Chapter 442 Song Jiang Is Loyal and Righteous

In early October, the prosperous Bianjing City, which had been prosperous for decades, became even more lively. Because today was the great day for the living God of Wealth of the Song Dynasty to marry the princess and become the son-in-law of the emperor.

Marrying a wife is a very troublesome thing. It is not like taking a concubine, where you can just take her home and have the wedding night. Instead, you have to go through a series of procedures. This is still an ordinary official family. Now Wang Caishen is marrying the eldest princess of the Song Dynasty, which is naturally much more complicated. It was not until today that the process was completed. This is the result of speeding up the progress.

The wedding procession was very spectacular. At the beginning, a strong man in festive clothes led a group of boys and girls who were jumping and jumping. The strong man carried a large basket full of copper coins in one hand and scattered a handful of them on both sides of the road from time to time with the other hand. The money led the way. After that, there was a band that played music to ward off bad luck and add joy to the festival. There were gongs and drums, and it was very lively. After that, there was Wang Yan, who was wearing a wedding dress, a big red flower, and riding a tall horse, followed by a tall sedan chair with sixteen people carrying it.

In front of, behind, and around the sedan chair, there were some palace maids who were accompanying the bride, watching the lively scene happily. Before, the big official had sent many things to the palace, and as the princess's palace maids, they had received many benefits. They also inquired about the big official's character, and they all agreed that it was highly likely that he would not be bullied.

After that, there was a convoy that stretched to the palace, which was the eldest princess's dowry. In the dowry team, there were also strong men carrying baskets and throwing money in large handfuls from time to time, and of course some would also throw some banknotes to let the wind blow.

Wang Yan rode on his horse, watching the people in front of him robbing money, and some even started fighting. A lot of banknotes were torn up by people fighting for them. He just smiled and watched slowly along the way. He even picked up a kid who was so daring that he dared to run to his side and was almost trampled by the horse. He took the child on the horse to feel the scenery, gave the child some different ambitions, and then gave it to the child's father who was anxious to catch up.

Because the palace was too close to his residence in Xihuamen, in order to look good, the entire wedding team came out from Donghuamen, then wandered around Yujie and went back to Xihuamen. The distance was not close, and the speed of action was not fast. They were playing music and dancing from morning to noon before returning to the house in Xihuamen. When passing by Yuxiang Tower, he saw Shishi standing upstairs...

They all called him the God of Wealth, and of course it was not for nothing. And according to the myths and legends, although he couldn't see it, he might really become the God of Wealth a thousand years later. After all, compared to him, Guan Zhong, Fan Li, Lu Buwei, etc., are not as powerful as him. So all the way here, he was throwing money around, very ostentatious. He got people's sincere smiles, and also got a good name of a big fool.

In addition, the commercial street next to his house, that is, the one where Yuxianglou is located. All the decent restaurants on that street were booked by him. He wanted to set up a three-day buffet. As long as there was a place, you could eat and drink for free.

The cost of marrying the princess of the Song Dynasty this time, including the money thrown and the gifts given to the palace, should be more than 200,000 strings according to the market value. But if it is calculated according to the actual value, it is not much money. After all, there is Zhao Ji's return gift and dowry, which basically equals what he gave out. The main expenses are still more spent on the buffet and throwing money to open the way, with a maximum of 100,000 strings.

This does not count the gifts from court officials. He married a princess, not to mention the distant ones, who dares not to give gifts from the Beijing officials? Others don't mention it, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, Tong Guan, Yang Jian, etc., all of them are generous gifts. If you count them, he might have made a profit.

And another thing, he is not really a fool to spend money, after all, the economy lies in circulation. The money he spends is free, basically it will be consumed on the same day, and you have to scold him as a fool while consuming it. And the merchants on this street have already received reservations, and have already deposited money to prepare a large amount of food and spices. Even if the money reaches the hands of the food suppliers over there, they will definitely consume it, which will bring a prosperity far greater than 100,000 strings. Although this prosperity will not reach him, it is still a small stimulus.

The most critical point is that the money house where Lu Zhishen is located prints money. And it is still developing very fast when the three parties are fighting to the death and the rear does not delay doing business. His money house is openly opened in the sphere of influence of Liao and Jin, providing convenience for those merchants. Up to now, paper money has begun to circulate in Hebei Province, and even money houses have been opened in some prefectures including Daming Prefecture. There are also money houses in Bianjing now.

Although the common people have not yet accepted it, only some merchants who took advantage of the war between the Three Kingdoms in Liaodong and traded extensively would use it. However, it takes time to establish the credit of currency, and the value of paper money is equal to the value of silver and money in the Song Dynasty. He worked hard here and slowly used paper money to settle with those upstream and downstream suppliers. When the upper class used it more, the lower class would accept it. When Xixia, Tubo, and Dali all accepted paper money, and when all their wealth became a pile of waste paper, perhaps when necessary, he would use the sword of punishment, and cut them off with one sword, so that they could not live in poverty and had to surrender...

Back home, it was even more lively. Except for Sanniang, who had just given birth to a child a few months ago and was taking care of the child, Jinlian and other children all came. Pan Jinlian bowed to Zhao Yupan in a proper manner, and the children came one by one to call Zhao Yupan mother.

Zhao Yupan had been taught everything before he came here. Although he was nervous, he also completed the process. Wang Yan didn't care too much about these things. The reason for this was just because he was under the roof and his father-in-law was the emperor, so he had to give him some face.

The father-in-law's recognition was not in vain, he was promoted again. General Yunhui, who was promoted from the fourth rank to the third rank, is of course still a military official, but it only increases his salary and is of no great use. In addition, he was also given the prince-in-law who must be present every time the princess is taken, and he is from the fifth rank. The most important thing is that he was given a baron, titled Yanggu County Male, with 300 households in the city, and he was also from the fifth rank.

Although the prince-in-law was not very popular, it was basically only the incompetent sons of the major families who married princesses and married into the royal family. But he, a high-ranking official, was a consort, so how could he be the same as others? He was so innocent that Zhao Ji had nothing to give, so he sent a daughter to win over him. And in the future, more titles will be added to him.

Therefore, although he has no official position and is only dispatched by the commander-in-chief of the Fubei Army for training, he, the Prince Consort, General Yunhui, and Yanggu County Man Yan, are still very useful.

After completing the process, Zhao Yupan was left in the back house, and he went out to drink with the guests. He has no friends and does not have a wide circle of friends, but on such a big day as today, many people came to support him. Even Cai Jing, the old man, came to have a glass of wine and said auspicious words before leaving. Anyway, no matter whether they knew each other or not, everyone who came was a guest, drinking at table after table, doing what a landlord should do, giving each other face, saying hello to me, hello to everyone.

It was already evening after the banquet, and the enthusiastic people had been sent away. The Prince Consort, who was just a little drunk, swayed back to the room and casually picked up his several sensible sons who were looking at him and giggled. He kicked her aside and walked into the main room in the backyard with Jin Lian's complaining eyes.

How could Jin Lian be willing to have officials kick her children? However, Wang Yan, his own father, didn't care, and the kids who were kicked didn't even care. They were very thick-skinned, so they didn't notice that each one of them was baring their teeth with him.

After entering the main room, he waved to the little palace maid who bowed and saluted him to leave. As usual, he poured a glass of water at the table and smiled as he looked at the big man sitting beside the bed with his head covered and holding a brocade handkerchief in both hands. Song Diji.

Putting down the water glass, the official took a few steps to the bed and sat down. Through the gold-embroidered hijab, one could feel the nervousness of the Empress of the Song Dynasty. He simply stretched out his hand and lifted up the hijab. Unprepared, Zhao Yupan only glanced at the deep but bright eyes, and lowered his head like a frightened deer. He was not as straightforward as when they first met.

Obviously, she knew what was going to happen in a while, and maybe she wasn't ready for it. But it doesn't matter. There are always many surprises in life. They come suddenly. Senior officials are always very good at helping others.

He stretched out his hand to caress Yupan's face, lifted her chin downwards, and asked her to look at him: "How are you getting along with Jinlian?"

"It's... pretty good." Zhao Yupan's voice trembled, and he couldn't help but reach out and grasp the warm palms that had touched his neck and shoulders.

"Have you told you everything about your family?"

"……Um."

"Very good, Jin Lian is easy to get along with, and Sanniang is the same. You will know when you go back to Wangjiazhuang and see her. The family is very good, you two should get along well."

"Um……"

Zhao Yupan's face was as red as a ripe apple. She stretched out her hand to stop the hands that were already taking off her clothes, but she felt that it was inappropriate to stop her. She didn't dare to move, she was trembling and at a loss what to do...

With the head wife, even if the head wife is the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, there is no difference, it is just a new woman joining the family.

After staying in the capital for another half month after the marriage, he took his family wandering through the not-so-beautiful scenery along the way as if they were sightseeing. It took less than three days by horseback and six days by carriage, but he walked for half a month. Only then did he return to Yanggu County.

The reason for this is that Zhao Yupan, an imperial concubine who grew up in a deep palace, has never seen the outside world. Now that I have been released from prison, everything I see is strange.

After returning to Wangjiazhuang, Zhao Yupan had no other worries except that it was embarrassing for the three of them to serve their beloved occasionally. He just wandered around happily every day, feeling very comfortable.

The family is harmonious, the children are growing up, and the career is growing day by day. Wang Yan feels good, and the life is so quiet...

During this period, Liangshan certainly did not stop.

Still as before, there was a disturbance in Bianjing on the Shangyuan Festival and after giving Zhao Ji a lesson, after some court discussions, Zhao Ji agreed to the idea of ​​using thieves to control thieves and sent people to recruit them. As expected, Zhao'an was sabotaged by Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others, and they still wanted to kill him directly.

After all, Cai Jing's birthday was robbed, Gao Qiu's adopted son was castrated, and Zhao Ji was quite dissatisfied with them, including the trouble in Bianjing this time. They all have grudges, and if they want a bunch of grassroots bandits to serve as officials in the same court, who are they trying to criticize?

So after the recruitment failed, Tong Guan first led his troops to fight, but there was no fight. Then Gao Qiu led Shijiedu to attack Liangshan. After burning and hewing the boats, Gao Qiu was captured and brought up the mountain.

Everyone in Liangshan knew that Lin Chong was murdered by Gao Qiu. Lin Chong, the person involved, naturally refused to give up. He wanted to kill Gao Qiu to pay his wife and father-in-law. After Song Jiang stopped him, someone else stopped him. After Gao Qiu agreed to help Liang Shan negotiate peace and recruit peace, Song Jiang let Lin Chong's biggest enemy go.

Seeing Gao Qiu riding away in a small boat, supported by the navy, Lin Chong was so angry that he vomited blood...

Wang Yan knew all these situations, and he also felt that Lin Chong was miserable. In fact, Lin Chong was really cruel and killed Gao Qiu. For him personally, it was not a big problem. After all, he had no hope of living, and he had been a coward all his life. What would he do if he exchanged lives with Gao Qiu? But after all, he was a coward. After all, he was worried about this and that, so he didn't dare to take action, and he was still angry to death.

Besides, if you really want to take action, you may not necessarily have to change your life. Again, there are factions and small groups on Liangshan Mountain, and there are many people who want to be the king of the mountain. He killed Gao Qiu, and some leaders supported him.

Gao Qiu was one of the three princes of the current court. If such a high-ranking official died in Liangshan's hands, it would be impossible to continue to recruit him. Under this situation, the original surrender faction and other hesitant leaders had no way out and had no choice but to grit their teeth and fight to the end. It doesn't make much sense to kill Lin Chong at this time. After all, Lin Chong's head is not as valuable as Gao Qiu's head anyway. It is impossible for him to bear such a serious crime, and there is a high probability that he will still be alive.

The most likely outcome is that Song Jiangyan said he knew about his brother's suffering, but in the end ruined the future of other brothers, and used this as an excuse to kick him out and let him fend for himself. Then Song Jiang and others fought against Song to the end. In the end, except for some small soldiers who escaped, the leaders who called for numbers died cleanly, and it was still in vain.

Therefore, Wang Yan believed that if Lin Chong was not so cowardly, his revenge could be avenged. But if he was not a coward, or if he had been more decisive and had left Bianjing like Wang Jin after his daughter-in-law was molested, it would have been another outcome.

Of course, this is just what he thinks, after all, he is not Lin Chong.

After a lot of trouble here in Liangshan, and after a period of hard work, I finally got accepted. Song Yasi, who dared to laugh at Huang Chao's lack of husband, raised his eyebrows at the official who read out the imperial edict. Finally, this day came, and his loyalty to serve the country was finally fulfilled.

After the recruitment, 8,000 people dispersed. These were the soldiers and leaders who did not want to continue fighting and killed, but wanted to go home and settle down. When they first went to the mountain, they just couldn't stand the exploitation. But after going up the mountain, they spent the whole day robbing houses and houses. Many people died every time, and there was no end in sight. Now that he has been recruited, if he continues to follow him, he will be nothing more than a thief with an army, fighting everywhere and working hard. After returning to his hometown, his wife and children will be comfortable on the hot bed.

So after getting the money, they were the first to leave, in groups of three or five, talking and laughing and going home happily. Based on their experience studying in Liangshan, I don’t believe there are still people who would dare to bully them back home.

The 18,000 people who left are nothing, there are still more than 100,000 people who are willing to follow them to Beijing to enjoy the blessings. After a busy meal, they packed their bags and took their belongings with them, and more than 100,000 people marched to Bianjing to receive the title. They were chatting and laughing happily along the way...

Looking at Song Jiang, who was sitting in the first place, looking a little flattering, and Wu Yong, who was holding a fan and pretending to be a scholar next to him, the official put down the tea cup in his hand: "Now are you going to call Song Xianfeng? I finally got my wish, congratulations." congratulations."

After the recruitment, Song Jiang was banned from the vanguard and allowed to go to Hebei to fight against Tian Hu, which was also a large force that gathered tens of thousands of troops. It is said that after defeating Tian Hu, he has gained merit and will be rewarded when he comes back.

Hearing the words of the senior official, Song Jiang was very happy. He narrowed his eyes with a smile, but said modestly: "General, please don't defeat Song Jiang. Just call Song Jiang Gongming. Song Jiang surrendered to the imperial court, not just for the sake of seeking an official job." Selfish desire, but for the sake of loyalty and righteousness. Besides, I, the Liangshan brothers, must have a way out and cannot always be bandits. Now that my brothers and I can finally serve the country, Song Jiang will be satisfied. "

Wang Yan nodded with a smile, seeming to agree with what he said, and found a topic to start the chat. The rule of the rivers and lakes is that if there is something wrong, don't talk about it. First, gossip and flatter each other.

Therefore, in the following time, Wu Yong said nothing while Song Jiang tried his best to flatter the high official. After all, the senior official was a third-grade military attache and received a training commission from the Northern Army. Song Jiang's rank was too low.

Song Jiang didn't talk about business, and Wang Yan wasn't in a hurry, just chatting. From the history of his fortune, to the development history of Liangshan, from the current situation, to the difficulty of life for ordinary people. Although Song Jiang is a small official, he still has a good level to get to where he is today. In addition, he is willing to cater to him, so he can talk casually.

And as the time that said it was useless became longer and longer, Song Jiang still didn't get to the topic. He finally understood Song Jiang's intention here.

Since Liangshan troops came to Beijing and stationed in Chenqiao, Gao Qiu had tormented them a lot. Gao Qiu withheld a lot of the money, food, grass and supplies that Zhao Ji had rewarded, and the people responsible for distributing the supplies were also very arrogant, speaking like thieves and bandits, and did not regard the people of Liangshan as human beings at all. Affected by this, the big and small leaders and the large number of large-scale soldiers complained, and there were already words of wanting to rebel and kill Gao Qiu and Zhao Ji, and it was difficult to lead the troops.

The high officials of his king are solitary ministers and never interact with the courtiers. But among them, he was particularly at odds with Cai Jing and Gao Qiu, which everyone knew. After all, with Cai Jingquan's power in both the government and the opposition, if they don't rely on them, that would be disharmony. Not everyone can ride on the wall. And over the years, some unpleasantness has indeed occurred. They took every opportunity to attack and smear each other, and Zhao Ji gave each other eye drops. Zhao Ji, on the other hand, carries water every day, and all of them are ministers of the humerus of the Song Dynasty.

Liangshan is going to attack Hebei Tianhu. What if Gao Qiu and others still play tricks on them? A bad person is a dead person.

Same thing, Song Jiang naturally wanted to raise a big banner, and naturally thought of him. The longer he stayed with him, the better the relationship. If it spread, it means that he has a backer, so the problem is solved, and even if he does it, he dare not go too far. Moreover, Gao Qiu and others are in high positions and have Zhao Ji's favor, but the soldiers working below are not, and few of these people dare to offend him, so life is much better.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Wu Yong, who was also smiling and fanning next to Song Jiang...

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