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Chapter 387 Loyalty to the emperor, ambition of a sage?
In the fourth year of Yuanjia (AD 427), Liu Yilong, together with a hundred officials, set up an incense case for the emperor, relatives and teachers of heaven and earth, and went out of Jiankang City for ten miles to personally welcome the return of the Chuanguo Yuxi to the orthodox and the emperor's rightful position.So far, no one has dared to openly question Liu Yilong's claim to the throne as a result of killing his brother.

The Chuan Guo Yuxi was brought back by Yingfeng himself.He knelt down on both knees, holding the Chuan Guo Yuxi high in both hands and handing it to Liu Yilong.Many insiders watched this scene with mixed feelings.

Many officials and big clans in the court knew about Yingfeng.The closest person to Liu Yilong, from Jingzhou, was already the emperor's best friend and commander of the guards.

Because of Yingfeng's surname, he was unable to appear as a general to pay homage to the chancellor, and was doomed to remain unknown for the rest of his life.However, it was such a descendant of the Ying family who personally entrusted Liu Yilong with the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, which symbolized the power of the world.From this level, this is no longer a simple offering of treasures.

Many veterans and clan elders burst into tears on the spot.They have waited too long for this day... The return of Yuxi has soothed the pain of abandoning their homes and businesses, and they can finally comfort their ancestors.

Liu Yilong saw that many elderly officials were crying out of breath, so he hurriedly ordered the imperial doctor and carriages to be transferred from the city to take care of them back to the city.

As for himself, he sat on the imperial seat, held the jade seal in both hands, detoured through the Nanli Gate, first passed through Changganli, and was worshiped by the people all the way, and then entered the Taimiao Temple to worship and comfort the sages.After passing through the palace of Baiguan, he was worshiped and congratulated by Baiguan, and then entered the palace from Xuanyang Gate.The whole process is extremely solemn and solemn.

Not more than half an hour after welcoming back the Chuanguo Yuxi, the ministers in the Liu Song Dynasty changed from being moved with joy at the beginning to watching with shrewd eyes.

This time the Tan family made a contribution.This is an inescapable fact.The daughter of the Tan family found Yuxi, and the son of the Tan family not only welcomed Yuxi back, but also brought back the letter of credence of the Xia Dynasty, praying for joint resistance against Wei.

But the problem is that the daughter of the Tan family didn't present the jade seal herself, but the imperial jade seal that the emperor spent more than one million taels to get back.Everyone is guessing whether the emperor wants to offset the merits and demerits or reward them separately?

But the Tan family's contribution is still not as good as Yingfeng's.Whether it was his insistence on taking people to meet the mission, or the momentum he created for Liu Yilong by kneeling outside the city and offering treasures, they are all great achievements that cannot be ignored.

Shang Shuling once pointedly reminded that as long as Liu Yilong gave Yingfeng a new surname, Yingfeng could be reborn and take up an official position.But Liu Yilong knew in his heart that Ying's surname might be more important than his life to Yingfeng.

The final reward Liu Yilong gave was jaw-dropping.

Tan Daoji, who was already in power and had nowhere to be promoted as a poor family, unexpectedly took another step forward.

The governor of Jiangzhou; the military forces of the four counties of Jiangxia, Xiyang, Xincai, and Jinxi; the general who conquered the South; the governor of Jiangzhou;

In addition, Tan Zhi, the eldest son of Tan, was appointed as the Minister of Huangmen.The second son, Tan Can, was granted the title of Situ and Zhonglang.

Once Tan Daoji was already a headache for the clan leaders.Now not only Tan Daoji is still standing, but his sons are also standing up.They all became close ministers of the emperor!
As for Yingfeng, after his request for a flower boat from Liu Yilong was rejected, he got enough reward money for him to spend on any flower boat.In addition, Liu Yilong privately handed over all the seals of the commanders of the Habayashi Army and the hidden guards to Yingfeng.In other words, Liu Yilong handed over his life to Yingfeng.

The Qinhuai River once again ushered in its heyday.The prosperity of the whole city is all turned into Wu Nong's warm words that scratch people's ears, the sound of the piano is Yiyi, and the sound of the music is faint.What could make young talents more happy than drinking a pot of fine wine on a flower boat, enjoying the half moon, and getting drunk with a cup of breeze?

Although the flower boat built by Wang and Xie's family is still the most huge on this river, it is brightly lit all night.But now there are also many small boats wandering around the behemoth.Some are for people to get on and off the big boat.Some are doing business on the sidelines.

Just when the whole Jiankang city seemed to be soaked in a wine jar, Tan Daoji left Jiankang quietly with his own soldiers.

Tan Daoji has always had the ambition of recovering the Northland all his life. He couldn't turn a blind eye to the pleasures of clans and officials' children, and he couldn't impeach any family due to official entanglements, so he could only choose to hide out on the grounds of patrolling the frontier.

Naturally, Liu Yilong would not stop him.Now Tan Daoji's two most capable sons-in-law are left to serve in the palace.With such a powerful proton, Liu Yilong was not worried that Tan Daoji would have ulterior motives.

Tan Daoji originally wanted to go directly back to the Lake Army Camp, but for some reason, he diverted to Jiangzhou.

Tan Daoji did not tell others that he had visited Jiangzhou several times before, just because a close friend of his lived here in seclusion.

It was already late when Tan Daoji arrived at his friend's house, but he just caught up with his old friend who was wearing a rough linen shirt, stepped on worn-out straw sandals, and dragged a muddy hoe back from outside.

"Brother Tao, you can't carry a hoe anymore? I remember when I first came to see you four years ago, you could still walk like flying with it."

Tao Yuanming pushed the brim of his hat up with his dry fingers, and then he saw who was coming, "I don't know who it is. It turned out to be you, Brother Tan. Why, come to my place again to beg for tea?"

Tao Yuanming put the hoe against the wall as he spoke, and took off his straw hat, revealing a head of silver hair, an increasingly aged face and a ragged back that couldn't straighten his waist.

Tan Daoji said with emotion: "Brother Tao, you are such a great talent, a rare sage in the world, and you should be pointing out the country in the court. Why do you suffer so much? Now it's not a chaotic world, why do you have to live in seclusion here all the time?"

Tao Yuanming looked displeased, "You are here again! When the new emperor came to the throne, you came to persuade me. I told you that I am far from the character of those sages! I neither have that much talent nor I don't have that much ambition. You, don't waste your tongue! Otherwise, I will drive you out of the house now, and I won't even give you a drink of saliva!"

Tan Daoji couldn't do anything about Tao Yuanming's stubborn temper, so he could only smile and say, "Okay, okay. I won't mention it. I'll help you repair the wall of this house so that it can be replaced by Brother Tao. Drink a cup of chrysanthemum tea."

Tao Yuanming smiled and said, "Although the old man is poor, he is not stingy. If you help build the wall for your brother, you will naturally get a bowl of millet rice!"

In order not to disturb Tao Yuanming's secluded life, Tan Daoji deliberately asked his soldiers to wait at a distance.At this time, he smiled and said, "It's a deal." Then he rolled up his sleeves and personally repaired Tao Yuanming's almost half-collapsed wall.

Tao Yuanming, on the other hand, was sitting on a wooden pier in the courtyard, seemingly resting for a while while drinking water.After a while, Tao Yuanming suddenly asked, "Is Xie Hui dead?"

General Tan, who was smearing mud on the wall, hesitated for a moment, then sighed somewhat disappointedly and nodded.

"Hey, let me just say that you have nothing to do and why would you come to me, a bad old man." Tao Yuanming poured another glass of water and handed it to Tan Daoji.

　The original text of the friendship between sandalwood and pottery:
　　"The sage is alive, if there is no way in the world, he will endure, and if there is a way, he will come. In this civilized world, why do you suffer so much?" "

　　Qian also dares to look up to the virtuous, the ambition is not as good as it is. "

　　Let's talk, who else can recite and pick chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, and see Nanshan leisurely.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)