Chapter 433 Travel to Runan (Part 2)
Facing the wooden window, Zhou Fu looked out, his gloomy eyes and tight corners of his mouth revealing a bit of the gloom in his heart.
After being defeated by Sima Rui, he ran back to Ancheng.
No one made trouble for him. It seemed that Sima Rui knew when to stop and did not pursue him fiercely. After all, there were many people from the Ancheng Zhou family working in the shogunate.
But Zhou Fu was not willing to be an official anymore.
Frustrated, I just want to rest in my hometown and end my remaining days.
However, some people’s characters determine their fate. Even in seclusion at home, Zhou Fu was still worried about state affairs and tried every means to inquire about the situation in Luoyang.
After understanding each other one by one, he sighed and lamented privately that the Jin Dynasty was about to end.
This realization made him extremely angry, and then he felt helpless, and his health became worse and worse.
A burst of laughter came from downstairs.
Zhou Fu became even more upset and left the window and came to the bookshelf.
Today, Shi Pei Kang, the shogunate chief of Xuchang, came to visit and borrowed a large number of books.
No, it should be that the Ancheng Zhou family donated almost all the books in their collection - of course they were copied versions, but they still cost a lot of money.
Zhou Fu picked up a scroll of bamboo slips in his hand: "Miscellaneous Notes of Shangshu".
This was written by Zhou Fang of the Zhou family in Ruyang in the later Han Dynasty. It has been passed down from generation to generation in the "Gu Wen Shangshu" and has been studied deeply.
"Shang Shu Miscellaneous Notes" has a total of thirty-two chapters, about 400,000 words. An Chengzhou made a copy and kept it in his mansion.
To be honest, this kind of book may not be easy to find even in Runan, and even the Yingchuan nobles may not have it. Even if it exists, it is incomplete.
After gently putting down the scroll, he picked up other books——
Ruyang Yuan Jing studied "Mencius' Book of Changes" intensively and wrote "Nanji" with 300,000 words .
"Old Biography of Chen Liuqi" written by Yuan Tang of Ruyang.
Xu Shen of Zhaoling wrote fourteen chapters of "Objections to the Five Classics" and "Shuowen Jiezi".
Xu Jun from Zhaoling was proficient in the "Book of Changes" and authored six books including "Yixinlin".
Nan Dun should be the author of "Preface to the Book of Han", "Hanyu", and "Hanshi".
Ying Shao wrote "Lvzhangju", "Stories of Han Official Etiquette", "Zhuangren Ji", "Customs and Customs", etc.
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He read them one by one.
After reading it, he stroked it gently again, as if he was looking at his own child.
You can imagine how reluctant you are to hand over a copy of these books.
He didn't even know what Shao Xun, a warrior, meant by sending someone to copy books.
Every month, dozens of martial arts students who are under the age of a weak man come over, taking precious white and yellow paper to copy and verify each other. They seem to be very serious.
Zhou Fu didn't like the books he regarded as treasures to be spread.
After he became famous at a young age, he moved around the palaces, competing for people, and repeatedly held literary positions.
This position mainly teaches classics, history, allusions, and writes articles for the king. When writing articles, you must use allusions, otherwise the writing will not be good enough, so people who are not well-read cannot fill the position.
Literature is also a close minister of the king, so you can imagine how much benefit it can gain.
There are not many people who can compete with him for the position of royal literature. The secret is that his family has an extremely rich collection of books.
Can these things be spread easily? No kidding!
But he seemed powerless to stop it.
He is not the only one who has the final say in the Zhou family. Many people have acquiesced in this matter due to pressure, so there is nothing they can do.
"Haha, Mr. Chen fought so happily in this battle that the Huns were frightened by the news. How heroic! Drink this cup to the full." Another voice came from downstairs, accompanied by a slightly flattering laughter.
"Except for Yanzhou, many winter wheat crops are planted in Si and Hezhou this year. Why? The Huns were too frightened to invade south, so they were lucky." An old voice came out immediately.
Obviously, this is Pei Kang. After he finished speaking, there were several echoes from the entourage brought by Pei Kang, including Zhou Mo, the commander of Yangdi.
Alas! Zhou Fu sighed again.
He knew that his nephew's future had been delayed by him. He had been going around in circles in the Yangdi Order and failed to get promoted. The reason was that he had threatened to send 30,000 elite troops north to Luoyang to welcome the emperor and move his capital to Shouchun. .
“Winter wheat is indeed a virtuous policy.”
“It is indeed a virtuous policy, but it is a pity that farmers are ignorant. Not many people are willing to do this.”
“In fact, there are more than before. . Three years of drought and four years of locust plague. Without winter wheat, I don’t know how many more people would have died in Henan."
"More than 200,000 people in Runan are grateful to Mr. Chen for his great kindness."< br>
“For this virtuous government, drink this cup to the full.”
“Drink this cup to the full.”
The banquet was full of laughter and laughter, and it was very lively.
Zhou Fu was too lazy to listen anymore. After sitting back at the desk, he planned to write a letter to Boren.
Shan Jian, the governor of Jingzhou, has died of illness. Wang Cheng, the governor, was panic-stricken because he could not quell Du Tao's rebellion that spread to Jingzhou, and even resigned from his post without consulting Wang Yifu.
In the past, Xun Song, the central protector of the imperial court - yes, the Xun Jingyou who was defeated in Xin'an - was the governor, and Zhou Yi and Zhou Boren were the governor.
Bo Ren is from King Langya.
Zhou Fu had a lot of hatred with King Langya and did not want to help him, but he was looking forward to Boren taking the next step. After all, today's Ancheng Zhou family is in urgent need of a pillar to protect the family from wind and rain, and Boren is the most suitable person.
What is this letter about? Zhou Fu thought for a long time before writing.
He first wrote about the situation at home, and then talked about the news he had heard recently.
Not long ago, several big things happened.
One is that Jinyang was recaptured by Tuoba Yilu.
This man can indeed do it. He sent his son Tuoba Liuxiu as the vanguard, with tens of thousands of people. He led 200,000 people to follow him, which can be said to be an overwhelming force.
This number is a bit exaggerated. Tuoba Xianbei has no infantry, almost all cavalry. There are more than 200,000 cavalry, which is purely bluffing, but the total number should not be less than 50,000.
There are really many barbarians on the grassland.
Liu Kun took the soldiers and horses he recruited in Changshan, plus gathered the defeated troops, with a total of thousands of people as guides, and followed the army to attack Jinyang.
The Huns encountered the same predicament as the Jin people: no food and difficulty holding on.
So they fought in the field and were defeated.
Then they drove the people of Jinyang to retreat. This was undoubtedly a foolish move, and they were soon overtaken by Tuoba Yilu and defeated again. Liu Feng, the governor of Bingzhou, was captured, and Liu Can, the king of Hanoi, rushed back, losing more than 8,000 Hu and Jin soldiers and horses.
After Liu Kun regained Jinyang, the situation became even more critical, because he acquired an empty city and was forced to move to Yangqu, north of Jinyang - Tuoba Xianbei caught up with the Huns Later, many people in Jinyang were rescued, but obviously they could not be returned to Liu Kun, but were taken away as rewards.
Tuoba Yilu also left some troops to help Liu Kun defend, and also sent more than a thousand cattle, horses and sheep, and hundreds of carts of supplies, before returning.
He did not continue to march into the hinterland of the Huns because of the lack of food and grass. At the same time, he also suffered a lot of casualties in the fight with the Huns cavalry and was unable to fight anymore, so he withdrew.
But no matter what, it is always a good thing to regain Jinyang, but I don't know how long it can last.
The second thing is Guanzhong.
Lu Shuihu, who had reported his father's hatred, succeeded as leader Peng Tianhu to attack Chang'an. Both sides lined up in the field, and Jia Tsai was defeated and killed.
Liu Han appointed Peng Tianhu as the governor of Liangzhou, which was also the position his father once held.
Liang Zong, Liang Su, Suo Wei and others refused to save him, but attacked Feng Yi.
As for Chang'an, no one is interested.
Like Jinyang, Liu Yao had already returned to Pingyang with 80,000 Chang'an ladies when he retreated. There was no one in the city and there was no money. Peng Tianhu was disappointed and went home directly.
The third thing is related to Wang Jun.
Last year, he fought with Tuoba Xianbei twice in a row. Not only was he defeated, but he also lost many troops to his two sons-in-law. This year they attacked Shile again and were able to repel the remaining troops.
There is not much to say about this matter.
When writing this, Zhou Fu thought of Shao Xun.
The root cause of Duan Bu Xianbei's decline came from this person. They would still have to face attacks from Tuoba Xianbei and Murong Xianbei on the grassland, and they probably wouldn't be able to hold on for long.
Once Duan Bu Xianbei declines, Wang Jun will have no chance of surviving.
Speaking of Shao Xun, Zhou Fu remembered something, so he continued to write.
Shao Xun went south from Xiangcheng to Xiping, summoned more than ten people from Runan to select and send hundreds of blacksmiths to restore the once-destroyed Iron City...
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"Iron weapons are the dead soldiers of farmers. When the dead soldiers use them, their enemies will be destroyed. When their enemies are destroyed, the fields will be opened up. When the fields are opened up, the crops will be ripe..." Outside the Yetie City in the suburbs of Xiping County, Shao Xun holds a steel weapon in his hand. After making the sickle, he smiled and said: "If a farmer has this thing, the grain will be easily harvested and the warehouse will be full of millet and wheat."
The craftsmen listened and laughed a few times.
Shao Xun walked into the Iron City, which had half collapsed.
Xiping County hastily tidied up and cleaned up the ruins, and now it looks a little better.
Shao Xun watched as he walked.
Under the ruins, the cleaned things were listed in the open space.
Spears, knives, chisels, arrowheads, axes, swords, even iron furnaces, coffin nails, lamps, everything is there.
He was very emotional after seeing it.
Under the rule, there are only two relatively large-scale iron manufacturing bases so far. One is Ruyangju, located on the southern edge of Guangcheng Ze, with hundreds of blacksmiths and apprentices.
The other one is Xuchang, but to be honest, the scale is not as good as that of Ruyang Gathering, which Shao Xun built bit by bit, because the craftsmen here were once dominated by Wang Mi, and later recovered a little bit, but over time It's still short and shows no improvement.
In addition, there is a large-scale iron smelting workshop in Nanyang, but after Liang Fen left Zhenwan City, it was difficult to obtain weapons.
This is an important reason why Shao Xun cannot leave the court.
This time Wang Yan sent many craftsmen, including blacksmiths, all settled in Xuchang.
An important reason for this inspection of Xiping is to rebuild the iron smelting workshop here.
There is Iron Mountain in Xiping, which is an advantage that other places cannot match.
This Iron Mountain existed during the Warring States Period, and later passed through the Qin and Han Dynasties, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, and did not completely disappear until the Middle Tang Dynasty - firstly because of the war, and secondly because iron materials were not easy to harvest. .
However, in the 21st century, due to the advancement of mining technology, Wuyang Iron Mine has regained its vitality, and the country has also established a steel plant, which shows the resource endowment of this place.
From now on, he will build Xiping into the largest iron smelting base under his rule, or at least one of the bases.
The first task is actually to collect the wool of the family and the imperial court, find a way to get more blacksmiths, and then let them bring apprentices to expand the scale of production.
Not only must we smelt and make weapons, but farming tools are also indispensable.
"The owner is called the princess. He is good at general affairs and especially good at smelting. I wonder if it is possible to clean up this place for me?" Shao Xun asked, pointing to the iron smelting city covered with weeds.
The place where Iron City is located is called "Hotel".
Originally, it was an iron city in South Korea during the Warring States Period. Officials and craftsmen drank and had fun in their spare time, so it was named the hotel.
During the Yuanhe period of Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty, the Huaixi rebel vassal was pacified, and the imperial court destroyed Yetie City to avoid future troubles.
The name of the "house owner's book" is Fang Yang, who was once the chief bookkeeper of Sima Yong, the king of Hejian. After Yong failed, Fang Yang was introduced to Princess Xiangcheng as an official. He was mainly responsible for managing the blacksmiths in the manor, and his level was quite high.
As for the Fang family, there are three branches: Qinghe, Jinan, and Henan. They are a low-class gentry with a small surname. Fang Yang is from Qinghe. Most of the three Fang families have crossed south to the east of the Yangtze River. There are not many people left. Fang Yang is one of them.
Shao Xun will not completely trust him.
In fact, the iron smelting city will be managed by Yu Liang, who joined the army, and officials will be transferred from Ruyang Ju. Liang County Martial Arts School will also send a group of students to serve as grassroots managers to slowly put this large iron smelting base into operation. .
"Ming Gong has his orders, and you should follow them." Fang Yang bowed and responded.
"You can take a position in the Xuchang shogunate." Shao Xun said: "After the Chinese New Year, I will send a group of soldiers over as appropriate to set up a field army in Xiping County to farm and graze. Providing food and meat. The Hotel Iron City is a big business and cannot be ignored. But if it is good, it will be prosperous in the future."
Fang Yang felt warm after hearing this.
The status of the Qinghe Fang family is not high. If Sima Yong had not been the king of Hejian and controlled Yecheng, he would not have had the opportunity to enter the Yong Mansion, become an official in Yecheng, and then follow the king of Hejian. Leave the town Guanzhong.
Speaking of which, their family is very similar to the Mi family in the East China Sea.
If Mi Huang Mi Zihui were not from Donghai, given his family background, the chance of entering the Donghai Palace would not be great, and it would be even less likely that he would be promoted to two ranks in a row within ten years, becoming the second largest family in Donghai. Rich.
The Mi family can do this, and so can the Fang family, as long as they follow the right person.
"Do a good job." Shao Xun patted Fang Yang on the shoulder and said with a smile.
How to get rid of dependence on the court? Farming and military training are indispensable.
These things have to be done.
After the Battle of Jamati, his prestige reached a new height, and his bargaining power was further enhanced.
At the same time, the situation in Henan has become increasingly stable, and some resources for war can be appropriately reduced.
The Hotel Iron City is just one of the "big projects" in the next few years.
(End of this chapter)