Qu Yuan, born in the Chu State Mi surname Qu clan, the name Ping, the word Yuan.

His ancestor was the second son of "Xiong Tong, King of Chu Wu" - Xiong Hui's brother inherited the throne at that time, that is, "Xiong Xuan, King of Chu Wen", and Xiong Hui worshiped "Mo Ao (equivalent to Da Sima)" and was given the title of "Qu Yi", so his descendants took Qu as the family name.

The Qu clan is the big clan of the Chu State, and the two branches of the Zhao clan and the Jing clan, which are also branches of the Xiong clan, are called the three major families of the Chu State. [PS: Later, the so-called "three households" in "Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu", that is, the three families of Zhao, Qu, and Jing. 】

So far, the Qu clan has had many important ministers of the Chu State, such as "Qu Fang (Xiong Fang)", Qu Wan, Qu Dang, Qu Jian, and Qu Gai (Qu Lu), all of whom held important positions in the Chu State.

Among these, it is believed that "Qu Gai" is no stranger, this person is the general of the Chu State in the "Battle of Qin, Chu Danshui, Lantian", who was ordered by the King of Chu Huai to attack Hanzhong Shangyong, but was finally defeated by the famous general of the Qin State, Yingji, and 80,000 soldiers were killed by the Qin army, and Qu Gai committed suicide in shame.

And Qu Yuan is Qu Gai's same clan, except that Qu Gai was born in Chuying, and Qu Yuan was born in "Lepingli (Zigui)".

Once upon a time, Qu Yuan was the "left disciple" of the Chu State, entrusted by the King of Chu Huai to reform the law, and he should have succeeded the old "Zhaoyang" at that time as the Ling Yin of the Chu State - that is, the minister of state, but he never thought that the reform was strongly resisted by the old nobles of the Chu State, so that in the end the King of Chu Huai had to give up the reform of the law, and the left disciple was sent to the "Three Lu Doctors".

The nobles of the Zhao, Jing, and Qu families all had their own residential areas, called "Zhaolu", "Jinglu", and "Qulu", and the Sanlu doctors, as the name suggests, were officials who managed the affairs of these three families, to be exact, they were not officials who could participate in state affairs.

But even so, Qu Yuan was slandered by a Shangguan doctor, so much so that he was exiled by King Chu Huai - the mastermind behind it was none other than his political enemy, the son of King Chu Huai, the son of Chu Huai, the son of Chu Gongzi "Zilan", one of the old aristocratic forces of Chu.

The reason is very simple, because Qu Yuan married a woman from the Zhao family, even though he was once demoted, but the prince of Chu Zilan and the old nobles of Chu still felt that King Chu Huai was unwilling to give up the reform of the law, and maybe when Qu Yuan would be used again to carry out the reform of the law, therefore, the old aristocratic forces could not sit back and watch Qu Yuan stay in Chu Ying.

Later, when Chu was defeated by Qin in the "Battle of Danyang and Lantian", King Huai of Chu recalled the exiled Qu Yuan and sent the latter to Qi in the hope of restoring the former alliance with Qi.

However, the State of Qi did not accept it, and even, in order to avenge the betrayal of the State of Chu against the State of Qi, the State of Qi also sent the famous general Tian Zhang to join forces with Wei and Han to defeat the State of Chu, that is, the "Battle of the Falling Sands". [PS: It seems that the State of Qi has done this kind of thing, helping the Qin State in disguise several times, dragging the Central Plains countries back, and the same for the Zhao State before. 】

There was an invasion of the Qin army in the west, and an attack by the allied forces of Qi, Wei and Han in the north, and the king of Chu Huai was forced to be helpless, so he sent the prince Xiong Heng to the state of Qi as a proton to sue for peace with the state of Qi, while he personally went to Xianyang to make amends to the king of Qin and sue for peace.

At that time, Qu Yuan and his wife's friend "Zhaoju" strongly persuaded King Chu Huai, but due to the instigation of Chu Gongzi Lan and others, King Chu Huai finally rushed to Qin.

Unexpectedly, Qin saw that Chu was suffering from the enemy, and also took the opportunity to ask Qin for land, and King Chu Huai swore to die, and finally died in Qin.

On the Chu side, in order to make the Qin State give up the opportunity to claim land, the Chu State welcomed back the crown prince Xiong Heng, who was a proton in the Qi State, and supported him as the new monarch, that is, the current Chu Wang Heng.

After the king of Chu ascended the throne, he promoted his younger brother Zilan to serve as Ling Yin, and the old aristocratic forces of Chu made a comeback, and it was no longer Qu Yuan who could compete with it.

But Qu Yuan still went his own way, reprimanding and counting Chu Wang Heng and Ling Yin Zilan in person, so that these two people were eager to cut Qu Yuan with a thousand knives.

However, considering that Qu Yuan was not an ordinary nobleman after all, but a prince of Chu after the Qu family, King Heng of Chu and Ling Yin Zilan decided to exile Qu Yuan again - it didn't matter where Qu Yuan was sent, as long as he didn't get in the way of Chu Ying.

As a result, Qu Yuan, who was already forty-six, was exiled again and prepared to go to Jiangnan, the land of Wu Yue obtained by the annexation of Yue by Chu.

However, just as Qu Yuan was about to set off for Jiangnan, he suddenly learned that there was a Wei army in his Chu State to abduct Chu people to Fangcheng and Yeyi, and he was curious, so he decided to go to Fangcheng and Yeyi first.

He told this to the "Zhao Ju" who came to see him off - Zhao Ju is a member of Qu Yuan's wife's family, and the relationship is like that of Meng Zhong and Le Jin and Le Xu brothers, but Zhao Ju finally succumbed to the old aristocratic forces of Chu such as Ling Yin Zilan, and Qu Yuan was unwilling to give in, so he was exiled for the second time, otherwise, how could important ministers of Chu who were capable of presiding over the reform of the law like Qu Yuan be excluded for a long time?

"Do you want to go to Fangcheng and Yeyi?"

After hearing Qu Yuan's words, Zhao Ju was surprised.

"Hmm." Qu Yuan nodded and said: "According to the rumors, the Wei State sent a new Fang Cheng Order, and after this Fang Cheng Commander took office, he sent someone to my Chu State and promised Tian Li to abduct the countrymen...... I beg my brother to hide it on my behalf. ”

Zhao Ju secretly smiled bitterly when he heard this.

In fact, he knew very well that Xiong Heng, the king of Chu, and Ling Yin Zilan didn't care where this Qu Yuan was, they just asked this person not to appear in front of him, after all, anyone who was pointed at his nose and scolded the faint monarch and traitorous ministers would feel unhappy because of this, not to mention that Xiong Heng, the king of Chu, and Ling Yin Zilan were indeed faint kings and traitors who misled the country as Qu Yuan said.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ju nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will take care of your wife and children on your behalf." …… Take care. ”

“…… Not. ”

Subsequently, Zhao Ju used money to bribe the team of Chu soldiers who escorted Qu Yuan, and instructed them to take care of Qu Yuan on the way.

Almost all of the Chu soldiers were from civilian backgrounds, and they had a good impression of Qu Yuan, who advocated the reform of the law and the improvement of the lives of the civilians in the Chu State, and now they have received the benefits of Zhaoju, so they naturally agreed again and again.

So, when Xiong Heng, the king of Chu, and Yin Zilan mistakenly thought that Qu Yuan had embarked on a journey to the south of the Yangtze River, Qu Yuan, under the protection of that team of Chu soldiers, went straight to Fangcheng.

In order to hide people's eyes, Qu Yuan ordered the accompanying Chu soldiers to take off their armor and change into civilian clothes to prevent being detected by the Wei army.

The weather in November is getting colder, and the sky is falling with snow.

After such cold weather, Qu Yuan and the team of Chu soldiers walked for four or five days and finally arrived in Fangcheng.

It is worth mentioning that on the way to Fangcheng, they also met a lot of Chu people, and after asking, they learned that these people were all Chu people who had heard about Tianli, who Fangcheng promised, so they moved to Fangcheng with their families.

As far as Qu Yuan saw one after another on the way, there were hundreds of people.

After arriving in the territory of Fangcheng, they often encountered the patrol guards of the Wei army along the way, but as rumored, this Wei army was quite kind, and instead of committing no offense to them, they pointed out the direction of Yeyi: "...... Fangcheng is a garrison fortress, ordinary people are not allowed to approach, you can follow this road to Yeyi, where is the place where Xu Yitianli is ...... That is to say, no matter how much wasteland is cultivated in the Yeyi area, taxes can be exempted for the first two years. ”

Seeing that some Wei soldiers affirmed the news, the Chu people in Qu Yuan's team were full of joy.

But Qu Yuan heard some clues from it, and deliberately said to those Wei soldiers: "Can't we live in Fangcheng?" I see that the land around Fangcheng is vast, isn't it more suitable for farming? ”

The leading Wei Jun glanced at Qu Yuan a few times, shook his head and said: "The fields on this side of Fangcheng are reserved for our army to cultivate, and they are not used for the people. ”

"Jun Tuntian?"

Qu Yuan was quite surprised when he heard this, and asked again: "What about the people in the area of Fangcheng before?" ”

"They have all moved to Yeyi." The Wei pawn replied.

Hearing this, Qu Yuan became more and more curious, and wanted to ask how many garrisons there were in this Fangcheng and why they had the ability to cultivate all the fields around Fangcheng, but considering that he might be arrested as a spy, he finally endured it and followed the large team to Yeyi.

On the way to Yeyi, Qu Yuan and the others passed through a pass, where there was a Wei army camp, and when Qu Yuan and the others passed, there were hundreds of Wei soldiers and soldiers who were practicing there.

I saw those Wei soldiers naked, carrying thick logs, stepping on the snow, running in circles while sometimes issuing slogans of "drink" and "drink", full of energy, and the military posture was quite majestic.

And those Chu people on the side didn't think about it so much, they were just envious of the strong physique of those Wei pawns, and in addition to envy, they were also a little afraid.

But from beginning to end, those Wei pawns ignored them, and the other party just practiced on their own.

Seeing this scene, Qu Yuan subconsciously associated these Wei pawns with "Wei Wu pawns".

But in fact, these Wei soldiers are not Wei Wushu, but the new army that Meng Zhong is training, after all, Meng Zhong can't afford to raise Wei Wushu in the real sense, but for the requirements of this army, he is indeed trained according to the standards of Wei Wushu.

Probably because he stopped to watch the relationship for a long time, Qu Yuan saw a young general walking towards them.

"Wait, but Chu Min who went to Yeyi? I am the commander of this camp, and I am happy. ”

"The commander of the first battalion?"

Glancing at the Wei camp in the distance, which covered a wide area and seemed to be like a pass, Qu Yuan couldn't help but be a little surprised in his heart.

After all, the Wei general in front of him looks quite young, maybe only about twenty years old, but at this age, he has become the main general of this Wei camp.

"Uh......"

Qu Yuan hurriedly explained: "The military general forgives his sins, but I just saw that your sergeant was practicing, and he saw that the army was solemn, so he stopped and watched." ”

"Oh?"

Wei Jiang Lejin looked Qu Yuan up and down a few times, and then said with a smile: "Looking at this gentleman's words and deeds, it seems that it is not an ordinary Chu Min ......."

Qu Yuan was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly said: "It's just a broken family background, and it's not worth the general's in-depth study......"

Le Jin took a closer look at Qu Yuan, he had followed Meng Zhong to the north and south over the years, and had seen many big names, how could he not feel the temperament of the person in front of him.

What's more, Le Jin saw through the "guards" beside Qu Yuan at a glance, and they all had weapons in their backpacks.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with carrying weapons with you, after all, whether it is in the countries of the world or in Fangcheng, it is not forbidden to carry swords, but it is not allowed to fight in the streets.

However, since the other party intended to conceal it, he didn't want to delve into it, so he nodded and smiled: "I thought that I had stopped for a long time in the hope of getting some help. ”

With that, he hugged his fist towards Qu Yuan, returned the same way with a few Wei pawns, and continued to train those Wei pawns.

This made those Chu pawns around Qu Yuan secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

One of the Chu soldiers whispered to Qu Yuan: "Doctor Qu, since you want to go to Yeyi, let's leave quickly, like this Wei army's camp, we can still avoid it, so as not to be regarded as a spy, then we will be wronged......

Qu Yuan nodded, looking at the back of Le Jin leaving, and was a little surprised in his heart.

He knew that in fact, this young Wei general had already seen something, but the other party didn't say anything, as if he was not worried at all that they were spies sent by the Chu State, which made Qu Yuan a little puzzled.

In addition, he also saw that the other party had received a good education, and his words and deeds were quite decent, as if he was a child of a big family.

Fang Cheng, the children of the big family, and Wei Wushu, linked these together, Qu Yuan inevitably felt a little uneasy in his heart, thinking that this might be Wei State preparing for an attack on his Chu State in the future.

Moving on, to the northeast is Yeyi, and to the southeast is Wuyang.

But on the way, they were told by the patrolling Wei pawn: "...... Wuyang is the land where the people of the Fang City Order live in the city and are not allowed to trespass. ”

Therefore, Qu Yuan and his party could only go to Yeyi.

After walking for about a day, Qu Yuan and his party finally arrived in the Yeyi area.

As he approached Yeyi, he saw countless people wielding hoes in the wasteland outside the city.

You know, it's the beginning of November, not only is the weather cold, but the ground is covered with snow, which is not at all a suitable time to cultivate wasteland, but those people ignore these things, and wave their hoes in high spirits to reclaim the wasteland into fields.

The enthusiasm of these people seems to melt the snow.

Out of surprise in his heart, Qu Yuan stepped forward to talk to several people who were reclaiming wasteland: "Dare to ask, why is the wasteland being reclaimed at this time?" ”

Those people looked up at Qu Yuan a few times, and said as a matter of course: "Do you still want to ask?" After reclaiming the wasteland a year ago, won't it be able to plant it in the spring after the year? ”

As soon as he heard the accent, Qu Yuan guessed that these people were his Chu people, so he hurriedly said: "I just came from Yangcheng and am not familiar with Yeyi, if there are any taboos, please let me know." ”

After listening to Qu Yuan's accent, these people knew that Qu Yuan was from Chu State like them, and after thinking about it, they said, "Yeyi's side is ...... There are no taboos in the Wei army. Don't worry, when I first came a few days ago, I was also scared, for fear of being deceived, but when I arrived here, I realized that Wei Pawn here is quite kind......" Speaking of this, he looked left and right, lowered his voice and said: "On the contrary, you should be wary of the people here, a few days ago, that group of guys gathered together and tried to unite and let Fang Cheng order to expel us outsiders, do you think these people are crazy?" The area around Yeyi is suitable for farming, and if you have the ability to reclaim thousands of acres, no one cares about you, how can we outsiders finish reclaiming the wasteland here? ”

"It turned out that there was some dispute with the local people......

Qu Yuan's heart was suddenly shocked, and he immediately asked, "That...... How did Wei Jun react to this? ”

Hearing this, those people snickered in a low voice: "The few who gathered to make trouble were immediately arrested by Wei Pawn, and they were whipped ten times in public, and the rest of the crowd immediately dispersed...... The current situation is like this, most of the old people here are cultivating fields in the north and east of Yeyi, while in the west and south of the city, most of them are outsiders, and the well water does not interfere with the river water ......."

Speaking of this, he seemed to think of something, and told again: "I won't tell you, we have to work harder to cultivate the fields, otherwise it will snow heavily in a few days, and it will be even harder at that time......

"When is the time?" Qu Yuan was surprised when he heard this, and asked, "Could it be that when the time comes, how many people will still go out of the city to cultivate fields?" ”

However, those people glanced at Qu Yuan with strange expressions and said, "They all said that the first two years were tax-free, no matter how much wasteland you reclaimed...... The more you plant, the more you reap. ”

On the side, some people also advised Qu Yuandao: "Seeing that you are also from Chu, I advise you to go to the city as soon as possible to naturalize, only when you are registered in Yeyi, you can be qualified to reclaim wasteland here......"

After that, these people didn't say anything more to Qu Yuan, and buried their heads in wielding hoes, although the weather was cold at this time, these people were sweating hotly.

『……』

Standing beside this newly cultivated field, Qu Yuan looked around, only to see that in his sight, the people wielding hoes in this area were all excited and happy.

And such excitement and joy have not been seen on the faces of the civilians of his Chu State for many years.

"In order to absorb the displaced people, he did not hesitate to promise to exempt all taxes for the first two years, and this new Fangcheng Decree ...... I'd love to see it.'"

Qu Yuan thought to himself.

When he assisted King Huai of Chu to reform the law, Qu Yuan advocated "beautiful politics", and at a high level, that is, he was able to promote virtue and ability, and cultivate the law, and at a low level, he hoped that everyone in Chu would have a smile on their faces.

But sadly, he failed.

The civilians of Chu did not benefit from his reform of the law, and they were still full of sorrow all day long to support their families.

However, the irony is that now these Chu people have run to Yeyi and run to the rule of Wei, these people are excited and happy, I have to say, this makes Qu Yuan feel very sad - of course, he is not sad that these Chu people are smiling under the governance of Wei, but sad about the still lifeless Chu State.

Today, all countries have successively implemented reform reforms, such as Qin and Wei, which have almost completely shaken off the drag of the old aristocracy, such as Zhao, and at least part of it, but only the state of Chu, the reform has been strongly resisted by the old aristocracy, so that even King Huai of Chu could not resist this resistance and was forced to withdraw the reform and reform.

And today's King Xiong Heng of Chu is far inferior to King Huai of Chu, drunk and dreaming all day long, not thinking about national politics, causing the country to be encroached upon by the Qin State step by step.

For these, Qu Yuan was heartbroken.

And now, there is also a threat on the side of Fangcheng - Wei has newly appointed the Fangcheng Order, absorbing displaced people and vigorously developing border cities, is this a signal that Wei is ready to wave the army of Chu?

With all kinds of sorrows, Qu Yuan and a group of Chu soldiers entered Yeyi.

As soon as he entered Yeyi, he was taken aback by the bustle in the city, because as far as he could see, the city was full of people.

Most of them are repairing and building houses.

From time to time, Qu Yuan could still see some Yeyi officials, who were referring to a drawing, instructing the servants and craftsmen to be busy in the city, or tearing down old buildings, or rebuilding houses, apparently replanning the entire Yeyi.

Although it looks chaotic, I have to say that this piece of Yeyi has a lot of fun.

And this made Qu Yuan more and more worried.

Because as far as he knew, Fang Cheng had been changed into a garrison fortress by that Fang Cheng order, and the fields around the city should also be military tun fields.

The garrison that needs a city to accommodate it can be imagined that there is a lot of it, plus that Fang Cheng Ling vigorously built Ye Yi, as if he was ready to use Ye Yi as the backing of Fang City's money and food, no matter how you look at it, this is all preparing for the attack on his Chu State in the future.

After thinking about it, Qu Yuan finally decided to find the other party to tempt the temptation, that is, that Fang Cheng Ling Meng Zhong!

It's just that now in Yeyi, everyone knows that the new Fangcheng Commander is called Meng Zhong, but they don't know the other party's residence - probably in Wuyangyi, but the problem is that outsiders are not allowed to enter in Wuyangyi, how can this be good?

After thinking about it, Qu Yuan decided to visit this Yeyi first, a young man named Xiang Yi.

Under the guidance of the people in the yi, Qu Yuan soon found the Yi Cheng named Xiang Yu, who was busy with a team of soldiers in the middle street of the yi, such as replanning several straight streets in the yi, demolishing all the irregular houses facing the street and rebuilding them.

When Qu Yuan found Xiang Yu, the latter was looking at a drawing and shouting to the soldiers and craftsmen: "No, no, no! This room, this room, and this room will all be demolished, and I will be built with a terraced house attic on the street in the future, yes, yes, yes, the door is facing the street...... What the? Nobody wants to live in a north-facing house? I said this is for people to live in? In the future, this will be the market! Remember, the streets are all markets, and all the houses are built into the alleys for me. …… Over there, what are you doing? I'm not asking you to demolish that! Next to it! Wrong! Yes, that's it! ”

Looking at the young Yi Cheng named Xiang Yi shouting at the top of his voice from a distance, so that his voice was slightly hoarse, Qu Yuan couldn't help but be a little curious in his heart.

Because as far as he could see, the high-level generals and officials in Fangcheng and Yeyi seemed to be very young, and even that Fangcheng Commander was rumored to be only a young man who was said to be only about twenty years old.

The State of Wei actually appointed such a young person to prepare for the future attack on the State of Chu?

With all the incomprehension in his heart, Qu Yuan stepped forward and took the initiative to salute Xiang Yu: "I am bending down...... Hmm, I've seen Yi Cheng. ”

Xiang Yi didn't care at first, he didn't even turn his head to look at Qu Yuan, waved his hand and said, "Register your household registration and go to the county government to find Zhu Huan." ”

Seeing this, Qu Yuan was not angry, after all, the other party was indeed very busy, so he saluted again: "Yu Yi Cheng, I beg to see Fang Cheng's order." ”

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Xiang Yu turned his head to look at Qu Yuan, looked the latter up and down a few times, and said, "What's the important matter here?" ”

"This ......"

Qu Yuan glanced at the crowd around him, and said with some embarrassment: "There are many people here, it's inconvenient to talk about it in detail, can you ask Yi Cheng to take a step to speak?" ”

Without him, it's just that Qu Yuan didn't want the news of his visit to Fangcheng and Yeyi to reach the ears of Xiong Heng, the king of Chu, and Ling Yin Zilan, so as not to fall into any unnecessary tricks.

“……”

Xiang Yu took a deep look at Qu Yuan a few times, and saw that this person was extraordinary, quite temperamental, and by no means an ordinary person, so he nodded, and led Qu Yuan to a nearby alley with two small officials.

At this time, seeing that there was no one around, Qu Yuan bowed his hand and said: "Qu Yuan, who abandoned his vassal in the Lower Chu State, should have been exiled to the south of the Yangtze River, but suddenly learned that your army had promised Tian Li to lure my Chu people to defect to Yeyi during this period of time in my Chu State. ”

"The abandonment of the state of Chu? Qu yuan? ”

Xiang Yu looked Qu Yuan up and down, and his face did not show any surprise.

It's no wonder, after all, Xiang Yu didn't recognize Qu Yuan at all.

Naturally, he didn't know that the person in front of him was a great sage who almost became the commander of the Chu State (State Minister).