Chapter 289 Bianliang is like a song in the twilight of spring

"I used to be from the side of Rong Qingwei, scattered the pass and saga, the iron clothes on the horse and the ice, sometimes three days without fire, the mountain buckwheat and millet mixed with sand, black and yellow like the color of the earth, flying frost swept the face and cold pressed fingers, an inch of naked heart only to serve the country."

The wisdom and perseverance of the sons and daughters of China are unparalleled in the world, although more than two years ago, the wounds caused by Menghu's captivity of the Central Plains are still there, but only two years later, Bianliang City has returned to its vigorous situation, and it is even more prosperous than more than two years ago.

It was the late spring of the sixth year of Yanhuang, and the green willows on both sides of the Bianhe River were swaying, and the Qunying Restaurant was in this green shade. After the former Jin and Song broke the alliance, they confiscated the Qunyinghui Restaurant, and when Meng Yuan withdrew from Bianliang, he set a fire and burned the original Bianhe Wharf into a white ground. After the Great Song Dynasty recovered Bianliang, he immediately spent a huge amount of money to rebuild the Bianhe Wharf, not only widening the river, but also arranging the vicinity of the wharf beautifully. At the same time, the Qunying Restaurant began to rebuild, the money was spent like a stream, almost occupied a small half of the street, and a lot of greening and beauty were done outside the restaurant as the hotel in Lin'an, more than two years have passed, the willow trees that moved at the beginning have already been planted, in this twilight spring season, it adds a few scenery to Bianliang, and "Qunying Spring" has also become one of the new eight scenery of Bianliang.

The man who chanted Lu Fangweng's poem at the top of the building was a man of about fifty, he was wearing ordinary Confucian clothes and a veil, not like the most popular imitation of the guards in Bianliang today. He was fair-skinned, slightly chubby, with bright eyes, and a kind expression, without any majesty, but people did not dare to be rude in front of him.

"Thank you, thank you."

Sitting in front of the fifty-fifty or so men was also a man in his early fifties, his clothes were simple and unpretentious, and his face was in a trance, as if he had something on his mind.

"Why should Brother Lu be polite, if he can fulfill Mr. Weng's last wish, it can be regarded as a real person to make up for Zhu Han'an's shortcomings."

Zhengong is naturally Zhen Dexiu, and the one he calls Brother Lu is Lu Ziyu, Lu You's youngest son. Lu You was bent on recovering the Central Plains, and he was friendly with Han Yanxuan, the power minister of the inspirational Northern Expedition, and Han Yanxuan looked at Zhu Xi the most, so Zhu Xi once said with half jealousy and half emotion that Lu You "is too high, too close, I am afraid that it will be pulled by the powerful, and it will not be able to complete its evening." Zhen Dexiu is Zhu Xi's second disciple, although he has become a family of his own in recent years, and has been reprimanded as a deviant by those who think of Zhu Men as authentic, but his respect for Zhu Xi has never changed.

"When the ancestor went to the immortal, there was a saying, 'The king set the Central Plains Day in the north, and the family sacrifice is hopeless to tell Naiweng', which is the wish of the ancestor in his life. This wish has been fulfilled, and it is not worth mentioning after the praise. Lu Ziyu smiled slightly: "True father, the matter of the obscure hermitage, don't mention it again." ”

"Hehe, it's true that I can't let go of ......" Zhen Dexiu smiled, poured a glass of wine for Lu Ziyu, and then said: "Brother Lu, please drink a glass, this is a wine made from corn, the Son of Heaven gave the name of Jinyu liquid, although it is sold everywhere, but only this group of heroes will sell the most authentic." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, raised their glasses and drank together, put the cups, and suddenly heard the voices of people outside the building, Lu Ziyu stretched out his head and looked out, but saw many guests coming from a steamer.

Most of these people came to Bianliang from afar, most of them were for business, so after arriving on the shore, they scattered one after another, looking for a place to stay, relatives and friends were busy negotiating with the tricycle driver, and of course some people came to this group of heroes. Zhen Dexiu's eyes were stunned when he saw a group of people who walked into the Heroes Club, there were men and women in that group, but the man Zhen Dexiu knew was Zhao Ziyue, who had received him in Xuzhou.

When Yanhuang recovered Bianliang in four years, the people in the city of Bianliang either escaped from the city to avoid the military disaster, or were captured by Menghu, the general Meng Hui intercepted Menghu in Tongguan, and fought a bloody battle for a day and a night, only to delay Menghu's return to the north, forcing Menghu to have to divert to the east of the river, Jin General Wanyan Chen monk and his fierce battle in Pingyang, Wang Qinian, the leader of the Guards dragoon known as the "flying general", attacked 500 miles on the night of the third day, arrived before the defeat of the monk Wanyan Chen, defeated Menghu, and recaptured all the people of the Central Plains that they had robbed. Today's residents of Bianliang are the people who were rescued and those who moved back, with a population of more than 800,000. These many people lived around Bianliang, and the daily consumption of firewood, rice, oil, and salt was not a small amount, so the number of boats on the canal increased immediately after the war. Lu Ziyu himself came to Bianliang on a steamboat, looking at the familiar scene of the traveler landing on the shore, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "If my father is still here, even if he is carrying it, I will carry him to Bianliang, with this steamer, it is only a seven-day trip from Lin'an to Bianliang......"

"Seven days is long, today's officials say, seize the day." Zhen Dexiu retracted his gaze, put the matter of Zhao Zi in his heart, but said half-seriously and half-jokingly: "Brother Lu, when you return to Lin'an, Zhen suggests that you take the train." ”

"The railway will be repaired to Bianliang?" Lu Ziyu said in surprise.

"How can it be so fast, the line that was decided in February, and the construction of the roadbed started in March, and it will only take half a month now." Zhen Dexiu said dumbly: "You take a boat to Xuzhou, go ashore in Xuzhou and transfer trains, and the time is reduced by half." However, if you really mean something, you will help me in Bianliang, and I will return to Lin'an after the Bianliang train is opened. ”

Hearing that he invited himself to come out in a roundabout way, Lu Ziyu shook his head and said solemnly: "It's really good-natured, Lu Mou's heart understands, it's not that Lu doesn't know how to lift, it's really old and sick and decaying." ”

After the restoration of the Central Plains, the Lianghuai Military Region, the Jingxiang Military Region and the Xuzhou Army, which were originally used to defend the Jin State, lost the meaning of existence, so the Great Song Dynasty adjusted them, and the original officials were also transferred. The Chang'an Military Region, the Hedong Military Region, and the Hebei Military Region were newly established, and the Chang'an Military Region was also known as the Northwest Military Region, stationed in Chang'an, and Zhao Kui was the military envoy of the Governor, responsible for the defense and conquest of the Western Xia and the Menghuwo Kotai Khanate. The Hedong Military Region is stationed in Datong, Li Ye is the military envoy of the governor, and Qin Dashi is his deputy; The Hebei Military Region is stationed in Baozhou, Peng Yibin is the military envoy of the governor, and Li Yunrui is his deputy. On the one hand, the Hedong and Hebei Military Regions had to defend Datong, the main route for the steppe people to go south, and on the other hand, they had to confront the 200,000-strong army of Shi Tianze, Yan Shi, and Liu Heima of Meng Yuan in Yanjing.

In order to respond to the new situation, the court also reformed the local administrative system, and the recovered Central Plains hometown, all abandoned roads and set up Xingshangshu Province, referred to as Xingshangshu Province. There are six provinces, Hebei, Hedong, Jingdong, Jingxi, Shaanxi, and Gansu, and a municipality directly under the central government of Bianliang, and each province selects local officials who are inclined to reform as their chief administrative officials.

The area under the jurisdiction of Bianliang is larger than the original Gyeonggi Road, so although it is only a city, the status of the mayor is very high, which is equivalent to the rank of six books.

"Although Bianliang is only a city, the jurisdiction radiates the Central Plains, and the Son of Heaven chose Zhengong as the head of Bianliang, and he got it."

Lu Ziyu's words were not filming Zhen Dexiu's sycophants, it was indeed from the heart, at the beginning he was invited by Zhen Dexiu to come to Bianliang to worship his father Lu You, he was still a little uneasy, although he saw in the newspaper that the construction of Bianliang was very fast, but he still thought that Bianliang had gone through the war and should be a dilapidated city. Today's prosperous and peaceful scene is not as lively as Zhang Zeduan's painting in "Qingming Riverside Map", and it is no less than that of a newly rising industrial city like Xuzhou.

"Brother Lu praises falsely, Bianliang has this situation, there are four reasons, one is the generosity of the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven cherishes the people's power and lightly treats the meager endowment; Second, when it comes to the financial resources of the whole country, Wei Hua's father wrote to me some time ago to complain, saying that the annual budget of Bianliang alone exceeds that of the two provinces; Third, the people are enthusiastic, you have never seen the situation of expanding the river and building the road, thousands of colorful flags are displayed, and nearly 100,000 people take turns to go into battle; The fourth is that Zhen has a good assistant......"

"Oh, I don't know why this assistant is Xu Ren?" Lu Ziyu asked curiously.

"This person's surname is Xie Mingyue, he was originally a student leader in Lin'antai, and he was the one who gathered to drive history." Zhen Dexiu said with a smile: "After the Son of Heaven was in power, he was sent to Liuqiu, he lived up to the hope of the Son of Heaven, and learned the art of wisdom in Liuqiu, and he was successful in five years, and the disciples of Zhen had a good relationship with him, so he wrote to ask him to help Zhen. ”

Zhen Dexiu here faintly for Xie Yue to invite the name, in fact, Xie Yue is more good at things, he has made a lot of friends in Liuqiu, when he returned to the Central Plains, he brought more than 30 people, which made Zhen Dexiu's staff change the situation that some science people always gathered in the past, and the fresh blood of pragmatic innovation completely replaced those stubborn elements who were conservative. In the past two years, Xie Yue has continued to recruit talents for Zhen Dexiu, so that Sima Chong, who is in charge of the assignment of graduates from the middle school, complained to Zhao Heju that Xie Yue was digging his "corner".

Zhao Youju laughed at this, he is the son of heaven of the entire Great Song Dynasty, not just the son of heaven of Liuqiu, no matter whether those middle school graduates are working in Liuqiu or in the Central Plains, as long as they are working for the Great Song Dynasty, then he has no objection.

The two chatted for a while about the political situation at that time, whether it was Zhen Dexiu or Lu Ziyu, they praised the current situation more and criticized less. When the two of them were about to leave, they suddenly heard a commotion outside, and the two of them stretched out their heads to see a group of men led by a young man who was quickly walking towards the gate of the Heroes' Association.

"Okay today, I'm Zhixu Yang treated, but you thieves, don't be too ruthless, if you eat up my salary this month, until next month's salary, I will eat your every day!"

Zhi Xuyang stood at the door of the Heroes Club, turned around and shouted loudly to those companions, who responded to the coaxing, and one of them hurt him and said: "Zhi boy, your salary is enough to set up five tables and ten full seats in the Heroes Club, why are you afraid that we will eat you?" Stinginess is stinginess, don't pretend to be so arrogant! ”

"Hmph, don't you Lin Shijiu just want to drink the golden jade liquid, Lao Tzu will give you five bottles today, if you don't put down all of you thieves and birds, Lao Tzu will not be surnamed Zhi!"

After five years, Zhixu Yang is no longer the hairy boy when he fled from Bianliang. He is now nineteen, after the summer will be twenty years old, a year ago he graduated from Xuzhou Primary School, Zhao Zi said that he wanted to arrange a job for him, he refused, but went to the Jinling to Xuzhou Railway under construction at that time to find a job, became a railway builder of the Great Song Railway Bureau. Because the things he learned in the Xuzhou Primary School were properly used, he joined the Railway Bureau from a higher starting point than ordinary people, and he worked hard, promoted to a level in half a year and a level in half a year, and is now a steward. In order to subdue the workers, who were much older than him, he grew a light beard, and his voice was more rugged, and he inevitably spoke with dirty words.

"Okay, if you are willing to give up money, then I, Lin Shijiu, will give up my life, and I won't ask you to pay for my life if I die drunk!" That Lin Nineteen laughed, looking like he had succeeded in his treacherous plan.

Zhi Xuyang raised his head and swept around, and when he was about to speak again, he suddenly heard a woman's voice calling him: "Zhixu Yang!" ”

Zhi Xuyang raised his head, but saw a pretty face with smiling cheeks. Although they hadn't seen each other for more than a year, the pretty face of this girl would accompany him almost every night, so it didn't take him too long to recognize her: "Liuniang! ”

The girl in the upstairs window waved her hand happily to Zhi Xuyang, turned around to talk to someone, and then Zhi Xuyang saw Zhao Ziyue sticking his head out of the window and bowing his head slightly. Zhi Xuyang's heart moved, and he said to everyone: "You guys go to the table first, I saw an elder, go to see it first, and come back in a moment!" ”

The workers of the railway bureau, who had been in a mess with him, looked upstairs, it was a private seat, and even eating the simplest table on it would cost them most of their salaries, so they all calmed down. Zhi Xuyang didn't think too much about it, walked upstairs quickly, turned his face halfway through the step, and shouted to his companions who were staring at him blankly: "Thieves and birds, you splashes are still stunned, quickly call the guys to order food and wine, find a table to occupy a good seat, and soon there will be more people, and there will be no table!" ”

Hearing him curse, the workers laughed again, and then found two tables and sat down. Zhi Xuyang scolded in a low voice, and when he turned his head to continue to go upstairs, he saw that Liu Niang's smiling face had already appeared in front of him.

"Zhi Xuyang, if you say foul language, my father knows about it, and I want to punish you again!" Liuniang Zhao Ruo said with a low smile.

Zhi Xuyang smiled bitterly, when he was in Xuzhou Primary School, whether it was the gentleman of the school or the adoptive father of Liuniang, Zhao Ziyue, he was very dissatisfied with the foul language and sneaky habits he developed on the streets, for which he was punished a lot, and finally completely changed it when he graduated. But after arriving at the railway bureau, he was surrounded by rough men, and he naturally stopped doing petty theft, but this foul language was unavoidable.

"Come with me to Daddy." Liu Niang pulled his sleeve and ran up, Zhi Xuyang followed upstairs, came to Zhao Ziyue's box, and saluted Zhao Ziyue respectfully: "When did my uncle come to Bianliang, and he has been in good health for more than a year?" ”

Zhao Ziyue had asthma when he was in Keelung, although it was very mild, but it was still very painful when he had an attack, and Zhi Xuyang always remembered this, so he asked Zhao Ziyue.

"Okay, I heard that you did a good job in the railway bureau, and now you are a steward?" Zhao Ziyue didn't have much expression on his face, and he only responded to Zhi Xuyang's greetings with two words.

"Yes." Every time Zhi Xuyang was with him, he always felt a kind of pressure, so he replied respectfully with his hands down.

"At the beginning, I said that I would arrange a job for you, but you didn't agree, but I wanted to go to the railway bureau to ......" Zhao Ziyue snorted: "It is your limit to be promoted to the manager, and if you want to be the chief manager, unless you can graduate from the middle school, it will take at least seven or eight years...... If you listen to me, I will find a place for you, and in two years you will be able to reach the rank of chief and the like! ”

Zhao Ziyue always remembered how he was pulled out of slavery by the Son of Heaven, and he had a special affection for those who came from humble backgrounds, and the same was true for Zhi Xuyang.

Zhi Xuyang just smiled, he glanced at Liuniang, and quietly waited for Zhao Ziyue's order. After six years, I heard Zhao Ziyue keep talking about Zhi Xuyang, and he hurriedly hugged Zhao Ziyue's arm, twisting and saying: "Daddy, Daddy, I haven't seen Xu Yang for more than a year, how can you only teach people!" ”

Zhao Ziyue was full of love when he stared at Liuniang, which was completely different from staring at Zhi Xuyang's sternness, and he was made lose his temper by her coquettishness, so he had to say: "Okay, okay, let the guy add a place to Xuyang." ”

When Zhi Xuyang heard this, he said respectfully: "Uncle, the villain invited a companion to drink here, so he won't bother his uncle here." ”

Zhao Ziyue raised his eyebrows, staring at Zhi Xuyang coldly, Zhi Xuyang lowered his eyes and did not meet his gaze, after a while, Zhao Ziyue said slowly: "Okay, please take care of yourself." ”

Note 1: Lu You has seven sons, the youngest son Ziyu, whose life has not been examined, and the book "Lu You Annals" has not been seen in a bookstore. In my memory, Lu You wrote the poem "Reading on a Winter Night" in 1199, so I guess that Ziyu was in his fifties at this time. If there is any mistake, please point it out, thank you.