Chapter 228: The Summoning of the Front

Chao Buzhi came in a hurry. Before his family left Beijing, Chao Buzhi settled in Zhao Xing's house with relaxed clothes. He followed Zhao Xing to visit the whole garden and then sighed: "It's a pity that your house is a pity that your house is a pity that your house is a furniture. Well, I like your table more. Remember to stay for me when I look back. Haha, I also like this chair. It's very good, I'm very free. What are you going to do with this furniture?"

Zhao Xing replied proudly: "Don't think about it. My garden is not planned to be sold. Yangzhou happens to be between Huangzhou and Hangzhou. My Cheng clan needs a place to settle down. This house will be handed over to the clan's management... This table can be given to you, and there are chairs, and you can't even think about the rest."

In ancient times, the traffic conditions were not good, so the ancients rarely moved furniture to their new homes when they moved. Generally speaking, once the ancients decided to move, except for some things that they could carry with them, everything else had to be sold locally, unless the owner really liked items, they would take with them at all costs - because it was indeed a waste of money. The shipping cost of long-distance transportation was more expensive than buying four or five new sets of furniture locally.

Chao Buzhi wanted to take advantage of the situation to rob, but when he heard Zhao Xing's words, he regretfully walked to the museum shelf, patted the museum shelf, and said, "I love this shelf very much. Also, the bed in your bedroom is also very outstanding. You really don't plan to give it up?"

The furniture in Zhao Xing's home was not inlaid with gold wire and shells like most Song people, and then painted. The furniture in his house simply polished the wood surface smoothly, and then painted with a layer of paint to keep it bright. The layer of paint he painted is called "Song lacquer" or "Chinese lacquer" in the international world. This kind of paint is as bright as a mirror. When brushed on the wood, it can keep the paint surface bright as a mirror for a thousand years - many modern unearthed Song Dynasty lacquer plates prove this.

But modern times, the formula of this paint has been lost in China. The Japanese have first registered international patents under the name "Chinese paint". This paint is the most luxurious and highest-end paint in modern society. It is non-toxic and has no side effects. The furniture painted with this paint is generally more than one million yuan, even a small stool.

Zhao Xing's table is a bit similar to the modern "big-class table". It has a long drag cabinet with a large table. The table top is spread out several feet long scrolls to make people write and paint. The table is made of Vietnamese mahogany. The slightly different from the modern big-class table is that it inherits the style that the Song Dynasty likes to be finely carved. The four sides of the table are hollowed-carved, and it is made very delicate and exquisite. It is painted with bright Song lacquer. The whole table is red, like a ripe big apple.

Zhao Xing's chair is also made of imitation of a large class chair. There is a spring at the bottom of the chair, which allows people to sit on the chair and shake it gently. The backrest is very high and adopts a design similar to an aviation cockpit chair. The backrest is wrapped with a thick natural sponge, which makes it very comfortable to sit on.

Zhao Xing patted the big desk and said with a little pain: "This big desk is given to you by a big chair. You are not satisfied with it, don't be greedy... Come on, the teacher has written "The Former Red Cliff Fu", so you can leave me a copybook, just "The Back Red Cliff Fu". If you have time, write a few special poems, which will be used to compensate the table."

Chao Buzhi patted the table, fiddled with the inkstone on Zhao Xing's desk, and said with a smile: "Then you are at a disadvantage. My calligraphy is not as valuable as the teacher, nor as good as Huang Tingjian's, or even as good as Qin Guan's. There is Cai Jing, the master in front of him, why do you still want my calligraphy?"

Zhao Xing was happy: "How did you know that I didn't let Cai Jing copy scriptures and poems? I dare say that in the Song Dynasty, who collected Cai Jing's copybooks is not as high as me... Okay, write it soon. After I finish writing, I will ask someone to send a table and chair to your home - your new home."

When Chao Buzhi heard this, he was in his spirit and shouted: "Okay, come and have a drink of wine, and two more "Green Xiaoshuo.com" and grind the ink. When I finish writing, I will give me your museum shelf."

Zhao Xing agreed with a smile. He turned around and walked out of the study room, arranged for the servants to go to Yuan's house to get the deed, and ordered someone to wait for Chao Buzhi to write a book. In the midst of a busy schedule, Cheng Shuang came in and reported: "Teacher, Sister Azhu has already set off and arrives in Yangzhou tonight."

Zhao Xing frowned, sighed, and ordered Cheng Shuang: "Clean the room quickly, and I will write you a list. You can plan it. I may have to be transferred to Qingzhou. The journey is long. You must prepare your luggage and arrange your entourage as soon as possible."

Cheng Shuang was stunned for a moment and stammered: "Teacher, there are constant wars in Yangzhou... Qingzhou..."

Zhao Xing sighed and said nothing.

That night, Azhu brought Zhao Xing's eldest son Zhao Yi to Yangzhou. Her new girl Beibei was left in Hangzhou and left to Chen Yiyi to take care of her. Originally, she shouldn't have gone out not long after giving birth, but Chen Yiyi gave birth to her son Zhao Yang. In this way, Zhao Yi's identity as the legitimate son needs to be confirmed as soon as possible, so she came to Yangzhou braved the cold.

When the couple met again after a long separation, they naturally felt considerate and gentle. Zhao Xing asked someone to burn the bedroom warmly. Cheng Azhu washed away the dust of traveling and fell asleep that night. The next day, Liao Xiaoxiao and Kasli visited the mistress. Cheng Azhu asked in front of his wife and concubine: "Official, I heard you are going to transfer to Qingzhou?"

Zhao Xing didn't want to hide it: "I heard that the Political Affairs Hall has decided, but it has not posted it. When the posting yellow comes to the beginning of next spring, I will set off. In the war in Qingzhou, you won't go, Xiaoxiao doesn't go, I will only take Kasli."

Azhu shook her head and said firmly: "Officials, follow their husbands when they get married. Officials want to go to Qingzhou, and I must follow them. It is also right for the little girl not to follow her. It is in chaos. Let her stay at home and take care of her family with Yiyi."

When Liao Xiaoxiao heard this, she was anxious and jumped out to salute Zhao Xing and Cheng Azhu, begging: "Official, Empress, Xiaoxiao is also a woman. She has also heard of the principle that marriage is the husband and husband is the wife's leader. In the war in Qingzhou, the little housekeeper is young, and the nun should stay at home to raise the nanny and grow up. The slave family has no worries. I wish to practice with the official life and be willing to die together. Qingzhou, I have to go there. Official, Empress, I will not allow Xiaoxiao to die for you."

Zhao Xing cut off the quarrel between his wives and concubines, and smiled with relief and said, "What's there to be a quarrel? Qingzhou, others regard it as a tiger's den, but I don't think so. Don't argue. Azhu will stay in Yangzhou in the future to take care of this industry."

In November, Liu Zhi stopped prime minister, Su Song was appointed as Jixi Guan Envoy, and removed from his post as prime minister. This month, Emperor Zhao Xu got married and played music for the first time at the emperor's wedding. Since then, music was allowed in Chinese weddings.

On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhao Xing took Azhu and his legitimate son Zhao Yi back to Chengjiaao. After many years of incident, Zhao Xing was a little moved as he first set foot on the original place of the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Xing's identity for returning to the clan this time was embarrassing. He married the Cheng clan's women. According to the generation of the Cheng clan, he was one generation lower than the clan leader Cheng. However, he was also the teacher of the Cheng clan's children, and a large factory that grew up in the Cheng clan, and was also the established clan prison temple of the Cheng clan in Huangzhou. Therefore, the Cheng clan finally vaguely designated Zhao Yi's seniority as equivalent to Cheng Shuang. In this way, Zhao Xing took the position of Cheng Laoqi and was called "Uncle Seven" by the Cheng clan's children, while Cheng Laoqi used a more vague noun "Seventh Master".

On the second day of the twelfth lunar month, after the ancestor worship, Zhao Xing led the newly born child of the Cheng clan to the edge of Xishui. The place where he met Su Shi. The stone walls near this place had been polished and smoothed in advance. Zhao Xing took out Su Shi's poem "The Red Cliff Fu" and "The River Going East" and handed it to the craftsmen. The craftsmen bowed and took it, climbed up the stone wall and began to carve the words.

Because this chiseling project was to be fully printed by Su Shi's strokes, it was estimated that it would take half a year to complete the carving, so the craftsmen raised the chisels and carved the heads on the stone wall. After the ceremony, Zhao Xing took the children away, and the rest was the work of the craftsmen.

This is an effort made by Zhao Xing. He seemed to remember that in modern times, Su Shi's handwriting was destroyed. Among them, "The Drunken Old Man's Pavilion" and "The Fengle Pavilion" written by Su Shi escaped from Mongolian cavalry and the literary inquisitions of the Jin people, but was destroyed in the hands of the Red SS. So he wanted to hide Su Shi's handwriting in the mountains, hoping that it would become the only original post of Su Shi that survived. However, Zhao Xing was wrong. In real history, Huangzhou also owned a cliff carving of Su Shi's handwriting, which was hidden in the deep mountains, but it still did not escape the "destroying the four olds" of the Red SS...

Cheng Duan and others were in the clan ancestral hall. Zhao Xing lit a stick of incense stick in accordance with the rules. The child Zhao Yi followed him. Although he did not understand the intention of his father's behavior, he learned how to learn very quickly. After the incense, Cheng Duan asked Zhao Xing to sit down and asked, "When he goes to Qingzhou, how many soldiers are the Master planning to take?"

Cheng Dun asked about the number of Zong Dings that Zhao Xing planned to take away.

In the patriarchal society, three major powers coexist, namely: imperial power, divine power, and clan power. The imperial power is the first. However, in this special dynasty of the Song Dynasty, clan power had great power, and clans could even have their own armed forces. For example, in "Water Margin", the three manors such as Zhujiazhuang and Hujiazhuang had their own armed warriors. However, the Song Dynasty did not suppress the power of clans, and sometimes they were quite tolerant. For example, after the "Lantian Convention" was changed to "Lushi Township Agreement", the court had nothing to say. For example, when Zhao Xing was going to Huanqing Road, the court forced local armed forces to use clans as units to assist the court in resisting invasion, etc.

Cheng Duan is now a village chief or a patriarch. In Huangzhou, the Manzhou, he has the right to have his own armed forces to maintain local order from the official perspective; from the patriarchal perspective, he also needs an armed force to defend the clan power. All kinds of factors gather together, Chengjiaao, Huangzhou, became Zhao Xing's military survivor. The Cheng clan members are responsible for recruiting strong hunters from the village and the mountains. After simple training in Chengjiaao, they are sent to Hangzhou Moli Garden for stricter military skills training, organization and management training, and then they begin to divert. Some people are assigned to sea ships to act as armed guards, while some return to Huangzhou to continue practicing in Chengjiaao to maintain physical fitness.

This time, Zhao Xing was going to Qingzhou and finally used these people. He was looking forward to the famous Huai Yong in history to reappear their brave fighting style in the Song Dynasty, so he specially returned to Chengjiaao and wanted to mobilize some troops to support the front line.

"I estimated that there were about 100 regiments in the front and back. There were fifty people in the early stage, and I only needed a strong body, capable of fighting, and able to shoot arrows. There were fifty people in the late stage, and I needed a leader level, and I needed to send them overseas for half a year to train. In the future, as a leader, I would train the soldiers below. This group of people needed to read the text and make a record of words and prepare for me." Zhao Xing asked.

Cheng Duo answered with his beard, "I, Chengjiaao, currently have 500 archers, and there are 150 archers who can beat. If the Master needs it, he can take them all away. There is nothing wrong with me in the countryside. It is enough to have dozens of people who can scare the little thief."

Zhao Xing shook his head: "There are brave men everywhere on Huanqing Road. I am recruiting people in the local area, but the court has no doubts. It is not good to bring too many people to the clan leader. The clan leader will continue to recruit people here, and let everyone from the nearby four counties accept our military training... Even if the family can't raise so many people, I will give them a sum of money to be dismissed back to my hometown first, or maybe they will give priority to entering the Cheng clan industry, which is also a grace. When necessary, a large army can be brought up around me. This is my purpose."

...

After the dynasty, Zhao Xing privately solicited opinions from his aides again. The coach Fan, who returned from Gaoyou Army, was ready to go and insisted on accompanying him. Wan Qiyong thought for a long time and expressed his willingness to go to Qingzhou for three years. Shan E thought for a long time, thinking that he was old and had been living in the south, he might not be able to adapt to the harsh climate in the Hedong Road area, so he decided not to go.

Zhao Xing expressed his understanding of the old man's decision. After all, there is no water conservancy construction in Qingzhou, and even if this water conservancy expert follows him, it will not be of much help. So Zhao Xing hurriedly wrote a letter to Su Shi, asking Su Shi to help arrange Dan E.

After that, Su Shi, who was about to leave Beijing, used his last energy to arrange for Shan E the position of the magistrate of Guangling County for Shan E. Guangling County is a newly added county in Yangzhou this year. As Yangzhou household registration increased due to the increase in settlement, the court added two counties in Yangzhou, and set all 23 storing sites as locals. Shan E himself was a Jinshi, and this time he skipped the experience of auxiliary officials and directly served as the head of a county because Yangzhou's settlement was too significant. In this way, Shan E easily entered the official career.

Then, Zhao Xing began to arrange his accompanying family.

Seeing that the child was growing up, he really wanted to take him with him to educate him and enjoy family happiness, but Gyeongju is really not a good place for children to grow up. After hesitating, he finally gave up.

After some persuasion, Cheng Azhu and Chen Yiyi agreed to stay in Yangzhou and Hangzhou, and decided to stop until Zhao Xing settled. With Liao Xiaoxiao's insistence, she was finally included in the accompanying list. However, she will slowly go to Qingzhou with Kasli as a teammate in the back team.

Liao Xiaoxiao insisted because according to the laws of the Song Dynasty, she had been with Zhao Xing for enough years. At this time, no one could stop her if she wanted to leave. She was unwilling to leave, but she had not given birth to a child in three years, which made her feel a little panicked, worried that she would lose favor after she was old and deteriorating. Then she decided to follow Zhao Xing no matter what, hoping that in the past three years in Qingzhou, she could bring herself a child and leave Zhao Xing with a friendship of sharing hardships.

As for the servants in Yangzhou, Zhao Xing had made arrangements in advance. Most of the skilled servants Zhao Xing had begun to be dismissed to support them in Yangzhou. The servants who had received military training who were willing to go to Qingzhou to accompany Zhao Xing to accompany them in batches... After everything was rectified, Zhao Xing's home became busy, but this kind of chaotic situation was orderly.

The servants were all packing their luggage and tidying up their personal belongings. Kou Lian'er, who had not been arranged, was anxious and quickly invited Zhao Xing to meet him. As soon as he met, he kowtowed to the ground and said, "I wish to go back to my hometown with the master."

Zhao Xing laughed, and he looked at the tattoos on Kou Lianer's hand and shook his head: "Why did you go back to your hometown - the people of Qingzhou raised you, but you waved their swords at them and slaughtered them. Now, every living Qingzhou person is your life and death revenge. As long as you step on Qingzhou and reveal the tattoos on your hands, the people of Qingzhou can eat you alive. How dare you go back to your hometown?"

Kou Lianer continued to kowtow stubbornly: "I wish to be buried in my hometown."

Zhao Xing sneered: "Not to tell whether you can go back to your hometown, let me talk about you first. You are a slutty slave controlled by the imperial court. My Kasli took you out of Hangzhou, which is already a violation of the regulations - privately leaving the custody place. How could you let you leave Yangzhou again? Even if you can leave Liangzhe area, how could I bring you to Qingzhou? If the people of Qingzhou know that I have someone like you with me, what should I think of me?

OK, don’t be too much. I’ll put you in the past because you are constantly improving. If you force yourself too much, it’s better for me to kill you with one stick. The other end of the government is just a notification."

Kou Lianer kowtowed again: "I dare not offend the master, but when that incident happened (referring to the Qingzhou mutiny), I was still in my infancy. The sins of Qingzhou should have nothing to do with me. Since I was born, I have been a cow and horse, and all the sins that should be redeemed have been redeemed. Now, my parents are old and have been talking about burying my bones in my hometown. But when I was born, I have never seen the mountains and rivers of my hometown, and I would rather follow the master back to my hometown to take a look. Even if I die after taking a look, it is worth it."

Zhao Xing shook his head - the rural concept of the Chinese people is really unreasonable for modern people. Just because you are doing favors, then do it to the end: "Do you have any acquaintances in Qingzhou?"

"No, I can't have an acquaintance in Gyeongju!"

"Okay, I'll find some medicine to remove your tattoos, and then reconcile with the government to eliminate your humble origins... As for your parents, I don't care. Life and death are the only way to go."

Kou Lian'er thanked her for her thanks her for leaving. Liao Xiaoxiao didn't speak any longer. When Kou Lian'er stepped down, she asked: "My husband, why do she still have to go to Qingzhou even though she knows that life is worse than death? Why do you still have to agree?"

Zhao Xing smiled and said, "Do you think she is stupid? She is not stupid at all! You are gone, Kasli is gone, what should she do? Azhu has always wanted to be a qualified mistress, but she has become restrained. Once I leave, she will definitely not allow Qingzhou to stay in the mansion. Kou Lian'er saw this clearly, so she asked to go to Qingzhou for a fight, because instead of enduring hardships with her new master, life is not as good as death, it is better to go to Qingzhou with me... Forget it, his father has finally been a Qingzhou officer, maybe familiar with geography, or maybe it will be useful to me. Let him follow him. If his father really has a heart for atonement, it will also help me."

Liao Xiaoxiao glanced at the sky with a smile and said with a charming smile: "My husband, it's too late, so why not go to the house to talk..."

The room was so good, Zhao Xing said happily: "It is only beautiful to ask them to take a bath and have a couple's bath."

Liao Xiaoxiao's eyes were as charming as silk: "Nu Nu listened to my husband..."

In early January of the seventh year of Yuanyou, Cai Jing's appointment came down. What's funny is that this corrupt official was originally unable to become the prefect of Chengdu because of the impeachment of the censor. Now the censors have a new reason. His new official position is the prefect of Chengdu. Li Zhichun of the former Chengdu Prefecture was transferred back to Beijing to serve as the prefect of Kaifeng.

A corrupt official left, and the people of Yangzhou actually bid farewell with tears. This is because Cai Jing, a corrupt official, has been so cute recently. From the end of the year, he tried every means to find various reasons to pay the people in Hangzhou. Originally, the court only distributed charcoal money to the people when it snowed, but Cai Jing was crazy. He also paid charcoal money when it rained in the summer. Sometimes he also paid charcoal money, but the charcoal money was not called charcoal money, but "house repair fees". It seems that after a little wind and a little rain, the people's houses also need to be renovated.

Originally, Cai Jing's land reclamation campaign brought in a large number of foreign populations and claimed to take stock of the land of the local landlords, which made the indigenous residents of Yangzhou very resistant to this corrupt official. However, Cai Jing's crazy money-spending operation made the Yangzhou people a little greedy for this person and a little bit unwilling to do anything, but the magistrate who often gave them money was quite nostalgic because of his term, the interests of ordinary people in Yangzhou were not touched. Cai Jing wanted to do something about the interests of the big family in Yangzhou, but before he could do it, he was transferred to the office, and eventually gave everyone a lot of money... The people of Yangzhou want to come to such corrupt officials.

Cai Jing paid a huge sum of money. Zhao Xing reported to the court that the income from land reclamation was 3.4 times, but in fact he concealed half of this amount, because the price of paddy fields after the road was built was more than ten times the price of wasteland without roads. As a result, on average, the total income from land reclamation should be more than 7 times the investment.

Zhao Xing concealed part of it because he planned to reserve the operation fund for the new year's land reclamation. Now, Cai Jing is just a matter of life, and he spent all this huge sum. When Su Shi transferred from Yingzhou to the prefect of Yangzhou, there were only 3,120 guan and 3 cents left in the treasury. This was left by Cai Jing for Zhao Xing's sake. If Su Shi was not Su Shi, Cai Jing would only leave the fraction of the 3 cents and spend the rest.

Cai Jing left alone, and only Zhao Xing saw him off. Su Shi came. At this time, Zhao Xing had become the highest official left behind in Yangzhou. He welcomed Su Shi on behalf of his colleagues in Yangzhou.

This welcome is also an exception. Logically speaking, Zhao Xing, the lower-level official, should have left Cai Jing, the highest-ranking official, to hand over, but it is probably Su Shi and Cai Jing were extremely inconsistent, so Empress Dowager Gao made an exception and asked Cai Jing to leave first, to leave Zhao Xing, the student, to hand over.

With Chao Buzhi's work who arrived in advance, Zhao Xing's handover was very smooth. Besides, there was nothing to hide between teachers and students. Zhao Xing explained the specific operation of Hangzhou land reclamation and explained to Su Shi: "Teacher, although there is no money in the treasury, there is no need to worry, because all the money that should be spent in the near future is spent, and the rest is all inputs. For example, in the Yangzhou Flower Fair in March, on February 25, the organizer will pay a 5,000 commission fee.

In March, the Tea Principal, Salt Principal, and various transportation departments will pay a portion of the "regular payment" so as long as February is over, the government's investment will follow... There is no need to worry about land reclamation. I have prepared the wasteland that refugees will reclaim this year. This month, I have also paid in advance the funds for hiring the roads and dredging the rivers. The teacher will support the three thousand guan for a month. The thing in a month is 'current income and expenditure' - Yangzhou is rich, and the income should be greater than the expenditure."

Su Shi was very satisfied: "When the arrangement was made by someone, what else should I do? I just wait to collect the money. I just sat in the prefect of collecting money, just learn from Ouyang Gong's "The Drunken Old Man's intention is not wine, but between mountains and rivers." Haha, I happened to have time, and I will write Teacher Ouyang's "The Drunken Old Man's Book of Records" and engrave and erect the monument."

After a pause, Su Shi took out an official edict from his arms and handed it to Zhao Xing: "This is your official body: guarding the edge of the Huanqing curb to recruit pacification envoys, Quan Qingyang Jiedushi (Magistrate), Qingyang Troupe Training Envoy - a sixth-rank official, which is equivalent to promoting you to two levels. Li Ren, Qingzhou is full of battles, I think you should contact Chen Jichang. His father Chen Bi was the prefect of Fengxiang Prefecture, and his son Chen Buqun had studied under your hands. I know that Chen Jichang has a few veterans from Fengxiang Prefecture, so you can borrow it from him."

Qingzhou was renamed Qingyang shortly after Xining, and belonged to "Zhenzhou". The so-called "Zhenzhou" state means the front-line border defense prefecture. Such prefectures and county magistrates are in line with military and political management, and are not called "magistrates" but "Jingduans", and are called "prefects" by the people.

Among Zhao Xing's three new official positions: Qingyang Tuan Jian was a sixth-rank official, Qingyang Jieduan was a fifth-rank official, and recruited a pacification envoy on the edge of the road to recruit a pacification envoy was a fifth-rank official. Zhao Xing held the first two official positions with a low official position, and he had to add "power" and "guard" in front.

The Qingyang Troupe Training Envoy did not add "power" or "guard" in front of the Troupe Training Envoy, indicating that the court recognized his achievements in Yangzhou and officially promoted him to a sixth rank that meets the Troupe Training Envoy's grade - equivalent to a two-level jump... However, no one is envious of this jump, because Troupe Training Envoy was biased towards military officers, and Zhao Xing went to the front line to hold such an official position.

Zhao Xing bowed to the teacher and said, "It was supposed to be like this, but I didn't get the appointment, so I couldn't speak out loud. But now it's too late, I plan to go on my way tomorrow."

Su Shi was surprised: "So quickly, why should you be so anxious?"

Zhao Xing replied: "We must not be anxious. The plan for the year lies in spring. Every spring plowing is the most important. I must rush to Qingzhou before the spring plowing to plan the offensive and defensive plan for the year. Teacher, I will set off tomorrow, and I will not be with you today."
Chapter completed!