Chapter 43 Dogwood

After a whole year of Pengcheng ****, with the last white flag in Wuyang City, this annual iron-blooded romance drama staged by love-hate, emotion and conspiracy, and the change of potential forces and deceased forces came to a temporary end in a calm ending. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

However, it will cause a great deal of light and darkness, sunshine and intrigue, all kinds of wisdom and undercurrents, ruling and spying, all kinds of long-term changes. After all, Beiming is not a country that does not know how to sum up lessons.

After the envoys from all walks of life investigated and reported the situation, Fu Shao, who received the investigation files involving thousands of officials, was as calm as water, and he didn't even see him grasping the big and letting go of the small, or killing chickens and waiting, but on the surface, he made a group of poor case files and handled them impartially, as if he had turned over the article without shock.

However, in the next few years, all the officials involved in the case will have no chance to turn around due to various administrative negligence or personal transfers, and many will die in a sleep of complete ignorance, in order to pay for their own corruption and perversion of the law, or to cause riots, crises in the people's capital, and so on.

This is Fu Shao's style, looking at the past bright and gentle, without any grandiose words, and without any sharp punishments, he secretly checked the front and rear joints, and quietly prepared for a softening change

- However, in the matter of evil retribution and not leaving a corrupt official behind, behind him stood such ruthless and mad law enforcers as General Qin and the eldest princess.

The significance and deterrence of this Beiming spirit are self-evident: if you want to do evil in Beiming, I hope you will know how you died.

From this point of view, Beiming is the best country, because you do not spare anyone who is full of evil, depending on who you are.

However, Beiming is also the worst country, because this kind of violent death without any trial and defense can bring about the inevitable deterrence of anti-corruption and corruption prosecution without any opportunity to try to get away with it by virtue of connections, power, and background.

However, it also carries too much power to rule by man, and requires extremely high personal standards and intellectual abilities of those who enforce the law, and carries inevitable violence and viciousness.

However, exists, that is, is reasonable.

At the same time, after this incident, Beiming began to completely lead the launch of the national reading and literacy project:

Squire families must take turns to make tenant farmers literate in their daily farming and pastoral work, and take turns to organize opera discourse teaching and reading courses for them.

For industries such as mining, salt introduction, weaving, wine introduction, etc., if they fail to actively provide responsibility for participating in the national literacy process, and fail to hire teachers to go to their respective areas of responsibility to popularize literacy and pass the examination, their practice rights will be revoked;

Peasant families with more than 10,000 literati will be exempted from forced labor taxes after being inspected by the official master; Tenant farmers with more than 10,000 literate books are directly allocated by the state to cultivate new land and reclaim land, and obtain their own land.

This vigorous literacy project, which does not harm anyone's interests, is very easy to implement, and although there are small tasks for everyone, no one is affected by it, so there is almost no resistance.

However, I thought in my heart that Fu Shao's move was a long move, so that the implementation of the policy for generations to come in would not cause recurring incidents due to the ignorance of the people, and it was also a well-intentioned measure for the people.

But this is not the pioneering move that surprised me the most after the open and covert investigation of the government affairs of the Pengcheng Rebellion.

Because later, a young scholar named Feng Yuanyong was selected by Fu Shao for one of his works on the governance of officials, and became the specific executor of his implementation of the standardized model of the upper and lower officials and the localization supplementary plan.

In the following ten years, Feng Yuanyong, with his magical pioneering thinking, divided tens of thousands of departments large and small in Beiming into ten main and different types of governance departments according to their respective division of labor and responsibilities, and carried out an integrated examination, teaching, research and selection of practitioners in the same business in each department.

At the same time, they were also carefully checked by the promotion classification system of their political performance and qualifications.

When we returned to Pengcheng with the army, it was another year of the Double Ninth Festival, and the festival of the founding of the Beiming was also at this time, Pengcheng, which had been renovated, returned to the prosperous scene, and the festive atmosphere permeated the streets and alleys. The city is densely populated, the city is prosperous, the streets extend in all directions, the blue brick paving, the teahouse and wine shop, and the sheng song is everywhere.

Many of the naughty children playing on the roadside will sing "Chrysanthemum yellow, yellow seed strong; Chrysanthemum fragrance, Huang Chongkang; On September 9, drinking chrysanthemum wine, people are drunk with chrysanthemums. September 9 is Chongyang; Put the paper harrier, the line loves long. The ballad is in a minor key.

However, at this time, I finally embarked on the return journey back to Pengcheng, but there were more important things that had to be settled first. After reporting to the eldest princess and Fu Shao respectively, I rode straight to Fu Shao's mansion. When Xing Qiuyan's thousand-year-old smile and enthusiasm came up again, I didn't know where to start.

And I saw that there were many guests dressed as wives at home, and the hall was already full of dogwoods, and the pleasant scene and lively festival atmosphere made me quite unhappy.

"You're back? But it's back. Xing Qiuyan quickly shook her Qidian plug, her golden dazzling head, dragged the foreign woman's standard life dress and skirt, and a pair of brocade satin gold embroidered shoes loomed under the big skirt and swept lightly under the big skirt, straight towards me lightly, and the spring breeze smile made me a little embarrassed.

I saw her come to my side, and smiled at the red sandalwood bookshelf and small table on the right-hand side of the hall, facing a pot of white chrysanthemum and chrysanthemum cake, with a beautiful appearance, smiling and smiling, dressed in the palace dress of the inner woman, and the woman with a somewhat unique head, and said:

"My nephew is rude, come and say hello to Princess Yaoyue." When I heard this, I understood that this was the young daughter of Song Guifei, the younger sister of Prince Jing and Prince Ning, and the talented princess who had just married Zhu Yinghong, the eldest grandson of General Zhu Linrong.

So he hurriedly saluted. I was about to ask Prince Jing and Prince Ning about their return this time, but I was thinking about it again, I was only busy with Xing Qiuyan's matter, and I hadn't gone to see Prince Jing when I came back, and I seemed to be a little lazy.

But Xing Qiuyan didn't give me such time at all, and busily introduced me to those women who were dressed in very similar uniforms, all of them in ceremonial clothes, and I was dizzying all the way, and I really had a feeling of wanting to escape.

It was easy to finally introduce people in a circle, and the lively sound in the room did not decrease at all, I saw these many weak women, and I couldn't help but miss Qin Qing's fist in my heart, and it was inconvenient for me to talk to Xing Qiuyan about anything important at this time, so I bowed down and smiled:

"The last general still has some official business, just come back first to say hello to the master's mother, and the last general will say goodbye first", seeing that Princess Yaoyue nodded and agreed, she bowed to Xing Qiuyan again, and Xing Qiuyan also saluted the princess and the women,

Sent me to the door, and when I was about to get on the horse, I heard her suddenly approach, and whispered in an almost inaudible voice, "Let's discuss it in Qingfeng Pavilion of Xiangshui Building tonight." I signaled with my eyes that I understood, and then I made a farewell statement, and turned to General Qin's mansion with a dozen horses.

The autumn wind is strong, the sound of the leaves is sassing with the galloping horse in the ear, if the tide is surging, if the sound of the message, the galloping horse is in the wind, and the title is galloping away.

After the wind settles, there are still dry branches that beat the clear sound of the streets and alleys, and the fallen leaves are like eating away at the mulberry leaves, and the street vendors selling chrysanthemum crabs have made a street and alley ten miles fragrant.

When I arrived at the gate of General Qin's mansion, I already saw Kong Lifei leading the horse, and when he saw me, he immediately ran over and laughed loudly inside, "I said he didn't have to invite, but he didn't come,"

After finishing speaking, I also dismounted, and exchanged fists with him twice, which was a greeting.

Seeing that Qin Qing and Qin Qiong also came out of it back and forth, we hurriedly followed.

Just when I was about to give Qin Qing my Beiming-style hug again, I saw Qin Qing behind him with a tall figure, beautiful hair, and a man in a green robe with a jade belt, with a jade face like spring, who else was not Prince Jing?

I hurriedly stepped forward excitedly and said, "Lord Wang-" and then I couldn't think of anything else, I wanted to say that you are also here, but it seems that I can't say to the prince as a courtier, why are you here, so I was silent for a while, and I only smiled.

And Prince Jing was also very understanding, came over and patted me on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "This king came to send some fresh Chenghu crabs to General Qin, it is rare that everyone is here, a lively place, and I am saying that I will also call you." ”

As he spoke, Qin Qiong was already leading the way in front and leading a group of us to the lobby in the backyard to entertain guests with a mighty momentum. And the two columns of gold-armored guards of Prince Jing's Mansion, holding halberds and shining long knives at their waists, have also been gathering on both sides to be on guard.

When I entered the lobby, I found that the eight carved wooden doors on the north side of the lobby were pushed open, and the outside was facing the backyard terrace.

The inner layer is the Tang pipa ten sides, the second layer is the gonghou, the guqin five, the horse head qin two, the outward is around a circle of purple flute, jade sheng, qingxun, su zhu and other wind music, the outermost circle on both sides of the elevated golden russian sheepskin drum side, a drum.

The tune being played is the song "Drunk in Lanling", which is quite amorous in the army, and the sound of the silk and bamboo orchestra is like a smiling star behind the bloodshed, with a kind of leisurely and helplessness of floating life, poignant and joyful.

"Come and sit down," Prince Jing said, "I'll come to see the old general, the old general injured his leg last time, so don't get up" After speaking, he said as if he were at home, and gently greeted the deputy general next to him, and the other party took the order, and Qin Qing also went out to arrange wine and food.

Kong Lifei and I sat on the third small table on the left side of the hall, and began to take a fragrant chrysanthemum pastry and a chrysanthemum wine in front of us and send them down.

Thinking of last year's Chongyang, Qin Qing and Qin Qiong were not in Pengcheng, and Qin Yi was not injured, a sword dance fell one after another, dazzling and splendid, and I felt that time was like a shuttle, and the warmth was only sincerity and affection.

"Old general, when did you get such a scroll?" Kong Lifei's voice asked in a leisurely voice, and following his gaze, I also saw the scroll hanging on the wall behind the hall:

About one foot high, nearly four feet long, painted under the moon to lead the bow, immediately chasing the moon, pen and ink under the moon under the water surface reflection of the world mountains and rivers condensed into a painting, the color rendering of the extremely ethereal, the condensation of life, splash ink composition generous and free, a color of generosity, and the brush and ink shine into the sky.

"Why can't I have such a scroll?" General Qin Yi pursed his lips and smiled, and said with a hint of cunning at the corner of his mouth, "You and I are a rough person, so you can't have some elegant friends?" ”

"Oh, old general, this is wronging me," Kong Lifei said as he squeezed his eyebrows and looked at me, "Aren't I recently acting for Fu Yannian, this kid, Zhang Luo's mansion?" I want to see if there are any layouts that I can learn from. ”

As he spoke, his eyebrows flew and he said, "Speaking of which, good things are coming, but it's just me and Luo'er who are busy with you, and I don't have to shirk this glass of wine." ”

General Qin Yi and I both laughed when we heard this. I was even more happy to say this in my heart, and I couldn't help but quarrel with him, and the three of them each drank a full cup. After a short time, the servants of the house took out the plump hairy crabs one after another, placed them on each table with rice wine, and removed the food box and tea tray.

For a while, the aroma hit people, everyone was a military general, and Beiming did not have many rules, so they used their hands together to eat. And the musicians over there were unmoved, still dutifully playing the music in a full fragrance.

If you are unaware of the staggered and noisy here, you will burn your heart into art, and listen carefully to a song, like the quiet clouds of summer, close to people's hearts; If the sky is like a bright moon in the sky, it is touching and resentful; Swinging like a clear spring flowing water, thinking about the world.

As I listened, I couldn't help but be moved. But he moved his gaze to Qin Qing on General Qin Yi's side.

She is wearing a silver brocade plate gold embroidered silk skirt today, and the Jingfu long hairpin is inserted on the capable concentric mustache held loosely, which is more and more dazzling among our group of men, and when she gives General Qin Yi light cloth, there is a different kind of shy daughter like being a Wenjun,

It makes me feel more and more excited. All kinds of jokes and amusements of the people around me, I also half-truthfully followed the bragging, gags, and at the same time my mind was focused on the two beautiful things of the music and Qin Qing, and I suddenly felt that life was beautiful.

When the crabs were almost eaten, the servants below came to replace the dishes, cups and plates, and presented five dishes for each small table, two cold dishes, and three hot dishes, all of which were made of chrysanthemums.

Although we missed the dogwood event of ascending to the river and reciting poems, we also caught up with this chrysanthemum banquet.

"I'm so excited today, why don't I wait to write poems again?" Prince Jing suddenly said loudly.

"Poetry again?" Qin Qiong's eyes were as big as copper bells, and he shook his head and said, "Why does the prince have this proposal every time, I am a military general, how can I have the grace and elegance of the prince, but it is not as happy as a fist." ”

Before he could finish his words, he saw Qin Yi and Qin Qing's eyes glaring at him at the same time. Prince Jing also saw this scene, and couldn't help but laugh first, and everyone laughed too, so the prince was not attached to this suggestion.

At this time, I remembered Huang Chun's positive response when I was in Sendai in Weiyu City, and thought that I had not seen Huang Chun and Prince Ning for a long time, and many thoughts came to my heart, "There is one less person in the dogwood",

Around the time this poem was written, I guess I also had a feeling of longing for the same way. I thought about it, and gestured to Kong Lifei to raise a glass again, and the two of them had another glass.

If I knew at this time that this would be the last chance we could have to compose poems with Prince Jing, then no matter what, I would definitely cheer for the prince and let the prince enjoy himself.

But how can there be a true prophet in the world, and if there is no death without warning, how can there be so much heart-wrenching sorrow?

At this time, no one at the banquet would have thought that the more we meet again at this time next year, we will forever lose our most respected commander, Prince Jing, and from then on there will be no way to pass through the blue sky, and there will be no place to talk to poetry in vain.

However, at this time, only a happy reunion is the theme of the festival, and each of us is just a small individual under the merciless trick of fate.

By the end of the party, the night had already fallen, and the shops, guild halls, mountain goods, and merchants and pedestrians along the streets along the Ji River had disappeared with the night.

Only the continuous sound of oars on the Ji River is mixed with the sound of silk and bamboo singing, and the lanterns on the boat are swaying and the candles are swaying, and the reflection in the water is finely broken and gilded like scales.

At this time, I thought of Xing Qiuyan's instructions, and said in my heart that I was also drinking and entertaining, and while blaming myself, I said goodbye to everyone, and drove the horse around a few circles to make sure that no one noticed and followed, and then went straight to Qingfeng Pavilion of Xiangshui Building.