The first day of July is a day for the children of aristocratic families to "go to the fields".
The so-called "field visit", in layman's terms, means inspecting the farm.
Xingtian can understand the operating status of the manor, as well as the surrounding natural conditions and geographical conditions, so as to further expand the industry.
This habit has been around since the Later Han Dynasty. At this time, activities such as sightseeing and gatherings of literati were added, which turned a simple economic activity into a comprehensive activity.
On this day, more than ten scholars, led by Wang Yan's brother Wang Cheng, Yu Yi, the son of Sili Colonel Yu Chen, and Shangshu Zuocheng Lu Yan, and hundreds of followers, climbed Mount Mang.
The sergeant who was cutting firewood on the mountain saw it from a distance and drew his bow and knife on the spot. Only after seeing clearly did he relax.
I thought bandits were coming!
Wang Cheng and others also saw these soldiers, but did not pay attention to them. They found a place with lush vegetation, spread carpets and futons, and everyone sat on the ground.
After a while, the music started playing, the tea pot started to gurgling with steam, and the atmosphere became lively.
Wang Cheng shook his cattail leaf fan and joked with everyone.
"Pingzi went to Jiangling, Jiangxia, and Xuzhou. He was really well-informed." Also present today was Wen Qiao, who was born in the Wen family of Taiyuan.
Zan Hua was originally an adviser to Liu Kun, but because of his consecutive defeats, Liu Kun felt very pessimistic, so he secretly sent him to Hebei.
Wen Qiao had served as Wang Yan's staff and was friendly with Yu, so coming to Luoyang was his best choice.
Wang Yan also admired him very much, so he appointed Wen Qiao as the Chief Secretary of the Taiwei Shogunate and entrusted him with important tasks.
Wen Qiao is talented, but he is romantic and bohemian. His family background is neither high nor low, but he dares to speak. Sometimes he uses swear words like a Guizhou leader, and the target of the curse often has a high status.
When I met Wang Cheng, my words became somewhat sarcastic.
"Taizhen is Liu Bingzhou's vassal, and he has praised paintings for many years. How is his record?" Wang Cheng was a little unhappy. The young master's temper got angry and he wanted to get angry, but he was immediately grabbed by his sleeve quietly by the person next to him, and he suddenly reacted.
Isn't it because Wen Qiao is so arrogant because he and Yu Liang have a similar affinity?
What can Yu Yuangui be proud of? Isn’t it just his sister who married Mr. Chen?
Several women in my Wang family are - bah!
"Regardless of the performance, Liu Bingzhou guarded the isolated city for eight years, which can be said to be brave. His unswerving determination and the imperial court can be said to be loyal." Wen Qiao glanced sideways at Wang Cheng and said.
Wang Cheng was furious, but had no words to reply and could only turn his head away.
This Wen Qiao, fortunately, he is still working in his brother's shadow, but he has no words to speak out. What he said just now was to praise Liu Kun on the surface, but didn't it mean to undermine his brother secretly?
But his elder brother still admired him very much. Even though Wen Qiao contradicted him many times, he still did not feel dissatisfied and worked hard to cultivate him.
There are also many descendants of the Langya Wang family who associate with Wen Qiao. Are they all blind?
"Okay, Tai Zhen, please stop saying a few words." Lu Yan came over and advised: "The former Wei Dynasty was not moral, so the Sima family ceded it, and the Jin Dynasty replaced the Wei Dynasty. Today, the world is in chaos, and the people are uneasy. As the saying goes, poverty leads to poverty.
If you think about change, change will lead to success, but change will lead to failure. The world is like this, what is there to say? Didn't you come to Luoyang, Tai Zhen?"
After Wen Qiao heard this, he sighed and said: "I have nowhere to go, so I can only come to Luoyang. But there are not many loyal ministers in Luoyang, who can't see it? Are you not allowed to complain?"
Lu Yan and he were relatively close, so it was inconvenient for them to speak harshly to each other.
"If you feel that it is not going well, you can go to the dredging ceremony. Yu Yuangui has passed and the city site is being planned." Lu Yan said.
"I owe him money, and it's not convenient to meet him, so I'd better not go." Wen Qiao said bitterly.
"Betting again?"
"I took a small gamble and lost 100,000 yuan."
"You..." Lu Yan was speechless.
Since he was a child, he felt that Wen Taizhen was very talented, funny, and good at dealing with others. The only drawback was that he liked to gamble.
"It's just a trivial matter." Wen Qiao saw Lu Yan's expression and laughed loudly, saying: "Mediocre people worry about losing money, but I don't. One hundred thousand dollars makes me happy overnight, which is already a big profit. It's enough."
That’s it, that’s enough!”
"Taizhen's free and easy nature is admirable." Yu Yi observed for a long time, and when he saw Wang Cheng, the atmosphere between Wen Qiao gradually relaxed, and then he said: "With this talent, I should be pleased by Mr. Chen. In the future,
It's a matter of course to have a successful career."
"It's a pity that Mr. Chen is a little impatient." Wen Qiao sighed.
Yu Yi was startled.
Wen Qiao pointed, shook his head and said with a smile: "You! Yuan Gui didn't even try to persuade me, so what are you trying to do?"
Yu Yi wanted to speak but stopped.
"Stop talking, it's the same Yao and Shun concession trick again." Wen Qiao said: "Don't worry, I am dissatisfied with Chen Gong for bullying the emperor, but I have no soldiers and no power, what's the use of being dissatisfied? Chen Gong should be worried
The scholars in the lower states and counties are powerful, and in the twenty-one states of the Jin Dynasty, there are always people who are devoted to the emperor. In the fifty years since the reign of Zuo in this dynasty, there are still loyal people. They may not have soldiers or power, even if they dare not understand it
I am against Mr. Chen, but if the opportunity arises, I may not be unable to fight back."
Yu Yi was stunned and suddenly understood Wang Cheng. Wen Taizhen's mouth was really unforgiving.
"Besides." Wen Qiao glanced at him and said: "Now I have lost all the money I borrowed to marry my wife, so I can only settle down in Luoyang first."
Wen Qiao's wife died early. When he left Jinyang, he only took his mother and a few servants with him. He first went to Qinghe County to settle down his mother, and then came to Luoyang.
I originally wanted to go to my father-in-law, Li Xuan. He was a former Central Secretary and had some connections in the court. However, I found out that he had already returned to his hometown in Gaoping, so I had no choice but to go to Wang Yan.
He is truly single now and has nothing to lose. He has no money, no wife, no children, nothing...
Fortunately, Yu Liang was very generous and gave him a house to live in. He also sent someone to send him 100,000 yuan to buy a betrothal gift and marry him.
Wen Qiao thought about it carefully. With his current behavior, no woman would be willing to marry him. There used to be many Wen clan members in Luoyang, and most of them had moved south in the past few years. It was impossible to find someone to introduce them.
It’s better to go gambling and have fun!
So he did this, and the only unhappy part was that he lost all his money.
"Oh, it's hard to move without money. Let's ask the captain to borrow some tomorrow." Wen Qiao sighed again.
When Wang Cheng heard this, he almost jumped up, but was stopped by someone.
Thinking that his brother asked about Wen Qiao's marriage status yesterday and might introduce him to the Langya Wang family's daughter, he became even more depressed.
"If it doesn't work out, it's okay to go find Yuan Gui again. At worst, I'll sell my life to him." Wen Qiao continued.
Yu Yi didn't know how to answer this.
Wang Cheng sneered: "Taizhen, don't you want to be a loyal minister? Are you giving up on yourself?"
Wen Qiao glanced at him and said slowly: "It's hard to be a loyal minister. Among all the Dukes of Luoyang, there are not many loyal ministers who will end well."
"Yin Wuyi of Henan died in battle at the foot of Xin'an City. General Qingchao Jiaoqiu was defeated and captured by Pei Kuo."
"The attendant Xu Xia said goodbye to his family and shed tears on the road."
"Li Shu, the Guanglu doctor, failed to prepare military resources well and was dismissed from office."
"Yan Ding, the minister of Zhongshu, fled with his family and was in a terrible state."
"Didn't these all happen recently? Loyal ministers are in trouble, loyal ministers suffer, and loyal ministers' families are ruined and their families are destroyed. All Luoyang officials and scholars see it. Now I am afraid that no one is willing to be a loyal minister. I am a layman and can only follow the trend.
Already."
Wen Qiao's thinking has always been very clear.
I have my own views and opinions. I don’t approve of what Mr. Chen has done, but I also admire loyal ministers. If there is a chance, I don’t mind being a loyal minister. If there is no chance, then just serve Mr. Chen honestly. That’s it.
Simple.
His idea actually represented a considerable number of scholars and officials.
Shao Xun used the military parade to show off to the emperor, and then killed a chicken to scare the monkeys, and dealt with several of the emperor's close ministers. Some people must not understand what he did, but it did not prevent them from succumbing to reality and serving Shao Xun.
Human beings are inherently very conflicted.
They are disappointed with the current situation and urgently need change. But when someone really stands up for change, or even plans to change the government, everyone is not satisfied, especially when this person is from a humble background.
Of course, there are also people cheering. Most of these people are Kansai scholars. Their hometown has been captured by the Xiongnu, and they really hope that someone can regain the lost territory. Liu Can has just defeated the Jin army, captured the entire Northern Territory, and then marched into Fufeng.
, countless people surrendered to the Huns.
When there are hundreds of people, there are all kinds of people. But in the tide of the times, personal opinions have been infinitely weakened. Whether you support Mr. Chen or oppose him, in the end you will be carried forward by the general trend of the world.
Walk.
"Taizhen, do you think that with Chen Gong's merits and prestige, it is possible to imitate Cao Wei's story?" Yu Yi looked into his eyes and asked.
"If he really attacks the Xiongnu, I have nothing to say." Wen Qiao said.
"If we can't destroy the Xiongnu, what if we can only confront them?" Yu Yi asked.
"Then we can only do this now." Wen Qiao said without hesitation: "Isn't Mr. Chen very measured in his actions? He robbed and deprived the Sima clan king. When the scholars saw it, they would be as sad as a rabbit or a fox.
I feel that, but no one openly opposes it, isn’t it because of Chen Gong’s outstanding achievements? To put it simply, the courtiers, ministers, and well-dressed nobles are afraid of him. They are worried that they will follow in the footsteps of Xu Xia, Jiao Qiu, and others, so they dare not stand up.
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"In addition, they still have expectations for Mr. Chen. Some people have many faults, but he is useful and can defeat the Huns. Thinking about it this way, some things are not intolerable."
"However, if Duke Chen is defeated and all the elite masters and disciples are lost... hehe, the backlash will come. After all, there are only a few scholars who are determined to follow Duke Chen."
Yu Yi suddenly realized it, and at the same time he was also a little worried.
As a member of Chen Gong's wife family, his perspective is different from that of other scholars, and sometimes it is easy for him to blind his sight.
In this regard, Wen Qiao saw it very clearly. Moreover, he was really rude in what he said!
Thinking about Chen Gong, it was not easy. The price a military household had to pay to become a soldier slave was several times higher than that of a member of the Sima clan or aristocratic family.
Even if he is a descendant of a distant branch of the gentry who is too poor to put food on the table, it will be much easier for him than a person from the head of Guizhou Province or a military household who has no family background.
Thinking that he had once opposed his sister's marriage to Mr. Chen, thinking that his status was unworthy, Yu Yi felt a little relieved.
It really goes against the grain!
Chapter completed!