0p0 The First Champion Chapter 543
The First Champion Chapter 543
Xingyang has been rich and prosperous for a long time. There is a gap in the east connecting Huaihe River and Sishui River, Mangshan Mountain is adjacent to the Yellow River in the north, Suohe River is connected to Songshan Mountain in the south, and Luoyang and Changan are connected to Hulao Pass in the west. The terrain is dangerous and the transportation is convenient. An important place in the county government.
There is no curfew, and there are restaurants and tiles open day and night in the market.Even though it is night, the streets are still very lively, and the restaurants are often full of customers.
In a restaurant near the center of the street, there are nine winding corridors in the large courtyard, birds are singing and flowers are fragrant, and several small buildings in the courtyard are chic and exquisite, and there are faint and elegant piano sounds from time to time, just like a garden.
There are rows of charming maids in the building, who come and go to serve like butterflies. The hall on the first floor is brightly lit, and there is a large round table in the middle.
Although there were only a few people on the table, the food on display was really luxurious, not counting hazelnuts, pine nuts, olives, walnuts and other teas;
There are also eight types of candied fruit, honey kumquat, honey papaya, honey plum, ten fragrant plum, Linglong fruit, water smooth rice cake, raw and cooked lotus root...
There are also a variety of seasonal fruits. The dishes include seafood head soup, freshwater shrimp, white crab, fragrant snails, cockles, and clams.
Stove goat, white fried chicken, white meat, eight rough duck, kang chicken, kang goose, crystal fried rice, goat blood in vinegar
On the small shelf on the side, there are various soups such as Yuxiao cream, ebony cream, Tang Wuli, bayberry sugar
The four people at the table just waved their hands lightly, and a twelve or thirteen-year-old maid with bright eyes and sharp teeth would serve them. The food on this table was enough to feed a small rich family for three years.
Today is Huang Daorong, a gentry from Xingyang, invited Master Zhiyue, the host of Baiquan Temple, to a banquet, Duan Miao, the dean of Xingyang College, and the owner of the restaurant here are invited to accompany.
Huang Daorong wiped his mouth and said, "Master, Dean Duan and Yuanwai Wei are not outsiders, now we have Yang Shaozai here in Xingyang, don't you know?"
"Those annoying new policies in the past were not the work of this person. In the past, the surname Liu didn't dare to do anything to us. Now that Yang Lin is here, I'm afraid he will grow courage again."
Zhi Le proclaimed the Buddha's name, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and said with a smile, "Don't worry about Huang Yuanwai, I have heard about Yang Shaozai's reputation. But no matter how vicious he is, he has to take care of the people's livelihood here, let alone according to this Look, he won't stay in Xingyang for long."
Duan Miao nodded and said, "The master is right. I know what kind of person Yang Lin is. When Cai Jing was in power, he was more flattering than anyone else. He often gave gifts of hundreds of thousands. He was a corrupt official." Official. If it doesn’t work, let’s send some gifts, and maybe it will become our backing in the future.”
Huang Daorong was very moved, "If Yang Lin becomes our backer, the world's wealth, fame and fortune, will be like fallen leaves after autumn, within easy reach!"
"It's not only easy to get, if you cling to Yang Lin, I'm afraid you won't be able to push him away."
Huang Daorong lowered his head and calculated, "Since this is the case, we can't be too stingy. I think we can discuss it again tomorrow. It's not too late. It won't be good if someone drives us away first."
Several people were talking happily, but Zhi Le was not very happy. In his temple, there are countless lands of dignitaries.
Although these properties are entrusted under the name of Baiquan Temple, they actually belong to others. Whom Yang Lin will accept as bribes, he can't say for sure, but he will never be the same as himself.
That is the leader of Taoism in the world, a disturbing thought climbed into his heart.
But the three people present were all in high spirits, and agreed that Yang Lin chose Xingyang first, which was a godsend opportunity for them.
Chapter 6: Immediate Sanctification
As soon as the sky was bright, the gate of Xingyang City was opened wide, and two thousand soldiers lined up to enter the city.
Xingyang officials were proud and led a group of new troops from the Beijing camp to "visit" from house to house according to the ledger.
The first to bear the brunt is the Dahu Baiquan Temple, which is the place with the most debts in Xingyang, and it also has the most land under its name.
Once upon a time, the princes in Bianliang City entrusted their land property under Baiquan Temple.
After the change of Yanglin Palace, many of these officials were killed and their properties were confiscated. Instead, these properties fell into the hands of Baiquan Temple.
These properties, as early as the beginning of the promulgation of the new law, Xingyang government sent people to measure, a total of more than 7000 hectares, many of which have already left Xingyang, Zhengzhou, Luoyang, and Kaifeng all have their properties.
With so many land properties, the service fee is really not a small amount. Liu Xinting calculated 20 guan last night.
20 guan, which can be used for one year in Xingyang. Today's officials are not short of salaries, but the government is in a hurry. They want to build roads and bridges, and implement policies that benefit the people. .
The last time the imperial court asked the scholars to go out, Xingyang finally raised some money, but he couldn't afford to hire a special convoy.
The dean of Xingyang College didn't care about this, the gentry in this place had their own connections, and new officials often had to look at their faces.
Liu Xinting didn't sleep all night, but he couldn't see a trace of sleepiness, and his whole body was full of energy.
"Bring all our arresters, yamen servants, and box soldiers... Forget it, let the officials, escorers, and secretaries come and record today's events in a book, and engrave a monument at the gate of the city."
The judge of Xingyang followed closely, and asked, "Don't let the people from our yamen come?"
"What's the use of coming, look at these soldiers and horses, do they still need outsiders to intervene?"
When everyone looked at the street, they realized that these people were so majestic, almost all of them were seven-foot men.
These high-spirited soldiers are many times stronger than the local soldiers, and they have just returned from Jiaozhi, and they are full of murderous looks, which makes people feel awe at first glance.
Although the Song Dynasty had looked down on warriors for a hundred years, but there really was such a mighty master, the people on both sides of the road couldn't help but stop and watch, their hearts surging.
I have such soldiers in the Song Dynasty, why worry about the restlessness of the border, and why worry about the barbarians invading the border.
Yang Lin slept very soundly last night. Every time he travels, it is a painful journey. Now this road is really too difficult.
No wonder the ancients said that the road is difficult, and the official roads with potholes are so bumpy, and they are even mentioned as those mountain roads.
The warm late spring sun was shining, and Lu Qian knocked on the door outside: "Sir, it's almost time to act."
Yang Lin rubbed his eyes from the bed, got up, put on his official uniform, washed his face in a hurry, rinsed his mouth and brushed his teeth, and then rode to Baiquan Temple with his personal guards.
There are already crowds of people under the mountain gate. This may be the most powerful debt collection group in the history of Song Dynasty.
The leader is Yang Lin, who has power over the government and the public, with two thousand thugs and two hundred personal guards, a kind of official boy.
Zhi Le went to the restaurant to have a banquet last night, drank happily, slept soundly in the restaurant, was hurriedly called up by the little novice, and just rushed back.
I saw him standing at the gate of the mountain, staring blankly at the soldiers and horses at the foot of the mountain, wondering if he hadn't woken up yet.
"How is this going?"
The joy in Liu Xinting's heart is indescribable, he laughed and said: "Master Zhi Le, the former official once said that this money is a new policy of the imperial court, and it must never be owed. This official is earnest, but your temple does not stop. Now Don't call it unpredictable when the army is overwhelming!"
Zhi Le sneered from the bottom of his heart, his face was still solemn, and he even smiled slightly.
This gesture also made the onlookers and pilgrims praise it and applaud it one after another.
They were all devout Buddhists, and some local gentry came out and shouted: "Master Zhi Le is an eminent monk who has attained the Tao, and Baiquan Temple here is an ancient temple in the Han Dynasty. How many masters passed away, how can you allow them to trample like this."
"Yes, if you are disrespectful to Baiquan Temple, you will go to hell."
"Goodness is goodness."
Liu Xinting flicked his sleeves, put his hands behind his back, faced the menacing Buddhist believers, and said loudly: "I am a scholar, but I believe in the way of Confucius and Mencius, and I believe in the theory of Yangmen. Everyone can become a sage. I will serve as an official and replace the common people." Taking back the service money is to benefit the [-] people here, and the merit is so great that it can be sanctified immediately, so am I afraid of going to hell?"
These words were resounding, and there were scholars from Xingyang Academy among the crowd, who couldn't help applauding loudly.
Yang Xueyi said that everyone should work hard for holiness, and those who have made great achievements are sages.
Liu Zhizhou's words hit the essence of Yang Xue, and these scholars could not help but applaud loudly.