In August of the sixth year of Wude, a very huge thing happened. The news came that Zhang Hu and Li Tong of Shazhou had raised troops against the Tang Dynasty, and the news also came from Danyang that Du Fuwei's subordinate Fu Gongyi, who had surrendered, took away the power left by Du Fuwei and raised an army against the Tang Dynasty. A large number of troops began to move, and then prepared to quell the two rebel forces. And the main forces were also concentrated to encircle and suppress the rebellion of Fu Gong Yi, because Fu Gong Yi was very powerful. As long as the rebellion of Fu Gongyi can be quelled, then everything can be solved very easily, and the Jiangnan area will be completely stable at that time. Then the Tang Dynasty has already ruled Guanzhong, Hebei, and Bashu, if this time it can destroy Fugong Qi, then the four corners of the world's strategy have obtained all four corners. And by then, peace in the world is just around the corner.

And the reason why Zhang Chao can be so sure is because he is a later generation, and he deeply knows the importance of the four corners in China's internal turmoil. Since ancient times, there is no political force that can compete with the Central Plains and unify the world than these four horns. Once these four corners can be occupied, they can further strive for domination of the world, and a step back can divide one side. And now Datang has obtained three of the four corners, and the last corner is the southeast of the Fu Gong Yi, as long as the Fu Gong Qi is destroyed, then the overall situation of the Tang Dynasty's domination of the world can be completely pacified.

"Zeguo entered the war map, and the people were happy to be happy. Relying on the words of the king to seal the marquis, one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither. ”

Zhang Chao was in a small restaurant, then looked at the army out of the city, and then sighed.

Zhang Chao is actually not a person who likes war, because he is an economic official in later generations, an official in charge of macroeconomics. And all economic officials are focused on economic development, and they don't have much idea about external expansion, and they don't like internal wars. As an economic official, he prefers political stability, national unity, and the perfect development of the country's economy, increasing the country's strength through peaceful methods, and enhancing the country's strength through reform or continuous accumulation. And he is not very in favor of development by means of war, which is always the last resort for an economic official like him. If war is abused, it will inevitably lead to the weakening of the country, and this is not false.

And now that China is finally going to be at peace again, this is the real opportunity for him to be able to give full play to his talents, and he believes that he will definitely be able to gain great prospects for development in the future. Because what I am good at is reform and economy, and the best time for reform is when a country is founded, and when a country is just founded, various powerful groups have not been able to gather. At the time of the founding of the country, a national dynasty had just been established, and various rules and systems had just been established, and there were not too many complicated involvements. At the time of the founding of the country, there were not too many vested interests, and the resistance of vested interests was much smaller. Therefore, this is the best time to reform, and Zhang Chao also thinks that he should be able to obtain great benefits at this time. If you can give full play to your ability at this time, you will be able to easily influence the country and then develop the country.

"I didn't expect that you, a little literati, could still have such a compassionate heart? That's a good verse! A woman asked.

Zhang Chao turned around and found a girl about sixteen or seventeen years old behind him, and then he was wearing a goose-yellow dress, looking very luxurious. And she is still very beautiful, at a glance, she knows that she is a woman from a high-born family, and she is definitely not from an ordinary family. Because her clothes are very valuable, plus her temperament is obviously different. As an official in later generations, Zhang Chao deeply knew a truth, a nobleman must be three generations before he can truly become a nobleman, otherwise he will never be able to cultivate the education inheritance of the noble.

"This young lady, are you coming at me?" Zhang Chao asked.

The woman immediately asked, "Oh? Why do you think so? ”

Zhang Chao immediately asked: "This is just a tavern, and those who can come here are only some shy people who have a shyness in their pockets." And I think you're a girl, I'm afraid you won't drink, I'm afraid even if you drink, you won't come here to drink because of your identity. And if you can come here, it's naturally looking for people. However, you should not come to these ordinary mud-legged farmers. It's a bit disrespectful to say that, but I think that's what you think in your heart, you won't come to those farmers. And I think I'm the highest person here, and you're probably coming for me. ”

"Plus I just read a poem, and you immediately come over and talk to you, and the process is a bit contrived, a little fake. So, I know you're coming at me. Miss, please tell me something, I'm an ordinary eight-rank sesame official, but I can't stand the chatter of you big people. Zhang Chao said unceremoniously.

And the woman immediately replied: "Sure enough, you don't look like a fledgling young man at all, you are even more shrewd than many old foxes!" ”

Zhang Chao couldn't help but smile, because he knew that he didn't have any acquaintances in Chang'an, and his body had died since he was a child, and he relied on the teaching and funding of his teacher to survive. Later, his teacher joined the four schools of the Tang Dynasty along the way, so that he could become a student of the four schools. And after this woman just came in, her eyes were all looking everywhere, and she was obviously looking for someone. As soon as she read the poem, she made up her mind to come to her. So Zhang Chao can be sure that this woman is here to find him. But what he wants to do with himself, this Zhang Chao is a little suspicious. And Zhang Chao would never think that this woman was in love with him at first sight, after all, Zhang Chao, a politician in his previous life, was full of doubts about many things. What is love at first sight, this is actually very rare. And if it is a man who falls in love with a woman at first sight, it may be for his own good. Sex makes excuses. And a woman's love at first sight for a man is actually another form of good. color, because in this case it is love at first sight for a handsome guy. Actually, both men and women are good. Colored.

But Zhang Chao thinks that he will not be fall in love with a woman at first sight, after all, he is not a handsome guy, so naturally he will not let a woman fall in love at first sight. This woman must have come to herself for another purpose, and it will not be so simple.

"Master Zhang, since I'm here, shouldn't you, as a man, invite me?" The woman asked.

"If it's to each pay his own account, then I can. However, if I am asked to have a treat, then please forgive me for being too shy to have a treat. Zhang Chao replied.

"Hmmm......"

The woman was suddenly depressed, and then secretly thought: "Sure enough, it's a guy who doesn't eat oil and salt!" ”

Zhang Chao has already passed the time when he is very keen on beautiful women, his psychology is already thirty or forty years old, and he no longer has the kind of blood and strength of young people for women. So if another noble son meets a beautiful woman to have dinner with him, he can't wait to take the initiative to treat him. But Zhang Chao was very calm, he knew that the identity and purpose of this woman were not clear, and if he rashly invited a treat, he might get involved in some turmoil. So he didn't take the initiative to treat him because the other party was a beauty.

The woman took the initiative to sit down, then called a few snacks to accompany the drink, and then took the initiative to say, "I just want to talk to you!" ”

"Miss, since you came to look for me, you should tell me your name, right? If you don't even want to say a name, isn't that insincere? If we don't even say a name, then how can we talk about the next discussion? Zhang Chao asked.

The girl took the initiative to say, "My surname is Du, and my name is Yulu." ”

"Du Yulu?" Zhang Chao immediately felt dizzy in his mind, as if he had seen the actor in the later generations.

"What are you surprised about, do you seem to think of something?" Du Yulu asked.

Zhang Chao said helplessly; "Your words reminded me of a bad old man."

"......" Du Yulu was speechless, because she didn't expect her name to be linked by Zhang Chao and a bad old man.

Zhang Chao began to guess in his heart that there could be a few people with the surname Du in this era, and they were relatively famous. And Zhang Chao's first thought was Du Ruhui, one of Li Shimin's two important advisers, and Du Ruhui's surname was Du, but soon Zhang Chao ruled out this idea, because he knew that Du Ruhui had no daughter. Instead of Du Ruhui's daughter, whose daughter would it be? This made Zhang Chao start muttering in his heart, who was eyeing him and wanted to send such a beautiful woman over?

"Okay, today is my time off, so we'll only talk about Fengyue, not about state affairs. In my heart, work is work, rest is rest, and entertainment is entertainment. When you work, you have to work hard to serve your country, and when you rest, you have a good rest, and when you have fun, you have to have fun. Therefore, if there is anything to do now, then just say it, if it is a matter of state affairs, then please wait until I work for the imperial court! Zhang Chao said first.

"......" Du Yulu was speechless.

Du Yulu didn't expect that Zhang Chao would directly block the conversation box she just wanted to speak, which made her not know what to say.

"Well, we're just going to talk about Fengyue today. I just went to the Mingyue Tower in Luoyang some time ago, and found that the Mingyue Tower, which was still very busy during the Kaihuang period, is now withering day by day. At that time, Mingyue Building was a very well-known family in the country. Lou, the singing and dancing inside made countless princes and nobles of the year very admired. And those well-known dancing girls inside, but countless people wanted to dance but couldn't get it, but now Mingyue Tower has been closed for many years, and those dancing girls back then have also gone their separate ways since then, which is a pity! Du Yulu said.

Du Yulu is a girl, and she doesn't say that she is green. The word floor is shame. Because of the "green. Lou" does not simply refer to those. Hospital, this period of green. Lou refers to those cabaret theaters, not places for leather and meat business. There were also many song and dance troupes in later generations, and this Qinglou in the Tang Dynasty refers more to those songs and dances, not to those skin and meat businesses. And the real use of the skin and meat business, that is after the Song Dynasty, so at present a woman does not mention Qing. Lou is ashamed, but the dancing girl in it is a person with a high status.

However, Du Yulu deliberately used this Mingyue Building as the title, saying that the dancing girls of the year went their separate ways, and Mingyue Tower also closed down. And this Du Yulu actually hopes that Zhang Chao can take the initiative to provoke this topic, because Zhang Chao can easily judge that this place of singing and dancing in Mingyue Tower is something that belongs to spiritual civilization. You must know that in troubled times, the first thing to think of is survival, not the spiritual civilization of singing and dancing. In troubled times, this kind of singing and dancing entertainment is not worth advocating at all, and it is naturally going to go out of business. And without the market, those singers and dancers naturally want to go their separate ways, and then hope to find a man to marry, a good husband and children, where is the heart to pay attention to singing and dancing?

The problem in this is very simple, Du Yulu hopes that Zhang Chao can take the initiative to provoke this topic, and then she can continue to talk about it. But Zhang Chao is a "cunning" person, and he can't see this problem. Of course, he knew that if he went along and analyzed the reasons for the decline of Mingyue Tower step by step, then this woman named Du Yulu would definitely take herself into the ditch step by step, and then involve political reasons. And if Zhang Chao deliberately pretended not to know, that Du Yulu would definitely dismantle it and "educate" Zhang Chao, and then find a way to tell Zhang Chao that it was all caused by this troubled world. Then step by step it involves politics, and the trap in this kind of words, can Zhang Chao not know? So, Zhang Chao immediately had an idea.

"Hey, I'm a poor student, where do I have any money to go to those places like Mingyue Tower? What's more, I am not full of five tones for music and dance, I am a layman! In fact, I can't even understand the music at all, and I don't quite understand these songs and dances, so what does this Mingyue Tower have to do with me? Zhang Chao said.

"......" Du Yulu was speechless, Zhang Chao didn't answer the topic, and talked about him left and right.

However, Zhang Chao's words also talked about his true thoughts, because he didn't know much about the so-called songs and dances in ancient times, so he naturally didn't have too much enthusiasm. He grew up familiar with those popular songs, or songs in the style of later generations, and he didn't know anything about these ancient Yuefu poetry collections or anything. He is not wrong when he says this now.