Chapter 142: Prologue - All parties gathered
Wang Xian is worthy of being an excellent politician, and his keen sense of smell immediately realized how precious the opportunity was tonight, so he immediately seized it and used this opportunity to give the people an inaugural speech that had been long overdue.
As a member of the Taiyuan Wang clan, Wang Xian's knowledge does not need to be discussed, coupled with his many years of experience as an official, he naturally understands the preferences of the people, so a speech that is made at zero time is really easy to understand but has far-reaching significance, so that the citizens present feel both fresh and excited. For the first time, it made the people feel that the high-ranking Taishou Lord was so close to him, and for the first time, it also gave the people a sense of respect from the officials.
After Wang Xian finished speaking, the applause that was even warmer than just now sounded again, if there were many people who were indiscriminate just now, then this time, the applause of the people was more sincere and warm!
What Wang Xian didn't expect was that his speech would have a more far-reaching impact than the article engraved on the boulder later, and it will be remembered by future generations!
"I really didn't expect that our Taishou Lord was quite talented in speech!" Seeing that Wang Xian would seize the opportunity like this, Xu Chen couldn't help but praise him.
Xu Fan frowned inadvertently when he heard this, and then lowered his voice and said to Xu Chen with a stern expression: "His business, don't get involved!"
Xu Chen knew that the teacher was concerned about him, so he replied: "Teacher, don't worry! We have a few catties and a few taels, it is still very clear, those things are still too far away for me at present!"
After listening to this, Xu Fan nodded, this apprentice of his own is a good person, and he will not do anything that he is not sure of. As long as he doesn't take the initiative to participate, he will be able to protect him with his own presence.
It's just that Xu Fan didn't know that Xu Chen's heart was muttering at this moment: "Although it's a little far, even if you stretch out your hand, you can't reach it, but can't you still jump up! It's still possible to catch it if you jump up hard! I'm sorry, teacher, I've already joined the apprentice......
No one heard Xu Chen's inner sigh, but Wang Xian's speech just now brought different feelings to many people.
In the south, not far from Xu Chen, Huang Xian, the head of the Huang family, was carefully looking at the inscriptions on the statues of those sages at the moment, nodding his head from time to time and making a voice of appreciation.
"That's right! These evaluations are very pertinent and in place! Without years of hard reading, and without hard work on the articles of the sages, it is impossible to understand the thoughts of the sages, and it is impossible to write such comments! It seems that this Xu boy is not only good at poetry!"
These critical articles on the statue are all written by Xu Chen, of course, most of them are borrowed, and only a very small number of them Xu Chen has an in-depth understanding will try to write down a few words of his opinion.
"When has this been, you still have the heart to read the article here!"
Luo Zheng, the head of the Luo family, was busy moving forward just now to see those novel buildings, so he separated from Huang Xian, who came with him, and went alone.
Luo Zheng has been a playful character since he was a child, and he has long been tired of the entertainment activities among the nobles on weekdays! This time, seeing Xu Chen making such a big move outside the city, out of some understanding of Xu Chen, Luo Zheng expected that there would definitely be some novelty here.
So as soon as I finished dinner this evening, I went out to the outside of the city, and happened to meet Huang Xian, who was invited by Xu Chen, on the way, so the two came together.
Just after Wang Xian made a speech just now, Luo Zheng also realized the possible impact of this speech, so he lost his interest in playing, and hurriedly rushed over to discuss with Huang Xian.
"When is it?, is something wrong?" Huang Xian asked unhurriedly after hearing Luo Zheng's voice.
After the two began to talk, their guards gradually formed a circle to separate the two from the tourists, and the large number of people in the square made the noise so loud that they were not afraid of being overheard.
"Didn't you hear such a big movement just now?" Luo Zheng immediately looked at Huang Xian with an incredible expression and said.
"I'm not deaf! how could I not hear it?" Huang Xian said calmly.
"Then you still ask me what's wrong!" Luo Zheng said angrily.
"So what? Is something wrong?" asked Huang Xian.
"It's not called an accident! The surnamed Wang came out like this today, and the people of Yuzhang will have to treat him as the master of the blue sky in the future!" Luo Zheng said anxiously.
"Isn't Wang Xian?" asked Huang Xian rhetorically.
Luo Zheng was stunned when he heard this, and then said frantically: "I can't stand you like this the most!
Huang Xian shook his head, and then explained: "Wang Xian has been greedy for money in the past few years when he is in charge of Yuzhang?"
When Luo Zheng heard this, he shook his head and said: "The good guy surnamed Wang is also the eldest son of the Taiyuan Wang family, and these embezzlements and embezzlements can't be done!"
Everyone is the son of a thousand-year-old family, so naturally they won't do this kind of corrupt thing, and besides, that little money is not in their hearts!
"Then did he ever be lustful?" Huang Xian asked again.
"No! The lone surnamed Wang took office, and I heard that his wife has been dead for many years and has not been renewed, and he has not even accepted a concubine...... No, can you stop selling it? If you have something to say, hurry up!" Luo Zheng said anxiously.
"He Wang Xian is neither greedy for money nor lustful, and he likes to make some poetry on weekdays, if he has not made any achievements in office for so long, he is also forced by us. You say that such a good official who is not greedy, lustful, and does not toss around blindly is not considered a great master of the blue sky?" Huang Xian said with a slight smile.
After Luo Zheng listened, he was a little confused, so he asked: "Lao Huang, you didn't get dizzy today, did you? ”
"I'm just telling the truth, we are fighting with Wang Xian just to keep our one-third of an acre of land from being taken away by outsiders, and there is no deep hatred between us and him, so our goal is just to drive him away, and replace him with a small and obedient chief officer. ”
"So we don't need to discredit him! Even if there is a chance to make him elevate and leave Yuzhang, I think Brother Wan is very happy. So it doesn't matter to us how well the people think of him!"
"Besides, what is going to happen next is not something that this group of small people can control!" Although Huang Xian's tone was still flat when he said this, the momentum exuded from his body made Luo Zheng, who had been with him for many years, also feel a burst of surprise.
There are those who don't care about Wang Xian's appearance, and naturally there are those who are deeply excited. It has nothing to do with status, but only about the depth of experience and whether the judgment of the situation is accurate.
On the other side of the archway, Lu Zongbao was facing his eldest brother Lu Zongtai at the moment and said excitedly: "Great! After tonight, Uncle Wang will be in an invincible position! It will not be so easy for those people in the Wan family to rely on the group of imperial historians in the imperial history platform to smear Uncle Wang! Otherwise, if the government and the opposition know that the officials they impeached are actually good officials who are deeply loved by the people, these imperial historians will be unlucky. Even if they have the power to hear about things, our 'Seven Sects and Five Surnames' are not easy to mess with. ”
Lu Zongtai also nodded thoughtfully, as long as Wang Xian was still in Yuzhang, then these arrangements of the several of them in the south would be able to exert the greatest effect, which would be very beneficial to the final decisive battle.
Just when the two sides of the battle were reacting differently to Wang Xian's speech, the other side of Yuzhang City, a relatively independent but powerful force, was now spending all their thoughts on Xu Chen, the organizer of this grand event.
Zhou Gang, the head of the Zhichong Military Mansion of Yuzhang County, the commander of Zhichong, also brought his son tonight, that is, the young Zhou Bin who had been humiliated in Qiushui Pavilion, to watch the so-called opening ceremony.
As the military governor of a county, Zhou Gang's rank is the highest in Yuzhang County except for Taishou Wang Xian. Although Yuzhang Sima Jia Wei is also in charge of the military, and in today's stage of rising civilian power, even the commanders of the military department are mostly civilian officials, so the position of Sima has greatly weakened the power of the commanders of various military governments. This is also a kind of suppression of the military generals by the civilian system, which has been the case in all dynasties, although the Tang Dynasty advocates military merit, but it is impossible to suppress the desire for power of the civilian officials.
But Zhou Gang is different, because his background is the Son of Heaven Guard, Jin Wuwei!
That is to say, Zhou Gang is the general of Zijian in the emperor's heart today, and his promotion, the civil officials can play a very little role, since he is not controlled by others, then in front of the civil officials, Zhou Gang can naturally be full of confidence.
Therefore, Zhou Gang only regarded this Jia Wei as a gang leader who supplied grain and grass, and usually did not let him come into contact with the government army at all, and whenever he was paid food, he led a large group of people to Sima Yamen, which meant very obviously.
"If you don't give it, I'll take it myself!"
Such an arrogant approach naturally gave Jia Wei a headache, but there was no way to do it.
Although Wang Xian is also the envoy of Jiangnan West Province and is in charge of the military and political power of a place, after all, the administrative office of Jiangnan West Road is located in Yuzhang County, and it is naturally impossible for him Wang Xian to leave Yuzhang to govern elsewhere, and it is impossible for the government soldiers of various military governments to leave their own stations without the order of the military department, so don't look at Wang Xian Guanda, in fact, in Yuzhang City, he is just a bare-rod commander who can't mobilize a single soldier.
For such a boss, Zhou Gang naturally doesn't care, just maintains general respect on the surface!
And the relative independence of the government army also gave Zhou Gang a transcendent status, and the ups and downs in Yuzhang City these days naturally couldn't hide from him, and he was also very clear about the battles between the seven sects and the five surnames and the local families.
It's just that Zhou Gang has already made up his mind that he will never bet lightly before the situation is clear.
His posture of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight naturally aroused disgust on both sides, but there was nothing to be done, after all, no one wanted to force him to the other side.
In fact, this kind of person who sits on the mountain and watches the tiger fight is very dangerous, because once the two sides of the fight temporarily stop and work together against him, this kind of person will die out in a while, but now in Yuzhang City, the two sides of the fight have no possibility of shaking hands and making peace because of the most fundamental contradictions.
And at this moment, Zhou Bin, the son of Zhou Gang, who was also at ease, came up with an idea that he thought was clever, and was ready to report to Xu Chen for the revenge he had suffered in Qiushui Pavilion that day......