son-in-law

Chapter 1023
In mid-May, Fuzhou.

The sun is rising from the direction of the port, and the fishing fleet has already set out to sea. Along with the shouts of the workers on the pier, the crowded streets and alleys, markets, squares, and construction sites in the city have already gathered people in front of them. The scene became lively.

Plainly dressed people hurried past after having breakfast at roadside stalls, and children selling newsprint ran among the crowd.Brothels, teahouses and wine shops that have become obsolete, have been open for business and have begun renovations in the recent period. In these half-new and half-old buildings, literati and poets gather here. Vendors from afar start a day of communication and negotiation...

The large influx of refugees and the tentative location of the capital by the new imperial court have brought such a prosperous scene to Fuzhou.A similar situation lasted for several years in Lin'an more than ten years ago, but compared to the chaos in Lin'an's prosperity at that time, a large number of refugees died, and various cases frequently occurred, Fuzhou's seemingly chaotic and prosperous , but vaguely guided by order.

In the past few months, a large number of court officials have subdivided their work into several main directions. On the one hand, they encourage local aborigines in Fuzhou to participate in business activities related to people's livelihood as much as possible, such as renting out houses with houses. , Selling breakfast with cooking skills, expanding operations with store capital, under the circumstance of a large influx of people, the demand for various market links related to people's livelihood has increased greatly, but any vendor who has a small stall on the street selling early The livelihood here can be doubled several times.

While guiding and encouraging the local people to expand their operations and be responsible for people’s livelihood, new docks were built in the east of Fuzhou, shipyards were expanded, technical staff were placed, and residential and workshop areas were expanded in the north and west of the city. Vendors built new factory buildings and huts, and recruited homeless refugees to work and provide relief with work, at least to ensure that most of the refugees would not live on the streets and could find a bite to eat.

At the same time, redundant soldiers participated in patrols, and the lower-level officials dealt with security issues strictly and quickly. Almost every day, criminals were taken to Caishikou to be beheaded, causing a large number of people to watch.In this way, although many criminals were killed, and innocent people were unavoidably wronged in many cases, it had the effect of killing chickens and monkeys as a whole, so that the outsiders and locals did not have too much conflict for a while. .

From a macro point of view, the ability of Xinjun to handle political affairs in Fuzhou at this time is countless times higher than that of Naifu who was in power in Lin'an more than ten years ago.On the other hand, Lin'an back then was nourished by the original half of the Wu Dynasty and the entire Central Plains, but the nourishment that Fuzhou can attract now is far inferior to that of Lin'an back then.

By May, great shocks were sweeping through the fledgling city.

If they are ordinary people who are not involved in government affairs, what people can see is the shock when the court announced the results of the Southwest War on the second day of May, and the courage and generosity of the new monarch behind the shock.During this period, there were certainly those who abused the Wu Dynasty, but following it, a lot of new news and new things flooded people's eyes.

Li Pin's newspaper began to interpret the concept of Gewu Zhixue based on the results of the Southwest Wangyuan Bridge. Every day since then, the newsprint has extended the concept of Gewu Zhixue to ancient Luban and Mohism. The book begins to talk about Luban's wooden kite that can fly for three days without falling, and Zhuge Kongming's wooden ox and horse in the Three Kingdoms period... These are things that ordinary people like to hear and see.

Along with Gewuzhi is Li Pinxin's discussion of Confucianism. These concepts are a little far away from ordinary people, but among the middle and lower class scholars, discussions about power concentration, loyalty to the monarch and patriotism have begun to become more common.By mid-May, some stories about Guan Zhong and Zhou Tianzi in "Chunqiu Gongyang Biography" had frequently appeared in the discussions of readers, and the core ideas of these stories finally came down to four words:
——Respect the king and fight against the barbarians.

While the halo of the divine tool of Gephysics continues to expand, most people have not been able to see clearly the undercurrents hidden beneath it.On the fifth day of May, Fuzhou Chaotang dismissed Li Long, the old minister of the Ministry of Industry, and reorganized the Ministry of Industry. At the same time, in private, there were rumors that the new Emperor Junwu and the eldest princess Zhou Pei once learned to study objects and arithmetic under the hands of the Southwest Ning devil.

In the past, Ning Yi killed the king and rebelled, and he was indeed treasonous, but his ability is so strong that no one in the world can deny it. After the death of Emperor Jinghan, Emperor Jingping Zhou Ji was taken captive to the north. At that time, all the dignitaries in Jiangnan were in the crowd. Zhou Yong, who was not outstanding among the royal family, was actually hoping that the pair of siblings might turn the tide after inheriting Ning Yi's mantle. I have made a lot of pushes, just looking forward to a day when this pair of siblings will do something...

These half-truths and half-false statements aroused a strange atmosphere among the people, but they also indirectly dispelled the negative emotions of everyone thinking about their own problems because of the war in the Southwest.

On the ninth day of May, the Beiwei army worked closely inside and outside the city, and captured Quanzhou in only four days. When the news came, the whole city was excited.

These are the movements of Fuzhou that ordinary people can see, but if you go up, you can find that a huge storm has been roaring in the sky of Fuzhou City for a long time.

From a general perspective, it is not surprising that there will be a phenomenon of one emperor and one courtier in any change of court.What is the new emperor's personality, what is his philosophy, who does he favor and whom does he alienate? These are the things that people have to pay attention to and adapt to in every normal process of king replacement.

The Wujian Shuo Dynasty followed Zhou Yong's departure from Lin'an, and it almost existed in name only, and the prince Junwu who followed him was always at the center of war and in the midst of countless ups and downs.After he succeeded to the throne, he "revitalized" the court, and managed to gain a foothold in the tragic fighting and fleeing. The Wu Dynasty's national power has declined, but in terms of righteousness, he can still be said to be the most legitimate The new emperor of the Wu Dynasty, once he has gained a firm foothold and ascended to the top, half of the powerful families in the south of the Yangtze River will still choose to support him.This is the power of fame.

The Wu Dynasty is indeed already a ruined ship as a whole, but the ruined ship also has a three-point nail, not to mention that under the premise of the original huge size of the ruined ship, the basic plan of this righteousness is placed on the stage of competing for the world at this time , is still extremely huge, at least compared to Tie, Wu and others in Lin'an, compared to Liu Guangshi, Dai Mengwei and others, and even compared to the gang of bandits in Jindi.

Countless big families are waiting for the new emperor to clear his mind and make a voice to judge what form he will support.Many of the forces that have gathered in Fuzhou since February and March are actually representatives or envoys of these local forces that still have power, and some are even the people in power themselves.

In May, the emperor saw the poor dagger and officially made a sound. The sound of this sound was a disaster that caught countless big families by surprise.

Respect the king and fight against the barbarians!

Since the second half of last year, the new emperor named Zhou Junwu has been fighting in the most tragic environment. In Jiangning, he was besieged by millions of soldiers. When Jiang Ning succeeded to the throne, he was forced to abandon Jiang Ning soon after, and fled in Jiangnan. Behind his back, countless people were massacred.He rectified the army, once chose to centralize power, and organized a monitoring team and a military law team with broken-down bottom soldiers as the backbone. These actions are all justifiable.

People are waiting for him to calm down and look at the overall situation from a higher perspective. In essence, many people are waiting for officials to make a wish, and many families are waiting to make contributions under the new political framework. These families have resources Reserves, strength, and talents—these talents were cultivated in the past system framework assumptions—as long as the new emperor shows his generosity, the entire wrecked ship of the Wu Dynasty will still be one of the best ships in this ocean.

Since February, countless people have sent sketches and suggestions to Fuzhou Chaotang one after another under the overall framework of a high-level building. The golden man left, the wind and rain stopped, and the broken ship was packed up and repaired. In this direction, it is not easy to achieve perfection, but if you only want to pass, it is really something that ordinary political wisdom can do.

But the people at the top were surprised to find that the stupid emperor seemed to be trying to smash the ship, preparing to rebuild a ridiculous little sampan.

After waiting three months for this outcome, the confrontation began almost immediately.The power of some great clans began to try to flow out. In the court hall, there were various suggestions and objections, whether implicit or explicit. Some people began to plan to the emperor the possibility of tragedy in the future. Information about losing support somewhere.The new emperor was not angry, he tried his best to persuade and comfort him, but never let go of his promise.

At the Fuzhou court at this time, the emperor's control over the situation was almost absolute. The officials could only threaten and beg, but they could not substantially check and balance his actions.Especially after the old news of Jun Wu, Zhou Pei and Ning Yi came out, the face of the court was lost, but part of the face of the emperor was picked up, and some people petitioned, saying that such gossip would damage the royal integrity. Yu, should be stopped, but Jun Wu just said, "Rumors only stop with the wise, and I don't want to punish the people for words", so he blocked it.

Worried officials then joined forces in private, preparing to raise a large-scale protest in the future, but news of the Beiwei army's capture of Quanzhou came out immediately, and in conjunction with public opinion in the city, the complaints of all officials were suppressed.On May [-]th, a long-awaited news spread quietly:

In order to change the weakness of the army of the Wu Dynasty in the past 200 years, the emperor will take the lead of Han Shizhong, Yue Fei and others to build the "Jiangnan Armed Forces Academy" to train generals and officials in the army. The castrated system of civil servants and military supervisors is already selecting personnel.

This news spread in the court. Although it was not implemented for a while, people became more and more sure that the new emperor's belief in respecting the king and fighting the barbarians was almost a foregone conclusion.

When the country is stable, to weaken the strength of the soldiers, the power of the monarch also needs to be checked and balanced; when the country is in danger, power must be concentrated and the army must be revitalized.Such an idea seems simple, but in essence it is a sudden change in the policy of governing the country for 200 years.It is impossible to "govern the world with scholar-bureaucrats" if you want to "respect the king and fight against barbarians", and there will be a direct conflict with "respect the king and fight against barbarians" if you want to "govern the world together with scholar-bureaucrats".

As for late May, the emperor's entire will to reform began to become clear, and countless persuasion and lobbying continued to appear in the city of Fuzhou. In front of him, some veterans with fierce personalities agreed with the new emperor's innovation, and among the middle and lower class literati, many people also expressed their approval for the new emperor's courage, but in larger places, dilapidated ships began to the collapse of...

At the end of May, Ning Yi was in Jiange, and he probably knew a series of news about the Fuzhou court’s reform in Lin’an. On this day, Zuo’s emissary team passed by Jiange. At this time, as the envoy leader, Zuo Xiuquan, the number two figure Asked to see Ning Yi.

After the death of Zuo Duanyou, the head of the Zuo family is now Zuo Jiyun, but Zuo Jiyun's ability is limited. Over the years, Zuo Xiuquan, a collateral branch of the Zuo family, has been in charge of most of the things of the Zuo family. The successor who inherited Zuo Duanyou's will.This is a man in his 50s with a dignified and handsome appearance, a gentle and elegant temperament, and a traditional scholar with a white hair hanging down his right forehead. After seeing Ning Yi, he exchanged information about Lin'an with him.

The places are separated by more than [-] miles. Although the high-level information channels have begun to be smooth after the withdrawal of the Jinren, many of the first-hand information are often false. Only by cross-comparing can a relatively clear outline be seen.

"...The little emperor's combo and fight is a bit unexpected." The information at hand has only been released from the rumors of the Jiangnan Military Equipment Academy. Yue Fei's troops forced Quanzhou to encircle and did not attack. In private, he must have connected with the city, contacted spies, and persuaded the internal response... Who would have thought that when he attacked Quanzhou, he was preparing for public opinion in Fuzhou? Interesting, thanks to his timely attack down..."

Zuo Xiuquan said with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Ning used to be in Jiangning, and he had a mentorship with the new monarch. I don't know if you know this news today, are you a little relieved?"

"Over the years, it's not easy for him and Zhou Pei." Ning Yi said, "When the Jinren went south, we kidnapped Liu Yu and dumped the pot to Wu Chao, and he threw the problem back through Xuzhou. In fact, he did it Very good. He has really grown into an indomitable man after the battle in Jiangning. In fact, his sister had a stronger personality back then, while Junwu had a weaker personality. It was not easy, it was hard work..."

For a long time, due to Zuo Duanyou's reasons, the Zuo family has maintained a good relationship with the Huaxia Army and the Wu Dynasty at the same time.In the many discussions with the old man in the past, Ning Yi also knew that although Zuo Duanyou strongly supported the Huaxia Army's anti-golden army, he was still a Confucian scholar who cared about Wu Dynasty and Taoism in essence. The layout of the Zuo family is probably also inclined to the Wu Dynasty.But Ning Yi didn't mind it.

He also knew that what he said here would probably pass through Zuo Xiuquan's mouth and reach the ears of the little emperor who was thousands of miles away. Say a few words of encouragement.

——It was really hard work to get to this step.

Zuo Xiuquan nodded.

"Mr. Nanning, how did the new king make this decision?"

(End of this chapter)