The opening of Yi'an Tea House as scheduled immediately caused a sensation in Chengji County. Soon, the news seemed to have wings, and the entire northwest knew that the world-famous poetess Li Qingzhao was actually in Qinzhou.
First of all, literati from Qinzhou came to the teahouse one after another, and many literati came from Jingzhao specifically to see this poetess who fascinated the world.
At first, Li Qingzhao was still very happy and frequently received the literati who came to visit her in the teahouse. But as time went by, she became a little overwhelmed.
She simply wrote a poem in front of the teahouse, "Yongle Yu. The sunset melts gold."
The setting sun melts gold, the dusk clouds merge together, where are the people? The willow smoke is thick, the plum flute is played, and the spring is known. The Lantern Festival, the weather is harmonious, there will be no wind and rain. Come to greet me, bring a fragrant car and a BMW, thank him for drinking and friends
Poet couple.
It's a prosperous day in Zhongzhou, and there is a lot of free time for the boudoir. I remember to pay more attention to the three or five. They are paved with emerald crowns, twisted with golden snow willows, and bunches of ribbons are competing for the benefit of Chu. Now I am haggard, with the wind and frost on my temples, and I am afraid of going out at night. It is better to go under the curtain and listen to people.
Laughter.
She used this poem to express her feelings implicitly. She was old and wanted to live quietly, and hoped that fellow poets from all over the world would stop disturbing her.
This poem once again spread throughout the northwest. Perhaps because everyone understood her mood, there were indeed many fewer people visiting her.
But Li Qingzhao also had several regular poetry friends, mainly several professors of Qinzhou Prefecture, Zhang Xuan, Zhu Sui, Zheng Chu and Wang Linhai.
These four people were all former Song Dynasty officials who fled to the northwest from Hebei, Hedong, and Shaanxi. They were living a miserable life hiding in various states and counties. After seeing the recruitment notice posted in Qinzhou, they all realized that this was Chen Qing.
In recruiting talents, they rushed to Chengji County from all over the country to apply.
Of course, there are far more than just the four of them. During this recruitment, a total of thirty-five officials from various states and counties in the Song Dynasty were recruited who were unwilling to serve the Jin Kingdom. Almost all of them were Jinshi scholars and were young and powerful. They still had ideals and were unwilling to settle for mediocrity.
I wish to live in obscurity.
Qinzhou Prefectural School definitely did not need thirty-five professors, but Chen Qing used Qinzhou Prefecture School as a recruiting center in disguise, giving these officials a place to live and work, and then slowly use them later.
The teahouse is very large, with a lobby on the first floor, private rooms on the second floor and in the backyard. In a private room on the second floor, Li Qingzhao and several fellow poets were chatting about the current situation.
"I heard that the Song Army's Northern Expedition suffered a disastrous defeat, Xianggong Zhao was dismissed as prime minister, and the peace-seeking faction in the court gained the upper hand. Life in Sichuan and Shaanxi will be difficult again in the future."
The speaker was Zhang Xuan, a native of Jingzhao. He was a Jinshi in the sixth year of Xuanhe. He once served as the county magistrate in the central part of Fangzhou. When the Wanyan Lou clan invaded Shaanxi, he fled to the countryside of Zhiping County, Deshun Prefecture with his wife, children and parents, renting dozens of houses.
Make a living by farming acres of land.
He was just a scholar who couldn't bear the hard farming life. After his youngest son died, he was about to leave Deshun Prefecture for Bashu. He happened to see Qinzhou recruiting professors of prefecture studies, and those who had served as officials were given priority. It was simply a measure for him.
He came to Chengji County without hesitation.
He was assigned a one-acre yard and received a monthly subsidy of six thousand yuan and one kilogram of rice. In the northwest, where prices are cheap, this was a high income, enough to keep his family comfortable with food and clothing.
Next to him, Zhu Sui stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Brother Xian Ya, don't be too anxious. The Battle of the Central Plains is over. I'm afraid the Puppet Qi won't pay too much attention to Shaanxi!"
This Zhu Sui was the former magistrate of Didao County. Chen Qing could not find him in Didao County, but unexpectedly he went to Chengji County to apply for a professor of state studies.
Li Qingzhao took a sip of tea, smiled slightly and asked, "What do you think Brother Zhu Xian said?"
Zhu Sui chuckled and said: "It was because the Puppet Qi put too many resources on Shaanxi Road before that the Battle of the Central Plains was so miserable. After learning from it, Liu Yu will definitely put his energy, money and food in the Central Plains, and his rise will be like this."
Xiaomi, Shaanxi Road will not be taken seriously by the pseudo-Qi Tai. After all, this is the territory of the Jin people. You see, they don’t take Xihe Road seriously at all."
Everyone heard that what Zhu Sui said made sense, and all turned their attention to him.
"What about the Kingdom of Jin?"
Zhang Xuan added: "The Kingdom of Jin will not just watch the Shaanxi Road being lost!"
Zhu Sui smiled and said: "The internal power struggle in the Jin Kingdom and the factional struggle are very fierce. It is said that the emperor of the Jin Kingdom cannot hold on for long. It is related to the ownership of the throne, so everyone ran back.
In fact, the Northern Expedition of the Song Army was originally an excellent opportunity, but they were greedy and actually attacked Bianliang, endangering the survival of the puppet Qi. This touched the major interests of the Jin State, so the Jin State sent troops.
But if they only take the Jianghuai River and do not threaten the Central Plains or the survival of the puppet Qi, the Jin soldiers will definitely not send troops. At this time, the northern border of the Song Dynasty should be pushed to the line of the Huaihe River."
Seeing that everyone was fascinated, Zhu Sui stroked his beard and smiled and said: "In this regard, Chen Dutong is smarter than the court. There are no troops stationed in Pingliang Mansion and Longzhou, so he is determined not to take a step eastward, but instead
They turned around and marched westward to compete with Xixia for Xihe Road. The Jin Kingdom and the Puppet Qi saw that Xixia was coming to deal with us, so they did not take us to heart. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Seize this opportunity to grow rapidly, and wait for the Jin Kingdom and the
It will be too late for the Puppet Qi to wake up and deal with us."
Everyone applauded together, "It would be a pity for Zhu Xiandi not to become Chen Dutong's staff!"
"Haha! I'm just talking nonsense. Let's drink tea! Drink tea!"
The tea was a little cold, so Zhang Xuan quickly put his head in and shouted: "Heat the water!"
A shrewd and clever waiter immediately brought a hot water bottle in and said with a smile: "This is the mountain spring water that was just delivered this morning. It has been boiled for two boils, just suitable for ordering tea!"
"Okay! Put it down!"
The waiter put down the teapot and withdrew knowingly.
Zhu Sui smiled and said: "Jiji Yi An is really good at recruiting people. Even a waiter knows that two boiling water is the best way to order tea."
Li Qingzhao laughed and said: "I did not recruit this, but shopkeeper Liu Da did. I can only say that the shopkeeper has a good vision. Everyone, the mountain spring water in Longshan is good. It is much better than the water quality in Tokyo back then. Let's each order tea and watch.
Let’s see who has the best tea making skills!”
The waiter who delivered the water put down the kettle and went out through the back door. He walked around in a circle and entered Xuechuan Restaurant through the back door. He immediately went to the shopkeeper's room.
Needless to say, this guy is naturally an undercover agent placed by Xuechuan Restaurant in Yi'an Tea House, looking for the source of information from Yi'an Tea House.
In addition, Yi'an Tea House was opened by Jiedushi's wife. Of course the restaurant owner wanted to find an opportunity to kidnap Jiedushi's wife. However, after the teahouse opened, Jiedushi's wife never came again, which really disappointed the restaurant owner.
The restaurant owner's Xixia name is Tuoba Qingtu, and his Chinese name is Dou Qing. He was sent to Chengji County five years ago and has been Xixia's intelligence chief in Qinzhou.
After listening to the report, Dou Qing shook his head and said: "These are just empty talk by corrupt scholars, without any practical significance. We need to get information from the officials. Last time Zheng Ping complained about lack of food, and Jiang Yanxian said that tax revenue cannot support the expansion of the army. Isn't this
Is it good information? Why is there no such information now?"
"It's mainly because shopkeeper Liu Da transferred me to Xueting. Most of the officials go to the two elegant rooms, Yuxuan and Yuetai."
"Then you have to find a way to transfer back. If you want money, I will give it to you, but I want information!"
"I understand, Xiao Wu from the platform is applying for a transfer. I'll see if I can be transferred to the platform. There may be hope."
Dou Qing said dissatisfied: "Then we have to do it as soon as possible. The envoy from Xingqing Mansion criticized us for our poor intelligence collection. It's almost tea season, so please pay close attention to it."
The clerk nodded quickly, "In this humble position, I must try my best to collect information!"
On the last day of October, Chen Qing finally returned to Chengji County with an army of 10,000 people, accompanied by 500 large leather rafts carrying 50,000 shi of grain to Chengji County.
The Song army used 2,000 camels and 5,000 mule carts to transport grain from Didao County to Gong County, then used rafts to transport the grain by water, and used the Wei River to transport the grain to Chengji County.
The food that came with the army this time was the first batch, and would be delivered continuously in the future. Yang Yuanqing and Jiang Yanxian went outside the city to welcome the return of the capital commander.
"Where's Zheng Ping?"
Chen Qing didn't see Zheng Ping and couldn't help asking strangely.
"He and Zhou Kuan went to Bashu to recruit people and troops. They have been there for more than a month and will be back soon."
"Is there any news from the Central Plains?" Chen Qing asked again.
He was almost isolated from the world in Lintao and Hezhou, and was completely unaware of the situation in the court.
"I heard that the Jin Kingdom sent troops, and Wanyan Wushu led 50,000 Jurchen cavalry south, sweeping the Song army all the way. The Song army was defeated miserably, Li Heng's army was almost completely destroyed, and most of Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun's 100,000 troops were also wiped out.
They were driven back to the south of the Yangtze River, and only Yue Fei's army saved Jingxiang. There is also news that Zhao Ding has been dismissed as prime minister, and the peace negotiators in the court have the upper hand."
Chen Qing nodded. This was as he expected. The time for the Northern Expedition was not yet ripe, and the imperial court was still a little rash.
"Okay! Arrange the army, Lao Jiang, and I will leave the food to you. I will go home and take a look first. We will discuss it in detail another day!"
According to time calculation, his wife is about to give birth in more than a month, and Chen Qing is really ready to go home.