Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 178 Talent is the best amulet

After the banquet was over, Duke Ning drank a little too much. With the support of his daughter and servants, he got into the carriage and went back to Xu's residence.

Gao Yuan also left, and wanted to go back to the Guofu Posthouse in Runzhou to rest, and Han Xizai didn't want to keep him for other entertainments at night, but before Su Chen left, he was left by Han Shilang and brought him to the study for a conversation.

The maid brought two bowls of hangover soup and a pot of tea, Han Xizai motioned to Su Chen, the two drank the hangover soup, and asked the maid to leave the study.

"Su Chen, do you have any complaints in your heart, blaming me for revealing your identity?" Han Xizai asked with a half-smile.

Of course, Su Chen felt a little bit of resentment in his heart. Today, he showed his other identity in person, which made him have to apologize in front of talented Xu. It was rather embarrassing, because his partner Peng Qingqing had cheated on her before.

However, Su Chen also understands that Han Xizai did it on purpose, there must be the other party's reasons, and it is not malicious, so introducing Su Chen in front of Master Gao, Ning Guogong, and talented Xu is also to gain fame for him. Those who are closer can accept Su Chen's status as another great talent.

"Mr. Han must have a reason for doing this, right?" Su Chen asked without answering.

Han Xizai took a sip of tea, rolled up two pieces of tea leaves on the tip of his tongue, spit them out lightly, and said with a smile, "Actually, the officials already know your identity. The last time Mr. Xu returned to Beijing, he took away your poems. Tell me who you are."

Su Chen was stunned for a moment, feeling helpless. After all, Xu Kai was a secretary and a close minister of the emperor. It was impossible for Su Chen to deceive the emperor because of an ordinary friend like Su Chen. It was unrealistic.

Moreover, Han Xizai, Xu Kai, and Gao Yuan are obviously all from the same camp, belonging to the Sun Party. They are secretly fueling the flames and intending to push themselves out to enter the official career. Su Chen has already vaguely realized this, but he himself Not keen on this.

Because according to historical records, the Southern Tang Dynasty will perish in ten years, and I am an official in the Southern Tang Dynasty. The ending can be imagined, and it is destined to be gloomy.

Besides, in the late Southern Tang Dynasty, the economy was deficient and the treasury was empty.

The Chaotang Sun Party, the Song Party, the Upstart Party, and the Reform Party attacked each other, and the parties fought against each other. Li Yu was not a hero with great courage.

Su Chen didn't want to wade into this muddy water, and didn't want to be an official in the court or anything like that.

"I also understand what Elder Han and Master Xu did. They were for Su Chen's sake, and they wanted to find a good future for me. But I have stated my position many times. I don't want to be an official, and I don't want to take the imperial examination. I just want to be an official." Just a rich man."

Seeing Su Chen speak so bluntly, Han Xizai nodded slightly. However, he was not surprised, and he still did not give up persuading him: "You really don't want to think about the way to become an official through the imperial examination? If you don't become an official, your blessings How can Yu Min's technique of investigating things be widely promoted?"

Su Chen smiled and said: "There's no rush, I haven't fully developed it yet, maybe ten years later, it's possible to promote it to the world."

"Ten years later?" Han Xizai was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Ten years later, what Tang will be like, whether it will be captured by Song, is unknown."

Su Chen looked at Han Xizai, never thought that his vision would be so poisonous, and his prediction would be so accurate.

Han Xizai glanced at Su Chen, and said with a faint smile: "It's treason to say these words out, the old man doesn't treat you as an outsider, so if you don't want to vomit, let's open the window and speak plainly!"

Su Chen sighed softly in his heart, the two of them had a conversation, and he didn't have any recording equipment. Whatever you said, you can deny it afterwards. Even if I go out to inform you, there is no evidence!What's more, many people in the imperial court are members of the Sun Party. Does Su Chen have the opportunity to tell the truth, and why did he want to tell the truth?

"Mr. Han, I'm not from the imperial court, so, whatever you say, this junior will listen to it, and it will be heard by me, so I will never let it out." Su Chen expressed his attitude.

Han Xizai nodded slightly, and he wasn't worried that he would go out and spread rumors, because no one would testify, and even if it was said, it would be Su Chen himself who was unlucky.

Both of them are smart people, so they know how to choose.

Han Xizai stroked his beard and asked: "Su Chen, I have no doubts about your knowledge and talent. I just want to ask you, do you think Song will attack Shu after the fall?"

Su Chen hesitated for a moment, thinking of the historical records, at the end of autumn and winter in the second year of Qiande in the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Taizu sent General Wang Quanbin to lead an army to attack Houshu, within a few months the troops came to the city, and the next year Meng Chang led his troops to surrender.

So he nodded and said, "In winter at the latest, the Song army will attack Shu. With the current strength of the Shu army, within three months, they will be completely defeated and surrender to Song."

According to historical records, Meng Chang, the emperor of Later Shu, lived in extravagance in the later period of his reign, so that the night pots used for drowning were all decorated with seven treasures.Because his body was getting fatter and fatter, he could not ride a horse when he went out. Instead, he rode a chariot with heavy curtains and sachets around him.

Due to the long-term peace in the middle of Sichuan, the clan's noble relatives, and the children of the powerful and powerful, banquets were popular, so that the children of the nobles did not know the seedlings of rice and wheat when they were 30 years old.Every spring, in the area of ​​Huanhuaxi in the capital of Shu, the sky is full of singing and music, jewels and emeralds fill the throat, and the son of the noble family, Huaxuan picks boats, swims together on the Baihua Lake, dreaming of life and death.

Officials in central Sichuan bend the law for personal gain, take bribes and take bribes. Even in the imperial examinations, bribes cannot be exempted. The so-called heavy bribes are promoted to high-level subjects. The examiner will use the amount of bribes to determine whether he will be selected. The Song army will perish as soon as it hits.

Han Xizai nodded slightly, and sighed: "Meng Chang, the emperor of Shu, is very stupid. The officials in the court bend the law for personal gain, disregard human life, and the court is in chaos. The army is only [-]. There has been no war for many years. military."

Su Chen also agreed with this point of view, and nodded silently.

Han Xizai stared at Su Chen, and said: "I know you have no intention of going to court, but as a scholar of the Tang Dynasty, you should consider the people in the south of the Yangtze River, as well as your own future. You must have seen it. If things go on like this, ten years later, my land in the south of the Yangtze River will probably be captured by the Song army. At that time, as a rich man in the Tang state, do you think you can survive alone? Look at Yangzhou City opposite Runzhou, which was captured twice by the Zhou army. Conquered, almost massacred the city every time, burned, killed and looted, how many rich households in the city died? Once the Tang Dynasty is not protected, I am afraid that few of the nine big families in Jiangzuo will survive. It's very big, don't you really think about your own future?"

Hearing this, Su Chen's eyes showed horror, and he stared blankly at Han Xizai, seeing that the other party was not trying to scare people.

According to the history book "Continued Zizhi Tongjian Changbian", in many places in the Tang Dynasty, such as Jiangzhou and Runzhou, the Song army and Wu Yue soldiers conquered and entered the city, robbed some wealthy households, and killed more than [-] people in each city.When the city of Jinling was broken, General Cao Bin of the Song Dynasty and other generals burned incense and pledged to "not kill a single person indiscriminately"; but when Song soldiers entered, many people died.

For example, there is a Shengyuan Temple in Jinling City, with a ten-foot-high pavilion. Many powerful businessmen, rich businessmen, gentry and female relatives took refuge there. spared.

In Su Chen's eyes, there seemed to be a fire. If he became a wealthy businessman in the Southern Tang Dynasty, would he also be burned to death in the pagoda, or would his family be destroyed and his house confiscated, taking all his property away?

Han Xizai sighed softly: "Scholar, farmer, businessman, you haven't fully understood these four words! Although the status of merchants in our Tang Dynasty has been raised, in the eyes of the world and many people in power, they are still fat people waiting to be slaughtered." Sheep, when it comes to war, their family property will be envied by others; any crime can be placed, and the rich merchants in the subjugated territory can be cut off like leeks, and their property will be confiscated to make up for the lack of military pay; They can be discarded and cut off, and no one will speak for them, caring whether they live or die."

"So, Su Chen, if you want to live in the Tang Dynasty, besides considering the current situation, you must also prepare for the Song army's conquest of the Tang Dynasty in the future. If you pass the imperial examination, get a title on the gold list, and have an orthodox Jinshi background, plus your poetic talent, you will be famous. All over the world, even if the Tang Dynasty is gone, the Song Dynasty will treat you with courtesy. Any change of dynasty, after the princes destroy the country, will give preferential treatment to the scholars in the territory. The more famous you are, the safer it is, because the emperor has to pass the act of emphasizing talents. Make it for the scholars in the world to see!"

After hearing this, Su Chen felt bitter in his heart. He had to admit that what Han Shilang said was true. After all, he was not a person of this era, and he was still not sensitive enough to many things!

(End of this chapter)