Bianliang Shiyue Chapter 166 I can't rest when I go home
Han Qi, residence.
It was already night at this time, but Han Qi was not sleepy at all. Recently, a major event happened in the imperial court, which can be said to have shocked the government and the public. As a privy envoy, he shoulders the important task of controlling national defense, so Han Qi naturally cannot help but
Dare to neglect.
In fact, Zhao Zhen kept Han Qi that day not to accuse him or to make things difficult for him, but to reveal the news to him in advance.
That is, as early as October 11th last year, Li Yuanhao, with the support of Ye Li Renrong, Yang Shousu and other close ministers, built an altar in the southern suburbs of Xingqing Mansion and officially ascended the throne of the emperor. The country was called Daxia (historically known as Daxia).
Xixia), changed the rituals of the Yuan Dynasty to Yan Zuo. He also granted a large number of ministers, posthumous names, temple names, and tomb numbers to his grandfather and parents. He also named Yeli as Queen Xiancheng, and established his son Ningming as the crown prince. He also granted sacrifices to Xiliang Mansion.
god.
In the first month of this year, Li Yuanhao, as a minister, sent an envoy to the Song Dynasty to present a petition to Song Renzong, recalling and commending his ancestors' relationship with the Central Plains Dynasty and their contributions, explaining the legitimacy of his founding of the country and proclaiming himself emperor, and asking the Song Dynasty to officially
recognized his title of emperor.
This event, known as the independence of Xixia in history, was a major event. However, because in the first month of the year, the entire Bianliang, from top to bottom, was in a peaceful and comfortable atmosphere. Zhao Zhen himself
He also wanted to have a good year, so after learning about this matter, Zhao Zhen kept it secret. On the surface, he was still paying attention to the new Cuju competition. However, privately, Zhao Zhen had been worried about Xixia. Although
Zhao Zhen did not like Han Qi, but when it came to leading troops to fight and consolidate national defense, he had to rely on Han Qi's strength. On the other hand, Zhao Zhen also wanted to select some candidates from this imperial examination.
Someone can solve this problem.
Li Yuanhao was also a man of great influence. As the founding emperor of Xixia, he made considerable achievements in politics and military affairs.
Before officially proclaiming himself emperor and founding the country, Li Yuanhao took a series of new cultural measures. First, he abolished the Li and Zhao surnames "given" to the Tuoba clan of the Dangxiang royal family in the Tang and Song Dynasties, changed his surname to "Weiming clan", and changed his name to Yuxiao.
"Wuzi". In the second year of Emperor Renzong's reign of Mingdao (1033), Song Jianyuan Mingdao was changed to "Xiandao" to avoid his father's taboo. The next year, he founded the Yuan Dynasty and changed it to Guangyun. In the year when the Yuan Dynasty was changed to Xiandao (
In March 1032), Li Yuanhao issued a "bald order" to the Dangxiang tribes in the territory. He took the lead in balding his hair, that is, shaving his head, piercing his ears and wearing heavy rings. He ordered the tribesmen to implement it within three days. If there was anyone who refused to comply,
Executed to death. At that time, the party members and the people were vying for baldness. In terms of clothing, Li Yuanhao "dressed in a white narrow shirt, a felt crown with a red lining, and a red ribbon hanging from the back of the crown." Officials were required to dress according to their grade and position. Common people were only allowed to wear the same clothes.
Wear green clothes to distinguish between high and low.
Secondly, after he succeeded to the throne, he began to create a script to record the language of the Dangxiang people, namely the Xixia script. While he was still in the army, he also personally planned and presided over the work of creating the script, and ordered minister Yeli Renrong and others to organize, interpret and compile it.
It is composed of 12 volumes. Some historical records call it "Fan Shu". Li Yuanhao ordered it to be published as "Guo Zi", and all records should be written in Fan Shu. He also established the "Fan Zi Yuan" to teach learning and promote use.
Documents exchanged between the Liao and Song dynasties were written in both languages. In addition, Li Yuanhao disapproved of the fact that the original ritual and music system of the Dangxiang people was deeply influenced by the Tang and Song Dynasties. He said to minister Yeli Renrong: "The king makes rituals and music.
The Tao is to benefit the people. The customs of Tibetan people put loyalty first and fighting as the priority. If the Tang and Song Dynasties have complicated tapes, knots and complicated sounds, I can't get it." He was determined to reform and advocated the spirit of "loyalty first, fighting as the priority" and focusing on practical results.
To guide the reform of rituals and music, in various occasions such as "good and bad luck, distinguished guests, religious sacrifices, and Yan's enjoyment", "the nine prayers of the ritual are divided into three, and the five notes of the music are divided into one." The ritual and music system was simplified and ordered to be as follows
Comply with the rules, and those who disobey will be shot without mercy.
Before Li Yuanhao founded the country and proclaimed himself emperor, he had already begun a series of constructions in the political and military systems. The establishment of political institutions was basically modeled on the system of the Central Plains. In May of the second year of Xiandao (1033), Li Yuanhao was promoted to Shengxing.
The prefecture was Xingqing Prefecture and the capital was established. Li Yuanhao imitated the official system of the Song Dynasty and established a set of central and local official systems that were similar to the Song Dynasty. Li Yuanhao attached great importance to the construction of the army. After acquiring the Hexi Corridor, he began to reorganize the army and built on the original tribal military organization.
On the basis of this, build a formal military system. For example, the age of adulthood is stipulated, the organization of "copy", the tasks and conditions of "regular army" and "support"; the equipment and facilities of the army; mainly infantry and cavalry, supplemented by
Artillery, "capture troops", bodyguards and other branches of the armed forces. In order to facilitate the deployment of troops and generals to meet the needs of war and military and political construction, a "Military Supervision Department" of the nature of a local military region was adopted to integrate military command institutions with regional
Combined defense measures. Modeled on the "chamber" and "jun" systems of military units in the Song Dynasty, the entire territory was divided into left and right chambers. There were a total of twelve military supervisory departments, each with a military name, designated garrison, and military leader headquarters.
He holds the positions of Commander of the Army, Deputy Commander of the Army and Supervisor of the Army. Troops are widely deployed throughout the territory, focusing on guarding the capital Xingqing Prefecture and the defense of the Song and Liao Dynasties. The Tubo and Uighur inhabited areas of Suzhou and Ganzhou in the Hexi Corridor
, promoted to a county and set up a government, deployed heavy troops, used both town and government, and strengthened rule. In just six years after taking the throne, Li Yuanhao completed all the preparatory work for the founding of the country, creating a country that "ends with the Yellow River in the east and Yumen in the west.
The party's political power, which borders Xiaoguan in the south and controls the desert in the north, covering an area of more than 10,000 miles, has taken shape.
Facing such a powerful enemy, Han Qi also felt a little at a loss. At this time, he was holding a map of the border between the Song Dynasty and the so-called Xixia Kingdom for in-depth study. According to Zhao Zhen's previous intention, this battle should
Fighting is inevitable. If so, as a commander, how should I coordinate the battlefield layout and command?
In the face of war and national affairs, everything else should be put behind the mind. This is the reason why Han Qi has not participated in Cuju competitions too much these days.
While Han Qi was thinking hard, a servant knocked on the study door.
Han Qi looked displeased. He didn't open the door, but said in the direction of the door: "Didn't I tell you not to disturb me when I'm closing the door in the study?"
The butler's voice came from outside and said, "Master, a guest is here."
Han Qi was a little confused. It was already so late. Who else would come to visit? So he walked to the door, opened the door, and asked the housekeeper who was visiting.
"This is Fan Zhongyan, Master Fan."
The butler only said this, and the expression on Han Qi's face changed obviously. He became very excited and immediately ran towards the main hall...
Let’s look at Lu Yao again.
At this time, Lu Yao was walking home very comfortably. Along the way, Lu Yao saw all kinds of candidates with different expressions on their faces. From their faces, Lu Yao could almost tell that they were taking the exam.
Are the results good or bad?
The imperial examination in the early Northern Song Dynasty was very fair. Normally, there was no back door. What was examined was the hard strength of the candidates who took the exam and their ability to perform on the spot.
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And having said that, there is another characteristic of this imperial examination, that is, because the human, material and financial resources required to invest in each examination are huge, so it is different from our modern examinations. If you want to do it once a year or even
It is simply impossible to do it twice a year. Normally, the imperial examination is only held once every two or three years, so there is a saying that one has to study hard for several years.
Some candidates may have been studying and preparing for the exam all their lives, but in the end, no one cared about them and their reputations were lost. But people like Su Shi, who seized the opportunity, basically became a blockbuster, and their career path began.
Every time Lu Yao saw those people with lonely expressions, he couldn't help but feel pity in his heart. However, he also knew that a large part of the reason why you didn't make it to the imperial examination was because of your lack of strength.
So, let’s go back and study hard.
The location of Gongyuan is actually quite far from the Lu Mansion, because Lu Yao did not have dinner in the cafeteria of Gongyuan when he came out. When he walked to the main street of the inner city, Lu Yao felt a little hungry.
Originally, I and my father, Lu Xu, had agreed to go back to the Lu Mansion tomorrow morning, so there would be no food left for me at home tonight. After walking such a long way, I didn't want to cook when I got back.
Simply, Lu Yao walked towards Fan Tower. Counting the time, Fan Tower should not be closed at this time.
Sure enough, when they arrived at Fanlou, there were not many customers in the store. When the shopkeeper saw Lu Yao coming, he was surprised at first. After all, the Pan family knew about Lu Yao's participation in the imperial examination, and then said that he would tell Master Pan Wen.
, let him come and have dinner with Lu Yao.
Lu Yao quickly said that it was not necessary and hoped that the shopkeeper would not tell anyone that he had been here. Now he just wanted to have a good meal by himself.
After all, this was a rare time for Lu Yao to have a meal alone. Ever since he traveled through time, he either cooked for a group of people or entertained guests for parties. Anyway, Lu Yao was always surrounded by other people at almost every meal.
When it comes to eating by yourself, and enjoying the meal without having to cook it yourself, this may be the first time.
So, Lu Yao didn't hide it, and directly ordered his favorite dishes, and had a delicious meal. After the meal, several chefs came to Lu Yao in person and asked
Among his suggestions for these dishes, he naturally wanted Lu Yao to teach them more.
After the meal, the shopkeeper was originally not going to charge him for the meal, but Lu Yao finally gave him the money for the meal. Before leaving, he warned again that the people in Fanlou were not allowed to tell him that he came here to eat today.
other people.
Do you just want to go home like this? Lu Yao left Fan Lou and looked up at the stars in the sky. For a moment, he was not in a hurry to go home. He began to walk aimlessly in the streets and alleys.
When he stopped, he came to a mansion.
There are two big characters clearly written on the plaque.
"Cao Mansion".
Damn it, why did you end up here?
When Lu Yao thinks of Cao Mansion, he can think of Cao Han, and he feels uncomfortable in his heart.
What's going on at this time, carrying big and small bags to someone else's house? Besides, if Han Yonghe knew about this, why wouldn't he come to visit him? After Lu Yao thought about it, he immediately
He left Cao's Mansion and walked towards his home.
Speaking of the Cao Mansion, Lu Yao spent a week in seclusion plus the three days of the imperial examination. In fact, no one was idle during the ten days. Cao Yi, Uncle Cao Guo, was busy with state affairs and government affairs every day, and Cao Cao
On the other hand, Luo Ping is preoccupied with the new Cuju competition, but Cao Ping, on the other hand, has not been idle these days.
Since Cao Yi handed over the matter of martial arts competition to Cao Ping, he immediately began to search for qualified young talents in the city. In addition to the children of officials who had good relations with the Cao family, there were also those in Bianliang City.
As long as the young masters from wealthy families met the requirements and were able to compete with the Cao family, Cao Ping would not let them go and snare them all.
Naturally, Cao Ping has been so busy recently, which also attracted Cao Han's attention. However, his parents, his eldest brother and his second brother teamed up to deceive Cao Han. Naturally, Cao Han only had one result in the end, and that was to be raped.
Keep in the dark.
After going back and forth, Cao Ping actually found twenty or thirty people who met the conditions. Cao Ping took a general look here and felt that if these people Cao Ping found became his son-in-law in the future, they would be good candidates.
He is really worthy of being the son-in-law of his uncle.
So, the candidates were decided, and the next thing to do was to determine the date for the competition. Originally, Uncle Cao Guo wanted to do it as soon as possible, but he was really busy in recent days, so he was talking to Cao Ping
After discussion, it was decided to select the day after the official competition of the new Cuju competition was over. Cao Yan also had his own intention in choosing this time.
As the organizer of the new Cuju competition, Lu Yao naturally has no time to prepare for his marriage before the competition is over. Even if the results of the provincial examination have been released by then, if he wants to really marry Han Yunyu, he will definitely have to wait until the palace examination.
At the end of the gold list. Therefore, Cao Yi set the date of the martial arts contest to be after the official competition of the new Cuju competition. In this way, the final date of Cao Han's wedding should be almost the same as the date of Lu Yao and Han Yunyu's marriage.
, Cao Yi just wanted to show others that when his daughter gets married, her appearance must be better than that of Han Yunyu, but he doesn't want to lose to that old guy Han Yonghe in any aspect.
Cao You, who knew all this, was in a very awkward position because of his current position. In the end, he chose the stupidest way, which was to let it go. In Cao You's view, all these things happened because of Lu Yao, etc.
When he had the opportunity to meet Lu Yao in the future, he made some insinuations to see what kind of action Lu Yao would take.
And what about Cao Han, the protagonist of this matter? She has been kept in the dark these days. However, because she has prepared to hold a martial arts contest to recruit a bride, and because Lu Yao has been in seclusion these days and has to take the imperial examination, Cao Han
Han also obtained his freedom with the permission of his father Cao Yi.
However, Cao Yi still kept an eye on it. He secretly sent two servants to follow Cao Han every day, and then report to him where Cao Han went every day.
The two servants followed Cao Han every day, but over time, they discovered that in the past few days, in addition to the places she usually went to, Cao Han would go to a place every day.
This place is Daxiangguo Temple.
Daxiangguo Temple, formerly known as Jianguo Temple, is located in the west section of Ziyou Road, Kaifeng City, Henan Province. It is a famous Buddhist temple in China. It was built in the sixth year of Tianbao in the Northern Qi Dynasty (555). In the first year of Yanhe in the Tang Dynasty (712), Tang Ruizong commemorated
It was named Daxiangguo Temple when King Xiang ascended the throne. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Xiangguo Temple was highly respected by the royal family and expanded many times. It became the largest temple in the capital and a national Buddhist activity center.
The Daxiangguo Temple was full of incense, and there was an endless stream of people going to the temple to offer incense. Cao Han would go to the temple to offer incense and pray for blessings every day. After listening to people’s reports, Cao Han thought that his daughter had grown up and became sensible, so he would go to the temple to pray for blessings every day.
Pray for yourself and offer incense.
However, Cao You saw this matter very thoroughly. He felt that his sister had been going to the temple to offer incense in the past few days not for the Cao family but for Lu Yao. The reason was because Cao Han said when he went out today
, I will not go to the Daxiangguo Temple starting tomorrow, and the imperial examination will end today, so there can't be such a coincidence.
Lu Yao actually didn't know anything about what happened to the Cao family. He really didn't know what would happen to Lu Yao's mood when Cao Yu found him.
Lu Yao walked on the road for a while and finally saw the gate of Lu Mansion. Today, it was Tangxi who was responsible for keeping watch.
He heard someone knocking on the door, so he opened the door a crack and looked outside, only to see Lu Yao standing outside the door smiling at him.
Tangxi quickly rubbed her eyes and confirmed that she had read it correctly. She immediately opened the door and let Lu Yao enter the house. She packed Lu Yao's luggage and then went to inform Lu Xu and the others.
Lu Yao had not been sitting in the main hall for long. Lu Xu and Yan came to the hall together. Lu Yao was a little surprised. According to the normal schedule, his parents had already rested at this time. According to what they had been doing today
The speed coming out of the room obviously means he hasn't rested yet.
Lu Yao stood up and said, "Father, mother, why haven't you rested yet?"
When her mother Yan saw Lu Yao coming home, she became emotional and said, "Your father has been suffering from insomnia every night for the past few days. He is worried about how you performed in the imperial examinations and whether you had enough food and sleep. How can we ourselves?"
Still in the mood to sleep."
Lu Xu looked Lu Yao up and down and said, "Looking at you, you've been doing pretty well these days, but I don't know how you did in the exam."
Lu Yao said: "My parents are worried about me. I did pretty well in this exam. I think if I aim to enter the palace exam, it shouldn't be a problem."
Lu Xu felt relieved after hearing Lu Yao's answer. He waved his hand and motioned for Yan to go back to the room first. His mother, Yan, looked at Lu Yao again before turning around and going back to the room.
Lu Xu said here: "I know that you have never told big words. Since you said you can enter the palace examination, I am relieved. Otherwise, it will really be difficult to explain to the Han family."
Lu Yao nodded and suddenly remembered something, so he asked: "Father, how is the relationship between my sister-in-law and my mother these days when I am not at home?"
Lu Xu said: "Your sister-in-law is now very skilled in managing the finances of the house. Your mother saw that she was really dedicated to our Lu family, so no one made things difficult for us. Now it seems that you originally said that you would let her take over the bank in the future.
, it should be a correct decision.”
"That's good." With a harmonious family, Lu Yao has more time to focus on other things.
Lu Xu continued: "Recently, something big happened in the government and the public."
When Lu Yao heard this, he asked: "Is it about the Xixia Kingdom?"
Lu Xu was a little surprised. He originally wanted to ask Lu Yao where he got the news, but then he thought that there were so many people in the Gongyuan and this matter was a big one. It was impossible not to let it out.
Lu Yao knew it and it was reasonable.
So Lu Xu said: "Yes, it's just that my father is just a minister of the household department now. I have not been involved in this kind of military affairs much, so I don't know much about it. However, the emperor has already issued a decree. Look,
It looks like we are getting ready for war."
"Well, there must be a war between Song and Xia." Lu Yao also fully agreed with this. One year after the founding of Xixia, the first Song-Xia war broke out in history, and in this war
It was Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan who played an important role. After that, the Qingli New Deal came.
Lu Xu continued: "What I am telling you about this matter is that at this time, the stability in Bianliang City is more important. We must let the Xixia Kingdom's detailed work in Bianliang think that our current thoughts
, at the new Cuju competition.”
"To create an illusion for them, I understand that at this critical moment, the new Cuju competition must be successfully held, and it must be on an unprecedented scale, so that the Xixia Kingdom thinks that we are not preparing for the military aspect." Lu Xu said.
Meaning, Lu Yao naturally understands that the so-called virtual reality is this strategy.
"Well, it's good that you understand. I'm conveying this idea on behalf of His Majesty today. His Majesty said that as long as I briefly talk to you about this situation, you will naturally understand the reason behind it." Lu Xu thought of Zhao Zhen after today's morning meeting.
He left himself behind and told him to tell Lu Yao what he said. It seemed that Lu Yao understood it very thoroughly.
"His Majesty is still foresighted. No wonder the interest in the new Cuju competition has been so high recently." Lu Yao thought for a while and said, "It seems that I will not be able to take any time off in the future."
Lu Xu nodded and said, "Well, we still have to focus on the upcoming warm-up match."