Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 401 Champaign

On the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, the cold spring condenses the morning frost, and the chill of white flowers permeates the streets. The irregularities of the blue and simple stone brick avenues have been smoothed by the years, and the thick moisture covers the low bridgeheads, and the fog is filled.

The sound of rumbling horseshoes accompanied by the rolling of the wheels crushed the tranquility of the morning, and they lined up neatly and drove out of the city with the Banner of the Ministry of War.

"Father, it's still cold outside, why don't you leave later." The eldest son Tao Bing carefully put on a cloak to keep out the cold for his father.

Tao Gu shook his head, "It should be sooner rather than later, today the officials will personally preside over the court."

One of the two servants held a lantern, and the other swiftly lowered the latch and opened the gate.

Just as Tao Gu went out, he stopped suddenly. A huge convoy was passing by on the avenue. The head and tail could not be seen in the milky white mist. Both sides were protected by armored cavalry. Every ten steps, someone would knock on the copper bowl in their hand and shout: "Dodge!"

Even in front of their residence, they didn't intend to avoid it a little bit, the sedan chair prepared for Tao Gu was squeezed onto the steps, and the two porters looked over with embarrassment, and they couldn't leave for a while.

Tao Bing showed dissatisfaction: "Father, who are these people from the government office? They are too arrogant. They have taken all the roads of Nuoda in the capital, and others can't leave."

Tao Gu glanced at his son, "This is the armor and weapon of the Third Division and the Ministry of War, it must be equipped for the new navy, and it came out of Taicang.

The government attaches great importance to this matter, and they are still waiting for the new navy to calm down the world. Even if they take all the way to Daliang City, no one dares to say anything. "

Tao Bing was not angry: "But my father is a dignified academician. How dare they rough soldiers in front of our house, can't they let them go a few steps? Now that my father is going to the court, he can't get out. Who will delay the big event?" I can take on it!"

Tao Gu took a deep look at his son: "In the future, don't say such things, you don't understand anything."

Tao Bing wanted to say something else, but Tao Gu interrupted him by raising his hand: "If you said that 20 years ago, you might have killed yourself!"

Seeing his son's dissatisfaction on his face, he opened his mouth to teach him a lesson, but in the end he didn't speak. His wife protected his son since he was a child, and every time he spoke, he gradually got used to it, and he didn't bother to say more. It is still the same today.

It's not that he doesn't want to educate his son, it's just that he's too lazy to speak.

The son doesn't know, but Tao Gu knows, since the end of Tang Dynasty, the family of military generals has been dominant, if more than ten years ago, those domineering generals would kill people without blinking an eye, even in Daliang, at the feet of the emperor.

It's much better now, at least the officials can restrain those domineering warriors.

What's more, these materials have now been slowly transferred to the management of the third division. He wished that the convoy could be more domineering. The more powerful the third division is, the more it can suppress the domineering warriors.

Waited for a long time until all the cars disappeared into the morning mist in the distance.

Before Tao Gu walked down the steps, he turned around and said to his son, "Don't see him off." Then he got into the sedan chair.

The sedan chair swayed slowly, and soon arrived outside the Xuande Gate. The morning fog hadn't cleared away, and many sedan chairs had already stopped, and many ministers were waiting.

Tao Gu took a look, and quickly went over to say hello, the household department, the official department, and the doctors all said hello one by one.

He had a plan in mind. His wife told him last night that the youngest son was not as studious as the eldest son, and he could only rely on his father if he wanted to become an official.

However, officials now attach great importance to the selection of scholars through imperial examinations. It is not as easy to find a way as in the past, especially for the children of officials. The officials have special regulations. He selects people for re-examination, just to prevent someone from arbitrarily sending people to the court through connections, blocking the path of advancement for the children of poor families.

But in this way, the matter of his youngest son will be troublesome, and he will have a headache when he thinks about his wife's reluctance. After thinking about it, there is only one way. , build a good relationship, and if the official family wants to test his son, they will inevitably choose from these people.

Thinking of this, Tao Gu became more enthusiastic, this is paving the way for his son.
There were not many major events in the court, the officials only repeatedly emphasized the matter of this year's spring plowing and the matter of the new army, and Tao Gu was also a little absent-minded.

At this moment, he suddenly heard the official call his name, and he took half a step out of the line.

"Tao Gu, you are the Imperial Academy, and you have read a lot of poetry and books. I want to ask you something. Is there any record in the ancient books that there is a kind of rice called Zhancheng rice in the Southern Han Dynasty and Jiaozhi?" the official asked suddenly from above. .

Tao Gu was taken aback for a moment, and immediately began to turn his head nervously, his thoughts fully opened.

But after thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't think of it. It's true that he has read a lot of poetry and books, but most of these books don't teach about whole grains, let alone rice.
Seeing the disappointment on the official's face, he had an idea and said, "I want to report to the official, although the old minister doesn't know about Champa Rice, he does know about Champa!"

Sure enough, the official's face became joyful: "Tell me about it."

Tao Gu bowed his hands, and searched in his mind the ancient books and records he had read, the news in recent decades, "Official family, there is indeed Champa Kingdom in the land of Jiaozhi south of the Southern Han Dynasty.

At the beginning, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up a county after he conquered Nanyue, and it belonged to Xianglin County, Rinan County, Jiaozhi Governor's Department.

During the Xianglin Incident in the second year of Yonghe in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ou Kui, the son of a meritorious Cao Cao in Xianglin County, killed the county magistrate, proclaimed himself king, and established the Champa Kingdom. If the officials said Champa, it should be that Champa. "

The officials above nodded as if they had suddenly realized, and then asked: "Then Cochin is also in a state of disunity now? Is Zhancheng one of the separatist forces?"

"The things in the south...the news is not accurate, but what the officials say is generally good.

After the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Southern Han Dynasty temporarily controlled Jiaozhi. Later, Jiaozhi rebelled and the Southern Han Dynasty was defeated. After Jiaozhi was out of control, it seemed to fall into a state of mutual attack.

It's just that it's too specific to tell, those places are too remote, and there may be no news for a long time about what state it is now.It has been nearly 200 years since the Central Plains was beyond reach. " Tao Gu linked.

"That's right, as expected of a Hanlin bachelor, with profound knowledge." The official praised him.

Tao Gu was very happy, and his chest puffed up a bit, then he said: "It's the duty of the officials to praise the officials."

Everyone was a little puzzled. At this moment, the official suddenly asked why the cochin issue happened, but the official didn't bother with the cochin issue. They only ordered suddenly when the court was about to leave: "Tao Aiqing, go back and look up more ancient books. And the recent records, write me a memorial and report on the situation of Jiaozhi, especially the affairs of the Champa Kingdom, write more clearly."

"Yes!" Tao Gulian took the order, although he was puzzled, he still wrote it down very solemnly, this is something the emperor personally explained.

The spring of the second year of Tenglong is coming to an end soon, and today is unusually quiet, because in comparison, no war has happened, China has not taken the initiative to send troops, and foreign countries dare not provoke anymore. towards.

Even the old rival Khitan was exceptionally honest.

By mid-March, Liao and Qin abided by their covenant and began to reduce the number of troops stationed on the northern border.

Of course, Emperor Shi was just putting on a show, withdrawing part of the local Xiang army to the south, while none of the elite imperial troops withdrew. Instead, at the end of March, Li Hanchao led the fifth battalion of the imperial army to go north to replace Murong Yanzhao, which was an increase in troops.

Shi Congyun wrote in the imperial decree to let Murong Yanzhao come back that he cared for him, let him come back to enjoy the blessings, and asked Li Hanchao to take a rotation. Become the new border land emperor, just like those warlords of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

In addition, now that the two countries are negotiating peace, the pressure on the border is not so great, so a group of people will be rotated.

The emperor would not tell anyone about this kind of psychological history.

In April, when Murong Yanzhao returned to Beijing, Shi Congyun personally hosted a banquet to welcome the dust, and his father Shi Yanchao also came. After all, Murong Yanzhao was his old subordinate, and Murong Yanzhao was recommended by the current emperor Shi Yanchao Promotion has a lot to do with it.

At the banquet, Shi Congyun asked a lot about the situation in Guanbei, and rewarded Murong Yanzhao with a lot of money.

Murong Yanzhao's temper is very similar to his old boss, the current Supreme Emperor Shi Yanchao, brave and resolute, he always takes the lead in battle, and his body is full of injuries.

He told Shi Congyun that he took the initiative to attack in the north of Guanbei, and in turn attacked Liaoguo Caogu from time to time. He also said that after the defeat at Yanmen Pass last year, no Khitan horse dared to go south, and he was very excited.

Shi Congyun smiled and didn't criticize him, but he was thinking that there was no need for it, because most of the people in the north of Guanbei were Han Chinese, and they thought that it was the Han people in the south who were suffering from the frequent raids by the Khitans.

But Emperor Shi didn't say anything in the end, because it happened to be raining lightly that day, Murong Yanzhao sat with him for less than an hour, and his old illness relapsed twice, he broke out in a cold sweat from the pain, and drank heavily to numb himself.

For a fierce general like him, he has fought for most of his life, travels all year round, eats and sleeps in the open, and suffers from gastrointestinal diseases. In addition, his body is full of scars. After getting old, unmentionable diseases and old injuries often recur, which is fatal.

Murong Yanzhao is 51 years old, and now he can't hold on anymore. Shi Congyun also understands that he has no chance to return to Guanbei, and it is a problem if he can live for a few years, and he doesn't want to criticize such a veteran anymore. Relieved, he also rewarded him with a lot of money and a mansion, allowing him to rest in Daliang.

(End of this chapter)