Several osmanthus trees were planted in the courtyard of Li Linfu's house in Pingkangfang. In autumn, the garden is full of osmanthus fragrance. At this time, it was early spring, and the laurel branches were green and green.

At noon on this day, Li Linfu was idle and was walking in the yard, experiencing the breath of spring.

"Right Minister, the letter from Luoyang."

The servant handed Li Linfu a letter he had just received.

With a slight wave of his hand, the servant quietly retreated, Li Linfu opened the letter with a smile, he had already guessed what Zheng Shuqing would say.

Overall, it is nothing more than the word "help".

Even if it is his own people, he can't help but suppress it, Li Linfu is a person who pays attention to skills and means, and he also guards against and suppresses Zheng Shuqing.

Han Jiacang's matter is unsolvable. However, the granary of the national strategic reserve cannot be left vacant. There is only one way to cure the symptoms and cure the root cause, and that is to build the canal between Chang'an and Luoyang.

In this way, all the way to the water, the grain boats can continue from the Biankou waterway to Chang'an, and then the problem of Hanjiacang will be like the prickly heat after the autumn, and it will be cured.

Other than that, there is no solution. It was precisely because he knew that there was no solution that Li Linfu asked Zheng Shuqing to pick up this errand. He waited for the other party to call for help, and then fished out the other party, and finally pushed his political opponents one by one to the official position of managing Han Jiacang.

It will take a few months to solve one person, and it will take at least three years to build that canal, and it is conservatively estimated that it can solve more than a dozen political enemies of the imperial court!

While thinking about it, he opened the letter, and only after looking at the first few lines, Li Linfu's hand holding the letter paper shook, and he almost dropped the letter paper to the ground.

"See the money law? It's kind of interesting. ”

Li Linfu pondered for a moment and continued to look down.

Zheng Shuqing's method is complicated and complicated, and it needs the level of the Tang Center to revise the decree. But to put it simply, it is also very simple, to put it bluntly, it is to replace money with credit and pay transfers.

This concept is not new now, but it was really popularized in the middle and late Tang Dynasty after the Anshi Rebellion. Because the festival envoys plucked the feathers of the geese, and the merchants crossed the border with their wealth, just like unguarded babies dangling in front of the robbers with golden rice bowls.

Therefore, long-distance large transactions often use the method of "credit currency". It is not uncommon for starting point A to issue bills and go to terminal B to get money, eliminating the intermediate circulation process.

In this letter, Zheng Shuqing asked Sinong Temple to open a new department to connect and write off accounts. After the transaction is completed, a sum of money will be given, and in this way, there is no need to ask the court for money.

Li Linfu figured it out, this method was so good that he couldn't even think of a flaw!

This is definitely a brilliant idea that can only be come up with by someone who is familiar with business operations, but it is clear that Zheng Shuqing is not this material.

"That's it."

Li Linfu sighed, what a good trap for a pit man, it was filled by Zheng Shuqing like this. It's too late to replace the other party now, so I can only try Zheng Shuqing's method first, and then decide what to do next.

After a little frustration, he pulled himself together again. Because in addition to the government affairs of Hanjiacang, there are actually many other problems that the Datang Center can pit people.

For example, now the government soldiers have become virtually useless, and last year, there should be 35 people in the government soldiers of Longyou, but in fact, only 6 people came, and the others have shirked for various reasons.

The Southern Ya Forbidden Army, which was composed of government soldiers, was gradually declining because of the collapse of the government military system, and the soldiers shrank again and again, resulting in the forbidden army completely becoming the self-reserved land of the Northern Ya Forbidden Army, which was mainly recruited soldiers.

For the normal operation of the border towns, it is the general trend to change the government soldiers to recruit soldiers. However, the interests involved here are too great, and whoever comes can't control the situation!

Li Linfu felt that it seemed to be good to use the government affairs of changing the government army to recruit soldiers to trap political opponents.

"Someone, prepare the car, the appearance is going to enter the palace."

Li Linfu instructed his servants.

……

Fang Chongyong and his entourage first went to Guanglufang on the west side of Zhuque Street, which is the place where Chang'an officials go to the west to gather and handle the documents for customs clearance along the way.

Then the carriage went out of the west of the Kaiyuan Gate, all the way to the west, passing through the Linfu Station, where the horse did not change the car, and continued to the west.

"The white dragon horse, with its hooves facing west, carried Tang Sanzang and followed the three apprentices. The west is on the road, and it is tens of thousands of miles away. ”

In the steady carriage, Fang Chongyong hummed a children's rhyme, and he was in a very happy mood.

finally left Chang'an, where he was not at ease for a moment, feeling that he was being assimilated by the city all the time, turning into those "elegant" and "fashionable" Wuling youths.

Travel is different.

I have to say that in Datang, if you are an official, especially an official with a powerful or backstage, then traveling will not be a difficult thing, and the post stations on the avenues along the way will take good care of you. Let you have the mood and energy to enjoy the scenery.

And it's all free! There are people licking along the way! Attentive service!

"Lang Jun, isn't Chang'an very good? Why should we leave? ”

Fang Laique, who was sitting next to him, asked.

"The world in Chang'an is too small."

Fang Chongyong sighed and continued: "And there is a kind of false prosperity, I don't like it. ”

Fang Laique nodded as if he didn't understand.

"It's okay to go elsewhere, as long as you report the name of Alang Youzhou's festival envoy, you can take things without giving money."

Fang Laique added another sentence.

A green tendon on Fang Chongyong's forehead burst out, knocked on Fang Laique's head and said: "The people of Hexi are fierce, when the time comes, you will be broken by someone, don't run in front of me and shout for help!" ”

"Oh."

Fang Laique responded with a sigh of relief, not knowing what he was thinking.

At this moment, Fang Dafu, who was driving the car, shouted at the other party: "Ma Weiyi is in front, will you spend the night here tonight?" ”

Ma Weiyi!

"Spend the night here tonight."

Fang Chongyong was stunned for a moment, and then shouted at Fang Dafu, who was driving the car.

The carriage stopped, and Fang Chongyong got out of the car to observe Ma Weiyi, which was just a post station of ordinary scale, far less than the Hanyin Station in Xiangyang.

"Nishang broke through the Taicang Emperor, and the king lost his opinion. I can't forget the words of the Qixi League, and Morning Glory wants to scold Li Sanlang. ”

Fang Chongyong looked at the mediocre Ma Weiyi and sighed with emotion.

"Lang Jun, is the Li Sanlang you just said referring to today's saint?"

Fang Laique asked curiously.

"Shut up, don't get out of the way!"

Fang Dafu pulled Fang Laique aside and pulled him aside.

"Lang Jun, the journey is very long, should we ask for an escort."

Fang Dafu lowered his head and leaned into Fang Chongyong's ear and asked.

"No, don't ask for guards, it means that there is no oil and water, and the status is not high. Rather, it's safe. ”

Fang Chongyong said in a deep voice.

There are 1,600 miles from Liangzhou to Chang'an, and they have just made a start.

According to the seventh record of the "General Dictionary", the traffic roads of the Tang Dynasty between Kaiyuan are: "east to Song and Bian, west to Qizhou...... South to ...... North to ...... West to Shuchuan (Sichuan), Liangfu (Wuwei, Gansu), there are shops for business travel, far away for thousands of miles, do not hold an inch. ”

The traffic avenue from Chang'an to the northwest, passing through Yuanzhou and arriving at Liangzhou, was the most important post road in the Tang Dynasty. This road is from Chang'an to Jingzhou, then from Jingzhou to Pingliang, through Longshan Pass to Yuanzhou, Yuemuxia Pass to Huizhou, turn northwest to Huining Pass, cross the Yellow River from Huiningjin, and then pass through Wulan Pass to Liangzhou.

The route was well developed and developed since the Han Dynasty, with occasional changes, before finally being fixed in the Tang Dynasty. The journey was generally safe, with government-run post stations and non-governmental "shops" running for supplies along the way.

The group of them was just a guard, and they did look a little shabby. Cui Qianyou had already followed Wang Zhongsi to the Chishui Army in Hexi, so he was not with Fang Chongyong and them.

The group entered the Ma Wei Station, and as soon as the post guard heard about Fang Chongyong's official position, he hurriedly received him warmly. These people are used to seeing big people.

If a person has a very powerful official position and a high level of fictitious position, then there is no doubt that such a person is a high-ranking official of the imperial court, and his entourage is often as many as dozens or even hundreds. In the face of this kind of nobleman, of course the post man has to kneel and lick!

And when a person only has a very high vacant position, but has no actual position, he has to be careful, it is easy to be blind.

Generally speaking, such people are of noble status. They did not have actual positions, just because the imperial court did not have an errand suitable for them, and often there were few people with them in their entourage.

After the Middle Tang Dynasty, when the center of the Tang Dynasty dispatched local officials, there was more than one situation where "the real post is not enough, and the vacant post is made up", which is enough to see that the vacant post is not completely "virtual".

If you neglect this kind of "high and void position", people will retaliate in the future, and the whole post guard is really just a matter of one sentence.

"Can this Ma Weiyi write a poem?"

Fang Chongyong asked curiously.

"Look at what you said, when Princess Jincheng married Tubo, Zhang said that Zhang Xianggong left a poem in Ma Weiyi, and what was hung on the wall was."

The postman pointed to a large pile of wooden planks hanging on the wooden wall of the post station lobby, and in the most conspicuous position was the poem of the former prime minister Zhang Shuo.

Poetry is a cultural product of the Tang Dynasty, and wherever there is a head and a face, it is proud to leave a wall to hang poems. The poets of the Tang Dynasty also vied to leave their own ink treasures on this "inscription wall".

"Qinghai and pro-Japan, when the stars come out and fall. Prince Rong's son-in-law, Han Guo's uncle's kindness.

The spring field opens the farewell banquet, and the cloudy sky says goodbye. The empty bomb immediately bent, and the phoenix tower thought was reduced. ”

"Lang Jun, I feel that this poem is not as good as what you wrote."

Fang Laique said disdainfully.

The postman only thought that he had not heard this sentence, and in fact, as far as he knew, there were more than one person who was not used to the poem.

But it's one thing for others to be unaccustomed to it, but the poems of the former prime minister are not something that he, a pawn, can comment on.

"Bring a pen."

Fang Chongyong said to the post guard, and soon, the other party brought a wooden board and a brush.

"Although Yuyan covers Ma Weichen, the grievances and smoke lock Weijin. The cicada sideburns do not go with Luan, and they still feel the people who come and go in the air. ”

Signed "Anonymous".

After writing the four sentences, Fang Chongyong handed it to the post man and said, "Hang it up." ”

"Eh, yes, yes."

The post guard is strange in his heart, there are many cultural people in Chang'an, and between the comings and goings, the post guards of the post station must not be able to serve these demanding and hypocritical literati without any culture. It's just this poem...... He can't read it!

After the post guard left, Fang Laique came over and asked suspiciously, "Lang Jun, I didn't understand it." ”

"I didn't understand it."

Fang Chongyong sighed, who would have thought that more than ten years later, An Lushan Youzhou raised troops and conquered Chang'an in one fell swoop, Li Longji fled to Shu in a hurry, and killed Yang Yuhuan in Ma Weiyi!

It's embarrassing.

Isn't it good for Huanhuan to follow King Shou, Brother Ji stepped in sideways, and he didn't fall well.

Why bother.

At that moment, the postman hung another plank on the wall. I saw that it read:

"Farewell to the gentleman, for the sake of the guest.

The journey is like this, and the former army is still in sight.

Out of the Han wall, climb the dragon to look at Hu Tian.

It is also a feudal land, and the king of the period is whipped early. ”

The title is "Dugu Judge's Department Sends Soldiers".

To put it simply, the person who wrote the poem wrote a farewell poem to a judge surnamed Dugu, and both of them are now in Ma Weiyi. Judging from the details in the poem, this judge surnamed Dugu should be going to Hexi, or the Western Regions.

It can be seen that this poet has a very difficult life. Licking this judge has already been licked like this, Fang Chongyong couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

Think about it, among Tang poems, the number of similar farewell poems is uncountable, but the high quality is very few, and it has even become an "inherent program" for officials to welcome and send.

However, although both the giver and the person who was sent had to write poems as entertainment, many times it was the one who knelt and licked who tried his best to write a poem, and the one who was licked wrote a poem casually and sent it away.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as Wang Lun.

"The Peach Blossom Pond is a thousand feet deep, not as deep as Wang Lun to send me love." It was Wang Lun, the county magistrate with a lot of money, who invited Li Bai to eat, drink and have fun in one-stop service, so that Li Bai's ink treasure was left behind, which could be passed on to future generations.

Otherwise, who will step on a horse in future generations will know who Wang Lun is!

A character who can't even be on "Thorn History".

After a while, a middle-aged man made up another payment on it: Gao Shi.

"It turned out to be Gao Shi."

Fang Chongyong saw that this poem was actually written by Gao Shi!

Then it's no wonder, he suddenly realized that at this time, any Hebei scholar, if he wants to climb up, must kneel and lick the powerful, because the ascending channel is basically blocked.

As a Hebei scholar, there is no way out, so he can only find a way around. A lower-level posture to write poems and kneel and lick the judge is actually not too much.

One judge is nothing, but what if you lick a hundred officials of a similar rank? It doesn't matter, does it?

As long as there are enough people licking it, it can make waves!

Gao Shi did this, in addition to losing some face, it was enough to form a powerful network, and once something happened, he could sharpen his head and enter the circle of powerful people who were once "unattainable".

Of course, under normal circumstances, even if you have a good relationship with these middle-level officials, it is difficult to make an inch of progress in the officialdom. The rules of Datang officialdom, at least now, are: a hundred eggs add up, and they can't match a stone.

The recommendation of the prime minister alone is far better than the joint letter of a hundred judges.

Sometimes it's easy to mix officialdom, and sometimes it's not easy to mix officialdom, the key depends on your background.

Fang Chongyong thought that he could be promoted without doing anything, and Gao Shi, who groveled everywhere to build good relations with officials at all levels but could not make an inch, suddenly felt a sense of absurdity in his heart.

"Go over there and ask, just say that Fang Chongyong, the son of Fang Jieshuai, the envoy of Youzhou Jiedu, wants to invite them to eat a glass of water and wine to make friends, and asks them if they are willing to bow their faces."

Fang Chongyong called Fang Dafu and whispered in his ear. (End of volume)

(Next volume: Han and Tang Dynasty heroes, half in Hexi)