I was the richest man in Da Song

Chapter 79 Zhang Qixian

Hedong Road is located on a high loess slope, and you can see yellow sandstorms on the flat ground just after autumn.

Xue Cheng is a typical northerner. He is dull and seldom talks. He just leads the way for He Shao, and even brings food and drink by himself.

With Xue Cheng leading the way, the only advantage is that you can live in the post house, at least you don't have to worry about your own safety.

There are many black shops like the dominatrix Sun Erniang, who fell asleep at night and felt that her head was gone the next day, and she might even be made into steamed stuffed buns.

Although Water Margin is a literary work, at least it can be seen how bad the law and order in the Song Dynasty was.

After two days of driving, I finally arrived at Taiyuan Mansion. Taiyuan Mansion is where the Hedong Road Government is located. It is said that there are more than 100 million people. With so many people, it is at least a huge city. But after entering the city, He Shao realized that he was wrong.

Even though thatched sheds and snail cottages can be seen everywhere on both sides of the main street, there are also restaurants and tea shops, but they are very simple and not even one-tenth of the prosperity of Kaifeng City.

Originally, I wanted to ask Xue Cheng, but it was the first time that Xue Cheng worked in the eldest son county all the year round, and he came to Taiyuan Mansion for the first time, and he didn't know much about it.

The most high-grade building material in the Song Dynasty was a kind of brick called fragrant cake brick. The courtyard walls of rich and noble people in Kaifeng City and the floors of all streets and alleys were basically covered with fragrant cake bricks. The oldest dirt road, even the place where their bullock carts pass will raise a gust of dust.

The road conditions improved until we walked to the Yamen of the Fushi Mansion, and gradually saw some houses built with bricks and tiles.

After Xue Cheng reported, the four stood outside the comforter's door and waited. He Shao never expected that it would be Dou En who came out to greet them.

"Everyone knows? How did you come here?"

"My young master He, since you left Kaifeng, I haven't been able to eat well or sleep well, I'm afraid I won't find you," Dou En poured out bitterness.

"What are you doing with me"

"Of course it wasn't me looking for you, it was an order from His Majesty and Your Majesty to chase after you no matter what.

But there are many official roads from Kaifeng City to Hedong Road, where I can find them, I can only come to the comforter before you and ask the comforter to help me."

"Let's go, this is not a place to talk, the old man is still waiting for you"

After seeing He Shao, Dou En's heart was hanging in his throat. He also knew that He Shao had been wronged by the emperor, but he didn't know what to do if he left.

In the main hall of the government office, a gray-haired old man with a three-point dignity sat on the main seat. Only after listening to Dou En's introduction did he know that this is the pacifier!

"Caomin met the pacifier..."

Not only He Shao, but even He Anwen and He Jing were ready to salute. After all, the appeasement envoy was the chief official in charge of all the government affairs of the entire Hedong Road, but this old man stood up and stopped the three of them.

"It's not an outsider here, so just order casually"

Not an outsider?This made He Shao a little puzzled.

"Your movement out of the city is bigger than me. Not only Taichu and Changzhi sent people to send a letter to let me take care of you for a while, but even His Majesty sent a few sheds of forbidden troops."

"You know my husband?" He Shao asked tentatively.

"It's more than an acquaintance, old man Zhang Qixian"

He Shao kept reminiscing about Susuo and wanted to guess who this person was, but he still had no clue. After hearing the name, He Shao's eyes lit up!
Together with Li Hang, he was an old minister of Suilong, and he was the prime minister of the Taizong Dynasty for 21 years, so he is indeed one of his own.

"It turned out to be Uncle Zhang, I'm sorry"

"It seems that you have remembered, I have ordered someone to set up a banquet, and I will come with the old man."

Zhang Qixian warmly entertained He Shao's family and Dou En. Nothing was discussed at the dinner table, and He Anwen was handed over to the study after he settled down.

"The border war between Song and Liao started again. In recent days, General Yang temporarily repelled the Liao army. Otherwise, the Liao army would have come to Taiyuan. Why did you choose to come here at this critical moment?" Zhang Qixian asked.

"My father is homesick and wants to go to his hometown in Jinyang to worship his ancestors"

"Jinyang? Are you sure you want to go to Jinyang?" Zhang Qixian had a weird look in his eyes.

"Can't Jinyang go?" He Shao asked.

"It's not that you can't go, I'm afraid that if you go, it will be a waste of time. To tell you the truth, Jinyang City was destroyed 30 years ago, and all the people moved to Taiyuan Mansion."

"How is this going"

He Shao was a little surprised. His old man, He Anwen, had served as a soldier in Jinyang City. According to him, Jinyang was a rare giant city in the world. How could it be destroyed as soon as it was destroyed?

"Jinyang was the capital of the Han State back then. Its geographical location is extremely important. The midpoint of our northern border is also the commanding height. After losing the Yanyun Sixteen States, Jinyang's position became even more important and became our northern fortress.

However, when Emperor Taizong led his army to the Northern Expedition to make military achievements surpassing that of Emperor Taizu, he did not expect to be repeatedly frustrated under the city of Jinyang.

A dwindling Han Dynasty severely injured Emperor Taizong several times under the city of Jinyang. After the capture of Jinyang, Emperor Taizong burned and drove away the people in the city to vent his anger, and then burned Jinyang. The Xiongguan was destroyed for hundreds of years!
Jinyang can hoard a lot of supplies, and there is also a place to support the cavalry. Starting from Jinyang, the north can go straight to the confidant of the Liao Kingdom, and the east can reach Youzhou smoothly, and it is in a situation of mutual horns with Sanguan. My Great Song Dynasty will gain the upper hand by virtue of the geographical advantage." Zhang Qixian sighed with regret.

"Such an important place was burned by the emperor?"

He Shao himself was a little unbelievable, isn't this what later generations call brain damage?Without Jinyang, the Great Song Dynasty was a lot weaker when facing the nomads in the north.

"Emperor Taizong didn't think of this at all when he was angry at the time, and he regretted it very much later, so he reunited the people of Jinyang at that time and built the Taiyuan Mansion, intending to replace the original Jinyang City.

But Taiyuan Mansion has only been established for 30 years, so how can it replace Jinyang, the century-old Xiongguan?" Zhang Qixian shook his head.

"Uncle Zhang, why did His Majesty send Duen to find me?" He Shao asked again.

"Li Hang said in the letter that he knew where you were wronged by His Majesty, and the emperor was afraid that you would leave the Song Dynasty and go to the Liao Kingdom in a fit of anger. So Dou En brought these forbidden troops here to protect you, and secondly, to prevent You entered Liao, it seems that His Majesty really values ​​you," Zhang Qixian said with a smile.

"Important to me? My father and I praised Haikou and said that we could be knighted. I didn't expect the whole family to be happy in the end. I understand that His Majesty the Emperor treats me like a fool.

From now on, His Majesty will follow his sunny path, and I will walk on my own single-plank bridge, and be a law-abiding richest man in the Song Dynasty with peace of mind."

Song Dynasty is the most enlightened and tolerant dynasty, as long as you don't offend Song Xingtong, you can live your life in peace.

"That's not okay. Your husband told me that you have countless weird ideas in your head, and I'm going to ask you to help me?"

"Uncle Zhang, if it's your private matter, of course I will do my best, but if it's an important matter for the court, don't mention it.

I am just a merchant, and the affairs in the court have nothing to do with me. It is just that my husband always wants me to contribute to the Song Dynasty, so I am so busy.Just now I heard that my husband and Uncle Xiang have both been dismissed, so I have to stay away so as not to be contaminated by right and wrong."

Anyway, no matter what he did, Zhao Heng would not react or express his opinion, so he would simply stay away.

(End of this chapter)