Chapter 62: Surrender to Slavery
Since Xuan Biao was sensible, he has followed his father to various places, not to avoid trouble and revenge, but to avoid officials.
His father, Xuan Bingzi, was a giant duke, a little high-level cultivator, a famous Sanfu, and also entered the Beijing Division as a petty official, but in the former dynasty mourning and peacetime, Xuan Bing saw that the Wang family was in power and dictatorship, and there was a tendency to rebel, so he resigned from his position.
According to the fashion of the times, such a person resigns from office, which often provokes a higher level of requisition, and sure enough, 2000 Shi sent people except Xuan Bing for Cao Peng, and Xuan Bing said that he was not a good person.
After Wang Mang built a new Han Dynasty, he needed celebrities from all over the world to decorate the faΓ§ade of the court, and heard about Xuan Bing's fame, and the special envoy was raised as filial piety, and Xuan Bing simply ran away with his family and went to the most remote Xiuling County in the county to live in seclusion.
But he was still found, but fortunately, the county chief Yin Zhang Zhan was a good man, and after sending someone to recruit again to no avail, he did not embarrass him.
"You misunderstood, I'm not here to recruit Xuangong for the county."
Fifth Lun waved his hand to let Lu Qifu and the others who led the way go back, and even the entourage was waiting at the bottom of the hill, so he stepped forward alone, came to Xuan Biao, and said in a low voice: "What's more, if it weren't for being forced by the government with a bow and knife, I wouldn't want to be an official, don't do to others what I don't want, this truth, Fifth Lun understands this reason." β
Xuan Biao was stunned: "The fifth Boyu with four resignations and two concessions? β
This number is forcing obsessive-compulsive disorder, and Wu Lun doesn't know if he can make up all the five resignations in his life.
If you don't look at the results, Xuan Bing and the fifth Lun are the same, the difference is only in that people really refuse to be the official of the new dynasty, while the fifth Lun is to wait for the price and sell, and wait for the time to move.
But Xuan Biao didn't understand a little, but he believed the words of the fifth Lun, and his attitude towards him was much better, and he heard that it was his father's "old man" who asked him to visit, and he was even more enthusiastic, so he led the way in front and took the fifth Lun to the plateau.
The corn wilted on the side of the road, and it seemed that the harvest was not very good, and the peasants with their farm tools and poor clothes looked at the fifth lun on both sides of the road, and talked to each other in dialect, but they fell into the ears of the fifth lun.
On the hill were a few simple adobe kiln houses, and a fifty-year-old man, dressed like a farmer, taught a few children to weave straw under the eaves with straw, and the straw pole was very skillful in his hands.
"That's my father."
Seeing Xuan Biao taking the guests to the plateau, Xuan Bing stood up, wiped his hand on the placket, and bowed his hand to the fifth Lun, the etiquette of Confucianism is still there.
Fifth Lun has no inexplicable bad feelings towards hermits like Xuanbing, it is not easy for everyone in this world, and it is already very good to be able to live in the mountains and cultivate acres for 20 years, be satisfied with being alone, and not go out to join the ranks of pests and eaters.
What's more, Wu Lun himself is in a state where he may resign and run away at any time.
After following Xuan Bing into the cave, he saw that it was very simple, the cloth was folded neatly, and the utensils were all pottery, but they were cleanly washed.
Fifth Lun Daoming came to his meaning: "At the invitation of Master Yang Ziyun, I came to visit Xuan Weng, this place is remote and lacks medicine, so the family teacher asked me to send some by the way." β
Xuan Bing's face was full of amazement: "I haven't seen you for nearly twenty years, is Ziyun Weng okay?" β
Fifth Lun shook his head, Yang Xiong has been sick for a long time this year, and with his leg injury, it is a little difficult to even walk around the inside and outside on crutches, after all, he is seventy-two years old, and his longevity is probably not far away. However, the fifth tyrant is the same age as Yangxiong, but he is very energetic.
Maybe he also felt that his limit was approaching, so Yang Xiong remembered some old people, and asked Wu Lun to come and see Xuanbing, the two had traveled in Chang'an back then.
It happened that Xuan Biao was holding a clay vessel and pouring water for Wu Lun to drink, and when he heard the conversation when he came in, his face changed, and his tone suddenly became cold.
"I thought you were a master, but I didn't want to be a hero, why should my father be so polite and let my son drive him out."
Xuan Bing was not stunned: "Shut up, what do you know?" β
Xuan Biao was unconvinced: "I heard that my father invited Yangxiong when he was in seclusion, but he was reluctant to have a doctor. β
"When I went to Chang'an to buy medicine, I heard people sing about it...... But lonely, self-surrendered; Love is pure, and it is a talisman. Yang Xiong did this, and he was really a person who wished to be a hometown. What kind of master teaches what kind of disciple he is. No wonder you resigned several times, and finally became an official! β
It is true that Yangxiong has a black history, and Wu Lun also misunderstood this old man at first.
But after getting along for a long time, he found that Yangxiong was indeed wronged, and the drama Qin Meixin was sincere, after all, Wang Mang was still a "saint" at that time. The talisman was not done, and the pavilion was forced to be helpless, just begging for death and not to be humiliated.
As a result, the person did not die, he broke a leg, but he died socially in Chang'an, and he could only be silent when he was arranged.
In the eyes of the fifth Lun, Yang's ambition is higher than the sky, and his life is thinner than paper, and he once relied on Qu Yuan, but he did not agree with Qu Zi's struggle to die, and often said to him: "When a gentleman has it, he will do greatly, and if he has not, he will be a dragon and snake, and it is better for Mingzhe to protect himself than to kill himself." β
So Yangxiong was dissatisfied with the government, but he only dared to mutter behind closed doors, did not dare to shout and criticize, and would not break with it like Xuanbing, but chose to hide in the city and the court, muddy.
It's just an ordinary person who gets older and more timid and scared.
But a jasper with many flaws is still jade.
What's more, he is the teacher of the fifth Lun after all.
Wu Lun squinted at Xuan Biao: "Of course I'm not a master, but listening to what you said, I not only want to be a hermit, but also want to be a righteous man?" β
Xuan Biao said: "Yes, take the risk of righteousness, save the same festival, my wish is also!" β
Wu Lun smiled: "In this way, the reason why you live in seclusion with Duke Xuan must also be dissatisfied with the imperial court, right?" β
"Cultivating here again, singing what 'the sage will not suffer', singing until the night, singing until the night, can you still sing the way of this world?"
"When attacking Ziyun Weng was so strong, how could he not use this indignation to emulate Zhai Yi's generation and raise the flag to righteousness?"
"If you don't dare, why bother with fifty steps and a hundred steps."
Xuan Biao didn't expect Fifth Lun to be able to say so, he was caught off guard, and he was speechless for a while.
Wu Lun finally said: "What's more, since you don't recognize my teacher, why do you sing his words when you plough the land?" Have you asked me? β
Xuan Biao was stunned: "This is Yangxiong's resignation?" Isn't that what my father hums every day? β
"It is indeed the endowment of Yangziyun, his "Anti-Lisao", which I gave to me when I decided to live in seclusion, is to advise me not to learn from Qu Yuan and give up my life easily."
Xuan Bing asked Xuan Biao to sit down, and said earnestly: "Biao'er, people's temperaments are different, and they have their own suitability for what they do or not, and they can't force such things to come." β
"Some people are as strong as gold and stone, and they are tormented and raped."
"Some people have frost and snow in their hearts, and they are willing to forgive."
"There are also friends and friends, secluded and secluded."
"But no matter what you do, you can't be considered to be complete, because there is no help in the world, you can only make sure that you don't mix with the dirt, the world is complicated, you can't generalize, do what you want, and don't do to others."
Xuan Bingdao: "It's true that I'm crazy, but Ziyun is mean, what kind of thief is to humiliate him, hurry up and apologize to Boyu." β
Xuan Biao was reprimanded by his father, and he could only reluctantly bow down to the fifth lun.
After Xuan Bing drove his son out, he replied with a crude pen and poplar board.
"Please also ask Boyu to deliver to Yanggong."
"Let's just say that Xuan Bing can still eat, although his life is poorer, he is happy, but he is a prince, he should drink less wine and eat more vegetables."
At the end, he looked at Wu Lun and said with a smile: "It is a blessing for Ziyun to have a disciple like Boyu in his later years." β
He got up to say goodbye, but before leaving, he looked back and said: "Those farmers who assisted Xuangong's father and son in ploughing, I heard their accents, they should not be locals, but ...... Displaced people from the border counties, right? β
Xuan Bing's face changed, he only got up and bowed to the fifth Lun, and lowered his head that was not easy to yield: "Fang is my son is ignorant, offended Bo Yu, if you want to sue me for the crime of coercing the border people, even if you abandon the city, Xuan Bing will die angrily." β
"But please let go of Wu'er, let go of those displaced people from the border area, if you are not forced to be helpless, who wants to leave your homeland?"
Wu Lun said with a smile: "Xuan Gong misunderstood, I don't plan to do anything, the county chief Yin Zhang Gong is a good official, and he will never blame you for this." β
"I'm just asking by the way, Xuan Weng has been living in the north of the county for a long time, can you tell me about the escape of the border homeless people to the south?"
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At the beginning of August, Wu Lun had finished his trip to the north of the county and returned to Changling City, the capital of Lienwei County.
And when Zhang Zhan asked him about what he had seen on this trip, Wu Lun expressed his worries.
"Jian County (Han Zhai Dao County), Xiuling County, and Qiqiang County (Han Qiyuan County) are located in a remote corner, adjacent to Zengshan County (Shang County) and Weirong County (Beidi County), with a sparse population and barren land. I was ordered by the county lord to make an inspection, and I saw that the border refugees had fled from the north to the south, which, according to the locals, had been going on for several months, and the number of people was not alone. β
"The border people are starting to go south again?" Zhang Zhan was shocked, the local county and township did not report a word about this matter, if it wasn't for Wulun seeing it with his own eyes, he would have been a little hard to believe.
And the reason why I say "again" is because a similar scene appeared a few years ago.
Moreover, since Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, the northern Xiongnu have become nominal guests of the Han Dynasty, and several Shan Yu such as Hu Han Xie also personally went to Chang'an to make a pilgrimage to the Han family of the Son of Heaven, accepted the seal of the Han official, and maintained the peace of Yijiazi.
Until Wang Mang replaced the Han Dynasty, he decided to take back the old seal and lower the specification level of the Xiongnu, so that they were no longer guests, but courtiers. After that, Wang Mang changed his name and became addicted, decided to be equal inside and outside, and also changed the name of Xiongnu Shan Yu: changed to "Surrender slaves and obey Yu".
Coupled with the entanglement in the Western Regions, the Xiongnu Shan Yu finally broke with the Central Plains, saying that he only recognized the emperor of the Liu family, what kind of thing are you Wang Mang? The war broke out again between the north and the south, and the border fortress, which had not fought for several generations, once again had the horse team plundered by the Huns, broke through two counties in a row, and beheaded the chief officer.
Not to mention anything else, Wang Mang had an extremely tough attitude towards the outside world, and immediately declared war on the Xiongnu, raised an army of 300,000 people, and distributed them to the twelve generals to command, and went their separate ways to crusade against Hulu.
Zhang Zhan said with emotion: "It is said to be a crusade, but in fact, the Twelve Route Army did not go out of the fortress, but only arrived at the border counties and stationed to guard against the invasion of the Huns." β
In fact, the Xiongnu were also unstable internally, and they had a deep memory of being ravaged by the Han soldiers, and they did not dare to go south for the time being, but the two or three hundred thousand troops of the new dynasty were stationed on the frontier in this way.
This is the biggest financial expense of the imperial court, Wang Mang also couldn't hold on and wanted to withdraw the army, but as soon as the army left, the Huns made a comeback, Wang Mang felt that his face was gloomy, so he garrisoned the army as before.
Fifth Lun said: "With so many people, I'm afraid Biansai can't provide them with food and clothing, right?" β
Zhang Zhan said: "However, it is not enough to turn over food from Guanzhong, and food and clothing must depend on the local area. Bingzhou and Youzhou were not rich in the first place, but now they have to support so many people and horses, the granaries are exhausted, and the people are exhausted. In addition, the location of the division was full of thorns, and the generals of all walks of life could not restrain the soldiers, so that the nuisance was increasing day by day, and the border people were miserable. β
"In addition, in the first year of Tianfeng, there was a great hunger on the border, cannibalism, grain was more expensive than in Guanzhong, and thousands of border deserters were in groups as thieves. Although they were suppressed by the imperial court, some people still went to the southern counties to survive. I also came to the county of Liewei, and Haoyou took the opportunity to take them as slaves and maids, so the imperial court issued another order, prohibiting the people from daring to coerce the border people to abandon the city, and often beat them back to their hometowns. β
This is what happened in the first and second years of Tianfeng, after which the relationship between the Xiongnu and the new dynasty was restored, the battle was temporarily stopped, and the garrisons on the front line of the Great Wall were also requisitioned one after another. Now, years later, what does it mean that displaced people from the north are pouring in again?
Zhang Zhan had some doubts: "Last year, the Xiongnu Shan Yu died, and his younger brother Zuo Xianwang succeeded to the throne, and this year he also sent people to Chang'an to pay tribute and ask for peace, so it stands to reason that the two countries should not be at war." β
Fifth Lun said: "The subordinates interrogated the fleeing border people in the three counties, and only said that the farmland was barren and the harvest was poor, and they had to go south because they couldn't survive. But if he can cross thousands of miles to run to the side of the lieutenant, it is conceivable that there may be more interceptions in Shangjun and Beidi, and in the long run, I am afraid that it will become a hidden danger! β
If the source does not stop, these border displaced people will become a new force from outside the county......
In this regard, Wu Lun was actually secretly happy, and directly asked for his life: "Instead of letting them scatter or be accepted by Haoqiang, it is better for the government to come forward and settle the displaced people in several counties in the north of the county to open up wasteland, so that they can have a way to live." Second, it can also increase the number of household registrations in the county, which can be regarded as the best of both worlds. As a household Cao Peng, the subordinate is in charge of the affairs of the household registration and the house, so why don't I share the worries for the county monarch! β
Fifth Lun wanted to take this matter down, but Zhang Zhan didn't feel at ease: "Such a trivial matter, a superintendent is enough to do it, why bother Boyu to go in person?" β
"What's more, there are more important things in the county, you have to do it!"
Zhang Zixiao said with a smile: "I want to promote the good governance of the Ru family such as Yicang and Yiqian in the whole county after the autumn harvest!" It's up to Boyu to preside! β
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