The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 102 Nest Valley (add more)
Chaogu is a friend of [Nirvana Ghost] Shen Zhou. He is not a native of Xiangzhou. It is said that he comes from Meishan in central Sichuan.

This guy is quite interesting. He was originally a scholar. He was eager to learn and learn well since he was a child, and he blogged extensively. However, he had one shortcoming: his articles were not very good.

Chaogu had better luck in the imperial examination. He passed the provincial examination at the last minute and became a glorious Song Dynasty examinee.

It's just that when he entered Bianjing and was preparing to take the Jinshi examination, he resolutely gave up the idea of ​​taking the essay examination after only reading some articles and theories that were at the bottom of the provincial examinations in the past dynasties.

Because he knew that based on his writing skills, unless the examiner was blind, he would never pass the provincial examination. To put it bluntly, among the tens of thousands of candidates who take the examination in Bianliang every three years, Chaogu’s The level of writing articles is basically at the bottom.

However, Chao Gu was not discouraged because of this, because he found another way to achieve career-martial arts.

That's right!It is to take the Wu Jinshi exam.

Don't look at Chao Gu's articles, which are at the bottom of the Wen Juzi, but they are among the best in the Wu Juzi.

Another important factor for Chao Gu's confidence in the martial arts test is that he is tall and has good strength.

So Chaogu abandoned literary affairs, bought bows and arrows to practice archery, and saved money to rent horses to practice riding and archery (this is a compulsory item in martial arts, and has the highest weight). When Chaogu felt that the practice was successful, he went to the exam Martial arts, and then he was taught to be a man.

No way, he is a layman who has become a monk halfway, and he is still a poor ghost. He can't find a real famous teacher to guide him, and he can't practice properly, so he is the one with the worst martial arts among all the martial arts.

What?You said that he wrote the best articles in the martial arts examination. That is very useful. No matter how good his writing is, he can still be better than those three-level civil servants. What the gentlemen (the ones in charge of supervising the martial arts exams are civil servants) want warriors who can charge into battle. , instead of hiding behind and dropping her schoolbag.

After experiencing the first failure, Chaogu began to look for ways to make money, intending to invite famous teachers to continue to improve his martial arts, but somehow he came to Xiangzhou and became friends and partners with [Nirvana Ghost] Shen Zhou.

In Shen Zhou's small team, if Shen Zhou was in charge of force, then Chao Gu was the brains of the small team, and it was with Chao Gu's guidance that Shen Zhou and his team had almost never eaten before meeting Ergou. Big loss.

This time, Chaogu chose to go to Hezhou with Han Cunbao, but he was different from Gou San. Gou San was really fascinated by Han Cunbao's promise of a military position, but Chaogu was not. own talent.

How to say that sentence, my failure to win the Jinshi does not mean that I am incapable, but that the world has not given me the opportunity to display my talents.

It is precisely because of this kind of thinking that Chaogu was not moved by Ergou's words, although he did think that Ergou's words made sense.

But, this should be something that everyone in the court should consider. You, a country boy who doesn’t even have a personal license plate, are worrying so much. You are full and have nothing to do!

Chao Gu admits that Ergou's martial arts is indeed very strong, but it's just that the people in the green forest worry about the affairs of the green forest. If you want to make decisions for the people, it's better to go to the imperial examinations and become the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, and then deal with the Xiangzhou affairs.

Otherwise, based on the reputation of the Han family in the Song Dynasty and the court's favorable treatment of the Han family, how could a green forest figure like Ergou interfere?

As for Xie Chongzhi's theory, it's something that can't be put on the table, how can it shake a family of officials and eunuchs like the Han family.

Chao Gu saw it very clearly, and with a smile on his face, he said to Er Gou: "Er...Little Brother Gou, what you said is absolutely correct, there is indeed something wrong with the Han family, but it's not about me or the two of you. This Han Langjun can solve it, but unless the ministers in the court can make up their minds to take back Han Zhongxiangong's ancestral title, no one can do it. Therefore, it is useless for you to blame the younger generations of the Han family."

Ergou shook his head and said: "No! The court is too far away to save the people of Xiangzhou. Only the Han family can solve it."

Chao Gu said with some amusement: "In this case, Chao must listen to your opinion, little brother."

Er Gou frowned, raised two fingers, and said, "Two ways! One is to reduce the rent and interest rates of the Han family themselves, and reduce the pressure on the people of Xiangzhou. This can alleviate the suffering of the people. Inviting. I won't say another way, but I will do it."

Chao Gu shuddered, took a breath and said: "Little brother is so murderous, don't you think it's too ruthless?!"

Ergou sneered and said: "It's better for a whole state to cry than for a whole state to cry! You are just an ordinary person, you don't know anything, so don't worry too much. Brother Cunbao, it doesn't matter if you go to the northwest to take up a post, at least you can be regarded as escaping from the Han family." Whirlpool, please take care of yourself from now on!"

These few people broke up on bad terms, but three heroes who had left Han Cunbao came to say goodbye to Ergou. The leader among them said: "Brother Ergou, I am Tangyin Zhangping. These are two of my fellow countrymen, Tang Yicheng and Wang. Kui. We were supposed to serve my brother, but the three of us left Han Langjun this time, but there were some troubles that we had to go home to deal with.

But don't worry, brother, your righteous deeds to the people of Xiangzhou, we brothers will surely spread it in the state, so that everyone knows your brother's righteousness and compassion. "

Ergou shook his hand and said, "Come on! I don't need manpower here yet, but you have to be careful when you go back. The Han family is in some trouble in Anyang City. If there is any disagreement, you can go to my senior brother Chen Guang." , he has superb martial arts skills, and he can kill ominous people, so he can protect you well."

In this way, the three heroes returned to Xiangzhou, and the convoy of the Han family and Ergou also set out on the road again.

The Han family originally had four carriages, one carriage carried people, and the remaining three carriages pulled a bunch of luggage, which perfectly showed the pomp and circumstance of a wealthy family member when traveling.

Ergou's salt cart was at the end of the convoy, pulled by a strong mule. Behind the cart, Sande Donkey, Gou Laifu, and Sifeng Beast followed obediently even without a rein.

It was a coachman from the Han family who helped Ergou drive the carriage, and he had already driven all the way.

Now the two sides were at loggerheads. Ergou thought that this guy would not come to help again, but he didn't expect that the driver was still the same.

Of course, this is not because the coachman is talking about loyalty, there are other people who talk about loyalty.

Han Cunbao rode a steed, and slightly bowed his hands at Er Gou, who smiled and bowed his hands in return.

He rode on the Sande Donkey, drove a few steps to Han Cunbao, and said, "Brother Cunbao, I'm targeting your Han family like this. I don't want you but you still treat me the same way, but it makes me extremely ashamed."

Han Cunbao smiled wryly and said: "Brother Ergou, you don't know how bad my Han family's reputation is in the army. I went to Hezhou to take up my post this time with the determination to die. I don't know if one day it will become a Cleaning up the loess caused the Han family to suffer a lot, but it has nothing to do with me.

It's just that what you said earlier strengthened my determination to die. "

Er Gou frowned and said: "Why is this! With your martial arts, as long as you don't want to die on the battlefield, it should be easy to live. And I'm also very curious about how bad your Han family's reputation in the army is. .”

Ergou thought in his heart, no matter how bad your Han family's reputation in the army is, it can still be worse than the notoriety of the family surnamed Qin in the future.

Although the reputation of the Han family in the army is not as bad as that of the "fried ghost", it is not much better.

However, Han Cunbao shared with Ergou the story of his grandfather Han Qi's rectification of Di Qing, especially the famous sentence "The one who rolls names outside Donghua Gate is a hero", which was highlighted.

Ergou just wants to say to this, Han Dashou is cheating!Wait until you, the Han family, cry in the future.

Since that quarrel, the relationship between Han Zhi's family and Er Gou has completely cooled down.

However, Han Cunbao still kept in touch with Ergou as before, and when he passed the Yongji Canal in Liyang, he used his identity certificate to open up joints for Ergou and allocate ships.But Ergou knew that Han Cunbao did all this not only because of his loyalty, but also because of Mr. Chaogu's persuasion.

After passing Liyang, the next step is the north course of the Yellow River.

By the way, at this time, the Yellow River forked in the Heyin area north of Guangwu Mountain in Zhengzhou, forming two tributaries that flowed into the sea.

Ergou and the others need to cross the northern tributary from Baimajin and cross the river, so they can enter the land of Huazhou.

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