After Sheng Wenyu left, Zhang Yangquan stood up and went to talk to the two scribes.
At this moment, two people walked in outside the door.
Zhang Yangquan immediately sat back. It turned out that one of the two people who came in was Bian Yuanheng.
Zhang Yangquan was afraid that Bian Yuanheng would recognize him in the past, so he wanted to wait until he sat down before talking to the two people.
Unexpectedly, when the two scribes saw Bian Yuanheng coming in, they stood up together.
The square scarf scribe sneered and said: "Qian, if you don't do your Imperial work at Yuan Ting, why would you go to Jiangdu to do it?"
"Where am I, what does it matter to you? You two are not staying in Songjiang Mansion, why are you going to Jiangdu to do it?" The man next to Bian Yuanheng asked tit for tat.
The man was about thirty-seven or eighteen years old. He was wearing an official uniform of the Yuan Dynasty. He had a tall build and a face with a Chinese character, and was quite dignified.
Gaoguan scribe said calmly: "Brother Lu, why bother talking to this kind of people? Let's go." He pulled the scribe with the scarf and left.
This scene made Zhang Yangquan even more curious.
He saw the two scribes leaving. Bian Yuanheng and the Yuan Dynasty official found a chair and sat down. They pondered for a while and whispered a few words to Qin Lingjun. The two of them came to Bian Yuanheng's table and sat down together.
Bian Yuanheng was stunned for a moment, and felt that the two of them looked very familiar. After looking at them for a long time, he finally recognized their identities and said in a voiceless voice: "General..."
"No need to be polite." Zhang Yangquan interrupted: "Brother Bian, please introduce this friend to us!"
Bian Yuanheng said hurriedly: "Yes! This is the official sent by Yuan Ting to discuss the exchange of Xuexue." After saying that, Fu'er told the Yuan envoy Zhang Yangquan's identity.
A few days ago, Bian Yuanheng resigned from his official position with Zhang Shicheng and switched to the Jiangdu Army. Because the specific official appointment had to wait until Zhang Yangquan's king-making ceremony, Zhang Yangquan temporarily gave him the position of general manager of the government.
Today, the Yuan envoy came to Jiangdu, and Zhang Yangquan was not in the general manager's office. Guo Niansheng asked Bian Yuanheng to temporarily receive the Yuan envoy, and then the two came to Yangzhou Restaurant.
When the envoy of the Yuan Dynasty learned the identities of Zhang Yangquan and Qin Lingjun, he was surprised and hurriedly said: "I'm going to Hanlin to compile Qian Yongren and pay my respects to Zhang..."
Zhang Yangquan stretched out his hand and interrupted: "Okay, no need to be polite. I just saw you talking to those two scribes. Do you know who they are?"
Qian Yongren nodded and said: "They are all famous people in Songjiang Prefecture, one is named Lu Juren and the other is named Lu Liangzuo!"
Zhang Yangquan’s eyes flashed slightly.
These two people were indeed famous literary giants in Jiangnan. When he went to the recruitment hall, he heard many scholars mention these two people, especially the 'Ying Kui Literary Society' organized by Lu Liangzuo, which was highly praised by everyone.
Qin Lingjun suddenly said: "Editor Qian, when you met just now, it seemed that you were not in harmony?"
Qian Yongren hesitated for a moment and said: "The relationship between us is indeed difficult to describe in words."
Qin Lingjun asked: "How?"
Qian Yongren sighed and said, "Do you two know that the Shilin community is divided into the southern faction and the northern faction?"
Zhang Yangquan and Qin Lingjun looked at each other and shook their heads.
Bian Yuanheng, who was both civil and military, understood this quite well and explained to the two of them: "The northern faction refers to a group of literati who served in the Yuan Dynasty, while most of the southern faction refused to become officials, or resigned after becoming officials.
A group of literati."
Qian Yongren nodded and said: "That's right. The two groups of literati have always been at odds, so they don't look good when they meet!"
Zhang Yangquan said: "So, Lu Liangzuo and Lu Juren are both southern literati?"
Bian Yuanheng laughed and said: "They are not only southern literati, but also leading figures!" He glanced at Qian Yongren and said with a smile: "They are almost the same as Qian Bianbian's status among northern literati!"
Zhang Yangquan said with a half-smile but not a smile: "It turns out that Qian Bianbian is a leading figure in the Northern School, so disrespectful and disrespectful!"
Qian Yongren smiled bitterly and said, "Stop teasing me!"
Before the Red Turban Uprising, the scholarly world had been dominated by northern literati, while southern literati were marginalized and could only hide in the mountains and forests, or wander around the world.
Later, the world was in chaos. The northern literati were jealous of the Yuan court, while the southern literati were favored by the rebels.
Nowadays, the rebel army is getting stronger and stronger, and the status of the southern literati is getting higher and higher. They have already surpassed the northern literati and gradually have the right to speak in the scholarly world.
Bian Yuanheng looked down on Northern scholars like Qian Yongren from the bottom of his heart, and said calmly: "There is no need to be modest about Editor Qian. You were number one in the Southern Ranking in the second year of Zhizheng. Your status in the Northern faction is probably second only to He Weiwei, right?"
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Qian Yong Ren is silent.
Zhang Yangquan asked: "Who is He Weiyi?"
Bian Yuanheng said hurriedly: "This man has the highest official position among the Han people in the Yuan Dynasty. He was also given a Mongolian name, Taiping, by Emperor Yuan."
Zhang Yangquan said "Oh".
Qian Yongren gritted his teeth and said: "Manager Zhang, I know you look down on us literati who serve the Yuan Dynasty, but please think about it for us. When there was no chaos in the world, besides studying and becoming officials, what else could we do?
What is the way out?"
Zhang Yangquan was stunned and said warmly: "Don't think too much, I don't look down on you."
Qian Yongren had been holding these words in his heart for a long time, and he was quite unhappy, so he said: "Let's talk about He Weiwei. His father is the commander of the army of the Yuan Dynasty. The son inherits his father's position. Does he have any other choice?
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Qin Lingjun said calmly: "You didn't have a choice before, do you have no choice now?"
Qian Yongren said: "It's easy for you to say. Our parents, wives, children, relatives and friends are all in Dadu, and we have been receiving royal salary for many years. How can we give up so easily?"
Bian Yuanheng said coldly: "You only care about your own happiness, of course you can't see the oppressed compatriots! It won't be long before we reach Dadu, and by then it will be too late if you don't want to give up!"
Qian Yongren opened his mouth and then closed it again.
Zhang Yangquan said: "Brother Bian, do you know if the city defense has had any conflicts with southern literati recently?"
Bian Yuanheng was stunned for a moment and said: "I think I heard someone mention something. It was said that southern literati opened a 'Songjiang Literary Society' in Jiangdu City. As a result, the city defense broke in and arrested many people. It seemed that they suspected that there was a secret agent mixed in.
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Zhang Yangquan touched the bridge of his nose and said: "No wonder they are dissatisfied with the city's defense. By the way, I saw that Lu Liangzuo and Lu Juren were also dissatisfied with the civil servants. Could there be any conflicts?"
Bian Yuanheng frowned and said, "I've never heard of that."
Qian Yongren suddenly interrupted: "I know why they are dissatisfied with your army and civilian officials!"
Zhang Yangquan asked: "Why?"
Qian Yongren sat up straighter and said, "You may not have paid much attention to the scholarly community. As far as I know, the Southern Party has been quite critical of your appointment as an official!"
Qin Lingjun raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "How do we use people, and what does it have to do with them?"
Qian Yongren smiled bitterly and said: "For the Southern faction, the stronger the rebel army, the higher their status. So they pay great attention to each rebel army, and many Southern faction scholars join the rebel army!
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Zhang Yangquan asked Bian Yuanheng: "Brother Bian, do we have any southern scholars in our general office?"
"There are several recruiting offices, but none in the General Manager's Office."
Zhang Yangquan nodded and said to Qian Yongren: "Are they dissatisfied with me just because I don't use southern scholars?"
Qian Yongren said: "That's not true. The southern faction actually does not advocate becoming an official, so they don't care whether the rebel army uses southern literati!"
"Why is that?"
Qian Yongren hesitated for a moment and said, "These words may be disrespectful to your military officials!"
Zhang Yangquan waved his hand and said: "But it doesn't matter."
Qian Yongren took a deep breath and said: "What they criticize most is that you appointed Guo Niansheng as deputy general manager!"
Qin Lingjun's face sank and she asked: "Why?"
Qian Yongren whispered: "It is said that Deputy General Guo once failed to recite Ma Zhiyuan's poem in public. They think it is ridiculous for such a person to serve as the head of Jiangdu's military and civilian officials!"
Zhang Yangquan frowned and said nothing.
Qin Lingjun said angrily: "These people are so rude. Uncle Guo is a military commander, so his literary talent cannot be good! They clearly don't know, but they make this a laughing stock!"
Qian Yongren said hurriedly: "These southern literati are all a bunch of sanctimonious people. Madam, you don't need to be acquainted with them!"
Zhang Yangquan asked: "Besides Deputy General Manager Guo, is there anyone else?"
Qian Yongren said: "The second person to be criticized is Sun Hong. They feel that Sun Hong once served the imperial court and belongs to the northern literati, so the general manager should not use him, and..."
Zhang Yangquan said: "What?"
Qian Yongren looked at Bian Yuanheng and said, "They also accused Sun Hong of being greedy for pleasure. He often interacted with wealthy gentry and businessmen, participated in various banquets, and was suspected of corruption and bribery!"
Zhang Yangquan was stunned. Of course he knew that Sun Hong had a close relationship with the Bian family. It was the Bian family who asked Sun Hong to come forward to persuade Polo Buhua to order Anlongtan Village.
He turned his head and glanced at Bian Yuanheng, and saw that he lowered his head and said nothing, and did not refute. It was obvious that the two parties were still in contact.