Elegy of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 84 Looking back at the piles of embroidery in Chang'an (end of this volume)
Several sweet-scented osmanthus trees were planted in the courtyard of Li Linfu's house in Pingkangfang.In autumn, the garden is filled with the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus.It is early spring now, and the osmanthus branches are sprouting and green.

It was noon that day when he was taking a bath, and Li Linfu had nothing to do. He was taking a walk in the yard, feeling the breath of spring.

"Right Prime Minister, a letter from Luoyang."

The servant handed a letter he had just received to Li Linfu.

Gently waved his hand, the servant quietly retreated, Li Linfu opened the letter with a smile on his face, he already guessed what Zheng Shuqing would say.

Generally speaking, it is nothing more than the word "help".

Even if he is one of his own, he has to suppress him. Li Linfu is a person who is very particular about finesse and means, and he also guards against and suppresses Zheng Shuqing.

The Hanjiacang incident is unsolvable.However, the national strategic reserve granary cannot be left empty.There is only one way to cure the symptoms and the root cause, and that is to build a canal between Chang'an and Luoyang.

In this way, if the water is taken all the way, the grain boats can continue to travel from the Biankou waterway to Chang'an, and then the problem of Hanjiacang will be like a prickly heat after autumn, and it will heal without treatment.

Other than that, there is no solution.It was precisely because he knew there was no solution that Li Linfu asked Zheng Shuqing to take up the job.He just waited for the other party to call for help, then fished out the other party, and finally pushed the political opponents one by one to the official position of managing Hanjiacang.

One person can be solved in a few months, and it will take at least three years to build the canal. It is conservatively estimated that it can solve more than a dozen political enemies of the court!

Opening the letter while thinking, Li Linfu shook the hand holding the letter just after reading the first few lines, and almost dropped the letter to the ground.

"Meet Qianfa? It's interesting."

Li Linfu pondered for a moment, then continued to look down.

Zheng Shuqing's method is complicated and complicated, and it needs the level of the Tang Center to revise the law.But it is also very simple to put it simply. To put it plainly, it is to use credit instead of currency to pay and transfer.

This concept is no longer new, but it was really popularized in the middle and late Tang Dynasty after the Anshi Rebellion.Because the Jiedushi envoys plucked their feathers and the merchants brought money and silk across the border, they were like unsuspecting babies dangling in front of the robbers holding golden rice bowls.

Therefore, long-distance large-scale transactions often use the "credit currency" method.It is not uncommon to issue a bill at the starting point A and get the money at the end point B, eliminating the intermediate circulation process.

In this letter, Zheng Shuqing asked Sinong Temple to open a new department to handle the verification and write-off of accounts.Once the transaction is completed, a sum of money will be given. In this case, there is no need to ask for money from the court.

Li Linfu thought about it for a while, and this method was so good that he couldn't think of any flaws!

This is definitely a brilliant idea that can only be thought up by someone who is familiar with business operations, but it is obvious that Zheng Shuqing is not the material.

"That's it."

Li Linfu sighed, what a trap, just filled by Zheng Shuqing.Now it's too late to replace the opponent, so I can only try Zheng Shuqing's method first, and then decide how to go next.

After a little depression, he cheered up again.Because in addition to Han Jiacang's government affairs that can deceive people, there are actually many other issues that can deceive people in the Datang Center.

For example, the Fu Bing Ban is now in name only. Last year, 35 people were supposed to attend the Fu Bing Ban in Longyou, but only 6 actually showed up. The others were excused for various reasons.

The Nanya Forbidden Army, composed of the Fubingbanshang, was in decline due to the collapse of the Fubing system. The number of soldiers shrank again and again, resulting in the Forbidden Army becoming a private reserve for the Beiya Forbidden Army, which mainly recruited soldiers.

For the normal operation of the border town, it is the general trend to change government soldiers to recruit soldiers.However, the interests involved here are too great, no one can control the situation when they come!
Li Linfu felt that it seemed good to use the government affairs of government soldiers to recruit soldiers to kill political opponents.

"Come here, prepare the car, the truth is going to enter the palace."

Li Linfu ordered his servants.

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Fang Chongyong and his party first went to Guanglufang on the west side of Zhuque Street. This is the gathering place for Chang'an officials to go to the west, and it is also here to handle the documents for customs clearance along the way.

Then the carriage went out of the west gate and headed west, passing by Linfu Station. Here it changed horses without changing carriages, and continued westward.

"The white dragon horse, with its hooves facing west, carries Tang Sanzang and follows his three disciples. He goes to the west to learn the scriptures on the main road, which is tens of thousands of miles away."

In the stable carriage, Fang Chongyong was humming children's songs, feeling extremely happy.

He finally left Chang'an, where he felt uncomfortable for a moment. He felt like he was being assimilated into the city all the time, turning into one of those "elegant" and "fashionable" Wuling youths.

Travel is different.

I have to say that in the Tang Dynasty, if you are an official, especially a powerful or well-backed official, then traveling will not be an uncomfortable thing. The inns along the highway will take good care of you.Let you have the mood and energy to enjoy the scenery.

And all for free!There are people licking along the way!Good service!

"Lang Jun, isn't Chang'an very good? Why do we have to leave?"

Fang Laique, who was sitting next to him, asked.

"The world in Chang'an is too narrow."

Fang Chongyong sighed, and continued: "And there is a false prosperity, I don't like it."

Fang Laique nodded half-understood.

"It doesn't matter if you go elsewhere, as long as you tell me the name of Alang Youzhou Jiedu Envoy, you don't have to pay for anything."

Fang Laique added another sentence.

A vein popped up on Fang Chongyong's forehead, he patted Fang Laique's head and said, "Hexi's folks are tough, when the time comes, your legs will be broken, so don't run in front of me and call for help!"

"Oh."

Fang Laique echoed, not knowing what he was thinking.

At this moment, Fang Dafu, who was driving the car, shouted to Fang Zhongyong at the top of his lungs: "Maweiyi is ahead of us. Do you want to spend the night here tonight?"

Mawei Station!
"Spend the night here tonight."

Fang Chongyong was taken aback for a moment, then shouted at Fang Dafu who was driving the car.

The carriage stopped, and Fang Chongyong got out of the car and observed Mawei Post. It was just an ordinary post station, far inferior to Hanyin Post in Xiangyang.

"The colorful clothes shocked Tai Canghuang, and the king who concealed his face lost his claim. The Qixi Festival promise cannot be forgotten, and Qian Niu wants to scold Li Sanlang."

Fang Chongyong looked at the mediocre Maweiyi and sighed with emotion.

"Lang Jun, the Li Sanlang you mentioned just now, are you referring to the current sage?"

Fang Laique asked curiously.

"Shut up, don't go away!"

Fang Dafu pulled Fang Laique and pulled him aside.

"Lang Jun, the journey is very long, should we invite guards?"

Fang Dafu lowered his head, leaned into Fang Chongyong's ear and asked.

"No, if you don't invite guards, it means that there is no oil and water, and your status is not high. On the contrary, it is safe."

Fang Chongyong said in a deep voice.

There is a journey of [-] miles from Liangzhou to Chang'an, and they have just begun.

According to the seven records of "Tong Dian", the traffic roads of the Tang Dynasty between Kaiyuan are: "From Song and Bian in the east, to Qizhou in the west...to the south...to the north...to Shuchuan (Sichuan) and Liangfu (Wuwei, Gansu) in the west ), there are shops for business travel, thousands of miles away, without an inch of blade."

From Chang'an to the northwest, passing through Yuanzhou to Liangzhou, it was the most important post road in the Tang Dynasty.This road is from Chang'an to Jingzhou, then from Jingzhou to Pingliang, crosses Longshan Pass to Yuanzhou, crosses Muxia Pass to Huizhou, turns northwest to Huining Pass, crosses the Yellow River from Huiningjin, and then passes through From Wulanguan to Liangzhou.

The route has been developed very maturely and has been developed since the Han Dynasty, with occasional changes, and was finally fixed in the Tang Dynasty.The journey is generally safe, and there are post stations run by the government and "shops" run by the people along the way for resupply.

Duan was the only guard in their group, and they looked a bit shabby indeed.Cui Qianyou has already gone to the Chishui Army in Hexi with Wang Zhongsi, so he will not be with Fang Chongyong and the others.

A group of people entered Mawei Post, and when the post guard heard about Fang Chongyong's official position, he immediately received him warmly.These people are used to seeing big shots.

If a person has a lot of real power and a high false position, then there is no doubt that this kind of person is a high-ranking official of the court, and there are often dozens or even hundreds of people in his entourage.Facing such a noble person, the postman would of course have to kneel and lick him!
And when a person only has a high fictitious position but no actual position, you have to be careful, as it is easy to get noticed.

Generally speaking, such people are of noble status.They have no actual positions, just because the imperial court has no errands suitable for them, and often there are very few entourages around them.

After the mid-Tang Dynasty, when the central government of the Tang Dynasty dispatched local officials, there were more than one occasions when "real positions were not enough, and vacancies were used to make up for them", which is enough to show that vain positions are not completely "vain".

If someone who neglects such a "highly qualified person" will take revenge in the future, it will only take one sentence to set up a postman.

"This Mawei Station, can I write poems?"

Fang Chongyong asked curiously.

"Look at what you said. When Princess Jincheng married Tubo, Zhang said that Mr. Zhang left a poem in Mawei Station. Then, it was on the wall."

The postman pointed to a large pile of wooden boards hanging on the wooden wall of the posthouse lobby. The most conspicuous one was the poem written by the former Prime Minister Zhang Shuo.

Poetry is a cultural product of the Tang Dynasty. Every place with dignity is proud to have a wall hanging with poetry.Poets in the Tang Dynasty also competed to leave their own calligraphy on this "poetry wall".

"Qinghai Marriage Day, when Huang Xing came out and landed. Prince Rong's son-in-law's favor, Han's uncle's family love.

A farewell party is held in the spring fields, and farewells are said in the sky.The empty bombs are played immediately, and the thoughts of Fenglou are reduced. "

"Lang Jun, I feel that this poem is not as good as what you wrote."

Fang Laique said disdainfully.

The postman just pretended that he hadn't heard this sentence. In fact, as far as he knew, more than one person was not used to this poem.

But it's one thing for others not to like it, but the former prime minister's poems are not something he, a postman, can comment on.

"Bring a pen."

Fang Chongyong said to the postman, and soon the other party brought a wooden board and a writing brush.

"Although the beautiful face hides Mawei's dust, the resentment and smoke lock Weijin. The cicada's temples do not follow Luan Jia, and I can't see the people coming and going."

Signed "Anonymous".

After writing four sentences, Fang Chongyong handed it to the postman and said, "Hang it up."

"Eh, okay, okay."

The postmen are weird. There are many cultural people in Chang'an. During the trip, the postmen at the post station who are not educated will certainly not be able to serve these demanding and hypocritical literati.It's just this poem...he can't understand it!

After the postman left, Fang Laique came over and asked doubtfully: "Mr. Lang, I didn't understand."

"It's right if you don't understand."

Fang Chongyong sighed, who would have thought that more than ten years later, Anlu Mountain Youzhou raised troops and conquered Chang'an in one fell swoop, Li Longji fled to Shu in a hurry, and killed Yang Yuhuan in Mawei Post!
It is embarrassing.

Isn't it good for Huanhuan to follow King Shou? Brother Ji stepped in, but he didn't get well either.

Why bother.

At this moment, the postman hung another wooden board on the wall.I saw it read:

"I'm sorry to say goodbye to you, but I'm thinking of you as a guest.

The march is like this now, and the front army is still in a state of disbelief.

When you go out of the pass, you will meet the wall of the Han Dynasty, and you will climb the Longlong to look at Hu Tian.

It is also a land of feudal lords, and the king of Qi will whip him early. "

The title is "Dugu Judge Sends Soldiers".

To put it simply, the person who wrote the poem wrote a farewell poem to a judge named Dugu. Both of them are now in Maweiyi.Judging from the details in the poem, the judge named Dugu should be heading to Hexi, or the Western Regions.

It can be seen that the life of this poet is not easy.Having licked the judge so much, Fang Chongyong couldn't help shaking his head and sighing.

Think about it, too. Among Tang poems, there are countless similar farewell poems, but very few high-quality ones. They have even become "inherent programs" for officials to greet and send off.

However, although both the person who is giving the gift and the one who is being licked have to write poems as a reward, in many cases the person who is kneeling and licking puts all their effort into writing one, while the one who is being licked just writes a poem and then sends it away.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as Wang Lun.

"The water in Peach Blossom Pond is a thousand feet deep, and it is not as deep as Wang Lun's love for me." It was Wang Lun, the county magistrate with a wealthy family, who invited Li Bai to eat, drink and have fun, and left Li Bai's calligraphy treasures to be passed down to future generations.

Otherwise, no one in the future will know who Wang Lun is!

A character who couldn't even pass the "Investor's Examination".

After a while, a middle-aged man added another signature on it: Gao Shi.

"It turns out to be Gao Shi."

Fang Chongyong saw that this poem was actually written by Gao Shi!
No wonder, he suddenly realized that any scholar from Hebei who wanted to climb up at this time had to kneel down and lick the powerful, because the ascending passage was basically blocked.

As a scholar from Hebei Province, if you have talent, you have no way out, so you can only look for ways around.It's actually not too much to keep a low profile, write poems, kneel and lick a judge, a middle-level official in a border town.

One judge is nothing, but what if he licked a hundred officials of similar rank?Does it matter?

As long as there are enough people licking, it can also make waves!

In doing so, Gao Shi, apart from losing face, is enough to form a strong network of relationships. Once something happens, he can sharpen his head and enter the once "unattainable" powerful circle.

Of course, under normal circumstances, even if you have a good relationship with these middle-level officials, it is difficult to make any progress in the officialdom.The official rules of the Tang Dynasty, at least the current rules, are: one hundred eggs are not worth one stone.

The recommendation of one prime minister is far better than the joint letter of a hundred judges.

Sometimes it is easy to get involved in officialdom, but sometimes it is not easy to get involved in officialdom. The key depends on your background.

Fang Chongyong suddenly felt a sense of absurdity in his heart when he thought about how he could be promoted without doing anything, and how Gao Shi was groveling around to establish good relations with officials at all levels but could not make any progress.

"Go over there and ask, Fang Chongyong, the son of Fang Jieshuai, the envoy of Youzhou Jiedu, wants to treat them to a glass of water and wine to make friends, and ask them if they would like to give in to them."

Fang Chongyong called Fang Dafu over and whispered in his ear. (end of this volume)
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