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Chapter 244 Talent is really gold

The arrival of the 3,000 Pili Navy and Chen Dexing's speech at Xiaoshan Du Way did not arouse much response in Lin'an City.

The most popular topic in this prosperous and magnificent capital is still the news that the two khans in the north are fighting each other, and the great khan in the south of the desert sincerely seeks peace and sends his son to the south to ask the official family for a princess.

During the street talks, there were always people who had to raise peace talks between the north and the south. The people of Lin'an at the foot of the emperor shook their heads and smacked their lips, and praised the blessings of the Song Dynasty's officials. Once upon a time, 300,000 northern soldiers came to the south, Sichuan, Jinghu, and Huaihuai were in a row, and almost all the officials wanted to move the capital to Qingyuan Prefecture. Who would have thought that in a blink of an eye, the Khan of the Northern Barbarians died in battle, and the arrogant Great Mongolian Kingdom was divided into two, and the North and the South and the North and the South were attacking each other. The Song Dynasty had escaped a disaster. Thank God, everyone could live a peaceful life!

The most intuitive reaction is that the sales of the tabloid "Luofu" written by Wen Tianxiang has plummeted! In the three streets and six cities, few people have discussed wars again. Even the storytellings of the Tartars and the deified Song army martyrs in the brothels and tiles have disappeared. Instead, they are replaced by the stories of the romance and romance of the genius and the national justice advocated by Chen Dexing and Wen Tianxiang a while ago, they have disappeared, and have become much more indifferent.

At the end of a nation, morale and customs are actually hard to count on. Although there are many strong and honest people who sing a tragic elegy with 200,000 people sing the sea when China is in full swing. But the elegy ultimately means the end! No matter how tragic it is, it is difficult to change the fact that China is in full swing.

In the eyes of the Zhenjin Prince and Hao Jing, the prosperity before the end really means a bit of a return, which is the last prosperity before the fall of the country. In their opinion, Lin'an is too rich, and the people in the city are too peaceful. The wealth of all nations flows here through trade, turning the entire city into a prosperous and rich gentle land. Even the people who are running around do not have to struggle for three meals a day.

The nobles who ruled here were also kind to women. They guarded such a wealthy city and such a comfortable people, and they didn't know how to plunder them, nor did they know that they would use whips and sabers to drive them to fight. Even when Mengge Khan was approaching Fuzhou and the upper defense line was in full swing, the people of Lin'an were still living a comfortable life, and the officials in the palace did not think that they needed to take hundreds of thousands of Ding Zhuang in Lin'an to the military camp and train them strictly!

When Zhen Jin learned that there were 200,000 households in the city wall alone, with a population of at least 1.2 million, except for shock, they were probably speechless.

"200,000 households, 1.2 million people... The population of a city alone is greater than that of the Mongolians under Father Khan. If we follow Mongolian standards, we should be able to recruit 100,000 troops, right?"

Standing on the pavilion of the Ministry of Rites Concierge and admiring the brightly lit Lin'an Night View, the Zhenjin Prince just sighed from the bottom of his heart.

"Your Highness, the southerners are known as tens of thousands, just like the Great Mongolian. There are no less than tens of millions of brave men. Who can compete with all nations in the world? However, although the country has a large population, its people are weak and does not value force. Moreover, the king and minister of the country are either stupid or traitorous, and even if there are heroes, they will never be used. The population of tens of millions will be in vain and will eventually be destroyed by our Great Mongolian!"

The person who spoke was Hao Jing. He was wearing a casual shirt and a squid head. Because the weather was a little hot, the front was open and he was shaking a Japanese fan in his hand.

Zhen Jin and his party arrived in Lin'an three days ago and are now living in the concierge courtyard under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites. The so-called concierge courtyard is actually a state guesthouse, specially used to receive visiting foreign envoys. It is related to the dignity of the country and is naturally magnificent. The site is located on the side of Yujie Avenue, close to the Deshou Palace, known as "North Nei" (the former residence of Qin Hui was later designated as a palace by Emperor Gaozong, and it was the residence of Emperor Gaozong when he abdicated). There are gardens, ponds, shady flowers and trees, spacious buildings, and beautiful scenery. It is even more gorgeous than the residence of Prince Zhen Jin in Yanjing.

A concierge courtyard is already like this. I can only think about it and know how rich and noble the mansions of the Southern Dynasty’s nobles were. This is not enough talent in the Southern Song Dynasty, and it is impossible to feel the nobles’ mansions and homes at all.

"There are still some people in the Southern Dynasties, so isn't Chen Dexing the same? I heard that he fell in love with Princess Shengguo and had previously received marriage agreements from the Southern Dynasties' officials..."

"Your Highness, don't worry, Chen Dexing will not be used by the Southern Dynasties." How could Hao Jing not know the thoughts of the true gold prince? Chen Dexing was like a pillar of the country in the Southern Dynasties. It would be more cost-effective to use a princess to catch such a hero. If it were Kublai Khan, he would not have pushed out a person like Chen Dexing no matter what. But the situation in the Southern Dynasties was different.

Hao Jing showed a contemptuous expression and sneered: "Although the Song lord Zhao Yun was born and raised in troubled times, he still thought that the world was peaceful. He ruled the country in troubled times with a peaceful rule. In a peaceful world, one needs to use people with both virtue and talent, and virtue is higher than talent. If one wants to make peace in troubled times, one needs to use people with outstanding talents. Even if one has talent but no virtue, he might as well use them."

Hao Jing said this in a vague way. If it is made clear, it means using talents in troubled times, and using slaves in peace! However, since Zhao Gou, the kings of the Southern Song Dynasty wanted slaves but not talents... or wanted their subordinates to be as obedient as slaves, but they were braver than overlords when they entered the battle formation. This requirement is really a bit higher.

So Yue Fei, who was not good at speaking, died, and Yu Jie, who was more domineering, was gone. In history, there would be a person who could not even flatter him and Liu Chun became angry and turned to the Mongolians...

The Zhenjin Prince was puzzled: "No virtue? Chen Dexing is not greedy for money, is not very fond of beauty, does not abuse rewards and punishments, and shares the joys and sorrows with his soldiers. How could he lose his morality?"

Hao Jing smiled and said with a clear idea: "Chen Dexing is domineering and has no lord, and is not a slave to the Zhao family!"

"Home...slave?"

Zhen Jin was stunned and nodded suddenly and said, "I understand that Chen Dexing is a hero, so naturally some heroic tempers are not very good at flattering. The Emperor of the Zhao family has no tolerance, he only wants slaves, not heroes."

"That's right, your highness, please see this." Hao Jing smiled all over his face, as if there was something happy, and took out a piece of letter paper and handed it to Zhenjin.

Zhen Jin took it over and saw a few poems written on it. "This is..." Zhen Jin looked at Hao Jing, "Mr. Haiyun, what are these poems used for?"

Hao Jing smiled and said, "The Southern Dynasties sent someone to secretly send the title of the poems at tomorrow's banquet. It should be based on the style of the northern region, flowers, silkworms, olives, Qiantang River Tide, etc. I was idle, so I chose a few poems written in the past for your reference."

"Mr. Haiyun's poem..." Zhen Jin immediately understood what was going on. At tomorrow's banquet, the Southern Dynasties officials were going to give a question to write a poem... It was probably that he and Chen Dexing took the exam at the same time. In order to make it possible for him to win, the Southern Dynasties officials leaked the question to Hao Jing in advance.

This Hao Jing is a master of poetry in the northern region! It is no less than the famous scholars of the Southern Dynasties, let alone Chen Dexing, a vulgar martial artist. The poems he wrote on his behalf can naturally win.

"In addition to writing poems, he can also compare to riding and shooting." Hao Jing smiled, "Chen Dexing's step and shooting skills are unparalleled, but his riding and shooting skills are average and cannot compare to the prince's."

Although the real gold-like Mongolian prince likes Confucianism, he has not let go of his skills in riding and shooting. Although Chen Dexing is good at martial arts, most of his ability is not on the back of a horse, and riding and shooting cannot be mediocre.

Hao Jing touched a few beards and said, "Poetry and lyrics are considered literary, and the skills of riding and shooting are all better than Chen Dexing's literary talent. Are you afraid that you won't get the hearts of a beautiful woman?"

"Beauty's heart?" The real gold prince blinked the little triangle's eyes, "Will the Princess Shengguo come?"

Hao Jing nodded and said, "Tomorrow's banquet is for the princess to see you."

The real gold prince smiled and said, "That's great. With my prince's literary talent, martial arts and appearance, the princess will definitely like it when she sees it!"

The prince is still very confident in his respect, because everyone has praised him for his good looks since childhood! He is handsome and is one of the best handsome men on the grassland...

But Hao Jing looked at the prince's big pie face, but he shook his head in his mind. His triangle eyes and a big nose like a meat ball. There is really no way to look like this. No matter how you cheat, you can't compare to Chen Dexing. So you can only do something about talent and learning.

...

The real talented man was reciting poems to show off in front of the beauty, but his love rival Chen Dexing met with the beauty in Fengle Building in Lincao Town.

The beauty is Mo Yingniang, dressed in white and dressed in white, and was like a fairy, as if she was a fairy coming from the nine heavens, but she was a little noble and hard to get close to. She came with Liu Xiaoyuan, a talented man from Lingnan who Chen Dexing only recognized in the morning. Liu Xiaoyuan published an article in the "Luofu" newspaper. She was Wen Tianxiang's friend. Lincao Town with Wen Tianxiang, who came with him. Mo Yingniang was naturally regarded as Liu Xiaoyuan's woman. Chen Dexing just looked at him curiously, without paying attention.

His mind was on a fat man who was so fat that he was even breathing when he walked, and his body was shaking three times after walking a few steps. The fat man was named Sun Shichen, whose courtesy name was Youxing. Although he was famous, he was a military officer. He was appointed as the Minister of the General Office and the commander of the Left Army of the Palace Front Office. He was under his command of 5,500 soldiers, almost twice as many as the 3,000 people brought by Chen Dexing!

However, this fat man doesn't look like a general, but a wealthy and comfortable fat man. He opened the largest grain number in Lincao Town. Every year, the Huai rice that he traffics into Lin'an through his hands, and Wu rice is more than tens of thousands of stones.

In addition, Fatty Sun also works on brewing wine. The old Huadiao wine of the Sun family in Lincao is well-known. Chen Dexing often bought it with small pocket money in Lin'an to satisfy his cravings. Unexpectedly, he actually met the owner of the Sun family winery and even kept drinking.
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