Chapter 533: People's Heart
Wang Yan's departure from Beijing was quite grand.
Sima Zhengdong of the Forbidden Army Right Guard Hall led a thousand infantry, and Youzhou Cavalry Superintendent Duan Liang led 400 cavalry to escort them. Together with their attendants and servants, the number of people was nearly two thousand, and they left the capital from Dongyang Gate. We plan to cross the river via Puyang and head north to Yecheng.
When I left Beijing, there were a lot of people paying attention.
Liang Fen even went to Dongyang Gate in person to say goodbye. The two old men each wrote a poem and said goodbye happily.
Liang Fen had sharp eyes and even saw Wang Yan’s two daughters in the motorcade.
But he is too lazy to care about this matter.
After returning to Luoyang City, he wandered around.
Although Luoyang had just been plundered by the Huns cavalry and lost some people, money and food, people with hundreds of surnames still talked about Hebei's victory.
In the past, I only heard about Yecheng attacking Luoyang. This time, people from Luoyang captured Yecheng. It can be called the most exciting news in ten years.
It’s not easy! The situation in the world may be about to turn around.
When I returned to the mansion in the city, my old wife was wiping away her tears and crying.
Liang Fen sighed, it was her daughter’s matter again.
In fact, he still blames himself for this matter.
Liang Fen was extremely affectionate with his wife. He had several concubines in his early years, but they were all dismissed later, leaving him alone with his wife.
The two only had three children. The eldest son was an official in another place and died in a melee among the kings. The white-haired man sent the black-haired man away, which was a tragedy.
The second son, Ben, was a county magistrate in Yanzhou. After the world was in chaos, he simply resigned and served his parents at home. However, his health was not good, which was heart-wrenching to watch.
The other is the youngest daughter, who married King Yuzhang as his concubine.
This is not a bad thing, but King Yuzhang became the crown prince. Liang Fen felt something was wrong at that time, but Sima Yue took the lead in this matter, and he was unable to change it. What's more, King Yuzhang himself had a positive attitude and was rushing to be the crown prince, so he could only do nothing.
Now that things have happened, Liang Fen has nothing but hope that her family will be safe.
He has tried to control the general trend of the world, but he can't control it. If he is exhausted, he can only keep the place safe, save more hungry people, and let the world retain more vitality.
When he was young, he was proficient in bow and horse, riding and shooting. He also read a collection of classics and history, and he talked endlessly when debating with others. He had some ambitions of his own.
Now that I think about it, it looks like a dream.
After comforting her softly and telling a few interesting things about her grandson, Liang Fen finally calmed her wife down.
The two held hands and looked at each other, just like that crisp autumn afternoon many years ago. He was the handsome man of the Liang family, and she was the talented daughter of the Huangfu family, looking at each other from afar across a clump of flowers.
As I get older, the tenderness and sweetness I felt at that time gradually turned into mutual care.
After waiting outside the door for a while, the servant came in and announced: Fu Xuan is here.
Liang Fen straightened her robe and went to the living room to receive her.
"Mr. Liang." Fu Xuan bowed and saluted.
"Shihong is leaving now?" Liang Fen asked him as she asked him to sit down.
Fu Xuan was a wine-sacrifice in the West Pavilion of the shogunate of General Long Xiang. He was ordered to sneak back to Anding and Beidi with Fu Chang to recruit a group of barbarians.
When we arrived near Chang'an, the road ahead was cut off due to the war.
After waiting for a long time, the war continued, so the two brothers discussed it and finally decided that Fu Chang would continue moving forward, while Fu Xuan would return to Xuchang to avoid being trapped in the pass.
"Yes." Fu Xuan replied: "Mr. Chen knew that I had returned and sent me to Runan as a farmer to guide and resettle the refugees from Guanxi."
"Not bad." Liang Fen said: "How is the situation outside all the way back from Nanyang?"
"Mr. Chen sent people to fly on horseback to report the victory. There was some commotion in the counties of Nanyang, but it gradually calmed down." Fu Xuan said.
Liang Fen nodded slightly.
The dispute between natives and guests can never be completely resolved, but can only be alleviated.
Chen Gongzheng sent tens of thousands of Guanxi men to Hebei, and they were not allowed to return during the autumn harvest. Some commotion is normal.
"Xiangcheng and Luonan counties are all happy." Fu Xuan said: "There are ignorant people in the countryside who say that Chen Gong is going to be crowned king."
Liang Fen smiled.
Without the merit of destroying the country, Chen Gong would be too embarrassed to accept the title of king. Although Shi Le's territory was not too small, including parts of Zhao and Wei in the pre-Qin period, he did not proclaim himself emperor.
"There are also people with little talent and knowledge who say that Chen Gong will accept the post of prime minister, sit in Yecheng, and split the soil into a country." Fu Xuan said again.
Liang Fen did not laugh this time.
“Many people in Beijing also say that.” He sighed.
People in the world always like to find similar things from the pile of old memories to use in the present.
What's more, Cao Mengde's incident was only a hundred years ago, so it is normal for people to talk about it.
But there is also something unusual in the normal -
Can this kind of thing be discussed openly?
This is not about whether you broke up today or what the outcome of yesterday’s debate was, but about a change of government!
This extremely sensitive matter was discussed openly without any evasion, which shows how far the court's prestige has declined. To be honest, few people did this a few years ago.
At the same time, it also shows from the side that the world is changing too fast. People's ideas are impacted every few months or a year, and then they become accustomed to things that were previously unacceptable.
The prestige of the Jin Dynasty was declining, and the reputation of Chen Gong was growing.
After conquering Ye City, if it can be firmly occupied, his reputation will reach a new level.
Liang Fen considers himself a loyal minister of the Jin Dynasty, but he is now not as resistant to dynasty changes as before.
At least Shao Xun can win the battle, right?
How many years! Cao Wu, Wang Kan, Wang Kuang, Song Chuo and others suffered successive defeats against the Xiongnu, and they were still unable to restrain the Xiongnu cavalry, putting Luoyang into a crisis.
Shao Xun saved Luoyang many times and accumulated a lot of favor among the officials and scholars.
They are the loudest people in the world. If they praise Shao Xun, then the difficulty of changing dynasties will be greatly reduced.
Shao Xun's reputation was really earned by him with one knife and one shot, and it was completely different from Wang Yifu's.
"After you go to the official position in Runan, do your best." Liang Fen calmed down and said: "The counties in Yuzhou are the foundation of Duke Chen. Other places may rebel against him, but it is unlikely that the counties in western Yuzhou will betray him. . When he appoints officials in the future, he will definitely look at whether he has the experience of serving as a big farmer in the west of Henan. Many people can't get him. "
"Yes," Fu Xuan said.
Going to runan to be an official will really put your mark on Mr. Chen.
In the eyes of others, you are their person.
To put it harshly, if Chen Gong fails and is liquidated, Fu Xuan will also be affected and even suffer disaster.
So, he can only do his best, as a Kansai scholar, to appease the Kansai refugees who have moved to various places in Runan, and let them take root, support themselves, and gradually be able to provide tax payers. , becoming a power that Mr. Chen can directly call upon.
And his thoughts illustrate one point: he does not reject Chen Gong's leadership in changing dynasties.
“I don’t know who the Taiwan minister is related to. He has become an official in the court, and he refuses to tell me when asked.” Liang Fen sighed again: “He is too utilitarian.”
< br>"Tai Chen - not a pure minister, right?" Fu Xuan carefully organized his words and asked.
"He only has a little cleverness, but no great wisdom." Liang Fen shook his head and said: "He wants to use the emperor to get an official position, probably a prefect or something like that. But it is very unwise to get involved at this time, alas."
Fu Xuan nodded silently.
His impression of Yan Ding is not very good, it can even be said that he is disgusted.
He wants to die, so he has no choice but to do it.
"How is the situation in the palace?" Fu Xuan asked.
"What else can we do?" Liang Fen didn't know whether to cry or laugh, she just heard him say: "The emperor has won over a group of lucky people, but nothing has been achieved. Wang Yan, Yu Min and others may also give Although he has no face, Lu Zhi is aggressive. The emperor is angry, so he can only——"
At this point, he sighed.
Fu Xuan understood and sighed.
“Can Shidao recruit people?” Liang Fen asked again.
"It's hard to say." Fu Xuan said with some worry: "Guanzhong is too chaotic. Even places where there is no war are in chaos. When outsiders pass by, they are full of malice. If the temptation is successful, the group will be in chaos. It is very difficult to travel across counties with a whole family, and it is not easy to raise food and supplies along the way. Most of the friends I knew back then are missing, and it is difficult to get help from them. ”
"I'll help you." Liang Fen was silent for a moment and said, "But as you said, it's hard to say whether the old friend is here or not."
"Thank you, Mr. Liang." Fu Xuan saluted solemnly.
He knew that Liang Gong was helping them purely for the sake of the Fu brothers, and he was also giving them a big gift so that they could have outstanding achievements in front of Chen Gong.
Chen Gong too longed for a powerful cavalry. If anyone takes thousands of horses and goes there, as long as he doesn't die, he will be rich and wealthy in the future.
After thanking Liang Fen, Fu Xuan couldn't help but said: "Ming Gong is idle at home and has wasted his talent and learning. It is a pity."
Liang Fen glanced at him and said: "I Ministers of the Jin Dynasty should have a beginning and an end."
"But now the Jin Dynasty is still under the rule of law," Fu Xuan said, "As long as Ming Gong does not join the imperial court, what is wrong with the position of prefecture and county?"
Liang Fin didn't answer.
He didn’t know how long the Great Jin Dynasty could last.
I think back then, when the news of the victory over Yecheng came back to the capital, there was great joy. Many people rushed to tell each other that the Huns were going to die and they would no longer have to suffer.
From this point of view, Shao Xun's reputation has reached a considerable level.
Maybe the time is not ripe now, but what about in the future?
Luoyang City is almost no longer owned by the Sima family.
"Go back early." Liang Fen stood up and said: "Shao Xun is afraid that he won't be able to return to Henan for a while. Please pay more attention to the rear affairs. In this world, there has finally been some improvement. Don't make any mistakes. .”
“I will remember Duke Ming’s teachings,” Fu Xuan said politely.
Perhaps what Liang Fen said just now represents the attitude of a considerable number of northern scholars.
Eighteen years have passed since the Qi Wannian Rebellion began!
Everyone has had enough of the war and is eager to return to the peaceful age.
Shao Xun has a very good momentum and is very likely to eliminate the Huns and unify the north. Many people do not want him to have problems and suffer a second time.
This is probably the support of the people.
(End of chapter)