Legendary star: Signed to the Palace at the beginning

Chapter 203 Finding Allies
Xiao Chuan said: "It's easy for Zheng Yi to be greedy. We will give him a big house in the new capital city. If a villa can't impress him, we will give him two."

Yang Guangdao: "Xiao Wang thinks so too."

Xiao Chuan said: "Then what about the Inspector of Lingzhou, the General, and Wang Shao, Duke of Xiangcheng County?"

Yang Guangdao: "Wang Shao is upright and elegant, quite curious, and has a strong and upright nature. To be honest, Xiao Wang is very afraid of him. Once Xiao Wang wanted to build a garden, dig a pond, and build a rockery in Jin Wang's mansion. In the end, Wang Shao Got it, forced Xiao Wang in the house, and gave him advice until Xiao Wang apologized and promised not to do any more construction work, then Wang Shao gave up."

Xiao Chuan said: "In this way, Wang Shao is a trustworthy person, and he is really good for Ah Chen. As long as you ask Wang Shao for advice in case of trouble, and it does not violate the law, Wang Shao will definitely help you tide over the difficulties."

Yang Guangdao: "Brother Chuan, if these ministers and Xiao Wang can be recruited, at least the families behind them can remain neutral. Who are the third allies you mentioned just now?"

Xiao Chuan said: "Child from a poor family."

Yang Guang questioned: "Cousin Chuan wants to use the children of the humble family to fight against the noble children of the aristocratic family?"

Xiao Chuan said: "Yes."

Yang Guangdao: "But where do we go to find so many children from poor families?"

Xiao Chuan asked, "Ah Cheng, what do poor children need to learn if they want to stand out?"

Yang Guangdao: "It's nothing more than a hundred schools of thought. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty adopted Dong Zhongshu's policy of dismissing a hundred schools of thought and only respecting Confucianism, other schools of thought have declined, and most of them are studying Confucianism."

Xiao Chuan said: "Who do Confucian scholars respect?"

Yang Guangdao: "Of course it is Confucius and Mencius."

Xiao Chuan said: "So I am going to visit the descendants of Confucius in person."

Yang Guangdao: "Confucius's descendants have always been upright, even if you use the banner of Xiao Wang, they may not pay attention to you."

Xiao Chuan said: "So I need Ah Chen to help find a middleman to introduce to us."

Yang Guang pondered for a while and said: "Pei Ju, who is in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Internal History, is the agent of the internal history. Okay, take my jade pendant to Pei Ju's house tomorrow, and ask Pei Ju to write a letter of recommendation."

Xiao Chuan took Yang Guang's jade pendant, and said, "Okay, I'm not worried about it, Ah Cheng."

Yang Guangdao: "You are polite, it's all your own business."

Guanzhong was hot early, so Xiao Chuan rented an ice cellar nearby and used saltpeter to make a lot of ice cubes to freeze mutton and other ingredients.

Xiao Chuan added icing sugar and fruit juice to the water to make popsicles. He established the Chuanji Popsicle Factory and hired some street children to sell popsicles along the street. The business was booming.

Xiao Chuan is going to provide free popsicles in hot pot restaurants.

Yang Guang looked good, and had sent some ice cubes and popsicles to Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty and Empress Dugu.

Although Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was frugal, he happily accepted things that did not require his own money.

In early summer, there are ice cubes to quench the heat, and popsicles to quench the thirst. Life is very grateful.

After eating a popsicle, Empress Dugu said: "Brother Jian, can Ah Cheng and Xiao Chuan succeed in building a new capital city in the south of Longshouyuan?"

Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty said: "For hundreds of years, the world has been in chaos, wars have continued, dynasties have changed, aristocratic families have controlled the government, and the original Eight Pillars have gradually become entrenched. Although I have won the world, I am worried every day. The military power has already replaced several emperors. The nobles and nobles have big tails. Since the day I ascended the throne, I have been thinking of weakening the strength of the family and nobles, but it is very difficult. So if Ah Cheng and Xiao Chuan can succeed The new palace is built, I think this is an opportunity, I want to move those noble families and powerful families to the vicinity of the new palace, so that it is easy to control."

Empress Dugu's eyes lit up, and she said, "Brother Jian wants to follow Tuoba Hong's old example of moving the capital?"

Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty said: "I'm just imitating things. Now that the treasury is empty, I can't move the new palace out of Chang'an. Otherwise, I must build a new palace in Luoyang. By moving the capital, I will consume the wealth of the noble families and take back their land."

Empress Dugu said: "So as soon as Ah Cheng wanted the Dragon Shouyuan, Brother Jian immediately gave it to them?"

Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty said: "I will let the two little fellows toss about it first. Even if they don't succeed, they can test the bottom line of those aristocratic families and nobles."

Empress Dugu said: "I think Li Yuan, Li Yu and Ah Chen are very close. If the Li family turns to Ah Chen, there will be six remaining families of the Eight Pillars Kingdom to deal with."

Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty said: "It's so easy, the Li family is betting everywhere, and they also have children on the side of the prince, all of whom are foxes who have been around for a thousand years, and they are cunning."

The next day, Xiao Chuan took Yang Guang's token and came to Pei Ju's mansion, and sent Yang Guang's jade pendant to Pei's family, and soon Pei Ju came out to welcome him.

Pei Ju was in his 30s, with a handsome appearance, when he saw Xiao Chuan, he clasped his fists and laughed loudly, "Earl Wannian is here, and Ju is too far away to welcome you."

Xiao Chuan hastily saluted and said: "Master Pei, you are too polite, and my younger brother is sincerely afraid."

Pei Ju let Xiao Chuan into the living room, and the two sat down as guest and host. After exchanging greetings, Xiao Chuan explained that he wanted to visit Confucius's residence.

Pei Ju was worthy of being an outstanding figure in the Northern Zhou, Sui, and Li Tang dynasties. He took a sip of tea and said, "The King of Jin wants to use Confucianism to deal with aristocratic families?"

Xiao Chuan was shocked in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He also took a sip of tea and said, "If Mr. Pei finds it difficult, my younger brother and King Jin will think of other ways."

Pei Ju said with a smile: "Prince Jin's method is very good, why do you want to think of other methods? Above the court, pay attention to a balance. Although I come from a noble family, I also know the harm of a single family. Earl Wannian will later, Hongda will write a book for the No. 30 generation Patriarch of the Confucian family, Chongsheng Hou Kong’s eldest grandson.”

After receiving Pei Ju's recommendation letter, Xiao Chuan put his heart into his stomach, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Pei, for your help. After the villa in Longshouyuan is completed, Mr. Pei will choose one."

Pei Ju smiled and said, "It's easy to talk about."

Under the protection of Yu Juluo, Zhang Xutuo and fifty cavalrymen, Xiao Chuan escorted five carriages full of gifts to Qufu, Shandong.

Everyone came up to the horses, and with the new Takahashi saddle and iron stirrups, riding was much more comfortable than before, and Xiao Chuan's equestrian skills had also improved a lot.

Without talking all the way, Xiao Chuan's cavalry finally arrived in Qufu, Shandong.

Qufu is the capital of the ancient State of Lu. Qufu Confucian Temple is also known as the "Que Li Zhisheng Temple". It is also known as the four major Confucian temples in China together with the Confucius Temple in Nanjing, the Confucian Temple in the capital and the Confucian Temple in Jilin. group.

Xiao Chuan once traveled to the hometown of Confucius in Qufu in his previous life. The Confucian Temple, Confucian Mansion, and Confucian Forest are the direct manifestations of Confucian culture.

Especially the Confucius Mansion, which covers an area of ​​7.4 hectares, has 480 ancient buildings, is divided into nine front and rear courtyards, and is laid out in three roads: middle, east and west. It is worthy of being the "first house in the world".

It took Xiao Chuan a week to see the Confucian buildings, and he was full of praise for the "intrigue" structure of the ancient buildings.

(End of this chapter)