Chapter 3: The immortal strokes my top

The next day, Zhao Xingde woke up with a splitting headache, and couldn't help but feel both ridiculous and happy, and a little envious of Chen Dong. "Wronged, wronged."

Today is the usual holiday of Taixue, but Zhao Xingde hurriedly washed, the sky outside was already white, he didn't care about morning exercise and breakfast, so he hurried to a patriarch to listen to the class, this opportunity, he had been looking forward to it for a long time.

The place where the lecture was attended was the residence of Li Gefei, a doctor of Taixue, and the lecturer was Ling Chao Buzhi, one of the four bachelors of the Hanlin Academy.

This Sumen and Zhao Xingde in his previous life have been completely different, more than 100 years ago, Shu raised righteousness, after the Song army was expelled, the righteous army and people worshiped Meng Shun, a descendant of the king of Shu, as the king, and completely fell to the Xia Dynasty that occupied Guanzhong, but the rise and fall of Guozuo did not cover up the article of Shu Sumen at all, but because of the Xia Dynasty's relatively clear ruling tradition and more radiant.

Su Xun took Confucianism as his sect, compatible with Buddhism and Taoism, and absorbed the theories of the hundred schools of thought to create the Su school. After the old Su, Su Shi and Su Che brothers continued to carry forward Su Xue, especially Su Shi's rhetoric and learning can be called a double masterpiece, he successively served as the prime minister of Shu, a scholar of the bachelor's house, widely promoted the backwards, and the peach and plum spread all over Shu, Guanzhong, the Western Regions and Hezhong.

Because of its wide range of content, Suxue was denounced as miscellaneous by Confucianism such as Xinxue, Shuoxue, and Luoxue in the Great Song Dynasty. However, the scholars in the Great Song Dynasty also admired Su Xue and studied in Sumen, and Chao Buzhi was one of the best.

Chao Buzhi's title of the four scholars of Sumen is not Yimei, he did obtain the title of bachelor with the status of the Xia Kingdom's scholars, and only then returned to the Song Kingdom to serve Sangzi.

During his studies in Sumen, Chao Buzhi traveled to most places in the Xia Kingdom, and had a deep understanding of the customs and systems of the Xia Kingdom. But Zhao Xingde was eager to understand from Chao Buzhi all the circumstances of this world and the biggest variable in history he knew—the Xia Kingdom.

Li Gefei's mansion is in the west of Bianliang City, although the place is remote, but out of the West Water Gate, the other side of the Jinshui River stretches for hundreds of miles and is full of flower beds, and the flowers and trees are flourishing all year round. The house itself covers an area of about ten acres, the front and back two into the quadrangle courtyard, with a moderate-sized courtyard in the back, although the verandah rockery is not built, but the renovation is quite elegant.

In addition to the famous peonies such as Yao Huang Wei Zi, Cinnabar Red and Jade Banbai, the garden is also planted with seasonal vegetables such as leeks, blue teeth, mint, and purple gourds. Several winding paths wind between the flower beds and trees, there is a pool of clear water in the garden, there is carp in the pond, about 100 bamboo poles are planted next to it, there are several ginkgo biloba and horse chestnut trees, and under the tree are golden moths, jade shy, frangipani, jasmine, smiling and other fragrant grasses. There is also a chicken coop on the west side of the bamboo forest.

At this time, the imperial court used poetry as the last skill, and the state and county officials and even the national prison forbade the study of poetry and never talked about it. Scholars, on the other hand, often invite famous teachers to teach their children at home. Li Gefei, Chao Buzhi and Zhao Xingde's father Zhao Tixin are all from the late Prime Minister Han Qi's disciples, and they are also listed as members of the Yuanyou Party. Chao Buzhi was a disciple of the great lyricist Su Shi, so Li Gefei invited Chao Buzhi to teach poetry to his children at home, and also asked Zhao Xingde to come to listen to the lecture together.

The place where the lecture is taught is in a pavilion next to the pool, Chao Buzhi is on the top seat, and Zhao Xingde, Li Gefei's second daughter Li Ruoxue and third son Li Ruoxu are sitting below. Li Ruobing, the eldest son of the Li family, is extremely outstanding in literature and martial arts, and was released as the captain of Yuancheng as the first in the evaluation of Taixue, and recently transferred to Pingyang Mansion Silu, who is a leader in the younger generation of scholars.

Li Ruoxue frequently asked Chao Buzhi for advice, and obviously had a unique experience in words. Compared with her, Zhao Xingde's understanding of the study of poetry can only be said to be close to nothing. He didn't put much effort into poetry, and last night he copied the chapters and sentences of later generations, and was denounced by Shao Wu as worthless. Sympathetic to Zhao Xingde is Li Gefei's third son Li Ruoxu, sandwiched in front of his outstanding brother and sharp-tongued sister, Li Ruoxu seems a little restrained and timid, but is closer to Zhao Xingde.

Chao Buzhi was dressed in a green robe with a round neck and large sleeves, and his face was quite vicissitudes. Because Zhao Xingde and Li's sisters and brothers are the children of old friends, their expressions are kind, their voices are gentle, and their eyes fall on Li Ruoxue.

His eyes fell on Zhao Xingde, and it was more of appreciation and encouragement. He has seen that Zhao Xingde's foundation in poetry is weak, but this is also because the current imperial examination does not take poetry, and scholars do not bother to study. Moreover, the exile of the Yuanyou Party and the early death of Zhao Tixin made Zhao Xingde have no chance to learn poetry at all. Zhao Xingde has a tenacious attitude towards learning, which is similar to the situation of Chao Buzhi's poor family when he was a child, and Chao Buzhi was taught as carefully as his son and nephew of his own family.

After the lecture, Chao Buzhi asked Zhao Xingde, Li Ruoxue, and Li Ruoxu to ask questions at will. When Zhao Xingde was thinking about how to introduce the topic to the situation of Xia Kingdom, Li Ruoxue first asked an unbelievable question.

"In the summer of the third year of Yuan Fu, the people entered Kou Luoyang, was the white peony really taken captive by General Liu?" Li Ruoxue's eyes were very large, revealing a curious light. In the third year of Yuan Fu, the Song Dynasty had the idea of cutting down Xia, but it was preemptively attacked by the Xia State, and the Xia army sent a letter to Guguan and besieged Luoyang, Xijing, for two months. The newly rising Xia general Liu Yi led his army to be stationed between Bianliang and Luoyang, and defeated the Great Song Forbidden Army from the west, forcing the Song Dynasty to renew the peace treaty before the Xia army returned to Guanzhong. Luoyang and Bianliang are not far apart, and Bianliang has been shocked overnight in these two months, and then the Song State has no summer move.

According to folk legend, when the Xia army was about to retreat, Liu Yi took the famous Luoyang prostitute Bai Peony back to Guanzhong, and then married a couple. Some people also say that at that time, the Xia army could not attack the city and was about to plunder the countryside, so Bai Peony sacrificed himself to righteousness, and when he saw Liu Yichen and said that it was powerful, he avoided a military disaster near Luoyang.

This story is vividly displayed in folklore, and even Zhao Xingde's people have heard of it in the past ten years. During the siege of Luoyang, Chao Buzhi and Li Gefei were both in the city, and they were officials, so of course they knew things best.

Chao Buzhi's face was pale, this Liu Yi kidnapped the white peony, the cause was still a public case in the past 20 years, involving the name of Enxiang Han Qi. He hesitated: "Uncle Wen also knows the ins and outs of this matter, why don't nieces ask Father Nai?" ”

Li Ruoxue said unhappily: "I asked several times, but my father just didn't allow me to ask again." She originally had a beautiful complexion and a delicate temperament, but at this time she sighed faintly, as if she was so sad. Zhao Xingde also felt sorry for her next to her, and looked at her with pity.

Chao Buzhi attaches great importance to Li Ruoxue, a female disciple, and even often praises him in front of others. At this moment, I can't help but sigh that she is so talented, and in the end, she only has a husband and children, and between the concubines and sisters, can you not only talk about this?

He pondered for a moment, saw that Zhao Xingde was also looking at him, and sighed: "Okay, the fault of a gentleman is like the eclipse of the sun and the moon." Yes, everyone sees it; What's more, everyone looks up to it. After a pause, he said: "This dynasty adheres to the policy of guarding the inside and outside, when Han Zhongxian was still the deputy envoy of the privy council and stayed in Xijing, Di Qing was a subordinate of Heluo stationed in the camp, and the two were originally harmonious, and they reorganized the army and waited for the opportunity to pass through the Guanzhong. Di Qing is a famous general in the world, and everyone calls him virtuous, and most of the soldiers are willing to die for him. Han Zhong was worried about the public, and if he continued like this, he would become a domineering feudal town in the previous dynasty, so he deliberately humiliated Di Qing. ”

Seeing that Zhao Xingde and Li Ruoxue were listening, Chao Buzhi sighed and continued: "One day, Han Zhong presented a public banquet and called the famous prostitute Bai Peony in Luoyang, and actually persuaded Di Qing to drink: 'Persuade Ban'er to have a lamp', which was intended to ridicule the black text on his face. Another time, Di Qing invited Han Zhong to a banquet, and Liu Yi was accompanied by cloth. During the banquet, there was 'excellent people who use Confucianism as a play', and Liu Yi was furious and said: "The pawn dares to scold" "I don't stop scolding, Di Qing only apologizes for his crimes." Another time, Han Zhong Xiangong wanted to kill Di Qing's old subordinate Jiao Yong, and Di Qing stood at the bottom of the stairs to intercede for Jiao Yong and said: "Jiao Yong has military merits and is a good man. Han Zhongxian replied: "The person who sings the champion outside the Donghua Gate is a good man, how can this be a good man!" Kill Jiao Yong in front of him. Di Qing was humble and magnanimous, but Han Zhong Xiangong treated him like this, and he couldn't help but feel resentful, and every pair of people said: 'Han Shumi's official position is the same as mine, and I am one less Jinshi and Di'er. ’”

Twenty years later, when the Xia army attacked Luoyang, Han Zhong offered the white peony that humiliated Di Qing at the beginning, and the one who was captured was just another generation of Luoyang Oiran, this Liu Yi also knew, his move was just to avenge Di Qing, so that Han Zhong's dedication to the public was shown in the world."

When Zhao Xingde heard this, he couldn't help but secretly say that Liu Yi was scheming, Han Qi was known as a virtuous man in the Great Song Dynasty, if Liu Yi blindly accused Han Qi, who listened to him, he simply thought that Di Qing was injustice and took away the white peony in the name of injustice, the world out of curiosity, it is inevitable that they will find the root of the problem, and Han Zhong's gentleman's fault will inevitably be shown in the world.

Li Ruoxue didn't expect that this matter actually involved the fault of the virtuous minister Han Qi, so she was silent, but Li Ruoxu, who was still young, said: "Di Qing can't win the battle, and he steals his life, why is there any injustice?" ”

Chao Buzhi glanced at Li Ruoxu, and said slowly: "Guanzhong was defeated, Di Qing was captured, and he was imprisoned in the Xia State Bachelor's Mansion for thirty or forty years, and there was no treason and surrender to the enemy. So much for. ”

Li Ruoxue sighed, but said coquettishly: "But according to the legend in the neighborhood, Liu Yi and the white peony have become a good story." ”

Chao Buzhi nodded and said, "Exactly." When Liu Yi took the white peony back to Guanzhong, he immediately released her, but she was not allowed to return to Luoyang, the white peony had nowhere to go, and he did not want to go back to Luoyang's Goolan again, so he simply lived in Liu Yi's house, and over time, it became a marriage. "Liu Yi has the talent to get on the horse to fight the crazy Hu, get off the horse and write the army, and after marrying the white peony, he never married another.

Li Ruoxue was thoughtful, quite longing, her pretty face was dizzy, and she mustered up the courage to ask in a low voice: "Teacher, I heard that the men of the Xia Kingdom all favor their wives and don't accept concubines, but is it true?" After asking, her cheeks turned even redder, like a ripe apple, but she refused to let go of this opportunity to get to the bottom of it, and looked at Chao Buzhi with wide eyes.

Chao Buzhi couldn't help but be dumbfounded, gently picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said with a smile: "There is an institution called the Inquisition in the Xia Kingdom, which specializes in adjudicating conflicts between sects and arresting cult demons. In recent decades, under the influence of several sects such as Zoroastrianism in the River, all the elders of the Inquisition have argued that since the number of males is born in roughly the same number, then the institution of monogamy is sacred, so many elders have been attacking the concubinage system. The influence of the Inquisition on the customs of the Xia Kingdom was not small, although many scholars in the academy thought that men should take concubines for the sake of their heirs. But over the years, the sergeants and the common people have elected captains and pillars, but more and more are in favor of abolishing the concubine system, and even now the emperor of the Xia State only canonizes one queen, and has no other concubines. Chao Buzhi now has only one old wife, and he no longer has a concubine, which is also influenced by some Xia customs.

"Huh?" Zhao Xingde's expression fell in the eyes of others, Li Ruoxue glanced at him, felt that his cheeks were slightly hot, and lowered his head and stopped talking.

Zhao Xingde saw that Li Ruoxue no longer asked questions, so he asked: "I heard that the Xia Dynasty has a strong army, and there have been continuous wars in the past hundred years. During the Yuan Fu period, the Xia army broke through the Hangu Xinguan in a war, and the troops besieged Luoyang and Bianliang could not be saved, why did they not take advantage of the momentum to advance eastward and sweep the world? ”

Chao Buzhi nodded to Zhao Xingde to show his appreciation, he is a rare person in the court who knows the situation of Xia Guo well, so he said slowly: "The system of Xia Guo, inheriting the will of the Warring States Qin and Han Dynasties, is quite martial. In the land of Guanzhong, every household has horses, children ride sheep, and people learn to fight. If there is no other special ability, the Xia people can only become scholars after joining the army, otherwise they can only become shaded households, and they have to pay three transactions of their annual income to the scholars who protect them every year, and they also have to accept many jurisdictions of scholars. The Xia people are martial arts in the whole country, just like my Great Song Dynasty and the country Chongwen. The pendulum boy can be a cultivator, and his parents will send him to a private school where he can teach martial arts, and when he grows up, the competition for joining the army is also extremely fierce, just like my Song Township Examination and Provincial Examination. The ten-division commander in the Xia army was completely determined by bravery, and the other officers were elected above the ten-commander. Therefore, the Xia army was full of brave soldiers, and it was extremely important to military law, so that it could resist the Turks in the west, Weiqidan in the east, Xiaohai in the north, and Tibet in the south. Although my Great Song Forbidden Army is fine, it has never been able to match it. Although Chao Buzhi's voice was not loud, the feeling revealed in his tone showed that the sergeant in the Xia Kingdom had left a deep impression on him.

He took a sip of tea and continued: "The siege of Luoyang can be solved back then, firstly, because during the Yuanfu period, our dynasty was strong and strong, and if we abandoned the old and new party contentions, Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo, Fan Chunren, Su Song, and Zhang Dian were all famous ministers, and they had the power of Xining to change the law, the imperial treasury was full, and the forbidden army was well trained. It was because the Xia army surrounded Luoyang for two months and could not pull it out, and the army of the Quartet Qin Wang gathered in Bianliang exceeded 300,000 people. If the Xia Kingdom is unwilling to fight with our dynasty with an army of the whole country, it will not be able to take advantage of it. The second is because since Chen De, the founding emperor of the Xia Dynasty, he has continued to use troops in the West. The river was the land of four wars, and there were constant wars between the Xia Kingdom and the Turks, the Great Cannibals, and the Rus'. Half a year after the siege of Luoyang was lifted, Xia Guo and Rose fought another battle. At that time, the DPRK and China were apprehensive about the siege of Luoyang, and they didn't even have the idea of taking advantage of the false attack to take Guanzhong, and they also strictly ordered the troops stationed in Heluo not to open border provocations without permission. Speaking of this, Chao Buzhi smiled and said, "The courtiers who advocated the most fierce attack on Xia at the beginning became more and more afraid of war. ”

Li Ruoxu knew most of the common Turkic and Great Foods in the history books, but he was a little puzzled, so he asked: "Sir, what kind of Diyi are the Rus' people?" ”

Chao Buzhi thought for a moment and explained: "The Rus are a race that lives west of the Stone Mountain, with a tall nose and deep eyes, blue eyes and yellow hair, and they plunder and slaughter everywhere in every battle, and they look similar to the Qiang people who acted about the time of the Wuhu Rebellion, but the population is more prosperous, estimated at five million. ”

"Karma?" Li Ruoxue and Li Ruoxu both exclaimed, the description of the brutality of the people in the history books is really innumerable, if it weren't for King Ran Wei expelling most of them from the Central Plains, North China at that time was only afraid of becoming ghosts. The total number of Hu people in North China at the time of the Wuhu Rebellion was only a few million, and the Hu people who fought against the Xia State had a population of more than five million in Rus alone.

"Well," Chao Buzhi nodded, recalling the tragic scenes of the tribes that had been slaughtered by the Rus, his face was quite solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Not only does he have the appearance of a man, but he also has sharp armor, good manners, cunning and fickle, and cruel, just like that. ”