In the second year of Lin De (665 AD), on the 28th day of the tenth month of winter, the end of the hour and the beginning of the hour.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Luoyang abided by martial law and set off for the Zen team. The guard of honor was full of bells and whistles, and in accordance with the established order, the fish opened out of the city gate. The southern ya's pro-Xun Yiwei, the northern ya's Yulin forbidden army, each of them rushed to the government along the way, responsible for escorting.

The team was quite large, the vanguard was a hundred miles away, and the reserve was in the city. It is estimated that Emperor Wu of the Qin Dynasty and Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty did not have such pomp and circumstance when they were first enshrined. Wu Kang couldn't help but sigh that Emperor Li Zhi of the Tang Dynasty was also a particular person.

All the participants finally left Luoyang until dusk. Wu Kang beat his horse out of the city, and was surrounded by the picture in front of him, and the thunder was scorched on the outside and tender on the inside. The queue lined up in a long line, and there was no way to see the edge, with flags covering the sky and the sun, and the bands and gongs and drums were noisy.

The imperial court tossed so much, at least thousands of dollars, invisibly wasted. What's even funnier is that after the dragon's tail left the city, he walked less than two miles, received orders from the headquarters, and set up camp to rest. The vast land, the tents are all over the field, and only the marching and fighting can be so magnificent.

Wu Kang drove the war horse, took Zuo Rong Yiwei, and went to the emperor's imperial tent. In this ceremony, there were 98 delegations that came to congratulate him. From the three Koreas of the Wa Kingdom in the east, to the Persian Turks in the west, to the Tiele Nine surnames in the north, to the Zhancheng countries in the south, and to the Tianzhu Kingdom.

The entire Asian continent, if conditions permitted, sent missions to participate. They led their subordinates, built tents with felt, and blocked the entire official road with cattle, sheep, horses, and camels. It also confirms from the side that at this moment, the Tang Empire dominates the common prosperity of East Asia. Pangbang in all directions is proud of his participation, and they all praise Datang's stinky feet.

Wu Kang couldn't help complaining, fortunately, at this time, the autumn harvest had passed. In the farmland on both sides, there are no crops, otherwise Emperor Li Zhi will be scolded for being bloody. Now it is not pleasing either, and the martial law in the states and counties along the way will affect the travel of the people, and it will also attract infamy.

To the southeast of the imperial tent, the largest round camp tent is the Fengzen headquarters. Wu Kang presided over the meeting, conducted joint security commands, and listened to reports from various ministries. In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, we strive to be thorough in all aspects, stay up until the early hours of the morning, and finally announce the adjournment of the meeting.

They went back to rest, and Wu Kang continued to work hard, leading the left and right feather forests to defend the surroundings of the imperial tent. After a strict inspection, the guards returned to their posts, and he was to be fully armed and on duty outside the tent at night. Holding a thousand oxen and a sword, watching six ways and listening to all directions, the spirit is highly tense.

The barracks were brightly lit, and there was silence all around, except for Li Zhi's tent, where there was an ambiguous breath. The angry Wu Kang scolded his mother, is this shameless pair so hungry? I'm my brother-in-law, you profligate, it doesn't seem appropriate, right?

I don't know how long later, there was a baby crying, and the dog and the man and woman stopped. Finally got out of the sea of suffering, it was still peaceful, and my uncle was grateful. Because of the excellent hearing, the word money appears many times in the dialogue between the dog and the man. It feels inexplicable, what do they want to do, is the treasury out of money?

After breakfast at dawn, I was sleepy and dizzy, and I wanted to go back to the car to rest. Before he could take action, he was pitted by Li Zhi again, and Li Deguan came to inform: I received news the day before yesterday that Qiu Xinggong, the founding prince of Tianshui County, died at home. The saint sent the Duke of Chu to posthumously present it with an envoy, and he must go immediately.

For a while, Li Jiu, who had tears in his eyes and killed a thousand knives, deliberately disgusted people. Naiong is not the imperial history, go to the dead to posthumously seal, what to send to me, this is the third time. And that Qiu Xinggong, it's not the right time to die, if it weren't for the hard work, Li Jiu wouldn't have birded you.

said that he had no choice but to act as ordered, took Qian Shun Zhao Sheng, and hurried back to Luoyang. Speaking of this Qiu Xinggong, Wu Kang had seen his statue in his previous life. Before graduating from college, I accompanied my best friend Ling Yue to travel to Philadelphia, USA. The University of Pennsylvania Museum, where I saw him in person.

It was the six horses of Zhaoling, carved six royal horses, the mount of Tang Taizong. The names of the horses are: Sa Lu Zi, Fist Mao, Qing Hu, Shi Vachi, Tel Le, and White Hoof. The relief of Sa Lu Zi, as if in the Republic of China, smashed and smuggled the United States, is in the museum.

Next to the stone carving of this horse, a portrait is engraved, and an arrow pulls out the horse's chest. The protagonist of the statue is General Qiu, who single-handedly saved Li Shimin from danger. Life is quite legendary, first with Princess Pingyang, fight to the death to defend Yicheng. and with the king of Qin, Shimin, to level the separatist forces, and made great contributions.

During the crusade against Wang Shichong, the Tang army suffered a defeat, and Taizong was in deep danger. The enemy soldiers gave chase, and their mount was purple and was also shot by stray arrows. Xinggong urgently escorted, pulled out the horse's chest arrow, and gave his war horse to Tang Taizong.

Leader, please go first, and finally break out of the encirclement and return to the Tang army camp. With this life-saving grace, coupled with his brilliant military exploits, if he follows common sense, he can enter the Lingyan Pavilion. It's a pity that he died by himself, and he relied on his own high merit to save himself, and no one looked at it. He is very arrogant and rude to his colleagues.

The popularity is quite bad, and his colleagues hate him, so they want to clean him up. The handle soon came, he was born to a concubine and was the concubine of the Qiu family. According to the feudal etiquette law, after the death of the biological mother, the son-in-law handles the funeral, and the concubine has no right to intervene.

Qiu Xing was very arrogant, had a conflict with his brother-in-law, and was sued by his colleagues. It was normal in later generations, but it was a crime in the Tang Dynasty, violating the ethics of Gangchang. The courtiers were impeached in accordance with the law, and Taizong had no choice but to remove him from office.

Because of Taizong's affection, the official was later reinstated and given him another chance, but he was still useless. It was the late Zhenguan period, and the governor of Daizhou rebelled. Xinggong was ordered to quell the rebellion, caught the culprit, and ordered him to be beheaded. It's just a matter of killing it, and he actually eats his heart and liver, and his name is beautiful: jealousy of thieves is like hatred, and he vents his hatred on behalf of the master.

But it's a pity, the horse's fart slapped the horse's legs, and Taizong sent an envoy to angrily reprimand: I rule the world with benevolence, but you kill people and eat hearts, and you are in opposition to the leader. If you show your loyalty in this way, the prince should eat first, how old are you?

Therefore, Qiu Xinggong, a villain like you is not worthy of entering Lingyan Pavilion. Your grace to save the driver is carved into a stone sculpture of pulling arrows, and it is commended in front of Zhaolingque. is similar to Li Yifu, obviously a good hand, but he plays himself to death.

Wu Kang scoffed, no matter how much credit he had, if he didn't treat his colleagues as people, his colleagues would naturally retaliate. You are still smart, you know how to resign to avoid disasters and avoid disrepute. It is also a kind of luck to live to be 80 years old and die without a disease.

Came to the Qiu family's mansion, directly routinely did business, and announced the posthumous gift of books: Tianshui County Gongqiu Xinggong, who has made great contributions to the country, gave the governor of Jingzhou, gave the name Xiang, and allowed to accompany the burial of Zhaoling. Er's son Qiu Shenqi, you can enter the door shade, wait until the end of the filial piety period, and let Zuo Fengchen Fengyu.

The so-called Zuo Fengyu was originally Zuo Qianniu's preparation, and he changed his name in the first year of Linde. In the entire Zuo Fengchenwei, there are only six Fengyu, the military attache of the sixth grade, and Wu Kang has also done it. The Qiu Shenqian in front of me, about forty years old, will be my subordinate.

The edict was handed over to him, and he seemed to be grateful, and his eyes were a little flattering. After a few words of comfort, he politely said goodbye and left, walked near the gate, and couldn't help but stop. I always felt that Qiu Shenyun was very familiar just now, and finally remembered it.

Turned around abruptly and stared at Qiu Shenxian, feeling quite weird. In the near future, you old thing will become a cool official. If the record is correct, it is this Qiu Shenqi, Bazhou forced Li Xian to death, my future son-in-law.

It feels a little weird, my son-in-law's killer is right in front of me at this moment. Three years later, why is it so funny to become my subordinate? For a while, he was very emotional, staring at him deadly, his expression was not sad or happy.

Shen Qi's scalp was numb, and he hurriedly trotted over and said what he wanted to say. Wu Kang clapped his hands to stop him, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and comforted him with a pleasant face: "People can't be resurrected after death, and the gods are sad and change." If after three years, I still take care of Zuo Fengchen and report to me directly. ”

After speaking, he turned around and left, took the Wu camp guards, and left Luoyang quickly. As for that Qiu Shenqi, he is too lazy to bother, he is just a killing knife. Whether Li Xian is dead or alive has nothing to do with me, as long as it is safe to make trouble, the rest of the love is what.

Li Tao once said that there is only one daughter, and there are more than one son-in-law. I'm softer than Li Tao, I don't take the son-in-law's sacrificial flag, so there's no need to be too careful. Although it is not a human word, it is true, and it has been like this for thousands of years.

Return to the imperial tent, follow the team, and leave the Luoyang territory. The division of labor in the general headquarters, Wu Kang is responsible for the lead, that is, to lead the forbidden army and clear the road in front of the head. rushed to the prefectures and counties along the way, instructed the county order of the assassination, and imposed martial law on the local people. Before the holy car left, the people were not allowed to go out, which was all formalism.

On the seventh day of the first month of November, the team arrived in Huaizhou, and Wu Kang led Zuo Yulin to Heyang County to inspect. According to the data, Heyang County in front of it, which belongs to Jiaozuo, Henan, should be Mengzhou City. In his previous life, he was from Kaifeng, and he was quite far away from Jiaozuo, so he didn't remember it very clearly.

There were no pedestrians along the way, and when I came to the periphery of the county, I saw the crowd from a distance, and I guessed that I was greeting. So he slowed down, and the brigade commander Shi Qing stepped forward with an embarrassed expression: "The scout reported just now, and someone followed behind, it was your Wu camp guard." Mrs. Dongyang led the team and asked the general to show it. ”

Show a yarn.,That's my big girl.,How can I show it? Wu Kang is quite embarrassed, my heart and soul baby, what kind of mess is there. Ordered them to go first, Shi Qingru was amnestied, took a hundred Yulin, and left quickly.

Soon after they left, a team of horses appeared, about forty people. The bamboo hat and black cloak are the Wu camp soldiers, the little marre, carrying a small figure. The dark black military attache uniform, cowhide riding boots on his feet, and a small bow and knife on his back look very funny.

When the horse team came closer, they were smiling and smiling, and they were coquettish: "Daddy, don't stare at it, look at Uncle Shun, I am scared, and there is a cold sweat on my forehead." It's none of their business, I have to come, if Daddy is angry, scold his daughter to be angry. Ouch stop glaring and turn your head away. ”

The fleshy little hands, between the cheeks, wiped the front of the head. Wu Kang was very helpless, and sighed: "Grandpa has no eldest son, and there is no eldest brother in trouble, so you can saddle the horse in the city, and you don't have to fight for your grandfather." Look at you like this, how do you look like everyone's ladies, you are a wild girl. ”

I didn't care about the trouble, and pouted to complain about my grievances: "Aunt and aunt, they are serious every day, and I will go crazy immediately." The beans and wheat brought by Uncle Shun were eaten yesterday, and I fed Hongyun with corn, and my mother taught me a lesson. So come to Daddy and buy beans and wheat for Hongyun, it is about to lose fat. ”

Feed the pony with grain, the little girl of the loser, this scolding is not a loss. Wu Kangsheng had nothing to love, held the reins of the pony, and took his daughter to work. The noise is very happy, and it keeps chattering, like a bird out of the cage, and regains its freedom.

Shi Qing came over to greet him, taking Heyang officials, county commanders and others. Waiting for his daughter to dismount, he walked to everyone and greeted him according to etiquette. Walking into the county together, the streets were empty and clean. The walls on both sides of the street should have been washed and defiled without any defilement.

The work is done in place, and it seems that the Heyang County Order is a good administrative hand. It should not be very old, at most thirty-five years old, and the height is above average. The face of the national character is open-eyed, with a mustache, revealing shrewdness and capability.

Wu Kang was very satisfied, and gave a thumbs up: "Zhou Ming Mansion has worked hard, there are many counties along the way, and you are the cleanest here." If all places are like Heyang to study, then our work will definitely be much easier. Shi Lvshuai, you say, is this the reason? ”

There was a sound of goodwill laughter, and all the officials in Heyang had bright faces, and Zhou County Ling said modestly: "It is our duty to rectify the environment of the county and congratulate the grand ceremony of sealing Zen, and we are not worthy of the praise of Duke Chu." The single word of the lower official is Xing, which is the prosperity of Xing, and the Duke of Chu can be called Zhou Xing, and there is no need to call the Ming Mansion. ”

Wu Kang was kind and pleasant, so he commensurate with Zhou Xing, patrolling the streets left and right, and talking with him cordially. Soon realized that something was wrong, are you also called Zhou Xing, the idiom please enter the urn, are you the hero? Are you the one, Wu Tang cool official Zhou Xing?

Trying to recall history, it feels like nine times out of ten. When I was bored in my previous life, I studied ancient punishments and found that many torture tools were made by Zhou Xing. And the history books record that before Zhou Xing's development, it was the order of Heyang County, so it wouldn't be so coincidental.

I couldn't help but be interested, and began to knock on the side, and as the conversation deepened, I realized more and more. He was a native of the capital, followed his father into business and came to settle in Huaizhou. When he was young, he loved the law, and his father entrusted him with a relationship and served as a county lieutenant's staff.

is indeed very capable, and many difficult cases can be sentenced in accordance with the law. So I was favored, and I would come to work again, and I was gradually promoted. Just five years ago, the original county magistrate recommended him to take over as the magistrate of Heyang County. He is quite politically skillful, handles the official affairs of the county government, and is all in good order.

Wu Kang pretended to be posturing and pretended to confide in his heart: "I am very similar to Zhou Mingfu's official career. At the beginning of that year, he joined the army as a Wuzhou Fa Cao, and after unremitting efforts, he had today's position. Zhou Mingfu has talent, if he can persevere, he will definitely rise in the future. ”

The evaluation was very high, and the scene was suddenly quiet, and everyone was quite envious. This is the Duke of Chu, the younger brother of Empress Wu, and the general of Zheng Sanpin. He can look the other way, and Gao Sheng is no longer a problem. Zhou Xing was silent and replied respectfully: "The lesson of Duke Chu is that I didn't pass the imperial examination and need to work harder." ”

Wu Kang didn't say anything more, and gently patted him on the shoulder as a silent comfort. In the early Tang Dynasty, the officialdom rules, the family crowded out the poor, and the Beijing officials crowded out the place. In the early Tang Dynasty, Wang Bo, no matter how good his literary talent was, as long as he did not pass the imperial examination, he could not be awarded an official without exception.

The same is true for local officials, no matter how good their political achievements are, as long as they do not pass the imperial examination, if they are promoted to Beijing, there will always be people who oppose them. In fact, the imperial examination in the early Tang Dynasty was a tool for wealthy families to restrict the poor. With Zhou Xing's talent, he has been a county magistrate for five years, and he can at least be a state official.

The hour was almost up, and Wu Kang instructed Shi Qing to go to the various cities to inspect. Zhou Xing was thoughtful and arranged for Heyang officials to cooperate with Yulin's work. Soon there were only three people left on the street, and Qian Shun took Wu Ying, far behind.

Zhou Xing saluted again, respectfully, met Mrs. Dongyang, and then patted his ass: "Huaizhou has two folds and Chongfu, both of which have followed the Duke of Chu and the Western Regions to expedition to the Turks. When the guards mentioned Chu Gong, they all said that he was approachable and never put on official authority. The rumors are true, and it is Zhou Xing's honor to have a very happy conversation today. ”

Wu Kang was noncommittal, disappreciating in his heart, seeing Your Excellency today, it was actually my bad luck. It's funny to say, not long after leaving Luoyang, I met two cool officials. Qiu Shenji counts as one, you Zhou Xing counts as one, where is Lai Junchen?

He is Mei Niang's person, so let's mention it, so he changed the topic: "Mingfu continues to work hard and strive to do better." If there is an appropriate time, I will find someone to recommend you to Beijing as an official. Don't talk about this for the time being, I'm tired of Mingfu helping, I want to buy some soybeans. ”

Zhou Xing was suddenly stunned, his eyes were straight, and the whole person was dumbfounded. Wu Kang was puzzled, just buy some soybeans, as for being so excited? giggled, pulled down Daddy's shoulders, and muttered in his ear: "Daddy said that he promoted him, but he was already stupid." ”

Wu Kang couldn't help pouting, it was just a polite remark, similar to eating another day, since you took it seriously. In fact, to be honest, your old name is too big, and you don't want to have anything to do with it. I have been called the first minister of the Tang Dynasty, so I don't want to be contaminated, the first cool official of the Wutang Dynasty.

Zhou Xing finally came back to his senses, his face flushed with excitement, and he bowed ninety degrees to thank Chu Gong for his suggestion. After some politeness, he finally got to the point, and his face was very embarrassed: "I don't dare to hide it from Chu Gong, in the market of Heyang, there is a lot of corn, and soybeans are not easy to find." ”

After listening to his explanation, Wu Kang couldn't cry or laugh, and the reason was quite funny. Throughout the last few years, they have been intriguing and forgetting to care about farming. Since the second year of Longshuo, God is in a good mood, and it can be said that the wind and rain are smooth, and there have been bumper harvests for several years.

The corn in Heyang County is only five wen per bucket, and the rice is less than seven wen. All kinds of beans and coarse grains, no one sells them in the bazaar, because they can't be sold at a high price. Heyang is still like this, Jingshi estimates are even lower, and it is a good thing that food is so overflowing.

Pouting and spreading his hands, my dear daughter, Dad can't buy soybeans. Keep feeding the corn, your red cloud pony, if your mother goes crazy, daddy will take the blame for you. The trouble was very unhappy, and he pouted: "I want soybeans, Daddy go and find it." ”

Wu Kang frowned, Zhou Xing scratched his ears and cheeks, no one grows soybeans. In less than half a minute, he giggled and made a new request: "It's okay not to want soybeans, but Daddy must agree and teach me martial arts in the future." If my father doesn't have time, I'll let my uncles teach me, and I'll learn archery from Uncle Pinglang. ”

Let's look for soybeans, decisively shake our heads and refuse, make trouble and then release a killing move: "When the second sister comes to our house, my father won't love me, and I will only accompany her when I have time." I also asked Uncle Pinglang to go to Baishan and Heishui to catch pets for my sister..."

This is complaining, what else can I say, obediently accept my fate. pinched his nose and agreed, coaxed his baby girl, looked at Zhou Xing and said, "I'm sorry Zhou Mingfu, there are some trivial things at home that made you see the joke." It's not easy to be a good father. ”

Zhou Xing didn't dare to say anything, but Chu Gong didn't shy away from it, he took me as a friend. There are no soybeans in Heyang, and there are no mistakes in work, and Wu Kang is ready to leave. suddenly remembered that yesterday, Mei Niang had no intention of mentioning that after the end of the Zen seal, Li Zhi wanted to mint new money.

The name of the money has been determined, called Qianfeng Quanbao, he wants to change the Yuan Qianfeng, and mint money with the name of the year. It didn't matter, it was the bad idea that piqued his interest. Li Jiu wants to make a lot of money, compared to Kaiyuan Tongbao, the volume is doubled, and the value is worth one as ten.

It means that one penny is equal to ten old money. This is whimsical, I didn't take it seriously, but after listening to Zhou Xing's words, I instantly had an idea. After being silent for half an hour, he whispered to explain the trouble: "Go and call Zhao Sheng to come over, Daddy has some big things to talk to Zhou Mingfu." ”

Zhou Xing was very excited, and Wu Kang smiled: "I want to ask the Ming Mansion for help, and in Heyang and Huaizhou, a large amount of food is hoarded." I'll pay for it, and you buy the storage and hoard it with all your might. If it works well, it will be beneficial to you, and you may be able to make a fortune as a result. ”

Zhou Xing did not hesitate, and directly promised that if he could help Chu Gong do things, he would definitely make a fortune. The two looked at each other and smiled, one laughing sincerely, the other laughing weirdly...