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In August of the third year of Huangyou, Renzong drove his own expedition for four months and then triumphantly passed the class. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This time it was really triumphant, the journey of hundreds of thousands of troops was very slow, in the previous Liao State governance area was better, after entering the residence of the Song people, those people who heard the news blocked the official road.

Especially the people in the border areas of Song and Liao in the past, which family did not have a blood feud with the Liao people? This time the emperor personally led the army to defeat the Liao State, they all offered Renzong the immortal tablet at home, and when they heard that the army was going to pass nearby, they came to the pipeline a few days early to wait, and even came from a long distance, just to wait for Renzong to kowtow a few times, waiting to say thank you to those soldiers who returned from the battlefield.

Renzong thought very carefully about this point, he gave these people a chance, and along the way, he did not ride in Luan, but rode on a big horse, and threw his fists at the surrounding fathers and villagers, so as to thank them. Those ministers and generals followed behind Renzong, and they were worried that Renzong's appearance would make the situation uncontrollable, but in the end, they found that although the people were a little emotional when they saw Renzong, they didn't do anything excessive, just desperately shouted Long live the emperor and kowtowed.

The Liao generals who had been captured by the Song army were also tied to their horses, pressed in the middle by two teams of sergeants, who always had to struggle to stop the crowd that wanted to rush up when this team passed by.

However, some long-range blows were inevitable, rotten vegetable roots, rotten eggs, and some stones that people could pick up on the side of the road. The Song army had nothing to do about it, and even some of the Song troops who were pressing the prisoners next to them were also affected.

The Song army of Zhending Mansion alone has been gone for half a month, and Renzong is really a little tired, but his expression is extremely excited. If there is a public opinion poll at this time, then Renzong's approval rating will be at least 90 percent or more.

The victory in the war brought great prestige to Renzong, and at the same time, it also greatly improved the national complex of the Great Song Dynasty.

Seeing that it is almost time to Bianjing, the road is becoming more and more difficult. Because there are more and more people on the road, this makes Renzong both excited and distressed.

When he got off the horse, Renzong felt that his buttocks were sore and sore, and when he saw that there were all his ministers around, he slapped his buttocks twice with his hand: "Chunyou, how far is it to go?" ”

Fan Chunyou has been following Renzong all along, and this time he performed very well. Everything later proved that his going to the Liao State was a lead that caused the two strands of the Liao State to completely rupture. Renzong admired Fan Chunyou very much, he felt that these young people under him were really good, and he used to say that they were not good because he didn't give them a chance.

"Long live, there are still more than a thousand miles away from Bianjing, if you ride quickly, you can get there in less than five days. But there are so many people on this road that I think we may have to walk for another month. ”

"A month?"

"If it's too slow, but strictly order the state capital in front of you to be responsible for dissuading the people and dredge the official road, it will be much faster."

Renzong shook his head slightly, he didn't want to live up to the enthusiasm of the people, because in the enthusiasm of those people, he had an unprecedented sense of achievement.

"Then let's go slowly, first send someone back to talk to the court, and tell them that we may have to go back slowly, presumably after entering Bianjing, we will be more enthusiastic in facing the people."

Fan Chunyou smiled: "That's nature, long live, the minister suggested that long live make an order to hold a celebration in Bianjing and have fun with the people." ”

Renzong was very interested in this suggestion, thought for a while and said, "Let's wait, when Wen Yanbo and the others have done things thoroughly, it's not too late for us to hold a celebration." ”

At this time, Renzong and Fan Chunyou didn't know that the people of Bianjing were really looking forward to them. Whether it was a working coolie or a student, they were all discussing what way to welcome the victorious troops of the Song army.

At the same time, there are some people who are already planning to take advantage of this opportunity.

Wang Anshi is now the governor of the Ministry of Rites, and this time he sent an envoy to the Chola Kingdom, and he not only completed the negotiations with the Chola Kingdom, but also broadened his horizons. Wang Anshi knows that there is a big place outside, and there is a big stage for Da Song to let himself perform to his heart's content.

He himself was able to get on the stage so quickly thanks to Chen Yuan's help, and in addition, there are not a few people who think the same as Wang Anshi. Chen Yuan originally sponsored those poor scholars to study and take the exam, just to add a certain prestige to himself, but now, this flower that he didn't want to plant at all unintentionally bore fruit.

More than 30 poor students who had been helped by Chen Yuan, or were now being helped, sat around the table of Crescent Moon Villa, Wang Anshi sat at the top of the list, and Chen Shizhong sat next to Wang Anshi.

A huge picture scroll is spread out on the table, the picture shows Renzong wearing a dragon robe, riding a tall horse, Renzong is in front of the battlefield that is fighting, and behind him is the minister of civil and military affairs who followed Renzong on this expedition.

The whole table was full, and only a fifth of the scene was shown.

Chen Shizhong was very surprised to see it, because not only Renzong on the picture, but also the ministers behind Renzong were all lifelike, and he could see who was standing in which position from the appearance. The one who followed behind Renzongma was Chen Shimei's appearance.

There are also those soldiers, who also have different expressions and postures. It fully shows the scene of the soldiers on the battlefield killing the enemy in blood, and Renzong's resolute expression fully reflects his self-confidence, and his eyes are very expressive, as if he is a little anxious about the battle situation, but it reveals more of a fearless idea.

The total length of the scroll is thirteen meters, and the height is two and a half meters, this piece of paper is specially produced by the workshop, and when Renzong enters the capital, it will be a sensational effect to hang this thing outside.

In order to paint this picture, these scholars spent a lot of manpower and material resources. Their purpose is to prove their existence when they can attract everyone's attention when they welcome Renzong back this time.

People have ideals and aspirations, and this will not change because of poverty or wealth. These scholars from humble backgrounds can be said to be very dissatisfied with the system of the Song Dynasty, and they aspire to become scholars, but the privileges enjoyed by the current scholars and doctors block their way.

Even though Renzong had already made changes to this, and Chen Yuan was trying to find a more suitable way to employ people, in their opinion, the reform of the imperial court was too small.

The shadow system should have been abolished, and the children of those scholars should go to the scientific examination like themselves, and everyone should fight for their own future with their ability. When Chen Yuan proposed the reform, they were really happy, thinking that this time it would be fair.

But in the end, a so-called shade family came out, so that those people could still be one step ahead of them. They didn't think that this was to maintain stability and take their time, and they thought that it must be that those scholars were unwilling to back down, and it was their old guys who blocked the emperor and the pace of reform.

They couldn't do much before, but as soon as Wang Anshi came out, these people immediately regarded him as their role model. When Wang Anshi returned from the Chola Kingdom, a small group quickly formed around Wang Anshi.

Later, they secured the support of the Chamber of Commerce.

Those businessmen are now making a lot of money with Chen Yuan, but they are not satisfied, they want to earn more, which is destined for them to also want to make some changes to reality.

As soon as Chen Shizhong told the businessmen about the situation of these poor students, the businessmen immediately felt that this was an opportunity. These scholars are not short of level, they are just short of money. Even some people have a problem with living expenses when they rush to take the exam.

It doesn't matter, the businessmen are willing to give them this money, help them catch the exam, and help them become officials, on the condition that they can't forget who helped them after they become officials.

At this time, there was no concept of partisanship, and the Song Dynasty also dealt a very big blow to the party. However, there is always a solution to everything, and Wang Anshi formed a society called the Spring and Autumn Society.

It means that they can also compose spring and autumn. And the merchant's sponsorship of this society does not violate any law.

With the sponsorship of the businessmen, these poor students no longer have to worry about their living expenses, they can continue to hold debates, continue to expand their influence among the common people, and at the same time attract students who have the same ideas as themselves to join their teams.

In just over a month, the students of the Spring and Autumn Institute have risen from more than 50 people at the beginning to more than 1,000 now. The purpose of the society is to support the current generation, support the great Song society, and at the same time support the reform of the Song Dynasty, and belong to the radical faction.

And those dignitaries in the imperial court didn't care about the existence of this society at all, in their opinion, this society, like countless societies in the Great Song Dynasty, was just a place for scholars to debate and learn from each other.

This time, Wang Anshi wants to take advantage of the opportunity of Renzong's return to let everyone see the difference of his society. Let everyone turn their eyes to themselves, of course, the most important thing is that he hopes that the students of the society and the ideas held by the students can be accepted by Renzong.

Chen Shizhong looked at this huge picture scroll that he had never seen before, and smiled very happily: "Good, very good." Who drew this one of my eldest brother above? It's so similar! ”

A student next to him said, "I drew it." Last year, when I was helping out in the porridge shed, I saw the horse master a few times, and I was quite profound about the horse master's look, and I hope there is no mistake in the painting. ”

Chen Shizhong shook his head: "There is no mistake in drawing!" That's how my eldest brother looks, he looks wise and martial! Yes, how many people are you going to go this time? ”

Wang Anshi said: "I don't know yet, just the students of our society, there are already thousands of people, and they will all go." There are some poor students from other places who are coming, and I estimate that there will be at least 3,000 people. ”

(To be continued)