During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu discussed the plan of building a capital. When they heard the phoenix singing on Hutou Mountain in the east of the city, they built the Phoenix Tower, renamed E County Wuchang, and established their capital here.
Phoenix Terrace is located on the bank of Nanhu Lake.
Nanhu was called Nanpu in ancient times, which is exactly the Nanpu that "spring grass is blue and spring water is green, I send you to Nanpu, how hurt it is" in Jiang Yan's "Farewell".
Not far from Fenghuang Terrace and Nanhu Lake, there is a villa, which is the property of Lu Wende's family and named Feng Yuan.
This garden is built with utmost luxury. The bathhouse alone is as big as two front halls of an average house. Warm water is constantly poured into the pool, and there is an outlet for water supply.
Jia Sidao sank into the steaming hot bath, and after a while he emerged, laughing and shaking his head.
"Huh... I haven't felt so comfortable for a long time since I left Lin'an."
He sighed, glanced at Li Xia who had just finished changing clothes, and clicked his tongue a few times...
"Qunyu, look at this Li Feiyu..."
Li Xia's figure is certainly unparalleled. Although Jia Sidao is a civil servant, he is also quite strong. Even Lia Yingzhong, a civil servant, has some muscles.
Li Xia sank into the water, stretched for a moment, and swam twice before sitting down near Jia Sidao and Liao Yingzhong.
"Ha, if you want to swim in the river, this is the bathing pool." Jia Sidao said with a smile: "But you, a young man, are so young that you still want to sit on the wall and watch?"
"In order to save Xianggong Jia, I also received two blows."
"The bento is for beating. You and I are the ones who go into battle to kill the enemy, so why do we care about this small battle?"
While they were talking, a row of beautiful maids pushed open the door and came in. All of them were only wrapped in a piece of cloth. They walked barefoot to the pool to help them take a bath.
The three maids behind Li Xiaren untied their long hair and washed themselves, sighing: "Is it appropriate for those who go into battle to kill the enemy and enjoy themselves so much while leaving the soldiers?"
"It's not like I haven't eaten and slept with them. It's rare for you to come, so I'll borrow a courtyard to entertain you."
Li Xia didn't say much and asked, "Just now, Xianggong Jia said, why not go to the north?"
Jia Sidao smiled, raised his head, closed his eyes, and said casually: "Those young men have formed a 'loyalty society' and are full of enthusiasm to protect their home and country. Feiyu feels that they want to regain the country."
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"I should have thought about it."
"They are libertines who are unwilling to put in the effort to study. Their parents can't do anything to them, so they are allowed to form such a gang and act recklessly. They are doing it for the sake of purity. Do you really think that everyone is high-spirited?"
Li Xia said: "I don't understand."
Liao Yingzhong sighed: "Feiyu has also seen that most of these young people from the Zhongyi Society come from well-off families. Children from poor families cannot take care of their family work, how can they waste their energy on these things? Today's young people are so angry that they are shouting
We need to recover the mountains and rivers. Tomorrow the imperial court really wants to launch the Northern Expedition. How will it get the money and food? What is needed is the taxes from these well-to-do families. The first people to oppose the Northern Expedition will be the parents of these young people."
"Everyone talks about justice, but when it comes time to pay and contribute, let's see..." Jia Sidao smiled.
Li Xia was obviously not convinced and shook his head.
The maid behind him was holding his hair and couldn't help but lower her head and smile.
Liao Yingzhong said: "Feiyu has been to Beidi. What do you think of Beidi? Is it rich?"
"The North is only dilapidated and decayed, far from being rich." Li Xia thought of the withered appearance of the North and didn't know where to start.
"Feiyu, just imagine, if you are a commoner in the south of the Yangtze River, you occasionally dream of regaining the Central Plains. Of course, you feel great, but when you wake up the next day, the court must collect taxes and recruit soldiers, and recruit people to serve. You must leave your hometown, abandon your wife and children, are you willing?
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After conquering the ruined north, the imperial court must move its capital, and the temples and palaces need to be rebuilt. You must provide this tax for decades to come. Are you willing?
The south is rich and the north is poor. After recovering the Central Plains, the imperial court must "make up for the excess losses and make up for the deficiencies" and then impose heavy taxes from the wealthy south to provide relief to the war-torn north. Are you willing?
The people are clamoring to "recover the mountains and rivers", but the officials and the officials in the court really don't want to succeed and be praised forever? Before Duanping years ago, the officials fought against everyone's opinions and sent troops to Heluo. What was the result? The whole country was shouting loudly.
, when it comes time to send troops, how many people will stand up? So far, the southerners are unwilling to return to the north, but the northerners are willing to fight."
When Liao Yingzhong reached this point, she sighed: "Since Hu Ma peeps into the river, the abandoned pond and trees are still tired of talking about soldiers... still tired of talking about soldiers."
When Li Xia heard this, he felt more and more that the Song Dynasty was a complete mess.
It was obvious that partial peace could not be achieved. The officials of the Manchu Dynasty pointed at the people and said that they did not want to go to the Northern Expedition. The people also accused the court of being unable to recover the mountains and rivers. In short, they made noisy noises and finally nothing came to an end.
"But if the north cannot be restored, and the Mongols drive the Han people from the north to invade again and again, how long can we just defend? What if the whole world falls, will everyone be willing?"
"So what if you don't want to?" Liao Yingzhong sighed: "How many people can understand this?"
"If you don't understand, you can tell them." Li Xia said: "Everyone in Sichuan understands that if Hanzhong is lost, Sichuan and Shu will be in danger. Could it be that there is only a big river across the river, so the people in Jiangnan don't understand..."
"It is precisely because there is a big river across the Yangtze River that people in the south of the Yangtze River do not understand." Jia Sidao suddenly said, "Everyone in the world is short-sighted and thinks that the Yangtze River is blocked by natural dangers and the Mongols cannot go south. What do you think?"
He turned his head and glanced at Li Xia, his expression seemed much stern.
"Let's not talk about the Northern Expedition. The imperial court is no longer enough to fight the Mongols. Every time they send more troops, they only add to the poor people. The farmers' fields are getting smaller and the labor force is getting heavier. The cultivated land is concentrated in the families of the nobles.
, the officials and gentry of the entire dynasty are in a state of chaos, their power is growing day by day, mergers and acquisitions are becoming more and more popular, and they only want a corner of peace and stability to spend the day. Who can be willing to use money and food to mobilize the army? Rather than saying that "the waste pond and the trees are still tired of talking about the army", it is better to say
'I'm tired of talking about soldiers even though I'm fine with clothes and fine food'."
Li Xia looked at Jia Sidao through the heat rising from the bath, and for a moment felt that this man was extremely conflicted.
"What does Mr. Jia mean?"
"When discussing military affairs, we first discuss wealth. When discussing wealth, we first discuss curbing the rich and helping the poor. If we don't suppress annexation and don't abolish peace and buying, how can we talk about wealth? How can we talk about mobilizing troops? How can we talk about the Northern Expedition?"
Liao Yingzhong was silent over there.
Several maids slowly got out of the bath, gently held their feet, and trimmed their nails...
Li Xia glanced at the maid, then looked at Jia Sidao.
"Xianggong Jia, are you from this powerful family that is working against the gentry and the rich?" he asked bluntly.
For a moment, Jia Sidao was stunned for a moment, with confusion in his eyes.
"Yes, I am from a noble and powerful family that has gathered a lot of land. However... how many people from a noble and powerful family have visions like mine?"
Li Xia didn't expect that he would change the topic and follow up with this sentence, which was a bit too arrogant.
He asked: "What does Jia Xianggong want to do?"
"Let's not talk about this anymore." Jia Sidao smiled bitterly and kept silent.
He spread his hands, hugged a beautiful girl, and returned to his usual carefree appearance.
But there seems to be something in my heart that I am hesitating about, waiting for the next decision.
Li Xia discovered that the more he got along with Jia Sidao, the less he could see through him. Everything about this man seemed to be a disguise, and his true face had never been shown...
Jia Sidao felt the smooth skin in his hands, and when he closed his eyes, he saw himself as if he were two teenagers.
One is a diligent scholar who lost his father at the age of eleven and studied the Four Books and Five Classics day and night under the strict discipline of his mother; the other is a playboy who strides around the streets of Lin'an to make friends...
He obviously wanted to rebel against his mother's harsh teachings and looked forward to living a life of leisure and leisure. When he was young, he looked forward to living like this.
But I can't erase those mother's expectations.
"Do you dare to forget the achievements of your father and ancestors?"
"Children don't dare forget..."
Sometimes Jia Sidao is not clear about who he is and what kind of person he wants to be...