Song Beiyun

Qiaoyun is such an abandoned child, she survived only because her loud cry attracted General Zuo who rode across the street on horseback.

At that time, Duke Ding felt that the child was about the same age as his own daughter and had a good foundation, so he decided to adopt her in the army.

This is also the No.19 abandoned child he adopted. The reason why Qiaoyun has so many brothers and sisters is in the final analysis that's how he came here.

I have known Qiaoyun for more than ten years, and I have never heard her talk about her life experience, and Song Beiyun has never really asked her. Now when she leans beside her and tells the story, Song Beiyun can imagine what she was like at that time. Dire look.

Because Duke Ding was not a Duke at the time, he was just a mid-level general, and his abilities were limited. Even if he tried his best to adopt him, it would be just a drop in the bucket.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, according to the records of various counties, the entire Central Plains had a total population of nearly 3000 million. Thirty years ago, the population was only 30 million.It is conceivable what the war brought about. Although the policy of introducing Sichuan into Henan and Jiangxi to fill Huguang later made the population increase slightly, the population increase in the past five years alone is already higher than that in the previous 300 years. The total increase is even more.

So Song Beiyun probably understood what kind of purgatory scene Ding Guogong saw back then, so that a hard-hearted man like him could feel compassion.

"Sister Qiaoyun, where is your hometown? I haven't asked yet."

"It's not far." Qiaoyun leaned into Song Beiyun's arms: "There is a place called Sixian in Suzhou."

"I've heard, but it's not far away. The official road over there is very smooth now, and you can arrive there in two or three days." Song Beiyun rubbed Qiaoyun's hair: "Tomorrow I will take Zuorou home and take you there."

"Ah."

Because he had to go on the road the next day, nothing special happened at night, which disappointed Zhao Cheng who had been waiting to listen to the wall.

Early the next morning, when Song Beiyun told Zuo Rou about his decision, she exploded on the spot: "Go out and play without me! No way."

"Oh, why did you go out to play? It's to find the roots for sister Qiaoyun." Song Beiyun patted Zuorou's stomach like a watermelon: "You see, you have a family, a father, a name and a surname. Sister Qiaoyun doesn't know until now What is your real name? Although there is little hope in the past this time, you have to try it after all. You can’t let sister Qiaoyun remain anonymous for the rest of her life, right? When she becomes a mother in the future, if the child asks, what is your name? You look like a maid, what you say makes people uncomfortable."

Although Zuo Rou is irritable, she is actually quite kind. After thinking for a moment, she said: "It's also ho, okay. I'll just go home. Anyway, I'm pregnant now, and my father doesn't dare to hit me."

"He hasn't hit you either!" Song Beiyun flicked her head: "Don't just open your mouth."

Zuo Rou sighed: "It's really unlucky, why did you get a big belly, now you can't even want to have a good time, and you can't go far, it's annoying."

"You can rest here in peace."

After Zuo Rou was settled, Song Beiyun ordered the carriages and horses to be prepared in the morning, and he told King Fu and Xiang Xiang Ding for a leave of absence, and boarded the carriage to Suzhou.

Before leaving, when he sent Zuorou back to Duke Ding's mansion, he had a detailed chat with Duke Ding about where he picked up Qiaoyun, but he didn't get any useful information, after all, for Duke Ding Back then he picked up too many children, Qiaoyun was not the most special one, how could he remember clearly.

"But probably in Suzhou." Song Beiyun nodded and said, "I'll check it out bit by bit."

"You actually want to leave at this time?"

"I thought about it. I should leave at this time. The official's house will be here in a few days. If he doesn't leave, it will be troublesome for him to deal with. I will come back when he gives the final blow to the reform." Song Beiyun will always go up The good tea leaves were placed in front of Duke Ding and said: "Master, I offended many people before."

Duke Ding didn't bother to argue with him anymore. After all, it was done now, and the jade seal on the imperial decree had already explained everything. When the emperor was determined to do something, as Duke Ding who was absolutely loyal to the Song Dynasty, he would not and could not have any Opposition.

However, Song Beiyun's handling method was indeed very uncomfortable, it was too strong, even if he didn't use the wrong strategy, it would be embarrassing after all.

But as far as the big stone has landed now, there is nothing more to say. After all, King Fu has entered a semi-retired stage, and he will resign as a privy envoy at an appropriate time until the court arranges it.

Song Beiyun knew that it would take a while for Duke Ding to forgive him, so he didn't say anything more, just said hello and left.

In front of the hall, only Ding Guogong and Zuo Rou with a big belly were left with big eyes and small eyes. Seeing his daughter still eating and eating like this, Ding Guogong suddenly became angry, turned around and entered the room with a snort. Church.

Zuo Rou, on the other hand, didn't care at all, she stuffed her mouth full of food like a mouse with the food in her hands, and started looking for Zuo Fang everywhere while chewing.

Just when Song Beiyun took Qiaoyun on the journey to find relatives, Zhao Xing also embarked on the return journey, because the situation in Song Dynasty was relatively stable after all, and it was time for him to take charge of the overall situation.

He has been in Chang'an for almost a year. Originally, he went there to avoid the limelight. If something happened to Jinling, he could avoid the risk of being sidelined by the Qing emperor. No matter what, Chang'an can become The second foothold is justifiably pulling another team out, so as not to let people take the blame.

The reform of the Song Dynasty is coming to an end, and it is left to follow the plan step by step, and the reform of the Liao Kingdom will finally start.

No one knew what kind of secret treaty the emperors of Song and Liao reached. Anyway, after Zhao Xing left the new capital of Liao, the Liao soldiers who had accumulated on the border of Song and Liao withdrew, but it was Song's army that was suppressed.

Many people don't understand this oboe-like pattern, but those who can understand it know that Song and Liao must have some ulterior secrets in private.

It’s just that now no one can figure out what the significance of doing this is, whether it’s revenge or other plans. Although some people speculate that the Liao Kingdom will also carry out some reforms, the problem lies here. The national conditions of the country are different. The fundamental problems of the Song State are the long-term accumulation of land and the military system, while the Liao State is a typical family industry. The focus of the contradiction is not those, so it is still difficult to imitate. own way.

But the problem is that the emperor of the Liao Kingdom is not in the right position!Although Yelufo Baonu had a good reputation in the country, he still had the title of kinslayer after all, which was fundamentally different from Zhao Xing, the emperor who came from the side of the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, the eyes of many scholars have shifted from the Song Dynasty to the Liao Dynasty. After all, from an academic point of view, if there are two powerful countries with successful reforms in one region, this has never happened since ancient times. of.

This in itself is of great research value, especially the group of historians, they are as happy as the New Year.

"Brother, come to Jinling to play when spring begins."

"Where's your son?" Fo Baonu suddenly found that the prince was not around Zhao Xing: "Your son is gone?"

"The sons and daughters are all staying in Chang'an." Zhao Xing said with a smile: "In Chang'an is safer than in Jinling. Let me see you let your crown prince go too."

"How dare you..."

Although Song Beiyun repeatedly ordered Fo Baonu to keep his son, but the prince of Liao had a very high status and he must not stay there easily. It is necessary to think twice.

"Then what are your plans?"

"I don't know yet." Fo Baonu shook his head and said, "After you go back, send that guy to me as an envoy and lend me a few months."

"That can't be done, there is a famine now, how can he run around." Zhao Xing waved his hand, and then got into the carriage: "But brother, don't panic, I will definitely give you a letter when the time comes."

Fo Baonu chuckled, none of these dog men in Qinglongyuan can be trusted, and they are all top-notch in sports cars.

But now she urgently needs Song Beiyun, both psychologically and physically. Without someone with successful struggle experience by her side, she dare not easily open the curtain of reform.

As for the physiology... After all, she is a familiar woman, and it is human nature to be so unbearable at night.

"Do you think we can succeed this time?"

Watching Zhao Xing's car drive away, Fo Baonu turned his head and asked Miaoyan, but Miaoyan just raised his eyebrows: "What's the use of asking me, I don't know, you just wait for the child's father to come. Zhao Sex should give you this face and bring him here."

"hope so."

Chapter 698: Sunny September 11, Six Years

Just as Song Beiyun expected, he arrived at Qiaoyun's hometown in three days.

Qiaoyun doesn't have too many memories of this place, she just knows that this is her hometown.

But people seem to have a kind of instinct. Anyway, after arriving here, Qiaoyun's mood has obviously dropped a lot, and she doesn't look like before.

When Song Beiyun got off the car, he saw rows of old houses, and the population did not seem to be small.

"Where should we start?" Song Beiyun looked at the unfamiliar environment in front of him with his arms crossed: "I really haven't been to this place before."

In fact, Song Beiyun didn't know that this trip to find the so-called relatives was nothing more than looking for a needle in a haystack. Looking for a person who was more than 20 years ago in this vast sea of ​​people is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack, let alone after so many years of war, famine, Floods, whether people can live are huge question marks, maybe Qiaoyun's parents and relatives are not as old as her.

"Old rules, find a place to stay first."

Song Beiyun searched around, but after all, he was unable to find a suitable place to stay. There was not a competent hotel in this place, only some places similar to homestays.

And these homestays are not the same as the folk customs that Song Beiyun understands. Their environment is only for passing merchants to stay. The environment is so bad that even a girl from the army like Qiaoyun will frown at a glance.

"Looks like I have to rent a house."

"Ah."

Qiaoyun is now the concubine of a wealthy family, and she is completely different from the reckless woman she used to be. Naturally, she can't let Song Beiyun, the minister of the court, live in places where the scumbags gather, so she is picky now. Instead, it wasn't Song Beiyun but Qiaoyun.

It's actually not difficult to rent a house, but Song Beiyun, who loves cleanliness, can't stand the environment where you have to be careful of being bitten by fleas while lying in the house. They kept picking until it was almost dark before they considered a house.

The owner of the house is a wealthy local family, but his family moved to Haizhou a few days ago, because the development level of Haizhou is quite high now, and Haizhou Port is the third largest port in the world besides Guangzhou Port and Hangzhou Port. Well, the prosperity brought by sea transportation has made Haizhou different from what it used to be, and the migration policy between Song and Liao is quite loose, so rich households from all over the country will run to big cities, which is also human nature.

The person in charge of contacting Song Beiyun was a relative of the rich family. He originally said that he only wanted to sell, not rent. a month.

Although this aunt was aggressive, she didn't let go of what she was supposed to do. First, she ordered someone to clean the house overnight, and then gave Song Beiyun clean and unused bedding. People are very satisfied.

The house was empty, but at least there was a place to live in. Song Beiyun sat in front of the empty hall, fiddling with the charcoal stove with a pair of iron tongs. Qiaoyun boiled water but there was no tea, so he could only bring a bowl of hot water to Song Beiyun: "I've wronged you, let you accompany me to this country place."

Song Beiyun didn't even raise his head: "What's the matter? I'm originally from the countryside. This place must be more lively than Xiaolianzhuang."

Qiaoyun didn't answer, but she knew that the conditions here were really not good. No matter from what point of view, Song Beiyun actually had no reason to accompany her to this kind of place. , but now here...

"Sister Qiaoyun, don't be so busy feeling guilty. If I really get busy, I definitely won't be able to get out. Isn't this a transitional period?"

Song Beiyun's explanation obviously couldn't bring Qiaoyun peace of mind, she still felt that she was dragging Song Beiyun down.If you don't say that women are troublesome, explanations are superfluous when encountering this kind of situation. After taking a shower, entering the room and having a good time, there is no bullshit.

From the second day onwards, it will be a serious family-finding journey, but again, investigating a person or incident 20 years ago is no less difficult than finding a needle in a haystack.

Although Song Beiyun found the corresponding county annals through the county magistrate, the county annals only recorded a famine that year, but there were no details.

"Sister Qiaoyun, do you have any tokens?"

Qiao Yun hurriedly took out a child's copper lock from her bosom, and the word "Longevity" was engraved crookedly on it.

From the point of view of workmanship, this is definitely not a rich man's adornment, it should be the last thought that Qiaoyun's parents, who were not rich at all, left for her with all their efforts.

"Since this is the only token, we have to start with this thing."

The two sat in the tea shop by the side of the road, looking at the endless stream of passing merchants, and now Song Beiyun was also a little worried.

Yesterday he asked Qiaoyun why he wanted to find relatives on a whim, but Qiaoyun's answer made him dumbfounded, but it was only because he was worried that the future child would not know where he was from, so people called him a wild species.

Isn't this a joke, so sometimes I really can't understand a woman's brain circuit, but since she has this concern, then Song Beiyun will accompany her if she is with her, it's not a big problem.

"Later, let's go to the county to inquire about it."

Although Song Beiyun can completely let the people under his command handle these matters, the damn sense of ritual is still necessary. After all, this matter is nothing to him, but it seems to be the first priority in life to Qiao Yun General events.

But as far as Song Beiyun is concerned, he definitely can't run around with his real identity. He is not just a celebrity now, if he runs around, something will happen, so he changed his name to Song Dacheng this time, and he came here just to find his relatives.

"Sister Qiaoyun, do you think there is anything strange going on in this county?"

After some investigation, Song Beiyun suddenly smiled and asked Qiaoyun, and he could see the difference of this county at a glance out of professional sensitivity.First, there is a county government here but no county magistrate. Although it is a complete county, the county's legal affairs, public security, etc. are nominally managed by the neighboring county.Second, there is no inn here, if it is a remote small county, it will be fine, but here is the main road from Jiangsu, Zhejiang to Beijing and Tianjin. There is an endless stream of business people every day, but most of them choose because there is no inn Settle elsewhere.

And the third, and what Song Beiyun finds most strange, is that this county is like a place isolated from the world, and the few big households in the county control everything in this county like the emperor of the earth, and they are so small that they welcome and send, It is so big that disaster relief and relief are handled by these big households.

These big households all belong to the clan system, and they are all relatives to each other.

This is not rare in theory, but the real rarity is their interference with local governance, but it is not oppressive. They will allocate fields to those who have no fields to cultivate, or even take nothing.

But here lies the problem. Since they don't take any money, how do they maintain such a huge expense?

With this question in mind, Song Beiyun wandered around the county for a long time out of curiosity, but he still couldn't meet anyone who was willing to speak up.

"Let the bullets hurry up and apply for the world heritage." Song Beiyun returned to his residence and looked at the fallen leaves in the courtyard, and took a deep breath: "Isn't this the Goose City?"

As the journey of searching for relatives gradually deepened, Song Beiyun felt as if he had really come to a place similar to Goose City.

Such a place is amazing, it can even be regarded as an extrajudicial place, because there is no county magistrate, so the examiners will not go in here, and if there is no bad life lawsuit, Yushitai will not be in such a place waste time.

Then the final result is that the influence of these big families here is far greater than that of the imperial court, and they even began to replace the imperial court in exercising the law.

Is this okay?

"Shunzi." Song Beiyun called out in a low voice.

Immediately a thin young man flashed out of the shadows, and behind this young man was a girl of fourteen or fifteen years old. Song Beiyun raised his eyes and glanced at the two of them: "Go and find out that all the rich households who have moved out of this county have gone. Where, to be sure."

"Yes, my lord."

These people belonged directly to Song Beiyun's secret army, and most of them were orphans adopted when he was in charge of the Imperial City Division. The orphan, and the girl was the child who was almost locked in the vat as rations.

Now that they have been trained, they have become the most important intelligence force under Song Beiyun. Because they are young and very inconspicuous, they can easily get the corresponding information.

"Sister Qiaoyun, I think this place is full of weirdness." After Song Beiyun gave the order, he looked at Qiaoyun and said with a smile, "Let's find out the foundation of this place while looking for your relatives."

Of course, the weirdness of this place doesn't stop there. For example, the reason why the county government here is vacant, after checking the contents of the county annals, is because people who become officials here will be promoted to other places within two years, without exception.

However, most of the officials at the county magistrate level in Dasong will work until retirement, and here one is promoted every two years.

And there is likely to be a shocking case hidden here.

Why do you say that others can't find it, but Song Beiyun can see it at a glance? It's not that he has a special physique, but professional things. what.

It is said that the most attractive state of a man is a 20-year-old body and a 40-year-old soul. Song Bucai happens to be such a person. He has the cunning of a top-level old fox and the reaction and activity that only belong to young people. With the blessing of Buff, he is really the most terrifying type in the eyes of others.

"Sister Qiaoyun, let's continue to look for relatives for you. In fact, I'm just checking. If they haven't done anything outrageous, I won't bother to care about them."

Chapter 699: On November 11th, Six Years, the Sunny and Good Times

"The dog thing ran away?"

Zhao Xing returned to Jinling and read the report on the situation during this period, but after reading it, he found that Song Beiyun was missing from Sixiang...

"This guy can always come up with some new tricks for me."

"He went back to his hometown to look for relatives." Duke Ding said with embarrassment, "That's it."

"Him?" Zhao Xing flicked his sleeves: "Just this guy, he would lose his temper even if the moon is not round enough, so he is still looking for relatives?"

Zhao Xing's words were true and made the old men laugh, not to mention that the description was quite apt. Based on what they knew about Song Beiyun, he was really a person who had to struggle even if the moon wasn't round enough. Let him out. I really don't know what will come out of it.

But that's all, he's been exhausted for the past year. He hasn't rested for a moment since he returned to Jinling in early spring until this month, so he should be let out to rest.