Chapter 398: Self-Inflicted Wisdom (Part II)
What happens if you meet a master?
There are two possibilities, one is that you have no money and no power, then congratulations, you are not a good match for the master, and the master will automatically leave you.
If you are rich or powerful, the master will explain the laws of the gods to you as he did to Sister Song Jiu, or travel from Sichuan to Tibet, and then from Tibet to India and Nepal as he did to a certain singer. Until you feel the true meaning of the Buddha, stay away from the red dust, and even decisively reconcile with your husband.
But this kind of ending is not the saddest.
The saddest thing is that you have power, and these masters have come in a large group without regard for face, and they will serve you alone......
Wang Yanfan, a native of Gangneung.
It is said that he has looked like an ordinary person since he was a child, and he is very righteous, and there are countless money and silks at home for him to spend, so one master after another came.
Especially his life is better.
Because his grandfather Wang Baoyi was a general of Jingnanguo, Wang Yanfan knew a little martial arts, and after surrendering to the Song Dynasty, his grandfather's comrade-in-arms Gao Congzhi was trusted by Zhao Kuangyi, and after he began to reuse, he felt that Wang Yanfan was good, so he recommended it to Zhao Kuangyi. Zhao Kuangyi asked Wang Yanfan to be the official position of the prince, and later he was named the Dali Temple Chengzhi Taizhou. Later, it rose steadily, until the ninth year of the Taiping Rejuvenation of the country, and then moved to Guangnan as a transit envoy.
Therefore, he is not only rich, but also powerful.
The story starts with when he served as the general judge of Zizhou, once, a master Mr. Du in Zizhou suddenly fell in love with Wang Yanfan, I don't know what means were used, and he also entered Wang Yanfan's eyes. You are the true master. So he invited many prostitutes to sing and dance. Mr. Da Yan Du. Mr. Wang was very grateful. Then he said to him, "My spells are very powerful, and if you want to achieve great things, I will use them to help you succeed." ”
I don't know if Master Lu Daodu's spell casting, or Wang Yanfan's fate, he soon became a Jiangnan transit envoy.
Jiangnan is good, the scenery is old, Jiangnan not only has good scenery, but also has money.
Soon, Wang Yanfan discovered another master. This buddy's name is Liu Pleia. Wang Yanfan asked Master Liu to calculate his life for him, first affirming that the master came to the money quickly, but it was a skill, Master Liu saw it, and immediately judged that Wang Yanfan was not a simple character, so he said a vague sentence: "The public should be on the hegemonic side." ”
Wang Yanfan was very satisfied, so he rewarded a lot of money. When he got home, he came down to report it. Colleague Xu Zhao came to visit, and Xu Zhao saw Wang Yanfan's red face and asked why. Xu Zhao was his subordinate, so he naturally stammered. So he said: "I'm good at the Nine Palaces algorithm, let me push it for you." ”
It seems that the master is everywhere.
Officer Xu and Master Xu calculated for most of the day, and suddenly jumped up and said, "The king is not credible. When it is like the lord of Jiangnan Li. ”
"Li Yu, ......"
This time, everyone knows the Tao, and it is good to dare to love this person. So his lord Susukita also became a master and spoke of kindness. said to Wang Yanfan, "Jun is sitting in the shape of a heavenly king, with a pinjia eye, a fairy nose, a female dragon ear, and a tiger hope, with great virtue, fierce and wealthy." On the same day, take the four gates. ”
But at this time, everyone is just talking, happy and happy.
In Jiangnan, so close to the capital, that person dares to rebel?
Soon, Xu Zhongxuan because of his meritorious achievements in Guangnan, as the envoy of the three divisions of the left counsel to the doctor, Zhou Wei also changed to Yangzhou because of his political achievements, and then changed to the transfer envoy of the east and west roads of Liangzhejiang, and the imperial court transferred Wang Yanfan to Guangnan as the transfer envoy of the two Guangzhous.
If Wang Yanfan hadn't met a master in Guangnan, maybe with his ability, although he couldn't become an outstanding local official, he would be able to make do with this official position, although he didn't want to be extremely rich, but it was not bad.
But it was in Quang Nam that he met another master.
It happened that there was a little leopard who had not caught food in the mountains and forests, and was so hungry that he ran out to find something to eat. It actually ran to Wang Yanfan's yamen and bit several officials, and everyone was afraid and didn't dare to come forward.
At this time, Wang Yanfan took out his little flower fist and embroidered legs, and it happened that the little leopard was fighting until now, and he was so hungry that he was stabbed to death by Wang Yanfan with a spear in the court.
Wang Yanfan is very complacent.
Then Zhao Yangui, the head of the palace in Guangzhou, came to add to the chaos, he watched the sky at night, and said that Mars entered the Nandou, and the Son of Heaven went down to the palace.
Wang Yanfan thought of the words of the previous masters again.
Not in the south of the Yangtze River, but in Guangnan is different, there are five mountains and the sea to block, the imperial court whip is beyond the reach.
And now Guangnan has become the fastest growing place in the Song Dynasty's economy and population, just a few sugar workshops can make millions of dollars a year, and Song Jiu began to harvest the foundation laid in Guangnan in those years, from water conservancy to the cultivation of spice tea, from the city to the shipbuilding technology is more and more developed, from the surge in grain production to the integration of barbarians in most areas, and the contradictions are reduced......
This will be a big version of the Southern Han Kingdom.
No wonder Master Liu said that I am on the hegemonic side.
Wang Yanfan conveniently discussed with his close confidants Lu Tan and others about how to send troops to favor the hegemonic side, and a few fools disagreed and discussed for many days, but they did not come up with a good plan.
It happened that the imperial court summoned Lu Tan back to Beijing to report on his work.
Wang Yanfan wrote a letter to Wei Wusheng, using hidden words to inquire about the movements of the imperial court.
But I didn't expect them to be in the nest.
If you want to do great things, there are all kinds of conditions, but the most important thing is to be able to employ people and win them over. For example, Song Jiu, let him learn Zhao Pu can't learn, but he can't be called selfless, and deliberately proposed to be close to Lu Mengzheng, Zhang Qixian, Kou Zhun, Lu Duan and Wang Dan.
and even deliberately pointed out.
It's like Xiao Kou carrying a poem, leaving the capital, looking at the prosperity of Hezhou, excited, agitated, excited......
There is also Zhang Qixian, who fights for Song Jiu and Song Qi.
It's not that Song Jiu wants to be the minister of power, but also a good person, like Zhang Qixian went to the northwest, so he faithfully carried out Song Jiu's intentions.
Song Jiu has many shortcomings in dealing with people, for example, when he was fighting against Zhao Pu and Song Qi, because of his characteristics of employing people, not many people would openly stand up to support him, but many ministers were happy to use it.
But counting on Wang Yanfan, he can learn the characteristics of Zhao Song's employment, not only did he not learn well. will not win people's hearts, and treat his subordinates even more scolding. And the abuse of lynching.
On this day, Wang Yanfan beat his junior Zhang Ba again. Zhang Ba held a grudge, and it happened that he knew about some of Wang Yanfan's intentions.
So he went to Wang Yanfan's political enemy, Guangzhou Zhizhou, where Xu Xiufu made a small report.
Xu Xiufu was taken aback, and hurriedly wrote the matter into a secret music and delivered it to the capital with fast feet overnight.
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During this time, Song Jiu withered a little.
In fact, to be able to catch Li Jiqian, there are not only hundreds of thousands of troops, but also the support of the soldiers of the two families of Zhewang, as well as the merits of Song Jiu. It was Song Jiu, who sorted out the tens of thousands of pieces of information he brought back from the scouts in front of him one by one, and sorted out a set of detailed reference information. He also asked the Xifu scribe to cooperate and draw a huge and detailed standard map of Nanhetao, and let Tian Chongjin take it to the front line, otherwise he might not be able to force Li Jiqian out.
But who can know the danger of Li Jiqian?
And the imperial court is still spending money for the northwest, as long as the money is spent, the impeachment will always be in an endless stream.
Even many ministers who admired Song Jiu very much thought that Song Jiu had gone too far and rushed to join in the fun.
This made Song Jiu a little depressed, so he disappeared again.
Another political council.
Song Qi was boastful, and Song Jiu held his cheeks in thought. Actually wandering out of the world.
Zhao Kuangyi suddenly asked Song Jiu: "Song Qing, who is Wang Yanfan, the Guangnan transfer envoy?" ”
When the imperial court officially reused Wang Yanfan, Song Jiu had already gone to Liaodong, where did he know the Tao. He shook his head.
Zhao Kuangyi asked Song Qi again.
Song Qi's wife, Gao, has some distant relatives with Wang Yanfan, and he is now bent on getting Song Jiu out of power, and he wants to win people's support. He said, "This man is faithful and diligent, and he is a loyal servant of the state." ”
"Loyalist?" Zhao Kuangyi almost spurted blood.
"What a loyal servant." Zhao Kuangyi waved his dragon sleeves. Leave the government hall.
Everyone is confused.
Li Fang frowned, and Song Qi and Chai Yuxi looked at each other. There was a question flashing in his eyes, Shi Xian was still the same, he didn't do anything for himself, and hung high, but Lu Mengzheng had a look of excitement in his eyes.
Song Jiu thought about it, but he also couldn't figure it out, so he asked Wang Ming and Xu Zhongxuan: "Prince, Duke Xu, how are the finances of the three divisions this year?" ”
"Zheng Gong, almost half of last year's surplus was spent." Xu Zhongxuan said implicitly.
Last year, Song Jiu initiated the gold shop, and at the same time took the opportunity to enter the Third Division, sorted out the Fangchang River Crossing with the officials of the Third Division, and also reformed some unnecessary waste, but Song Jiu was low-key and overstepped his authority, so the outside world did not know about it.
In addition, there was almost no major war last year, the wind and rain were smooth, and the profits of the gold shop reached a surplus of more than 10 million again last year, and this year's annual situation is also good, barely the wind and rain are smooth, if there is no northwest campaign, the surplus will not be less than last year.
Xu Zhongxuan said that not only half of last year's surplus was used, but also this year's fiscal surplus, that is, more than 20 million yuan was spent before and after the Northwest Campaign. This is still Song Jiu's initiation of many tuntians in the northwest, and in the middle, in order to save logistics supply, some cruel means were used, otherwise the cost would be more.
This is helpless, the time spans too long, hundreds of thousands of troops, repeatedly cut and swept in the northern region of Xiayin, which lasted for four months, if it were not for some of Song Jiu's practices, so that the Wang family and the northern Zhuqiang were very grateful, and nearly 20,000 light horsemen familiar with the desert Gobi environment were dispatched before and after, maybe the Song army would be useless.
Wang Ming sighed.
He also didn't know if Song Jiu did the right thing or did wrong, what he did to earn money, it wasn't for spending, now that the northwest has really settled down, maybe even a few decades later, the northwest will be like the Northern Zhou, the Qiang and Han families, and they will no longer be separated from each other.
But at such a cost, is it really worth it? This made him a little confused.
Song Jiu nodded and said softly, "That's good." ”
Wang Ming was confused, and Song Jiu was glad that this time he was so well prepared, had so many advantages, and it took so long to kill Li Jiqian. If Li Jiqian's wings are getting full, how much should it cost to kill him?
More than a dozen bigwigs left with their own hearts.
In fact, if Song Qi hadn't been too smart, he might have succeeded. After all, Zhao Kuangyi and Wang Ming had the same mind, and thought that Song Jiu had gone too far. Coupled with the opposition of many ministers, it may be that in order to appease everyone's hearts, Song Jiu can be temporarily delegated to the local government.
But in Zhao Yuanzuo's matter, Song Qi did it too smartly, and Zhao Kuangyi finally noticed it afterwards, which made Zhao Kuangyi dislike. Therefore, while sending people to arrest Wang Yanfan and others, he deliberately asked Song Qi.
Soon after, the Chinese envoy arrested Wang Yanfan, verified that Zhang Ba's report was true, and abandoned Wang Yanfan, Lu Tan and others from the city.
In fact, if there was no Battle in the Northwest, maybe Song Jiu would have entered the Chinese book this time.
But because of the Battle of the Northwest, except for Song Chai and the others, the rest of the personnel of the two prefectures remained unchanged, but Li Fang took Song Qi's place.
However, Song Jiu didn't care, and even he didn't want to leave Xifu.
But Song Qi went down, and the court was quiet.
The contradiction between Li Fang and Song Jiu is not small now, but Li Fang's personality is relatively gentle, and he loves to do things with some face, Li Fang does not fight, and Song Jiu will not fight.
If they don't fight, what are the people below fighting for?
Time rushed into the three years of Yongxi.
Zhixiong Prefecture He Lingtu and his father Yuezhou Assassin Shi Huaipu and Wensi envoy Xue Jizhao, armory envoy Liu Wenyu, Chongyi deputy envoy Hou Mochen and so on successively wrote a book, saying that the Khitan lord is young, and the state affairs are decided by his mother.
Because they were on the northern border, and after the reform of Song Jiu, the rights in the hands of the generals on each side were slightly relaxed, so they heard some news, so they attached a copy of Xiao Yanyan's personal gossip.
said that after Liao Jingzong's death, Xiao Yanyan was lonely and unbearable, and found a total of three concubines. One is Han Derang, and even in order to achieve the goal of long-term concubinage, Xiao Yanyan sent someone to kill Han Derang's wife, and then ate with her, staying and flying together, like husband and wife. But maybe Han Derang is handsome, and that job is a bit useless, so Xiao Yanyan found two other male pets, one is the medical worker Di Heigu, and the other is the king of Peking University and the disciple general.
Moreover, Xiao Yanyan behaves in a cruel nature and likes to kill and punish, so the whole Liao State is not convinced by her.
With this queen mother, the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty can be even more successful.
He Huaipu is the elder brother of Zhao Kuangyin's first wife, He, and Zhao Dezhao's uncle, but what is strange is that Zhao Kuangyin did not reuse He Huaipu and his son when he was alive, on the contrary, in the hands of Zhao Kuangyi, the father and son were reused successively. This also proves Song Jiu's guess that Zhao Kuangyin did not want to support Zhao Dezhao as the crown prince, he took a fancy to Zhao Defang. There is another thing, Zhao Kuangyin died, Zhao Kuangyi entered the palace, Pan Li'er's best friend Empress Xiao Song asked Wang Jien: "But Defang is here?" ”
Liu Wenyu is the grandnephew of Zhao Da Zhao's second grandfather, Liu.
Hou Mochen's surname is very strange, the surname Hou Mochen, the name is used, from Yizhou, he came to the capital to make a living in the early years of the Taiping Rejuvenation Kingdom, and once fell to the point of selling fake drugs on the street.
Looking at the official positions, these people are not important, but after careful analysis, in fact, these people are all Zhao Kuangyi's cronies, and what they said represents Zhao Kuangyi's intentions in a sense.
Song Jiu muttered: "Could it be that the Yongxi Northern Expedition is about to begin......" (to be continued...... to be continued)