Chapter 23 - Keeping Your Word?
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"Good!"
"Good!"
"Just what I want!"
Someone took the lead, and the hundreds of rangers who gathered before and after shouted at the same time, with a posture of following Chang Anjun to Linzi. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
This result was something Mingyue had never expected.
It turns out that these Lilu cloth rangers in the Warring States Period, although their behavior often exceeds the national law, and it is not all a righteous act, but in the overall atmosphere, they are all re-promised and famous, and the most prominent feature is Ren Xia, that is, the advocating and practice of "righteousness", that is, the so-called "words must be believed, deeds must be fruitful" in the "Biography of the Rangers" in the later generations of Sima Qian. ”
The best of them dared to sacrifice their lives to save their friends in distress. The representative figures in this group of people can be traced back to Confucius's apprentice Lu Lu, Yu Rang, who assassinated Zhao Xiangzi for the revenge of Zhibo, and Nie Zheng, who assassinated Han Xiang, these people are fully worthy of Li Bai's "Chivalrous Journey" in praise of the Warring States Ranger sentence "The bones of the heroes who died are not ashamed of the world".
In a few decades, there will be a more famous Jing Ke assassin Qin, and even Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was also a ranger in the countryside before he became the pavilion chief......
Those famous predecessors are the objects of emulation by the rangers, so after being inspired by Chang'anjun's deeds of "benefiting the life and death of the country", and after a lesson from Fang Cai, the rangers rushed forward and responded in groups, wanting to follow him to the country of Qi, which is also a normal thing.
However, Mingyue did not agree, but fell into deep thought in a cheer......
He was thinking there, but the emperor was not in a hurry and the eunuch was in a hurry, but the other person was overjoyed, and almost wanted to agree for Mingyue.
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Seeing that there were hundreds of rangers around him who were invincible on weekdays all patting their chests and saying that they wanted to serve Chang'anjun, Li Tan, who was driving, felt very interesting.
As the son of the Handan heirloom, Li Tan had also mixed in the circle of rangers before he got this errand to drive, and he had many ranger friends, so he knew the purpose and pursuit of these people.
More than 100 years ago, the strict organization of the Mo family led by the giant was actually a kind of ranger group in disguise, not walking in various countries for fame and fortune, presiding over the Yanbing, that is the real chivalrous hero, helping the weak and suppressing the strong. However, time has passed, the Mo family has been divided, and there has not been a single giant for almost a hundred years, and their group has long since disintegrated.
Without an organization, the rangers are living on their own in each country. Most of them don't give birth, but they have to live, so except for some people who do tomb robbing, cutting paths, collecting protection money, etc., most of them rely on defecting to the prime minister's son as a diner to make a living.
There is demand before there is supply, starting from Zhao Jianzi in the Spring and Autumn Period, the style of the nobles is better than one day by day. Therefore, the feudal monarchs of this era, and even the officials who were slightly more powerful, would have a few people to hundreds of guests.
The most typical ones are Meng Weijun of Qi State, Pingyuan Jun of Zhao State, and the newly famous Xinling Jun of Wei State. The three of them, known as the Three Princes, relied on their wealth and privilege, their generosity and righteousness, and their loyalty to the corporal and the solicitation of thousands of diners, including scribes who could give advice, and rangers who also needed to take care of the homes or work in the dark.
The reason why the three sons are thick with private swordsmen is mainly because they want them to work hard and die for themselves. This kind of behavior has been seen by the people of the world, and even praised and praised.
Through this channel, the rangers can be used by the nobles of the countries from the forces that hinder social order and compete with the government.
Today's meeting made Li Tan feel that he seemed to be witnessing the birth of a famous son like Qi Zhi Meng Wei, Zhao Zhi Pingyuan, and Wei Zhi Xinling!
Chang Anjun went around Handan City and got hundreds of rangers to serve, it was a rare spectacle, Li Tan felt that his errand was really not in vain, and after today, he could brag to those ranger friends.
"Although I, Li Tan, am a soapy eater, I have also driven a car for Chang'anjun!"
This matter can be blown for at least ten years! No, twenty years!
However, what Li Tan never expected was that when the crowd was boiling and came to serve, Chang Anjun poured a scoop of cold water on them.
The son bowed his hand to the rangers and said: "The second and third sons went to the country for the trouble, and wanted to go to Zhao Guangmen's fist, and Zhao Guangxin took it." But I have not yet opened the house, and I have no money to spare, but I am afraid that I will not be able to provide the honorarium. I'll just take the liberty of asking, if I go to Qi this time, I can only guarantee two meals in the morning and evening, as well as accommodation, for the time being, the honorarium may be a little small, but there are still people willing to go with me? ”
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"No gratuity? Room and board only? ”
As soon as Chang'anjun said this, Li Tan was dumbfounded, and hundreds of rangers also looked at each other, and among the people who shouted "the urgent need of the country first" just now, many of them were suddenly disappointed, and some people showed disdain, and began to retreat outside, and in the blink of an eye, they walked more than half of the way......
Li Tan didn't know Mingyue's thoughts, and hurriedly said, "Chang'anjun, you are ......"
Mingyue raised her hand to stop him, and continued to say to the rangers: "This is not to go to Qi State, it is not to go to relatives, within Qi State, some people are pro-Zhao, some people are pro-Qin, and the spies and assassins of Qin State are also pervasive, the second and third sons go with me, but they must be ready to block spears and arrows at any time, there are many dangers, is anyone willing to go with me?" ”
"So this is a life-threatening errand?" There was another round of discussion among the rangers, and then, half of them quietly retreated, squeezed out of the wall of onlookers, and left.
After two rounds of screening, there were only more than 20 rangers left in front of Mingyue......
"These people...... What a gutsless rat! The bearded young man who took the lead in saying that he wanted to follow Chang Anjun scratched his ears and cheeks angrily, and said loudly that he would never associate with those who had gone away again, and his companions echoed him, but there was some disapproval on his face.
Everyone's emotions and thoughts, Mingyue saw it in her eyes, so she smiled again and said: "Those who can stay are all true chivalrous men who disregard fame and fortune, regardless of life and death, and are dedicated to the country." In this way, the second and third sons will disperse first today, and after three days, they will gather at the north gate of the palace, and I will show the Queen Mother and the king, and let you and others officially join the escort of the mission to the Qi country, what is it? ”
"Respectfully!"
After these three tosses, the enthusiasm of the rangers has dissipated a little, after all, they still have to wait for three days. So except for the bearded young man in the lead, everyone responded weakly, and when they left, some people in the crowd began to talk softly, expressing their dissatisfaction with Chang Anjun's "small device", "harshness" and "neglect".
Everything that happened here was seen by the two swordsmen in strong suits, and after looking at each other, they nodded to each other, and then hurriedly left, walking towards the mansion of the Plains King......
Seeing that the wall of onlookers in front of him gradually dispersed, Li Tan was a little anxious, stomped his foot, and said: "Chang'anjun, hundreds of rangers admire your virtuous name and come to serve, how rare it is to see you, but you drove them away, why is this?" ”
He was a little knowledgeable, so he didn't believe that Chang'anjun, who was widely rewarded by the Queen Mother, would have no money to feed hundreds of rangers, and he didn't believe that this trip to Qi would be so dangerous. Originally, the remaining twenty people could be accepted, but Chang Anjun asked them to go back for three more days, and after three days, everyone thought about it clearly, who would still be willing to come!
Chang'anjun is making it clear that he wants to drive people away! If it goes on like this, how can he learn from Meng Wei, Pingyuan, and Xinling to raise 3,000 guests, and he is famous all over the world!
For a while, the angry Li Tan forgot that this matter had nothing to do with him, and he didn't know that the path that Chang Anjun wanted to take was not just to be a prince of the Warring States.
Shu Qi also had some doubts, but he just remembered that his father told him to let Chang Anjun make up his mind about everything, so he scratched his head and didn't speak.
Mingyue smiled, and asked Li Tan to hurry up and drive, not to block in the middle of the road, and after the carriage slowly set off again, he said:
"Shu Qi, Li Tan, have you ever heard the story of indiscriminate refill?"