Chapter 590 There are still people coming
The first day of July is a day for the children of aristocratic families to "go to the fields".
The so-called "field trip", in layman's terms, means inspecting the farm.
Xingtian can understand the operating status of the manor, as well as the surrounding natural conditions and geographical conditions, so as to further expand the industry.
This habit has been around since the Later Han Dynasty. At this time, activities such as sightseeing and literati gatherings were added, which turned a simple economic activity into a comprehensive activity.
On this day, more than ten scholars, led by Wang Yan's brother Wang Cheng, Yu Yi, the son of Sili Colonel Yu Chen, and Shangshu Zuocheng Lu Yan, and hundreds of followers, climbed Mount Mang.
The sergeant who was cutting wood on the mountain saw him from a distance, and drew his bow and knife on the spot. Only after seeing clearly did he relax.
I thought bandits were coming!
Wang Cheng and others also saw these soldiers, but they did not pay attention. They found a place with lush vegetation, spread carpets and futons, and everyone sat on the ground.
After a while, the music started playing, the tea pot began to gurgling with steam, and the atmosphere became lively.
Wang Cheng shook his cattail leaf fan and joked with everyone.
"Pingzi went to Jiangling, Jiangxia, and Xuzhou. He is really well-informed." Also present today was Wen Qiao, who was born in the Wen family of Taiyuan.
Zan Hua was originally an adviser to Liu Kun, but because of his consecutive defeats, Liu Kun felt very pessimistic and evacuated him to Hebei.
Wen Qiao had served as Wang Yan's staff and was friendly with Yu. Coming to Luoyang was his best choice.
Wang Yan also admired him very much, so he appointed Wen Qiao as the chief secretary of the shogunate and entrusted him with important tasks.
Wen Qiao is talented, but he is romantic and bohemian. His family background is neither high nor low, but he dares to speak. Sometimes he uses swear words like a Guizhou leader, and the target of the curse often has a high status.
Seeing Wang Cheng now, his words were somewhat sarcastic.
"Taizhen is Liu Bingzhou's vassal. He has praised paintings for many years. How is his record?" Wang Cheng was a little unhappy. The young master's temper got angry and he wanted to get angry, but he was immediately grabbed by his sleeve quietly by the person next to him. , reacted suddenly.
Isn’t it because Wen Qiao is so arrogant because he and Yu Liang have a similar affinity?
What can Yu Yuangui be proud of? Isn’t it just my sister who married Mr. Chen?
Several women in my Wang family - Bah!
"Regardless of the performance, Liu Bingzhou guarded the isolated city for eight years, which can be said to be brave. He is unswervingly determined and has the court in mind, which can be said to be loyal." Wen Qiao glanced sideways at Wang Cheng and said.
Wang Cheng was furious, but speechless and could only turn his head away.
This Wen Qiao, fortunately, he is still working in his brother's tent, but he has no clue. What he just said was a compliment to Liu Kun on the surface, but didn't it mean to hurt his brother secretly?
But his brother still admired him very much. Even though Wen Qiao contradicted him many times, he still did not feel dissatisfied and worked hard to cultivate him.
Many of the Langya Wang family’s disciples associate with Wen Qiao, are they all blind?
"Okay, Tai Zhen, please stop saying a few words." Lu Yan came over and advised: "The former Wei Dynasty was not moral, so the Sima family ceded it and the Jin Dynasty replaced the Wei Dynasty. Today, the people are in chaos and chaos. Uneasy. As the saying goes, change leads to change, and the world is like this. What's there to say? "Wen Qiao sighed after hearing this, Tai Zhen. , said: "I have nowhere to go, so I can only come to Luoyang. But there are few loyal ministers in Luoyang, who can't see it? Are you not allowed to complain?"
Lu Yan and him are considered The relationship is relatively close, so it is inconvenient to speak harshly to each other.
"If you feel that it is not going well, you can go to the dredging ceremony. Yu Yuangui has passed and the city site is being planned." Lu Yan said.
"I owe him money. It's not convenient to meet him, so I'd better not go." Wen Qiao said bitterly.
"Bet again?"
"A small gamble and lost one hundred thousand dollars."
"You..." Lu Yan was speechless.
Since he was a child, he felt that Wen Taizhen was very talented, funny, and good at dealing with others. The only drawback was that he liked to gamble.
"It's just a trivial matter." Wen Qiao saw Lu Yan's expression and laughed loudly, saying: "Mediocre people worry about losing money, but I don't. One hundred thousand dollars makes me happy overnight. It’s already a big profit, that’s enough!”
“Taizhen’s free and easy nature is admirable.” Yu Yi observed for a long time and saw that the atmosphere between Wang Cheng and Wen Qiao gradually relaxed. , just now he said: "With such talent, I should be pleased by Mr. Chen, and I will be successful in the future."
"It's a pity that Mr. Chen is a little impatient." Wen Qiao sighed.
Yu Yi was startled.
Wen Qiao pointed, shook his head and smiled: "You! Yuan Gui didn't even try to persuade me, so what are you trying to do?"
Yu Yi wanted to speak but stopped.
"Stop talking, it's the same Yao and Shun surrender talk again." Wen Qiao said: "Don't worry, I am dissatisfied with Chen Gong for forcing your Majesty, but I have no soldiers and no power, so what's the use of being dissatisfied ? Duke Chen should be worried about the powerful people in the counties and counties. There are always people who want to be emperor in the twenty-one states of the Jin Dynasty. In the 50th year of the reign of Emperor Zuo, there are still loyal people. Even though he doesn’t dare to openly oppose Chen Gong, if the opportunity arises, he may not be able to fight back.”
Yu Yi was stunned, and suddenly he understood Wang Cheng, Wen Taizhen was really unforgiving. People.
"Moreover." Wen Qiao glanced at him and said: "Now I have lost all the money I borrowed to marry my wife, so I can only settle down in Luoyang first." Wen Qiao's wife Died early. When he left Jinyang, he only took his mother and a few servants with him. He first went to Qinghe County to settle down his mother, and then came to Luoyang.
I originally wanted to join my father-in-law Li Xuan (gèng). He was the former Secretary of the Central Committee and had some connections in the court. However, he had no choice but to find out that he had returned to his hometown in Gaoping, so he had no choice but to defect to Wang Yan.
He is really single now, and he doesn’t have anything he wants. No money, no wife, no heirs, nothing...
Fortunately, Yu Liang was very generous and gave him a house to live in. He also sent someone to send him 100,000 yuan to buy a betrothal gift and marry him. wife.
Wen Qiao thought carefully. With his current behavior, probably no woman would be willing to marry him. There used to be a lot of Wen clan members in Luoyang, and most of them had moved south in the past few years. It was impossible to find someone to introduce them to them.
It’s better to go gambling and have fun!
So he did this, and the only unhappy part was that he lost all his money.
"Oh, it's hard to move without money. Let's borrow some from the captain tomorrow." Wen Qiao sighed again.
Wang Cheng almost jumped up when he heard this, but was stopped by someone.
I thought that my brother asked about Wen Qiao's marriage status yesterday and might introduce him to Langya Wang's daughter, so I became even more depressed.
"If it doesn't work out, it's okay to go find Yuan Gui again. At worst, I'll sell my life to him." Wen Qiao continued.
Yu Yi didn’t know how to answer this.
Wang Cheng sneered: "Taizhen, don't you want to be a loyal minister? Are you giving up on yourself?"
Wen Qiao glanced at him and said slowly: "It's hard to be a loyal minister. . The loyal ministers of Luoyang Gungun did not end well."
"Henan Yin Wuyi died in the battle at Xin'an City, and Qingche General Jiao Qiu was defeated."
"Attendant Xu Xia said goodbye to his family and shed tears on the road."
"Li Shu, the official of Guanglu, failed to prepare military resources well and was dismissed from office."
"Yan Ding, the minister of Zhongshu, fled with his family and was in a state of embarrassment."
"Didn't these all happen recently? Loyal ministers are difficult, loyal ministers suffer, loyal ministers' families are ruined, and all the officials and officials in Luoyang see it. Now I am afraid that no one is willing to be a loyal minister, so I can only follow the trend. "
Wen Qiao. The thinking has always been very clear.
I have my own views and opinions. I do not approve of what Mr. Chen has done, but I admire loyal ministers. If given the opportunity, I would not mind being a loyal minister. If you don't have the chance, then just serve Mr. Chen honestly, it's that simple.
His idea actually represents a considerable number of scholars and officials.
Shao Xun used the military parade to show off to the emperor, and then killed a chicken to scare the monkeys, and dealt with several of the emperor's close ministers. Some people must not understand these actions, but it does not prevent them from succumbing to reality and serving Shao Xun. .
People are inherently very contradictory.
They are disappointed with the current situation and urgently need change. But when someone really stands up to change, or even plans to change the government, everyone is not satisfied, especially when this person is from a humble background.
Of course, there are also people cheering. Most of these people are Kansai scholars. Their hometown has been captured by the Xiongnu, and they really hope that someone will regain the lost land - Liu Can has just defeated the Jin army and captured the North. Throughout the territory, they also marched to Fufeng, and countless people surrendered to the Huns.
There are hundreds of people, all kinds of people, there are all kinds of people. But in the tide of the times, personal opinions have been infinitely weakened. Whether you support Mr. Chen or oppose him, in the end you will be forced to move forward by the general trend of the world.
"Taizhen, do you think that with Chen Gong's merits and prestige, it is possible to follow the story of Cao Wei?" Yu Yi looked into his eyes and asked.
"If he really attacks and destroys the Huns, I have nothing to say." Wen Qiao said.
"What if we can't destroy the Xiongnu and can only confront them?" Yu Yi asked.
"Then we can only go so far." Wen Qiao said without hesitation: "Didn't Mr. Chen act very appropriately? He robbed the Sima clan king, and the scholars saw it. , there will also be a sense of sadness that the rabbit died and the fox died, but no one objected openly. Is it not because of Chen Gong's outstanding performance? To put it simply, it was because the courtiers, ministers, and nobles were afraid of him and worried about the consequences of Bu Xuxia, Jiao Qiu, and others. Follow the example and dare not stand up."
"In addition, they still have expectations for Chen Gong. Some people have many shortcomings, but he is useful. He can defeat the Huns. Thinking about it this way, there is something wrong. It’s not that I can’t bear it.”
“However, if Chen Gong is defeated and all the elite masters and disciples are lost...hehe, the backlash will come. After all, the scholars who are determined to follow Chen Gong will not be able to bear it. Which ones?"
Yu Yi suddenly realized it and was a little worried at the same time.
As a member of Chen Gong's wife family, his perspective is different from that of other scholars, and sometimes it is easy for him to blind his eyesight.
In this regard, Wen Qiao saw it very clearly. Moreover, he was really rude when he spoke!
Thinking about Chen Gong, it is not easy. The price a military household has to pay to become a soldier slave is several times that of the Sima clan and the children of the aristocratic family.
Even if he is a descendant of a distant branch of the gentry who is too poor to put food on the table, it will be much easier for him than a person from Guizhou or a military household who has no family background.
Remembering that he had once opposed his sister's marriage to Mr. Chen, thinking that his status was unworthy, Yu Yi felt a little relieved.
It really goes against the grain!
(End of this chapter)