Chapter two hundred and seventy-three
Chapter 273: This is Rao Le
This is Liu Suifeng. Liu Suifeng, who never hides his thoughts, will definitely say when he wants to say what he should say, "Walking with one's heart without being bound by the environment around you, you may not like him, but you must admit his openness. Tang Cheng can't do this, but it is precisely because he can't do that, that he appreciates him more and more. Speaking of which, there is not much friendship between the two, but Tang Cheng doesn't hate him and even has some favors. It is precisely because of this reason.
Although it has not entered the prosperous Tang Dynasty yet, Tang Cheng always felt that Liu Suifeng had a temperament that belonged to the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Whether it was his open-minded and straightforward mind, or even his arrogant talent who was criticized.
Seeing that Liu Suifeng came seriously in front of the yamen, Tang Chengzhen was a little awkward and bowed and bowed, "Brother Wuya praised me, let's go, talk inside!"
"Win means winning, losing means losing. In this section, Liu is still disdainful of making false statements." When Liu Suifeng was walking in, he didn't even say hello when he passed by Zhang Xiangwen, he just turned his head and said to Tang Cheng: "But the day is long, so I should compete with Wuque again."
What Zhang Xiangwen is most disdainful is Liu Suifeng's look of being arrogant. He was despised again and then smiled coldly: "What are the faces of the defeated generals saying this? Why should you compare with my elder brother? A joke!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Suifeng just smiled. Not only did he not retort, he didn't even say a word, as if he hadn't heard Zhang Xiangwen's words.
Seeing him like this, Zhang Xiangwen snorted coldly and left, too lazy to deal with this crazy person who was ignorant of the situation.
We were all fellow villagers, and we had a friendship with classmates in the past. When we met thousands of miles away, we actually became like this. The scene in front of us really made Tang Cheng speechless. Although the form of expression was different, these two people were very proud in their hearts. He was not easy to talk to in this matter, and he was afraid that he would not change anything if he said it.
Forget it, I won’t worry about it anymore. Let them solve their problems by themselves.
After shaking his head with a wry smile, Tang Chengbian led Liu Suifeng into the scene, and finally said the topic of this year's imperial examination.
When Zhang Xiangwen first came to Longmen, he was very gloating about Liu Suifeng's success during the night talk. Before the scientific examination, Liu Suifeng was the leader in the three literary meetings hosted by Princess Taiping himself. He was the second person to think of the fact that all the scholars who took the exam were the leader. At that time, all the scholars had regarded him as the top candidate for the Jinshi. Even Zhang Liang said this to Tang Cheng. Unexpectedly, after one of the Golden List, it was beyond everyone's expectations. Liu Suifeng didn't even get the last one, and he was defeated.
Liu Suifeng's result was not unexpected to Tang Cheng. Last year, he had personally experienced the summoning of Princess Taiping when he was in Chang'an. Although he did not enter the pond in the end, he really felt Taiping's debauchery in his private life. After all, Liu Suifeng did not disappoint. As he predicted in front of Zhang Liang that day, even in the face of power and wealth, Liu Suifeng still insisted on his pride.
After hearing Tang Cheng talk about this, Liu Suifeng's eyebrows finally had a gloomy look, but this only flashed away. "It is inevitable that frustration is inevitable, but I am still young after all. How many people can have passed the imperial examination since the customization of the imperial examination in the dynasty? I have long been the desire to wander around the world, but I have not been able to do it for a long time. It is a blessing to get it through this long-cherished wish."
The scholars of the Tang Dynasty had the custom of wandering. Some were before taking the imperial examination, and some were after failing to wandering. Many people also liked to travel to the border. For example, Gao Shi, Wang Changling and Wang Zhihuan, the famous frontier poets of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, had such experiences, but they did not expect that Liu Suifeng had the same thoughts.
Tang Cheng mentioned this topic and originally had the idea of comforting him, but since he was thinking so openly, there was no need to say anything he had already prepared, and he smiled and said, "Brother Wuya is open-minded."
While they were talking, the two had already arrived at Tang Cheng's study. After the servant gave him tea, Liu Suifeng asked with a tea cup in his hand: "What has been hotly discussed in Longmen City these two days is Wuque's promotion and transfer, but I don't know where to go?"
After the excitement at the yamen just now, Tang Cheng was also a lawsuit. On weekdays, others praised him for his youth, and he often encouraged himself. After all, there is no tolerance for too much energy in the officialdom. The older the people, the further they go. Unexpectedly, the more they practiced, the more they were, the more they went. However, he had been ruined by the Taoist practice of three years. Not only did he act impulsively, but he was also impulsively so that he burst into tears in front of hundreds of thousands of people.
In the final analysis, he is not good enough to practice Taoism, and is far from the "ruthless, unrighteous, and unfacial" practice of the highest practice in the officialdom. Judging from his psychological feelings when he was impulsive today, he may never be able to practice to the highest level.
Shaking his head, Tang Cheng picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Sima of the Governor's Office of Raole"
"Rao Le?" After hearing these two words, Liu Suifeng looked surprised. He held the teacup and suddenly stood up, "Wuque, let's go with you."
Tang Cheng never expected that Liu Suifeng would say such words. He was so surprised that the mouth of tea he had just drunk suddenly choked into his throat, causing a lot of coughing.
"This matter is not a joke." After coughing several times, Tang Cheng finally straightened his anger, put down the teacup and waved his hand, "Rao Le is in a critical situation, even if you want to go, you can't be at this time."
"It would be better to be a centurion than to be a scholar. If it weren't for such a situation, why should I go?" Liu Suifeng recited famous quotes from Yang Jiong, the four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty, with a resolute expression and a firm tone, giving Tang Cheng no room for rejection.
The court will reiterate the old edict of "the same in the country" at the beginning of next month. This is not only the fuse that triggered the situation in Raole, but also the last time node. Since Tang Cheng decided to go to Longmen to take office, he did not dare to delay any time. The next two days after sending Liu Suifeng away, he spent the time writing letters at his desk and interviewing others.
The first letter was naturally written to the East Palace in Beijing. In this letter, Tang Cheng did not mention his dissatisfaction with his appointment arrangements. He mentioned the personnel arrangements of the Longmen County Government after he left. He had two requirements. One was that Zhang Xiangwen officially took over the position of Longmen County Magistrate, and the other was that Jia Xu took over the position of vacant county magistrate from an official to an official.
Longmen is remote. Although it has developed rapidly this year, the Ministry of Personnel may not know it. In addition, the situation in Raole is tense and there may not be anyone willing to come here to serve. As the prince of Li Longji's East Palace, it is no problem to seek these two positions.
After the letter was sent, Tang Cheng immediately submitted a document to the Youzhou Grand Governor's Office, and also sent a letter to Jia Zixing, the commander of Tiancheng Army.
Tang Cheng's third letter was written to the Hebei Road Observation Office. After these three letters were written, he began to have an intensive conversation with others. Jia Xu, Qian Sancca, Ashidezhi and other Liuhu Shangs were all within the scope of his appointment, and Zhang Xiangwen was talking the most. The two brothers waited for two nights to sleep. Tang Cheng explained his plan for Longmen, the reasons for the current affairs, the expected results, and even possible problems and his ideas on Longmen County Government in the future.
Longmen County is not only his ideal practice, but also his only sure support after going to Hourao Le. He really can't tolerate any mistakes. Looking at Zhang Xiangwen's concentrating and nodding, Tang Cheng was very pleased. Now he thought that the reply that Zhang Liang promised to let Zhang Xiangwen come here at the end of last year was really suitable. Brothers who beat the tiger, a joke that day became a reality in less than a year.
After all the foreign affairs and yamen affairs were arranged, Tang Cheng's last intention was family affairs. Lai Fu, who had been on a long holiday since Xiao Tao came, was called over. However, the task he was assigned this time was not to stand in front of Rao Le, but was sent by Tang Cheng to Huairong, Zhoucheng to see the house and buy the house. After all these were done, he would escort Tang Zhang and others together with Zheng Wu and Zheng Qi to move to Huairong to live with Xiao Tao.
This is Tang Cheng’s biggest worries. No matter how deep his feelings for Longmen were, he would not let his family live here. Huairong was in Suoyang Pass, even if Rao Le’s fire burned, he could still burn the Great Wall?
But when arranging family affairs, we also encountered two problems. One was that Zheng Lingyi was quite unwilling to leave Longmen, and more accurately, he was unwilling to leave Donggu where she had devoted a lot of effort; the other was that Qizhi's little girl. The decoration of the new pavilion of Jiaofang in Longmen County was at an important point, and An Lushan's dance training was also on track, and she also said she would not leave.
Tang Cheng looked at safety and naturally opposed their arrangements, but when the two girls almost asked the same question at the same time, he was silently unable to speak, "Don't your husband know the danger of Rao Le, but why did he insist on going?"
As a person who traveled through time in later generations, Tang Cheng was very able to understand that women also had career pursuits. In addition, the question of the two women was really sharp, and he was unwilling to force them, so he could only entrust their safety to Zhang Xiangwen and Qian Sancca.
Time was running out. After everything was ready, Tang Cheng didn't delay any more. He kissed the kitten Daner in the morning of the third day and cried loudly, and then shed tears with Tang Zhang and others and ran north.
In addition to Zheng San, the oldest among the three Zheng brothers, who followed him here, there was Liu Suifeng in white.
After leaving the city, Tang Cheng's seriousness when he was in office came out again. Just like the previous two times he went to Baiyang Town and Jinyang, in order to hurry, he almost never sleeps. Liu Suifeng, who was a rich young man, was really good. He never screamed bitterly or tiredly along the way. He gritted his teeth and pushed him down. When the three of them arrived at the Tiancheng Army station of Longmen Grassland, which was only one boundary river from Raole, he was already covered in dust.
The four thousand days of army joined forces with about the same number of Longmen Xi Ding Zhuang. The joint camp lasted for several miles and seemed extremely spectacular. After Tang Cheng arrived, he headed straight to the commander's tent. Although the soldiers on duty along the way did not recognize him, they all looked very close to each other after hearing Zheng San informing him of his name.
It seems that the exchange of interests is stable. If it weren't for the terraces in the west valley of Longmen County, how could a local county magistrate allow these border soldiers and even the captains to do this?
He smiled at the captain who had come out after the announcement, and Tang Cheng lifted the curtain of the tent and walked in.
The handsome tent was empty. Tang Cheng waited for a while before he saw Jia Zixing turning out from behind the screen. While walking, he was wearing a newbie on his casual clothes.
"Come on, have a drink!" After shouting outside the tent, Jia Zixing sat down next to Tang Cheng, "I'm really not used to it when wearing leather armor, but I'm still more comfortable in this regular dress."
"I'm not that civil servant who can't stand military affairs. The commander is overly worried." Tang Cheng replied with a smile and then asked directly: "The border army is fast in expressing speed. How about it? The official documents submitted to the Grand Governor's Office have been approved to be transferred to you? Have you prepared me?"
"The border army has its own system, and it is a prescribed rule that soldiers and military weapons cannot be transferred to the local area. You should not only borrow people but also those valuable military weapons. The Grand Governor's Office is actually correct. This is a matter that violates the military law, so it is evil." Jia Zixing poured wine for Tang Cheng, while looking at him carefully and asked tentatively: "Why, Lord Tang is also someone in the Grand Governor's Office?"
Upon hearing this, Tang Cheng smiled. When he first came to Longmen that day, Zhang Liang had sent him a letter, saying that the Eastern Palace did not have any effective confidants in the border military system, and the only one was Sima, who was not ranked high in the Youzhou Grand Governor's Mansion.
The one who played the role this time was Sima. He himself was in charge of the military and military laws under the Great Governor's Office. It would be convenient to handle this matter. Of course, this is related to the small number of people Tang Cheng wanted to borrow and the small number of military weapons, otherwise he would not have helped so easily.
"When did your man become such a mother-in-law?" Tang Cheng laughed and said, "Give it to others quickly, I'm in a hurry to use it."
Knowing that he was sensitive to his questions, seeing that Tang Cheng was unwilling to say it, Jia Zixing knew that he did not ask any more questions. He picked up the wine bottle and invited Tang Cheng to drink it all, and then got up and walked out first.
Two teams of cavalry with a total of 100 people were soon gathered on the school ground in front of the commander's tent. The Tang Dynasty, from fifteen to sixty, were all military-agers, but the hundred people in front of him were all young soldiers in their twenties, with strong figures and clever eyes, which made Tang Cheng very satisfied.
After Jia Zixing waved to the captain on the side, he pointed at the cavalry and said to Tang Cheng: "According to your requirements, all the smart and strong soldiers selected, and all the families are moving to Longmen and have fields in Xigu. The war horses they are affiliated with have also been carefully selected. Good soldiers and horses, you have to cherish them."
"Thank you, Lord Jia, don't worry," Tang Cheng patted Jia Zixing's shoulder and stepped forward a few steps to the cavalry and said loudly: "I won't say anything extra, just two things. First, the purpose of your mission is to be safe in Longmen and safe in Longmen, and the West Valley in Longmen is safe, so you are working for your family and yourself. Second, after the mission is completed, each of you can get a reward of 20 acres of meritorious fields and 20 stagnants of money. Anyone who has other meritorious achievements will be rewarded."
After these words, Tang Cheng didn't say a word of nonsense and turned back to Jia Zixing. At this moment, the lieutenant who had just walked aside led a team of soldiers carrying boxes over.
As soon as the box was opened, a strong smell of butter suddenly popped out. More than ten boxes were neatly placed with very carefully maintained yellow birch crossbows.
Unlike the bow and arrow fired by arm strength, the yellow birch crossbow was fired with the opportunity, but it was small and not weak at all. If it was in terms of comprehensive quality, it was really a top weapon of this era. At this time, only the generals in Chang'an City could be used as supervisors. The northern grasslands did not have such manufacturing capabilities. Even in the border troops of the Tang Dynasty, the yellow birch crossbow was only qualified to wear chain mail. For ordinary soldiers, it was not easy to see such a crossbow on weekdays, let alone such a ten boxes were placed together, and there was a slight commotion in the small cavalry team.
"Baby guys, come and get it," Jia Zixing's laughter and scolding attracted cheers from the cavalry.
"I have three people, so I will leave three for me. After receiving them, Master Lao Duwei told them to change their clothes and gather here half an hour later." After that, Tang Cheng did not wait here, and turned around and left for Tuyezhuo Pi not far from the right.
After meeting Tu Yezhuo and talking, just half an hour later, Tang Cheng took the lead in leading the team of 102 people behind him and stepped onto a simple floating bridge made of sheepskin rafts.
Chapter completed!