The ninth day of August.

A couple in their thirties, riding in a green mantle car, escorted by 100 Liangshan military foot riders, traveled hundreds of miles from Mizhou to Yidu in Qingzhou.

It's a city the couple knows very well, and they've been in it for eight years. It was also in order to avoid the disaster of Liangshanbo that the couple had to return to their hometown in Mizhou. But unexpectedly, I couldn't dodge it after a long time, and I still couldn't dodge, and I still had to come.

Zhao Mingcheng lifted the curtain, looked at the familiar Yidu City, and sighed: "The only death is difficult through the ages." As a husband, he bears the weight of the family, and the hope of Qilu Shilin, but he can't be upright and modest, and he will die with his will, which is really a big loss. ”

Although he is not a big official himself, his father Zhao Tingzhi is a strongman who dares to compete with Cai Jing. In the first year of Daguan (1107), Zhao Tingzhi resigned, and then died of illness, Zhao Mingcheng was framed by Cai Jing, was posthumously given to the official, and his family was affected, and Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao lived in Qingzhou Township since then.

In the original official history, the couple stayed in Qingzhou for thirteen years. But now in this time and space, there is more variable Lu Qian, the couple rushed to the situation as early as when Liang Shanbo first commanded Dongping Mansion, and packed their bags early and went to Zhao Mingcheng's hometown - Mizhou Zhucheng.

But now Zhucheng is also occupied by Liangshanbo, and the husband and wife have no way out, and this time they were sent to Yidu by a team of people, and the same is true.

Zhao Mingcheng is not a resolute person, Lu Qian got the Mizhou letter, and after a little thought, he made a decision. If you want the Mizhou army to be strong, you can't help but Zhao Mingcheng disobey. In Lu Qian's memory, Zhao Mingcheng is by no means a great husband. When the two Song Dynasty intersected, he also once achieved the high position of knowing Jiangning Mansion, but the Jiangning battalion rebelled, and this guy did not take precautions, but abandoned the city and fled cleanly when the rebellion broke out.

Sure enough, Zhao Mingcheng succumbed under strong pressure. The husband and wife went first, and the gold and stone antiques and other things they collected in their home will be sent here in the future.

When Lu Qian heard the report, he was overjoyed. Zhao Mingcheng's son, Zhao Tingzhi, and the influence of the Northern Song Dynasty may have no village, but the influence in Shandong still exists. And Li Qingzhao's son Li Gefei is not only the son-in-law of Prime Minister Wang Qi, but also a disciple of Su Shi. is also from the Li family, a big clan in Dongping Mansion, and many members of the Li family have fled, but there are still many people who still live in the same place.

Lu Qian has a lot of opinions about the scholars, and even looks down on them. But he also knew that if he wanted to govern China, he couldn't do without them, and he couldn't do without Confucianism today.

Don't mention the revival of the hundred schools, be realistic. The Song Dynasty is not two Han Dynasty, the latter still has a little bit of a hundred schools of Yu Meng, the former time, the fart of the hundred schools, the disciples and grandchildren of Confucius who deceived teachers and destroyed ancestors, have long been under the banner of "I note the Five Classics" and "The Five Classics note me" have all the essence of the hundred schools they need as their own.

[Han Confucianism is "I note the Five Classics", that is, there are classics first, and then delve into the classics to explore the truth; Song Confucianism is "the Five Classics note me", that is, first have their own thoughts, and then distort the classics to interpret them. Wang Anshi's "Three Classics and New Meanings" seems to be a typical example. 】

Who dares to say that Shen Kuo is not a Confucian student? Who would say that Yue Fei is not a Confucian general?

With the development of the times to the present day, under the evolution of thousands of years, Confucianism has not only become the representative of Chinese culture in name, but also the main body of Chinese culture in essence.

Agriculture, engineering, law, martial arts, arithmetic, medicine, etc., have been completely incorporated into Confucianism.

This is a story of inclusiveness. In the process of self-development, Confucianism takes what it needs from other sources. In order to maintain the inheritance, other schools have to put a layer of Confucian skin on the outer body.

Those who are unwilling to do so can only be completely annihilated by the storms of history. This is a process of 'big waves and sands', and it is not only those 'stubborn' schools that have been eliminated that they are also conservative people within Confucianism.

Over time, those schools that wore Confucian skins on their bodies seemed to have really become Confucianism.

Thousands of years of time, with the support of the emperor and imperial power, have made Confucianism grow to an irreversible point. Lu Qian never denied this. That's why he's confident. Because as long as it is supported by the imperial power, under strong pressure, Confucianism will automatically and actively adapt to this change.

Confucian scholars are the most stubborn, and at the same time the most changeable.

This is because this school of thought has been deeply integrated with China's history and development. It has never been a school, and knowledge and reading, in the minds of the Chinese people, have long been equated with being an official and wealthy.

The pursuit of power is the essence of 99 percent of Confucian scholars. This should remain the same, Lu Qian believes that Confucianism will take the initiative to change. And Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao are the bridge between Liang Shanbo and Confucian scholars.

Of course, it cannot be denied that Lu Qian also wants to see the face of the famous Yi'an Jushi through the ages.

Li Qingzhao listened to her husband's words, but she did not have the spirit to reply, nor did she have the spirit to speak. Of course, Yi'an Jushi, who is just in her early thirties, is not seriously ill, she is suffering from heart disease.

The husband's performance along the way is like a sharp knife inserted into the originally intimate love between the two. For the first time, she knew that her husband, who was so learned and modest, was such a cowardly person.

The two have been married for more than ten years, and their relationship is harmonious after marriage, so as to collect gold and stone calligraphy and paintings. Because of political factors, Zhao's relatives were forced to live in seclusion in the village, and Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao came to Qingzhou to settle down. The Zhao family has changed from a dignitary to an ordinary person, but for them, it is a blessing in disguise. The two were able to devote all their energy to gold and stone, calligraphy and painting, and antiques. Every time the Zhao couple got a strange book, they would jointly survey the school, sort out the inscriptions, and match the calligraphy and painting utensils, so they played carefully and evaluated each other. At the same time, the couple often sat in the return hall to cook tea after dinner. The two pointed to a room full of books and tortured each other, and the guessed one drank tea first. Have fun with it. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a fairy couple.

As for Li Qingzhao, who has not been out for more than ten years, whether Zhao Mingcheng has ever moved the idea of taking a concubine and having a child behind his back, there is no need to care. Anyway, Zhao Mingcheng himself was also happy with his father when he was forty years old.

Although he has no official status, Li Qingzhao feels that he is not doing badly. Compared with her cousins and cousins, such days are really not changed for officials.

But now Zhao Mingcheng's struggle and Zhao Mingcheng's cowardice along the way make her so ashamed. Although there was no quarrel, the harmony between fish and water in the past was gone, and emotionally she seemed to have alienated Zhao Mingcheng coldly.

"The mica screen candle shadow is deep, and the long river is gradually falling. Chang'e should repent of stealing the elixir, and the blue sea and blue sky are night and night. Last night was Zhao Mingcheng's last chance, he sat alone in front of the window for half the night, and he couldn't cut himself off. Only such a poem was left on the bookcase. Li Qingzhao asked him, and Zhao Mingcheng also prevaricated with words that he could respond to the imperial court, which really made him sneer when he thought about it.

For Zhao Mingcheng's words, he was even more disapproving. With his guts, does he really dare? Even if you dare, you know that you have lost the big festival, and you want to use this to relieve your shame, and this so-called desire to cover up is also.

When the two entered Yidu City, they were naturally in their old house. Although all the servants left behind in the past have fled, the courtyard of the house has been cleaned, and there are a lot of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. When the husband and wife settle down, some people even led dozens of men and women to pick and choose.

Lu Qian came to visit in the afternoon.

He was very interested in Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao, and Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao were also very interested in him.

In less than three years, it set off such a big wave under the nose of Tokyo, with an elite division, outnumbered the enemy, repeatedly defeated the official army, and won the veteran general, so that the majesty of the Son of Heaven was mourned. In the hundred and fifty years of the Song Dynasty, such a thief has never been seen. What's even more strange is that such a talent is a small official in the imperial court system. This can be regarded as a pearl in the sea.

There are talents on the road, and there are also mistakes in Gai Zaichen. Lu Qian is so powerful, it can be said that it is a repetition of what happened to Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao at the beginning.

I don't know if Zhao Guanjia thought about this, otherwise according to this example, Cai Jing's phase would be dismissed.

Liang Shanbo has been in charge of Shandong for more than a month, and Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao know all kinds of policies. It can be said that he has set off a sea of blood in the territory of Shandong. And although the foundation is unstable, there is no sign of reconciliation with the gentry and big families, and they are vigorous and resolute, and all parts of Shandong are bleeding. However, in addition to being harsh to the gentry and large households, he also treated the people leniently, set up a propaganda department, issued newspaper news, ordered the teahouse tavern market tile shop to set up a newspaper doctor, read the newspaper at a fixed time, publicize policies, and guide public opinion.

In this way, it only takes three or five years, and if Qi Lu Shilin does not bow his head, the right to speak will disappear. The so-called Shilin Qing Discussion is not worth half a penny.

When they heard that Lu Qian had personally come to visit, Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao were surprised, and they hurriedly got up accordingly.

This Zhao Mingcheng is wearing a navy blue straight embellished, a wide-sleeved robe, a wooden hairpin on his head, a slender body, elegant and beautiful, and he is really a talent. And Li Qingzhao, how not to praise and disparage his appearance, anyway, he is not as good as the second daughter in his house, but the temperament of that body is like a flower, and the straight teacher thinks of eight words: gentle and elegant, showing off and wise.

The two walked together, and they were indeed husband and wife. It would be better if they didn't have a red column on the air column above their heads.

Seeing the appearance of Yi'an Jushi, Lu Qian's wish was fulfilled. After talking to Zhao Mingcheng, the words are nothing more than that I am optimistic about you, work hard, and you will have a great future in the future. Then Lu Qian left. If you don't leave, will it be possible to talk to their husband and wife about the past and the present, sing right, and comment on poetry and lyrics in the return hall? It's better to save it.

Leaving a personal invitation is the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet on August 15. That was also the beginning of the appearance of Zhao Mingcheng and his wife.

"Although this Metropolitan Governor acted domineeringly, he was also upright and disciplined. Now that the officials have made up their minds, they abandon those delusions, and they are at both ends of the head, and their intentions are repeated. At that time, it will harm others and oneself, and laugh at the world's soldiers. At this point, Li Qingzhao also turned around and left. Zhao Mingcheng looked at the Mid-Autumn Festival invitation alone and was silent. Today, August 11, the Mid-Autumn Festival is very close.

At this time, in the carriage, Lu Qian was very happy.

Zhao Mingcheng and his father's influence in Qilu Shilin still have two points, and the little Zhao Mingcheng is the best bridge for Lu Qian to communicate with Qilu Shilin. Although this guy is reluctant, he doesn't care, as long as Zhao Mingcheng does things well. And with his effect, the matter spread, hehe, that is a help from Liang Shanbo.

There are more unlucky officials who are unlucky because of the original Yuanyou Party monument, but there are far more than three hundred and nine people, among these people, there are good and bad, and there are not a few people who are still trapped after the Yuanyou Party ban is removed. Zhao Mingcheng's choice may also give them some moves. Anyway, it's a big deal.

At that moment, the carriage came to a sharp stop.

Tang Wu hurriedly walked in and said, "Governor, there is news from Dizhou. ”

Lu Qian perked up and said, "What did Song Gongming say?" ”

Tang Wu said: "Song Gongming is willing to raise troops to serve the governor of Dadu and sacrifice Dizhou. I just hope that our army can break Cangzhou, and then return to his brother. ”

Lu Qian was very happy in his heart. This black guy was overshadowed by Wang Shizhong, and he had to come to serve Liang Shanbo, which was a desperate dilemma, and this time he finally didn't talk about Yan Shun's cannibalistic thief.

"Someone came, holding Song Jiang's handwritten letter, and quickly went to Yizhou to recruit Zhu Tong and Lei Heng."