Chapter 47: Shen Kuo's Descendants

The intelligence agencies of the Great Song Dynasty are too incompetent, more than 100 Mongols sneaked into the territory of our dynasty and hid near the capital, and they didn't even notice it, could it be that there are people collaborating with the enemy at the border pass? Or is there someone in the DPRK who answers?

In this day and age, news travels very slowly, how did the Mongols know that I was coming? And when did you find out? If you go from Lin'an to Mongolia and then return to Lin'an, even if there are carrier pigeons to transmit messages, it will take half a month to a month to go back and forth, which means that someone sent news to Mongolia from the beginning of December to the middle of December last year, and at this time only the people in the palace and the ministers of the DPRK and China knew about it.

In any case, Dragon's Tooth's intelligence department has to step up.

A war without intelligence is like a war fought by a blind man, and there will only be defeat and no victory.

At noon, we bypassed Huiji City and drove directly to the Quanjiu family's villa. After lunch, I lay down in the car and slept well, after all, I was tossed by the man in black enough in the morning.

Towards the end of the evening, dozens of us arrived at the villa, nearly half a day later than planned.

It is said that the surname comes from the ancient Zhou Dynasty, when there was an official position called Quanfu Guan, which was dedicated to the management of coins, and Quanfu was an institution specializing in the management of currency. Some of the descendants of the Izumi government officials took Izumi as their surname, which later evolved into Quan, which became the origin of today's Quanfu surname.

The number of people with the whole surname is very small, most of them are concentrated in the Jiangnan area, and the people with the whole surname of Huiji claim to be the descendants of Quan Cong, the famous general of the Eastern Wu of the Three Kingdoms.

Huiji Quanfu Town can be said to be the largest concentration of people with all surnames.

Quanjiu's home is in the northernmost part of Quanfu Town.

At this time, it is the New Year, and Quanfu Town is also full of joy.

Compared with the Han and Tang dynasties, the Song Dynasty paid a huge amount of foreign indemnities, but it was still very rich for a long time, which is enough to see the economic development of the Song Dynasty, but in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty, corrupt officials and corrupt officials were rampant, and they began to become poor and poor.

This Quanfu Town may be because of the crown princess Quanjiu, the officials in Huiji City do not dare to mess around too much, it looks rich and harmonious, and it is not like other towns, there are few beggars and homeless people.

I had a little chat with the elders in the town, and then walked to the front of Quan Jiu's house.

Although the courtyard of Quan Jiu's family is very large, it looks very old, although she is the crown princess, Quan Jiu has always been low-key, clean and self-conscious, and is unwilling to use her identity for personal interests for her family.

The plaque in front of the villa was written by the father of Quan Jiu before his death, "Ask for the whole villa".

The father of Quan Jiu also said many times when he was an official that those who are officials must be responsible for everything and seek perfection in everything, and this "seeking perfection" should be his motto.

I looked back at Quan Jiu and saw that he was staring at the door plaque in a daze, I knew that Quan Jiu was missing his father, so I took his hand and walked in together.

Ask for the whole villa to be divided into two courtyards, although it is old, it is also clean, and behind the villa is the back mountain that Quan Jiu said.

The current head of the villa is Quan Jiu's brother Quan Jue, Quan Jiu's immediate family is only Quan Jue who does not want to go to Beijing, but chooses to stay in Huiji's hometown, there is an old housekeeper Quan Lifu led more than ten family servants, there are dozens of long-term workers on the back mountain, because most of them are hilly and mountainous, so there are very few fertile fields, these long-term workers are mainly in the breeding industry, raising a lot of pigs, cattle and chickens and other livestock and a little maintenance of the mountains and forests.

As soon as Quan Jiu arrived home, he asked east and west, swaying left and right, looking very excited, I saw that Quan Jiu was happy, and I didn't care about her, and walked around with her.

After arranging the guards' accommodation, Lan Yu said, "Your Majesty, this villa is really big enough, and the dozens of guards are not crowded at all after they settle down. ”

"Listen to Concubine Quan, the back is even bigger, let's go up the mountain tomorrow to have a look, and you all rest early tonight."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister will go to rest after arranging the defense."

After dinner, I summoned Quan Jue and his teacher Shen Yiqiu in the living room.

Originally, I came to Qiuquan Villa for only one purpose, that is, to inspect the new army base and see if it was feasible here, but later I heard Quan Jiu mention Quanjue and Shen Yiqiu, and added the purpose of recruiting talents.

This Quanjue looks like Sven, and he looks like Quan Jiu, and he is also clear-eyed, and Shen Yiqiu is also in good spirits, it seems that the villa of the Quan Jiu family is a cultivator.

I saw that the two of them were very restrained, so I opened Chrysostom first and said: "Quanjue, you and your sister really look alike, a talent." ”

Quan Jue got up and replied, "Your Majesty has won the award, hehe." ”

"Just sit down and talk, it's at home, don't be inhibited." I smiled and said to Shen Yiqiu, "Mr. Shen is also radiant, at first glance, the sword is not old, Mr. Gui Geng this year?" ”

Shen Yiqiu was also very happy when he heard me call him a gentleman: "Back to the emperor, the old man is sixty years old this year. ”

"Well, you should be old and strong. I listened to Concubine Quan, are you a descendant of Shen Kuo? ”

"Exactly."

"Lord Shen Kuo is a talented person in my dynasty, I plan to renovate the mausoleum for him in a few days, erect a monument and pass it on, and build a academy in Lin'an, which will be named after Shen Kuo, and all the students must refine Shen Kuo's doctrine."

When Shen Yiqiu heard me say this, he was suddenly stunned, and then cried with joy, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Thank you for the emperor's grace, the ancestors of the old generation have thanked the emperor." After speaking, he solemnly kowtowed three times.

Most of the literati of this era hoped that their doctrines would be appreciated by the royal family so that they would be passed down through the ages. When Shen Kuo was alive, he was not allowed to reuse, although his masterpiece "Dream Creek Writings" was valued by the academic community after its publication, but it was not recognized by the emperor, so even when he died of depression, he did not forget to ask his descendants to have the opportunity to dedicate this book to the emperor, as his descendant Shen Yiqiu naturally hoped to fulfill the last wish of his ancestors. At this time, hearing what I said naturally aroused this kind of thought again, although Shen Yiqiu had lived in seclusion in Huiji's family for more than ten years, this kind of thought has never been broken. This is just like that Yun Bofei, being able to glorify his ancestors is his lifelong pursuit.

I got up and helped Shen Yiqiu up and said: "Sir, please get up, as long as you have made contributions to my Great Song Dynasty, I will reward them, Shen Kuozhi said that it covers a wide range of things, and it will surely benefit our dynasty and spread for eternity." Sir, do you know anything about Lord Shen Kuo's doctrine? ”

Shen Yiqiu replied with some pride after getting up: "Back to the emperor, the old man has been very fond of the ancestors' words since he was a child, and the ancestors' work "Mengxi Pen Talk" has done all the research, and he was scolded by his father for not doing his job, but he ......."

"Don't worry, sir, please have something to say."

Shen Yiqiu blushed a little and said, "Old decay is only interested in a part of the Ancestor Doctrine. ”

"Yes, which parts?" I asked, a little worried.

"Your Majesty, the old man is only interested in the physical and magical tricks in it, but he has not studied politics and military affairs in depth."

I laughed and said, "Good, good." ”

Shen Yiqiu was puzzled and said, "Your Majesty? ”

"The so-called art has a specialization, Mr. does not know, this object covers thousands of things, as long as it is well applied, it will be beneficial to the country and the people, and it is no less than the major events of governing the country."

Shen Yiqiu got my appreciation, it seems that he has a confidant in his life, he can't hide the joy in his heart, and said excitedly: "Before meeting Quanjue, Lao Yu once traveled all over the country, looking for teachers and visiting friends, and confirmed the words of the ancestors one by one, and then came to Huiji, I felt that this place was full of aura, and I also had Quanjue and Lao Yu on the road, so I lived here for a long time, and in the past few years, Lao Yu taught Quanjue, while sorting out and revising the physical part of the ancestors' words, plus his own views were expanded into books, especially in the last two or three years, With the help of Quanjue, the old man finally completed the book a few years ago, modeled after the ancestors, and named it "Huiji Bi Tan", hoping that one day he could be like the ancestors, and the book would be passed on to future generations. ”