Chongbao Temple was built in 489 in the seventh year of Yongming in the Southern Qi Dynasty. Also known as Puyun Temple, Qixia Temple, Tang Dynasty famous monk Jianzhen monk, the fifth time to cross to the east of the East Ying, once stationed here on the way back. It is one of the oldest temples in Jiankang.

At the beginning of the new year, the incense in the temple is very vigorous, and the Chongbao Temple is also crowded with people, all of whom are good men and women who come to make incense and make wishes.

"Unexpectedly, after just over a year, Jiankang has returned to its former prosperity, and it is even better." Guangyan stood by the window, looked at the crowd outside, and said with emotion.

Zhikong smiled slightly and said: "It's not surprising, although the Jin people occupied Jiankang, they didn't have much damage to the city, and after the restoration of the country, they will definitely be in Jiankang, and the speed of natural recovery will be faster." However, it only took more than a year to get to where we are now, and it is really not easy to get to where we are. ”

"Still." He looked at Guangyan again and said, "I really didn't expect that when I arrived, didn't Senior Brother want to push it to the Great Song Dynasty before?" Now he will do things for the imperial court, use the temple, and arrange eyeliner in the territory of the Jin Kingdom. ”

It turned out that although Guangyan promised to help Yang Yan and set up a spy network in the territory of Jinguo, he did not officially take up an official position, and usually lived in Chongbao Temple.

After listening to Zhikong's words, Guangyan also smiled bitterly and said, "This time, that time." Now, if you mention the overthrow of the Great Song Dynasty again, it will only make the Jin people take advantage of the void. It is not what Yue Wumu wants. What's more, recovering the lost territory is also Yue Wumu's last wish, and I did this to fulfill his wish. ”

Zhikong said: "But the poor monk is still puzzled, when Emperor Xiaozong was in power, he also redressed Yue Wumu Zhaoxue, and fought a major battle to recover the lost territory, why didn't the senior brother think about helping the court at that time?" ”

Guangyan said: "That's because the poor monk saw from the scriptures that although Emperor Xiaozong was enterprising, it was impossible for him to recover the lost land." Didn't the two Northern Expeditions return in vain, at most, it's just a few less coins. ”

Zhikong thought for a while and said, "Senior brother is right, at least Emperor Xiaozong is subject to Emperor Taishang, and this cannot be changed no matter what." ”

Guangyan shook his head and said, "This is not the main reason, although Emperor Taishang has a certain influence on Emperor Xiaozong, after all, he is no longer in the position and does not seek his own government. During the Longxing Gandao period, the two Northern Expeditions, wasn't the Emperor Taishang unable to stop them? It's just that although Emperor Xiaozong was not born to Emperor Taishang, he inherited the suspicious and capricious character of the Zhao family, which made it impossible for people to use their abilities and it was difficult for soldiers to fight as best they could. ”

Although Xiaozong wanted to do something, and he was also rectifying the administration of officials, assessing officials, reducing expenses, and developing agriculture, he did not make any achievements in enriching the country and strengthening the army, and making great efforts to govern the country. On the contrary, in order to prevent the minister's dictatorship, he must bow down to everything and manage the government cumbersomely. Moreover, in terms of employing people, we still follow the law of mixing different opinions since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, and the main and main battles stand side by side, so that the ruling ministers can contain each other, so as to achieve a situation where one side does not dominate. Although it was conducive to the emperor's control of the government, it caused constant disputes within the court, and invisibly continued to consume the power of the court.

At the same time, Xiaozong also frequently changed the ministers, reigned for nine years, and actually used Chen Kangbo, Zhang Jun, Shi Hao, Tang Sihui, Yu Yunwen, Liang Kejia, Chen Junqing, Ye Hao eight people as prime ministers, as few months, more than a year or two, of which Zhang Jun, Yu Yunwen, Tang Sihui have been two times. As a result, most prime ministers are unable to do anything during their tenure.

On the surface, the failure of the Northern Expedition of the main road seemed to be due to Shao Hongyuan's jealousy of Li Xianzhong's meritorious service, which led to his failure to cooperate with Li Xianzhong's actions, so that Li Xianzhong's lone army went deep. But the deep-seated reason is that there is no unified command on the front line of the Northern Expedition, which caused this outcome. However, this practice of not having a unified commander at the front line is precisely the tradition of the Great Song Dynasty.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable for Guangyan to say that although Xiaozong is sometimes acted, he is unable to repel the Jin people and recover the lost territory. Therefore, after hearing this, Zhikong also nodded and said, "Senior brother is right." Then he asked rhetorically: "Senior brother thinks that it is possible for the current Son of Heaven to recover the lost land?" ”

Guangyan said: "Although today's son is young, his heart to recover from the Northern Expedition is not inferior to that of Xiaozong, and he dares to boldly change the old evils, and his ambitions are even greater than those of Shenzong. More importantly, he has absolute trust in Yang Yan, and in the future Northern Expedition, he will inevitably take full command of the power and entrust Yang Yan to take responsibility, which is the most important thing, so the poor monk thinks that only now, it is possible to recover the lost territory. ”

Zhikong also nodded, recovering the lost territory, the most important thing is military behavior, in the face of a strong enemy like Dajin, if you can't achieve the unified command of all walks of life, the Northern Expedition has almost no chance of winning. Giving all military power entirely to a single general, with the exception of a few founding monarchs, is almost impossible for the rest of the established monarchs. However, Zhao Chen did not have such a problem, because the relationship between him and Yang Yan went far beyond the ordinary relationship between monarchs and ministers, and almost reached the point of absolute trust. This special fact has become Guan Jian, who is expected to regain the lost territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

As the two were talking, they saw a little novice hurriedly running into the inner room and said, "Two masters, Yang Yuma's family has come to the temple to offer incense." ”

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Yang Yan's current identity is very different from the past, and there is an endless stream of people visiting his home during the New Year, although most of the people he can choose not to see, and let Yang Quan, the head of the house, play instead of himself, but there are still some people who have to ask him to come forward in person, such as Cao Xun, Gao Zhen, Bi Zaiyu, Liu Renxian, these former colleagues and subordinates, as well as Chen Junqing, Han Yanzhi, Li Xianzhong, Li Bao, these elder bosses, the number is actually not a minority. And Yang Yan also has some people to visit, so in the first five days of the New Year, Yang Yan is busy socializing, every day is like rushing to the scene, not idle for a moment, but much busier than usual.

It wasn't until the sixth day of the first lunar month that it came to an end, and the ones who should have gone were almost gone, and most of the ones who should have come have come, and the rest of them have Yang Quan to deal with. Yang Yancai took his wives and concubines and daughters, as well as Tie Chenglin, Gu Xueping, Zhang Wei and others out together, and went to Chongbao Temple to drop incense, and at the same time, he also accompanied him to wander on the street.

Because it is the New Year, the streets are even more lively than usual, and Yang Yan's family is not very old, and they don't take a car or a horse, they all walk around on the line, looking east and west, and they like it very much. Even Yang Yan's youngest daughter opened her round little eyes, shook her little brain, looked around, and was curious about everything.

Other people are okay, only Zhao Yueru mostly stayed in the palace when she was a princess, and later went out with Yang Yan to fight, although she also came out to play, but she has experienced such a lively scene a few times, and naturally feels fresh, and you have to take a look at any stall. And when buying things and negotiating prices, it was also the moment when Gu Xueping was most useful, giving full play to her sharp teeth and teeth, and she didn't have the slightest awareness of being married. However, although she is young, she is the most experienced among the women, and she is also the most familiar with the market, and she is accurate and ruthless in cutting prices, and many traders who have been trading for more than ten years have been dumbfounded by her, and they have to greatly reduce the price to buy.

Although the ladies are not bad for these small money, but it is always worth being happy to buy cheap things, and every time they succeed in bargaining, they are like winning a big battle, and after a while, everyone buys a lot of cloth, jewelry, pendant flowers, fans, puppets, cloth people and so on. Fortunately, they drove two cars when they came out, otherwise the few family members who accompanied them would not have enough to take it.

In this way, the family stopped and stopped, and it took almost two hours to come to Chongbao Temple. In addition to Yang Yan, Zhao Yueru, Tie Chenglin, and Gu Xueping, who have a foundation in martial arts, the others, including several family members, are so tired that their backs and feet hurt, and they can't wait to find a place to rest.

Guangyan and Zhikong are both acquaintances of Yang Yan, and when they saw their family coming, they immediately came out to greet them, and accompanied them to the main hall to send incense, and then invited their family to the meditation room and served tea and snacks to entertain them.

Yang Yan hugged his daughter again and let the two monks take a look. That little guy was very naughty, pulling Zhikong's white beard and smiling. The two monks are considered to be proficient in Bogu, and they were also amused by the little girl.

Guangyan took a string of sandalwood prayer beads from the table and shook it in front of the little girl, which made the little girl let go of Zhikong's beard and grabbed the string of prayer beads. Guangyan asked her to grab the rosary, and then said to Yang Yan: "Tan Yue is here, and the poor monk has no respect, so this string of beads will be given to the daughter, and I wish the Buddha to protect the little girl in her life." ”

Yang Yan hurriedly handed over his daughter to the tassel, gave a salute to Guangyan, and said, "Thank you, master." ”

At this time, Zhikong also came over and said with a smile: "Tan Yue's daughter is so cute, and the poor monk has nothing else to give, so this Buddha statue will be given to Ling Qianjin, and the wish is the same as that of the senior brother." ”

Yang Yan also came to take a look, it was a Buddha statue carved from sandalwood and more than three inches high. Busy and like Zhikong thanks.

Everyone said a few more words, but Zhao Yueru saw that Zhao Qianru's face was uncertain, and she was sitting at the table in poor spirits. Hurriedly said: "Qianru, what's wrong with you, are you sick?" ”

When Yang Yan heard this, he hurriedly came to Zhao Qianru's side and said, "Is it uncomfortable there?" ”

Zhao Qianru shook her head and said, "It's nothing, it may be that I walked too much just now, so I'm tired and my whole body is tired, so it's probably good to sit for a while." ”

At this time, Shi Yan also noticed this, and said: "The princess's face is not right, you might as well let the poor monk take the pulse of the princess." ”

Yang Yan, Zhao Qianhe and others all knew that Guangyan was proficient in medicine, so they also stretched out their right hand as they said and asked Guangyan to take the pulse.

After a while, Guang Yan withdrew his fingers, put his palms together, and bowed to Yang Yan, with a happy face, and said, "Congratulations to Tan Yue, the princess is happy." ”