clouds piled up in the gloomy sky, and soon heavy snow suddenly fell. Yang Lin took them to his study.
Wu Min, Yu Wenxuzhong, Yuan Tingzhi, and Ma Kuo, who were still half-dead, suddenly had their eyes lit up.
"Teacher! Is this an official's handwriting? Junyi, Junyi."
Ma Kuai stared and screamed: "The prince's original handwriting?! This is the handwriting of the calligrapher."
Only Cai Sui is knowledgeable, and his father Cai Jing's collection is no less than here.
Yang Lin raised his eyebrows, patted the table and said, "Shut up."
The four people looked at each other and sat down in separate seats.
Yang Lin continued to teach: "Everything in the world is knowledgeable. You will be officials in the future and want to benefit the people, but you don't know anything. Talking about benevolence, righteousness and morality may not make the thieves in the government stop; a beautiful article can also
It is not enough for the people to fill their stomachs. Keeping your eyes low and raising your hands is the essence of our knowledge."
Among these students, although Cai Sui is Cai Jing's son, he has no airs and gets along quite harmoniously with his senior brothers. He ignored his father and came to be Yang Lin's student, but he saw some of Yang Shaozai's relationship with him.
Different.
Yu Wenxu admired Yang Lin the most because he really regarded him as his teacher and worked hard to accept the teachings of his mentor.
As for Ma Kuo, this kid is very sneaky and likes to think. He will think about and record every word Yang Lin says, and then study and ponder it by himself.
Yuan Tingzhi, like Wu Min, came from a poor family. From the academy in his hometown, he heard articles and poems praising Yang Lin everywhere. They admired their teacher very much, but they could not accept some of his teachings.
But in this era, since you recognize your master, you must be obedient and study hard.
Yang Lin squinted his eyes and looked around, nodding secretly in his heart. These people are his first disciples. They must teach them well. They will go out to recruit his disciples in the future.
They are not idiots. They take out their precious time, teach them sincerely for a period of time, and then put them into officialdom.
To this lifeless and stagnant bureaucracy of the Song Dynasty, throw in a few aliens to stir up this stagnant water.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside, and Lu Qian shouted directly from outside: "Young Master, news just came that something big happened to the Khitans in Huanglong Mansion!"
Yang Lin's heart tightened, and several of his disciples also pricked their ears. It was the first time they heard about such a major military event, which made them feel excited to participate in the important events of the country.
Lu Qian pushed the door open and came in. He crossed his hands and said, "Young Master, the Bohai people in the northeast have rebelled against the Liao Dynasty. They have no less than 40,000 soldiers and horses. They have defected to the Jurchens. The Jin Kingdom has become even more powerful."
Yang Lin slapped his forehead, rubbed his eyebrows, and sighed secretly.
This was expected, but it still made him a little discouraged. Seeing the Jurchen Tatars rising step by step, he could not cause any obstacles.
The Bohai people and the Jurchens are both ancient Mohe people. It is not surprising that they defected to the Jurchens. The Bohai country was very powerful at the time.
Starting from the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Bohai State lasted for 229 years, and its agriculture, animal husbandry, fishing and hunting industries were prosperous.
Even handicraft industries including textiles, smelting, gold, silver, copper and iron processing, porcelain making, and shipbuilding are also very developed.
More importantly, their navigation skills were superb. Chinese characters were the common writing language of Bohai Kingdom. Bohai Kingdom had a strong academic atmosphere and made great achievements in literature, art, painting, and sculpture. It became a prosperous country in the east of the sea in the eyes of the Central Plains people.
The iron smelting of the Jurchen Tatars was actually no worse than that of the Central Plains, and even exceeded it in some aspects, with the shadow of the Bohai Kingdom.
Like many powerful countries, the Bohai Kingdom, which was prosperous for a while, fell due to civil strife.
Yelu Abaoji took advantage of the ongoing civil war in the Bohai Sea to launch an army to attack the Bohai Sea. Within a few days, he captured the king of Bohai Sea.
After the fall of the Bohai Kingdom, Yelu Abaoji made his son the king and changed the name of Bohai to Dongdan. Fifty-seven years later, the title of Dongdan was abolished, and the territory of Dongdan returned to the Liao Dynasty, integrating with the huge Khitan.
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Now their little brother Jurchen is so powerful that he defeated the Khitans and abandoned their armor, and established the second dynasty of the Mohe nation, the Jin Dynasty.
The Bohai people, who had had enough of the Khitan's high-pressure policies, happily revolted against the Liao Dynasty, making the Jin Kingdom more powerful.