Wang Yan's departure from Beijing was quite grand.
Sima Zhengdong of the Forbidden Army Right Guard Hall led a thousand infantry, and Youzhou Cavalry Superintendent Duan Liang led an escort of 400 cavalry. Together with the attendants and servants, the number was nearly 2,000. They left the capital from Dongyang Gate and planned to cross the river via Puyang and go north.
Head to Yecheng.
When I left Beijing, there were a lot of people paying attention.
Liang Fen even went to Dongyang Gate in person to see him off. The two old men each wrote a poem and said goodbye happily.
Liang Fen's sharp eyes even saw Wang Yan's two daughters in the motorcade.
But he was too lazy to care about this matter.
After returning to Luoyang city, he wandered around.
Although Luoyang had just been plundered by the Xiongnu cavalry and lost some people, money and food, the people of the surname still talked about the victory in Hebei.
In the past, I had only heard of Yecheng attacking Luoyang. This time, people from Luoyang captured Yecheng. This is the most exciting news in the past ten years.
It’s not easy! The situation in the world may be about to turn around.
When he returned to the mansion in the city, the old wife was wiping away her tears and crying.
Liang Fen sighed, it was her daughter's matter again.
In this matter, he actually still blamed himself very much.
Liang Fen was extremely affectionate with his wife. He had several concubines in his early years, but they were all dismissed later, leaving him alone with his wife.
They only had three children. The eldest son was an official in another place and died in a scuffle among the kings. The white-haired man gave away the black-haired man, which was a tragedy.
The second son, Ben, was a county magistrate in Yanzhou. After the chaos in the world, he simply resigned and served his parents at home. However, he was not in good health and it was heart-wrenching to watch.
The other is the younger daughter, who is married to King Yuzhang and becomes his concubine.
This is not a bad thing, but King Yuzhang became the emperor's younger brother. Liang Fen felt bad at that time. However, this kind of thing was led by Sima Yue, and he was unable to change it. What's more, King Yuzhang himself had a positive attitude and rushed up
If you want to be the crown prince, you can only do nothing.
Now that things have happened, Liang Fen has nothing but hope that her family will be safe.
He has tried to control the general trend of the world, but he can't control it. If he can't bear it, he can only keep the place safe, save more hungry people, and let the world retain more vitality.
When he was young, he was proficient in bow and horse, riding and shooting. He also read a collection of classics and history, and he talked endlessly when debating with others. He had some ambitions of his own.
Now that I think about it, it looks like a dream.
After softly comforting her and telling a few interesting things about her grandson, Liang Fen finally calmed her wife down.
The two held hands and looked at each other, just like that crisp autumn afternoon many years ago, when he was Junyan of the Liang family and she was a talented daughter of the Huangfu family, looking at each other from afar across a clump of flowers.
As we got older, the tenderness and sweetness we felt at that time gradually turned into mutual care.
The servant waited outside the door for a while before coming in and announcing: Fu Xuan is here.
Liang Fen straightened her robe and went to the living room to receive her.
"Mr. Liang." Fu Xuan bowed and saluted.
"Shihong is leaving now?" Liang Fen asked him to sit down.
Fu Xuan was a wine-sacrifice in the West Pavilion of the shogunate of General Longxiang, and was ordered to sneak back to Anding and the North together with Fu Chang to recruit a group of barbarians.
When we arrived near Chang'an, the road ahead was cut off due to war.
After waiting for a long time, the war continued, so the two brothers discussed it and finally decided that Fu Chang would continue moving forward and Fu Xuan would return to Xuchang to avoid being trapped in Guanzhong.
"Yes." Fu Xuan replied: "Mr. Chen knew that I had returned and sent me to Runan as a farmer to guide and resettle the refugees from Guanxi."
"It's not bad." Liang Fen said: "How is the situation outside all the way back from Nanyang?"
"Mr. Chen sent his men to fly to report the victory. There was some commotion in the counties of Nanyang, but it gradually calmed down." Fu Xuan said.
Liang Fen nodded lightly.
The dispute between natives and foreigners can never be completely resolved, it can only be alleviated.
Chen Gongzheng sent tens of thousands of Guanxi men to Hebei, but they were not allowed to return during the autumn harvest. Some commotion is normal.
"Xiangcheng and Luonan counties are all happy." Fu Xuan said: "There are ignorant people in the countryside who say that Chen Gong is going to be crowned king."
Liang Fen smiled.
Without the merit of destroying the country, Chen Gong would be too embarrassed to accept the title of king. Although Shi Le's territory was not too small, including parts of Zhao and Wei in the pre-Qin period, he did not proclaim himself emperor.
"There are also people with little talent and knowledge who say that Chen Gong will accept the post of prime minister, sit in Yecheng, and tear apart the soil to form a country." Fu Xuan said again.
Liang Fen didn't laugh this time.
"Many people in Beijing also say that." He sighed.
People in the world always like to find similar things from the pile of old papers to apply to the present.
What's more, Cao Mengde's incident was only a hundred years ago, so it is normal for people to talk about it.
But there is also something unusual among the normal——
Can this kind of thing be discussed openly?
This is not about whether you broke up today or what the outcome of yesterday’s debate was, but about a change of government!
Such an extremely sensitive matter was discussed openly without any hesitation, which shows how far the court's prestige has declined.
To be honest, few people did this a few years ago.
At the same time, it also shows from the side that the world is changing too fast. People's ideas are impacted every few months or a year, and then they become accustomed to things that were previously unacceptable.
The prestige of the Jin Dynasty was declining, while the reputation of Chen Gong was growing.
After conquering Yecheng, if he can securely occupy it, his reputation will reach a new level.
Liang Fen considered himself a loyal minister of the Jin Dynasty, but he was no longer as resistant to dynasty changes as before.
At least Shao Xun can win the battle, right?
How many years have passed! Cao Wu, Wang Kan, Wang Kuang, Song Chuo and others suffered successive defeats against the Xiongnu. They were still unable to restrain the Xiongnu cavalry, which put Luoyang into a crisis.
Shao Xun saved Luoyang many times and gained a lot of favor among the officials and scholars.
They are the most vocal people in the world. If they praise Shao Xun, then the difficulty of changing dynasties will be greatly reduced.
Shao Xun's reputation was really earned by him with one knife and one shot, and it was completely different from Wang Yifu's.
"After you go to runan as an official, do your best." Liang Fen calmed down and said: "The counties in Yuzhou are the foundation of Duke Chen. Other places may rebel against him, but it is unlikely that the counties in western Henan will be promoted. He will promote and appoint officials in the future.
, I will definitely look at whether there is a resume for serving in the west of Henan Province. Many people can’t even ask for a big farmer in Runan.”
"Yes." Fu Xuan responded.
Going to runan to be an official will really put your mark on Mr. Chen.
In the eyes of others, you are their person.
To put it bluntly, if Chen Gong fails and is liquidated, Fu Xuan will also be affected and even suffer disaster.
Therefore, he can only do his best, as a Kansai scholar, to appease the Kansai refugees who have migrated to various places in Runan, and let them take root and support themselves, and gradually be able to provide tax payers, and become Chen Gong who can directly
The power of calling.
And his thoughts showed one thing: he did not object to Chen Gong's leadership in changing the dynasty.
"I don't know who the Taiwan minister is related to. He has become an official in the court and he refuses to tell me." Liang Fen sighed again: "He is too utilitarian."
"Taiwan minister - not a pure minister, right?" Fu Xuan carefully organized his words and asked.
"He only has a little cleverness, but no great wisdom." Liang Fen shook his head and said: "He wants to use the emperor to get an official position, probably a prefect or something like that. But it is very unwise to get involved at this time, alas."
Fu Xuan nodded silently.
His impression of Yan Ding was not very good, and he could even be said to be disgusted.
If he wants to die, he has no choice but to do it.
"How is the situation in the palace?" Fu Xuan asked.
"What else can I do?" Liang Fen didn't know whether to cry or laugh, she just heard him say: "The emperor has won over a group of lucky people, but nothing has been achieved. Wang Yan, Yu Min and others may give them some face, Lu Zhi
But he is aggressive. When the emperor is angry, he can only——"
At this point, he sighed.
Fu Xuan understood and sighed accordingly.
"Can Shidao recruit people?" Liang Fen asked again.
"It's hard to say." Fu Xuan said with some worry: "Guanzhong is too chaotic. Even places where there is no war are in chaos. When outsiders pass by, they are full of malice. If the temptation is successful, Qunhu will take the whole family across the county.
Crossing the county is very ostentatious, and it is not easy to raise food and supplies along the way. It is too difficult. Most of the few friends I met back then are missing now, and it is difficult to get help from them."
"I can help you." Liang Fen was silent for a moment and said, "But as you said, it's hard to say whether the old friend is here or not."
"Thank you, Mr. Liang." Fu Xuan saluted solemnly.
He knew that Duke Liang only helped them for the sake of the Fu brothers, and also gave them a big gift so that they could show their merits in front of Duke Chen.
Mr. Chen is so eager to have a strong cavalry. If anyone goes there with thousands of cavalry, as long as he does not die, he will be rich and powerful in the future.
After thanking Liang Fen, Fu Xuan couldn't help but said: "Ming Gong is idle at home and has wasted his talent and learning. It is a pity."
Liang Fen glanced at him and said: "A minister of the Jin Dynasty should have a beginning and an end."
"But now the world is still under the Jin Dynasty." Fu Xuan said: "As long as Ming Gong does not join the imperial court, what's wrong with holding the post of state and county?"
Liang Fen didn't answer.
He didn't know how long the Great Jin Dynasty could last.
I think back then, when the news of the victory over Yecheng came back to the capital, there was great joy. Many people rushed to tell each other, saying that the Huns were going to die, and they finally no longer had to suffer.
From this perspective, Shao Xun's reputation has reached a considerable level.
Maybe the time is not ripe now, but what about in the future?
Luoyang City is almost no longer owned by the Sima family.
"Go back early." Liang Fen stood up and said: "Shao Xun is afraid that he won't be able to return to Henan for a while. Please be more careful about the rear affairs. This world has finally improved a little, so don't make any mistakes."
"I will remember Duke Ming's teachings," Fu Xuan said in salute.
Perhaps, what Liang Fen said just now represents the attitude of quite a few northern scholars.
It has been eighteen years since the Qi Wannian Rebellion began!
Everyone has suffered enough from the war and is eager to return to peace and prosperity.
Shao Xun's momentum is very good, and he has a great chance of annihilating the Huns and unifying the north. Many people don't want him to have problems and suffer a second time.
This is probably what people's support is against.
Chapter completed!