Hello Chang’an

As Luo Guan finished writing, he slowly raised his head and looked at the altar and sky above.

The sound of drums, chants, and cheers were overwhelming, seeming to shake the whole place, giving people an unreal feeling.

Luo Guanlin saw the dazzling head above his head, the fluttering sea-sacrifice flag slowly falling under the wind. He watched quietly, in a trance, his heart was like this flag, and the dust settled.

The wind had stopped, but he still heard the whistling sound. He thought that the sound probably came from his heart.

This wind suddenly passed through his heart, blowing away all the dust that had just settled in his heart. After that, a mirror-clear sea of ​​​​mind appeared.

Depending on his mood, Luo Guanlin's mind also had a brief blank space.

He held the pen and looked up at the blue sky and the figure on the altar under the blue sky. In this moment of blank thoughts, he completed some kind of epiphany that he had never thought of before.

It turns out that people really will suddenly have an epiphany at a certain moment.

But the so-called "sudden" is not really without warning. It must stem from a long-term self-confrontation. Even before this, you have never been willing or dared to face it.

After a moment, Luo Guanlin slowly turned his head and looked around.

He was in a state of both sobriety and chaos. Looking around, he felt that there were all kinds of spirits floating in the air, including people's spirits, literary spirits, and extremely rare and rare incarnations of people and power. , the spirit of harmonious coexistence and mutual prosperity.

This is truly an event.

If this situation and this scene appears in Jiangdu, it is a grand event, and if it extends to Huainan Road, and even the entire Dasheng... it will be a prosperous age.

This was Luo Guanlin's personal feeling, and he embodied this feeling in this poem.

This long narrative poem is over a hundred words long, and every sentence is sonorous and powerful.

Wang Yue picked up the eloquent poem and read it again, and became more and more amazed. He even said: "As soon as this poem came out, there will be no more poems here today..."

As a classmate and friend, Wang Yue knew very well that Luo Guanlin was best at critical narrative—this was not even his comfort zone, but his dominance zone.

"Guan..." Wang Yue was so forgetful that he almost blurted out "Guan Lin": "What do you want to name your poem?"

Luo Guanlin looked around: "He wrote the book "Guanjiangdu Sacrifices to the Sea as a Gift to the World" -"

This "Book to the World" caused a sensation throughout Jiangdu in just three days.

Then, together with other poems about offering sacrifices to the sea, accompanied by the willow catkins of the Beginning of Summer, they flew out of Jiangdu City.

The first half of Luo Guanlin's "Book to the World" signed by Qian Shen describes the grand occasion of Jiangdu's sacrifice to the sea and the flourishing of people's hearts, which outlines a fascinating picture of the event. The second half is filled with criticism and questioning. Every word is filled with sorrow, anger, and sharpness like a knife. They are all voices of injustice for the livelihood of the people.

However, those it criticizes and questions are all generals, officials, powerful people who have no regard for the life and death of the people, as well as those people who have been exploited and fooled. However, the whole article does not directly address the mistakes of the current court and the empress.

"Qian Shen" is a counselor under Chang Sui Ning, the governor of Jiangdu. The counselor's voice represents the will of the lord to a large extent.

Luo Guanlin did not want to cause unnecessary trouble to Chang Sui Ning at this opportunity and give the officials in the court an opportunity to criticize her.

But not everyone is as sensitive as Luo Guanlin. Most people's hearts are easily lost. The grand ceremony of worshiping the sea dazzled the literati who yearned for a prosperous age. Many people wrote sharp words that denounced and lamented the current court and emperors. .

Chang Suining had already expected this. Students from Wuer Academy were responsible for collecting all the poems and essays that circulated about the sacrifice to the sea, and then handed them over to Zheng Chao and the gentlemen of Wuer Academy for screening and picketing. If there were particularly radical voices, Zheng Chao would invite them over for tea and use reason to move them emotionally, making them aware of the stakes and blocking those voices that were unfavorable to Jiangdu from spreading.

For Chang Suining, those voices are not only detrimental to Jiang Du and her, but once spread, they will also have an immeasurable influence on the current situation.

Nowadays, there are too many people who want to rebel. Any voice that criticizes the imperial court will be exaggerated and exploited by people with deliberate intentions, which will accelerate the deterioration of the situation and hurt more people.

Chang Suining is not loyal to the current court, but she will not encourage the formation of a split atmosphere, which is contrary to what she does.

She wants to show the grand occasion of Jiangdu's sacrifice to the sea to the world in order to achieve certain goals. This is the sword of public opinion and people's hearts. But for Chang Sui Ning, some swords can be used, and some swords, no matter how sharp they are, should never be used. use.

If she can't even keep this line, there is no need to talk about keeping the road.

"The current situation is different. Only those who can hold on to that line can be said to be truly asking for life for the living people...otherwise the swords in their poems will still fall on countless living people."

In Wueryuan, Zheng Chao wrote another radical and sharp poem and sighed: "It's a pity that there are very few people who can control this thought."

He was once a radical person, but because of this he became a lunatic in the eyes of his tribe. He was beaten to death, and then became confused and went to the other extreme... This journey can be regarded as skinning and breaking bones, and then he was born. Zheng Guancang today.

It is precisely because he can empathize with others that Zheng Chao is willing to patiently advise and remind those lunatics who write radical poems... no, literati.

But... there are too many lunatics in this world!

Zheng Chao sighed and threw a stack of radical poems on the desk.

Writing a letter to his nephew made his wrist hurt, and now his throat felt like smoke.

After all, in the past few days, he had to persuade dozens of lunatic people every day, but such lunatic people continued to appear in an endless stream... If this continued, he felt that he also needed to be counseled!

For the time being, he couldn't find anyone who could guide him, so Zheng Chao tried to guide him on his own. He picked up the "Book of Guanjiangdu Sacrifices to the Sea and Presented to the World" beside him -

They are also sharp words, but sharpness also pays attention to direction. Look at Mr. Qian’s, this is the real essay!

This poem was indeed regarded as a "model essay" by Zheng Chao. In recent days, gentlemen in various schools of Wuer Academy have been analyzing the essence of this article and asking students to write down their thoughts after reading it. feel.

Because of this, Qian Shenzhi became very famous among the literati in Wueryuan and even Jiangdu.

Once a person becomes famous, he will inevitably be watched and deeply analyzed. It is not only his poems that are deeply analyzed, but also Mr. Qian's name.

Many people are curious, could this Mr. Qian Shenqian... come from a merchant family? Or were you very poor when you were young and are short of money to a certain extent?

For this reason, in the dead of night, Luo Guanshi would often sit up suddenly, frowning with a look of regret on his face - he was careless and shouldn't have signed.

Some names...are really not meant to be noticed.

Knowing that his friend regretted this, Wang Yue also felt great regret - he should have withstood the pressure of conscience that day, spoke up and signed the petition! For the sake of friends, what does the character of a mere scholar mean?

The influence of the name Qian Shen is far more than what is seen on the surface.

Under such attention, someone came and went again and found out that Qian Shen was born in the Qian family of Wuxing. Little did he know that this was the result of Wang Changshi's casual question and Luo's mother's casual answer that day.

Wuxing is not far from Jiangdu. Because of Qian Shen's great reputation, acquaintances soon found the Qian clan in Wuxing. While expressing their admiration, they could not help but laugh and blame: "There is such a person in the clan, and He became a guest in the Changjie Envoy's house early... I have never heard my brother mention such a glorious thing! 】

Facing the look of an acquaintance saying "You're so good at hiding", the head of the Qian family said: [...? ? 】

Did he know about it on the first day too?

This money is...which one is it for?

But the Wuxing Qian family has not had any outstanding children for many years. It is naturally impossible for him to say that he does not recognize this person on the spot.

So the head of the Qian family and his clan members lit lamps and boiled oil all night, and gathered together to read the family tree, not even missing those who were in the fifth server.

However, even so, no trace of Qian Shen could be found.

It's also strange that the names are really different, not even having the same name or the same pronunciation.

The members of the Qian family, who had gained nothing, all looked at the clan leader with dark circles under their eyes.

Facing the gaze of the clan members, the head of the Qian family made a final conclusion - there was obviously something wrong with the genealogy! The Wuxing Qian family has been passed down for hundreds of years. Who can guarantee that there will be no omissions? It’s time to revise your family tree again!

Everyone in the Qian family agreed with this statement.

On that day, the Qian family members selected several stable and qualified clan members to rush to Jiangdu to claim the missing clan member Qian Sheng.

Luo Guanlin, who was about to be claimed, knew nothing about it.

At this moment, he was receiving various compliments from his lord.

"I have read this poem, Mr. General, a hundred times in recent days, and now I can recite it by heart." Chang Sui Ningxin said.

What she said was not flattery, but the truth.

The world's writing has been unified for a long time. Everyone has learned the same writing since enlightenment. However, the same writing will appear completely different after being combined by different people.

This is the innate charm of Chinese characters, and being able to use Chinese characters in various senses is also an innate ability.

Luo Guanlin is an outstanding person who can use words as swords.

When Chang Sui Ning saw the article on the post-Ming Dynasty, he was amazed by the sharpness of his writing.

Now, the knife was finally willing to be unsheathed for her.

It was true that she invited him several times to watch the sea ceremony.

Listening to Chang Sui Ning's praise, Luo Guanlin sat cross-legged behind the public case and said softly: "Your Excellency's previous "Essay on Pursuing the Thief Xu on behalf of the People of the World" is also very memorable."

"Sir actually took the initiative to talk about Thief Xu." Chang Sui Ning smiled happily: "It seems that your husband has now let go of the past."

And letting go of the past often means regaining the ability to accept new people and things.

Luo Guanlin paused for a moment and did not answer.

Chang Suining smiled and continued: "My essay was planned by many people, and most of it was just a gimmick. In terms of real literary talent and ability to incite people's hearts, it is not as good as Mr. Wan."

Luo Guanlin's eyes twitched, and there was probably no other lord in the world who could use "inciting people's hearts" to praise him directly.

But he really felt that he was being praised.

Is this...a tacit understanding?

Chang Suining took out a piece of paper and said casually: "If I were them, I would be restless if I was scolded like this."

The "they" in her mouth refer to the remaining six governors of Huainan Province who did not want to recognize her as the new Jiedushi.

In Qian Shen's poem, he paid special attention to them and greeted them. The poem said: "Seeing the clear spring of life-sustaining life, he did not allow the people to drink, but only wanted to trap the people as domestic animals so that they could drink blood and eat meat."

Although no one was named, it was clear who he was referring to.

"Sir, this poem has helped me a lot, and the plan is progressing very smoothly." Chang Sui Ning said as if he were striking while the iron was hot: "There is just one more thing in this plan that I would like to ask for your help, and this is something that only you can do. "

Luo Guanlin: "...What are you referring to?"

"There is a list here." Chang Suining handed it out, and Luo Ze took it and handed it to Luo Guanlin.

Chang Sui Ning said: "The people above them are all key. If we can secretly instigate them to rebel, then we can conquer the remaining six states and get twice the result with half the effort."

At this time, Chang Suining had a thorough understanding of the various states in Huainan Province, and she already had a chess game in her mind as to what to do.

Since the Sea Sacrifice Ceremony, this game of chess has begun to move.

Luo Guanlin took the list. There were not many people on it, but there were only a few people on it, which showed that they had been screened repeatedly.

Seeing Luo Guanlin looking at the list, he was speechless for a moment. Chang Sui Ning said: "If it is inconvenient for you to go, sir, I will not force you."

"It's no big inconvenience." Luo Guanlin folded up the list and put it in his sleeve: "As your Excellency said just now, all I can do is to 'incite people's hearts.' I should go and do this."

After saying that, he stood up and raised his hand to salute: "Without further delay, sir, please ask someone to prepare for departure."

Chang Sui Ning was stunned for a moment, then stood up and raised his hand to return the gift to Luo Guanlin: "Thank you sir for your help."

She expected that Luo Guanlin would agree, but she didn't expect that he would agree so simply.

All attitude changes seem to have been made without words.

Luo Guanlin turned around and asked Luo Ze to go back and send a message, asking his wife to pack some simple clothes for him.

Wang Yue went to the first seven halls, and he and Yao Ran roughly handed over the official duties at hand.

After everything was quickly prepared, Luo Guanlin raised his hand and bid farewell to Chang Sui Ning.

"Sir, be careful along the way. Your safety comes first in everything."

After Luo Guanlin responded, he turned around and retreated.

"gentlemen-"

He took a few steps and suddenly heard the girl's clear and determined voice coming from behind him.

"Sir, you are sincerely helping me, Jiangdu, and the people of Huainan. In the future, I will also help you achieve your grand ambition of seeing a prosperous world."

Luo Guanlin paused at his feet.

"Seeing the prosperous age", these three words were also written by him in that poem.

These three words are his greatest vision in this life.

Now, the little girl behind him made such a promise to him in a promising tone.

Xu Zhengye had promised him this before, and he tried to believe it. After that, he decided not to believe these empty words easily. What's more, the person behind him is a woman.

He would have thrown up his sleeves and left without hesitation - if it had been a year ago.

"In this way, I will wait for the day when the Lord will fulfill his promise."

Luo Guanlin didn't look back. After finishing speaking, he strode out of the study.

Outside the study, there is greenery, the wind is warm and the sun is warm, and everything is full of life.

(Today I recommend a new book to everyone: "Little Fubao is disliked by others? The whole capital is spoiling me at the risk of their lives" by Er Qian

The little sister I picked up will be very cute after I raise her!

Relaxed and loving, welcome to join━(*｀*)ノ任!

Good night everyone