PS: That's it for this chapter today, and there will be two more tomorrow.

Standing at the bow of the boat, bound by heavy shackles, looking at the land of Chengzhou, Henan Province, which is getting farther and farther away, Chang Hong has mixed feelings in his heart.

Today's Zhou Room is like a fragile river wave, easily broken by the tip of Zhao's boat, and Chang Hong only feels that his efforts over the years have all come to naught.

He is a small Yi man named "Shu" on the edge of Mount Tai, his background is not high, just a poor man, he left home and wandered around, and he was a retainer everywhere, just to ask for a bamboo book to watch, so as to increase his knowledge, and finally came to Wangcheng and became a retainer of Liu Xiangong. When he just came to Chengzhou, he was facing the situation of the princes sitting big and not respecting the Son of Heaven. In order to assist King Zhou and Duke Liu and maintain the dignity of the royal family, Chang Hong skillfully used the "magic technique" he learned and mastered on the coast of Qi to shoot the "head of the horse" to find a basis for King Zhou to rule the world.

However, it was also ridiculed by Lao Tzu as a "small technique".

"So what should I do?" Seeing the declining rivers in the Zhou room, Chang Hong asked Lao Tzu worriedly.

Lao Tzu laughed at the time: "How to do it? You don't have to do anything. Absolute sainthood and abandonment of wisdom, the people benefit a hundred times; Absolute benevolence and abandonment of righteousness, and the people restore filial piety; Thieves have no ...... If you see simplicity and less thought, you will never have to worry about learning. The more you try to redeem it, the more depraved and decayed the Zhou family becomes, and the people's hearts are less and less stable. ”

Sure enough, not long after, King Jing of Zhou died violently, the rebellion of the prince dynasty broke out, the Zhou room was divided into two, and the three princes before and after, Zhou, Zhao, Gan, Mao, Shan, Liu, the old and new tribes fought in this snail land. During this time, Chang Hong was the key to the victory of Zhou Wangkuo and Liu in the rebellion of the prince's dynasty, and it was he who persuaded the six secretaries of the Jin State to send troops, which made a key reversal in the tide of the war.

The Prince's Dynasty incident lasted for more than ten years, and the full-scale civil war alone lasted for five years, which was the largest and last of the Zhou royal family's rebellion for the crown, and he completely lost the last remaining military strength of the Zhou royal family in the internal friction, and the Zhou royal family, which was considered by the princes to be incorrect, was completely reduced to a puppet regime.

Although the prince fled south, after several years of war, the white bones of the Zhou room were exposed, there was no rooster crow for hundreds of miles, and even most of the classics were taken away, and countless doctors' cities were destroyed in the war, and there was no way to start the construction after the war, and the princes became more and more disrespectful to the Zhou family.

Chang Hong was a little disappointed and discouraged, but at this time, Lao Tzu, who was about to leave the Zhou room, had another conversation with him......

"The road is wasted, but there is benevolence and righteousness; Six relatives are not in harmony, and there is filial piety; The country is in turmoil, and there are loyal ministers. Changzi reluctantly, reluctantly. ”

So Chang Hong reinvigorated, and he and Liu Gong agreed to expand the city of Zhou near Diquan to the east of Qianshui. Due to the lack of financial resources of the Zhou royal family, Chang Hong lobbied everywhere to win the support of Wei Xianzi, the ruler of the Jin State, and other princes, and finally completed the project with the strength of the princes, so that Cheng Zhou completed the post-war recovery.

Chang Hong is ambitious, not to mention restoring the prosperity of Zong Zhou, at least let Cheng Zhou return to the Ping and Huan periods, and the princes especially respect the situation of the Zhou family. It's a pity that seeing that everything is gradually getting on the right track, they were interrupted by external force, and they were on the wrong side in the civil war of the Jin Kingdom, so that they were liquidated by the victors, and they also fell into this fate......

There was a sound of footsteps, Chang Hong turned around, and the secretary of the Jin State, Zhao Wuxian, the commander of the three armies, had already changed into a regular uniform and walked slowly towards him.

This son is the biggest accident Chang Hong has seen in his life, from the son of the Qing clan who was exiled to other countries, he continued to take advantage of the situation to build momentum, until he is in today's position, his life experience is more legendary than Jin Wengong's heavy ear!

Maybe in the eyes of this murderous Hu Qing, he is just an old locust tree that can be cut down casually......

Chang Hong was unwilling, clenching his fists, his eyes were wide open, and he was furious, like a praying mantis blocking a car, a grasshopper shaking a tree, staring at Zhao Wuxian.

But Wuxian walked up to him and asked Chang Hong to untie his shackles, and then bowed solemnly to him: "The kid was offended a lot before, and I hope Chang Zi will forgive me." ”

From being arrogant to being polite, Zhao Wuxian's changes made Chang Hong not mentally prepared at all, and his unyielding momentum suddenly leaked most of it, and he was even a little overwhelmed.

……

Zhao Wuxian changed his previous attitude and was respectful and polite to Chang Hong, which made Chang Hong scratch his head.

"What does this mean, Marshal?"

"Changzi used to be a teacher of Confucius, and I also have some intersection with Confucius, barely half of Confucius's disciple, but also his son-in-law.

Chang Hong sneered: "With the methods of the marshal in recent years, I am afraid that Confucius will not recognize you, whether it is a disciple or a son-in-law." ”

Zhao Wuxian smiled: "Really? Before long, Confucius was afraid that he would have one more grandson of the Zhao family. Therefore, whether you admit it or not, there is no easier way to make it a fait accompli, just like the current situation of Cheng Zhou, like a big ship that has sunk, no matter how the people on the ship shout and pull, they can't stop the sinking trend, and it is only a matter of time before they are completely buried by sediment. ”

Talking about the future of Cheng Zhou, Chang Hong couldn't help but habitually admonish: "The marshal first ascended to the position of Qing, and he has the ambition to meet the princes, why not respect Zhou and correct his name?" I Zhou moved eastward, Jin Zheng Yanyi, Zheng has rebelled against the king several times, but the Jin family is especially alive, Zhao Chengzi said, seeking hegemony is better than entering the king of Zhou. Zhao Xuanzi and Zhao Wenzi have also supported the Zhou room many times, and the marshal can follow suit......"

Zhao Wuxian laughed at the bow of the boat: "Mr. himself is difficult to protect, and he still remembers the safety of Zhou and Liu Gong, it is really a heart, but it's a pity...... It's a pity that the bright moon in Mr.'s heart shines in the ditch. ”

He handed over the things in his hand and handed them to Chang Hong.

"Sir, take a good look, how did the Son of Heaven and Liu Gong blame you?"

The edict of the Son of Heaven was written in fine silk, and the silk book praised the Zhao family for being diligent in the king's order and being a model for the people, hoping that Zhao Wuxian could make persistent efforts and forget the small misunderstanding caused by the confusion of the courtiers. The content of this silk book is elegant, but the writing is full of words to shirk responsibility, and the pot was thrown on Liu Gong, who advocated helping Fan's family, and Chang Hong, Liu Gong's retainer. After the war, it was also Chang Hong's idea to move the capital and rebuild the royal city, so that the treasury was empty, and he stood on the side of Zhao Wuxian's enemies in the civil war......

As for Liu Gong's letter, he was even more groveling, he greeted Zhao Wuxian with all kinds of exaggerated words, saying that he was young and promising, no less than Zhao Wuzi, and claimed that all the fields north of the river belonged to Liu's family, and asked Zhao to laugh and accept, and there was no money and silk, 100 male and female slaves, 100 craftsmen and weavers, and 300 households as compensation for Liu's help. He also promised that all the descendants of the Liu family who were born to the women of the Fan family would be expelled from the country, and promised that the Liu family would definitely stand on the same front as the Zhao family in the future. "Sir, you have been abandoned by the Son of Heaven and Liu Gong as a scapegoat."

After Chang Hong finished reading it, after half a ring, he looked up to the sky and sighed after a while: "Could it be that I advocate moving the capital to show merit?" It has become a sin to bring in a Jin teacher to help? It's ridiculous. ”

Zhao Wuxian said: "Cheng Zhou has long been dirty and Mr. is alone. ”

"Back then, the great doctor of the country said that the Zhou Dynasty has been 14 generations since the Youwang was in a coma. I still want to restore, and there will definitely be no good results, and now it is so. Even if the Son of Heaven and Liu Gong blame me and kill me in the downtown area, I am not sad, but I just regret that after I go, I am afraid that the decline of Cheng Zhou will intensify! Alas, the temples of poor King Wen and King Wu are going to wither more and more! ”

He turned around, pointed to his chest and said: "After thirty years of hard work to get such a result, my heart is dead, if the marshal wants to kill me to intimidate the world, then kill it!" ”

Zhao Wuxian looked at the sixty-year-old man in front of him who was full of grief and anger, and his mood was a little complicated.

In history, the death of Chang Hong is one of the few stains in the life of his father Zhao Ying, who was loyal to Zhou and Liu, and Zhao Ying, who was in power after the civil war of the Liuqing, began to liquidate the Zhou family as Zhao Wuxian did today.

So Zhou Tianzi blamed Liu, and Liu blamed Chang Hong, and Chang Hong was expelled back to his hometown Shuyi. He was difficult to argue, full of grief and indignation, and with a strong temperament, he committed suicide by disemboweling on the way to prove his heart. Chang Hong's unjust death aroused the pity and sympathy of the local officials, who put Chang Hong's blood in a jade box and buried it on a monument. Three years later, when he opened the jade box, he saw that his blood had turned into crystal clear jasper, dazzling and illuminating the world......

This is the story of the blue blood pill heart, Chang Hong was loyal, but he ended up like this, which often made later generations of literati sigh. In this timeline, the Zhao family is much stronger than the original, not to mention Chang Hong, even if it is the Liu family, as long as he wants to bring it down, he can easily do it. With Zhao, Zheng, and Han besieging Cheng Zhou, especially since the Zhao clan had taken control of the Mengjin Ferry through this threat, the Zhou family had to go back to the past, and it was time for the Jin Kingdom to follow......

In order to prevent the Zhao clan from attacking Zhou, recognize the legitimacy of the Zhao clan as the king, and purge the remnants of the anti-Zhao forces of the Jin state in the royal city, Zhao Wuxian promised to let the king of Zhou in turn avoid the prince's counterattack against the remnants of the party, and beware of Zheng Guo's endangerment of encroaching on the territory of the Zhou family.

The Zhou room has been decided, but for Chang Hong, the scapegoat, since Zhao Wuxian's ambition lies in the world, instead of killing Chang Hong and making his reputation worse, it is better to treat him as a horse bone and use it as a gold city......

So Zhao Wuxian took off the big hat, draped it on Chang Hong's thin body, and said: "People will have a death, or lighter than Mount Tai, or heavier than Hongmao, if Mr. died here just like this, it would be a pity to be full of knowledge." ”

Chang Hong glanced at Zhao Wuxian and seemed to understand a little: "The marshal asked the Zhou family for me this time, isn't it to kill me to vent his anger, but to let me do things for the Zhao family?" ”

"Yes."

Chang Hong laughed and said: "Even though the Son of Heaven and Liu Gong have abandoned me, my heart still belongs to Cheng Zhou, and the marshal should not waste time." ”

Zhao Wuxian was confident: "This is both a plea and an exchange." ”

"What do you mean?"

"With the strength of the Zhao family, it is not difficult to force the Son of Heaven and the Shan family to exterminate and expel the Liu family, but if Mr. serves the Zhao family for one day, I can let Cheng Zhou keep the Liu family for one day."

Chang Hong's face was a little pale: "The marshal is threatening me!" ”

"It's not a threat, it's a deal, willing or not, sir, please."

Chang Hong stared at Zhao Wuxian fiercely, and only after half a sound did he lose his breath, and said helplessly: "Duke Liu was forced by the situation to abandon me like a passerby, but I have served Duke Liu for three generations, but I can't help but remember the Liu family." The marshal said, what do you want me to do with this old bone? Zhao's administration has Dong Anyu and Zhang Mengtan, the law has Deng Xi, and the business has Xin Wenzi, and they have all done better than me......"

"But when it comes to the literature and classics, and the familiarity with etiquette and music, except for Lao Tzu, who is in seclusion, who is always avoiding my Confucius, he is the best."

Known as "the breath of heaven and earth, the journey of the sun and the moon, the changes of wind and rain, the number of calendars, poems, books, rituals and music, everything is through", Chang Hong said with some discouragement: "What is the use of such a chaotic world of etiquette and happiness, learning? ”

"It's useless in Chengzhou, but it's useful in Zhao!"

After landing on the shore, Zhao Wuxian immediately invited Chang Hong to sit in the carriage and narrated his plan to him.

……

"Mr. is also half a Lu person, do you remember how many books you read when you were from Shuyi near Mount Tai?"

Chang Hong sighed: "There is only one bamboo book in his hometown, which is in the hands of the local tycoon, and he regards it as a treasure, and he easily refuses to borrow it to watch; The bamboo slips mastered by the three elders in the township are only four volumes, and the old decay is more prominent in the township shooting ceremony, and the three elders are in the picture, relying on these four books to enlighten literacy. I was a late bloomer, and after leaving the township, I entered the Lu State Government School to study, and only at the age of 26 did I begin to learn "poems" and "books", reciting 20,000 words. At the age of twenty-nine, he went to the seashore of Qi Kingdom, met a monk, learned "Yi" and various arts, and recited 20,000 words. and to Cheng Zhou, who was originally a small official of Tianguan, studied 40,000 words of Tianguanshu. In the end, relying on Liu Xiangong's relationship, he was able to enter the storage room, read a thousand volumes of books under the guidance of Lao Tzu, and immediately fell in love with it, and spent several years indulging in it. ”

Zhao Wuxian nodded, this was what he expected, a million words of reading, this is the level of the top university scholars in this era, Lao Tzu, Confucius, Ji Ran and others are just like this, no more than a high school student in later generations. Of course, they also have talent and life experience, oral narration to make up for it.

But those ordinary scholars, the amount of reading in a lifetime can be as many as 80,000 words before the age of 30, which is enough to be called "Wenren", except for hundreds of books such as Chengzhou, Shangqiu, Qufu and other storage rooms, in other places can rarely obtain a huge amount of knowledge, even Confucius taught students, most of them can only be described orally.

So after the war, an idea popped up in Zhao Wuxian's heart, an idea that made everyone in the world rush to it......

He said: "If I remember correctly, the Chengzhou Guardhouse was destroyed in the rebellion of the prince's dynasty. ”

Chang Hong said regretfully: "Yes, most of the books in the collection were taken away by the prince, and only three or four tenths of the books remained in the storage room. ”

Wuxian smiled: "Even if it is three or four tenths, the Son of Heaven and Liu, Shan Ergong also promised me." In addition to compensating the Zhao family for a part of the land, money, silk, and population, Liu Gong also handed over many classics in the Wangcheng Guardhouse. ”

Chang Hong was heartbroken: "Only the name and the instrument, not the dummy, these classics are also the artifacts of Cheng Zhou, how can they be given as gifts...... What is the marshal going to do with them? ”

Wu Xian said: "These classics, plus a total of more than 10,000 volumes of ancient books and documents of Yin Zhou and the princes and countries that have been purchased, gifted, or copied from Shangqiu, Qufu, Puyang, Jiangdu, Linzi, Ju, Taoqiu, and Xue will be gathered in Yecheng, where I will build a new storage room with a capacity of 20,000 volumes!" ”

"Twenty thousand volumes of books......" Chang Hong was unexpected, stunned by Zhao Wuxian's ambition, and his surprise was no less than when he heard that this son had moved the capital to Tongba and imprisoned the Marquis of Jin.

"I would like to ask Mr. as the sacrificial wine of the Yecheng Guardhouse, together with Yan Boyu of the Wei Kingdom, Shi Mo and Shi Zhao of the Jin Kingdom, Zuo Qiu Ming of the Lu State and some Confucian disciples, to compile and organize it into paper books for the benefit of the people of the world." Zhao Wuxian was confident, he didn't believe that as a book-loving erudite man, Chang Hong, who was a little discouraged about politics, would reject him.

There was no possibility of him refusing at all!

Sure enough, Chang Hong hesitated and re-examined Zhao Wuxian, compared to the previous time when this son was fully armed to suppress Zhou Wang Qingshi, now he is dressed in regular clothes and has a polite manner, he is even more terrifying.

When Zhou Gongdan entered the court song, when his brothers and clansmen were busy grabbing gold tools everywhere and competing for population, he was the first to enter the Yin Shang Society, and intercepted all the oracle bones and gold inscriptions and inscriptions that the Great Witch intended to destroy.

While obtaining outstanding martial arts, it is also necessary to focus on culture and education, which is the difference between the great powers of the Central Plains and the Rongdi barbarians, and the difference between the royal road and the pure domineering!

Chang Hong asked curiously, "Marshal, ...... What exactly do you want to do in Yecheng? ”

Zhao Wuxian looked at the vast river and smiled.

"I want to use the Yecheng Guard Room as the center to build a school palace that can accommodate thousands of people!"

"I want to let all the free scholars in the world enter me!"

"I want to ask my husband to help me, follow the three generations of peerless learning, and open the peace of eternity!"

(To be continued.) )