Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 445
Chang'an, the capital, is still prosperous.Especially after the Kanto goods were transshipped in.

Outside the Weiqiao Warehouse Transshipment Yard, Zhou Zhoulang, who delivered goods from Shanzhou, cursed and said, "Beat every day, beat every month, there are warriors everywhere, I won't deliver goods next year."

"I was terrified on Thursday." Some people laughed: "Who wants to come? There are only two towns in Hebei who are willing to make confessions. In Henan, only Xuanwu, Ziqing, Xuanyi, Youguo, and Fengguo are still there. Make a confession, if the fight continues, I don’t know if there will be an excuse to stop it.”

"It's good to stop. The Shanzhou Transit Institute closes as soon as possible to save us from corvee."

"You have a good idea. At that time, you will probably be sent to Xiashi to build a fortress, and you will be exhausted."

"The imperial court, it seems that it is not very successful, and more and more people are not taking it seriously."

The masters are cursing and don't want to come, but scholars from all over the world are still flocking to Chang'an one after another.

Most of them have been here last year and have been going around, garden parties.

The purpose of the roll is to gain the favor of high-ranking officials and bigwigs.

The national court exam is usually presided over by the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and he is the best candidate to pass the exam before the exam.But in fact, very few people do this directly, even if they do, most of the poetry collections will be returned.If it is more intense, just throw it outside the door.

You have to know how to detour!

Garden parties are also important.This is an important step in building momentum. You say that you write good poems, but you suffer from no one being able to recognize them, so go to various gatherings.Reciting poems and composing Fu, as long as the quality is excellent, most of them will be a hit.And when the fame is big, maybe it will reach the ears of some powerful person.

Furthermore, some high-ranking officials and dignitaries often attend gatherings among scholars. If they can take the opportunity to get acquainted, it would be great and save a lot of trouble.

Write a hundred or eighty poems before the exam, and then pick out some high-quality poems, and find a chance to pass the exam.

"I heard that Du Xiang just came back from Bianzhou, passed through Tongzhou, and collected a bunch of papers." In the wine shop, someone said mysteriously.

The people here are basically scholars who have nowhere to go.They may have some connections in the local area and can pass the solution test, but when they arrive in the capital, they are really powerless, so they are full of complaints.

It's not that they really lack talent. In fact, it is not so easy to pass the state and county exams. They must have studied hard for many years, and then they were full of confidence and felt that they had two brushes. They rushed to Chang'an to take the Jinshi exam.

Some people even worked in the shogunate for a long time.After the family had a little savings, they took the money and went to Chang'an to fulfill their dream of being a Jinshi.

It's really not a good place to be a vassal official, only to be named on the gold list, to enter the court as an official, and to help the world is the dream of these scholars.

"Why did you collect the papers in the same state?" Someone asked, puzzled.

"I heard that Shao Shude, the king of Lingwu County, handed it over to him. Someone handed it over to Master Shao. After reading it, he thought it was brilliant, so he handed it to Du Xiang. Du Xiang also thought it was good, so he probably wanted to show it to Liu Shilang."

"Shao Shude is a martial artist, what kind of poems do you know? It's been so many years, and I haven't heard of any poem titles from him. This is not a scroll, it's a contribution, right?"

Everyone was deeply impressed, but there was regret in their eyes, why didn't I think of this way?
Taifu Shao conquered east and west, and made great achievements in battle. He regained the land lost by Helong, and attacked Tian Lingzi, Yang Fugong and other power officials who harmed the country. The reputation is still very good.

But no matter how regretful I am, I'm afraid it will be too late, the exam is less than ten days away, and there is no time to rush to Tongzhou and return to Chang'an.

If I had thought of this section earlier and written a few more flattering poems advocating Shao Taifu's illustrious military exploits, I might have been taken aback and hoped for high school.

"I heard the rumors in Beijing that Du Xiang has lost power. Will Liu Shilang accept the paper he handed over?" Someone asked again.

"I'm afraid that if I don't pick it up, I have to pick it up. Du Xiang only said that it was handed over by the King of Lingwu County, so Liu Shilang didn't dare to say anything."

Liu Shilang is Liu Chongwang, who used to follow Zhang Jun to the west as a camp judge.After returning from a big defeat, he was sent to supervise the history of the country.However, his elder brother Chonggui became the chancellor, so he soon got up again, Gao was promoted to be the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and presided over the scientific research in late March of the third year of Dashun.

"The king of Lingwu County led his army eastward and even defeated Zhu Quanzhong. He should be the most powerful town in the world. What he said still carries weight. Liu Shilang has to give in if he wants to continue working. The paper handed over , it is almost impossible to hit all of them, but it is very possible to pick some of them."

"Really defeat Zhu Quanzhong?"

"Can this be fake?"

"Henan soldiers can still fight. It is not too much to say that the army is the strongest in the world. How can Master Shao win?"

Henan, what a disaster!
Not to mention, in the past ten years or so, Huang Chao, Qin Zongquan and other thieves have repeatedly harassed people, and the common people were forced to form villages to protect themselves. place of generation.

In all the towns in the world, there is no one who does not want to go to Henan to recruit soldiers. Even Taifu Shao has recruited more than once, obviously better at fighting than his Shuofang people.

"It doesn't matter how you win. Now Shanguo Town has indeed lost its allegiance to him. Zhu Quanzhong probably really lost."

"Most of the towns in Guanzhong have been controlled by them. If something happens in the future, who can save them?" Suddenly someone raised this question, and everyone who heard it was silent.

Some people were filled with righteous indignation, some were hesitant to speak, and some were thoughtful. Maybe it's too late to go to Du Rangneng's mansion to submit the paperwork?
Pick some proud poems and articles, ask Qiaoer to paper and bind them, and hand them to Du Xiangfu?It may not be possible in normal times, but Du Xiang is obviously selecting talents for the King of Lingwu County at this time, so this is an opportunity.

Back then, Han Tuizhi used this method to find Zheng Yuqing for the scroll.

Scholars were discussing a lot, and at this time in the Du mansion, it was another scene.

"Zhu Quanzhong seems to be loyal and treacherous, and Shao Shude is ambitious. The two of them are fighting each other, and the court's financial plan cannot be sustained. There is nothing like it." Du Honghui, who is the servant of the household department, also came. With money and food.

Du Rangneng remained silent.

"Brother?" Du Honghui said a lot, but he was surprised to see that his elder brother still didn't reply, so he asked.

"Sanlang, my brother is likely to be dismissed." After a long time, Du Rangneng sighed and said.

"But Wei Zhaodu is going back to Beijing?" Du Honghui asked after thinking about it.

Wei Zhaodu was the Jiedu envoy of Xichuan, but he led an army of tens of thousands to besiege Chengdu, procrastinating for a long time, but to no avail. At the same time, he was at odds with Zhu Mei, the envoy of Dongchuan Jiedu.Zhu Mei threatened that Wei Zhaodu had to resign if he wanted to transfer Dongchuan soldiers to assist Chengdu.

Zhu Mei's words carry a lot of weight, because he is about to conquer Suizhou Town, and he ranks first in the army of all roads in Jiannan.

Qiongnan Jiedushi Ximen Wentong covered the land of the four prefectures, and recently began to expand eastward, attacking Pomei and Jiaerzhou, and competed with Longjian Jiedushi Zhao Jian in the Pengzhou area. The strength of the two is divided into two , three.

Shence divided Li Ting and Man Cun into Han, Jian and other places, and their strength was weak and not worth mentioning.

The sage has agreed to Wei Zhaodu's return to Beijing. Although he has just left Chengdu, returning to the phase is a certainty.

Considering that a few months ago Zheng Yanchang, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, was promoted to Zhongshu Shilang, Tongping Zhangshi, and Pan Duzhi to solve financial problems for the court. Now there are four prime ministers in the court: Liu, Cui, Zheng, and Du. , if Wei Zhaodu returns to Beijing, there must be one person leaving, and this person is likely to be Du Rangneng.

"It's Wei Zhaodu's return to Beijing to serve as Prime Minister." Du Rangneng sighed, and said with some desolation: "I wanted to serve the court and be loyal to the saint, but what, what!"

Several prime ministers, Liu Chonggui of Huazhou, are a good man, excellent in calligraphy and painting, also quite accomplished in poetry and prose, and are shrewd and experienced in politics.But maybe he was too shrewd, feeling that he was just dawdling recently, unwilling to contribute, and maybe there was no way to do it if he wanted to, so he simply saved his life wisely.

Attend literary gatherings from time to time, chic and comfortable.

Cui Zhaowei from Beizhou has bad intentions, has a strong desire for power, and acts recklessly without regard to consequences, which often makes Du Rangneng feel frightened.However, the saint still trusts him very much, so I really don't know what to say.

Zheng Yanchang in Zhengzhou, the sage promoted him to solve financial problems, and I don't know if he can do well.

Du Rangneng is not very optimistic about this.This year, there are a few fewer feudal towns offering confessions. It is conceivable that there will be fewer and fewer in the future. The sentence of the third division and the sentence of Duzhi are like pits of fire, and anyone who enters will have a short lifespan for several years.

"Brother, if things don't go well in the court, why not learn from Xu Yuzhi and go out of town." Du Honghui suggested.

"Where can I find it?"

"Lingnan West Road is possible." Du Honghui replied.

Last year, the imperial court decreed that Wuwei Army Jiedu envoy (formerly Hunan Observation Envoy) Zhou Yue moved to Lingnan West Road, but Zhou Yue did not arrive in the town and remained in Tanzhou.

Shaozhou Inspector Deng Chuna and Langzhou Inspector Lei Man secretly formed an alliance to deal with Zhou Yue together, so he probably won't be able to take office.Then it might be an opportunity for the court to re-appoint Yongshuai.

"Is there no other Fangzhen?" Du Rangneng asked expressionlessly.

Du Honghui was taken aback, his elder brother was shrewd and capable, how could he ask such a question?
"Kuixia Li Kan, it's quite inappropriate for one person to be in two towns. Maybe one of them will be handsome when he goes out of the town. However, I think the elder brother knows what kind of temperament this generation is. I don't recommend elder brother to go."

"Du Hong, the Wuchang Army, had a rift with Zhao Dechen in Xiangyang, and secretly helped Lei Man, a barbarian in Langzhou. Li Kan hated him deeply. If he wanted to send troops to conquer, he might as well call him into the court as an official, and he might agree. However, a place full of soldiers and horses is not a good place to go. "

"There is a bell in Jiangxi, and I don't recommend my elder brother to go."

"Fujian inspector Chen Yan died of illness, and Yan's wife and younger brother, Fan Hui, kept Fan Hui behind him to compete with Quanzhou Governor Wang Shenchao."

"Zhedong, that's all."

Du Honghui said a lot, the meaning is obvious.In the past two years, the imperial court could also appoint Jiedushi in many southern feudal towns, and they could also collect taxes, but now it seems that they are not able to appoint Jiedushi, and can only collect taxes.In a few years, I am afraid that the tax will not be collected.

The east and west of Lingnan, and the middle of Guizhou, these three towns are probably the only towns where the imperial court can appoint Jiedu envoys, and there is no other place to go.

In fact, there is also one in the north, and that is Wuning Town.

Zhu Quanzhong went to the imperial court again, asking Shi Pu to move the town.Shi Pu should have been terrified, thinking that staying in Xuzhou would be a dead end, his family would not be safe, and he didn't want to move the town, because there was no good place to go, he might as well be an official in the court.

The court agreed to Shi Pu's request to enter the court.

But when the matter came to an end, Shi Pu regretted it again.Because he felt that Zhu Quanzhong was cunning and ruthless, and he had no faith at all. Once he left Xuzhou, he might be killed by Zhu Quanzhong, so he decided to stay and fight to the end.

Zhu Quanzhong was probably also a little depressed.Fame actually has this effect?
"How about going out of town in Liangzhou?" Du Rangneng asked suddenly.

Du Honghui was taken aback for a moment, and was about to say something, when he suddenly thought of the fact that his brother had collected a bunch of papers during his stay in Tongzhou recently, and seemed to realize something.

Isn't this move to reserve the shogunate team in advance?
"How long have you thought about it, brother?"

"Soon, when the news of Wei Zhaodu's return to Beijing came." Du Rangneng shook his head, and said, "There is nothing to be done, but there is nothing to do, it's better to avoid disaster."

"Shao Shude has great ambitions..." Du Honghui hesitated for a moment, but still said.

"Jingzhao Du's family has been prestige for hundreds of years. It cannot be destroyed by me." Du Rangneng said: "Fang today, Shao, Zhu, and Li are the most powerful. Quanzhong lives in the place of the Fourth World War. Confining Jinyang, Wei Shude presses the sword to pass the middle, sweeps away the heroes, defeats all loyal, tigers look at the Central Plains, the situation is the best."

Needless to say too much.

The Du family in Jingzhao, Du Zhou and Du Ji in the Han Dynasty, Du Yu in the Jin Dynasty, Du Ruhui in the Lingyan Pavilion in the Guo Dynasty, nine prime ministers in total, and Du Fu and Du Mu in the literary world, which can be called a gathering of heroes.

At this time of the Great Revolution, if you can't make a difference, you may be sunk for hundreds of years, which is unbearable.

It goes without saying which is more important, family or country.

Of course, it is impossible for Du Shi to bet all on Shao Shude.Just like the Xiao family, there are also people who are assisting Quanzhong, and even favored Wang Chongrong, and Xiao Yan himself served as the envoy of Longyou Jiedu, serving for Shude.

Du's family also has other branches, how to choose is their business, it has nothing to do with the main branch, everyone depends on their own ability.

"Let's talk about it after the Spring Festival is over and the Spring List of the Ministry of Rites is released." Du Rangneng finally said, "I have spotted some talents for my brother. If I can bring them to Liangzhou, it will be a lot easier."

(End of this chapter)