Of course, the Jizhou family is not stupid. Keeping the land at this time is equivalent to telling others that the landlords still have surplus food. The court can let you go this time, but if it fails to save it next time, it will attack you.
Therefore, the Jizhou family decisively sold off their land. The talented members of the family continued their studies and waited for the next year's scientific examination, while those who were less able to study went directly to business.
These days, only when you have money in your hands and culture in your belly can you truly have the confidence to speak.
Li Xingchen looked at the report about the Jizhou family and smiled.
At this time, Li Xingchen was on the dragon boat in Baigou.
Of course, the easiest way to get to Luoyang from Yecheng is to go south to Baigou and then transfer to a boat all the way to Mengjin. At present, the only river outside Yecheng is Zhangshui on the north side. In ten years, from Yecheng To go to Luoyang, there is no need for such laborious water and land transportation, a canal is enough.
Passing Baigou again, looking at the green grass outside the window, people have even begun to plow the soil in the fields in the distance - this area used to be a battlefield, and spring plowing is naturally out of the question. Today, other places have also begun plowing. It’s too late to harvest and cultivate here, so we just turn over the soil and wait for next year.
Of course, those who are digging the soil and waiting for the coming year are actually only some of the refugees who have returned to their homes on the north and south sides of Baigou. There are also many people who see that this year's spring plowing can't catch up, and they may be hungry in the next year, so they gather more at home. With little savings left, and support from the local government, he embarked on the road of doing business and opening workshops.
Many years later, the Jizhou merchant gang was second only to the merchants from Jiangnan, Bashu and other places in the Han Dynasty, and they were exceptionally united. The fundamental reason why they are where they are today is because they were united as one to overcome the difficulties.
The place where Li Xingchen once led his army across Baigou has been transformed into a wharf, where goods from the south to the north gather. The pontoon bridges originally used to cross the river have been transformed into bridge decks that can be directly raised and lowered. For upstream and downstream vessel traffic.
Except for a huge stone tablet and tomb on the side of the pier and a section of rampart deliberately preserved by the imperial court to inform people that a cruel war had taken place here, all other traces of the battle have been erased from the surface.
Yuan Lexhang and Yu Chizhen both passed through here with the army. Although they did not see the brutal fighting on the front line, the blood stains and scattered weapons left a deep impression on them. Looking back now, we can see that there are trees of ship masts, many houses have appeared on both sides of the bank, and even fences have appeared in the distance to show that this is indeed a dock and a town, rather than a wilderness.
Are there any traces of war here?
"The grass on the Lili Plain grows wither and withers every year. The wildfires never burn it out, but the spring breeze blows and grows again." Li Xingchen murmured, "The troubled times are over, and the days of wandering are also over. The people can go home and do their own thing. , this former battlefield has become full of life."
Yuan Lexhang recalled the poem that Li Xingchen simply said casually, and couldn't help but sigh: "Your Majesty's words are concise and concise, without gorgeous words, but they can contain profound principles of life. I admire you."
Next to her, Yu Chizhen had also polished her ink and wrote down the poem Li Xingchen had just written: "These four lines of the poem are so catchy that I have memorized them after listening to them once."
Li Xingchen felt a little ashamed.
Bai Letian, you sir have a lot, I hope you won’t argue with me.
I am not saying that this is leading the construction of a social atmosphere for an era. It is actually similar to your New Yuefu Movement.
"Immediately make a copy of this poem and submit it to various newspapers and periodicals." Yuan Lexhang ordered, and immediately asked Li Xinchen, "Your Majesty, would you like to put your name on it."
"There is no need for this..." Li Xingchen originally wanted to say that it was not necessary, but then he thought about it and said with a smile, "Then hang it up. In addition, under this poem, I will use my name to collect people from all over the world to praise peace.
With the new style of poetry, I will compile a collection of poems at that time to correct the poetry style in the world."
Yuan Lexhang's beautiful eyes were filled with splendor: "Your Majesty, what a great plan!"
In the eyes of later generations, poetry may be just something that literati shook their heads and recited, but from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, poetry was an important carrier for expressing one's thoughts and emotions and even for expressing opinions and communicating with each other. Poetry quotes from classics, and naturally expresses more meanings.
To be subtle, some words that cannot be spoken directly can naturally be expressed with the help of poetry.
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, especially after the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Tang poetry completely got rid of the shackles of palace poetry and became the mainstream of cultural exchanges and communication in society. Tang poetry also left a profound mark in Chinese history, and no one can escape from it.
To analyze the development and changes of people's thoughts and society in the Tang Dynasty through poetry.
Nowadays, the poetry of the Han Dynasty, driven by insightful people such as Xu Ling and Li Xingchen, has gradually got rid of the influence of the palace poetry in the late Southern and Northern Dynasties. However, after all, the poetry of the Southern and Northern Dynasties inherited from the Wei and Jin Dynasties and has been developed for hundreds of years. Many ideas
, especially the pursuit and support of palace-style poetry has been deeply rooted, or in other words, many people have been exposed to palace-style poetry since childhood, so they are naturally more inclined to support palace-style poetry. In addition, Li Xingchen's main energy in these years is certainly not
Put it on this, so there are naturally many disputes between the government and the public as to whether the new style poetry led by His Majesty, Xu Ling and others is more excellent or the previous palace style poetry
.
Especially after Xu Ling's death, new-style poetry gradually took over.
Now that the Northern Expedition is about to begin, Li Xingchen must begin to ideologically strengthen the guidance of the Han people, and poetry is a good starting point. By collecting poetry from the people, it is actually equivalent to mobilizing the enthusiasm of officials and literati all over the world, so that
They all devoted themselves to the writing of new-style poetry, using more realistic poems and songs to reflect the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, which was far beyond what previous dynasties could compare with.
From a fair point of view, Li Xingchen certainly hopes that the social atmosphere of the Han Dynasty can gradually move towards openness, pragmatism, etc., but from a private point of view, Li Xingchen certainly does not want a bunch of literati and poets to not work hard after dinner, but instead
I wrote over and over again some poem about the deep sadness within the palace walls.
There doesn’t seem to be so much resentment in my harem, right?
Even if there is resentment, it is the resentment caused by a group of concubines competing for funds.
Therefore, a group of people all day long think about how the palace walls are deep, and Xiao Lang is just a passerby from now on. How can this society move forward steadily? And how can the majesty of the royal family be defended? Li Xingchen has seen it a few times before
This is a palace-style poem circulated among the people. At first, I just laughed it off, but later I felt it was weird.