Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 357 Complicated Factions

After Su Chen finished listening, he asked directly: "The current Song Party members are withered and their scale has weakened. Which prince are they mainly wooing now, is it King Zheng or King Ji?"

The three of Jiang Tao were a little nervous when they heard the words. After all, they were involved in the open and secret struggles of the court factions. They were just three students who were about to take the imperial examination. Hearing these court secrets, they were already a little timid.

Hearing Su Chen's question at this time, it was obviously a step further, to know which prince was involved with the Song Party.

Peng Zeliang hesitated for a moment before saying: "It should be King Zheng. After the crown prince died suddenly, the late emperor chose a successor among several princes. King Zheng and Li Congshan deliberately competed for the position of crown prince and secretly cooperated with the Song party. Pan You, Li Ping, Yin Chongyi and others supported the current official family and were recognized by Emperor Yuanzong, so they established the official family that was King Wu at the time and took over the East Palace."

Su Chen nodded, he had seen this period of history in history, but it was not detailed.Li Jingsui, who was supported by the Song Party at the beginning, was poisoned to death by the prince Li Hongji, who was supported by the Sun Party. Therefore, people in the Song Party were worried that after the prince ascended the throne, he would cleanse the Song Party. Later, he changed to support Zheng Wang Li Congshan.

But the winner in the end was the sixth prince Li Congjia, who is Li Yu, an official of the Tang Dynasty today, because the aristocrats from Jiangzuo supported Li Yu.And Li Jing saw that the Tang State needed the power of the new party to stand firm and gain the approval of the local dignitaries in Jiangzuo. However, the Song and Sun parties had backgrounds and roots in Jiangbei, and their influence was much weaker.

In addition, Li Yuzhai has a kind heart and a weak personality, so he will not mess around like him, use troops everywhere, consume the treasury, and greatly hurt his vitality. When he finally faced the Song Army, he was defeated. Li Jing felt that Li Yu could be a stable and successful One of the reasons for this is that the lord of the country continued the Tang Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River.

Peng Zeliang continued: "After the officials came to power, although they relied on the New Party, they did not fully support the people of the New Party. They successively used Feng Yanlu, Wei Cen, Han Xizai, Zhong Mo and others. These people were Song Dang and Sun Dang who were demoted by the late emperor , Restarting the use is also a signal that the government is maintaining the balance of power and will not allow one party to dominate."

The three scholars Jiang Tao, Liu Dong, and Xia Baosong, after hearing these insights, suddenly realized that there were so many tricks in the struggle between factions in the imperial court, even those dismissed and exiled officials, and two of the notorious five ghosts, Reactivated by the government, it has the imperial technique to balance the power of the court.

Peng Zeliang also mentioned the names of some people, namely the dignitaries of the three parties, and said: "If you want to stay in the city of Jinling, or even be used by the imperial court after the imperial examination, and enter the official career, you must first find out what power groups the imperial court has. Who are the largest parties, and which officials are in the same camp. This way you can know what you say and do, otherwise, if you talk to your side or complain casually, it may spread to the ears of those court officials , You are out of luck.”

Of course, these exposed ones are of a relatively high level and cannot be concealed or hidden.However, many fourth- and fifth-rank officials have secretly voted for certain forces, and there is no label for the time being. Such talents are dangerous and may secretly do bad things at any time.

"I have been taught." The three of them thanked each other with their hands in hand. They had already packed a lot of official information in their hearts. The impact and changes on them, whether big or small, how much they could understand, and how to do it all depended on the personalities of the three.

Jiang Tao, for example, felt that he was capable of being a capable official, so he could be more dexterous and deal with small officials from various factions.

Liu Dongkou is a little clumsy, so he doesn't want to step into the official career department, but likes to enter the Jixian Hall and the History Museum, to do some editing, writing books, organizing literature and history, and doing learning with peace of mind.

Xia Baosong likes to enter the Hanlin Academy, if he can be a scholar in the Imperial Academy, he can be a student of Zhongshu if he has the opportunity, and he can be a living doctor who drafts documents.

The three have different personalities, so each has goals and ideas.

Peng Zeliang felt that what he had said was almost done, and it was inconvenient to dig deeper, so he went out and ordered the housekeeper to prepare a banquet for the three of them for lunch.

This kind of treatment made the three poor scholars feel very flattered. Mr. Peng, Yin of Jiangning Mansion personally entertained them, accompanied by the most talented person in Jiangzuo. The three of them were inexplicably grateful, almost moved to tears, and followed Peng Zeliang and Su Chen wholeheartedly. dry.

After lunch, Jiang Tao and Xia Baosong bid farewell and left drunkenly. Su Chen also drank and felt a little sleepy, but Peng Qingqing stopped him and insisted on holding his hand and going to the next yard to have a look.

Su Chen asked in confusion: "What are you going to see in the mansion next door?"

Peng Qingqing smiled and said: "You don't know that, the person next door is a former servant of the household department. He has retired and returned to his hometown. He went back to Hongzhou. This yard has been idle for more than a year. When I went out today, I happened to hear that The concierge said, the mansion is listed for consignment, so I thought, anyway, you said you want to buy a mansion in Jinling, why not just buy this one, it’s close to Peng’s mansion, separated by two walls and a narrow alley with drainage, it’s fine I can flip over."

"..." Su Chen was speechless, is this buying a mansion for me, or buying a mansion for you!
But he didn't dare to say that. Although Peng Qingqing has become much more obedient, well-behaved and docile now, and gradually he is the main one, but Su Chen will not be really macho and too arrogant in front of this heroine Peng Otherwise, you can only bring shame on yourself.

The two came to the main entrance of the mansion, on which there was a plaque of "Yan Mansion". There are yards with three entrances, and the location is not bad.

After Peng Qingqing knocked on the door, the concierge servant saw Peng Qingqing and recognized her as the daughter of the Peng family next door, the daughter of Jiang Ning's governor.

"What is Miss Peng doing here?"

Peng Qingqing said: "Aren't you going to sell the house? It just so happens that Mr. Su is going to buy a house in Jinling. Let's come in and have a look."

"Mr. Su?" The concierge glanced at Su Chen, seeing the intimacy of the two holding hands, he couldn't help but wonder, this could be the famous Jiang Zuo Su Lang, right?

Su Chen asked: "Is the steward in your yard here?"

"Yes, Xiaodi is going to invite steward Pang right now." The porter went into the yard to call steward.

A while later, Guan Pang came to welcome Peng Qingqing and Su Chen politely.

"Please come in, both of you. My Master Yan's family has already returned to Hongzhou. He ordered Pang to come over and deal with this house. In the future, the master will not return to Jinling and plans to retire in Hongzhou."

Su Chen said: "Then let's go in and have a look first!"

After knowing the identities of the two, Steward Pang said very politely: "You two can watch as you please!"

Su Chen and Peng Qingqing entered the mansion and looked around. The courtyard was laid out in depth. The houses and courtyards that entered one after the other created a deep sense of the courtyard, and side corridors were sometimes set up on both sides of the courtyard for people to walk. There are flower beds and pruning bamboo on the side, which is very elegant.

The brown, black, dark green and other colors used for the external wooden structure of the house are in harmony with the white walls and gray tiles.

This courtyard, including the main courtyard and side courtyards, can accommodate two or three hundred people without any problem.

After seeing it, Su Chen was quite satisfied. When asked about the price, he asked for five thousand guan, that is, 5000 taels of silver.

Peng Qingqing said to the steward: "It's a bit high, at most 3000 taels of silver, my Peng's house is also at this price, a little bigger than yours."

Steward Pang hesitated for a moment, a little afraid of the identities of the two of them, thinking that in Jinling City, matters such as the transfer contract for buying a house need to be handled by the Jiangning government office. If they do not agree, there may be troubles in the future. Within the acceptable range, he agreed.

(End of this chapter)