To Qingtang City!

When Cai Jing heard Zhang Shuye's suggestion, he was immediately impressed by this civil official who was born in Kaifeng (he is twisted enough, he is obviously a general, but he wants to be a civilian official, and he always relies on military affairs as a civilian official).

This is reluctant to let the child trap the wolf!

Renduo Baozhong was no longer satisfied with Wei Ming Qianshun, and he also had a big family to eat. If there is no territory, the Renduo clan must not starve to death? Not to mention giving a Guiyi army a festival envoy, he can't rebel if he gives it to the emperor of the Great White High Kingdom.

But Qingtang City must have more oil and water than Zhuoluo City, Gaizhu City, Karochuan and Renduoquan City! It is the location of Xining City, the capital of Qinghai Province in the later generations, and is close to the Qinghai Lake area with abundant water and grass, which is suitable for grazing and farming. Once the Rendo family is returned, the Renda family may be able to develop into a second Ngoro and establish an independent kingdom of their own.

Therefore, once the Song army crushed Qingtang Tubo, and struck a blow to Renduo Baozhong, who aided Tubo, and then took out the territory of Qingtang City to lure them, most of the Renduo family would defect.

And as soon as the Renduo family defects, the Hexi Corridor may be cut off by the Song army! In this way, the Western Xia had to draw elite troops from the front of the Wuding River on the eastern front to counterattack the front line of Zhuoluo City, Gaizhu City, Kaluo River and Renduoquan City.

"Good!" Cai Jing clapped his hands, "Ji Zhong, you are really a Wenchen who knows soldiers and is good at fighting!" Your suggestion is very good, and the old man will definitely try to make it happen. You let it go, but you must remember that before luring Renduo to remain loyal, you must keep it strictly secret, even if you can't say it yourself, otherwise there will definitely be people in the court who oppose the surrender of Qingtang City, understand? ”

"The subordinate should remember the orders of the prime minister." Uncle Zhang was overjoyed at the moment, and hurriedly patted his chest and made a guarantee.

……

At the same time, Han Zhongyan was visiting a patient in Su Dongpo's house. The patient is Su Dongpo himself! He contracted the disease in January this year and coughed up blood for a while, which was relieved after the weather warmed up, but today Su Dongpo took leave again and did not go to the court, so Han Zhongyan was very worried and came to visit him that night.

When Han Zhongyan arrived at Su Mansion, Su Dongpo and his son Su Yu went out to greet him. After following into the study, Han Zhongyan breathed a sigh of relief, Su Dongpo seemed to be fine.

When Han Zhongyan sat down, Su Dongpo smiled and said to him: "I suffered a little cold last night, and I had a little cold this morning, so I took leave and asked a doctor to recuperate at home." ”

"It's not a big deal, is it?" Han Zhongyan asked.

Su Dongramp said: "It's not a big deal, it can always support it for another two or three years." ”

Han Zhongyan nodded and said, "At our age, taking care of your body is the most important thing. ”

Su Dongpo smiled: "Yes, the most important thing now is to support a world for the younger generations." ”

Han Zhongyan nodded, for Su Men Shixue, Su Dongpo's life is the most important! He is a great talent of Su Dongpo and Su who has been famous all over the world for more than 40 years! Not only is he old, but he is also good at reading, making good use of books, and his articles are unique in the world. Now that he is the deputy prime minister, he has Wu Haogu and Liang Shicheng, two very powerful villains, and other villains dare not use the text prison to deal with him anymore. Therefore, in the political, literary, and academic circles, Su Dongpo is a big tree that can shelter Shixue from the wind and rain.

If he is gone, Jiehe Shang City and Yuntai Academy Palace will be in turmoil.

"You have to take care of yourself," Han Zhongyan said, "In a few days, you will have to declare hemp twice!" ”

Su Dongpo is now the right servant of Shangshu, and then Xuanma is the right servant of Shangshu and the servant of the door. Although Su Dongpo was not in good health, Zhao Ji still decided to let him replace Cai Jing as the right minister (Cai Jing was promoted to the left minister), in order to maintain the balance between the court and the central government - even if he is sick at home every day, as long as he is there, the central government will be calm.

"It's just that there is no successor!" Su Dongpo shook his head slightly, "Qin Shaoyou and Chen Wuji are no longer alive, and Huang Luzhi and Uncle Li Wen's health is not very good. ”

Qin Shaoyou is Qin Guan, and Chen Wuji is Chen Shidao, both of whom are members of the Six Gentlemen of Sumen, but they have died of illness. And Huang Tingjian and Li Gefei are not in good health, and they don't know how many years they can last? If these two people and Su Dongpo both pass away, only Su Zhe, Chao Buzhi and Zhang Lei will be the only people who have enough weight in Sumen Shuxue. And Su Zhe just didn't look down on Wu Haogu, the real soul of Su Men's bachelors......

Feeling that the atmosphere was a little depressing, Han Zhongyan smiled and said, "Aren't there still Wu Haogu, Wu Haowen, Mi Youren, and a few rising stars of the Su family?" In another ten years, some of them will be able to preach hemp. ”

Su Dongpo shook his head: "It will take ten years to ......"

In the past ten years, at least five of them are "window periods", and Cai Jing, Zhao Tingzhi, and Zhang Shangying, the new party giants, can let go of those seedlings?

Han Zhongyan sighed and comforted, "Maybe it won't take that long...... This battle of Hehuang is also an opportunity, and it is permissible to establish some military merits, so that you can reach the courtiers in five years. ”

The person he said about establishing military merits and striving to become a courtier in five years is of course Wu Haowen. This night, he was saying goodbye to his mother, Feng Erniang.

Tomorrow, it is time for him to go to Lanzhou with the army!

And in February this year, Wu Chengzhi, who had just become an official, also followed Mi Fu to the Pingjiang Army where the Suzhou and Hangzhou Manufacturing Bureau was located. The eldest son of the family, Wu Haogu, is now the head of the Jiehe Shang City, and will not return to Kaifeng Mansion until the autumn.

"Mother, don't you really want to move to the Ewha Courtyard to be with your sister-in-law?"

At dinner, Wu Haowen proposed to his mother to move to the Ewha Courtyard. There is also a large family in the Pear Flower Courtyard, and Feng Erniang can be more lively when she moves over.

"No need." Feng Erniang looked at her son, "It's good for my mother to live here, with a daughter-in-law and grandchildren by her side, how can you be lonely?" ”

Of course, she didn't want to live with Pan Qiaolian. Because Wu Haogu and Pan Qiaolian have always called her "little lady", which is a word used to call her father and concubine. And Feng Erniang is indeed a concubine, and she is not from a good family, so she is really not very good. It's just in front of Wu Haowen's wife, Han Niangzi, Wu Haowen is her own son in the end. But in front of Pan Qiaolian, she really couldn't raise her head.

Especially Pan Qiaolian is brother Pan Xiao'an was still good with her back then, and Pan Qiaolian knew everything about her Qinglou background!

"That's fine." Wu Haowen also knew that his mother didn't like Pan Qiaolian, he saw tears flashing in his mother's eyes, and knew that he was worried about himself, so he said: "It won't be too long for the child to go here, a year at the latest, and he will be back in a few months...... And there will be no danger, the child is the supervisor of the pacification department, and there is no need to be in battle. ”

This is actually a lie. The supervisor of the pacification department must follow the pacification envoy, Wang Hou is a military general pacification envoy, and he must lead the troops out of the battle, how can Wu Haowen not be in battle?

And the expectation of a year at the latest, or a few months at the earliest, is also groundless.

"Well, my mother knows ......"

Feng Erniang nodded lightly, looking at her son, who had grown up and was going west to make contributions to the country, she was indescribably relieved and reluctant.

……

Wu Haogu was sitting in the study of the Jiehe Martial Arts Mansion, holding a thick roster in his hand and reading. This is a list of citizens of Jieheshang City that has just been counted.

The total number of citizens in the commercial city is more than 21,500, of which more than 21,000 are male citizens and more than 400 are female citizens...... Oh, and this does not mean that there is a serious imbalance between men and women in Jiehe Commercial City, but that there are far fewer women than men who register as citizens.

Of course, women can become citizens of Jiehe Merchant City! As long as they pay a certain amount of tax in accordance with the law, they can become citizens and are not required to serve in the military. However, there were not many women with independent economic status in this era, and even fewer in Jiehe Commercial Market. As a result, the number of female citizens is pitifully small.

However, in the Wuhao ancient family, there are still quite a lot of female citizens. Now Ximen Qing, who is by his side, is a citizen! Because Ximen Qing owns a street of properties under his name, they are all properties that need to pay land tax.

In addition, Wu Haogu's outer chamber, Olga and Du Wenyu, are both citizens. Olga is a "knightess" who owns a manor and has her own residence in the Jiehe Merchant City, and is called a citizen because she pays land tax. Du Wenyu has more industries, not only has a big house, but also has her own calligraphy, painting, literature and entertainment shop, and is a very rich female capitalist.

Yan Po'er, who used to act as a martial artist, is also a citizen, and she also has a luxurious residence and her own green building in Jiehe, of course, she is a tax-paying citizen - Jiehe Commercial Market is a place where you laugh at poverty and don't laugh at prostitutes!

However, the arhat maid, who also owns a tax-paying property, is not a citizen, because she is not a free person, but a slave.

According to the laws of the Jie River Merchant City, a slave could own private property and was protected, but a slave could not become a citizen unless he or she first became a free man.

By the way, the citizenship and household registration of Jiehe Commercial City are two different things, and Jiehe Commercial City does not have the concept of household registration, only three identities: citizen, merchant and slave. As long as the freedmen reside in the commercial market, they are all merchants after registration. Citizens must meet certain conditions, undertake certain obligations, and enjoy considerable rights.

"Master," the voice of the slave Luo Han came from outside the door, "the letter from the general Pan and Su Yuanwai has arrived. ”

"Bring it in." Wu Haogu said. Then I heard the sound of the door being pushed open, and then the arhat woman walked in with a stomach.

Luo Hanwen is now pregnant with Wu Haogu's child, but she has not recuperated, but is still busy with Wu Haogu.

Ximen Qing stretched out his hand to take the letter sent by Luo Han'an, gently tore open the letter of Pan Xiao'an, took out the letter raft inside, and handed it to Wu Haogu.

Wu Haogu unfolded the letter raft and swept it through the ten lines at a glance, and his brows furrowed.

"Official, what's going on?" Ximen Qing asked with concern.

"The teacher is hempy again, Shangshu's right servant is also a servant under the door, Uncle Li Wen is also hemp, Shangshu is right. But...... The teacher's health was still not good, Xuan Ma took leave the next day, coughed up blood, and the imperial doctors in the palace went. ”