In the morning, in the western suburbs of Yecheng, a carriage was escorted by cavalry, heading towards a garden in front of it, Yu Wenwen sat in the carriage, looking at the scene outside the window, thinking about things. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Today's outing is to participate in the "acceptance meeting" of the thunderstorm, which is a matter of confidentiality, so it is chosen to be carried out in this place far away from Yecheng, in order not to attract attention, the participants all arrived in ordinary carriages.

The secret recipe of the thunder, he has been handed over to his father-in-law, this major "technology transfer", but also to Shannan brought many excellent horses, the thunder came out two years ago, helpless technology diffusion finally became a reality.

Thunder is made of gunpowder, the ingredients are very simple, but it was not until the end of the Tang Dynasty that the alchemist discovered the formula, and then put it into the military, but this form of thunder did not appear until the Song Dynasty.

Yuwen Wen advanced the appearance time of the thunder by more than five hundred years, and from the moment it was put into battle, the diffusion of technology was inevitable, after all, such a sharp weapon, everyone wanted, and once the imperial court thought about it, Shannan couldn't cover it.

Not only that, but the gravity trebuchet has also spread out, and this simple siege machine is actually not surprising, compared to the human trebuchet, it is just separated by a layer of window paper.

Shannan took the initiative to dedicate the drawings of the gravity trebuchet to the imperial court, and the Sui State, which suffered from the gravity trebuchet, also mastered this technology at the same time, and the attack and defense of the two sides returned to the starting point again.

The cities on both sides were constantly reinforced accordingly, so that the power of the gravity trebuchet was weakened, and it took only a few days to break through Xiangyang, which was difficult to reappear, and Chen Guo in Jiangnan would not take too long to obtain this technology.

was entangled, the carriage slowly stopped, Yu Wenwen got out of the car, but saw that he was already in the garden, and the people who stepped forward to greet him were the officials of the ordnance supervisor, who were responsible for the reception of today's acceptance and led the participants into the acceptance site.

"Envoy, please follow the subordinate to this side."

Yu Wenwen followed behind him, walking along the path to the depths of the garden, there were sporadic soldiers standing guard along the way, he looked at the surrounding scenery, and found that there were many buildings and pavilions, but many of them looked dilapidated, and there were even ruins looming.

"Could it be that this was once a royal garden?" Yu Wenwen asked, and when the clerk heard this, he nodded and said "yes", and then began to introduce the garden.

"This is the Imperial Garden of Ancient Qi, called Xiandu Garden..."

The official in charge of the reception seemed to have been prepared, and while walking, he introduced the origin of this garden to Yuwenwen: Wei Wushi built Fanglin Garden here, and later Cao Fang, the king of Qi, ascended the throne, and changed the name Hualin to avoid secrecy.

Shi Zhao, Emperor Zhao Shihu sent Shangshu Zhang Gang to levy 160,000 men and women, transport soil to build Hualin Garden, which is the predecessor of this garden, when it arrived in Qi State, it was the royal palace.

Emperor Qi decorated Hualin Garden again, like the residence of the gods, so it was renamed Xiandu Garden, also known as Xuandu Garden.

The enclosed soil in the garden is five mountains, between the five mountains, the diversion of four defilements is the four seas, the convergence is the big pond and the sea, the sea can swim more than 20 miles through the boat, there are six dragon boats, and there are boats called whales, green dragons, flying falcons, red birds, etc.

There is a water hall in the sea, with twelve rooms around it, and it is four stories high; There are also two temple foot boats, each five feet and two feet long, and the upper part is made of four side corridors, three stories high; Between the mountains and rivers, there are Du Ruozhou, Lianbizhou, Wangqiu View, Linchun View, Long Live Building, Youlong View, Dahai View, Wanfutang and so on.

Gao Wei, the queen of Qi, set up a "poor village" in Xiandu Yuan, and let the eunuchs wear tattered clothes, build thatched houses, wear broken straw shoes, sit on straw mats and eat rice bran, and he himself led the concubines who pretended to be village women, pretending to be down-and-out peasant children to play games.

He also made a market, let the eunuchs pretend to be hawkers, set up stalls to sell chickens, ducks, geese, cattle and sheep, and the concubines pretended to be wine maidens to sit in the store to buy wine, and he himself served as the city commander, so that the rest of the palace people pretended to be merchants to trade in the meantime, and a game was for several days.

Six years ago, Emperor Wu saw that the palace and garden of Yecheng cost a lot, so he ordered the demolition of the palace and garden, so that the people of Yecheng could take away all kinds of materials by themselves, so the palace of Qi turned into a flat ground, and most of the royal garden Xiandu Yuan was also demolished.

Many pavilions and pavilions have been turned into ruins, but after all, it is a little far away from the city, and it is inconvenient for people to come and go, some buildings are still preserved, and those artificially piled and excavated mountains and rivers still exist.

Now the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty is Yecheng, the Son of Heaven lives in the city, and it is natural to have a royal style, so the old site of the Qi Palace rebuilt the palace, and this Xiandu Garden has become a royal garden again.

It's just that the construction of the palace consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, and it is time to use troops abroad, the imperial court is unable to rebuild the Xiandu Garden for a while, so it sends troops to guard the garden, and from time to time there are craftsmen to tinker and try to repair it slowly.

Yu Wenwen saw this large-scale garden, and thought in his heart that it would be better not to rebuild it, it would be better to recruit troops and buy horses if there was such money, if it was like embezzling naval military funds to repair the Summer Palace for the Queen Mother of the West in the late Qing Dynasty, it would really be impossible to die.

After turning the woods, a courtyard gate appeared in front of him, guarded by more than ten armor soldiers, and the officials who led the way stepped forward to explain for a while, Yuwen Wen smoothly followed him in, only to see a wide flat land inside, and I didn't know what the scenery was originally.

There were already several people standing next to them, all of them were extraordinary, thinking that they were members of the imperial court, and one of them, Yu Wenwen, was very familiar, that was his father-in-law, Wei Chi Shun, and the man who was talking to him came forward with a smile when he saw Yu Wenwen coming.

"It must be Xiyang Gong, it's really a talent, my little niece has a good husband!"

Yuwen Wen knew who the other party was when he heard this, and after bowing respectfully, he said: "It turned out to be Wei Angong, and his nephew is polite." ”

Wei'an County Lieutenant Chi Xuan, the current governor of Xiangzhou, is the fourth son of Prime Minister Lieutenant Chi Hui, and is the half-brother of Angu County Lieutenant Chi Shun.

Wei Chi Shun has a strong figure, his appearance is somewhat similar to Yu Chi Yuan, both have thick eyebrows and big eyes, close to about forty years old, if Yu Chi Shun is an uncle, this is Ben Si's person.

Seeing Yuwen Wen saluting, Wei Chidun patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "It's all my own family, just call the fourth uncle." ”

"Then you have to call me Fifth Uncle." Another person said next to him, Yu Wenwen looked at it, but it was a young Langjun, similar in age to his brother Yu Wenming, with a good appearance, somewhat similar to Yu Chi Dian.

"It turned out to be the fifth uncle, and the nephew was polite." Yuwen Wen saluted again, the other party is Chi Youqi, the public lieutenant of Xidu County, the current Xiao Sima, the fifth son of the prime minister Chi Hui, and the younger brother of Chi Xuan, the public lieutenant of Wei'an County.

"I'm close to Brother Ling, so now I'm taking advantage of you." Yu Chi Youqi smiled, "In the past, I was around the Emperor of the Emperor with the prince of Qiguo, and the past is vivid. ”

"When my nephew came to Yecheng, my brother also mentioned the fifth uncle." Yu Wenwen replied, this is not a scene, Yu Wenming did mention Yu Chi Youqi, the two served as guards by the side of the first emperor back then, of course, the first emperor refers to Emperor Wu of Zhou Yuwen Yong.

"A few recognized nephews, our two cousins can't be left behind!" Someone laughed again, but Yu Wenwen looked at it, but it was two middle-aged men, one was similar in age to his father-in-law Wei Chishun, and the other was similar in age to Wei Chi Shun.

"This is Chi Qin, the public lieutenant of Wen'an County, and this is Chi Jing, the public lieutenant of Changning County." Wei Chishun introduced that all the people present today were his younger brothers and cousins, and he was Yu Wenwen's father-in-law, so he was responsible for the introduction.

"That crying Sanniang, now she is a mother, Xiyang Gong, when will you bring your little nephew over and let your grandfather hug you?"

"Next time, I'll bring it next time."

Yuwenwen and the two "cousins" greeted each other, and after talking with several "uncles" and "cousins" for a while, another person stepped forward, that person was also in his forties, with a big beard, Yuwenwen was the first time to see each other, but he always felt that he seemed to have seen each other somewhere, and he was a little familiar.

"This is Xi Piluo, the prince of Yongchang County and the governor of Xuzhou."

"No wonder it's so familiar, your dick is really his own!" Yuwen Wen complained in his heart, this is Xi Biluo, the father of Xi Erlang who clashed with him outside Shouchun City in Yangzhou.

"It turned out to be the prince of Yongchang County, and that day in Shouchun..."

"Xiyang Gong, Xi has no way to teach his son, the dog collided with Xiyang Gong that day, it is really disrespectful, Xi is here to make amends." Sipilo spoke first, and was about to bow down after speaking, but was held by Yuwen Wen.

"Don't dare to be, it's because my temper is too stinky, and it's a misunderstanding with Ling Lang." Yu Wenwen looked sincerely apologetic.

"That's right, misunderstanding, it's all misunderstanding." Wei Chi Shun said with a smile, his son-in-law knew the severity, which made him very pleased, and now everyone present was from Wei Chi's family, except for Xi Piluo, but the status of the other party was not low.

A group of people were chatting, and many people in the field were busy arranging the scene of the "acceptance meeting", and suddenly a shout of "Prime Minister" outside the courtyard gate arrived, and the people who were talking immediately turned around and greeted the courtyard gate.

The person who came was the white-haired Wei Chi Hui, he was dressed in civilian clothes, he looked in good spirits, seeing the children and nephews in front of him nodding frequently, after Yuwen Wen saluted, he looked at the Wei Chi clan in front of him, and had mixed feelings in his heart.

More than 70 years ago, Wuchuan Town, one of the northern border towns of the Northern Wei Dynasty, lived in the border army, their families and townspeople, among whom there was a pair of Wei Chi brothers: Da Lang Wei Chi Hui and Erlang Wei Chi Gang. Their mother is the Yuwen clan.

The Yuwen family has four brothers, the fourth brother is named Yuwentai, the word black otter, Yuwen black otter is a small town army leader in the border army, and is the uncle of the two Wei Chi brothers.

The rebellion of the six towns that swept through the Northern Wei Dynasty changed the fate of the townspeople of the six towns, including Wuchuan Town, and the two brothers Wei Chi Hui followed their uncle Yuwen Black Otter to fight in various places, and with the rise of the Wuchuan military group, they stepped onto the stage of history.

He has also galloped on the battlefield, participated in the changes of the palace, and also turned against his former comrades-in-arms, experienced countless wars, and saw all the joys and sorrows in the world.

In the past 70 years, grievances and hatreds have been swept away by the wind and rain, and the white-haired Wei Chi Yuan led his sons and the sons of his deceased brother in his ancient years to fight against the usurper Yang Jian in order to protect the country laid by his uncle.

Shu State Lieutenant Chi Yuan, has five sons, the eldest son Yu Chi Yi died in the battle against Yang, the second son Yu Chi Kuan died early, and now there are three sons left, that is, Angu County Lieutenant Chi Shun, Wei'an County Lieutenant Chi Dan, and Xidu County Lieutenant Chi Youqi.

Therefore, Chi Gang, the Duke of Wu, is the younger brother of Chi Yuan, the eldest son Chi Yun, the second son Chi Qin, the third son Chi An, and the fourth son Chi Jing.

The eldest son, Yu Chiyun, was reused by Emperor Wu of Zhou, Yuwen Yong, but offended the then prince Yu Wenyun, who slaughtered the confidants of the first emperor after ascending the throne, and Yu Chiyun was released from Beijing as the governor.

Wei Chiyun saw that Wang Liang, Yuwen Shenju and other loyal ministers of the former emperor were killed, and he knew that something was wrong, and died in fear.

His son Wei Chi Jing, inherited his father Lu Guogong, and is currently the uncle of Zuo Gong, Yu Wenwen sat down with the emperor in the palace a few days ago, and had a face-to-face with him.

Wei Chi Gang's second son, Wen'an County Lieutenant Chi Qin, who was the governor of Qingzhou in the second year of the elephant, responded to the call of his uncle Wei Chi Hui to raise troops against Yang; The third son, Wei Chi'an, from Yang Jian, is also 'rebellious', and now he is an idle official in the Sui State, which can be regarded as an outlier of the Wei Chi family, but in Yu Wenwen's view, this is a typical example of "two-sided betting".

The fourth son, Chi Jing, the public lieutenant of Changning County, is currently the governor of Heyang. He and his second brother Wei Chi Qin are now present to observe the "acceptance meeting".

'Wei Chi's family, an auxiliary prime minister, three chief managers, a small Sima, a Zuo Gongbo, and my father-in-law, I want to be a big official. Yuwen Wen sighed in his heart, "Compared with Yuwen's family, a small emperor, a big line, a general manager, and a stabbing history... It's the general manager, and the strength is not enough to see. ’

The auxiliary prime minister Wei Chi Zhen, the power leans towards the government and the opposition, the governor of Xiangzhou is Chi Dan, who controls the elite main army of the Zhou State, and the governor of Heyang, Chi Jing, guards the land of Heyang, the gateway of Yecheng.

Heyang is to Yecheng, similar to Tongguan to Chang'an, are important gateways, so the governor of Heyang is the front line of the confrontation between Zhou and Sui, and the heavy troops must not be lost.

The governor of Qingzhou, Wei Chi Qin, and the governor of Xuzhou, Xi Piluo, are important flanks of the imperial court and a strong backup.

Chi Youqi, the little Sima Wei, commanded the forbidden army of the imperial city, and Chi Jing, the chief lieutenant of the left palace, commanded the guards around the emperor, and the two firmly controlled the imperial city and the palace. Inside and outside the government and the opposition, there are countless nephews and former officials of the Wei Chi family, and the henchmen and cadres are all over the army.

The Wei Chi clan firmly controlled the military and political power of the Zhou State.

In contrast, Yu Wenliang, Yu Wenming, and Yu Wenwen father and son, with their Shannan territory far away by the Yangtze River, had no way to change the status quo of the imperial court, and Yuwen Wen also remembered the 'story' of Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei.

Cao Cao, who was in his fifties, said in the "Shu Zhi Ling" that his wish was to set up a tombstone after his death, engraved with "Cao Hou, the general of the Han Dynasty who conquered the west". Later, his son Cao Pi accepted the Han Emperor's Chan order to become the emperor.

Today's Yuchi clan can be said to have supported more than half of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Yuwenwen doesn't know if they will become the founders of the Yuchi Dynasty, and the prime minister of Yuchi, I don't know if it will be like Cao Chengxiang, a Hanchen, and finally enter the Wei book. (To be continued.) )