Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 876 Old Fox

Zhao Bushi was not really sentenced by the court, but when Emperor Lu spoke, he could only obediently pack his luggage and go to the northwest to drink wind and eat sand.

As a waver and an old fox who has experienced strong winds and waves, Zhao Bushi is definitely not a rough man.

Long before he 'showed his face', Zhao Bushi had already had secret contacts with many people, and it wasn't only the Zhao family who were interested in Tianzhu?

Now the Zhao family is the first to stand up to test Emperor Lu's intentions. If something goes wrong, Zhao Bushi will be the first to be beaten. How can he take this risk for others for no reason?

It's a pity that it was his son who made Zhao Bushi sigh.

The eldest son Zhao Si, who had a promising future, ended up being transferred to the Western Regions.And Zhao Fei, the second son of the Imperial College who has not yet graduated, also left the school and came to the Western Regions with him.

On the occasion of his 20th birthday, Zhao Fei suddenly received this bad news, and embarked on a journey to the Gobi Yellow Sands together with his father, who would never return to the Central Plains for the rest of his life.

Because Zhao Bushi's family migrated on their own initiative, their treatment was much more favorable than that of ordinary 'immigrants'. Not only was the allocation of acres of land, but also the time was much more relaxed.

From Jinling to Gaochang, they have more than half a year, as long as they arrive in Gaochang before April next year to apply for household registration, then it's ok.

But in this era, is the Western Regions in winter accessible to newcomers like them?Don't want to freeze into a popsicle?After deducting the long winter in the northwest, the time was not very relaxed, so the move of the Zhao family was also very hasty.

Furthermore, the boss Zhao seems to be an official figure and is going to Gaochang Yamen to report.That time is earlier, it will be in place in March.

So, the family boarded a boat in Jinling, arrived at Jiangling, then changed to a carriage, and drove to the northwest without stopping.

By the time we enter Hansu, it is already mid-July. Compared with the south of the Yangtze River, the autumn in the Northwest has already brought a little bit of chill.

At this moment, walking in the Hexi Corridor, which is a vast wilderness with lush water and grass, narrow north and south, and endless sight to the east and west, and looking at the mountains on both sides, Zhao Si didn't feel the slightest bit melancholy of being demoted, but just a sense of great joy. of pleasure.

He didn't feel any regret at all because of his remote transfer to the frontier. On the contrary, Zhao Si, who is very self-aware, has always believed that the Western Regions are the stage for him to show his talents.

Zhongyuan is not bad, but his identity has restricted his development.Even though Zhao Si's hair was covered with white hair in the Central Plains, he couldn't pass the hurdle of being an official in the state government.But in the Western Regions he can.

Although all his "restrictions" cannot be dissipated here, it can make him pass the threshold of the fourth rank without hindrance.Although Zhao seemed to know that his family only had to wait for a few days, after Fu Guogong proclaimed the country and became a vassal, they could still develop.But being developed in Xinfu and being developed in the Central Plains are two different levels.

What's more, how could the Zhao family let everyone leave the Central Plains?
Is the family temple gone?Didn't the ancestors worship?

It's true that you sold your ancestors, but it doesn't mean that you really don't want your ancestors.

The tombs of the ancestors of the old Zhao family for several generations are all in Gong County.

Zhao Si is one of the characters on the left-behind list, and most of the latter are the outstanding ones among the Zhao family's children.Either in the officialdom, or in the mall, someone who can make a splash.It makes sense for such people to stay behind.The influence of the Zhao family can be maintained to a certain extent.

However, on Zhao Si's "future", many people have completely different views from him. In the eyes of many Zhao family members, even if Zhao Si sits as the chief envoy of a province in the Northwest, it is not as good as in the south of the Yangtze River. A rich place should be a state governor.

Because after others sit on the Northwest Chief Envoy, they may go up to a higher level, or even be transferred to the inland.But Zhao Si will not have such good luck.He himself felt that "the sky is high and the sea is wide", but everyone else thought it was because of Zhao Bushizhi's involvement.

"Jingzhi, how far is it from Gaochang? Let's drag our family along the way, don't delay your business." The mother's concerned voice interrupted Zhao Si's train of thought.

But seeing him pull the rein, the horse obediently turned back to the front of the car. Since the northeast, northwest and northern prairie were completely taken over by Lu Qi, the horse has completely replaced the sedan chair in the Central Plains, and it is even more difficult for women to travel. Most of them started carriages instead of people carrying sedan chairs.

Zhao Si bent over on horseback, and comforted in a calm voice: "Don't worry, mother, this place goes west along the official road, and we will definitely be able to enter Shazhou City by the end of the month. Although the temperature in the northwest is cooling down in August, it is not snowing all over the sky. Before the road is closed, we can at least go to Hami. From there to Gaochang, we must hurry up, that is, ten days, and the child will not be delayed."

Hu Tian said that it will snow in August, which is not bad at all in the Northwest.It will definitely snow heavily by the end of August at the latest.As soon as the heavy snow fell, the road was almost blocked. If Zhao Si rushed forward now, it would be difficult for him to meet his parents, even contact them, for the next half a year.How to make people feel at ease?

"It's enough for you to have this kind of filial piety. Don't let the troubles in this family affect your official career. Heck, if it wasn't for your father, with your talent, why would you come to this bitter cold place to seek a future?" Mrs. Zhao Speaking of this, I couldn't help but wiped my tears again.From a stable and stable wealthy wife to a refugee who was "distributed" to the frontier in an instant, such a blow is undoubtedly heavy for a woman's family.

"Mother, don't say that. How can the father-in-law and the daughter-in-law watch the two elder brothers come to the border alone to suffer?" Zhao Si's wife at the side immediately comforted her softly when she saw this.

Does she have no complaints in her heart?But marry a chicken and follow a chicken, marry a dog and follow a dog, women are like this.How can she stop the matter that the father-in-law and her husband decided together? At least it is not a catastrophe of ransacking the house and destroying the family.

"My lady is right. Mother, please don't take this matter too much to heart. It's not my child's good luck to come to the Western Regions, so I think it's worth it." Zhao Si followed suit.

Hearing what her son and daughter-in-law said, Zhao's mother just wiped away her tears and tried to think about things for the better.And I prayed in my heart that my son would be able to make contributions and be transferred back to the Central Plains as soon as possible, and that the emperor would be lenient and send a message early to pardon her stupid old man.Thinking of this, Zhao's mother couldn't help but looked back at her husband sitting inside. She had a lot of things in her heart, but she couldn't say them out.

Three generations of the Zhao family, old and young, sat down easily in the spacious four-wheeled carriage. The three children sat in the innermost with Zhao Fei's wife, and the second son Zhao accompanied his father.During the conversation between Zhao Si and his mother, Zhao Bushi didn't take a single eyelid.

He was "distributed and exiled". In this life, it is very difficult to return to the Central Plains except to go overseas directly.But such a big sacrifice also brought him huge gains, and the gains were not simply contributed to the Zhao family.

Zhao Bushi just sat there motionless with his overcoat on, like an old fox who has practiced for thousands of years.On the surface, the wind is calm, but in fact, the calculation is very clear in the heart, very clearly...

(End of this chapter)