My country is dead again [Rebirth]

Hanqing County, the northernmost part of Cangling Mansion, is located at the junction of Chizhou and Hengchuan, and now the officials sent by Lezhou to Hengchuan are stationed here.

The streets and alleys in the city are mostly desolate. A man wearing a black hood turned into a small alley in the north of the county. He probably moved his family because of the war. popularity.

The man stopped at the corner at the end of the alley and looked around casually. The mottled door couplets were blown by the wind and fell to the ground like withered flowers. Soon, they were trampled under the feet of the people who came later and mixed in. In the muddy soil after the rain.

"Is this Mr. Hua?" The visitor dressed as an ordinary businessman, walked up to the man in the hood, and greeted him, "I am Lu Shangshu's man. As Mr. Shangshu expected, Mr. Hua came as scheduled. gone."

The black hood was put down, revealing a pair of narrow, long and sharp eyebrows and eyes, which added a bit of awe to Qing's appearance. It was the Hengchuan Qingli Silang Zhonghua Yangju, who was sent by Dayu to Hengchuan to investigate. "Mr. Hua" in the mouth of the visitors.

"Lu Shangshu?" Hua Yangjie didn't intend to get close to the visitor, but instead smiled playfully, "Isn't Lu Shangshu in charge of the Ministry of Accounts? Didn't the person who came to see me earlier say he was from Qin Shangshu of the Ministry of War?"

"The Jiangbei family is headed by Lu Shangshu in the court. Mr. Hua is a person we value. Naturally, Lu Shangshu personally took over the meeting with Mr. Hua, so as not to cause any problems." The person who came was Lu Feng's family The housekeeper, who is Lu Feng's closest confidant, named Lu Yuan, replied with a smile, "If it weren't for the strict control of the border, Lu Shangshu would have come here by himself."

Hua Yangjiao's expression was calm, and he didn't think it was a high courtesy, and said: "I don't like to listen to nonsense, so tell me what you want to say, I will naturally do what I want to do, if I don't want to do it, or I think the conditions you put forward are not enough. If I do it, I won’t discuss with you any more, the sale can only be done once, and bargaining is meaningless.”

Lu Yuan nodded knowingly: "Okay, to make a long story short. Your Excellency said that as long as Mr. Hua is willing to come, he has agreed to cooperate with us. What we want to do, that person has already told Mr. Hua before. If Mr. Hua is willing, Dazhao can do it." Give Mr. Hua everything he wants, money or power, Mr. Hua can mention it casually. On the day when Dazhao captured Lezhou, Mr. Hua was the first-class hero. There must be a position in the cabinet of Dazhao for Mr. Hua, the position of chief assistant It's okay to give it to Mr. Hua."

"I'm so worthy of Lu Shangshu's money?" Hua Yangjiao's expression remained calm and self-possessed, as if he was not moved by it, and narrowed his eyes, "You know, I'm in the Ministry of Punishment now, and I'm afraid this place can't help you much. Busy, are you sure you want to come to me?"

"Mr. Hua is the one chosen by Lu Shangshu thousands of times, of course he can't be wrong." Lu Yuan took a step closer and said with a smile, "Mr. Hua is a person with great ambitions. The emperor of your Dayu didn't know what to do, but our Dazhao didn't want to." The pearl is covered with dust, sincerely cooperate with Mr. Hua."

I don't know if Hua Yangjiao's knot was mentioned, his eyes turned cold, Lu Yuan saw it, and said: "It doesn't matter that Mr. Hua is in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, anyway, you are in charge of Hengchuan, we have a way to enter Hengchuan, You can find a way to pass the news to Mr. Hua. It is not difficult for Mr. Hua to get what we want in the court. For example, you can try to get close to the person your emperor values, is it called Du Ruo?"

Hua Yangjiao sneered: "Du Fangzhou is as smart as his teacher. He has always kept a distance from me, and he doesn't take hard things. He knows that I have contacts with Sun Bingde, so he might be afraid of me." After a pause, He looked at Lu Yuan again and asked, "The only reason you want to get close to Du Ruo is because he is in the Ministry of War, so who is your target?"

Seeing that he was really smart, Lu Yuan guessed their intentions immediately, and said bluntly: "Mr. Hua is more familiar with Dayu, why don't you give me a suggestion?"

A thick layer of moss has grown in the corner of the alley, and there is a damp and suffocating smell after the rain. Hua Yangjiao lowered his eyes slightly as if he was in deep thought when he heard the words, but smiled lightly at the corner of his mouth, and there was something chilling in Lu Yuan's eyes After a long time, Hua Yang said in a low voice: "It's better to choose the Song family. Among the major military forces, the four in northern Xinjiang are the most popular. The Song family has the best relationship with the imperial court, and they are also an indispensable help for our majesty." , if the Song family can be destroyed, Dayu will suffer greatly."

Lu Yuanxi said: "Mr. Hua's proposal coincides with us adults. Speaking of the Song family, isn't their second son in the capital? Du Ruo is shrewd, but I heard that this second son is not someone who can play tricks , is just a young master who spends his days and drinks, and his mind is simple, Mr. Hua is a person with means, maybe we can try to start with this person?"

"Song Qing is here..." Hua Yangjiao sneered, seemingly with a bit of contempt, "He is indeed an idiot. Compared with his brother, he is far behind. All right, I can try, is there anything else?"

"Not for the time being." Lu Yuan looked at the sky, shook his head and said, "If there is something important, the adults will write to Mr. Hua. If Mr. Hua has anything, you can also send it to Pingdu through our caravan. The weather is not good. Good morning, I'm leaving the city, and Mr. Hua will return early, so don't arouse suspicion."

Hua Yangjie didn't say goodbye to him, put on his hood again, walked away, and said, "You don't need to worry about that."

The dampness slowly dissipated on the tip of the nose, and looking back, Lu Yuan disappeared. Hua Yangjiao seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief, and walked slowly along the path back to the post in the evening.

Today's sky is overcast, there is no sunset, only a large piece of cloud is flying away from the sky, he looked up, his expression was distant for a moment, as if he saw his life that had also flown away in the past twenty years.

From the time he remembered to the time when he went to Beijing to rush for the exam, the only thing he remembered was poverty.

Sun Bingde, Du Ruo, and Chen Zhang are all from a scholarly family, and they have never even tasted the taste of poverty. They may not understand what life is like for the poor who are exploited and oppressed at the bottom of the country, and how they live in fear. Sleepless all night for tomorrow's livelihood, the simplest wish every day is to be able to eat a full meal and save a piece of skin from freezing in winter.

He remembered that the last thing he dared to do was to get sick. This was something only rich people could afford. If they got sick, they might die. Once it is finished, there is nothing left, a broken mat and a roll, not even a thin coffin.

His family told him that to study, you must study. Only by studying can you have a future. When you go to the capital and become an official, you will no longer be afraid of not being able to eat enough, and you will never be bullied or looked down upon by others. For you, you can also do what those people did to you in reverse.

The ancients had chiseled walls to steal light, and Yingying Yingxue, when he read it, he just laughed it off.

In order to be able to buy a candle lamp and the worst ink, his parents had to do many jobs a day. He also learned to work for others when he was very young, and then went to the nearby school to study for a few hours in his free time. In the class taught by my husband, I use bamboo sticks to write on the sand.

His first pen was a bald writing brush used by a rich kid that he picked up next to the school, and his first book was the "Analects of Confucius" that he picked up that was torn but glued back by him, and he couldn't light candles at night Sometimes I read books by the moonlight, and sometimes I sat quietly in front of other people's houses, writing articles in the empty space of waste paper with a dim yellow lantern.

Every day, he forced himself to survive in the despair of not seeing the end, looking for all the ways to read, and pieced together to read all the contents of the Four Books and Five Classics.

He has a high level of comprehension and is competitive. He was admitted as a scholar at the age of 14. He worshiped a senior official who appreciated him as a teacher. He could read many books at the teacher's house. The teacher would also give him extra pens, inks, papers and inkstones. He settled the travel expenses to Beijing.

In the 12th year of Xining, he finally made it to the exam. When he finished writing the exam papers and walked out of the Gongyuan, he felt extremely relaxed. He knew that he could pass the exam. People like Du Ruo Chenzhang who boasted of studying hard in the cold window are actually the most ridiculous people. There is no such thing in the world. People should say the words "Han Chuang Study Hard" better than him.

On the day when the rankings were released, he was number one in the second class. Before he could be happy, someone reported the cheating in the scientific examination, and the court quickly found out. Immediately afterwards, there was an imperial decree to expel him inexplicably.

The reason was that he was from the same hometown as the examiner involved in the case, so it was inevitable that he would be suspected, and his ranking would be invalidated. However, since there was no clear evidence that he had secretly exchanged with the examiner, he could take the test again, which was luckier than those who were directly banned from taking the test again.

He didn't know how he came home from the capital at that time, it seemed to be very peaceful, and there seemed to be resentment, he didn't remember.

The endless gloomy days are not over yet, he has no right to be depressed and continue to think about this matter, all he knows is that he will continue to study and take the exam after three years.

In the 16th year of Xining, everyone in the capital was talking about Sun Gelao's student Du Ruo in the year when he passed the exam, and he seemed so inconspicuous as he ranked No. 13 in the second class.

But he was still so hopeless and weeping with joy, because he knew that he had become a member of the class he looked up to, he would no longer have to go home and live a hard life without enough food, and he could go in and out of the Hanlin Academy brightly every day , no different from the envied Du Ruo.

At that time, he thought that his life would change just like that. He walked carefully step by step full of hope, wisely protected himself in the chaotic court situation, met Sun Bingde before the fall of Dayu and was able to go north, and he was full of ambitions in Xindu and wanted to show his ambitions.

But he didn't realize until recently that his life was destined to be completely different from that of Du Ruo, a proud son of heaven. Du Ruo was once protected by Sun Bingde, and later protected by the emperor everywhere, but he was always one step away from what he wanted. With just that one step, so many years of hard work and hope were so easily vanished.

Sometimes he feels that his life is really like a joke, no one cares about it, he knows how well he is cold and warm, no matter what he does, he can't get what he wants, but others can get it casually.

Did he deserve to be trampled on since he was born, to miss what he wanted all the time, and to live forever in a dark and uncaring corner?

In Lezhou, when he first received a letter from the Minister of War of the Jokhang Army, he was nervous and wanted to burn it, but in the end he unexpectedly calmed down, as if the heaven had foretold something at that moment, something completely different from before.

He knew that what the letter said was what he wanted, and this time, he could get it for himself—with dishonorable machinations.

But what does that matter?

He should always have a place in this game of chess, if he can't decide the world, then let him overturn the game.

His name will be left in history, and everyone knows that this will be a new life that he has dreamed of and has never experienced before.

The author has something to say: Note: There were two small bugs in the previous section. One was the time when Hua Yangjie passed the exam for the first time. Go ahead a year.The second is where Du Ruo was framed by Sun Bingde and Chen Zhang. In order to prove his innocence, Du Ruo said that he could be investigated by Dali Temple. The review of the case is still under the Ministry of Criminal Justice, so he should let the Ministry of Criminal Justice investigate him.These two bugs have been changed before, and will be more rigorous in the future.

Well, the protagonist can return.

Song Qinglai in this chapter: cue me, cue me, there is no need to push and step on it.