At the end of the banquet, Ning Guogong drank a little too much, and with the support of his daughter and domestic servants, he got into the carriage and went back to Xu's mansion.

Gao Yuan also said goodbye and wanted to return to the Guofu Post House in Runzhou to rest, and there were other entertainment in the evening, Han Xizai didn't keep much, but before Su Chen left, he was left by Han Shilang and brought to the study to talk.

The maid brought two bowls of decanting soup and a pot of tea, Han Xizai signaled to Su Chen, and the two drank the decanting soup and let the maid leave the study.

"Su Chen, do you have any complaints in your heart, blaming me for telling your identity?" Han Xizai asked with a smirk.

Of course, Su Chen had a little complaint in his heart, and today he revealed his other identity in front of him, which made him have to apologize in front of Xu Cainu, which was quite embarrassing, because his previous partner Peng Jingqing deceived her.

However, Su Chen also understood that Han Xizai did it on purpose, there must be a reason for the other party, and it was not malicious, so introducing Su Chen in front of Lord Gao, Ning Guogong, and Xu Cainu was also to gain fame for him, and officially launched it, so that people close to Han Xizai could accept Su Chen's identity as another great talent.

"Han Lao must have done this, it must be the reason, right?" Su Chen asked without answering.

Han Xizai took a sip of tea, rolled up two tea leaves on the tip of his tongue, spit it out lightly, and said with a smile: "Actually, your identity, the official family already knows, the last time Lord Xu returned to Beijing and took away those poems of yours, he should have also told your identity." ”

Su Chen was stunned for a moment, and he was helpless in his heart, after all, Xu Kai was a secretary and a close minister around the emperor, so it was impossible for him to deceive the emperor because of an ordinary friend like Su Chen, which was not very realistic.

Moreover, Han Xizai, Xu Kai, and Gao Yuan are obviously all people from the same camp and belong to the Sun Party, they are secretly fueling the flames, and they intend to push themselves out into the official career, which Su Chen has already vaguely experienced, but he himself is not keen on it.

Because according to historical records, the Southern Tang Dynasty was about to perish in ten years, and he was an official in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the ending can be imagined, and it is destined to be gloomy.

Besides, in the late Southern Tang Dynasty, the economy was scarce and the treasury was empty, and the people had already suffered greatly and complained.

The Sun Party of the Dynasty, the Song Party, the upstarts, and the Reform Party attacked each other, the party was the same and different, and Li Yu was not a bold hero, and the Southern Tang Dynasty was in chaos in the later period, and there was no future.

Su Chen didn't want to wade into this troubled water, and he didn't want to enter the court as an official or something.

"Han Lao and Master Xu's move, I also understand, is for Su Chen's consideration, and I want to find a good future for Zaixia. But I have made my position clear many times, I don't want to be an official, and I don't want to take the imperial examination, I just want to be a rich man. ”

Han Xizai nodded lightly when he saw Su Chen say it so bluntly, but he was not surprised, and still did not give up and persuaded: "Really don't think about the path to the imperial examination?" If you are not an official, how can your skills for the benefit of the people be widely implemented? ”

Su Chen smiled: "This is not in a hurry, I haven't fully developed it yet, maybe ten years later, it will be possible to promote it to the world." ”

"Ten years from now?" Han Xizai was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Ten years later, what the Tang State will be able to look like, and whether it will be captured by the Song State, it is unknown. ”

Su Chen looked at Han Xizai, he couldn't imagine that his vision was so poisonous, and his prediction would be so accurate.

Han Xizai glanced at Su Chen, and said with a faint smile: "If these words are said, it will be a big rebellion, the old man does not treat you as an outsider, so, if you don't vomit or be unhappy, let's open the window and say something bright!" ”

Su Chen sighed lightly in his heart, the two of them were talking, and they didn't have any recording equipment, what you said, you can deny it afterwards, even if I go out to tell the truth, there is no evidence! What's more, many of the court members are members of the Sun Party, does Su Chen have a chance to tell the truth, and why do he want to tell the truth?

"Old Han, I'm not from the court, so what you say, the younger generation will listen to it, and it will enter my ears, and it will never be passed on." Su Chen showed his attitude.

Han Xizai nodded slightly, and he was not worried that he would go out and spread the word, because no one testified, even if he said it, it was Su Chen himself who was unlucky.

Each other is smart people, so they know how to choose.

Han Xizai asked: "Su Chen, your knowledge and talent, the old man has no doubts, I just want to ask you, do you think the Song Kingdom will attack the Shu Kingdom after the autumn?" ”

Su Chen hesitated, thinking of historical records, in the late autumn and winter of the second year of Qiande in the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Taizu sent the general Wang Quanbin to lead the army to attack Houshu, and the troops came to the city in a few months, and Meng Chang led the people to surrender the following year. So he nodded and said: "At the latest in the winter season, the Song army will attack Shu, and with the current strength of the Shu army, within three months, it will be completely defeated and surrender to Song." ”

History records that the Later Shu Emperor Meng Chang lived in poverty and luxury in the later period of his reign, so that the drowning utensils used in the night pot were decorated with seven treasures. Because of the gradual weight of his body, he could not ride a horse when he went out, but rode on a chariot, hung a heavy curtain, and tied incense sachets, and smelled the incense for several miles, so that people could not recognize his face.

Because of the long-term peace in Shu, the noble relatives of the clan and the children of the powerful have become a common practice, so that the children of the nobles have grown to the age of thirty, and they do not know the seedlings of rice and wheat. Every spring, in the area of Huanhuaxi in Shudu, the song and music are noisy, the pearls and greens are filled, the prince of the noble family, Huaxuan picks the boat, swims together on the Baihua Pond, drunk and dreams of death.

Shuzhong officials bend the law for personal gain, corruption and bribery, endlessly, even in the imperial examination can not be exempted from bribery, the so-called bribes ascend to the high department, the chief examiner to the amount of bribes, to determine whether to win, and the face is not ashamed, obviously the imperial court has rotten the foundation, the Song army will die as soon as it is beaten.

Han Xizai nodded slightly, and sighed: "The Emperor of Great Shu, Meng Chang, is very dim, the officials in the court bend the law for personal gain, disregard for human life, the court is in chaos, the military strength is only 100,000, there has been no war for many years, it has long been abandoned, and it is difficult to compete with the Song army of the tiger and wolf army." ”

Su Chen also agreed with this point of view and nodded silently.

Han Xizai stared at Su Chen and said: "I know that you have no intention of going to court, but as a scholar of the Tang Kingdom, you should consider the people of Jiangnan, and you must also consider your own future, I think you can also see that if the Song Kingdom continues to develop like this, ten years later, the land south of my Jiangnan is likely to be captured by the Song army, and when the time comes, as a rich man in the Tang Kingdom, do you think you can be alone?" Look at Yangzhou City opposite Runzhou, it was captured by the Zhou army twice, and almost slaughtered the city every time, burned and looted, how many rich households in the city died? Once the Tang Kingdom is not guaranteed, I am afraid that few of the nine major families of Jiangzuo will survive, and the probability of raiding the family and destroying the family, replenishing the military salary with assets, and rewarding the three armies is very high, do you really not think about your own future? ”

When Su Chen heard this, his eyes showed a look of horror, and he looked at Han Xizai in a daze, seeing that the other party was not alarmist.

According to the historical book "Continuation of Capital and Governance Tongjian Long Edition", in many places in the Tang Kingdom, such as Jiangzhou and Runzhou, the Song army and Wu Yue soldiers conquered and entered the city, robbed a lot of rich households, and killed more than 10,000 people in each city. On the occasion of the destruction of Jinling City, the Song general Cao Bin and the generals swore an oath to "not kill a single person"; However, when the Song soldiers entered, many people died.

For example, there is a Shengyuan Temple in Jinling City, the high pavilion is ten zhang, many powerful and wealthy businessmen, rich squires and female dependents take refuge in it, there are hundreds of people on it, Wu Yuebing and Song soldiers raise fire to the temple, the cry on the pavilion moves the sky, all burn to death, none of them are spared.

In Su Chen's eyes, there seemed to be a firelight, if he became a giant in business in the Southern Tang Dynasty, would he also be burned to death in the tower, or be exterminated and his house raided, and all his property taken away?

Han Xizai sighed softly: "Shinong Gonggong, you haven't fully understood these four words!" Although the status of Shangjia in the Southern Tang Dynasty was improved, in the eyes of the world, in the eyes of many people in power, they were still fat sheep to be slaughtered. If you just place a crime, you can cut off the rich merchants in the dead country like leeks, and confiscate their property to the army to make up for the lack of military salaries; Because the merchant has a low status, he can be discarded and cut off at any time, and no one will speak for them and care about their life or death. ”

"Therefore, Su Chen, you want to live in the Tang Kingdom, in addition to considering the current situation, you must also prepare for the Song army to conquer the Tang Kingdom in the future, if you pass the imperial examination, the title of the gold list, the orthodox Jinshi background, plus your poetry talent, and become famous all over the world, even if the Tang Kingdom is gone, the Song Kingdom will also treat you with courtesy. Any change of dynasty, after the destruction of the princes, will give preferential treatment to the scholars in the territory, the more famous, the safer, because the emperor has to do it for the world's scholars through the act of emphasizing talents! ”

After listening to this, Su Chen felt bitter in his heart, and had to admit that what Han Shilang said was the truth, after all, he was not a person of this era, and his sensitivity to many things was still not enough!

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