"That ......"

Xing Shu was just about to continue asking, when he heard a timid voice sound:

"Two officials, do you want to listen to the new songs?"

Cai Wei's face suddenly sank, and he actually let irrelevant people into his private room, and the companion at the door was derelict in his duties to such an extent. The prime minister's family has big rules, and those who make mistakes must be punished by family law. It's just that after the anger came up, he immediately remembered that there was no guard outside the door.

In order not to attract attention, the two specially chose a small restaurant that did not belong to the seventy-two main stores, although it was also an outer building and an inner courtyard, but the grade was not high after all. The outside room is mostly peddlers and pawns, and the inner room is just a resident of the neighborhood with a little wealth. However, this is exactly what Xing Shu and Cai Wei want, and they even stay outside the restaurant with their companions, so as not to show people the flaws.

Xing Shu raised his eyes and saw an old man holding a pipa standing in front of the half-hidden wing room with a young girl.

The old man trembled, and the girl was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and looked like there were more grandchildren than father and daughter.

The girl stepped forward generously and bowed to Cai Wei and Xing Shu, "Two big officials, you have to listen to a little song." The slaves will be in a variety of new tunes, and the slaves can sing the words of a few new tunes written by Qin Taixu. ”

In the restaurant, there are often uninvited singers on the table. It's just that generally speaking, the private rooms of the main store do not allow people to come and go at will. But this is not a real store after all, and the management is not so strict.

The singer's voice was delicate and graceful, and Cai Wei couldn't help but look at her twice, but when he saw that the singer's appearance was not outstanding, he withdrew his gaze again. took out a few large sums of money from his sleeve and threw them over to send the old and young out of the house. If you don't listen to the tune, you don't need to give money, but the wealth of the prime minister's family is not comparable to that of ordinary eunuchs.

Seven or eight large coins were scattered all over the ground, but the woman did not look down to pick them up. She seemed to be humiliated, and her cheeks turned bloody: "Although the little woman shows her head outside, she is not a beggar. This official is too generous, and the little woman deserves it. ”

The singer left the words and went away, and the old man hurried after him with the lute in his arms, and only remembered to turn back and salute when he went out of the door.

was hit by a kabuki once, and Cai Wei's face was scornful. He didn't have the face to show off the prestige of the prime minister's family, and he must have ignored the rumors, not to mention that he couldn't let this matter get into trouble.

"Although the appearance is not in the stream, this temper is Fan Lou's." Xing Shu smiled and poured Cai Wei a glass of wine.

Cai Wei has a wide range of people and is familiar with people, so he immediately answered: "Zhao Bao'er of Fan Lou, Zhang Qiqi, and Thirty Niang, their tempers are indeed big. The one who just got there didn't lose to them. ”

"After all, it's still not as good as the one in Han Yukun's family."

Xing Shu pursed his lips, "Then who can compare?" King Yong is still crazy. See how big this feud is? ”

When Xing Shu said this, he quietly touched his sleeve, there were two strings of big money used to settle the bill, and a few scattered Yuanfeng heavy treasures, whether they were five big coins, or a new one, not long after it was released, it was exactly the same as Cai Wei gave the singer.

His current errand is not an official position with oil and water, the school book in the Chongwen Academy is noble and noble, the eunuch is shy and shy, and the family has a large population. It's really not as good as the prime minister's house, and he casually threw out two big money.

"Don't talk about that, drink first."

Xing Shu put down his worries, drank two glasses with Cai Wei, and heard the voice he had just heard coming from next door. There is music and music, and it is indeed the latest little word.

The two of them looked at each other and smiled, not minding listening to the music that didn't cost money, so that their voices could be released a little.

"How much of the captive population can Yelu Yixin return?" The interrupted train of thought was picked up again, and Xing Shu continued to ask.

"Daizhou, Xinzhou and Taiyuan were taken captive to the household registration of the Liao State, and it would be good to have one-third of the loss."

Xing Shu nodded, he was not an innocent person, and he had seen the tragic situation after the robbers looted a few times. The robbers in the mountains are already like this, and the situation in Daizhou and Xinzhou, which were sacked by tens of thousands of Khitan elite horsemen, can only be worse.

Those who were taken captive may have been lucky, as the rest either died in the fighting or had various accidents during the subsequent escape.

"And there's definitely going to be a discount when you get it back." Beautiful women, talented scholars, and skilled craftsmen are all difficult to get back, and Cai Wei did not hide from Xing Shu: "According to the Hedong side, most of them will not exceed 5,000 households." ”

"Is it Han Yukun's secret music?"

"Hmm." Cai Wei nodded again, "Han Yukun said in the recital that it will take thirty years for Daizhou and Xinzhou to recover. ”

"Didn't you say that there are a lot of people who take refuge in the mountains?"

Cai Weihe sneered: "There will be no more than 3,000 households, and there is no one who does not need to wear linen and filial piety." ”

"Han Yukun seemed to have said that he wanted to re-register the Hedong edition and make the fifth-class Ding production book."

"So that the number of households that have no land can be used to resettle the migrants." Cai Wei continued.

Xing Shu sighed lightly and shook his head: "This is a difficult matter. ”

Before the war, there were 30,000 households in Daizhou, not counting the nearly 20,000 garrisons with their own families; Although Xinzhou is small, there are nearly 20,000 households. 3,000 households accounted for only half of them. What's more, few of these households can reach the average of five households per household. That is, the population that actually has it is much smaller than normal.

In the case of the death of the original owners of many lands, the redistribution of the ownerless land has become a top priority in the two states of the Xin Dynasty. Now it's just a continuation and deepening of the previous one.

However, this matter is actually beyond Han Gang's purview. The envoy was a temporary dispatch from the military side, and he was able to allow the envoy to interfere in local political affairs before, but it was only because the war in the Xin Dynasty was still uninterrupted, and Han Gang acted expediently as Zaifu. Now that the war has stopped, it is difficult to say that the envoy will interfere in political affairs again.

“…… I remember that in the past year, there was a great drought in Shuzhong, and Han Zhongxian was a pacifier for the two roads of benefit and benefit. Xing Shu lowered his head and thought for a while, then said.

"Exactly." Cai Wei clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Jia Yan thinks so too." ”

Han Gang's current errand really can't act as a civil administration, since this is the case, Cai is like simply pushing the boat down the river to get a new one to send him, and find a random name, such as volume to appease or something, add a big word, volume to appease the ambassador,

Han Qi was once ordered to observe and treat the drought in Shuzhong. This is the precedent. There is a precedent, and arranging important ministers like Han Gang has a name.

In comparison, Lu Huiqing is much easier to arrange than Han Gang.

As long as you maintain the name of Xuanfu Envoy, let him govern Shaanxi directly. Xuanfu makes both the military and the government understandable, and although the authority in Lu Huiqing's hands is so big that it is an eyesore, there will be no overstepping of authority if he does things according to the rules.

To reward Lu Huiqing's merits, the position of a prime minister is indispensable. However, if it can be left to dry for a few days, there is a great chance to find him a mistake and let his dream of being prime minister drag on for a few more years.

Of course, if you are thick-skinned and take Cao Weiping's old story of the Southern Tang Dynasty, a few hundred rewards will be sent away, and you can only be a privy envoy when you come back.

It's just that if you want to move the queen to pull down her face, it must be more difficult than asking her to take out two or three million yuan from the treasury, or give a prime minister's position. And it is impossible for the queen to just let Lu Huiqing come back and leave Han Gang outside.

It is difficult to get the queen's consent if the political affairs hall wants to favor one over the other. The queen does not draw or seal, even if there is Wang Anshi, a military important matter in Pingzhang, she can't help it.

So what exactly does Cai really want to let himself do? Xing Shu thought about it again and again, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed: "Do you want Lu Jifu to go to Hebei to replace Guo Kui?" ”

Cai Wei's expression changed for a moment, but then he regained his smile.

Xing Shu is still under Sima Guangmen, running between the two capitals. In Luoyang, his reputation is not bad. It is favored by many veterans of the old party

It is impossible for the old party to withdraw from the court, and as long as the dispute between the north and the south still exists, it will be impossible for the new party, whose main members are from the south, to integrate the scholars from the north.

There are people who are powerful, and even though the old party has lost its position in the two governments, it is still not lost to the new party in the middle level. Especially in the sequence of Jing Dynasty officials, the old party and its sympathizers far outnumbered the new party. It's just that it's mostly local, and it's hard to gain a foothold in the DPRK.

However, with the passage of time, there is no commander at the top, and there are more and more students studying the new meaning of the Three Classics in the Guozijian, and sooner or later, the old party will inevitably fall apart.

Xing Shu frowned for a long time, and was about to speak, when there was a commotion outside, which was on the street in front of the door. Silence his words.

A knight walks through the street, a banner fluttering behind him with ink-stained tiding. It's hard to read the words that pass by, but Lubfeijie's messengers spread the news of the victory to the crowd as they pass through the town.

As the discussion outside gradually rose, Xing Shu and Cai Wei finally understood where the good news came again.

"Wang Dujian broke Gaochang?"

"Who is the royal eunuch?"

Gao Chang ...... Where is Gaochang? ”

"It's the Western Regions, a small country with a big sesame seed."

"It's not as thick as a hair on Liao's waist. If you win, you are embarrassed to call it a big victory? ”

"It's the Western Regions, it's not easy to walk over."

The discussion of the wall lasted only a few words, and the noise sounded again, and those who sang the song continued to sing, and those who played the piano continued to play, and they were not affected by this good news from the Western Regions.

If Wang Sunchen's good news appeared before the Song Liao war this time, it would still be able to arouse a considerable degree of attention. But now, the victory far away in the world is too insignificant compared to the fierce battle between the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Song and Liao armies.

Looking at the movement outside, it seems that even the topic of discussion at the wine table is far from enough.

Cai Wei yawned, turned back to Xing Shu and asked, "...... just now Where did it go? ”