In the last two days of August, more and more people were disbanding and returning home.
Each tribe received a reward, with an average of two bolts of silk per person. The large number of people made people suspect that they were here to defraud the rewards.
But these are all trivial matters.
What Shao Xun lacks is food, not silk, so he can afford to give him this little thing.
It took Taibao Pan Tao ten days to return to Pingyang.
Before entering the city, I saw a large convoy of carriages and horses driving out of the mansion, heading south in a mighty manner.
After a brief inquiry, they found out that this was the intention of the King of Liang, who ordered the eldest son to plan and escort a batch of grain and grass to Chang'an, and the second son to plan and escort a batch of grain to Pingcheng.
The fifteen-year-old third son, Shao Xu, was more relaxed and set off for Bianliang to escort a batch of supplies to Luoyang.
Pan Tao nodded secretly.
As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses are moved, food and grass must go first. If you cannot plan the food, grass and military resources needed by the army, you are not a qualified commander.
This is the simplest and most important thing. Only after completing this step can we talk about other things.
In the fields near Pingyang, some have already finished their autumn harvest, while others are still growing golden millet, millet, beans and other cereals, which can only be harvested in late September.
However, if you look carefully, you can see that there are still many fields covered with grass.
This is the result of the war, and there is no way to do it. Perhaps, some fields will remain barren because some people will never come back.
Pan Tao asked others to return to the city first, and wandered around the countryside with only a few personal followers.
The old man is cleaning the dead branches and leaves in the ditch, laying a good foundation for autumn sowing in the coming year and even in September.
The woman sat in front of the door, cutting and mending clothes under the sunset of the western sky.
The children were driving the sheep home, playing and laughing on the road.
"All men over the age of fifteen in Guanzhong were conscripted, and even Tian was not considered. Although Pingyang was also conscripted in large numbers, it was a lot better after all." Pan Tao stood among the villages, feeling quite emotional.
The nephew of the family wrote from Xingyang, saying that after a year of expedition this year, the young men sent out have not returned yet, so that the entire manor can only gather the remaining men, including the elderly and healthy women, to harvest and sow seeds.
Everyone complained.
This is probably one of the benefits of the manor.
When a villager goes on an expedition, the manor owner will organize manpower to help his family harvest food. In theory, all villagers are the property of the manor owner.
But the farmers in the village form do not have this advantage. They also help each other, but it is much less than in the manor, because no one gives them mandatory orders.
"Fortunately, the world will be at peace." Sinong Qing, who came back with Pan Tao, said with a smile.
"The Sima family did not do anything to bring order to the chaos and turn the tide." Pan Tao said with a calm expression, "I didn't expect to see the destruction of the Sima family before he was laid to rest."
Yin Xian was speechless.
Although everyone is no longer taboo about talking about the change of dynasty, is it a bit too much for you to say so?
But he also understands.
The Pan family in Xingyang was expelled from three clans by the imperial court.
In the past, Pan Yue was executed by Sun Xiu. Also dead were his mother, brothers Shi Pan Shi, Yan Ling Pan Bao, Situ Peng Pan Ju, Pan Shen and their children. The only one who survived was Pan Shi's son Pan Bowu (Pan Bowu).
(while outside) and Pan Bao's wife and daughter - mother and daughter hugged each other so tightly that it was difficult to separate, so the emperor issued an edict to avoid them.
After this blow, the Pan family's upward momentum was interrupted, and only Taichang Qing Panni (who died of illness) and Pan Tao, who once worked in Yue Mansion, were left.
Yin Xian knew that Pan Tao didn't like the Sima family, and she didn't know why he worked for Sima Yue, but a closer look revealed that he had no loyalty to Sima Yue at all, and even helped the King of Liang with a few ideas, which ultimately caused the relationship between the two to break.
rupture.
Judging from the results, Sima Yue lost miserably, his influence was wiped out, and even his wife committed herself to the family and gave birth to several children.
Yin Xian was also suspicious of Pan Tao, but he was very close to the prime minister - although he was also close to Wang Yan - but it was not easy to get too close.
"Hong Qiao, I heard that the Prime Minister has been in bed for many days?" Pan Tao noticed Yin Xian's face, smiled slightly, changed the subject and asked.
"When the king defeated Helan Aitou and made an emergency landing at Xianbei in the west, it was not possible." Yin Xian said: "However, the war was not over at that time, and the prime minister still stood up from time to time to support himself and conduct official duties. When the troops surrounded Chang'an, the prime minister felt relieved.
Then he became bedridden. Now all small matters are decided by the government offices, while major matters are reported to the Prime Minister's Mansion in front of the sickbed."
Pan Tao sighed, raised his head, and looked at the sunset in the western sky, his face a little sad.
"Zimei's life will be full of sweetness and bitterness, shouldn't she let it go?" Pan Tao said.
"The Prime Minister has an unfulfilled wish." Yin Xian whispered.
"Want to see King Liang ascend the throne?" Pan Tao asked.
"Why would Yang Zhong ask questions when he already knows?" Yin Xian said with a bitter smile.
"Don't be anxious, stay calm." Pan Tao made a rare move: "Even though there are so many princes, the chances are actually very small."
"Oh?" Yin Xian was a little surprised and said, "Prince Zhang, Prince Gui is gradually taking on a big responsibility. I think there is a great chance."
Pan Tao smiled and said: "The king misses the past, and the older he gets, the more he misses the past. The only ones who really have a chance are the sons of the princess and Mrs. Pei."
Yin Xian didn't believe it.
"Forget it, let's not talk about it." Pan Tao said, "Pingyang City has been very lively these two days."
Yin Xian also received the news and immediately smiled and said: "The younger generation is also anxious, afraid of being squeezed out."
Although it is said that a strong family and a flowing dynasty are strong, but when the dynasty changes, the family changes to a certain extent.
Some became members of the gentry, and some disappeared among the gentry.
Although some are still members of the gentry, their status has been greatly reduced, and some were originally small gentry and suddenly became high-ranking nobles.
In fact, many aristocratic families particularly hate this kind of dynasty revolution.
They are already a high-ranking sect, and they don't particularly want changes.
However, the original small and medium-sized noble families like the Yu family, the Yin family, and the Chu family tried their best to promote the dynasty reform because they benefited greatly.
Yin Xian once thought about this problem.
Their family is really nothing in Henan. If they had been more decisive and crossed south as early as possible and became "early crossing scholars", they would still have a place in Jianye. If they managed it well, they might not be able to rise steadily - to a certain extent
, the founding of the Ye court could be regarded as a "Ding Revolution". Arrive early and get a seat early, and arrive late and you will only get ashes. In this way, small and medium-sized families also have the possibility to challenge the established aristocratic families.
However, the Yin family hesitated and acted slowly. Later, they were won over by Yu Chen and sent their daughter to the palace. Many of the family members were officials and generals. Except for a few people who crossed south, it was impossible for the whole family to go south.
Of course, now it seems this is a "blessing in disguise".
As the Yu family rises, the Yin family will inevitably rise as well. As the saying goes, if one rises, both will prosper, and if one loses, both will suffer.
The old gentry in Henan are a little anxious, the most typical one is the Bian family in Jiyin.
I heard that Bian Dun was in poor health and would not live long, and many of the Bian family's descendants served as officials in Jianye, even more than those who stayed in the north. Now the consequences are showing.
It is right to make separate bets, but the bets are unbalanced. The bets in Jianye are too heavy and the bets in the north are too light. What should I do?
Once Bian Dun died, what would the Bian family of Jiyin do? No one knew. Anyway, Bian Tao had recently had thoughts and opinions about becoming an official. He no longer stayed in the manor to take care of the family business, and traveled and drank leisurely.
It turns out that he is nothing without his old father...
"Hong Qiao also went to Daibei and Guanxi. In your opinion, will the king use them?" Pan Tao asked quietly as he left the village and entered the city in the same car as Yin Xian.
"I was about to ask Yang Zhong for advice." Yin Xian cupped his hands and said.
"You, you obviously have a conclusion in your mind, but you come here to lie to me." Pan Tao laughed.
Yin Xian said helplessly: "I just feel that according to the king's temperament, it is still useful, but it is not as heavy as before."
Pan Tao nodded and said: "The king is too ambitious. If he is only willing to be Cao Wei or Sima Jin, it will be fine. But if he wants to be the real emperor who rules all directions, it will be difficult. This time he wants to defeat Tuoba
, Tuge, there must be many barbarians who have entered the official position, or even promoted their family status, and it is even more difficult for scholars to get official positions. Although Bian Tao is a bit lazy, he is not a fool, and he may have vaguely noticed something."
"In the past, when I was sitting at home, people would come to ask for me to be an official." Yin Xian said with a smile: "If you don't like being an official, you just hang up your seal and leave. When you get tired of resting at home, you just need to relax and say that you want to be an official.
Someone will come to your door to apply for a job right away. I’m afraid it will be difficult to see such a good life in the future.”
Yin Xian had actually felt this way for a long time.
Especially when going to Tuoba Dai, Liu Han felt more and more obvious after walking around.
To expand such a large territory and rule so many barbarians without giving them a status commensurate with their strength, it would be better to separate and not fight them. Of course, this will definitely not work, because border troubles cannot be eliminated.
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Therefore, Yin Xian felt that Han scholars had fewer opportunities to serve as officials, although most officials were still filled by scholars.
Looking at the gentry as a whole, he sympathized with those people.
From the perspective of family interests, he was too lazy to deal with those people.
The Yin family followed the Yu family closely, and the children of the clan did not have to worry about losing their official positions. Why do you want to do so much? Can you still overthrow the rule of King Liang?
The carriage entered Pingyang just before the city gate closed.
After entering the city and walking not far, a young man in his late teens or early twenties got on the carriage. It was Yin Xian's son, Yin Hao, the superintendent of the recording office.
"You have something to say." Yin Xian glanced at his son and said.
Pan Tao looked at him with a smile.
"Yesterday, during the Double Ninth Festival, Wang Yifu hosted a banquet on Gushe Mountain to talk." Yin Hao said, "There were no less than a hundred people attending the meeting from near and far. It was a rare event in the past twenty years."
"What are you talking about?" Yin Xian asked.
"Wang Yifu cited Sima Xiangru's Book of Fengchan and discussed the abdication of emperors and ministers in ancient times." Yin Hao replied.
Yin Xian and Pan Tao looked at each other and smiled.
Wang Yifu is not good at anything else, but he is really good at this.
"Is it over?" Yin Xian asked again.
"No, for three days in a row, many people stayed in the Gushe Mountain Jingshe. When the son heard that his father had returned, he came back."
"What did everyone at the meeting say?"
"It's now, no one is stupid enough to say something that shouldn't be said." Yin Hao said with a smile: "I was in the government office yesterday to handle official business. I left a little late, and I only remember Bian Tao."
"He didn't talk nonsense, did he?"
"No." Yin Hao shook his head first, and then said in a slightly teasing tone: "Bian Tao found a lot of things from the pile of old papers, talked about the seventy-two monarchs from ancient times, talked about it for thousands of words, and finally came to a conclusion."
"Don't show off." Yin Xian urged.
"Bian Tao believes that the most powerful person in the world is not unique to one surname." Yin Hao replied immediately.
Chapter completed!