Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 323 Shen Congxing

"Yeah, if it were anyone else, I'm afraid they would have lost their sense of proportion in their haste." Gu Tingye praised.

If it were someone else, the official would be caught, causing chaos.

It's really admirable that Wu can be so calm.

Seeing that Gu Tingye failed to understand what he meant, Li An shook his head and said, "Let's go back to the inn. Now that Brother Jiefu has been dismissed, there is no point in staying in Yuzhou. Let's go out on a study tour as an excuse. It’s hard to go back so soon, why don’t you accompany me to Yangzhou?”

"That's okay. I wrote a letter to Aunt Chang a few days ago, asking her to go to Bianjing to take care of Mannia and the children for me. Aunt Chang hasn't replied yet. I'll go to Yangzhou and ask her face to face. If she is willing to go, I can go to Yangzhou. Then we can take her back to Bianjing," Gu Tingye said.

Li An shook his head and said: "Zhonghuai, as a friend, I have to remind you. With Mannia's background, your father should not let her in. Even if you are named on the gold list, I am afraid it will be difficult. You are not married yet. , not to mention having a concubine, once word spreads, who is willing to marry the girl to you?
If Mannia stays in Bianjing, she will be discovered one day. Why don't you just send her to Yangzhou and let Aunt Chang take care of her. When you marry your wife in the future, you can find a way to explain it to her clearly, and then you can take her back to Bianjing. "

Gu Yankai was in poor health, but the reason why he was so angry with Gu Tingye was not only because Gu Tingye repeatedly questioned the cause of his mother's death, but also had a lot to do with Mannia's existence.

After Mannia's true face was exposed, Gu Tingye was so angry with him. In addition to hating her for deceiving him, the most important reason was also because of Gu Yankai's death.

Being angry at his father has always been a bottleneck in Gu Tingye's heart. If it weren't for Mannia, the conflict between father and son wouldn't be so intense, and Gu Yankai might not die.

Zhao Zongquan learned that the officials sent people to Bianjing to escort Wang Anshi back to Beijing, and he was worried that Zhao Ceying would do something stupid under impulse.

When the two returned to the inn, Li An sent Desheng to inquire about the nearest passenger ship to Yangzhou.

After all, without Gu Yankai's death, Gu Tingye might not have been able to see through Xiao Qin's true face.

I thought to myself, this couldn't be Shen Congxing.

But for Gu Tingye, I don't know if this is a good thing.

The man was tall and looked powerful.

When Shitou heard this, he looked at Gu Tingye, saw him nodding, and opened the door.

Let's see if there is a chance for Mannia to reveal her true face in advance.

"Brother Zhao, don't worry, sit down and talk." Gu Tingye said.

Ang Lee regards Gu Tingye as a friend and doesn't want him to be the same as in the original play.

Zhao Ceying walked in anxiously, followed by a man about the same age as Gu Tingye.

After Desheng left, Li An and Gu Ting were talking in the room when suddenly there was a knock on the door.

Under Gu Tingye's instruction, Shitou came to the door and said in a deep voice: "Who?"

"No, Mannia stayed with me when I was at my worst and gave birth to children for me. She was lonely and helpless. If I sent her to Yangzhou, she would inevitably think too much." Gu Tingye shook his head.

"It's me, Zhao Ceying." Zhao Ceying said.

However, it was not convenient for him to go to the academy to keep an eye on Zhao Ceying, so he sent someone to inform his brother-in-law Shen Congxing to go there.

At first, Li An thought he was Zhao Ceying's bodyguard, but he didn't look like him in what he was wearing.

After hearing this, Zhao Ceying was about to sit down when she suddenly remembered something and pointed at the man next to her and said, "This is my uncle."

"Zhong Huai, Zi Qian, I heard that someone from Bianjing escorted the teacher back to Beijing. Will the teacher be okay?" Zhao Ceying asked worriedly.

However, there were many things he couldn't say, so he could only give Gu Tingye this advice.

Seeing that Gu Tingye couldn't move, Li An didn't say any more.

Although Shen Congxing is Zhao Ceying's elder, he is only seven or eight years older than Zhao Ceying. Although the two are uncles and nephews, they usually get along like friends.

At Zhao Ceying's plea, Shen Congxing did not restrict him from leaving the academy, and even accompanied him to come to Li An and others to inquire about the situation.

"I'm going down to Shen Congxing." Shen Congxing said with cupped hands.

"Brother Shen, please sit down."

Although Li An had made some guesses before, he was still a little surprised when he heard this, but he soon returned to normal and asked Shen Congxing to sit down. As for the title issue, it actually doesn’t matter.

Zhao Ceying called Wang Anshi his teacher, but Li An was on a par with Wang Anshi.

After all, he is still Zhao Ceying's elder.

But he and Zhao Ceying were both peers, and the same was true with Shen Congxing.

After the four people sat down, Li An told Zhao Ceying what he had said to Gu Tingye before.

Zhao Ceying breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this and said: "I'm relieved now. Zi Qian and Zhong Huai, I'm a descendant of the clan. I'm not allowed to leave Yuzhou without an imperial edict. When you return to Bianjing, please write down the teacher's situation." Let me know."

When Li An and Gu Tingye heard this, they naturally would not refuse.

"Brother Shen looks tall and tall. Could it be that he is on duty in the army?"

Li An looked at Shen Congxing and took the initiative to chat with him.

"Well, I am now serving as the deputy commander of the Yuzhou Xiang Army." Shen Congxing said.

The military system of the Song Dynasty was mainly divided into three types: forbidden army, Xiang army, and rural army.

Among them, the Forbidden Army is the emperor's guard, used to guard the capital and prepare for conquest.

In fact, the Forbidden Army is a general term, and it is still different from the Forbidden Army of other dynasties.

Emperor Taizu dressed himself in a yellow robe and sat on the throne.

At that time, the world was in chaos, with warlords dividing the country, rituals and music collapsed, and there was no loyalty at all.

He was worried that other generals would imitate his example, so he resorted to one trick to release his military power over a glass of wine.

After the world was settled, and after learning the lessons of the Tang Dynasty's separatist vassal towns, and the failure to conquer the Sixteenth State of Yanyun, there was no danger to defend the north, so all the most elite soldiers in the world were incorporated into the Forbidden Army.

Therefore, in addition to serving as the emperor's guards, they also had the responsibility of going on expeditions or guarding the borders.

The soldiers guarding the border in the north and northwest and the soldiers and horses in the western suburbs camp west of Bianjing City all belong to the Forbidden Army.

The Xiang army is the state garrison and can be regarded as the reserve army of the Forbidden Army.

In terms of regulations, the imperial army and the Xiang army have equal status. In fact, the gap in terms of treatment and actual status is very large.

The Xiang Army was the reserve force of the Xiang Army, somewhat similar to the militiamen of later generations.

Zhao Zongquan, the regimental trainer, trains the rural army.

When it comes to rank and official position between the two, Shen Congxing is obviously a head above Zhao Zongquan.

"I didn't expect Brother Shen to be a general. It's really disrespectful." Li An cupped his hands.

The Xiang army in a state can range from ten to twenty thousand to several thousand.

Generally, the general commanders of the Xiang army are all of the third and fourth grades, and the deputy commanders of the generals are all of the fifth grade.

No matter whether Shen Congxing is from the fifth rank or the fifth rank, he can be called a general.

Shen Congxing laughed at himself: "What kind of general am I? I'm just messing around."

Even if there is a war, the Xiang army will not be able to go to the battlefield.

Moreover, the Song Dynasty has always had the tradition that the generals do not know the soldiers, and the soldiers do not know the generals.

To put it simply, the generals who usually lead troops are actually just training troops.

During the war, those generals who usually have nothing to do at home come to lead the troops.

(End of this chapter)