In Chang'an City, as the biggest feature of the new dynasty, it is full of streets from time to time in groups of swaggering and swaggering, all kinds of flags, propaganda, covers, and BMW incense cars composed of honor guards and pomp.

Behind the wall panels of restaurants, tea shops, street pavilions, and restaurants, there is always some hatred, disgust, disgust, contempt and jealousy, as well as complaints and curses such as "Mu Monkey and Crown", "Corrupt Etiquette" and "Sweeping the Floor".

And whenever the two teams of honor guards happen to collide head-on at the street entrance, the sound of arguing and shouting for the sake of the road, and even the movement of fists and feet meeting, will also attract a large number of people in the market who gather in the south of the city to watch and discuss hotly.

It wasn't until they heard the news from afar or near that they finally dispersed the city patrol team that came slowly or slowly, and it was able to end the street farce that broke out from time to time.

Therefore, this is also the humerus and pillars of those who were canonized as princes and princes of the new dynasty, high-ranking officials and generals, after being forcibly transferred away from their soldiers and horses to go out to fight, one of the few means and fun that can be used to reflect the presence of the fuselage.

Another pleasure of theirs is to rely on the privileges and conveniences of the new dynasty to break into the homes of the princes and eunuchs of the old dynasty from time to time, and enter the house and hold various banquets and fun-seeking gatherings in the nest of birds.

He even called the main family members out to serve, and under the rough words, he admired their expressions and attitudes that dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, and took this as a way to make fun, so he named it "looking for the right person" and "fighting and hanging".

And in the vicinity of the East Market, which has become depressed almost completely, in the courtyard of a typical small household.

Zhao Ziri, who was already a school captain, was slightly satisfied and tidied up his loose crotch and paced out of a house where he was sobbing faintly; I didn't look at the man who was smiling humbly and bowing his head under the eaves on the side, but at the few subordinates waiting outside.

"This girl is in good shape, you can all try it, just take it easy, don't kill anyone,"

Then, a large bag of objects was brought in, and Nunu opened his mouth to the man who did not dare to come out; At least after staying away from the disaster star that made everything unpleasant, he Zhao Daguan finally ushered in a good day after suffering and ups and downs.

Not only was he picked up by the vanguard general of a military master under the command of Mr. Shang, but he also became a flag-bearer who rushed to the battlefield because of his relatively fierce appearance, and since then he has developed in the time of the rebel army.

Now, although he is only a mere lieutenant of the New Dynasty of Great Qi, he can justifiably continue to stay in Chang'an City, the richest city in the world, as the city patrol division;

While seeing the prosperous scenery that I couldn't imagine before, I also indulged in the life of the real official family;

No matter what his superiors and other generals want, or which one they fancied, he has the methods and means to use both soft and hard or skillfully get it.

This also allowed him to win a reputation for being capable and powerful, but also grabbed a lot of benefits in the middle, and further controlled the interests of several districts.

Compared with it, his early years in the remote and remote villages of Lingnan were as ridiculous and clumsy as summer insects.

"That brother, please stay"

Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded behind him, but it made his skin tense and his pores stand up.

"But Brother Zhao is now, and the younger brother has been looking forward to the reunion for too long."

Zhao Ziri didn't care about clamping the saddle of the mount, desperately driving all the way to knock over and kick down many pedestrians, regardless of wanting to leave the sound behind;

Suddenly, the horse's feet stumbled, and his front hooves went limp, and he threw his head over the moss-mottled fence and into the ditch under the stone bridge, which was full of dead leaves and sludge.

"I'm not mistaken, this is Brother Zhao, who came from outside the mountain and has been taking care of me very well."

The familiar sound of people pinching their throats, pinching out their tongues, and then making a hundred turns around their squeezed intestines was still babbling on the bridge railing.

"Brother Zhao, are you okay?"

"Don't hurry up and pull Brother Zhao out."

Listening to the sound that made him wake up from countless midnight dreams was getting closer and closer, but Zhao Ziri, who wanted to struggle, lost his balance again, and choked heavily on the churned sludge.

At the same time, near the Great Inner Anhua Gate, the Wubenfang where the Guozijian and Taixue are located. A large group of soldiers who had been gathered temporarily were also full of apprehension, eating the specially provided wheat rice while looking at the leaders of the rebels who had begun to be named.

is already forty-five years old, and Wei Zhuang, whose shirt is washed white and adorned with patches, is also among them; Carefully chewing on these somewhat coarse meals.

Although he was born in Jingzhao Wei's Xiaoyao Mansion, the fourth generation grandson of Wei Yingwu, a great poet of the previous generation of Shanshui School, his ancestors had Wenchang right Xiang Wei to be priced during the martial anniversary; But by the time his generation arrived, he had already fallen into the cold.

Moreover, his parents died early, and his family was poor. He has been lonely and poor since he was a child, and he is famous in the poetry circle for his talent. He was once as famous as the late Huajian Sect Master Wen Tingyun, and was called "Wen Wei". Because he was unrestrained and self-willed during the year, he was disliked by many noble families.

Therefore, in addition to the experience of writing for a short time in the early years of the Zhaoyi Festival envoy, the inspection of the school and the Ministry of Rites, Taiyuan Yin, and the Northern Capital left behind under Liu Tong's curtain. Now he is stranded in Chang'an and has been trying and failing for the fifteenth year.

The so-called name of Wei Zhuang was changed because of this. A few days ago, he posted a few articles, and he was a doorman for a period of time in Zhou Baofu, the envoy of the Zhenhai Festival before he came to Beijing.

But the good times did not last long, Zhou Bao, who was known as the good general of the Five Dynasties, was not liked by today, and was forced by the eunuchs and his family wealth was scattered, so he had to dismiss them and avoid them, and then fled away.

Before he could find a new proprietor, he fell with the thief army and the imperial court, and with the vast number of scholars who were studying in Beijing and waiting for the examination, they were trapped in this western capital together;

Soon, with the soaring prices in the market and the shortage of daily necessities, he had to be hungry and thirsty in his stomach, so he could only gather regularly from the main stream to Taixue to eat the relief food provided by these thieves.

As a corresponding price and exchange, they must take their own injunctions to the national prison on a regular basis to order and sign the bonds; in exchange for two ready-made meals a day. It is mainly wheat rice and miscellaneous cakes, and occasionally there are salt vegetables for self-picking.

On a regular basis, if there are some employment requests for copying documents and notices, you can get some ready-made copper coins or brown rice on the spot; Although there are not many of them, they can be self-sufficient for a few days in the lower area near the city wall in the south of the city.

It is said that this is also one of the so-called good governance of the New Dynasty Great Qi, which was suggested and personally presided over by General Meng Da, who patrolled the capital in the thief army. In fact, most people are confused, confused, confused, lost, powerless and desperate about the current situation.

How can this brilliant Tang court say that it is gone; Isn't it a legend that it will take another 300 years to prosper? How did Chang'an, the world's best in Xijing, change hands and become the capital of the new dynasty?

Most of them are pessimistic about their future, worried about the possible liquidation of the imperial court after the recovery of the court, and afraid of the current strength and power of the thief army. It is also forced by the difficulties and sufferings of the current situation of livelihood.

Therefore, there are really some of these scholars who cannot bear the poverty and suffering of their current lives; In this way, he took the initiative to seek to join the thieves, and obtained some lowly official positions and titles appointed, and picked up the corresponding rewards and temporary benefits.

Of course, Wei Zhuang didn't want to join the thieves or run for it, but he also didn't want to take up the family's meager savings and rations. Therefore, I can only give up the so-called principle and persistence of "not eating Zhou Su", and bend my waist for five buckets of rice for a while.

After all, in addition to the shops that are sold in limited quantities under the supervision of the thief army, it is becoming more and more difficult to buy grain and rice in private, and he has several younger brothers and sisters of different ages, who also have nothing to do and are waiting to be fed.

"Wei Zhuang, Du Ling Wei Zhuang is the one again, come out to speak."

At this time, a voice suddenly called out his name. Let him stand up excitedly, and then quickly shrink down, but it was too late.

"This Wei Sheng, your time has come."

A soldier wearing a blue silk shirt with a narrow crotch and rough hands and feet walked up to him and said that he was quickly dragged out by the guard.

"There's an important matter right now, and I'm waiting for you to go out of the city to hand it over. The corresponding remuneration is generous. ”

"I... I.. I still have family members in the city to take care of, and it is difficult for me to travel far away. ”

Wei Zhuang couldn't help but stammered nervously.

"It doesn't matter, as long as you stay at home, the corresponding remuneration will be sent to the house."

But the officer couldn't help but push him back into the queue.

As the names of the people were read one after another, they stood up one after another and were taken aside. Then, Wei Zhuang also saw an old acquaintance here,

"Brother Du, why are you also chosen?"

Du Xunhe, a native of Shidai (now Shitai County, Anhui Province), who was also a contemporaneous acquaintance of his old acquaintance, used chopsticks to pick up the salted vegetable stalks floating in the bowl of thin porridge, and put them in his mouth with a deep taste and smacked his lips

"Old Wei, haven't you noticed?"

"Notice something."

Wei Zhuang didn't know why.

"The students selected this time are all landed students who have not been examined."

"So what, isn't this capital everywhere."

Wei Zhuang was even more puzzled.

"But people seem to have a poor and noble background, and they don't want any eunuchs, big families, and scholars with prominent backgrounds, even if they have no intention of being selected, they will quickly quit."

“。。。。。。。”

"Therefore, I am afraid that there will be an important deed or a big event among the thieves, and my generation must be involved."

At the same time, outside the Gwanghwa Gate in the south of Chang'an City, a procession of chariots and horses loaded with all kinds of treasures and goods and foreign products, under the banner of "Guannai Transshipment Envoy", meandered along the Shangluoguan Road, one of the four and eight routes of Gyeonggi, to Lantian County in the south.

- I'm the dividing line -

Thousands of miles away in Kuizhou,

Qin Shigong, who was covered in blood, also ran all the way to the chaotic Fengjie City, because there were still soft goods that he had accumulated in a short period of time in office, as well as the two concubines he had received/occupied not long ago.