Since the beginning of the feudal era, it can be said that it has always been dominated by scholars, and according to their wisdom, they have become the controllers of government and the inheritors of culture. However, from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the Fifth Dynasty, it was an era of martial arts warriors vying for territory, and martial artists became the protagonists on the world stage. In order to survive, scholars can only naturally choose to become the dependents of the warriors, but there are many of them who are extremely intelligent, and regard the violent social turmoil as a new way to realize their personal value, turning their hands into clouds and covering their hands into rain, Song Qiqiu is a typical representative of them.

Song Qiqiu (887-959 AD), the word Chaohui, later changed to the word Zisong. Since he was a child, his family was poor, and he learned the art of Shang Martingale hegemony since he was a child, and he was resourceful, and began to follow him when Li Yu was the assassin of Runzhou. Song Qiqiu used his good Wang Ba and vertical and horizontal skills to help Li Yu successfully assist the country to seize power, so he was deeply valued by Li Yu. However, Song Qiqiu was a typical wanderer, a wanderer, who wandered among the rulers not to promote political ideas, but to use the struggle of the rulers as a ladder to get ahead, which was what Xunzi called "Yanglu scholars", so he was deeply despised by orthodox Confucians such as Xiao Yan and Jiang Wenwei.

A small discussion is being staged in the study of Song Qiqiu's mansion. Although this study is not as delicate and delicate as Li Yu's study, it is far more luxurious: the sea incense worth several gold burns in the four corners of the study day and night, making the whole study fragrant; Eight world-famous, thick Mingchengfang incense candles make the whole study as bright as day; Eight pretty girls in light shirts waited around.

Song Qiqiu sat in the middle of the handsome chair, his kind face was as calm as the ocean, his eyes were slightly closed, his right hand was lightly twisted under his chin, and his left fingers were slightly bent, gently tapping on the armrest of the master's chair. He is 64 years old this year and is respectfully called "Song Gong" by the court.

"Gong Song, this Lin Feng can be said to have protruded from the court, and he has even been privately faced twice in a row, deeply immersed in the saint's family, and he will become a character in the future. It is reported that the two times Lin Feng admonished may be related to change. The matter is serious, please Song Gong set a method of dealing with it as soon as possible. The thin middle-aged man on the left of Song Qiqiu took the lead in speaking.

This person is Wei Cen, one of the "five ghosts" and "four murderers" in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Originally Marshal Li Jing's school secretary, he is now Li Jing's very favored privy envoy deputy. In the former Tang Dynasty, an internal privy envoy was set up in the inner court, and the eunuchs were in charge of the transmission of the chapters and the transmission of edicts, and gradually participated in the secrets. When the eunuchs were in power, the privy envoys could participate in the government, and the power of the prime minister was mostly usurped. During the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Jing promoted several of his cronies who had been following him to the rank of privy envoy and deputy envoy, and shared the power of the court.

"Hmph, it's just a grass people, how can it be compared to the work of us and others who have accompanied the saint for many years, Brother Wei, you are too worried." The speaker was an obese old man sitting facing Song Qiqiu, his face glowing with an astonishing iron blue color, and this person was none other than Cha Wenhui, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Cha Wenhui, the word is prudent, he and Feng Yansi were originally the secretaries of Marshal Li Jing's mansion. Cha Wenhui Li Yu supervised the imperial history in the era, Li Jing advised the doctor, the Zhongshu Sheren, the privy deputy envoy, and the Fuzhou observation envoy during the Li Jing Dynasty, and is now the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. In 945 A.D., he led an army to attack Wuyue Fuzhou and was defeated and captured, and when he was repatriated, he was fed chronic poisoned wine, and it took a full ten years before he died.

"Brother Guangshen, what Lord Wei is worried about is also somewhat reasonable. Thinking of you and me, etc., can be said to be fortunate to be favored and hold on to the top, but who knows that others will not be like this? Besides, you and I are all familiar with the temperament of the saint today, and it is not impossible to value whoever you value. An equally obese old man on the right replied.

This person is Li Zhenggu, who is also the deputy envoy of the privy council. What he said was a fact that made everyone in the Southern Tang Dynasty very indignant. Several of them were all promoted by Li Jing to the ruling ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China from official positions such as secretary and school secretary. Du Changye, the Jiangxi observer, once said indignantly: "The country is just driving the ministers to the officials." If a word is praised, it will be revealed, and there will be meritorious service later, how can it be rewarded. ”

These three people are also the backbone of Song Qiqiu**. In order to consolidate their position, they all focused on making friends with the powerful Song Qiqiu group and became Song Qiqiu's disciples.

Historically, in the Southern Tang Dynasty Li Jing, Song Qiqiu and his disciples formed a powerful political force to influence the government. "The civil and military departments are all cloth and pun party, every country has good governance, and its party says 'Song Gong's deeds', and those who do not meet the expectations of the masses say: 'Don't use Song Gong's words.'" Every time you do something, you must know that things cannot be discussed, and the masses of parties will use clever words to act first, and those who have discussed it will fall into their schemes. "The wars of the Southern Tang Dynasty against Fujian and Chu were all initiated by the Song Party members for meritorious service, resulting in the exhaustion of national strength.

"Alas, Brother Zhengzhong is not in the court. Otherwise, according to his seven thoughts, he was afraid that it would be a good idea for Lin Feng in a blink of an eye. Wei Cen couldn't help but think of Feng Yansi, who was the smartest and best debater among them, and sighed lightly.

"In my opinion, it's best to nip things in the bud, or we'll secretly send someone to slaughter him. Anyway, he doesn't have any foundation in my Datang. Cha Wenhui gritted his teeth and said. Since he was forced to drink poison and returned, he was tortured to death by poison every once in a while, and subconsciously only hoped that it would be best for everyone in the world to die.

"No, no. If that's the case, the saint is on the rise, and he will be furious, I'm afraid that you and I will be bitten by Xiao Yan and Jiang Wenwei as soon as possible. Wei Cen retorted.

"What then? Song Gong, please decide. Li Zhenggu smiled and bowed to Song Qiqiu.

"That is, please make a decision to Duke Song. In terms of change, the world should be full of Song Gong. Cha Wenhui sneered. He's not a complete sycophant. In the early years, Song Qiqiu formulated six policies for Li Yu, who was then the assassin of Runzhou, to persuade the peasants to teach mulberry, cancel the Dingkou money, change the field endowment to the grain silk in kind, levy the light endowment lightly, rectify the rule of officials, and recruit talents, which made the governance of Runzhou famous all over the world, and later basically continued to become the national policy during Li Yu's reign, which can be said to have laid the foundation for the prosperity of the Southern Tang Dynasty.

This sycophant sentence is really ironing, Song Qiqiu, who has not been silent, finally opened his eyes, and a very ruthless light flashed, and several people in the room couldn't help but shrink their bodies.

"Changemakers, pull a hair and move the whole body. Lin Feng and the grass people, like water without roots, Ping without roots, even if they are biased, they cannot promote the transformation of a country with their own strength. Isn't it up to who controls change, like driving forward, where to go? Song Qiqiu stretched out his hand to take the tea that the girl had brought over, and slowly took a sip, the fragrance of the tea made him breathe a sigh of satisfaction, and continued, "The power of the court is in our hands, can he turn the sky upside down?" Besides, if the change is used well, can we make some more profits even if we are not good? ”

"Song Gong is smart, I'm impressed!" Cha Wenhui and the three of them immediately bowed and saluted. Immediately began to think in his heart, if he could remove those few obstructive guys in this big change, what position could his cronies be assigned to, and couldn't help but smile.

"However, you must not be careless when you wait, you must find out what Lin Feng and the emperor are talking about in the next few days, and how they are going to change. Everything is prepared, and we cannot fight a war for which we are unprepared. Song Qiqiu said slowly.

"Yes, Song Gong." The three of them bowed again.

"Okay, we haven't been together in a while, so let's have a few more drinks." Song Qiqiu waved his hand, and the maids who had been waiting outside the door for a long time moved lightly and brought up plates of seasonal small fruits and famous Jinling dishes.

There are many intrigues here, and in the house of Sun Sheng, the right servant of Shangshu, it is a happy scene of scenery and moonlight.

"Now, I can finally keep the sun and the moon in the clouds. The emperor is finally going to change! Forty-three-year-old Xiao Yan high-fived Jiang Wenwei and laughed, and the white hair on his head, which was already halfway there, also trembled with his laughter.

"This Lin Feng is really a weird one, he has successfully promoted the change of our emperor as a commoner, and he has come up with such rules of procedure, this knife has stabbed Song Qiqiu and his ilk in the key point." Sun Sheng shook his head and said slowly with a smile.

Sun Sheng, formerly known as Sun Feng and Sun Ji, is studious and eloquent, especially good at poetry. However, stuttering can't say hello. Less for the Taoist, often painted Jia Island statue, placed on the wall of the house, morning and evening. After returning to Confucianism, he told Tang Zhuangzong in Zhenzhou, and Zhuangzong thought that he was a writer. In 928 A.D., he fled to Wu, and Li Yu's father and son used it as a phase, and they have been with Jing for more than 20 years.

This Sun Sheng is also a character with personality. His family was rich and arrogant, and he did not set up a few cases when he ate, so that all the prostitutes stood with one weapon and called it a meat table. For a while, it became a fashionable way for the upper class people in the Southern Tang Dynasty to imitate. In the original history, Zhou Shizong led his troops to conquer Jianghuai, Li Jing was frightened, and sent Sun Sheng and others to ask for peace. Zhou Shizong summoned Jiangnan to ask about the matter, but Sun Sheng did not throw it at all, and was killed on the spot. After Li Jing heard about it, he gave him the title of Duke of Lu.

"I have a hunch that Lin Fenglin kid will become the nemesis of Song Mouse**. Let's wait and see. Han Xizai took a big sip of a pot of wine and said loudly. He genuinely loves Lin Feng, and always seizes every opportunity to make a name for him, intentionally or unintentionally.

"I hope so, Song Rat and the others are embarrassed, but they have slandered us to form a friend, but I don't know that we have always put national affairs first, not personal feelings, which really makes me angry." Ancestral Department Langzhong and Zhizhi Xu Xuan said hatefully.

Since ancient times, it is inevitable that scholars will fall in love with each other, and the Southern Tang Dynasty is no exception. In this regard, Ma Ling of the Song Dynasty once summarized in the "Book of the Southern Tang Dynasty": "The people of the Southern Tang Dynasty also have a party, and the gentlemen and villains see or say: Song Qiqiu, Chen Jue, Li Zhenggu, Feng Yansi, Yanlu, Wei Cen, Cha Wenhui are **, Sun Sheng, Chang Mengxi, Xiao Yan, Han Xizai, Jiang Wenwei, Zhong Mo, Li Deming are **." And it is either listed as the party and the party, or each is narrated in the preacher, what is it? The world is declining, the villain is attached to eliminate the gentleman, and the gentleman and the villain are incompatible, so from the villain's view, because it is called the party and, and the gentleman has not tasted the party. Ma Ling's meaning is also to wash the dirt for these gentlemen, who are generally outstanding but not grouped, united but not party, but are instead stained as friends by villains.

"Reform is extraordinary, and we still have to discuss in detail how to make it strong, strong, and rich in the people." Sun Sheng said.

"What your lord said is very true." Jiang Wenwei replied, and several people moved closer to Sun Sheng and began to discuss it carefully.

At this time, the study room, which also looked luxurious, was lit with bright candles, and the delicacies on the several cases next to it were complete, but no one took a serious look.