readx; Not long after, the patrol came to report that Yangzhou Taishou Ji Guangchen and Changshi Han Jinping and Jiangdu County ordered Pei Jin to see outside the camp, Li Qingan was overjoyed and personally went out of the camp to greet him, not only to praise Yangzhou officials for maintaining Yangzhou's commercial prosperity, on the other hand, Han Jinping is his old friend, he has not seen him for many years, from the perspective of personal relations, he also wants to give Han Jinping a face. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Li Qing'an greeted the camp, and saw three officials coming from afar, one on the left, it was his subordinate Han Jinping in the fort, although eight years have passed, but Han Jinping's appearance has not changed, he is still black and thin, the only change is that his dark hair has added a few traces of silver, showing that he is busy with government affairs.

When the three of them saw that Li Qing'an was actually out to greet him in person, they were greatly surprised, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "See His Royal Highness King Zhao!" ”

Li Qingan smiled and returned the salute to everyone, "The three envoys have worked hard. ”

He said to Ji Guangchen again: "Ji Taishou can take over Yangzhou so soon, to my surprise, he has done a very good job, only one recruitment, at least the middle school entrance examination can be kept this year, and if you work hard, it will not be a problem to take the upper exam." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your encouragement!"

Li Qing'an walked in front of the county commander Pei Jin again, Pei Jin is also a child of the Pei family, in his early thirties, he has been the county commander of Jiangdu for three years, speaking of which he is still Pei Wan'er's brother, and Li Qing'an has a little to do with it, this time Li Lan withdrew the army in a panic, his greatest achievement is to keep the Jiangdu granary, originally Li Lan was preparing to transport the millions of stone grain in the warehouse on the west bank of the Cao River to the other side of the Yangtze River, but Pei Jin evacuated the laborers and boats in time, so that Li Lan had no available labor, and there was no Cao boat to transport grain, plus the cavalry forward of the Anxi Army had reached Gaoyou County, Li Lan had no choice but to give up transporting grain, and in this regard, Pei Jin made great contributions.

When he saw Li Qingan walking in front of him, he hurriedly bowed down and saluted, "See Your Highness!" ”

Li Qing'an smiled slightly, but saluted him and said: "Pei County's order to keep the granary also protects the surnames of tens of millions of hungry people. ”

Pei Jin was so frightened that he hurriedly waved his hand, "Don't dare!" Can't! Humble and safe dare to accept the gift of His Highness. ”

Li Qing'an saw the salute one by one, and finally it was Han Jinping's turn, the two hadn't seen each other for eight years, when they were soldiers in the fort, and they fought the Battle of Xiaobolu together, which can be regarded as friends in distress, Han Jinping was a little excited, and before Li Qing'an could speak, he bowed to the ground, "Humble Han Jinping, participate in His Royal Highness King Zhao!" ”

He was full of emotion in his heart, who would have thought that the young man who was picked up in the wild and was almost sold as a slave actually became the first powerful minister of the Tang Dynasty, the de facto prince of the Tang Dynasty, is really impermanent, like a dream.

"Han envoy Jun does not have to be polite, this time to keep Yangzhou, Han Envoy Jun has made the same immortal achievements, the court will not forget, I hope that Han Envoy Jun will make persistent efforts to do a good job in Cao Yun matters, and then it will also be the king to ascend."

A little unexpected, Li Qingan did not have a particularly warm hug, nor did he hold his hand to say goodbye, but the same as Pei Jin, he thanked him for being able to close the market for three days in time, let the businessmen hide their belongings, and avoid the chaos and robbery, and his attitude was also very flat, and he was not even as polite as Pei Jin, just like an ordinary official, which made Han Jinping feel a little lost in his heart, Li Qingan was already in a high position, did he already disdain to talk about the old relationship with his local petty officials?

After Li Qingan finished greeting the three of them, he said with a smile: "Please!" Please enter the barracks, and we will talk about the government affairs of Yangzhou. ”

"Your Highness is busy with military affairs, so we'll bother!"

The three of them talked and laughed and walked into the barracks with Li Qingan.

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Han Jinping's home is in the northwest of Jiangdu City, is a three-acre middle house, his father has died, and his mother, wife, concubine and three pairs of children live together, there is an old servant and two maids at home.

Han Jinping is an honest official, there is no money left to buy a house, only his hometown has a few dilapidated houses, and more than a dozen acres of thin fields, and he is reluctant to sell, handed over to his younger brother to cultivate, the house he lives in now is an official house, it stands to reason that he is a long history, in charge of a state government, and the house he lives in should also be a good official house, covering an area of at least ten acres or more, but because Han Jinping does not understand the officialdom and the world, he offended the predecessor Yangzhou Taishou, and the Taishou told him that the official house is not big for a while, let him live temporarily for a few months, and then change it when he has a big house, Han Jinping didn't care either, moved his family here, and lived in the current house, and this residence has never been touched again.

Han Jinping does not understand the officialdom and the world, but also in his promotion, after he returned from Anxi, not only was he pardoned for the crime of exile, but also was crowned by Li Longji as the Dantu County Order, Dantu County is the seat of Runzhou Prefecture, belongs to the upper county, the official position has reached the level from the sixth grade, and his current Yangzhou Governor history is from the fifth rank to the level, a full eight years, he was promoted to the first level and the fourth order.

This is not because he is an official impropriety, lack of official morality, on the contrary, he has a very high reputation, every spring ploughing he actively prepares to plough cattle seeds, but also personally go to the field to cultivate, the people have grievances, he enforces the law impartially, never favors the powerful, is praised as Han Qingtian by the Dantu people, it is such a good official with outstanding reputation, but he is not good in the officialdom, and he can't kick and beat, there are many reasons.

First of all, he came from a humble background, his father was a tenant farmer, and he did not have any background, in the Tang Dynasty, which attached great importance to the background of the gate valve, he was first congenitally deficient, and it was not his turn to be promoted.

On the other hand, he was suppressed by Zhang Boji, the son-in-law of Runzhou Taishou and Li Linfu at that time, and he was evaluated every year in the middle school, Li Linfu controlled the Ministry of Officials, and the officials of the Ministry did not dare to offend Zhang Boji, knowing that it was unfair to Han Jinping, and he could only follow Zhang Boji's evaluation, which made him suffer from injustice for many years.

After the fall of Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong took the position, although Yang Guozhong did not only look at the door like Li Linfu, and he also promoted many small and medium-sized officials from low backgrounds, but Yang Guozhong was dissatisfied with Li Qingan, so he degraded the officials of the Anxi department, and Han Jinping was also counted into the Anxi department, so that he once again missed the promotion, until the Anxi army gradually became stronger, Yang Guozhong lost power, Han Jinping finally got promoted, first promoted to Runzhou Sima, and soon was transferred to the governor of Yangzhou, but he was still too shou to wear small shoes, This time, it was because at the beginning of Han Jinping's tenure, when he went to visit Taishou's house, he only brought a jar of Dantu vinegar as a gift, which annoyed his boss.

Not long after returning from the barracks, it was gradually getting dusk, Han Jinping also returned home, he had a son and two daughters, his son Han Yue was seventeen years old this year, studying in the state, preparing to enter Beijing to participate in the imperial examination the year after tomorrow, the two daughters were still young, one was seven years old, one was six years old, they were born to his wife and concubine, all of which he obtained after returning from Anxi.

The family relied on Han Jinping's little money to get by, but fortunately, Han Jinping was rewarded with three hundred taels of silver that year to pay off the debts, and the local government has a rent subsidy for the official land, which is slightly higher than the imperial court's money, and it can also be paid on time, so although Han Jinping's family is poor, he can barely get by.

When Han Jin returned home, his wife Zheng greeted him with a smile, "Master is back!" ”

Zheng is the daughter of Han Jinping's master when he was studying, scholarly, gentle and beautiful, very virtuous, she was bullied by the county order, Han Jinping killed the county order in a rage, and was sent to Anxi to serve in the army, Zheng will support the family alone, take care of the family, Han's father died, she sold the field and buried her father-in-law, ploughed the field and weaved cloth, and fed the mother-in-law and young son who cried and cried blind, until Han Jinping was pardoned for meritorious service, and she felt that Han Jinping's heirs were thin, so she married Han Jinping as a concubine who had followed her for many years and had regarded her as a sister. can be described as a good wife and mother.

While she took off her husband's coat, she saw that he was a little sullen, so she smiled and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Li Qingan is here today, and I met him in the military camp outside the city in the afternoon."

"Is that the King Zhao?"

"Hmm!" Han Jinping took off his coat and nodded depressedly.

"Didn't the master say that he and you are old friends? Since it's an old friend, you should be happy to meet, why are you still so sullen? ”

"The clothes are not as good as new, and the people are not as good as the old, so I said it, but when I saw him today, I was cold and indifferent, and I didn't have the feeling of seeing my old friend again, maybe he was in power and the opposition, and he already felt that I was not worthy of him."

Zheng thought for a while and asked, "Is the master going to see him alone?" ”

"No, I'll go to see him with Ji Taishou and Pei Xianling."

Zheng smiled: "That's right, it's not that he doesn't want to recognize you, but Ji Taishou and Pei Xian Ling are all here, if they are affectionate to you, then they will be snubbed, think about it, isn't this the truth?" ”

In fact, Han Jinping himself felt that this was the reason, but he was in the game, and he couldn't see clearly or clearly for a while, but after his wife's reminder, he suddenly realized that a knot in his heart was also unraveled.

"The good wife is right, I'm being careful."

At this time, there was a knock at the door, Han Jinping's house did not have a porter, it was his wife who went to open the door, "Who! Zheng greeted him.

"May I ask if this is Han Changshi's home?"

"Yes!"

Zheng opened the door while agreeing, only to see that she was stunned for a while, and suddenly turned around and shouted: "Master, come here!" ”

Han Jinping was about to go to the study, and when he saw his wife calling him, he couldn't help frowning and walked over, "Who is it!" ”

"Master, I guess I'm looking for you."

Han Jinping walked to the door, and was stunned for a moment, only to see hundreds of soldiers in full armor standing outside in the black press, surrounded by a carriage, he stammered a little: "I am Han Jinping, what are you going to do?" ”

"Brother Han, don't be afraid, it's the little brother who came to see you."

I saw the carriage door open, Li Qingan walked out of the carriage with a smile, slowly stepped forward, and said to the stunned Han Jinping: "What, Brother Han doesn't know me anymore?" ”

"Ahh

Han Jinping reacted at this time, and hurriedly saluted: "Why is Your Highness here in person, don't you dare to be!" ”

Zheng also understood, and hurriedly saluted: "It turned out to be His Royal Highness King Zhao, the woman was rude just now and offended." ”

Han Jinping hurriedly introduced Li Qing'an: "This is the Humble Jing Zheng Clan, who I told His Highness before. ”

Li Qingan smiled and hugged his fists and said: "It turned out to be a sister-in-law, when I was in Anxi, I heard Brother Han mention it more than once, and when I saw it today, it was really a virtuous wife." ”

"Your Highness has won the award, I also want to thank Your Highness for taking care of Jinping in Anxi, he can be pardoned, and it is also His Highness's help, our family is grateful to His Highness."

Speaking of this, Zheng said to Han Jinping again: "Master, let His Highness enter the house!" How to stand outside. ”

A sentence reminded Han Jinping, and he panicked and said, "Your Highness, please come in!" It was my rudeness. ”

Li Qingan nodded, he saw that Han Jin's bungalow house was not big, so he said to his subordinates: "They are all waiting outside, you can go to eat in batches, but you are not allowed to cause trouble!" ”

After giving the order, he walked into the Han Mansion under the protection of two personal guards, and at this time, Zheng quietly discussed with her husband in the back: "There is not much food at home, I will go buy some ready-made wine and food." ”

"Okay, you go quickly, buy some good food and drink."

The two of them discussed hospitality at the back door, Li Qingan heard it, he looked at the Han Mansion curiously, but the eaves were dilapidated, the window paper was yellow, and the bricks on the ground were uneven, he knew that this was an official residence, generally speaking, the new official had to renovate the house, but Han Jinping's mansion had obviously not been repaired for many years, and it was estimated that the owner had no money to repair it himself, so he made do with it, it can be said that this is the most shabby official residence that Li Qingan has ever seen, and it is actually the world's richest state, the home of the governor of Yangzhou, Li Qingan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he had heard that Han Jinping was an honest official, but he didn't expect that his family would be so poor, and if there was one more guest, he would go out to buy wine and vegetables.

He didn't say anything, and followed Han Jinping into his study with a smile.

"Your Highness, please sit down for a while, and I'll go and move another wooden couch."

Li Qing'an's sudden arrival made Han Jinping in a hurry, the embarrassment at home was revealed, the tea was gone, and he couldn't entertain boiled water, and there was only one better teacup, which made Han Jinping embarrassed, so he hurriedly asked the concubine to go to the next door to borrow some tea leaves, and then borrow a pair of tea sets.

Li Qingan looked at them one by one, and couldn't help but shake his head secretly, he is also a fifth-grade official, and the subsidies of the officials in the Jiangnan area are relatively high, counting it, he also has fifteen or sixteen yuan a month, it should not be so poor to this extent!

When Li Qingan looked at this study, he suddenly understood the reason why Han Jinping was poor, and the furnishings in the study were also very simple, a table and a couch, and then there were books on the walls, nailed to the four walls with wooden shelves, all kinds of books were piled up on the four walls, and there was a room next door, Li Qingan looked at it, and it was all books, adding up to thousands of books, the books of the Tang Dynasty were more expensive, and collecting these books was estimated to cost Han Jinping a lot of money, no wonder!

Li Qingan looked at his desk again, and saw a book written on the table: "Yangzhou Caoyun Dredging Number Method"

This made Li Qingan very interested, dredging Cao Yun was the top priority for him to go to Jiangnan this time, if Han Jinping had a good way, he could let Cui Ning discuss it with him.

"Be careful!"

Han Jinping's voice came from outside the door, the door opened, and I saw Han Jinping and a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy carrying a heavy wooden couch in, and Li Qingan's two personal guards hurriedly went up to help.

Li Qingan saw that the young man looked quite similar to Han Jinping, so he smiled slightly: "Brother Han, this is your son!" ”

"It's the dog."

Han Jinping put down the wooden couch, pushed his son and said, "Don't go to the ceremony yet!" ”

The young man was a little embarrassed, and actually knelt down and kowtowed to Li Qingan, "Nephew Han Yue knocks on Uncle Li!" ”

Han Jinping's old face swelled red in an instant, he usually bragged to his son, saying that Li Qing'an was his sworn brother in Anxi back then, and he forgot to tell his son just now, and his son actually called Li Qing'an his uncle, which made him ashamed of himself.

Li Qingan hurriedly helped the young man up, and said with a smile: "When I first saw you back then, it was a painting that your father hid beside me, you were only eight years old at that time, and now you should be seventeen years old!" ”

"My nephew was seventeen years old last month."

"Hmmm! Reading now? ”

"I studied in the state, and I will officially end my studies next year, and my nephew wants to go out to study for a year, and then go to Beijing to take the exam the year after that."

"Yes, very ambitious."

Li Qingan touched his body, there was nothing he could handle, he groaned, took a silver medal from his waist, handed it to him and smiled: "This is my gift to you, with this silver medal, the local government will treat you politely, accept it!" ”

Han Jinping next to him knew the value of the silver medal, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly stepped forward and waved his hand and said, "Your Highness, I can't help it, such a valuable thing can't be given to him, he doesn't know the severity, and it will cause trouble." ”

Han Yue also refused to ask for it, Li Qingan had no choice but to take back the silver medal and smile at Han Jinping: "That's it!" The child goes out to study, it may cost a lot, and his travel expenses on the road are borne by me, you have to agree to this, and if you don't agree, I will turn around and leave. ”

When Han Jinping saw Li Qing's peace of mind, he was moved in his heart, so he had to nod and say, "Okay!" Since His Highness has a heart, I agreed. ”

"That's pretty much it, come, let's sit down!"

He patted Han Yue's shoulder again and smiled, "You also sit down and listen to our elders talk about Anxi." ”

The three of them sat down, and at this time, Han Jinping's wife Zheng also came back from buying wine and food, set up a table, and put two bottles of wine that had just been warmed.

Li Qing'an picked up the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for each of their father and son, Han Jinping hurriedly covered his son's wine glass with his hand, and said with a smile: "He is still young, so he can't drink." ”

"Brother Han, this is your mistake, he is seventeen years old, and when he was in the Anxi Army, were there still few sixteen or seventeen-year-old soldiers? You can't always treat him like a child, you should let him get in touch with Chengren's things, wine itself is not a bad thing, it doesn't hurt to drink less. ”

Li Qingan insisted, and Han Jinping had no choice, so he had to tell his son repeatedly: "You can only drink three cups at most." ”

Li Qingan also filled himself with a glass of wine, he picked up the wine glass and smiled: "Come!" For the reunion of our old comrades-in-arms for many years, we drank this wine. ”

Li Qing'an was very casual, so that Han Jinping unconsciously returned to the situation when he was in Anxi, he gradually let go, raised his glass and smiled: "After eight years, the general is mature when we get together again, and I am also old, come!" Drink this cup. ”

The two of them drank it all one by one, Han Yue was the first time to drink, he smacked two sips, and drank the wine with his breath, Li Qingan wanted to pour the wine again, but Han Jinping grabbed the wine bottle and filled it for him, and poured a glass for himself and his son, he saw that his son's face was flushed, so he knocked him on the head with chopsticks and scolded with a smile: "Who told you to drink in one sip, drink slowly, and eat more." ”

Li Qingan drank a few glasses of wine, and then said to Han Jinping: "Old Han, there are some things I didn't want to say, but since I sit here and drink with you, I have to say, look at your family, what kind of poverty has become, you are honest, I raise my hands in favor, but you are a five-grade official, I specially checked in Shaofu Temple when I left, Hang, Su, Chang, Run, Yang, the five states of the Taishou Moon is ten, plus the official money and paper and pen subsidies are two, a month's worth is twenty, Lu Mi will not mention, the long history is slightly reduced, Your monthly salary should be sixteen, you should still be at least hundreds of acres of Yongye land, brother, a lot, but you are still so poor, where do you let my face go, I want to help you, but I am afraid of hurting your self-esteem, I don't help you! I feel sorry for you again, you say, what should I do? ”

Han Jinping smiled bitterly and said: "The general is right, in fact, the family's money is reasonable, but I have a bad problem, I like to collect books, I have collected tens of thousands of books over the years, at least half of my materials are used to buy books, and the lady does not complain about my ......."

As soon as he said this, his son Han Yue interjected: "Daddy, why doesn't my mother complain about you, it's just not in front of you, sometimes my mother can't wait to burn your books." ”

Han Jinping was stunned, and after a while, he touched his nose and said, "Really?" Your mother never said it, I thought he didn't complain! ”

Li Qingan laughed, pointed at Han Jinping and shook his head: "Old Han! Lao Han, if I hadn't come today, you would have been kept in the dark all your life, okay, I'll satisfy your rotten problem, in March next year, you go to Beijing to report on your work, I will move out the collection of the old emperor Li Longji, whatever you choose, fancy a thousand copies, I will give you a thousand copies, fancy 10,000 copies, I will send you 10,000 copies, how about it? ”

"How is that possible, it's a royal book."

"The bullshit royal book, piled up in the Daming Palace, is about to rot, I don't want his book, I'd rather reprint and re-engrave it myself, do you want it? If you don't want me, I'll burn it all at once. ”

"Yes! Want! But don't burn it. ”

Han Jinping was overjoyed, Li Longji's books must be unique and unique, they must be the books he dreamed of, how could he not want them, he just wanted to go to Beijing to get the books now.

"But I have one condition."

Li Qingan said again: From now on, you are not allowed to buy books, and use the money to support the family, I have already decided, starting from next year, the income of all officials will be increased by fifty percent, that is to say, your monthly salary will be increased to twenty-four yuan, and there will be Lu rice at the end of the year, which is enough for you to support your family, go buy some good tea, buy a few more teacups, buy a few pieces of jewelry for your mother, don't be so embarrassed. ”

"I know, it's not easy for me to come back alive from Anxi, and I will treat my family well."

Li Qingxin was happy, he drank four glasses in a row, and picked up the wine glass, he couldn't help but think of the brother who was in the fort back then, Sun Matou, who was the first to save him, was promoted to captain, and was killed in the battle of Talas, He Yanming was killed in the battle of Shibao City, and he was the nine subordinates of the fire chief, and now only three of them are still alive, and the rest of the brothers are all killed.

He felt a little sad in his heart, drank the wine in his cup, and sighed: "If the brothers of the fort had not followed me, I don't think most of them would have died, and I feel extremely guilty. ”

Han Jinping poured him a glass of wine and persuaded: "I thought that most of the brothers had nothing to do with you, when the senior deputy marshal came to the fort and took you away, and only me and He Yanming followed you, and the rest of the brothers basically had nothing to do with you, they died one after another, also because of the continuous Anxi war, as soldiers, they can die on the battlefield, I think this is their luck." ”

Li Qingan picked up the wine glass, drank it all again, shook his head and said, "That being said, I always feel a little sad when I think about it. ”

Li Qing'an hadn't drunk for a long time, and today he drank more than a dozen glasses of wine in a row, and with a sense of sadness in his heart, the wine suddenly came to his head, picked up the wine glass and slowly spilled the wine on the ground, and said: "This cup of wine, even if I toast the brothers under the nine springs, may you rest in peace under the nine springs." ”

Han Jinping felt that Li Qingan had drunk a little too much, and when he saw that he was about to pour himself wine again, he pressed his wine glass and said, "General, don't drink anymore." ”

"Nope! You don't care about me, I'm happy today, and I'm drinking with the old man, I don't know if I have this chance in the future, come, let's drink again, you two, go buy a few more pots of wine, I'm going to get drunk with Lao Han tonight! ”

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(To be continued)