Chapter 941 Change of Mentality
Chapter 941 Change of Mentality
In the last two days of August, more and more people disbanded and returned home.
Each tribe received rewards, with an average of two pieces of silk per person. The number of people was so large that one would suspect that they were here to defraud the rewards.
But these are all small matters.
What Shao Xun lacks is food, not silk, so he can afford this little thing.
It took Taibao Pan Tao ten days to return to Pingyang.
Before entering the city, I saw a large group of carriages and horses driving out of the mansion and heading south.
After a little inquiry, he learned that this was the intention of King Liang. He ordered his eldest son to plan and escort food and grass to Chang'an, and ordered his second son to plan and escort a batch of supplies to Pingcheng.
The third son, Shao Xu, who was fifteen years old, was more relaxed. He set out for Bianliang and escorted a batch of supplies to Luoyang.
Pan Tao nodded secretly.
As the saying goes, food and supplies must be sent before troops move out. If you cannot plan the food and supplies needed for the army, you are not a qualified commander.
This is the simplest and at the same time the most important thing. Only after completing this step can we talk about other things.
In the fields near Pingyang, some have already completed the autumn harvest, while others are still growing golden millet, sorghum, beans and other grains that can only be harvested in late September.
However, if you look closely, you can see that many fields are still covered with grass.
This is the result of conscription during the war, there is no way to change it. Perhaps, some fields will remain barren because some people will never come back.
Pan Tao asked others to return to the city first, and wandered around the countryside with only a few of his close followers.
The old man was clearing the dead branches and leaves in the ditch to lay a good foundation for the autumn sowing next year and even in September.
The woman sat in front of the door, cutting and mending clothes in the sunset.
The children were driving the sheep home, playing and laughing on the way.
"All males over the age of 15 in Guanzhong were conscripted, and they didn't even have time to farm. Although Pingyang was also conscripted on a large scale, the situation was much better in the end." Pan Tao stood between the villages, feeling quite emotional.
The nephews and nephews of the family wrote to them from Xingyang, saying that after a year of war, the young men who were sent out have not returned yet, so the entire manor had to gather all the remaining men, including the elderly and healthy women, to rush to harvest and plant, and everyone was complaining.
This is probably one of the benefits of the manor.
If a farmhand went out to fight, the owner of the manor would organize people to help him harvest crops, because in theory, all farmhands were the property of the owner of the manor.
But the self-employed farmers in the village form did not have this advantage. They also helped each other, but it was much less than in the manor because no one gave them compulsory orders.
"Fortunately, the world is going to be peaceful." Si Nong Qing, who came back with Pan Tao, said with a smile.
"The Sima family did not contribute a bit to rectifying the chaos and reversing the situation." Pan Tao said calmly, "I didn't expect that before I was buried, I would see the Sima family's empire fall."
Yin Xian was speechless.
Although no one is shy about talking about changes of dynasties anymore, isn't it a bit too much to say that?
But he also understands.
The three clans of the Pan family of Xingyang were exterminated by the imperial court.
In the past, Pan Yue was executed by Sun Xiu, along with his old mother, his brothers, Attendant Censor Pan Shi, Yan Ling Pan Bao, Situ Yuan Pan Ju, Pan Shen and their children. The only ones who survived were Pan Shi's son Pan Bowu (who was away at the time), and Pan Bao's wife and daughter. The mother and daughter hugged each other tightly and it was difficult to separate them, so the emperor issued an edict to spare them.
After this blow, the Pan family's upward momentum was interrupted, and only the Minister of Rites Pan Ni (who had died of illness) and Pan Tao, who had worked in Yuefu, were left.
Yin Xian knew that Pan Tao disliked the Sima family, and he didn't know why he worked for Sima Yue, but upon closer inspection, he found that he had no loyalty to Sima Yue at all, and even gave King Liang some ideas, which eventually led to the breakdown of their relationship.
Judging from the results, Sima Yue lost miserably, his power was wiped out, and even his wife gave birth to him and gave birth to several children.
Yin Xian was also somewhat suspicious of Pan Tao, but he was very close to the prime minister - although he was also very close to Wang Yan - so he didn't want to be too distant with him.
"Hong Qiao, I heard that the Prime Minister has been bedridden for many days?" Pan Tao noticed Yin Xian's expression, smiled slightly, changed the subject and asked.
"When the king defeated Helan Aitou and forced the Western Xianbei to surrender, he was no longer in good condition." Yin Xian said, "But the war was not over at that time, and the prime minister still stood up from time to time and managed his official duties. When the troops surrounded Chang'an, the prime minister relaxed and stayed in bed. Now, small matters are decided by the various government offices, and big matters are reported to the prime minister's residence in front of his sickbed."
Pan Tao sighed, raised his head, looked at the sunset in the west, his face somewhat melancholy.
"Zimei's life has been both up and down. Isn't it time to let it go?" Pan Tao said.
"The Prime Minister has an unfulfilled wish." Yin Xian said in a low voice.
"Want to see King Liang ascend the throne?" Pan Tao asked.
"Why do you ask when you already know the answer, Yang Zhong?" Yin Xian said with a wry smile.
"Don't be anxious, stay calm." Pan Tao rarely gave advice: "Don't look at so many princes, in fact, the chances are not great."
"Oh?" Yin Xian was a little surprised and said, "Wang Zizhang and Wang Zigui are gradually taking on important responsibilities. I think the chances are great."
Pan Tao smiled and said, "The king is nostalgic, and the older he gets, the more nostalgic he becomes. The only ones who really have a chance are the sons born to the princess and Madam Pei."
Yin Xian was a little skeptical.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this." Pan Tao said, "Pingyang City has been very lively these past two days."
Yin Xian also received the news and immediately laughed, "The younger generation is also anxious, afraid of being squeezed out."
Although it is said that aristocratic families are permanent and dynasties are changing, there is a certain degree of replacement of aristocratic families when dynasties change.
Some became members of the gentry, some disappeared from the gentry, some were still members of the gentry, but their status was greatly reduced, and some were originally small gentry, but suddenly became high-ranking nobles.
In fact, many aristocratic families particularly hate this kind of dynastic change.
They are already a high-ranking family and do not want any changes.
However, the original small and medium-sized aristocratic families such as the Yu family, the Yin family, and the Zhu family tried their best to promote the change of dynasty because they benefited greatly from it.
Yin Xian had thought about this question before.
Their family was really nothing in Henan. If they had been more decisive and crossed the river to the south earlier, becoming "early-crossing scholars", they would have had a place in Jianye, and if they had managed it well, they might have been able to rise step by step - to some extent, the Jianye court was also a "change of dynasty", those who arrived early would have occupied the position, and those who arrived late would have been left with nothing. In this way, small and medium-sized families also had the possibility to challenge the old-established families.
But Yin was hesitant and slow to act, and was later won over by Yu Chen, who sent his daughter to the palace. Many of the family's sons became officials and generals, so except for a few who moved south, it was impossible for the family as a whole to move south.
Of course, now it seems like a blessing in disguise.
As the Yu family rises, the Yin family will inevitably follow suit. As the saying goes, when one prospers, all prosper; when one suffers, all suffer.
The old aristocratic families in Henan were a little anxious, the most typical example being the Bian family of Jiyin.
I heard that Bian Dun, the military adviser to the General's Office, was in poor health and would not live long. Many of Bian's descendants were serving as officials in Jianye, and their number was even greater than those who stayed in the north. Now the consequences were apparent.
It is correct to place bets separately, but the bets are unbalanced. Too much is placed on Jianye and too little on the north. What can be done?
After Bian Dun's death, what should the Jiyin Bian family do? No one knows. Anyway, Bian Tao has recently expressed his thoughts and opinions about becoming an official, and no longer stays in the manor to manage the family business and enjoy leisurely drinking.
It turns out that he is nothing without his old father...
"Hong Qiao has also been to Daibei and Guanxi. In your opinion, will the king use them?" Pan Tao left the village and rode into the city with Yin Xian, asking quietly.
"I was just about to ask Yang Zhong for advice." Yin Xian cupped his hands and said.
"You, you clearly have made up your mind, yet you try to deceive me." Pan Tao laughed.
Yin Xian said helplessly: "I just feel that according to the king's temperament, he will probably still use it, but he won't rely on it as much as before."
Pan Tao nodded and said, "Your Majesty is too ambitious. If he is only willing to be a Cao Wei or Sima Jin, everything will be fine. But he wants to be a true emperor who rules over all the lands, which is difficult. This time, after defeating Tuoba and Tuge, there will surely be many Hu people who will be appointed as officials, and even their family status will be improved. It will be even more difficult for scholars to be appointed as officials. Although Bian Tao is a little lazy, he is not a fool. He may have vaguely sensed something."
"In the past, I could just sit at home and someone would come to me to recruit me as an official." Yin Xian said with a smile, "If I'm not happy with being an official, I'll just quit. If I get bored of staying at home, I just need to say that I want to be an official, and someone will come to me to recruit me. I'm afraid it will be hard to see such a good life in the future."
Yin Xian actually had this feeling a long time ago.
Especially after visiting Tuoba Dai and Liu Han, the feeling became more obvious.
Having expanded such a large territory and ruled over so many Hu people without giving them a status that matches their strength, it would be better to separate them and not fight them - of course, this would definitely not work, because the border threat could not be eliminated.
Therefore, Yin Xian felt that Han scholars had fewer opportunities to become officials, although the vast majority of officials were still scholars.
From the perspective of the gentry as a whole, he sympathized with those people.
From the perspective of family interests, he was too lazy to bother with those people.
The Yin family closely follows the Yu family, so the children of the family don't have to worry about not having an official position. Why think so much? Can you overthrow the rule of King Liang?
The carriage entered Pingyang just before the city gate closed.
Not long after entering the city, a young man in his twenties got on the carriage. It was Yin Hao, the son of Yin Xian and the head of the record room.
"If you have something to say, just say it." Yin Xian glanced at his son and said.
Pan Tao looked at him with a smile.
"Yesterday was the Double Ninth Festival. Wang Yifu held a banquet on Mount Gushe for a chat." Yin Hao said, "There were no less than a hundred people from near and far who attended the banquet. It was a rare grand gathering in the past twenty years."
"What are you talking about?" Yin Xian asked.
"Wang Yifu used Sima Xiangru's "Book of Fengshan" as an introduction to discuss the abdication of monarchs and ministers in ancient times." Yin Hao replied.
Yin Xian and Pan Tao looked at each other and laughed.
Wang Yifu may not be good at other things, but he is really good at these things.
"Is it over?" Yin Xian asked again.
"No, it was open for three days. Many people stayed in the Gushan Monastery. When the son heard that his father had returned, he returned."
"What did the people at the meeting say?"
"It's already this late, no one is stupid enough to say something they shouldn't say." Yin Hao smiled and said, "I was handling official business at the government office yesterday, and I left a little late. I only remember Bian Tao."
"He didn't talk nonsense, did he?"
"No." Yin Hao shook his head first, then said in a slightly teasing tone: "Bian Tao found a lot of things from the pile of old papers, talked about the seventy-two emperors since ancient times, and wrote thousands of words, and finally came to a conclusion."
"Don't keep us in suspense." Yin Xian urged.
"Bian Tao believes that the most impartial people in the world are not just one family." Yin Hao replied immediately.
Laughter immediately broke out in the carriage.
(End of this chapter)