Mountain wind gusts

The morning light passes through the leaves of the forest, and the ground is covered with sparse and mottled light and shadow.

There was a boy lying on the thick fallen leaves, as if he was sleeping soundly.

The sky is blue, the wind is light, and the clouds are light.

The sun is just right and the breeze is not dry, so it is suitable for sleeping.

I don’t know whose young man is, but he is alone in the mountains and forests, enjoying the tranquility and leisure of nature.

The wind blew, mixed with a stinky smell, and there were beasts looking for food in the mountains.

The boy's nose moved slightly, confirming that it was the breath of a black bear. But he still closed his eyes and moved his eyelids. He adjusted his breathing and continued to lie there motionless. There was a saying among the people that when he met a fierce bear, he might escape the disaster.

Birds and insects roar, wind sweeps away the leaves, and everything is silent.

A black bear appeared from the tree above the boy's head. The black bear was about five or six feet long, shaking its head and slowly walked towards the direction where the boy was lying. It sniffed the ground with its nose, as if looking for prey.

The thick dead leaves cushioned the impact of the black bear on the earth, and the sound of dead branches being trampled told the approaching of the young black bear. The adult black bear also discovered the aura that looked like prey not far away.

The boy continued to lie there motionlessly, and the black bear slowly came over with its plump body. The boy could clearly hear the black bear's gasping sound.

A burst of heat came from the top of his head, and the black bear began to sniff the boy's hair, and then his nose began to move above the boy's face. The heat came to his nose, mixed with the disgusting smell of beasts. The boy frowned slightly, for fear that the black bear would open his mouth in the next second, and the wet saliva would drip on his face.

The black bear's tongue was stretched out, mixed with wet mucus to lick the boy's cheek.

A moment that cannot be sent.

The boy slapped the ground with his left palm, turned over, supported the ground with his left hand, and his right leg was in a half-kneeling position, and his right palm slapped at the head of the black bear that had not yet been raised.

In just a moment, the huge black bear had no chance to wail and lay on the ground. Its skull had been shattered by the young man's palm.

The boy was very satisfied with the results of this black bear hunting. He used the most efficient and labor-saving method to hunt an adult black bear. The most important thing was that the black bear's skin was intact.

The boy's head rested on the black bear's belly, soft and comfortable. He spread his hands open and touched the smooth bear skin and laughed.

He patted the black bear beneath him, and the flesh trembled and waves of flesh. What a fat big black bear. The boy grabbed a weed and held it in his mouth, jumped up, and patted the coarse cloth clothes on his body. He glanced at his prey. The boy spit out the weeds he was holding, walked to the side, took the straw rope that had been prepared from the branches, and then tied the black bear with a tied limb, holding the tied forelimbs in one hand, pulling the hind legs with the other, and swung his arms hard, and carrying the big black bear of nearly 300 kilograms on his shoulders.

The boy was about sixteen or seventeen years old, about seven feet tall and his shoulders were very wide. More than 300 kilograms of meat were piled on the boy's shoulders. The boy pushed his shoulders twice, adjusted his comfortable position, and then grabbed his limbs with both hands, carried the big black bear, and walked down the mountain happily.

This mountain is named Tianyu Mountain, and is located in Bazhou southwest of the Great Jin Dynasty. Bazhou is one of the nine states in the Great Jin Dynasty, and is under the jurisdiction of the king of Shu, a different surname.

At that time, Sima Chonghuo unified the world with the help of his brothers and established the country as Jin. The world has a total of nine provinces, and the capital is set up in Luoyue City, Yuzhou. The other eight states were divided into princes and kings, assisting the Sima family in governing the eight states, and the throne was hereditary. It has been 123 years since then.

During the 110th year of the Jin Dynasty, Yuan Shixin, the king of Yangzhou in the southeast of Yuzhou, personally led a large army into Yuzhou. Cao Ning, the governor of Yuzhou, had no intention of stopping him, and led his troops to Luoyue City. Together with the national teacher Huo Xingwei, he destroyed Sima Xiangle, the monarch of the world who was on the dragon throne and was buried with the world.

Sima Xiangle has ascended the throne for five years, and he was only in his prime when he ascended the throne. Because the late emperor had few descendants and only had one prince and one princess before his death, Sima Xiangle's throne came very easily. His uncle was granted to Liangzhou as a free and easy prince as soon as his father ascended the throne, and the real helm of Liangzhou was still the Shangguan lineage of the King of Xiliang. As for the eldest princess Sima Ruolan, when the previous king was in power, he was given a marriage to the prince Yuan Bingde of Yangzhou when the previous king was in power.

Speaking of Yangzhou, the Yuan family, the king of side by side, should be the princes who are most loyal to the Sima family of the Great Jin Dynasty. Otherwise, they would not have been awarded the title of King by side at first. The first king of side by side Yuan Lekang was the brother-in-law of the founding emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty and the veritable uncle of the Great Jin Dynasty.

It is also because of the descendants of the Sima family that were not good at fighting and had never experienced wars and had no worries about the country, so they only wanted to enjoy themselves. The domineering aura left by the founding emperor, which had long dissipated in singing and dancing, and poetry, and poetry. Unlike Sima Xiangle, his father, Sima Zhengkang, had no intention of being addicted to beauty, and he was even less likely to drink. He only praised poetry and poetry, but could not say much love.

This made the famous actors in the palace who pleased the emperor less useful. Some famous actors were rewarded to princes and ministers. For a time, the saints and wise men, and the great voice of the emperor's grace resounded throughout the imperial city's Taihe Hall.

Those who are emperors naturally have their own preferences, and Sima Zhengkang is no exception. He likes garden architecture and designs even more. If it weren't for the ministers' obstruction, he would have almost done such a ridiculous thing as the Minister of Works.

The prince Sima Xiangle and the princess Sima Ruolan were still in the Eastern Palace. If he had no descendants, the old emperor would have deposed his position as crown prince and made his younger brother Sima Zhengyong the crown prince.

After Sima Zhengkang ascended the throne, he sent his second brother to the remote Liangzhou to become a free-powered King Xiaoyao. After the Crown Princess of the Eastern Palace naturally obtained the throne of the queen, he became the lord of the harem. Yes, even as the queen, she tried her best to help the emperor fill the harem, she was rejected. Sima Zhengkang told her face to face, if you think that the few times that I have missed fall on other women, you can do it.

Sima Zhengkang's obsession with architectural design was almost crazy. He could study how to build a magnificent palace with officials from the Ministry of Works for several days and nights.

In terms of architectural design alone, all officials of the Ministry of Works admired the emperor. In the court where Sima Zhengkang was in power, the officials of the Ministry of Works had the greatest voice.

Perhaps because he stayed up too much late, it took too much energy from Sima Zhengkang. He was about to be confused, and his most satisfied work was still under construction, called Mingheyuan.

There is a main hall and eight deputy halls built in Minghe Garden. The main hall is called Heyi Hall, and the eight deputy halls are called Yonghe Hall, Jihe Hall, Qinghe Hall, Xuhe Hall, Yanghe Hall, Jinghe Hall, Bahe Hall and Lianghe Hall. It shows the prosperity of the unification of the nine states of the Great Jin Dynasty. Moreover, each hall is designed with its own characteristics.

As for the purpose of Minghe Garden after its completion, the late emperor Sima Zhengkang did not make it clear.

Sima Xiangle became the emperor so easily, without the intrigue between princes and the crown prince. When he was the crown prince's mansion, he was named the crown prince by his grandfather and often went to the palace to accompany the old emperor. What he saw were those singing and dancing, and the emperor's power and anger. When he was the crown prince, he actually didn't understand why his father was obsessed with paintings, and the painting and calligraphy of those famous masters.

What if he doesn't matter, wouldn't it be better if he can become emperor sooner or later?

So when he ascended the throne, his level of joy was even greater than that of his emperor grandfather.

The unfinished Minghe Garden left by the late emperor was issued an edict to continue to be built in the name of filial piety. For him, it would be a great thing to have an extra palace.

In fact, the reason why Minghe Garden was slowly built was because of its large palace, the amount of materials required, the large number of labor service, and the huge cost. The national teacher Huo Xingwei once strongly opposed this matter, but the late emperor believed that this was my long-cherished wish in his life, hoping that the national teacher would fulfill it. The other princes and kings of the states did not object much, but successfully started construction and groundbreaking. The national teacher could only sigh and look at the starry sky at night.

National teacher Huo Xingwei is the deputy head of Xuan Sect, Yanghua Mountain, Yuzhou.

Xuanyi Sect is the leader of the nine major sects in the world, but it is nothing more than that because the national teachers of the Great Jin Dynasty were all appointed by the deputy head of Xuanyi Sect. Most generals in the dynasty's army came from various sects, so the major sects became another way for those who had no hope of studying to enter the court.

The Great Jin Dynasty advocated martial arts and then became more respectful of literature.

The country is stable with martial arts and civil servants. Especially in the past century, scholars have become more confident, civil officials have become more upright, and Qingping's poems and songs have been written more.

There is a saying among scholars in the dynasty that scholars who know how to write poems and lyrics cannot become good civil servants.

If virtue is not worthy of the position, he will eventually suffer from the anger of heaven and people. Sima Xiangle only seeks pleasure every day and does not care about state affairs. There are also a group of people who flatter and flatter the horse who are deeply favored by the emperor. After becoming a celebrity in front of the emperor, he even tried his best to please the emperor in exchange for wealth and glory, and all state affairs were left to the national teacher to handle.

The treacherous and slander are at mercy, and villains are in power. The national teacher Huo Xingwei is righteous and responsible, and he is working hard for national affairs. However, some people have slandered that Huo Xingwei is ambition and intends to rebel against the superiors. Although Sima Xiangle knew that the national teacher would not do such an arrogant thing, after all, there are eight kings outside the nine states in the world, so he would not want to see the deputy head of the Xuanyi Sect rule the world. However, after all, he felt that his imperial power seemed not so stable, so he ordered his closest confidant Zhao Qiu, the Prime Minister, to take charge of the affairs of the six ministries with the national teacher Huo Xingwei.

Speaking of which, Zhao Qi is not a long-term position in office, but his promotion is astonishing.

This Zhao Qi was not from a family or from an imperial examination. He was able to become a close minister of Sima Xiangle, which was all due to an entertainment sport in the Great Jin Dynasty, Cuju.

Zhao Qi's family is average and he has no interest in studying. He has also gone to those martial arts schools. The second-rate sects learned some fists and kicks, and he felt that he had no chance to join the army. In today's peaceful and prosperous times, the important positions in the Yuzhou army would not be occupied by the merits of Yin and his descendants, or they would be fought over by disciples of Xuanyi. Some second-rate sects could only get the qualification to join the army.

After all, it is not easy to have money that can eat official meals but have no worries about life. There are too many monks and less porridge.

Zhao Qi was a very clever person. When he was young, he tried to learn martial arts in the martial arts school. He didn't spend a few cents to learn some moves to strengthen his body. He went to some small sects to be the serious disciples. He was sweet-mouthed and sharp-eyed, which made the authentic disciples happy. He taught some introductory moves. After a year of hangout, Zhao Qi learned a lot of moves and went home with some wages.

Zhao Qi's idea was to show off his skills in Cuju, because he loved this sport since he was a child. On his fourth birthday, his mother sewed him a ball, which gave Zhao Qi a different beginning in his life.

The prosperity of Cuju began in the 63rd year of Jin. The great Jin Dynasty became increasingly prosperous, and the country was rich and the people were strong, and various entertainment projects emerged among the people. In addition to chanting poems and singing songs, Cuju was deeply loved by the people. In the countryside, there were also young men running around chasing rag balls filled with chaff.

In the New Year of the 63rd year of Jin Dynasty, when the Eight Kings gathered in Luoyue City, Yuzhou, when they talked about this folk sport. They were all born on horseback, they thought this sport was also very interesting and suggested that each state could form a team and hold a competition every three years.

As for why it is once every three years, it is mainly because the journey is long. Especially the King of Xiliang, who is far away in Liangzhou, slams the table directly. I am so far in Liangzhou, and I am just walking on the road, so how can I compare? I can't afford to lose, but I can't afford to lose this person. Cuju, just for fun, how can I hurt the harmony of the kings? So I settled down like this.

In addition, it turns out that every two years each state has a martial arts competition organized by nine sects and a mo chanting meeting organized by major academies. In this way, there will be a grand event a year and take turns.

Zhao Qiuwen was not good enough and Wu was weak, so he focused on this "ball". Zhao Qiu was not only clever, but also could bear hardship. He decided to do something and persisted. Zhao Qiu found that Cuju sport had high requirements for physical fitness, but many people who had learned martial arts looked down on this sport and were unwilling to spend their energy on it after learning martial arts.

This bowl of rice is not as delicious as military pay. Even if you go to a wealthy family and a wealthy family, you will be straight and arrogant when walking on the street. Who told me to do business for our master?

Although Cuju is prosperous, it is ultimately a fun thing and cannot make money.

Zhao Qiu is the only son in the family, and his family is not from a wealthy family, but he is just a small vendor. His father does the business of selling meat. Although he has been young, Zhao Qiu hates bloody and oily livelihood methods from the bottom of his heart. Zhao's father doesn't want his son to be like himself, so he lets his son go. Anyway, if you want to study, I pay for my money, I want to practice martial arts, I send you up the mountain, and in the end I pay for you to marry a wife. If you can't make any more money, you can honestly pick up the pig-killing knife.

This Zhao Qi really has to make a fuss.

When Sima Xiangle was still the prince, his favorite minister of the Eastern Palace recruited Cuju players in Xianyinqin's mansion, which was specially used to perform for Prince Sima Xiangle. Zhao Qi seized the opportunity and signed up to enter the Xian Mansion. Later, he won the favor of the prince in the performance competition for Sima Xiangle and was able to enter the Eastern Palace.

Yuzhou has never won the championship in the Jiuzhou Cuju competition once every three years. Although it is just an entertainment sport, the Eight Kings gathered in the capital to talk about this Cuju competition, and the three kings won the championship and drank the most. Fortunately, there were many victories in Yuzhou in this prosperous era, so that they would not lose their face. As for the martial arts competition that is most popular among the people, they don’t like to talk in the imperial city, and they can’t talk because it was organized by the nine major factions and has nothing to do with our official family.

More importantly, the special subtle relationship between the nine major sects and the Great Jin Dynasty.

Sima Xiangle likes to play, and his love for Cuju is second only to the beauty warm brocade quilts and the beauties make wine pots. The performance of the Cuju team in Yuzhou is not good, so Sima Xiangle is very annoyed. His father was still obsessed with designing a palace, so Sima Xiangle took this matter to himself. Sima Zhengkang was meaningless, and he was not interested in the victory or defeat of the Yuzhou Contest Team.

When the Cuju team was formed, the Jiangong team wanted to be named the Emperor's Team, but was refuted by the emperor at that time. The old emperor smiled and said that if he wins, he would be humble. If he loses, he would be blind. A real man should make a contribution, so he should be called Jiangong team.

Fortunately, the old emperor was wise.

Zhao Qi was deeply loved by Sima Xiangle for his football skills in the East Palace. After Sima Xiangle was about to come over to the banner of the revitalization and succession team, he handed it over to Zhao Qi.

Zhao Qiu did not play as a player, but took over the entire Jianggong team on behalf of the Prince's Mansion. The original Jianggong team was sent by the Ministry of Rites to be responsible for the charge. The Royal Family of the Jin Dynasty did not pay much attention to Cuju, and the chief clerk only felt that he was hopeless and sighed all day long. Moreover, the emperor did not pay much attention to Cuju, so what would happen if the Jianggong team played well? If the Ministry of Revenue did not deduct the training money and the players' salary, the Jianggong team would have been disbanded.

There are many people who are stumbled. Otherwise, the previous contributor team would not be ranked second in Jiuzhou and the last one. In fact, Yangzhou's loyal brave team let go and preserve the royal face. Anyway, Yangzhou's loyal brave team has been hovering in the bottom three.

Jiuzhou Nine Teams are divided into three echelons.

Liangzhou, Yongzhou, Qingzhou.

Jizhou, Xuzhou, Bazhou.

Yangzhou, Yuzhou, Jingzhou.

Yuzhou was once in the second echelon, but later it was brought up by Xuzhou and squeezed down, but the positions of the first three states have never changed.

After Zhao Qi came to take over the Confucian team, the chief clerk of the Ministry of Rites was very happy. Although he had made some money in this position, it was always like the oil on the clear soup and had no real information. After a simple handover, he went back to the Ministry of Rites to report. When reporting, he had to grit his teeth from the oily flowers and squeeze out some of them to the Minister of Rites. After all, if he was still the chief clerk when he returned, it would be even less interesting.

There are many veterans in the Congregation Team, most of whom are occupant and receive salary. They are all those who have some contributions from their ancestors but are not very important to arrange a place for future generations to eat imperial grain.

With the support of the future emperor, Zhao Qiu's backing was very straight. He trained a group of freshmen. Most of them came from some second-rate martial arts schools, and he got the disciples with good qualifications in the sect. The methods were both soft and hard. When the players' physical fitness improved, he personally taught the skills. As for the old players, he did not send them away. He left behind to help with training and work on the team's errands.

Zhao Qiu is the prince's member. These masters who are used to being generous and eating for free know that they can't stand this person holding a big banner, so they all thanked him and thanked Lord Zhao for his kindness.

Yes, Zhao Qiu also got a fifth-rank official. He was just a minister of the Eastern Palace and did not go to the court. His task was to train a meritorious team. Since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, Sima Xiangle was only one of the family.

In less than three years, when the next Jiuzhou Cuju competition was held again, the Jianggong team entered the second echelon and ranked fifth in Jiuzhou. Zhao Qiu made an indelible contribution.

When Sima Xiangle became the best minister, Zhao Qi had become the first close minister around him. At that time, the national teacher Huo Xingwei and Prime Minister Fang Xuanai were important officials entrusted by the late emperor. Huo Xingwei was the deputy head of the Xuan School, with a transcendent status, and the ministers respected their duties but did not obey them. The dynasty had regulations that the position of the national teacher was assigned by the Xuan School, but it would have to be rotated every ten years. Among the ministers in the court, there was a Zhao Qi School, who took it as his responsibility to please the emperor. One faction was the prime minister Fang Xuanai School, who specifically attacked the Zhao School. The other was the national teacher Huo Xingwei, who protected some Qingliu who was dedicated to serving the country.

The prime minister Fang Xuanai was charged with the crime of rebellion and was almost destroyed. Huo Xingwei reported that the evidence was quite unreasonable, and Zhao Qiu also went against the norm and pleaded with Fang Xuanai. In the end, the two parties fought and died in the end. The reason why Huo Xingwei failed to protect Fang Xuanai's position as prime minister was mainly because in his opinion, Fang Xuanai was loyal to the emperor under the banner of righteousness, and there was no difference between him and Zhao Qiu's competing for favor, because he only cared about party struggles and ignored state affairs.

When Fang Xuanai returned to his old age, Deputy Prime Minister Zhao Qi successfully took office. After he tried to protect Fang Xuanai, he won more reputation in the court. Moreover, under Zhao Qi's arrangement, Fang Xuanai's party was defeated and there was no connection. Zhao Qi told the ministers that Fang Lao was wrong at the moment, and his colleagues were also for the sake of the emperor. They were all loyal men. What was wrong? Zhao would rely on you in the future.

The Zhao Party was powerful, not because it threatened Huo Xingwei's status, but even if Zhao Qiu was in charge of the three ministries, what if the government began to be in chaos. Therefore, Huo Xingwei secretly contacted the side-by-side king Yuan Shixin in Yangzhou, and contacted Cao Ning, the commander of the army and horse in Yuzhou, to help force Sima Xiangle to abdicate.

Cao Ning was from Xuanyi's sect. He could hear what he said was both the national teacher and the deputy leader. He really looked down on the literati who made the emperor happy every day. Moreover, the status of the generals is not as good as that of civil servants. If he does not interfere in the party struggles, Zhao Qiu is also happy.
To be continued...