Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 298 The Melancholy of Kunning Palace
In mid-May, when the weather warmed up, Shi Congyun was also preparing to return to Beijing.

The tens of thousands of soldiers and soldiers of the army are all full of money, but it is also a hard work to bring back Daliang.

Shi Congyun was going to take a boat back to Daliang by water. Fei's resolutely resisted this matter, and he was unwilling to take a boat with him, because she was left behind with the reason that she dared not take a boat. Wouldn't it be slapping yourself in the face and making the world suspicious.

Shi Congyun was very tough and asked her to go with her. Anyway, he was Sima Zhaozhi, and everyone knew that he was the one who forced Fei to stay by his side and tell her to tell the truth. After all, she always wanted to go back to Meng Chang's side. thoughts.

Whether it was the people who saw Meng Chang off, or Fei Shi, who was always thinking about going back to Meng's house, he was very upset.

Naturally, Fei couldn't help it, he couldn't fight him even after crying, so he obediently boarded his big boat.

Shao Ji was responsible for the withdrawal of troops on land, and led the main force of 7000 people to return to Daliang by land in the north.

Everything is in order due to careful arrangements.

Before he left, the legend about the Black Dragon coming out of the river was already very widespread in Shu. Shi Congyun knew it was spread by Meng Xuanzhe without asking.

I thought to myself, this Meng Xuanzhe has a really good brain, and this rumor is well-founded and convincing.

The selection of the place is very particular. The Jialing River on the bank of Fenghuang Mountain, where Empress Wu Zetian and Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty made auspicious auspiciousness there, and there are dragons and phoenixes. The atmosphere and foundation of metaphysics.

Furthermore, in order for a good rumor to spread, it is necessary to empathize with those involved in the spread, rather than pushing it dryly.

Meng Xuanzhe was very clever at this point. In early May, dragons appeared in the river, causing the river to skyrocket, with huge waves and so on.

As soon as these words are said, many people will think it is reasonable. Even if they have not really seen the dragon, but they feel that the water has indeed risen, and the wind and waves have been strong in those few days, they will subconsciously think that it may be true, and they will talk about it with relish, and the more it spreads, the more it spreads. mysterious.

As for rising water and bad waves, it rained heavily in most places in Sichuan in early May, so shouldn't it be rising?
Meng Xuanzhe seized this opportunity and immediately spread the rumors.

As for how to interpret it, there are too many. Entertainment is single these days, and people's greatest entertainment is talking after dinner.

However, anyone in Chengdu who has read a little bit will know that he is here, and there are endless discussions, and there are even monks, priests or some hermits who come to see him mysteriously, saying that they have seen through the secrets and want to talk to him. .

They made up their minds and Shi Congyun knew that, as a five-good young man in the 21st century, how could he believe this, and besides, his subordinates did all this.

But Shi Congyun is also an old fritter. He doesn't believe it or not, but he doesn't refuse. He interviewed them one by one and let them talk about it for a long time, and then rewarded them with some money to send them away. He needed these people to help him build public opinion.

Everyone talks about this vision in their own way, but in fact, there is no need to interpret it at all. Learned people understand the meaning of this matter.

The black dragon came out of the water and flew to the north, black, water, and the north, everyone would think of the Qin Dynasty.

In ancient times, the theory of five elements was emphasized, so five colors, five directions and so on were derived.

Qin respected the water in the five elements, the five colors belong to black, and the five directions belong to the north. The black dragon rises from the water and flies to the north, all pointing at the king of Qin. Now he is the only king of Qin who is famous in the world.

Some scholars, common people and even soldiers talked a lot, thinking that this was a sign from the heavens.

In ancient times, there was a definite number of national titles, except for the princes who were generally inherited by titles and place names. The Han Dynasty established Han because Liu Bang was granted the title of King of Han in Hanzhong.In the Tang Dynasty, because Li's jurisdiction was located in the ancient Tang State, he was granted the title of Tang Guogong, and the country was established as Tang; in the Song Dynasty, because the vicinity of Daliang was originally the ancient Song State, Zhao Kuangyin worshiped the governor of Songzhou (returned to the German army), and the country was named Song.

Even in the troubled times of the Southern and Northern Dynasties after the Han Dynasty, when the Five Hus went south, this rule was still followed.

Later Liao, Jin, Yuan, etc. did not have titles because they went from the north to the south, so they had to take their own titles. However, with the rise of the Jin, Yuan and other dynasties, this set of rules was completely broken, especially after the Yuan Dynasty, Ming and Qing. in this way.

This process is also a process in which traditional China's influence on the north is gradually weakened or even suppressed.

But that was at least 400 years later. At this time, people in the world still agree with this set of sacred values ​​that have been gradually built since the Han Dynasty and have been passed for thousands of years. Everyone agrees in their hearts.

Seeing the changes these days, Shi Congyun was very happy, and things went smoothly than he thought.

And because distance creates beauty, the meaning Qin represents in this era is also gradually changing.

It is as if the Han Dynasty reflected on the lessons of the Qin Dynasty, whether it is history books or articles, more than [-]% are criticisms;

Today's people reflect on the lessons of the Tang Dynasty and nine out of ten are criticisms.

People cannot look beyond the times to see problems, it takes time to settle.

After the Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, but in the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, people's views on the Qin Dynasty also began to change, and they began to gradually affirm the contributions of the Qin Dynasty. Ideas are also desirable, and contributions need to be affirmed.

It is also like people who began to look back on the glory and achievements of the Tang Dynasty after a thousand years.

Since the incident of the black dragon coming out of the Jialing River, many people have started to discuss whether King Qin will now rule the world like King Qin did back then, and end the troubled times. Will the black dragon herald that King Qin will win the world?
On the morning of his departure, officials of all sizes in Chengdu and countless people went to the river to see him off. This had a lot to do with the rumor of the black dragon. Now Shi Congyun felt balanced and told them to be diligent in governing in Sichuan. Love the people, pay attention to polite words such as the body.

Then Fei boarded the boat with the little yellow flower.

The waterway from Shudi to Daliang is very long, but it does not take time to walk.

Li Bai once wrote "Among the colorful clouds of Emperor Baidi in court, a thousand miles of rivers and tombs will return in one day" to describe the speed of sailing in the Three Gorges waterway.

However, the reason why Shi Congyun didn't dare to delay was because of his own considerations, that is, the enthusiasm of his soldiers was too high, and Shi Congyun asked them to garrison in various important places to prepare for the mutiny.

He originally planned to give them a month, but not long after, people from all over the country sent letters back, saying that they had arrived at the designated location to guard the important place according to his arrangement.

Except for Guanbei (north of Yijinguan) in the north, there was no movement, because it was too far away, and people from other places had sent replies, and he was surprised by the active action.

In mid-May, Liu Qingchuan, Li Gu, Luqiu Zhongqing, Zhao Shijian, Wang Zhong, and Fu Zhaoyuan also sent letters to him in their names, saying that Daliang was ready and that Wang Zhong had controlled the garrison inside and outside the capital, so that he could return east with peace of mind.

In this way, he can't procrastinate any longer. The sooner this kind of thing happens, the better, and it's best to be clean and tidy.

The days on the boat were quite comfortable. When I saw Zhou Jun's tall Qiyun battleship for the first time, Xiao Huanghua was completely stunned, and looked back and forth on the upper deck excitedly.

She grew up in the mountains, and it was the first time she saw such a big guy.

It was not the first time for Shi Congyun to take this kind of warship of the Zhou army, but he also felt the strength of craftsmen in this era.

This kind of large wooden boat can achieve a displacement of about six or seven hundred tons. It must be the largest boat in the world today, and it is far away from other parts of the world.

War can drive the development of technology, and this era is no exception. Hundreds of years of wars have also accelerated the development of engineering technology. In addition to this kind of warship, there were many engineering innovations in the early Song Dynasty, such as the first Yangtze River Bridge in history. For the first time in history, gunpowder was militarized and applied.

Fei Shi didn't dare to cry anymore these days, she probably heard some rumors, after all, she is a person who has read poetry and books, so she has already guessed something.

There are many Huarui ladies in the harem of the Kingdom of Shu, but Fei is the only one who is very famous.

One of the reasons is that Meng Chang wrote poems praising her beauty, and she herself has many poems handed down to later generations, she is a talented woman.

Only then did Shi Congyun realize that there seemed to be a lot of talented women in his family. Needless to say, Zhou Xian was proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Zhao Shijian is not as good as Liumei, but he is also well-read. He is simply a harvester of talented women.

Seeing the green hills on both sides of the strait passing by in front of him, and the roar of the river's waves, Shi Congyun beckoned Fei to come over: "I heard that you are a talented woman, come and perform a seven-step poem for me to see."

Fei didn't dare to disobey and came over, with a troubled expression on his face, after thinking for a while, he finally couldn't suppress the emotion of being bullied these days, and lay on his shoulder with tears in his eyes, and began to cry, beating his chest with his hands while crying, but her point Strength is not enough to loosen your bones,
"Do you know who you hit?" Shi Congyun asked her.

She was still beating his chest while crying: "Of course I know, the biggest villain in the world, the thief who wants to seek power and usurp the throne! You make me unable to be a man, I can't be a man
You kill me, I'm dead! "

She cried and cursed at the same time, as if she was really going all out.

Shi Congyun blew the river wind, hugged her shoulders and let her beat them weakly, laughed triumphantly, and when she finally stopped crying and calmed down, he took her hand: "Don't say anything back to me!" The Meng Mansion is over, and I will go to the palace when I arrive at Daliang, I like a woman like you."

Fei stopped crying, his eyes were red, and he curled up quietly in his arms. The mountains and mountains on both sides of the river could be heard from time to time, birdsong and apes crying.

"Think quickly, nod when you're done thinking about it." Shi Congyun urged her mercilessly.

Forced to the corner, Fei said helplessly: "You are the biggest villain in the world" and then nodded.

Shi Congyun hugged her up, "I am old, that is your blessing, don't mention Meng Chang in front of me from now on."

Mrs. Huarui blushed, she hugged his neck tightly and whispered, "So can you please stop scolding me."

Zhou Guo's army captured Chengdu, and the news of the Shu Kingdom's demise reached Daliang as early as last month. After that, Hebei, Huainan and other places also spread a lot.

The people of Daliang are naturally rejoicing. Apart from the fact that the soldiers of Zhou State were rewarded for their meritorious service in battle, and their family members were happy, with the successive victories in foreign wars and various domestic measures to love the people, the country is now becoming more and more cohesive, and the hearts of the people are against each other. start to manifest.

With the victory of the battle ahead, the whole country is honored. There are many discussions in Daliang City, and the atmosphere is lively.

Compared with before, the people are more concerned about the country's war.

Everyone is talking about King Qin's history Congyun, and the storytellers in the teahouse have new stories to tell. They are the storytellers who sell and sing so cutely. Wuping defeated Khitan, and now Shu is destroyed.

Fourteen prefectures in Jiangbei, four prefectures in Guanzhong, three prefectures in Nanping, nine prefectures in Wuping, five prefectures in Guanbei, two prefectures in Shu, 48 prefectures and one army town have been recovered successively, providing a lot of stories that cannot be told.

Now King Qin's prestige in the country has reached a state that the predecessors can only look up to, even the late emperors cannot compare.

Not only the court, but even the common people felt that no matter whether it was recovering lost land, opening up territories, or foreign invasions and defending against powerful enemies, as long as the king of Qin stepped in, nothing would be impossible.

In this way, the Goulan wine shop is naturally full of legendary stories about King Qin. Of course, there are also many interesting anecdotes about King Qin.

However, these are not worth mentioning in front of the unrivaled achievements. After all, King Qin is still young, so he can be forgiven.

It's just that I don't know when it started recently, some rumors began to spread in the Goulan wine shop. It is said that it was first spread by the army, but where it came from, the people in the market can't figure it out. Whisper, private discussion.

"On the day of triumph, King Qin will be the emperor." In the empty Kunning Palace, all the eunuchs and maids around were dismissed. Empress Dowager Fu repeated this rumor. She heard it at the second sister's house yesterday, and she knew who spread it , is her younger brother and Prime Minister Li Gu and others.

The official family was dead, and my father thought that the second sister would go back to Hebei and find another family to marry.

In order to wait for the official family, the second sister has never been married. Now she is 25 or six years old. She tells herself that she does not want to go back, and she is also afraid that her father will marry her to another place. These years are in chaos, because King Qin is here, Daliang On the contrary, it is the safest.

She understood the suffering of the second sister, so she wrote back for her. Perhaps the family felt sorry for the second sister, so they let the matter go. The second sister stayed in Daliang, and at the same time asked her to arrange a marriage for the second sister.

The family probably thought that she was the Queen Mother who was very powerful and could arrange any kind of marriage, but they didn't know her difficulties.

I heard that the King of Qin has already started teaching, and in ten days and a half months, she will end up as the regent queen mother, and she doesn't know what will happen then.

Not to mention the regent and power, as long as she can save her life, she is already very satisfied.

But to her surprise, King Qin actually asked his younger brother Fu Zhaoyuan to tell her about this in advance, that is to say, King Qin trusted her, and this kind of trust moved her quite a bit. In fact, the officials did not trust her at the beginning.
She took a long breath to let out all the uneasiness and depression in her heart, and then she saw the second sister wearing her fancy dress, happily running over barefoot.

"Sister, your clothes are so beautiful, don't you wear them on weekdays? What a waste." She happily walked around the hall in a skirt with a long skirt.

"This skirt can mop the floor."

Empress Dowager Fu looked at the second sister who didn't know the troubles of the world with a funny face: "What mopping the floor, this is the dress worn by the queen at the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, you can wear it here, don't let outsiders see it, otherwise someone will impeach it."

It is boring to be alone in the palace. Now that there are no men in the palace, and they are not so particular about it, she sometimes asks her second sister to come in and live with her.

"If you ask me to wear it outside, I won't wear it. I will trip myself!" The second sister came over, hugged her arm and sat down beside her.

"Eldest sister, I heard that my brother-in-law is coming back. Sixth sister is very happy. She said that she invited us to a banquet at her house on the [-]th of this month. Would you like to go?"

"Why do you call him brother-in-law? He is the king of Qin." Empress Dowager Fu continued, the second sister's fearless and lively temperament has never changed, but now the brother-in-law can no longer bark.

"No, I have a grudge against him, he is a few years younger than me.

To make King Qin feel that he is of the same generation as his father, he will overwhelm me; if I call him brother-in-law, he is younger than me, and I will overwhelm him! "Second sister said proudly.

Empress Dowager Fu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "That's why you
Forget it, in another ten days and a half months, you won't be called King Qin, nor brother-in-law. "

"Why?" Second Sister asked her puzzled.

She forced a smile, and then seriously said: "You will know when the time comes, but you can't run around in the past two months, don't go out of the city to play, try to go out as little as possible, either stay in the palace, or come to live with me in the palace, don't mess around Go, or your life will be in danger."

Seeing her seriousness, the second sister also nodded seriously, "I will protect you if anything happens, I secretly learned martial arts with my father and brother in Weizhou."

(End of this chapter)