Chapter 941 Change of Mentality
In the last two days of August, more and more people dispersed and returned home.
Each department received a reward, with an average of two bolts of silk per person. The large number of people made people suspect that they were here to defraud the reward.
But this is all a trivial matter.
What Shao Xun lacks is food, not silk. He can afford this.
It took Pan Tao, the Taibao, ten days to return to Pingyang.
Before entering the city, I saw a large convoy of carriages and horses driving out of the mansion, heading south in a mighty manner.
After asking for a while, I found out that this was the intention of the King of Liang. He ordered the eldest son to plan and escort a batch of grain and grass to Chang'an, and the second son to plan and escort a batch of grain to Pingcheng.
The fifteen-year-old third son Shao Xu was more relaxed and set off to Bianliang to escort a batch of supplies to Luoyang.
Pan Tao nodded secretly.
As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses are moved, the food and grass must go first. If you cannot plan the food, grass and military supplies needed by the army, you are not a qualified commander.
This is the simplest and most important thing. Only after completing this step can we talk about other things.
In the fields near Pingyang, some have finished their autumn harvest, while others are still growing golden millet, millet, beans and other miscellaneous grains, which can only be harvested in late September.
However, if you look carefully, you can see that there are still many fields covered with grass.
This is the consequence of the war. There is no way. Perhaps, some fields will remain barren because some people will never come back.
Pan Tao asked others to return to the city first, and wandered around the countryside with only a few personal followers.
The old man is cleaning the dead branches and leaves in the ditch, laying a good foundation for autumn sowing in the coming year and even in September.
The woman sat in front of the door, cutting and mending clothes under the sunset of the western sky.
Children are driving sheep home, playing and laughing on the road.
“All men over the age of fifteen in Guanzhong were conscripted, and even the fields were not taken care of. Although Pingyang was also widely conscripted, it was much better after all.” Pan Tao stood between the villages, quite surprised. Somewhat emotional.
The nephew of the family wrote from Xingyang, saying that after a year of expedition this year, the young men sent out have not returned yet, so that the entire manor can only gather the remaining men, including the elderly and healthy women, to harvest and sow seeds. Everyone complained.
This is probably one of the benefits of the manor.
Which banker goes on an expedition, the manor owner will organize people to help his family harvest food. In theory, all bankers are the property of the manor owner.
But the homesteaders in the village form do not have this advantage. They also help each other, but much less than the manor because no one gives them mandatory orders.
"Fortunately, the world is about to be at peace." Sinongqing Yin Xian, who came back with Pan Tao, said with a smile.
"The Sima family did not do anything to bring order to the chaos and turn the tide." Pan Tao said with a calm expression: "I didn't expect to see the destruction of the Sima family before he was buried."
Yin Xian was speechless.
Although everyone is no longer taboo about talking about the change of dynasty, is it a bit too much for you to say this?
But he also understands.
The Pan family in Xingyang was expelled from three tribes by the imperial court.
In the past, Pan Yue was executed by Sun Xiu. Also dead were his mother, brothers Shi Pan Shi, Yan Ling Pan Bao, Situ Peng Pan Ju, Pan Shen and their children. The only one who survived was Pan Shi's son Pan Bowu (Pan Bowu). Shi Wai) and Pan Bao's wife and daughter - the mother and daughter hugged each other so tightly that it was difficult to separate, and the emperor issued an edict to avoid it.
After this blow, the Pan family's upward momentum was interrupted, and only Taichang Qing Penny (who has died of illness) and Pan Tao, who once worked in Yue Mansion, were left.
Yin Xian knew that Pan Tao did not like the Sima family, and did not know why he worked for Sima Yue, but a closer look revealed that he had no loyalty to Sima Yue at all, and even helped the King of Liang with several ideas , eventually causing the relationship between the two to break down.
Judging from the results, Sima Yue lost miserably, his influence was wiped out, and even his wife committed herself to the family and gave birth to several children.
Yin Xian was also suspicious of Pan Tao, but he was very close to the prime minister - although he was also very close to Wang Yan - but it was not easy to get too close.
"Hong Qiao, I heard that the Prime Minister has been in bed for many days?" Pan Tao noticed Yin Xian's face, smiled slightly, changed the subject and asked.
"When the king defeated Helan Aitou and made an emergency landing at Xianbei in the west, it was not possible." Yin Xian said: "But the war was not over yet at that time, and the prime minister still got up from time to time to support himself and conduct official duties. When the troops surrounded Chang'an, , Cheng The prime minister felt relieved and became bedridden. Now all small matters are decided by the government offices, while major matters are reported to the prime minister's house in front of the bed. "
Pan Tao sighed, raised his head and looked at it. The sunset in the western sky makes my face look a little sad.
"Zimei's life has been both sweet and bitter, shouldn't she let it go?" Pan Tao said.
"The Prime Minister has an unfulfilled wish." Yin Xian whispered.
"Want to see King Liang ascend the throne?" Pan Tao asked.
"Why does Yang Zhong ask questions knowingly?" Yin Xian said with a bitter smile.
"Don't be anxious, stay calm." Pan Tao made a rare move: "Even though there are so many princes, the chances are actually very small."
"Oh?" Yin Xian was a little surprised, Said: "Wang Zizhang, Wang Zi Gui is gradually taking on big responsibilities, and I think the chances are great."
Pan Tao smiled and said, "The king is nostalgic for the past, and the older he gets, the more he misses the past. The only ones who really have a chance are the sons of the princess and Mrs. Pei. That’s all.”
Yin Xian didn't believe it.
"Forget it, let's not talk about it." Pan Tao said: "Pingyang City has been very lively these two days."
Yin Xian also received the news and immediately smiled and said: "Young man I am also anxious, fearing that I will be squeezed out.”
Although it is said that an aristocratic family is a dynasty that is strong and stable, but when the dynasty changes, the aristocratic family changes to a certain extent.
Some became members of the gentry, and some disappeared among the gentry. Although some are still nobles, their status has been greatly reduced. Some were originally small nobles and became high-ranking nobles in one fell swoop.
In fact, many aristocratic families particularly hate this kind of dynasty revolution.
They are already a high-ranking sect and do not want changes.
But the original small and medium-sized noble families like the Yu family, the Yin family, and the Chu family tried their best to promote the dynasty reform, because they benefited greatly.
Yin Xian once thought about this problem.
Their family is really nothing in Henan. If we had been more decisive, crossed south as early as possible, and became an "early crossing scholar", we would have still had a place in Jianye, and if we managed it well, we might not have been able to rise steadily - to a certain extent, the Jianye court could also be regarded as a "tripod revolution" "If you arrive early, you will get a seat, and if you arrive late, you will only get ashes. In this way, small and medium-sized families also have the possibility to challenge the established aristocratic families.
But the Yin family was hesitant and moved slowly. Later, he was won over by Yu Chen and sent his daughter to the palace. It is no longer possible to go south.
Of course, now it seems that this is a "blessing in disguise".
With the rise of the Yu family, the Yin family will inevitably rise with it. As the saying goes, if one rises, both will prosper, and if one loses, both will suffer.
The old gentry in Henan are a little anxious, the most typical one is the Bian family in Jiyin.
I heard that Bian Dun was in poor health and would not live long. Many of the Bian family's descendants served as officials in Jianye, and their number was even more than those who stayed in the north. Now the consequences are showing.
It is right to place bets separately, but the bets are unbalanced. The bets in Jianye are too heavy and the bets in the north are too light. What should I do?
If Bian Dun dies, what will the Jiyin Bian family do? No one knows. Anyway, Bian Tao has recently started to think about becoming an official and no longer stays in the manor to take care of the family business and hang out and have drinks.
It turns out that he is nothing without his old father...
"Hong Qiao also went to Daibei and Guanxi for a tour. In your opinion, the king can use them ?" Pan Tao asked quietly as he left the village and took a car with Yin Xian into the city.
"I was about to ask Yang Zhong for advice." Yin Xian cupped his hands and said.
"You, you have already made up your mind, but you are trying to trick me." Pan Tao laughed.
Yin Xian said helplessly: "I just feel that according to the king's temperament, it is still useful, but it is not as heavy as before."
Pan Tao nodded and said: "Your Majesty Too ambitious . If he just wants to be Cao Wei and Sima Jin, it will be fine. But if he wants to be the real emperor who controls all directions, it will be difficult for him to defeat Tuoba and Tuge. Improve family status and increase the number of scholars It's rare to get an official position. Although Bian Tao is a bit lazy, he is not a fool. He may have vaguely noticed something. "In the past, when I was sitting at home, people would come to ask for an official position." Yin Xian said with a smile. :"when If you don't like the job, you just leave. When you are tired of resting at home, as long as you relax and say that you want to be an official, someone will come to you for employment. I'm afraid it will be difficult to see such a good life in the future. "
Yin Xian had actually felt this way for a long time.
Especially after visiting Tuoba Dai and Liu Han, the feeling became more obvious.
To expand such a large territory, rule so many barbarians, and not give them a status commensurate with their strength, it is better to separate and not fight them - of course, this will definitely not work. Because border troubles cannot be eliminated.
Therefore, Yin Xian felt that Han scholars had fewer opportunities to serve as officials, although the vast majority of officials were still filled by scholars.
Looking at the gentry as a whole, he sympathized with those people.
From the perspective of family interests, he was too lazy to deal with those people.
The Yin family followed the Yu family closely, and the children of the family did not have to worry about losing their official positions. Why do you want so much? Can you still overthrow King Liang's rule?
The carriage entered Pingyang just before the city gate closed.
Not far after entering the city, a young man in his late teens or early twenties got on the carriage, and it was Yin Hao, the son of Yin Xian and the superintendent of the recording office.
“You have something to say.” Yin Xian glanced at his son and said.
Pan Tao looked at him with a smile.
“Yesterday, during the Double Ninth Festival, Wang Yifu hosted a banquet on Gushe Mountain to talk.” Yin Hao said, “No fewer than a hundred people attended the meeting from near and far. It was a rare event in the past twenty years.”
"What are you talking about?" Yin Xian asked.
“Wang Yifu cited Sima Xiangru’s Book of Fengchan and discussed the abdication of emperors and ministers in ancient times.” Yin Hao replied.
Yin Xian and Pan Tao looked at each other and smiled together.
Wang Yifu is not good at anything else, but he is really good at this.
"Is it over yet?" Yin Xian asked again.
"No, for three days in a row, many people stayed in the Gushe Mountain Jingshe. When the son heard that his father had returned, he came back."
"What did everyone who attended the meeting say? "
"It's this time, no one is stupid enough to say something that shouldn't be said." Yin Hao said with a smile: "My son was at the government office yesterday to attend to official duties, and I only remembered Bian Tao. .”
"He didn't talk nonsense, did he?"
"No." Yin Hao shook his head first, and then said in a slightly teasing tone: "Bian Tao found a lot of things from the pile of old papers, talking about the seventy-two years since ancient times. "Jun, after a thousand words, I finally came to a conclusion."
"Don't lie," Yin Xian urged.
"Bian Tao believes that the most noble person in the world is not unique to one surname." Yin Hao replied immediately.
Laughter immediately sounded in the carriage.
(End of this chapter)