Chapter 11: The Ganjun Mountain Gathering

Guzanggan Mansion.

Gan Xu, the old lady with the highest ranking in Hexi Shilin, waited for the news with a somewhat anxious attitude.

As the head of Hexi Shilin, Gan Xu has always been eager to lead Hexi Shilin to be recognized by the world's Shilin and regain the glory of the past.

Hexi has always proved the Tao with martial arts, and there are more elite soldiers in the world.

Since the pre-Qin period, Hexi has been famous for its abundance of elite soldiers and fast horses, and this is especially true in the Han Dynasty.

The Northwest Army, which had great martial arts, drove the Xiongnu upwards and entered the Western Regions in the west, and was invincible.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Xiliang Jingqi was also famous all over the world, and the most elite tiger and leopard cavalry under Cao Cao were all destroyed by the Xiliang Jingqi, forcing Cao Cao to sigh that "the horse is not dead, and I have no burial place".

However, most of the history has commonalities, Xiliang soldiers are brave, most of them have no plans, and there are very few people who can achieve great things.

Because of this, Xiliang's literary style has always been criticized by the world.

In fact, Hexi is not without a splendid culture.

Most of the writers of Hebei and the Central Plains moved from their homeland, most of them moved south to Jiangnan, and some moved to Hexi, bringing the culture of the Central Plains to the northwest.

The culture of the Hexi Corridor has been unprecedentedly improved, and the Wuliang Dynasty, which was established successively, has also concentrated a large number of talents.

The culture of Mogao Grottoes was also developed during this period.

During this period, the literary style of Hexi was prevalent, but after hundreds of years, due to the influence of the war, the literary style turned straight down, and it has continued to this day.

Gan Xu is a descendant of Gan Luo, the secretary of the Qin State, and can be regarded as a famous family with a very high status in Hexi.

Since Gan Xu's great-grandfather, the Gan family has been running Castle Peak Academy, which has a history of nearly 200 years.

Gan Xu started teaching at the age of 30 and retired at the age of 70, spending half of his life educating children. What I want in this life is why to promote the Han culture and promote the Han culture in the northwest.

Because of this, he is the one who resists Pei Min the most.

Martial arts is the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty, but the martial arts of the Tang Dynasty does not take literature lightly, but attaches great importance to culture and education.

Hexi Shangwu has not been like the Tang Dynasty, and there is a certain contempt for literature here.

Gan Xu tried every means to change this malpractice and improve the literary atmosphere in Hexi.

As a result, Pei Min's severe punishment of Yang Jingshu spread all over the world, so that everyone in the world knew that there was such a scum in Hexi Shilin, which ruined the atmosphere he had built for many years.

Although Gan Xu knew very well in his heart that this had nothing to do with Pei Min.

Yang Jingshu really deserves it, but he still can't avoid Pei Min's existence in his heart.

Now Pei Min used an article to move Shilin, and Gan Xu immediately realized that he had made a big mistake.

Compared with a literary wizard like Pei Min and the cornerstone of Shilin in the future, what is Yang Jingshu?

Gan Xu was stubborn but not pedantic, and had the courage to change his mistakes, so he personally contacted Zhang Jiuling and invited Pei Min to participate in the gathering in Hexi Shilin.

It's just that Gan Xu doesn't know if Pei Min can ignore his previous suspicions, and he will inevitably go up and down in his heart.

"Father, Pei Guogong agreed!" Gan Xu's son Gan Yi conveyed the news with a little excitement: "Not only that, but he will also lead all his staff members to participate, and even Mr. Ji Ling will also go!" ”

Can love the house and the black, but also hate the house and the black.

Many of Pei Min's ministers did not have a deep relationship with Hexi Shilin, but Wang Zhilian was the exception.

Wang Zhilian's poem "Liangzhou Ci" is full of the magnificent scenery of the vast desert at the end of the border, the majestic desolation of the mountains and rivers, and the loneliness of the situation of the defenders, and the great responsibility of the border. The mood is sad but not losing its strength, and it is deeply praised by Hexi.

Gan Yi is an admirer of Wang Zhilian......

"Great!" Gan Xu's beard trembled excitedly, and said: "I know that Guogong can support the boat in his belly, and he won't worry about small people like us!" ”

"He has one condition, though!" Gan Yi said with some embarrassment.

Gan Xu was slightly stunned, and then said: "What conditions, even if he asks Lao Yu to apologize to him, Lao Yu will let it go." ”

Gan Yi hurriedly said: "My father misunderstood, saying that it was a condition, but in fact, it was no different from the discussion. Pei Guogong felt that the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang were too far away, could he change the meeting place to the Laojun Cave in Ganjun Mountain. ”

Gan Xu groaned slightly, and understood something, and said with a smile: "It's the old decay who is thinking out of his mind, then the Laojun Cave of Ganjun Mountain." You pass it on quickly, and the party is changed to Laojun Cave in Ganjun Mountain. ”

Mogao Grottoes is a major feature of Dunhuang in Hexi, commonly known as the Thousand Buddha Caves, it was built in the pre-Qin period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, after the Sixteen Kingdoms, the Northern Dynasties, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Tang Dynasty continued to repair, forming a huge scale, there are more than 1,000 caves, it can be called the world's most magnificent Tibetan scripture cave.

For the Mogao Grottoes, Pei Min has full admiration, in his memory, the Tang Dynasty is the peak of the Mogao Grottoes, prosperous and prosperous, after the Anshi Rebellion, Dunhuang was occupied by the Tubo and Guiyi Army, but the statue activities were not greatly affected. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Western Xia and Yuan dynasties, the Mogao Grottoes gradually declined, and only the caves of the previous dynasties were mainly rebuilt, and there were very few new constructions.

After the Yuan Dynasty, Dunhuang stopped opening caves and gradually fell into disuse. Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty closed Jiayuguan in seven years, making Dunhuang a nomadic land in the border area. Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes disappeared in the tide of history......

Until the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, travelers inadvertently discovered the Mogao Grottoes that shocked the world, but unfortunately, in the late Qing Dynasty government corruption and incompetence, the specific historical background of the invasion of China by Western powers, soon after the discovery of the cultural relics of the Tibetan Scripture Cave, the British Stein, the legal person Bo Xihe, the Japanese Tangerine Ruichao, the Russian Edenburg and other Western explorers came to Dunhuang one after another, and defrauded a large number of Tibetan Scripture Cave cultural relics from the hands of Wang Taoist priests by unfair means, resulting in the looting of the cultural relics of the Tibetan Scripture Cave, and most of them were unfortunately scattered and stored in Britain, France, Russia, Of the many public and private collections in Japan and other countries, only a small number are preserved in China, causing an unprecedented catastrophe in the history of Chinese culture.

This is a thousand years from now, whether it will happen or not, Pei Min doesn't know, but he sincerely hopes that history will not repeat itself.

But admiration doesn't mean recognition.

Pei Min does not believe in Buddhism and Taoism, but his recognition of Taoism is far better than Buddhism.

He wouldn't do such a stupid thing as destroying the Mogao Grottoes, but he didn't want to promote it for him.

Compared with Sakyamuni's thoughts, Pei Min worships Lao Tzu even more.

The Tao Te Ching is not only a Taoist classic, but also contains Chinese philosophical theories, discussing self-cultivation, governing the country, employing soldiers, and maintaining health.

Legend has it that Lao Tzu rode the green ox to the west, to the top of Ganjun Mountain to live in seclusion here, talk about the scriptures, and then turn into a boulder in Heli Mountain, Yongling Peak.

Whether it is true or false, the benevolent will see the benevolent and the wise will see the wise. As a junior, as long as you remember the sincerity of the sages, what does it matter if it is true or false?

Compared with the Mogao Grottoes, Pei Min really felt that the gathering of celebrities and Confucians was more meaningful than in the cave of Buddhism and on the mountain of Taoism.

In the tenth year of the first century, August 1.

It is the day of the summer trip to Ganjun Mountain.

Pei Min did not wear an official uniform, but a very popular Confucian uniform, with a jacket and a round-necked narrow-sleeved robe.

In the Tang Dynasty, this kind of robe was a fashion and was deeply loved by scholars.

Pei Min was already handsome, wearing this popular Confucian dress, and suddenly became a personable and beautiful son.

Zhang Jiuling, Wang Changling, Wang Zhilian, Wang Wei and others are also brightly dressed and angry.

Looking left and right, Pei Min found that except for Wang Wei, who was more delicate than a woman, he couldn't compare, and everyone else was inferior to him by three points.

Although he doesn't rely on his appearance to eat, this appearance still makes him quite proud.

It's just that Wang Wei, who is carefully dressed, Pei Min secretly glanced at it several times, how do you look like a female......

Sometimes, he really wanted to go to the toilet with Wang Wei to confirm whether his little secretary was male or female.