Chapter 269: Shangyuan Night
Xie Shence doesn't care about the Taihang Mountain bandits anymore.
Yin Zhonghe was sent to Xie Yi's men to fight the Qin people, and Xie Shence sat back and relaxed.
Yan Jiegang didn't think about it for half a year. The strength of the bandits has been greatly reduced, and it is impossible to do anything for a few years. Hundreds of thousands of old and young women and children, and tens of thousands of people (the defeated soldiers returned) cottages, because the First World War consumed most of the food, how to survive this winter, is a problem. Zhou Jinmian will keep an eye on it.
In mid-November, Xie Shence received a battle report from the Western Front, and Xie Yi won the battle. It was not that he could not hold out, but that he lured the enemy deep and fought a beautiful ambush battle. After World War I, the Qin army lost thousands of elite troops and was unable to launch a large-scale offensive, and the two countries entered the stage of stalemate.
The support of Huaiyang Dao was continuously delivered to the western line of the Great Jin Dynasty in the form of grain and silver, supporting this seemingly powerful country to carry out a magnificent war.
Xie Sheng had also read some of Xie Shang's documents, and knew that transporting one stone of grain from Huaiyang Road to Yuncheng would consume at least ten stones on the way. Even the post road built with the power of hundreds of years of the Great Jin Dynasty cannot be saved.
In this case, the alliance between Huai Shang and Jin Shang made things much simpler and easier. Through the mode of "buying" and "transferring out", the two major business gangs have gained some benefits while greatly reducing the consumption on the road.
The same distance, the same time-consuming, Xie Shence admires the person who can Ā„@,wāww. enough to think of this idea. And the person who pioneered this way of transporting grain was the late Wang Laoshangshu.
It is said that everyone should be happy if they win the battle, but recently, the people of the Tiqi Division have been a little trembling, and they are afraid of speaking loudly.
Because the most gentle Admiral in the past seemed to be in a bad mood.
As for the reasons, everyone can guess some.
Xie Shence got a message at the end of November.
Zheng Keming fled.
According to the time since Tiqi sent the news, Zheng Keming should have reached Xi'an, the capital of Qin.
Soon after Zheng Keming arrived in Xingyang, Tiqi quickly noticed something, and finally found out that Zheng Keming, who had been under surveillance, was actually a fake! The real Zheng Keming had already been transferred away before he arrived in Xingyang.
If nothing else, Zheng Keming should have and has already taken refuge in Western Qin.
Under Zhou Jinmian's planning, Tiqi sprinkled a vast net to capture Zheng Keming alive. But what I didn't expect was that there were also masters among the people of Western Qin, and it should be the power of the beehive, so he actually took Zheng Keming to turn around in Funiu Mountain for a month, and finally broke through.
Xie Shence was very unhappy.
It's not just because the enemy is really strong and can escape in the hands of Zhou Jinmian, who is known as a drip. Even more because the person who escaped was Zheng Keming.
Not only was Xie Shence unhappy, but Emperor Jin was even more furious. scolded everyone, including Zhou Jinmian.
Except for Xie Shence. Because the pursuit of Zheng Keming did not involve Xie Shence.
Emperor Jin issued a nirvana order. If you have the opportunity, do everything possible to kill Zheng Keming.
When the Ministry of Officials surrendered to the enemy, this was a thing that humiliated the entire Great Jin.
Moreover, the defection of a big man of this level to the enemy is far greater than the loss of face.
How much does Zheng Keming know about the secrets of the Great Jin? How many officials does Zheng Keming have ties to the Great Jin Dynasty? How much more power can Zheng Keming mobilize in Dajin? Zheng Keming is familiar with the disadvantages of the Great Jin, what kind of actions will his information make Qin Guo and the hive make? These are undoubtedly thorns poked at the acupuncture points of the Great Jin.
In addition, there are more and more far-reaching influences, all of which need to be considered by the Jin Emperor, the Imperial Court and the Ti Cavalry. The involvement is more than several times more complicated than the previous reorganization of the Ti Cavalry Division.
The dense relationship and intersecting connections made Xie Shence and Zhou Jinmian anxious. I finally got a little free, and then I became busy again.
However, none of these are the reasons for Xie Shence's annoyance.
The real reason is that Lao Shangshu's death has a lot to do with Zheng Keming. Don't say that Zheng Xunren is making his own opinion, Zheng Keming doesn't know at all. If Zheng Keming hadn't revealed to his sons that he wanted to kill Lao Shangshu to take revenge on himself and disrupt his position, Xie Shence would have bet to screw his head off.
is the bandits of Taihang Mountain, Xie Shence also faintly feels that they have dealings with Zheng Keming. But it was just a feeling, and Xie Shence told Tiqi to pay attention.
After a redundant combing and investigation, the Jin capital has been analyzed. The person who should move, Xie Shence had already started to dispose of a batch before the New Year of Zhenglong's eighth year.
The bloodshed of the capital of Jin was soon covered by heavy snow again. The old people don't go, the new people don't come, and in the era of the hegemony of the countries where the talents are replaced, a batch of people dies, and the latter batch will soon enter the role, and it doesn't take long to run in at all.
In the rhythm of such frequent substitutions, the New Year has arrived.
This is Wang Jiehua's first New Year in the Jin capital Xie family, Xie Shence put everything off the way and concentrated on accompanying Wang Jiehua at home. From the banquet in the palace to the first day of the first lunar month, Xie Shence never left an inch.
At the time of the Queen's Banquet, there was a small episode.
About Miss Lin's family.
Lin Wuer is said to be engaged to a son of a family in Tai'an, Shandong, and will marry Shandong Dao after the New Year. Xie Shence, Wang Jiehua and Lin Wu'er, Li Qiqi and one of Lin Wu'er's sisters met by chance.
Probably because of Xie Shence's "negative heart", Miss Li and Lin Wuer's sister were very dissatisfied with Xie Shence's "not doing business" to accompany Wang Jiehua. Lin Wu'er's sister also muttered something like "My sister is not married yet" to Xie Shence. It's just that the voice is too small Xie Shence didn't hear what it was, but judging from Li Qiqi's rather embarrassed expression, it was eight. Nine is not far from ten.
However, Lin Wu'er was relatively indifferent to this, and politely nodded slightly towards Xie Shence and Wang Jiehua.
To be honest, thank God for being quite helpless.
It is difficult for a man who has a crush on this woman to hate a woman who likes him, especially when the woman is still very beautiful. But if you like it, Xie Shence can't marry her, and she won't marry her, so she can only hope that she can cut off her love as soon as possible. In the past, Miss Lin was "stronger than Jin", but now it seems that it is not impossible for the two to be completely broken.
However, what Xie Shence didn't know was that after Lin Wu'er passed by Xie Shence, Li Qiqi immediately pulled out a hand to help her.
On the second day of the first lunar month, Xie Shence and Xie Shenwei, two brothers, took the whole family to Yangzhou City, and spent a few days happily with the old lady Fu and the old lady in the old house. In the past few days, Xiao Xie Rafter has become the focus of everyone, that is, Wang Jiehua is also overflowing with maternal love, and she is reluctant to let go of her nephew. Every night, I whispered with Xie Shence whether I wanted to have a teaser to play.
Xie Shence felt a heartache every time he heard Wang Jiehua say that he was playing. Do you think that having a child is just for you to play? However, Xie Shence didn't dare to tell Wang Jiehua about the hardships of pregnancy for ten months, the pain of childbirth, etc., so as not to scare her, but when Wang Jiehua spoke, he echoed it very horizontally.
Of course, it's not just linguistic accomplications.
After staying for a few days, the two brothers went back, and this time Xie Shenpei promised to go back with this, which made everyone, including Lao Taijun, breathe a sigh of relief.
After all, it's not a good thing that the marriage has been delayed, it's been almost a year, and the Sima family has not let go, can it continue to be delayed?
In the hearts of some people, in fact, Sima Tan may not be a good choice. Especially after the incident of last year. Although the relationship between Xie Shenpei and Sima Tan is over, it is even more impossible for Xie Shenpei and others.
After all, although the Sima family has been in a lot of trouble in the past two years, Huwei is still there.
Even if the Xie family has Xie Yi to support a piece of the world, if they want to compete with Sima Bi in the military, military merit alone is not enough.
Therefore, the women from the Sima family, anyone has to weigh whether they are capable of touching it.
There is no better way to solve it.
The marriage letter is in the hands of the Sima family, and if the Sima family does not let go, no one can reconcile this family matter.
A marriage letter represents the absolute dominance of a man.
Even if Xie Shence dared to challenge the traditional power of the world, he did not dare to challenge the entire patriarchal society. According to Xie Shence's understanding, the awakening and popularization of democracy and freedom can be much earlier than the feminist movement.
Two days after returning to Jindu, it was the annual Shangyuan Festival.
Shangyuan Festival, according to tradition, is a much more lively festival than the New Year.
The New Year is more of a manifestation of folk customs, and the political significance is greater than the cultural significance.
The Shangyuan Festival is different, it is a festival for the Son of Heaven to enjoy with the people, worshipping the Emperor Ziwei, the official of Shangyuan.
At this time, lantern riddles were far from becoming popular, but there were already tricks such as making Lantern Festival. When Xie Shence returned from Yangzhou City, the whole city had already begun to prepare for Shangyuan activities, and when he arrived in Jindu, it was even more unprecedented, and there were already many small stalls on the streets to do free publicity for the performance of Shangyuan Day.
In the past, on Shangyuan Day, because of official business, Xie Shence didn't participate much, but I only remember that I once went up to Qilin Street with the three of us in Lu'er Caiyi and watched the lanterns. It's just that there were too many people that night, so I just cared about protecting the two little girls and didn't look at it much.
The Shangyuan of Huaiyang Road is more active and flavorful than that of Jindu. Because the humanistic atmosphere is stronger, and the gentry family likes to show their feelings of having fun with the "people" at this time, most of them will come up with some questions, attach color heads, and answer them by the scholars. One is to test the literary style, and the other is to raise the level and highlight their status and taste.
In Jindu, this form of activity has only just become popular in the past two years.
And Huaiyang Road and Jiangnan County, in addition to the paddock organized by the official family on the day of Shangyuan, Qinglou Fireworks Lane will also launch some special programs. Like riddles, couplets, clever questions, etc. The riddles in it seem to have the flavor of the prototype of lantern riddles, but they have not yet been standardized and are not written on lanterns.
Each girl will carefully prepare some questions, and as long as someone answers them, they will accompany the wine and sing songs to express their admiration. It is not impossible to become a benefactor if you are literate.
Xie Shence still remembers that back then, he just asked Wang Zhongchuan to solve the three questions of Xu Jinyu, who had not yet become popular, and finally when he was ready to be the "guest of the curtain", Wang Jiehua and Wang Qingyan were killed, and Wang Zhong's kid was cheaper.
This year's Shangyuan Festival is particularly large. Because of the crisis, the danger from Western Qin is now about to be lifted, and Emperor Jin felt the need to hold an unprecedented Shangyuan Festival after the New Year's festival to make a good fortune for the New Year, and also to cheer up the country and deter the coming countries.
Because of the unprecedented scale, the task of the Ti Cavalry Division is much heavier. In order to guard against the occurrence of some people and some situations, Xie Shence and Zhou Jinmian made many adjustments to the original plan when they were approaching Shangyuan.
Of course, under the instruction of Xie Shence, Tiqi participated in some of these matters, and carried out some special "care" for the Southern Song Dynasty people. This point, including Zhou Jinmian and Emperor Jin, tacitly acquiesced.
It's human nature.
After Xie Shenpei returned to Jindu, he wrote a letter to Sima Tan, but there was no reply. Sima Tan was still in Jindu and did not go to Cangzhou. Xie Shence speculated that it might take some time to clear up the misunderstanding between him and Sima Bi.
Another thing that Xie Shence expected was that the King of Qi sent someone to invite the Xie family sisters and brothers to enjoy the lanterns on the Yuan night.
This matter was politely rejected by Xie Shence, of course, his reason was to accompany Wang Jiehua, but it was just a personal position, and it did not represent Xie Shenwei and Xie Shenpei.
King Qi gladly accepted Xie Shence's refusal.
Later, there was an invitation from the crown prince and the crown princess, but Xie Shence also refused.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, after the Jin Emperor's court meeting, he went to the queen mother for a "private visit". The ministers also brought their children and daughters, the young ladies who did not go out of the boudoir in the past, and the naughty children who were trapped in Mengxue, all had a holiday today, packed up early, and waited for the time to go out as soon as the time came.
The sky was getting darker, the lights were rising, and Xie Shence seemed to be able to hear the hustle and bustle of Qilin Street a few squares away in the courtyard.
The reason why Xie Shence hasn't gone out in the courtyard is because Wang Jiehua is putting on makeup.
Women's makeup is always a man's nightmare, especially when a naturally beautiful person wants to make himself very ordinary.
It's much harder than drawing a good picture! Wang Jiehua, who has always paid attention to the top, washed off the fine makeup in Xie Shence's almost pleading eyes, smeared it on his face, and helped with Caiyi and Xiao Ye'er on the side, trying to make Wang Jiehua make himself ugly.
It is said that painting ugliness can reduce many of the troubles of thanking Shence. For example, groping pork knuckles.
Every year on Shangyuan Eve, countless people's wallets will be stolen, countless people's shoes and clothes will be damaged, and countless big girls and little daughters-in-law will encounter the left hand of the disciple.
It is said that one year, Wei Liao's wallet was taken away by pickpockets on Qilin Street. However, the pickpocket later found that the money bag he had retrieved was embroidered with the word "Ti Cavalry Division" and threw it into Kyoto Prefecture that night. Later, it was Yang Sanzao who personally gave it to Wei Liao.
Therefore, the 16th and 17th days of the first lunar month are the most hated days for Kyoto officials.
Finally, after Xie Shence counted to an unknown number of thousands, Wang Jiehua Shi Ran Jing Hai cloth skirt came out.
Xie Shence had already changed into a scholar's robe, with a jacket on his upper body, and at first glance he looked ten years old, which made people think that he was a poor scholar who had not been in school for ten years.
In this way, the husband and wife who are "generally matched" go out.
When he came to Qilin Street, which was full of people, Xie Shence was dumbfounded.
Because it is to show the national strength, at the end of Qilin Street, on the Suzaku Square, three large platforms were set up, acrobatics, operas, etc. were displayed in a competitive manner, attracting most of the people.
Suzaku Square is connected to the end of Qilin Street, full of all kinds of snacks, Xie Shence seems to have seen Ding Feng's shadow, but in the blink of an eye, the soup cake truck was replaced by an old man guarding the stall, and Ding Feng was gone.
Xie Shence smiled slightly, this young man who bought scallion pancake mutton soup Ding Feng is a very good seedling in Tiqi, Xie Shence is ready to focus on cultivating him. But for now, it seems that he has to be cautious, because he is already married. The old man who helped him guard the stall was his father-in-law.
Yes, Ding Feng finally chose to join the family.
Just in the blink of an eye, Xie Shence was pulled away by Wang Jiehua. The two of them didn't bring any guards and maids tonight, and even the Ti Qi who was guarding at all times was removed, just to thoroughly enjoy the two-person world with Wang Jiehua.
The three big stages attracted most of the people, and a small half of the people chose to linger on the small stage on Qilin Street, with food stalls and grocery stalls.
Xie Shence and Wang Jiehua couldn't squeeze in front of the stage, so they could only retreat and stroll around Qilin Street for a while, and then the two came to the bank of the Huangjing River.
The banks of the Huangjing River are different from the bustle of Qilin Street and Suzaku Square. The streets and squares are dominated by the common people, and here there are mostly the scribes in green shirts and people of the world.
Because this is the most famous and prosperous gold cave in Jindu. Tonight, some riddles and couplets will be published at the scheduled time, and the person who answers the questions correctly will be personally received by the owner of the question, and it is not impossible that he will be the guest of a certain Oiran if he answers it brilliantly, or if he writes a poem that is recognized as good.
But don't count on thanks.
After waiting in line for a pleasure boat, Xie Shence and Wang Jiehua carefully controlled the author's boat, did not touch other boats, and slowly rowed in the river.
Tonight is not actually suitable for cruises, there are too many people, and the golden river will be paved with it. Xie Shence complained in his heart, did these black-hearted merchants bring all the ships that stayed in the city? The Huangjing River can't move, the boat is crowded, and once it is in the water, it is difficult to dock.
Wang Jiehua held a lantern in her hand and hummed happily.
Xie Shence rowed the boat hard, dodging the impact of other ships, and a layer of fine sweat appeared on his forehead during the first month.
After rowing for a while, Xie Shence tried his best to dock the boat, handed over the boat, and thought about where he was going next.
Wang Jiehua tilted her head and thought about it and said, "Why don't we go over there and take a look." ā
As he spoke, he pointed his finger in one direction.
Xie Shence looked at it and quickly shook his head.
Just kidding, it's a peach blossom street there, and Xie Shence didn't dare to go if he had the guts.
Wang Jiehua hugged Xie Shence's arm, shook it and said, "Just go and take a look, we don't answer questions and compose poems, just take a look."
Wang Jiehua begged for a long time, and finally agreed to Xie Shence's request to go home earlier, and then was allowed, but he had to change his clothes before.
Tiqi has a stronghold in each city of Jindu, Xie Shence took Wang Jiehua to the nearest shop that mended the pot, found the boss who was not on the street, and then asked him to get a set of clean scribe shirts, after Wang Jiehua changed, the two returned to the bank of the Huangjing River.
Calculate the time, and the Shangyuan meeting on the banks of the Huangjing River will be revealed. Xie Shence and Wang Jiehua hurriedly surrounded them.
(PS: Tomorrow is over, let's turn on the holiday mode!) Tonight's chapter, Qingming keeps changing! I want to watch "Wolf Warrior" after Qingming, and ask for a group)