Time back to February 8, 176 A.D., Fufeng County, Yi County, this day of storms, lightning and thunder, suddenly a loud noise, there seems to be a meteorite falling in the sky, accompanied by a loud cry of babies... Fazheng was born, and since then Legalism has opened a turbulent historical picture.

Fa Zheng's father, Fa Yan, was the court lieutenant of the Han Dynasty, who was upright and fair, so Fa Yan named his baby son "Zheng".

Fa Zheng is the only son of the Legalist family, so Fa Yan loves Fa Zheng very much, and he is also very strict with Fa Zheng's education, and almost all his energy is spent on cultivating his son.

Fa Yan was a legal authority in the Han Dynasty, and there were many criminal and prison case files in the study every day, while Fa Zheng was sensitive and studious since he was a child, and he had a talent for never forgetting, and Fa Zheng had mastered superb legal knowledge since he was a child.

As Fa Zheng grew older, his knowledge also grew, and gradually, Fa Zheng and Fa Yan often had disagreements in the judgment of cases.

Controversy inevitably arises, but the result of the controversy is often a loss of law.

Every sentence and every word of Fa Zheng seems to have his truth, his ideas are very distinctive, and his thinking is relatively long-term, and he often wakes up Fa Yan with one word.

Fa Yan was helpless for a while, but losing to his son made him feel very honored and gratified, and many times, Fa Yan felt that Fa Zheng's appearance was a gift from God.

That night, in the study of the French Mansion, Fa Yan was reading the files of serious cases by the light, trapped by a case.

I saw Fa Yan's rather heroic sword eyebrows furrowed, and he sighed constantly.

At this time, Fa Zheng asked, "What's wrong with Daddy?" ”

Fa Yan glanced at Xiao Fa Zheng and shook his head painfully, as if he had suddenly aged a lot, and the whole person looked miserable and vicissitudes.

After a long time, the candle flame on the table flickered for a moment, and he broke the silence in a slightly heavy tone and asked, "Zheng'er, what do you think is fair?" ”

Hearing his father's inexplicable question, Xiaofa was stunned for a moment. Usually, my father compares himself, mostly for laws and regulations, criminal judgments, etc., but this time the problem is a little strange. But he still thought about it seriously, and replied hesitantly:

"What everyone approves of is fairness!"

"What everyone agrees on is fairness..."Fa Yan muttered and repeated this sentence, his eyes that were usually full of essence were a little distracted at the moment, and there was a trace of bitterness or mockery on his face.

"Daddy, am I not right?" Seeing that his father hadn't come back to his senses for a long time, Xiao Fazheng couldn't help but ask.

Fa Yan put away the complicated expression on his face, returned to a gloomy and serious appearance, and reached out to touch Xiao Fazheng's head, and said in a deep voice:

"This answer, right or wrong, you will know when you grow up!"

In the sixth year of Emperor Guanghe of the Han Dynasty (that is, in 183 AD), Cao Cao wrote a letter to the party to avenge his grievances, and the court captain left the supervisor Fa Yan was in charge of the case.

Under the rendering of the identities and knowledge of the two elders of Fa Yan and Fa Zhen, Fa Zheng has been familiar with fame and fortune officialdom since he was a child. This made him attach great importance to "fame", which was derived from "ambition", and it can be said that winning fame and being known to the world is Fazheng's lifelong ambition, and it has also become his belief.

This also caused Fa Zhengcheng to become a person with a pure heart and few desires, but instead became a person who was unwilling to be lonely, unwilling to be ordinary, and very individual.

Fazheng's self-esteem is extremely strong, and he has shown a very strange personality since he was a child, he will be doubly good to others who are good to him, and he will not give a good face to those who are not good to him, and he is quite resentful.

Such a stubborn and stubborn personality made Fa Yan and his family very worried.

When he was a child, Fa Zheng played six games of chess with adults, and he didn't cry when he lost, but secretly gritted his teeth and glared at each other, insisting on pestering the other party to play another game, and if the other party didn't agree, he would cry violently.

And after the restart, if the opponent eats any chess pieces from him in the previous game, Xiao Fazheng will also try to eat it back and take revenge happily.

"I just want to win, it's a pleasure, I don't want to lose!" Every time Fa Zheng wins a game on the chessboard, he feels this way in his heart.

But chess is not won by reversing, and if you want to win, you must improve your chess skills.

In addition to reading and studying, Fa Zheng would swing the chessboard, imagine that there was another self sitting opposite, and then play chess with himself, and the ability to scheming and calculating sprouted from the chessboard.

Gradually, Fa Zheng felt that the world was actually like a game of chess, but he didn't want to be a chess piece, on the contrary, he wanted to become a chess player, and all living beings would become chess pieces in his hands.

Ordinary young people who have such ideas will be labeled "arrogant" and "ignorant" by adults, but Fa Zheng has such thoughts only because he has enough capital, because he has been gifted and diligent since childhood.

In addition to being proficient in the law books, Fa Zheng can also read the classics of Chinese culture and figure out the truth in them. Fa Yan also has great expectations for Fa Zheng.

Fa Zheng only has a cursory understanding of the classics of Chinese culture, and he prefers to spend his time studying the number of yin and yang techniques of the study of the Wei Wei, and compared to the words of those who are very good, Fa Zheng prefers astronomy and geography, marching formations, and scheming.

Fa Zheng feels that these mysterious symbols are more interesting, because they contain a deep understanding and analysis of social reality, and are a summary of the social experience of predecessors, which are far more practical than the classics of Chinese culture.

Seeing that Sun Tzu Fazheng's interest was very much in line with his appetite, Fa Zhen was eager to teach Fa Zheng all the theology he knew about Weiwei at once.

But such a side-by-side way, gentlemen and the like are often disdainful, and serious people will not be idle to learn this, including Fa Yan.

But because such a side-door technique was taught by his father, and Fa Yan was inconvenient to refuse, there was no big harm in learning it anyway, so he had to turn a blind eye and let his ancestors and grandchildren go.

One is willing to learn, one is willing to teach, and as a result, Fa Zheng has not only learned the science of astronomy (stargazing) and geography (Kanyu), but also the level of thick black science is soaring, and the most significant effect of this study is that he has the ambition to devour heaven and earth, and the plan to change the dynasty.

To Fa Yan's surprise, it was in this environment that a prodigy was born, and in the subsequent experience, he successfully grew into a conspirator.

As the days passed, Fa Zheng finally grew up. In February 196 AD, Fufeng County, Yixian County, outside the door of the musical instrument shop.

A young man leaned against a pillar, with a straight nose, slightly white lips, and a slightly emaciated face, handsome and picturesque, even his breathing fluctuated without a trace, his eyes were slightly closed, and the whole person seemed to be asleep...

But his hands were a little cold and smooth, but they beat to the melody that came from the instrument shop, not light or heavy, but rhythmic. At this moment, a strand of blonde hair hung down from the corner of his right forehead, and it also trembled with his beat.

"Brother Fa Zheng is interested in this beautiful sound? But the street noise is difficult to compare with the Zhengyin of the clan, why does Brother Fa Zheng lean against the beam here every time? I really don't want to understand it. Another man, who was also leaning on one side of the pillar, asked puzzled.

"Brother Mengda, do you know that music is not as high and low as people, no matter what the melody is, there is something to listen to and praise." The young man's voice was imminent, as if he was afraid to cover up the melody, but the beat in his hand was still a little messy.

"Yes, yes, I can't tell you." The man known as Meng Da smiled helplessly, and suddenly said with a straight face: "Brother Fazheng, today is the day of your crown ceremony, but you sneaked out to beat here, if your father knows, you will inevitably be punished, it is better to go back as soon as possible!" ”

Fa Zheng flicked his sleeves, and the obsession with the melody on his face gradually faded. After another moment, he slowly opened his eyes, his pupils were as black as the night sky, and the faint blue floating light under the shadows swept away, and the trance cut through the darkness in an instant, and then quickly disappeared again in the darkness.

For Meng Da, who was standing on one side, Fa Zheng did not look at him, but turned his back to the sky - the sky was a dim yellow, and if you looked closely, you could see a little blood red, which did not seem to be a good omen, but a great murderer.

For a long time, Fa Zheng, who had been standing with his hands in his hands, slowly turned around, and the figure was swaying, and then the voice of Ruo Ruoli sounded again: "Brother Mengda, let's go." ”

Family superiority is indeed a good condition, and Fa Zheng relies on a good family background, eats and drinks well every day, and has sufficient nutrition, so although he is not tall, he is very handsome.

Fa Zheng does not worry about food and clothing, he can stay in the study all day long to read and think, he does not have to work in the fields, and he has a body of fine skin and tender meat.

In addition to reading and thinking at home, Fa Yan will not let Fa Zheng be idle after going out, he has great expectations for his son, who has a good brain, and he values his son's future more than his official duties.

So Fa Yan took him to various social occasions when he had nothing to do, in order to deal with celebrities, not to mention Fa Yan's identity as a high-ranking official, that is, Fa Zheng himself was also smart, humble and polite, and his answers were fluent, and soon Fa Zheng was famous in Fufeng County.

On the day he was twenty years old, Fa Zheng performed the crown ceremony. Fa Yan to Fa Zheng is filial piety. I hope that my son will be a filial and upright person.

But Fa Zheng disappointed his father, and based on his later performance, the "straight" in the word did not become "upright", but gradually developed into an undisguised "straightness" of "clear grievances and grievances" and "doing what he says", which became the character of Fazheng himself.

Now that he has grown up, he can become an official, start a family, and have children. But Fa Zheng doesn't want to get married so early, the eldest husband should make immortal contributions, for a good man, how can the love of children compare to meritorious deeds?

Fa Zheng admits that he has read a lot of books, and as a child of the world, he has seen the world, and he is superb in law, understands the ugliness of human nature, and has mastered the means of power struggle.

And before Fa Zheng walked out of his hometown to make contributions in the vast sea of people, he needed to face a major event:

In 196 A.D., the catastrophe in Guanzhong has gradually shown signs of famine, and there are not a few civilians who starve to death.

It is said that in the event of such a natural disaster, the emperor of the Han Dynasty should issue an edict for disaster relief. But Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was trapped in Chang'an by Li Wei, and it was difficult to protect himself, let alone help others!

The world was in turmoil, and the Han Dynasty existed in name only. Warlords everywhere have embraced their own troops and divided their territory.

The whole Liangzhou suffered a series of wars, the labor force fell sharply, and there was no one to farm, so naturally there was no food. Fazheng's hometown did not escape this natural disaster, and the evil omen presented by the sky on the day of the crowning has been practiced today.

What should I do? Fa Zheng, who has always had a bright brain, was also a little confused, and he had two choices, one was to stay and look for food with his clansmen and villagers to survive this natural disaster; The second is to leave his hometown and find a way out for his own achievements.

But no matter which one you choose, it will not be satisfactory.

At this moment, Fa Zheng was staring at the map of Guanzhong on the table, his eyes were bloodshot from exertion, but he couldn't rest, he wanted to find hope for his people and fellow villagers.

Fufeng County must not be able to stay, so where should it be moved? Fa Zheng's smooth hand wandered around the names of various places on the map, first stopping at Chang'an, which is a rare metropolis in the world with abundant materials.

However, Chang'an has been in war for many years, and Li Dao is even more coerced by the Son of Heaven in Chang'an, becoming the target of everyone, which is too dangerous.

Fa Zheng's fingers moved down on the map, and finally stopped at the word Hanzhong, and his eyes lit up. Hanzhong is the granary of Guanzhong, not far from Fufeng County, but I heard that Hanzhong has also been in war recently, and the current Hanzhong has been occupied by Ma Chao, the son of Xiliang.

Fa Zheng looked down on the Xiliang Army, thinking that they were like Dong Zhuo, a group of reckless men on the border, and without the accumulation and precipitation of the scholars, they would not be able to achieve great things.

But I heard that Ma Chao defeated Zhang Lu first, then Li Dao, and then the famous general Huang Zhong, and he has already built Hanzhong City as solid as a golden foundation, which should be much safer than Chang'an City.

But it is related to the livelihood and safety of the clansmen, and Fa Zheng does not dare to take it lightly; As the saying goes: hearing is false, seeing is believing; The stakes are very high, and Fa Zheng decided to make a decision after a field trip to Hanzhong.

So I called my friend Meng Da, and the two went to Hanzhong City...