"I didn't come back on Chinese New Year's Eve."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was quiet and couldn't help but be worried.

Chu Zhong is Wang Dun's word, most of the troops in the hands of King Langya are in his hands, and he is the brother of Wang Dao, if King Langya is not on good terms with these brothers, how can Jiangnan and Jiangdong still have a peaceful life?

It was quiet for a while before someone whispered: "I heard that Zhao Hanzhang treats the scholars who return to the north very preferentially, but if he is talented, he will personally invite him to the court, even if she doesn't want to be an official in the court, she will also recommend it to Taixue and other officials, to be a chic and decent gentleman, and she doesn't want to be a scholar, she also gives preferential treatment, and the reward to the field house is secondary, and the most important thing is that she will also pay for the printing of poetry collections, regardless of faction." ”

"Whatever the faction means?"

"That is, no matter which school of Confucianism you are, as long as what you write is not distorted, she will give you a seal, and in addition to Confucianism, Legalism, soldiers, peasants and Mohists, etc., she will give free engraved books."

Printing books costs money, and most people need to give a lot of money to the bookstore to print the book, and the book may not be able to be placed in the bookstore after it is printed.

Before they left the Northland, there were very few bookstores, and there may have bookshops in a few counties in a state, but most of them sold the four treasures of the study, and few sold books.

Many books are not circulated in bookstores, and most of them are collected by the scholars themselves.

They like to collect the books left by their ancestors and share them with others, but they also like to write a book that can be widely circulated, preferably by everyone in the world, so that everyone can hear their names.

Therefore, printing books for free and spreading their ideas and talents is really exciting.

Several people looked at each other, but no one said the words "Then let's go back".

They fled from the north to the south, and they suffered great losses on the way, and they also paid a lot to gain a foothold in Jiangnan.

Even the Wang clan, with the army of King Langya and Wang Dun to protect them, there were many dead and wounded on the road, and the number of people displaced by the clan is now uncountable, let alone their clans?

They can't afford a big migration.

But that doesn't mean they don't do anything.

When they returned from the restaurant, they found a few children who were strong but rarely appeared in front of people, and asked them to take people back to the Central Plains, "If you can gain a firm foothold in the Central Plains, then the clan can slowly move back." ”

"Then whose relationship is it going to go to the court?"

A family head said: "Our family has an in-law relationship with the Zhao family, I will repair a book, you take it to meet Zhao Hanzhang, and you don't have to ask her to let you enter the office, as long as you show your face in front of her, you are talented, and she will use you." ”

A family head said: "Our family has an in-law relationship with the Zhao family, but the relationship is far away, we have not contacted for a long time, and we have taken the relationship of the Zhao family, so it is better to go to the recruitment examination, you go to Luoyang to participate in the recruitment examination." ”

A family head said: "You bring more money, I won't be able to help you when I go back to the Northland clan, everything depends on you, but I heard that the seventh master of the Zhao family likes to have fun, you may be able to give it a try." ”

Of these three families, one is the Hongnong Yang family, one is the Fanyang Lu family, and the other is the Chen County Yuan family, and the children of the three families decided to go together.

Of course, it can't be said that they are going back to the north, otherwise, I am afraid that they will be taken down before they leave the city, and the family will be targeted by King Langya because of this.

So they came up with a good excuse, the summer was brilliant, and it was a good time to go out and play, so they wanted to travel together.

But there are some things that can be hidden from the superiors, but it is difficult to hide from the people who live on the same ladder or the next ladder.

What's more, there is still Yuan Li in Jiangnan, who is making trouble.

Almost as soon as he found out the news, he had the option to pass it on.

Xie Kun, who was the governor of Jiang at the time, heard some specious news, but he was a smart person with a heart, and after a little thought, he understood that those Dashi clans wanted to find another way, or rather, they were leaving a way back for themselves.

After a night of contemplation, Xie Kun went out to find his brother Xie Lu overnight.

Xie Lu was surprised, "Brother came here late at night, what happened to him?" ”

"I heard that several children of the Yang family and the Lu family and the Yuan family are going to travel in a few days, and there are many followers, so you might as well go together."

Xie Lu smiled, "I'm much older than them, and I don't usually play together, what am I going to do?" ”

When he said this, he reacted and frowned slightly, "Could it be that they are not traveling?" ”

Xie Kun bowed his head and said, "They want to return north." ”

Xie Lu was surprised, and then fell silent.

Xie Kun said: "In today's situation, unless Zhao Hanzhang is as proud and complacent as the previous princes and generals, and destroys his foundation, otherwise, it will be a matter of time before he is unified from north to south." ”

"Second brother, we have to make plans early."

Xie Lu turned around and sat on the mat, twisted his head to the side and said, "Brother doesn't need to say any more, I won't leave, I am the king's army, and the king has the grace of knowing me." ”

"The grace of knowing can seek his way to repay, you are the son of the Xie family, and you have the responsibility of revitalizing the family; When you read the books of the sages, you should have the responsibility of supporting the society, and you can't ignore other responsibilities in order to repay the kindness of knowledge. ”

Xie Lu opened his mouth and was speechless for a long time.

Xie Kun stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Young Confucian, I know that you have a deep relationship with the king, so you can see the current situation more clearly." The king was able to gain a firm foothold in Jianye, and he relied on Wang Dao to mediate for him. ”

"If there is no Wang Dao, how can the scholars in Jiangdong and Jiangnan recognize him? If there was no Wang Dao, how could Wang Dun take the Qingzhou and Xuzhou armies south to protect him? But it's only been a year, and the king has a lot of disagreements with Wang Dao......"

"That's because the Wang clan is too domineering, and if the king wants to appoint an official, he has to look at Wang Dao's face, and he has almost no place to stand by the Wang clan."

"But the people recommended by Director Wang are all available people, and their abilities are still above the talents selected by the king," Xie Kun said: "He can neither appoint people on the basis of merit, nor have any prestige to appoint cronyism, and when the Jiangdong Shi clan has not all returned to his heart, and the power of the court has fallen, he is fighting with Wang Dao Wang Dun, how far do you think he can go?" ”

Xie Lu opened his mouth to argue, but he didn't know how to argue.

Xie Kun said: "Knowing that he must fall into the deep pit, but you can't persuade him, do you have to jump down with him just to repay the kindness of his acquaintance?" ”

"Why don't you look for another future and strengthen yourself?" Xie Kun said: "In the future, when he is falling into the pit, you can reach out and pull him, even if you can't save his life, you should protect his bloodline." ”

Xie Lu was silent for a while, and then asked, "Will Zhao Hanzhang agree?" ”

"How do you know if you don't try?" Xie Kun said: "Judging from her actions over the years, once she employs people, she is very trusting, and she is not stingy with power, if she can really unify the north and south, but leave one more Jin bloodline, there is nothing impossible." ”

(End of chapter)