Chapter 1079 This Damn Familiar Feeling

Spring goes and autumn comes, winter goes and spring comes again.

On the land of Henan Road, there is a hopeful spring planting scene. Officials of the Ministry of Agriculture and people who specialize in agriculture are busy guiding the people to plant everywhere. The people are sweating in the fields as a family unit. In some places, there are even yamen runners in the government office and soldiers from all over the place, using manpower on a large scale to help poor households plow and sow.

In this spring and bright time, when there is hope, Wang Yan, holding a fan and a few small officials, is checking the spring plowing situation outside Xiazhou City.

The administrative center of Henan Road is naturally in Fushi, but in order to facilitate the management of the front line, Wang Yan moved the administrative center to Xiazhou. He has to stand in the front and cannot hide behind.

In this way, Xixia in the west and Khitan in the east have more advantages in information transmission, and have corresponding advantages in accelerating the prosperity of the region here, population integration, etc.

Although Zhao Song was not good and had no power to expand, it did not prevent the literati from treating foreigners as human beings. They were not good to their own people, and they were even worse to foreign people...

His policies here were actually questioned. It was just that he did not spend the court's money and made this place prosperous, so he did not complain too much...

The land here is relatively infertile. In the past, Wang Yan passed on all the agricultural methods he knew, such as composting, deep plowing, rotation, and intercropping.

In addition, he also got cotton for planting. For such a long time, cotton planting had actually started a long time ago. When he was in Hangzhou before, he found seeds, and now there are cotton clothes there.

It's just that because of insufficient grain production, once the people are allowed to plant randomly without planning, it will be a national famine. Of course, officials also know this. So they just cultivate some in various regions, or on the land of each family of officials, and everyone wears cotton clothes and covers themselves with quilts.

Of course, there are also people who are interested in planting a lot, on the one hand to sell cotton, on the other hand to reduce grain production disgustingly, and they make another fortune. After Wang Yan heard about it, he did everything. There must be people who are still secretly planting, but it is within the controllable range. It doesn't matter if it can't be controlled, just kill them. All the big households will be seized, and the grain will be enough for the people of the whole country to eat for three years.

Now Wang Yan is in charge of a large area, and he can control it himself, so he also officially supports cotton farming here.

On the other hand, this time with the expansion of territory, he also got grasslands at the north and south ends of the Maowusu Desert, where he can graze sheep, cattle, and raise horses. He has a horse station here, with horse officials in charge of horse affairs and professional horse breeders. All the horses are kept here. He is actively expanding the army.

As we all know, the Henan Road Army is the strongest army in the world and has never lost a battle...

As for the issue of increasing grain production, it is naturally potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, etc., and he has already deployed this. He has a shipyard in Haiyan and is currently working on the construction of large ships.

The ships sailing near the coast have the ability to build and form a fleet to trade back and forth to Southeast Asia, and also purchase grain there, and build several flour mills there to grind the grain into flour and store it for a long time, and transport it back one by one, repairing the corners of the Song Dynasty and hoarding grain for themselves.

Still quietly preparing and infiltrating...

Other things such as road and bridge construction and water conservancy projects, schools, academies, libraries, granaries and other functional buildings, as well as other things such as brick kilns, steel mills and cotton clothing factories that match cotton, and various mines and other industrial constructions of this era.

Even now, spring plowing does not delay too much time, because the previously captured Xixia soldiers and the officials, gangsters, and wealthy households who were dealt with are still there, and they have undertaken various construction tasks very well...

"Alang! Alang!"

From a distance, Xiao Dongliang's shout came.

Wang Yan stopped, opened his fan with a snap, and waited for Xiao Dongliang to ride over.

"Alang, the two ladies and the young master are here."

"You are going to be a father, but you are still so reckless. Why not let others come here to make a trip?" Wang Yan complained a little and waved to the officials nearby, "Go away and do your own things."

After that, he got on his horse and rode back to the city with a few followers.

To be honest, he underestimated the awareness of the emperor and his ministers of the Song Dynasty.

He had said before that with his current status and personal family situation, his wife and children must be held hostage in the capital. But now, as Xiao Dongliang reported, three years after he served as an official in the border area and had a history of privately using troops, Hualan and Shulan came with their children.

The real situation is that even if the wife and children come, they still have to wait for these few years...

Three years is a term, and Wang Yan's time here is enough, even if he has just been promoted. On the other hand, he also misses his wife and children. These are the two main points in his official document to the Political Affairs Hall requesting to be transferred back to Beijing.

In fact, he has no shortage of women, there are too many people flattering him. Whether it is the officials and wealthy families who have not been dealt with here, or the businessmen who come here to do business, or other high-ranking officials. Even the Sheng family sent him women, and Hualan also sent beautiful girls to serve him.

He just felt that the time was about right and he had to express his attitude, but he didn't expect to agree to let his wife and children leave Beijing.

In fact, it is normal to think about it. He has no family ties and is alone. He is young and has no shortage of women and children. There is no point in keeping Hualan and others in Beijing as hostages. But it is not easy to really let go.

After all, Hua Lan and others are in Beijing, so they have hostages. If it’s not in Beijing, then it doesn’t exist. Regardless of whether it is useful or not, having a hostage in hand will always make you feel more comfortable, and it is not completely useless. For example, Wang Yanzhen rebelled and abandoned his wife and children. This was a big stain in life, and it was also an important warning to those who followed him.

Now that Hua Lan and others have been agreed to leave Beijing, it means that Wang’s label as a ‘Loyal Minister of the Song Dynasty’ has been completely nailed...

Back at the mansion, a large group of people came in and out of the door, moving things on the twenty or so carriages that came with them. Wang Yan believed that Hualan and Shulan had brought as few things as possible.

When they entered the courtyard, they saw Hua Lan and Shu Lan playing with the children, and the maid and housekeeper Wang Youyin beside them were giving orders. They had obviously taken over the mansion naturally.

"Ladies, are you okay with coming all the way?"

"Official~"

The words Hualan and Shulan were called official, it was like a thousand twists and turns. Hualan's children didn't care and rushed over directly. Shulan obviously wanted to do the same, but she still stopped in the end and was a little confused. The forced Young Master Wang and her own Second Young Master looked at her good official with moist eyes on one side...

After comforting the two women who missed Wang Daguan, Wang Yan squatted there and looked at the two little ones with a smile.

"Do you know who I am?"

The two little ones blinked their big eyes, said nothing, and subconsciously stepped back, looking a little scared.

"When we were in the capital, didn't we call for daddy all the time? Why are we scared now? We haven't called him daddy yet!" Hua Lan said angrily, and one of them even spanked her little buttocks.

"Daddy..."

After being beaten, the two little ones timidly muttered in a low voice...

Wang Yan shook his head and smiled, patted his two little heads, hugged one with each other, and said, "You two usually take care of your children at home, right?"

"When I go out occasionally, I don't take my children with me and let my family watch. I'm afraid something might happen." Hua Lan said, "Guanren, the two younger ones have never seen you. They just need to spend some time together. In the capital, When I was young, I was very naughty. I would do whatever I was told not to do, and I would never end my anger with the two of them. "

"Yes, sir, Wenhua and Wenxia are both very active, and they will cause trouble if they can't help it."

In fact, these things have been mentioned in the letters exchanged in the past, but the two of them always talk about it. As they talked, the food was ready, and the family gathered around the table to eat.

The three adults ate their own food, and the two little ones could eat basically everything. Wang Yan did not let the little maid wait on the side, but let the two of them sit on the higher stools he had promised to make before. The child eats messily by himself. The little maid was watching from behind, just to prevent the two little things from falling.

Seeing that Wang Yan was raising his son, Hua Lan and Shulan suppressed any inappropriate remarks and turned to talking about things in Beijing, as well as the affairs of the first and second bedrooms of the Sheng family.

"Official, my father has been transferred back to the capital. Have you received the letter?"

"I got it. It's a good coincidence that you finally got to meet your family. Otherwise, my husband wouldn't know how long he would have to stay in the northwest before going back."

Hua Lan sighed: "My father also said that officials are asking for this."

"Everyone has his own way of life. I asked for it, but this official is also very comfortable. Now that our family is reunited, it doesn't matter whether I go back to Beijing or not. The northwest is also good. When you have a rest, I will take you everywhere." Go take a walk and take a look.”

"Now that the officials are in charge, they don't dare to miss important matters due to personal affairs." Shulan said very considerately.

"We have been in business for more than a year, so we just follow the steps. Just like when I was in Hangzhou, I took the two of you and these two little things with me while inspecting the place. It doesn't affect anything. The people who should be dealt with have already been dealt with, so there is no need If you are worried about being surrounded by others, just listen to me and don’t say anything.”

Wang Yan waved his hand and asked, "How is Changbai? He is already twenty this year, and there is no news about his marriage? I remember you told me that many people want to marry Changbai and be related to me, so Many people didn’t like it?”

"We are not preparing for the imperial examination. We will look good after getting the Jinshi. Changbai is ambitious and does not want to rely on the reputation of his brother-in-law, an official. However, he failed to pass the exam, so he was very depressed for a while."

"He is still young and has plenty of time."

"Master, please don't say this to Chang Bai, otherwise you may become even more depressed." Hua Lan shook his head in amusement.

Wang Yan was admitted to the imperial examination at the age of nineteen, and at the age of twenty-six he was promoted to the Henan Road Economic and Technological Envoy. He was a high-ranking official in charge of the military and political affairs of a country. It was hard to compare everyone from the emperor to the ministers to collectively choose to suppress...

Changbai definitely has a future, and he would have done well as an official.

As for Sheng Hong, he wanted to be on the safe side and was only interested in pursuing his own personal gain. He did not dare to go against the big players and all he got were superficial political achievements. This time Ren Man was transferred back to the capital from Dengzhou, and it was Wang Yan who helped run the operation. He was transferred to the Household Department under the Third Division to cooperate with Fan Zhongyan in collecting commercial taxes.

This matter is a general trend, and it doesn't affect anything. If you do it well, you can still get credit. Moreover, Sheng Hong himself was quite capable. He was also a Jinshi after all. He had governed local governments for many years and had rich practical experience. If he doesn't reform, it's because he doesn't dare, not because he doesn't know what's good and what's bad, and he doesn't understand why.

As for the mess in the Sheng family's backyard, Hualan simply mentioned it and didn't say much. Lin Qinshuang of course fought back and forth with Wang, and the surviving Wei was honest and took care of her son and daughter, which was pretty good...

The family ate and laughed, talking about all kinds of gossip. After dinner, they washed up and naturally had a long-lost relationship, and expressed their longings with all their strength...

After Hualan and Shulan brought their children here, their lives were no different. It was nothing more than having more time to communicate with the children in the morning and evening.

He was still so free and easy, always in charge of the overall situation, doing a good job of supervision, and the rest was nothing for him. He even started to take time to lecture to scholars and published the third book "Wang Yanshuo".

Compared with his previous work as a military inspector in the Kaifeng Prefecture Military Inspection Institute, he is now obviously more awesome, awesome to the sky. He has both civil governance and martial arts.

According to Shusun Bao's three immortals of saints, he educated the people, made them rich and lived a stable life, which was to establish virtue. He solved the accumulated problems of Zhao Song, defeated Xixia, and forced Liao to seek peace, which was to establish merit. He published three volumes of "Wang Yan Shuo" to promote his political ambitions, and also taught methodology, encouraging people to cultivate themselves and morality, and seek the welfare of the people, which was to establish words.

He was only 26 years old, and his achievements today are unmatched. If he had defeated Xixia and Khitan in his lifetime and created a prosperous era that the Song Dynasty had never seen. Then there is no doubt that he is a saint.

Now, he must be a half-saint.

Now is not the time for him to preach everywhere. Now others take the initiative to study, and a scholar has read his books. In today's Song Dynasty, not only the Song Dynasty, but also the cultural people in Xixia, Khitan, and Dali, it is a shame that they have not read his books.

Even many wealthy families who did not take the imperial examinations wanted to read it. They tried to see their own future from Wang Yan's theories...

In many places, scholars spontaneously organized academic societies to collectively study and discuss his theories, which had caused quite a stir. Scholars spontaneously named Wang Yan's learning "New Learning". It was originally to be called "Wang Learning", but it was obviously not appropriate, more or less violating taboos.

It's just that "New Learning" has not yet been officially accepted, and it has only set off a trend of thought among the people, with the shadow of a "movement". When his theories appear in the official imperial examination questions, it will really become popular in the Song Dynasty. After all, it is still serving the court.

Time passed like this, and in the blink of an eye, it was the second year of Jiayou, 1057 in the Western calendar. The so-called first dragon and tiger list of the millennium, Su Shi, Su Zhe, Zhang Zai, Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi, Zeng Gong, Zeng Bu, Lu Huiqing, Zhang Dun, Wang Shao and many other celebrities were selected in this year. Ouyang Xiu was the examiner. He had returned to Beijing for three years after mourning.

Others such as Han Qi and Fu Bi also returned to Beijing one after another. Now the capital is still quite lively.

It is a pity that Wang Yan's tenure in the northwest has been five years this year. If there is any gain, it is probably that he has one more son and one more daughter.

The third son was born by Hua Lan and named Wen Fu. The fourth girl was naturally born by Shu Lan and named Wen Shu.

Wang Yan didn't care about the girl's other name, and directly added the middle name of the male in the family. Anyway, he had the final say.

As for other matters, it is nothing more than that the people in Henan Road have lived a better life in recent years, and the new banknotes he issued are now used in the entire northwest. In addition, with the war horses he bred, bought, and robbed, his cavalry expanded to 25,000, and the number of garrison troops was expanded, bringing the total number of garrison troops in Henan Road to 170,000.

He couldn't expand the imperial army, but he could make the decision about the garrison troops. He also traded directly with the prefectures, stockpiled a lot of food and grass, and dispatched and produced a lot of military equipment under various names.

If he hadn't been called a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty, people would have known what he was going to do, and they would have thought he was going to rebel.

He was a person who was given special attention, so how could his actions be hidden. So people thought he was secretly preparing to start a war, and he was cooperating in secretly preparing to start a war. Everyone saw through it but didn't say it, and they had to cooperate and wait until the time came.

But if they were asked to cause trouble for Wang Yan, they would never do it. Because if they didn't let Wang Yan fight, they would transfer Wang Yan back to Beijing. The capital city is now so lively because of the reunion of Fan Zhongyan and others. If Wang Yan goes back and has the support of Fan Zhongyan and others, wouldn't it be completely over?

So they can only watch and cooperate silently.

Wang Yan never disappoints everyone who has expectations of him.

In September of the second year of Jiayou, after the autumn harvest, Wang Yan wrote a letter saying that the Khitan border army shot arrows into our territory for no reason and shot a sheep to death. The people asked for help from our Song Dynasty border army. The officers went to the other side to ask for an explanation. The Khitan side not only did not give an explanation, but also insulted our Song Dynasty border army.

The generals were all angry and appealed to each level. It was already a bit uncontrollable and could cause a war between the two countries at any time. They asked for instructions from Zhao Zhen and the Political Affairs Hall...

After receiving Wang Yan's letter, the first person to see Wang Yan's letter was Cheng Kan, who was transferred back to be the assistant minister of state affairs after the Zhihe Peace Talks.

Looking at the long document, looking at the murderous handwriting written in one go, Old Cheng's hands trembled a little.

Damn it, this damn familiar feeling...

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