Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 593 The cause of the past, the effect of today

I returned to my hometown with great thoughts.But suddenly I found that my hometown is not what I imagined.

Moreover, the feeling of hometown has changed from kindness to a little unaccustomed, and the idea of ​​escaping here has arisen.

Zhang Xiaobao was like this. After staying in Xiabaima Village for three nights, he felt really bored, so he ran back to Liangzhou City.

Not because of anything else, but because Xiabaima Village has lost its former excitement.

Those companions who were with him in the past, have either already had their own futures, or they have already buried their bones behind the village.

I can't see the former for a while, and I miss it in vain.The latter will never be seen again, and I am sad.

The Juntian households who are still there were not so outstanding back then, otherwise they would have left with the saint, and Zhang Xiaobao still had trouble chatting with them.

Even though the lives of Junta households can be called affluent, they are always less popular.

Moreover, after the lack of labor force, Zhang Xiaobao can clearly feel that the attractiveness of the land to the people around him is declining.

And these days, a new generation of heroes from various villages also came to visit Zhang Xiaobao on tall horses.

They unanimously ignored Zhang Xiaobao's lame leg, thinking it was a medal for a good man instead.

What they were interested in was how Zhang Xiaobao killed Khitan people whose corpses were strewn all over the field, and the Southern Tang army who beat them cried for their fathers and mothers.

What is expected is still to follow the saints as soldiers, but they seem to not like the land anymore, but prefer gold, silver, brocade, and silk.

For farming, I don't even care about it.

. . . . .

And Zhang Xiaobao, who had just returned to Liangzhou, was soon approached again.

It turned out that Peiyuan, the deputy of Xijing, the Yin of Chengtian Mansion, sent someone to invite Zhang Xiaobao to come over for a while.

Zhang Xiaobao was a little puzzled, because in the past, although Pei Yuan could still be an important member of the inner circle of Hexi Longyou.

But in fact, because Pei Yuan has been guarding Shuofang Lingzhou for a long time, and his relationship with the army is not very close, he followed the route of a local official.

So Zhang Xiaobao's impression of him is a bit vague, just acquaintance, far from being close, he doesn't know what is going on with this high-ranking Duke of Hedong?
However, since it was Pei Yuan who summoned him, Zhang Xiaobao didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately finished grooming and rushed to the office of the Chengtian Mansion following the small officials of Chengtian Mansion who came to pass the news.

Pei Yuan still looks the same, although he is not very old, but he always gives people a very majestic feeling.

He didn't wait for Zhang Xiaobao to pay his respects, so he pulled him to sit down affectionately, and what he said was not business, but asked Zhang Xiaobao with a smile, how did he feel about what happened at the banquet?
This directly embarrassed Zhang Xiaobao, because he never thought that after returning to his hometown, he would be asked to write a poem at the banquet.I can only complain about my ignorance with a wry smile.

Unexpectedly, Pei Yuan also shook his head, said with a wry smile: "Erlang is still good, if you can't do it, they won't force you.

But a certain family was miserable. They stayed in Liangzhou for a long time, and they forced them to compose poems whenever they came to the banquet.

And it's all these messy doggerel, I don't know how Fan Zhi, Xue Juzheng and the others will laugh at me after it is passed back to the Central Plains? "

When Zhang Xiaobao heard this, he could only laugh a little stiffly, because he could tell that there was something in Pei Yuan's words.

Seeing that Zhang Xiaobao didn't answer, Pei Yuan wasn't angry, so he just said to himself with a smile.

"Liangzhou was originally a land of prosperity, but our starting point is low, and the household registration in Liangzhou and Lanzhou is not very rich.

The emperor took away a full [-] troops before and after entering the pass, and it seemed that he would continue to recruit.

And the 300,000 army plus family members, at least [-] people, [-] to [-]% of the ten rooms have gone!Is there any race in your land? "

Speaking of this question, Zhang Xiaobao could only nod his head, and then shook his head again.

Because he also found that something was really wrong. Juntian, who was regarded as life by everyone before, has now become so tasteless to eat and a pity to discard.

Xiabaima Village, what a wonderful land, many of them are almost abandoned.

Juntian households who went to the Central Plains got a lot of benefits, and they can no longer look down on this harvest.

Those who haven't been to the Central Plains at home are always practicing archery, riding, and marksmanship, waiting for the call of the saint, and seem to have no intention of farming.

After Zhang Xiaobao said these words, a gleam of light flashed in Pei Yuan's eyes, because he saw that Zhang Xiaobao was not a simple martial artist.

So he made a helpless look and continued: "This is the current situation in Liangzhou. Dingkou, the land of Longxing, is almost gone. In addition, it is located at an important commercial route and has a prosperous economy.

Most of the people who stayed in the city were from the older generation. If they had money and leisure, they could only mess around.

Why do they want to write poetry?Instead, they want to show their noble Han identity by composing poems and wearing Taoist robes and net scarves. "

Zhang Xiaobao could only look helplessly at Pei Yuan, "Why are you talking about these things with Mr. Pei? These things are not something someone can consider."

Pei Yuan shook his head, and led him outside the office.

As the two walked and talked, Pei Yuan asked, "Do you know? Duke Huaiqing was not such a person in the first place.

When Cao Yuanshen and others were so resentful in Dunhuang, Duke Huaiqing was extremely opposed to it, and almost got into fights with Cao Yuanshen several times.

But since His Majesty asked Duke Huaiqing to stay behind in Xijing, he began to indulge himself.

Drinking and feasting every day, singing and dancing every night.Not only did the children and grandchildren not be allowed to ride horses and shoot arrows, but they were allowed to follow along with the wine pool and meat forest.

This is not their wish, but a little too cautious.

A sage has no brothers, and his parents and children have not yet grown up.Duke Huaiqing sat on the left-behind position in Xijing. He was afraid that people would say that he had two hearts, so he chose to use this to self-defile.

However, if the sage ruled the world and the world was perfect, he would be willing to live behind closed doors, Duke Huaiqing's choice would be safe.

But a certain view of His Majesty's aspirations is quite similar to that of Emperor Taizongwen in the past to expand the land for thousands of miles and encompass the world.

If this is the case, the extravagant and enjoyable style brought about by Duke Huaiqing is not the blessing of Liangzhou. "

Zhang Xiaobao could sense it. Pei Yuan tirelessly analyzed the current situation in Liangzhou for him, including Zhang Huaiqing's thoughts.

Whether someone took the lead in enjoying themselves, or the superior military fields originally reserved for Hexi soldiers lost their value, etc.

It looks like you are talking to yourself, but in fact it is definitely not.

Is it?

Did Pei Yuan, deputy of Xijing, want to play the role of a mouthpiece?

It could be said that Pei Yuan did not show up at the banquet that day, and the old man of the Yin family wanted to compose his own poems, it was all because of Pei Yuan's intention.

At this time, Pei Yuan asked Zhang Xiaobao again: "I heard that Elder Brother Ni is already the Marquis of Yu, the pro-army of the Suwei Forbidden Palace, and Wang Jiulang of the Wang family has also entered the Imperial Academy as a bachelor?"

Zhang Xiaobao understood that his guess was correct.

Although Pei Yuan holds a lot of power in his hands, he joined Zhang Zhao's camp earlier.

But in fact, in the development of Zhang Zhao in these years, Pei Yuan has been sent outside to guard one side, but he is not very close to Zhang Zhao.

However, his elder brother Zhang Cheng and his fellow countryman Wang Jiulang and others were always by the emperor's side.

Although the official position is not high, he has a lot of power and can meet saints all the time, which is an advantage that Pei Yuan does not have.

Moreover, Zhang Xiaobao thought for a while, and what Pei Yuan said were all the problems Liangzhou was facing now.

But after thinking about it, he still cupped his hands at Pei Yuan and said.

"What Pei Gong said, the boy will tell his elder brother and the ninth brother of the Wang family. As for whether they will tell the saint or have any considerations, it is beyond the boy's control.

After hearing this, Pei Yuan also laughed, "Erlang is from a military background, and he speaks directly and straightforwardly, so he doesn't hide it anymore.

Duke Huaiqing has great wisdom. In the past, he was raised by Emperor Yingzu Huai, and his relationship was very close.

After Emperor Huai's family suffered disaster, Duke Huaiqing was not implicated. When King Linggong took control of the situation, Duke Huaiqing went one step further and became the most powerful Zhang family. This is not something ordinary people can do.

However, precisely because of this, Duke Huaiqing was too delicate, thought too much, and was too slippery.

Liangzhou is related to Anxi Court, Persia in the river. If things go on like this, they will fall into extravagance and only seek peace and happiness, which will definitely be detrimental to His Majesty's grand plans for the future.

It's a pity that a certain is the deputy left behind in Xijing. If a certain family submits a letter, I am afraid that someone with a heart will suspect that I, Pei Yuan, are greedy for power, or even have other intentions.

But in fact, Erlang has also seen the situation in Liangzhou, and it has reached the point of no delay.

Let Erlang help spread the word, it is really a last resort. "

Zhang Xiaobao nodded silently. Liangzhou is his hometown. Although he is not used to it, he is still willing to help out.

He can't do anything else, but it's okay to just tell the things he saw in detail.

As for what choice will His Majesty's brother and Wang Jiulang make?That's their business.

After sighing silently in his heart, he also knew that his trip back home was coming to an end.

When the family has left the place.Liangzhou is no longer the hometown that was haunted by dreams.

. . . . .

Zhang Zhao, who lives in Kaifeng Prefecture, Tokyo, has not thought about the situation in Liangzhou, which is already serious, but he also understands that the decline of Guanzhong and even Liangzhou is inevitable.

Because it took a year and a half to dredge and evaluate the water transportation in Guanzhong, and finally came to the result.

Zhang Zhao faced a huge problem, that is, the water volume of the Weishui River had dropped by at least one-third compared with that in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty.

This has led to a serious consequence, that is, the canals and canals from the Weihe River to the Yellow River are already difficult to drive large ships over tens of tons.

This means that it is increasingly difficult for grain from and passing through the Central Plains to reach Guanzhong through the canal.

At the same time, since the diversion of the ancient Han River, the grain in Shuzhong cannot be easily transported to Guanzhong.

The same is true for the grain in Hexi. In the heyday of Tang Dynasty, grain in Hexi was transported to Lingzhou and even Hetao area through the Yellow River.

To transport it to Guanzhong, both land and water routes are extremely troublesome. If you start with ten stones, you will still have at most one or two stones in Guanzhong.

It can be said that the change in water transport conditions has completely strangled Guanzhong's chances of becoming the capital of emperors in the end.

Although Zhang Zhao had already decided to place the capital in Luoyang, which extends in all directions.

But the decline of Guanzhong will seriously weaken the imperial court's control over Hexi.

After all, it was thousands of miles from Luoyang to Chengtian Mansion in Liangzhou.

Whether you go on a patrol by yourself or send someone to guard, there are many shortcomings.

This is God's will!Northwest from semi-humid area to semi-arid area, decline has been inevitable.

The rise of Jiangnan, Lianghu and the Maritime Silk Road has become inevitable.

However, the dredging work of the Wei River and the Cao Canal must continue.

The decline has a slow process. Since I am determined to continue to use troops in Hezhong, Persia and other places, I must try my best to delay the decline of Guanzhong and Hexi.

After arranging the affairs of Caoqu, Zhang Zhao called Zhang Liecheng into the palace again. The last time about Li Xiaofeng's uncle, Li Dalang, Chengxin Lang of Zhangwu Town, was barely a result.

This time Zhang Liecheng brought Li Dalang to meet Zhang Zhao in secret.

In Zhang Zhao's impression, the person who can jump from an auxiliary soldier to Cheng Xinlang is probably similar to Dun Zhu and Man Xiong.

But when he saw this Li Dalang, he still couldn't help showing surprise.

Because the Cheng Xinlang in front of him, although giving off a weather-beaten temperament, is actually quite handsome.

He is not particularly strong, but with long hands and feet, he looks like a sensitive player who is good at running and archery.

Before meeting him, Zhang Liecheng also explained some of Li Dalang's situation to Zhang Zhao.

Jin Yiwei's investigation found that although Li Dalang resented his mother a little, in fact, there was some small inferiority complex mixed with this resentment.

Because his mother was a lady from a famous family, and his father was just a farmer in the fields.

Li Dalang probably felt that his mother left without saying goodbye because the marriage with his father made his mother, who came from a famous family, feel a little embarrassed.

Therefore, on the one hand, Li Dalang is very eager to find his mother and taste the maternal love that has been lost for almost 30 years.

On the other hand, he felt very inferior to his origin, especially when he knew that his half-brother was actually a descendant of Li Shen, the prime minister of Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty.

In response to this situation, Jin Yiwei's suggestion was to ask Zhang Zhao to posthumously gift Li Dalang's father to make up for his flaws.

Zhang Zhao adopted this suggestion, in fact he also thought so, and he thought more comprehensively.

When he entered and exited the palace for the first time, Li Dalang seemed very panicked. He almost saw everyone, and he seemed to want to bow down to each other.

When he was taken to the Hall of Wende and saw Zhang Zhao, Li Dalang even knelt down with a plop and never dared to raise his head again.

In the vagueness, there was also a slight cry of gratitude or fear.

At this time, Zhang Zhao's side of being born in the market was well displayed. He walked over without any airs, and patted Li Dalang on the shoulder.

"I heard that you fought against a dozen or so people in the Southern Tang Dynasty alone in the battle formation, and you even killed Cheng Silang, the capital of the Southern Tang Longwu Army, Yuhou.

You are not afraid of life and death, why are you trembling at this time?get up quickly! "

Li Dalang trembled again when he was photographed by Zhang Zhao, but he stood up reluctantly and said to Zhang Zhao.

"I'm not afraid but happy. I didn't expect to see the saint again ten years later."

what!Zhang Zhao took a closer look at Li Dalang, and really couldn't remember seeing him again.

And Li Dalang has already continued on his own, "Ten years ago, the sage led Hexi Celestial Soldiers into the Guanzhong Plain, and rescued hundreds of farmers who were about to be beheaded by the rebel army in Wugong County."

When Li Dalang said this, Zhang Zhao suddenly realized something. He pointed at Li Dalang, and said in a tone of surprise and surprise, "You are the one."

In fact, Zhang Zhao didn't remember anything, but Li Dalang thought that the emperor had already remembered, and he was trembling with tears streaming down his face.

"The minister is the first civilian that the saint pulled out of the death pit of the Jingnan army.

The minister was naked at the time, so the sage immediately took off his leather jacket and put it on the minister. Later, he also gave him clothes and food. When he returned home, he also rewarded the minister with three buckets of rice, so that he could farm well when he returned home. "

When he said this, Zhang Zhao really remembered that after breaking the rebel army entrenched in Wugong County, he saved thousands of civilians who were about to be buried alive by the rebel army.

Moreover, he vaguely remembered that he had indeed given the leather jacket he was wearing to a naked and trembling commoner.

Over there, Li Dalang was already crying, "There is no saint, my minister has long been buried in the death pit in Wucheng County, how can I go home to see my wife and children again, and I can't eat more rice for the past ten years.

The minister's life is given by the saint, and the saint is the minister's reborn parents! "

Zhang Zhao looked at Li Dalang crying with gratitude, and felt a lot of emotion himself.

He thought of many ways, trying to keep this key figure in Shu loyal.

But I didn't expect that when I first entered the Guanzhong to quell the chaos in the past, those seemingly benevolent actions of women had already planted today's good fruits.

"Okay! Alright! Don't cry. Since we are old friends and it's approaching noon, let's stay and have a light meal with me. Cheng'er is going to order Shangshi Bureau to get some more Guanzhong dishes, and you stay too." Have a drink or two."

Zhang Liecheng took the order immediately when he saw that it was strange, Li Dalang was grateful and wanted to kneel down again, but was held back by Zhang Zhao.

I, Zhang Shengren, have always understood that the matter of eating is the best way to draw in the feelings of Chinese people.

After Li Dalang calmed down a bit, Zhang Zhao asked about the family situation and the living conditions of the villagers, and helped Li Dalang recall the changes in the lives of the people in Guanzhong after he had Zhang Shengren.

Of course Li Dalang was extremely grateful, repeatedly expressing that all the villagers believed that their lives were saved by Zhang Zhao.

While Zhang Zhao nodded in satisfaction, he felt that the gratitude of the common people was quite easy to earn.

But what he didn't know was that without Zhang Zhao, there would indeed be no chickens crowing for thousands of miles in Guanzhong, and the bones would be exposed in the wild.

Because in history, next year, a large-scale warlord melee will break out in Guanzhong led by Li Shouzhen, Wang Jingchong, Zhao Siwan, and Meng Shu.

When Guo Wei put down the rebellion, 25 corpses were pulled out of Chang'an City alone.

In the entire Guanzhong, it is conservatively estimated that more than half of the population has been lost, that is, more than 700,000 people, which is also the last straw that broke the camel's back in Guanzhong.

Soon the food and wine were served, and Li Dalang was extremely flattered, sitting at the lower right of the emperor, enjoying the exquisite imperial meal.

In fact, there are no good things, one bowl of mutton soup cakes per person, two white flour steamed buns, a stack of chicken fried leeks, plus a grilled leg of lamb, a plate of cheese and lamb chops, and a jar of wine.

Zhang Liecheng took the place of Zhang Zhao and asked Li Dalang for drinks frequently. When he was full of wine and food, Zhang Zhao asked, "Cheng Xinlang looked at Huainan in the Southern Tang Dynasty. How is the life of the people?"

Li Dalang shook his head, "The imperial court in the Southern Tang Dynasty extorted violently. The government and the tyrants brought in fish and meat. A farmer with more than ten mu of land could not even have enough food. Although it is better than Guanzhong in the Jin Dynasty in the past, it is not as numerous as it is in Guanzhong today."

"Hey!" Zhang Shengren's acting skills are so perfect, he looked at the sky at a 45-degree angle, tears seemed to glisten in the corners of his eyes, and he tapped lightly on the table with the leg of lamb in his hand.

"In the old days when my lord lost his country, I was sent far away by the Cao family. My parents died and my mother was not allowed to see each other. So I traveled around and saw how difficult the people's lives were. I recalled the ambition of my ancestors to bring peace to the world, so that the people would no longer suffer from hunger.

I don't want to think that this year is already [-] to [-], and the people in Nantang, Mengshu, Hedong and Youyun still can't be saved. Why can't the sky take pity on ordinary people? "

With these words, Li Dalang burst into tears, because Li Dalang's father died and his mother and son could not meet each other!

At this moment, Li Dalang found the common ground between him and the saint, and felt the same for a moment.

Secondly, his father was arrested by the Houliang court, and there was no bones left in the end.Li Dalang has experienced more intuitively the anger and fear of tyranny and tyranny.

As for Zhang Zhao, he actually did good deeds for the common people, which he saw with his own eyes.

"The sage has the world in mind, and sooner or later his long-cherished wish will be fulfilled. Although the minister is dull, he is willing to follow the sage's arrangement and go to the Kingdom of Shu to contribute his modest efforts to unify the world."

Zhang Zhao shook his head slowly, "I understand your loyalty, but this matter is extremely risky, and I cannot send a warrior who has fought for the country to death."

Li Dalang suddenly kowtowed to the ground, and said firmly: "I have made up my mind, in order to repay His Majesty's kindness, I will not hesitate to die!"

Zhang Zhao didn't pretend anymore, he put down the leg of lamb, wiped his hands clean, and helped Li Dalang up.

"What I want is not for you to die, but for you to help me save the people in Sichuan and complete the unification of the world. There are hardships and hardships here, do you know?"

Li Dalang nodded heavily, "I know, I am willing to go to Sichuan."

　I overestimated myself yesterday, and I only coded [-] characters by twelve o'clock.This chapter is from yesterday, there must be another update today!
　　
　
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