Chapter 52: A Generation Eventually Grows Old
Julu City, was founded in the Great Chu period, after the Great Chu, after the construction of the south, Dazheng, has been more than 600 years, located in the northwest grassland, known as the reputation of the city of overlords, the shape is like a crouching tiger, the majestic spirit does not lose the capital. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
During the Great Chu period, it was the premier border town, and the soldiers and armor gathered. When the Houjian Iron Cavalry went south to the Central Plains, it became the first important border town to fall, and most of it was destroyed by the Houjian people, and it was abandoned. It was not until the Da Zheng period that Xiao Zheng, who was born and built a branch of the Xiao family, came here to renovate the Julu City and carry out the Julu Mutual Market, which became famous.
In the last years of Dazheng, Julu City suffered from war again, because the five Wanyan princes of Houjian raised troops, and the little emperor of Houjian was killed, and the general Murong Yan had to lead troops to retreat to Julu City, stick to it, and wantonly expelled the monks here, and the once prosperous Julu Mutual Market disappeared.
Later, Murong Yan reached an alliance with Xiao Yu, who was still the king of the northwest of Dazheng at that time, and the two sides jointly sent troops to quell the rebellion of the five kings, and supported Yan Beiyue to ascend to the position of the lord of the country, until the Great Qi Dynasty, Julu City returned to the Great Qi court, and was assigned by Emperor Xiao to the first Lingwu County King Xiao Shu as a fief, and after Xiao Shu's death, it was inherited by the current Lingwu County King Xiao Maha.
In fact, seriously speaking, Xiao Zheng, the earlier lord of Julu City, is the father of Xiao Shu and the grandfather of Xiao Maha.
The current Julu City can still be regarded as prosperous. Between the Central Plains, the grassland, and the Later Construction, in addition to the ancient tea horse road on the surface, there are more private caravan trades, which seem to be organized by border merchants on the surface, but in fact, behind these merchants are standing with their eyes on the world, as long as they don't make too much trouble, whether it is Emperor Xiao, or the later state lord and the king of the grassland Khan, they all turn a blind eye to this.
Lingwu County Wangfu is one of the many magnates who are contaminated with the tea and horse business, because Julu City is located at the junction of the three places, the transit trade has an innate advantage, and Lingwu County Wang Xiao Maha is deeply rooted in the northwest boundary, so Lingwu County Wangfu and Julu City can be called an optimus pillar on the border, no matter which caravan people, after coming here, they must worship the mountain, and send courtesy and filial piety to the palace.
Since Xiao Maha spread the news that he was going to reopen the Julu Market, the Julu City, which was originally full of people, added three points of liveliness, in addition to the major caravans, there were also a large number of monks from Tiannan and Haibei who entered the Julu City, and the already mixed Julu City directly turned into a pool of muddy water with no bottom, whether it was an alien dragon crossing the river, or a local snake rooted here, it was possible to drown in it if you were not careful.
There are even rumors that the Daomen and the Buddhist Gate will also come, and they are also real big people, although I don't know where the rumors came from, but everyone who heard this rumor swore that at least a big real person would go to Julu City in person.
The great real person, even in the Dao Gate where the people are like clouds, is also a great person.
The realm of earth immortals is not necessarily a great real person, but a great real person must be an earth immortal realm.
In the Daomen, non-earth immortal realms cannot be awarded the title of great real people, and non-great real people cannot be appointed as the lord of the Eight Veins Peak. Just like the rule that the imperial court does not enter the Hanlin if it is not a Jinshi, and if it is not a Hanlin, it does not enter the cabinet.
The reason why the imperial court can compete with the Taoist sect, and even in terms of monks, is because the imperial court sits on the world, and there are countless capable people, and then it is to fight the world immediately, but in the final analysis, it is necessary for literati to rule the world, although Confucianism, one of the three religions, has been fragmented, and it cannot even be called a sect, but because of this, Confucianism and the imperial court are almost integrated, and the hundred officials and ministers in the court are not lonely and weak scholars who have no power to restrain the chicken. If you are on the list, you will be the top three in the world.
However, Confucianism is far from being a monopoly in the imperial court, and the backbone of the entire dynasty is still the military headed by the Dadu Governor's Office, where the once sick tiger Zhang Wuzhi was born.
Each of the five armies of the Great Qi is a huge mountain. The northwest frontier army in charge of Xiliangzhou, Shaanzhou, Xihe Prefecture, Hanoi Prefecture and Zhongdu four states and one capital, is one of the best, because Emperor Xiao started in the northwest, although it is not at the foot of the Son of Heaven, but most of the old generals in the army are from the northwest, naturally there is a thick affection that other border armies can not match, when Emperor Xiao once cast a sword to give to the ministers, the sword body is engraved with the word northwest, the weight of the northwest can be seen. Moreover, the northwest is a strong folk style and a wide range of soldiers, so it ranks first among the major border armies.
In the northwest, the power of the local yamen and civil officials is far inferior to that of the south of the Yangtze River, known as the first-class general, the second-class official, the third-class Taoist priest, the fourth-class people, the Xiliang general's dare to act arrogantly, in the final analysis, it still relies on the big tree of the Northwest Frontier Army, Xiao Maha can accumulate power in the northwest, not by virtue of the name of the king of Lingwu County, but because he has served in the Northwest Army for more than ten years. Even Shoufu Lanyu once sighed in a casual conversation between the monarch and the ministers: "Northwest, such a big mountain." ”
It is precisely because of all these things, also known as the position of the left governor of the Northwest Army of the former army is the top priority, in the early years it was the old general Zhuge who held it, but now the old general is old, and the body is not as good as a day, the undercurrent within the Northwest Army is surging, and several right governors want to go further, but this position is too important, the emperor, the first assistant, and the governor have not yet expressed their position, and the attitude of the old general Zhuge is also very important, after all, he has been in charge of the Northwest Army for more than 20 years, if he has his recommendation, he will have half the chance of winning first.
The Northwest Governor's Mansion is located in the central capital, adjacent to the royal palace.
An inconspicuous carriage staggered into the central capital from the east gate, and then went all the way, as if splitting the wind and waves, seeing the armor of the city as nothing, until it came to the gate of the Northwest Governor's Mansion unimpeded before slowly stopping.
An old man dressed in dark blue clothes walked down from the carriage, his face seemed to be the age of a sixtieth birthday, but his hair was snow-white, and he looked like a hundred years old, without the slightest variegation, and was neatly combed, just like the old man in the world, square and meticulous.
Five generals, fully draped, armed with swords and swords, lined up neatly in front of the governor's mansion, watched the old man get out of the carriage and swallow his saliva.
Looking at the armor ornaments, these five people are clearly high-ranking officers in the army.
In the northwest region, there are only a handful of second-grade officials, and the only ones who can appear in front of the Northwest Governor's Mansion are the five right governors, namely the Governor of the Western Regions, the Governor of Xihe Prefecture, the Governor of Zhongdu, the Governor of Shaanxi, and the Governor of Qinghe.
Two of them are protective, and three are governors, all of whom are the right governors, and they are the second grade.
How many old men can make the five right governors join forces to greet them?
The Metropolitan Governor Wei Ban is counted as one, but now the Metropolitan Governor is cultivating in Jincheng, Shuzhou, and it is unlikely that he will suddenly appear in the northwest.
The head of the Dao Sect must be considered a real person, but he lives above the Xuandu and has not appeared in the world for nearly ten years.
As for the others, they are either not of this age or have passed away.
Count and count, and there is only one person left.
When the first auxiliary blue jade.
The old man walked straight to the Northwest Governor's Mansion.
The five right governors were separated from each other, and they all knelt down on one knee to salute, "The last general will see Lord Shousuke." ”
The Northwest Governor's Mansion was a little dim because it was obscured by the palace next door, and after Lord Shoufu walked through the main gate, he stopped, stood in a shadow, and looked around.
Decades ago, he also lived here, at that time, there were the first emperor, the former governor Xu Lin, the current governor Wei Ban, the king of Wei, Xiao Jin, the current governor of the Northwest Army, Zhuge Gong, Min Xing, Lin Han, Han Xuan, Duanmu Ruisheng, Xu Yan, and countless old ministers in the northwest.
Xu Lin was the first to pass away, and then the first emperor also left, and then Min Xing and others also passed away one after another, more and more old ministers in the northwest are no longer there, and the current Zhuge Gong may not last long.
A generation is getting old.
Lan Yu stepped forward again, his steps were a little staggering, and he whispered to himself, "It's old." ”