The news of Guo Yaoshi's Chang Shengjun surrender spread throughout the city, and while it became the focus of everyone's after-dinner discussions in the past two days, those people at the top of the Wu Dynasty pyramid in Bianliang City, who promoted the implementation of this matter, were also feeling the joyful results in the afterglow of victory.

In the past year, the Jin people have been attacking fiercely, and they have descended nearly half of the land of Liao. Under the advantages of one another, it can almost be said that it has sounded the death knell of Liao. In the court of the Wu Dynasty, there were many people who believed in the principle of "more help for the righteous and less help for the unjust", and at this time, the Chang Shengjun was brought over, which happened to be the best proof of this truth.

Since the beginning of the war, the power of the main battle lord and the main peace in the court has been tilted quite seriously, but there are still a considerable number of people in the main and the faction. In the delicate situation of successive defeats in the later battle, they gradually divided into two groups, one demanded that the front army fight and win, show their strength, and then speak better in the negotiations with the Jin people, and the other faction began to advocate their own preservation of strength because of the successive defeats, and used the art of war to strategize, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, wait for the Jin Liao to be injured, and then take advantage of the situation.

Both of these statements were present at the beginning, but they were only clearly separated after the situation of the battle changed. But in any case, the bottom line of the main battle faction is to recover Youyan, at least not to let the main peace faction gain the upper hand. When the news of Chang Shengjun's surrender was confirmed, among the crowd, it was the latter's voice that prevailed. At this time, the north did not move, Tong Guan led the forbidden army to the north, and before the war started, Guo Yaoshi surrendered, which is in line with the style of the king of the Heavenly Empire, for most people, this is the sign of the arrival of the opportunity for the revival of the Wu Dynasty.

The call is enthusiastic, the people are united, and at this time, the way to celebrate is of course all kinds of banquets and gatherings. In the past two days, the merchants who hosted various gatherings in Bianliang City made a fortune, and the Qinglou Chu Pavilion also earned a lot of money, and several literary meetings were well organized, and a talented man named Yu Shaoyuan made "Wang Daofu" in the Jingsi Garden. It has been rated as a rare atmospheric work in the past 100 years. There is a legacy of the Tang Dynasty, and the article is full of four and six, and it explains the inevitability of the Wu Dynasty to meet the prosperous era again, and the literary brilliance is breathtaking.

Wen Daochang can naturally be regarded as a manifestation of the prosperity of the world, and everyone will not have any objections to this. After making "Wang Daofu", this was located in Shaoyuan and won the favor of the capital Oiran Ji Wanqing, in these two days. It has become a good story spread in the capital, and it is vaguely comparable to Zhou Bangyan, Zheng Shuhe, Wang Yuanshi, and Xie Daosan, who are known as the four great talents of Beijing at this time.

These things are the most popular trend in this era, and no matter where they are, they can't be bypassed. In the right minister's mansion that afternoon, there were also a few people holding the "Wang Daofu" and circulating and discussing. This is the eastern courtyard of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion. It is very close to the study where Qin Siyuan has always worked, and there are many books and cases in the room, which also proves that these people are Qin Siyuan's trusted staff or masters. One of them is a handsome middle-aged monk, and the other three are thirty, forty, and fifty years old.

“…… Sprinkled with enthusiasm and atmosphere. This is Yu Shaoyuan's indulgence...... I'm only in my early twenties this year. It reminds me of Wang Zi'an...... "After reading the text, it was the old man in his fifties who spoke, shaking his head in admiration. The prince An in his mouth is Wang Bo, who wrote the "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng" among the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty. The people who can be the staff of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion are all brilliant people, and this old man can be more than Prince Shaoyuan, which is enough to prove the achievements of the other party.

But after he said this, he was immediately greeted with a rebuttal that was not very agreeable. The man who spoke was a man in his thirties who was writing at the desk not far away, and raised his eyebrows: "The writing is good, but it is just an empty sigh, and the argument is insufficient...... Well, although it is not unreasonable, but in this way, Nian Gong, what are we doing? ”

"He's only in his early twenties, and it's enough to be literate. What's more, rejuvenating the country and securing the country should also be the main royal road, and this is not wrong, Ha Luha, why do you mind Zhouhai. The old man who was called Nian Gong smiled, and in front of the window on the other side, the monk who was drinking tea raised his head: "If you pick up papers, it may be okay to be on a par with Zhou Meicheng, but ...... I'm afraid it can't compare to the one-night fish and dragon dance that is coming up......"

"That's an alien, so there's no need to compare it." The man in his thirties spoke, and the monk by the window nodded.

Among the several people, the middle-aged man in his forties was good-looking, but he seemed to be relatively taciturn, although he also listened to a few people, but he never participated in it. If it is placed outside, the few people here are also famous, and can even scare people in many places.

The old man known as Nian Gong is surnamed Yao, named Yao Zunian, he was Qin Siyuan's staff when he was young, he is very knowledgeable, although he followed Qin Siyuan before, but in the officialdom literary field, he also has a great reputation. After Qin Siyuan resigned, he could still have given him a future, and even his own fame was enough to transfer to anyone's name, but after experiencing the Blackwater Alliance, his utilitarian heart also faded, and it was only when Qin Siyuan came back this time that he came over to help with things.

The middle-aged man in his forties is named Ji Kun, he was originally a servant accepted by Qin Siyuan when he was young, and later studied and became literate with Qin Siyuan, becoming one of Qin Siyuan's first disciples. It's just that this person is not good at poetry and literature, but doing things in a practical way and arranging others to do things, it seems that although the appearance is square and even a little wooden, in fact, when Qin Siyuan was managing the ministry, many people have learned this person's ruthlessness, in the early years, Qin Siyuan dismissed the official, and did not want him to follow him to Jiangning to the most Lu and then became a housekeeper, so he let him go to the north with the secret investigation department, after Qin Siyuan recovered, he came back from Liao, it seems that there is not much change, but he is more silent than before.

The man in his thirties was originally also a disciple of Qin Siyuan, with the surname Cheng, the name Fang, and the word Zhouhai. He has not studied with Qin Siyuan for a long time, but his personality is more cynical, he is quite famous in the Daimyo's mansion, and some people in the capital know him, in the early years, he also used good poetry to play in the ring of other people's literary associations, and was the guest of the Oiran, and occasionally his name has appeared in the field of vision of some people, but now, no matter the officialdom literary field, there is not much achievement, and his ambition is not here.

As for the monk, he is really famous in the capital, and this person's name is Jueming. Ben is the son of the king of the county. When he was young, he was handsome and talented, and later he was ordained a monk and shocked in the capital. Although his talent is not as profound as Yao Zunian, his talent in poetry and writing is firmly above the other three, and because he is already a monk, no one in the capital will include him among the four great talents. But compared to Zhou Bangyan, his reputation is not necessarily worse. Although this Jueming Zen master is a monk, he does not practice penance, but travels broadly, so as to make friends, at this time in the right minister's house. It's not a staff member, it's a member.

Qin Siyuan was not in the mansion this afternoon, and several people chatted for a while, and someone came over to report the matter and told Ji Kun. Ji Kun walked out for a while, and after a while, he brought in a person with a smile, and Yao Zunian glanced at it. Then he laughed: "Fuji." Almost unrecognizable. ”

Naturally, it was Wen Ren who came from the dock, and he stood at the door and bowed his hand: "Mr. Yao...... Zen Master Jueming. It's been a long time since I saw these two gentlemen. Ah, Zhouhai ......"

Wen Ren's age is about the same as Chengzhouhai, but he looks younger. Everyone had seen it a few years ago, and several people in the room actually knew about the secret investigation department, in fact, the identity and relationship behind Jueming, like Kang Xian, were also one of the umbrellas that currently supported the secret investigation department. Everyone already knew that Lu Dao was going to be here, and they all knew what he was doing in Hangzhou, and they had seen each other with a smile at this time. Cheng Zhouhai subconsciously looked out of the door several times, and after hearing that people found out, he was a little puzzled: "What is Zhouhai looking at?" ”

Yao Zunian laughed on the side: "I'm afraid he's watching that one-night fish and dragon dance." Since Fuji has arrived, why didn't that Ning Gongzi come over? ”

Hearing him talk about Ning Yi, he laughed when he heard it, and told Ning Yi about going to find a place to live, and then looked at Cheng Zhouhai, but thought of a reason: "Then Ning Liheng's behavior is indeed somewhat similar to Zhouhai, and Zhouhai was good at poetry and writing in the past, could it be that he was happy to see the hunt and wanted to find someone to talk to?" ”

Cheng Zhouhai is a little cynical, although the poetry is very good, but for the literary exchange, in the past there was some disdain, according to him, it is for those who are not up to the level of deliberately showing off each other's praise is very disgusted, which is known to people in the past. But Ning Yi's poetry should be able to suppress his disdain. He thought of this and said it, but Cheng Zhouhai shook his head with a smile and waved his hand: "It's not because of this...... Hey, I'm afraid I'm going to have to be criticized again......"

He muttered with a bit of playfulness, but Yao Zunian and Jueming on the side frowned and glanced at each other: "Yes, where did Shao Yu go?" ”

Ji Kun said: "I'm afraid I'm going to go out and play with those sons again." ”

Hearing this, people couldn't help but be a little puzzled, and when they inquired, they learned that Lu Dao had something to do with him and Ning Yi going to Beijing, and Qin Siyuan had sent someone to prepare for the reception early in the morning, and this person was a nephew of Qin Siyuan in his hometown. Although he had little contact with the people in his hometown during the dismissal, after Qin Siyuan's recovery, many people from the Qin clan still came to Beijing to ask for care.

Once he sits in the position of the right minister, this kind of thing is almost endless, but Qin Siyuan has no way to ignore it, although he can push some away, but there are always some people who still stay in the right minister's mansion, which can be regarded as the relatively better qualifications selected by Qin Siyuan. This sixteenth young Qin Shaoyu is one of them.

It's just that these people were already in their teens and twenties when they were sent, and Qin Siyuan had no way to teach him how to behave, he could only teach him to do things. But even if he is majestic, he can't really overwhelm his family, in the past year, as soon as these young masters came to the capital, the first thing they contracted was all kinds of unavoidable problems, they went out to play in groups, participated in the literary meeting, and played in the Qinglou Chu Pavilion, and what they played was the name of the right prime minister's mansion. Qin Siyuan has dealt with it a few times, and even moved the family law, but in the right minister's mansion, everything still seems to be in a hurry, this year's time he is mainly dealing with things related to the Northern Expedition, making up for the vacancy of work for several years, and the various rules of the family have no time to precipitate, and he is also unable to do it if it is completely closed.

This time Ning Yi and the others came up, he estimated the time, and asked Qin Shaoyu to go to the dock every day to wait, and take the two "world brothers" to the mansion in time. However, the estimated date is vague, and the second is that there are various changes along the way. Qin Shaoyu's temperament can really care about this matter every day, and at this time, he will miss it, and he will be scolded by the old man when he thinks about it.

Hearing this, he smiled a little bitterly when he heard this, if Qin Shaoyu was scolded. You have to be angry with yourself. No matter how close you are, it's never a good thing. However, Yao Zunian and the others could see his worries, and Cheng Zhouhai waved his hand: "Don't worry, there is not enough success and failure, the teacher must be discerning in these things...... To be honest, although it is said that every dignitary and noble family is like this, there will definitely be people who climb relatives and go to the door. But the Prime Minister's side is considered to have all overturned and started over, and during this time, they came over in one go. The teacher and the teacher are all unbearable......"

He paused: "However, I really want to see that Ning Liheng for the first time, and the teacher also said that he should come to the house as soon as possible...... The reason is that you guessed wrong. ”

Wen Renji frowned and thought about it: "I know that he and the teacher are old friends, but ...... Not because of the poetry? ”

"It's not poetry, it's not Liangshan. Although in these things, what he did was far inferior to us, but later the teacher discussed with Nian Gong and Master Jueming, this Ning Gongzi, think about things...... The method of solving the problem is a little different from that of ordinary people, the teacher said that he is an alien, but this kind of person is not nothing. But it's this ...... that really makes people think about it I didn't notice it at first......"

Cheng Zhouhai said with a serious expression, and took out a box from the cabinet on the side. After opening it, Wen Ren took a look at it and recognized it. This is some information he sent from Hangzhou, and there are a lot of things. Tie them up. Most of this information was sent after the city was broken, because there were too many, but most of the information that came to the capital after the city was broken was also some unimportant news, just as a supplement to the whole situation.

"What kind of information is this?"

"At first, you only sent a few articles, but I took a look at them and threw them aside, and the same is true for Nian Gong." Cheng Zhouhai said, took out the bottom few letters, pulled out the paper inside, and Wen Renji took it and looked at it for a while, but he frowned firmly. Because these things are so unimportant, he finally remembered what it was after reading half of the article, and then carefully read the whole article: "These? Is there some mystery in it? "For him, reading articles that are too naïve and full of errors is also a kind of torture.

"There's a mystery." Cheng Zhouhai patted a big thing next to him, "But I can't see it all of a sudden, I don't see it." ”

Yao Zunian shook his head: "I'm ashamed, I didn't see it at the beginning." ”

"I remember that this is the kind of thing that Ning Liheng got in the Badao Camp at the beginning, he forced those Confucian scholars to write articles, but the good and the bad were mixed, and some of them didn't even make sense. Could it be that there is a code hidden in it? Wen Renji looked at it word by word for a while, and then raised his head, "But it's useless now." ”

"I can't see it all at once......" Cheng Zhouhai rubbed his forehead.

"You don't want to say...... "I thought about it for a while, and I thought of something, but for a moment, it was a little difficult to summarize the language, "There is ...... in these things"

Cheng Zhouhai smiled meaningfully: "These things are good and bad, if it is purely based on words, Ning Liheng really shouldn't give a grain of rice to those literati, after you sent it, none of us cared, until a few times, I found that the teacher actually took these articles to read, and even found out all the things, and picked them all out one by one." We felt that there was a problem, and then the teacher told us about it, and we ...... I'm really a little scared......" he paused and lowered his voice, "It's a curse......

"Just kidding." Wen Ren glanced at a few people in the room, "At that time, I knew that he had set up a bureau, and that there was ...... The girl Liu from the Badao Battalion also believed it, but under the circumstances at that time, he would die if he didn't set up this bureau. But it can't be said that this thing is really possible, and in that environment, he has only been arrested for two or three months...... Is this really possible? ”

"In the thirteenth year of Qizong, Hezhou Daru Lu Jifang scattered all his family wealth, and implemented 'Datong' in the local village, all things are shared by people, eat and live with people, and work together, and things in the village are jointly decided by a number of 'good elders' after consultation, so that the old have the end, the strong have use, the young have growth, the widows, the lonely and the sick, all have support......" Yao Zunian next to him opened his mouth.

"It's not the first time this kind of thing has happened in the past, but every time, the idea is very good, but it mostly ends in nothing. Lü Jifang carried out that for three years, and later it was said that the villagers were becoming more and more lazy, and the village could not make ends meet, Lü Jifang persuaded the villagers to work, and wanted to restrain everyone in the name of 'good elders', but in the end it stimulated conflicts, Lü Jifang was killed in the conflict, and the villagers dispersed in a hurry. The local prefect later tried the matter, believing that Lu Jifang had the direction of a saint, but he was killed after dispersing all his family wealth, and after hearing about the case, he sentenced 23 people to execution, and then beheaded all ......"

Wen Ren said: "How can these two things be the same? ”

"But it's something like that." Cheng Zhouhai looked at him, "The teacher has seen all the things he did in the Hangzhou Badao Camp, one ring after another, interlocking, he is not playing or deceiving people, he knows it in his heart." ”

Wen Renfu was silent for a long time: "Zhouhai, you first say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing." ”

"Nature is a good thing, how can it be a bad thing!" Cheng Zhouhai spread his hands and said.

Hearing this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and Ji Kun handed over a cup of tea on the side.

"The teacher said that when I first met this child, he played chess well, and his sword went off the rails. Later, the poems were beautiful, and when the disaster came, there was a talent for helping the people. Later, he calmly responded to the enemy, which was the style of a general. These things are put on any person, and they are all pillars of talent. But compared to the present, those things are nothing. ”

Ji Kun's tone was a little light, but calm, repeating Qin Siyuan's words: "Everyone can be Yao Shun...... This is the Taoist system, Wen people, that Ning Gongzi, has the idea of Datong......" (To be continued.) )