Temple Thousand Miles Road

When the young Xiao Jingzhan ascended the throne, Dazhao was experiencing internal and external troubles and dangerous situations: Dongchang controlled prisons, Jiangnan water transportation was controlled by feudal kings and merchants in collusion, Prince Ning secretly conspired with the clan to plot a rebellion, Beidi invaded repeatedly, and factions of civil servants and military generals continued to fight. Guanlan Pavilion, hidden in the West Market Tea House, is an intelligence think tank that is free from the court. The master of the pavilion, Ah Yuan, has a clear mind and is good at discerning people's hearts. He and Xiao Jingzhan made a secret agreement based on a game of chess. The two used the world as a chessboard to work together to check and balance the forces of all parties. With the treasury empty and the front line facing an imminent shortage of wages, the two faced the huge interest network of water transportation and struggled to deal with the business gangs, factory guards, and clans. The edict to reduce the vassal status was issued, and King Ning took advantage of the situation and raised troops. The war spread throughout the country. The capital was besieged for thirty days, with food and grass cut off and plague raging. In the game of troubled times, many people with lofty ideals died in battle: the spy Liu Qingyi died in battle on the city wall, the shopkeeper of Guanlan Pavilion risked his life to protect intelligence, the general Pei Jing died for his country, Lu Huaizhou was slandered and exiled, and countless people became victims of power struggles. The rebellion subsided and the mountains and rivers were broken. Xiao Jingzhan purged the rebels and appeased the refugees, while at the same time exploring the mystery of his life experience and breaking the shackles of his bloodline. He teamed up with Su Wenqing to implement the New Deal and reform the tax system, laws, military system and imperial examinations. There are many obstacles on the road to reform, and powerful families try their best to block it. New policies have given rise to all kinds of new disadvantages. Peace can never be achieved overnight, and the only way is to constantly weigh and compromise. More than ten years later, the trauma has gradually healed, and Dazhao has ushered in a renaissance. Some of the people who worked side by side in the past were buried on the battlefield, some retreated to the mountains and forests, and some were trapped in officialdom. A Yuan traveled far and returned to the capital several times. When Xiao Jingzhan took the Zen throne, the two returned to the teahouse where they first met. They no longer talked about the gains and losses of the court, but only talked about the ups and downs of half a life.