In the sixteenth year of Xiande, he followed the cloud to take the imperial examination, so he left Jiangxia and went to Jianye.

History of Chu in the Southern Dynasties: The Biography of Jiang Suiyun

In the sixteenth year of Southern Chu Xiande, the world is still in chaos, but the situation is much clearer, most of the south of the Yangtze River is occupied by Southern Chu, Jiangbei is the world of Dayong, Jiangxia is a strategic place to defend Dayong, and the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion guarding Jiangxia is a military aircraft important place, so it is heavily guarded all the time, although my status is not low, but I also have to obediently bow my head and obey orders, hide in the study and try not to go out, so as not to get into trouble. I was looking through the books while thinking about when I would be able to eat, no way, Lu Xin, the Marquis of Zhenyuan, was a military minister, according to the practice of Southern Chu, his family had to stay in Jianye, only fifteen-year-old son Lu Can was ordered by Lu Xin to stay by his side as a guard, this court allowed, although Lu Can followed me to learn literature, but the children of the military generals naturally also have to learn military affairs, today is the Jiangxia Metropolitan Governor Lu Xin held a military meeting, Lu Can was taken to listen as an attendant, I had to wait for him in the study, Originally, I said that I would eat together, but today's military meeting was not over at noon, and all the people who participated in the military conference did not have a meal, if my little Xixi was full by himself, he would have to yell with jealousy when Lu Can came back, and then he had to find an opportunity to plot against me, so I would better wait for him to join me. Thinking of this, I touched my flat belly and sighed helplessly. You said that the father and son are so different, Lu Xin is generous, but Lu Can is calculating, last time he was punished by Lu Houye, I couldn't help but snicker and was seen by him, and the next day he tricked me into going out for a walk, saying that I have been filial piety for three years, and I should go out for a walk, but I was tricked into Yanyue Tower, if I hadn't slipped away quickly, my first time I was robbed. I was bored flipping through the books while thinking about it, alas, although the study room of the Marquis of Zhenyuan Mansion is good, but I have almost read it in the past three years, and after all, it is a family of military generals, so they are some relatively easy to see books, I guess I asked the bookstore to send a copy of all the books, otherwise there is even a yellow calendar, but there are no real treasures.

I was watching Yue Ying there and calculating the time, when Lu Can's attendant Lu Zhong came and told me that the military meeting had ended, and Lu Xin invited his subordinates to accompany him, so I didn't have to wait for him. I happily agreed, and regardless of the fact that the food was already cold, I went to gobble it up. I was having a good time eating, when suddenly there was a commotion in the hall in front of me, at first, I didn't pay attention to it, but then the sound became louder and louder, and I only heard the deafening sound of "catch the assassin, catch the assassin". I was shocked in my heart, oh no, there are assassins here, and there is a chance that the Marquis of Zhenyuan will be assassinated, he is now my backer, but he can't be killed by assassins. I know that I don't have the ability to protect the Marquis of Zhenyuan, so it's better to hide, but I was nervous, and picked up a delicate crossbow from the bookshelf, this is a crossbow refined by the Ministry of Southern Chu Industry, the range can reach 100 steps, and it can shoot five crossbow arrows in a row, which was originally a gift from Lu Xin to Lu Can, but Lu Can didn't like to use the crossbow because it wasn't bright enough, but it cheapened me, who made me not know martial arts, the bow and arrow will definitely not be used, this crossbow is my favorite, the crossbow is good, Open the window a crack and look out, the study I stayed in is not particularly far from the front hall, only to see a forest of knives and guns outside, a large number of red-clothed sergeants are fighting around the two servants dressed men, after a while, I saw Zhenyuan Marquis Lu Xin accompanied by the generals, his right arm wrapped in a white cloth, blood stains, and often around him cronies and guards Lu Ping was nowhere to be seen, only to see Lu Xin's face was miserable white, supporting him on the left side is Lu Can, looking very angry, seeing this, I guess it must have been those two assassins who infiltrated the Hou Mansion, and it may have been a disguised servant who served food when Lu Xin was entertaining his subordinates, and then suddenly assassinated, I estimate that Lu Ping had already done his duty.

I was looking hard, only to see the two assassins suddenly make a color to each other, suddenly took out two black round beads from their arms and threw them on the ground, suddenly white smoke billowed out, and in a moment the space within a radius of more than ten zhang was covered, at this moment, I saw a general wearing a partial general clothes not far from Lu Hou A fierce light flashed in his eyes, and a dagger slipped from the cuff into his hand, I knew that it was not good, and hurriedly shouted: "Hou Ye be careful." As he shouted, he shot a crossbow arrow, and a scream rang out. When the smoke cleared, the frightened crowd saw that the two assassins were still surrounded in the middle, and behind Lu Hou, one of them fell to the ground, with an arrow in his heart, and he was still holding a dagger tightly in his hand, the blade of the dagger glowed with blue light, and it was less than half a step away from Lu Hou. Even the blind know what's going on.

Seeing that the two assassins could not break through and finally died in battle, Lu Hou ordered his subordinates to deal with the aftermath and summoned me to the White Tiger Hall, where he handled military affairs. He looked at me with a complicated expression and asked, "Thank you Suiyun for saving Ben Hou's life." I said humbly: "It's all because of the deep fortune of the Hou Ye that he can avoid being framed by annihilation, and his later life is just a fluke." Lu Hou asked suspiciously, "How did Suiyun know that person was going to assassinate Ben Hou?" It was a question he couldn't figure out. How to know, of course I see it, but I can't say that, this is my self-defense magic weapon, my six senses are born different from ordinary people, let's put it this way, my ear power, within a hundred steps, can hear the fallen leaves and flying flowers, my eyesight, within a few miles, my sense of taste, something, as long as I touch my lips, I can distinguish clearly, my sense of smell, as long as a trace of smell, I can follow him for ten miles and eight miles, sometimes I doubt whether I am a person, but I also know, If you let others know about those things, you will not be hated, and you don't want someone to eavesdrop on your whispers, for I will never tell anyone about these things as a weapon of self-defense, except for my dead father. So I made up a lie and said: "Coincidentally, Wansheng was originally holding a crossbow to defend himself, and when he saw the two assassins releasing smoke, he couldn't help but feel strange, thinking that no matter how capable the two assassins were, it was difficult to get out of this situation, and the smoke must be to create opportunities for others, so the later life thought that there must be assassins hiding around Hou Ye, and shouted out in a hurry, remembering that there was no one behind the adult at that time, presumably the assassin wanted to assassinate, and then came from there, so he shot an arrow indiscriminately, fortunately, Hou Ye Dehou, to kill the Assassins. ”

Lu Xin nodded suspiciously and let me out. Later, I heard that it was Dayong's assassins who assassinated Lu Xin, and they bribed the partial general to assassinate the Marquis of Zhenyuan, and then attacked when the dragons of Jiangxia were leaderless, but the foolproof assassination plan failed, so their army retreated. Afterwards, Lu Xin saw that I was smart and wise, and wanted me to enter his shogunate, but I thought about it, he and Dayong here across the river, often have to fight, if the unfortunate defeat for a while, what can I do, and if Dayong knows that I saved Lu Xin and sent assassins to kill me, so I refused, of course, I can't use this reason, just say that my father was quite famous for his lack of merit during his lifetime, so I decided to participate in the imperial examination, which is a high-sounding reason, and no one can stop me from progressing. So Lu Xin not only sent someone to my hometown of Jiaxing to obtain the qualification for me to take the exam, but also sent me to Jianye to take the exam two months before the opening of the exam, and asked me to go to Jianye to take the exam, for my personal safety, but also let me follow their personnel in charge of military quartermasters. So I finally regained my free body, I'm not an idiot, Nan Chu in the ninth year of Xiande to Dayong called the minister, to the emperor to claim the lord of the country, and now there are rumors that the lord wants to restore the emperor's name, so it will definitely annoy Dayong, the future must be a series of military disasters, although I don't want to go to war, but I know a lot of the art of war, people Dayong is a strong soldier, and Nan Chu is a drunken minister and a dream, the general is greedy and afraid of death, is the famous general Lu Hou, I heard that there are also a lot of cowards, so angry that Lu Hou has to behead them several times, But because of the power of their family, they can only raise them. At this time, I don't want to be a minister of the country.

Sitting on the deck of a passenger and cargo ship, I comfortably enjoyed the fresh river breeze at night, this kind of medium-sized ship, the bilge is full of cargo, and the upper cabin is divided into some small rooms for guests, which is definitely more comfortable than that kind of special passenger ship, but the price is much more expensive, but now I have a few hundred taels of silver in my waist, how can it be enough, so I will have a luxury. Looking at the cold moon and the starry sky, I couldn't help but be poetic, chanting: "The fine grass and the breeze on the shore, the dangerous canoe at night." The stars hang down and the plains are wide, and the moon swells and the rivers flow. Famous articles, officials should be old and sick. What is fluttering, the sky and the earth are a sand gull. "Just as I chanted repeatedly, I only heard someone clapping behind me, I looked back, only to see a young man standing there, although the moonlight was dim, but with my eyesight, I clearly saw that standing there was a handsome and mighty young man, although he was wearing civilian clothes, but the momentum was extraordinary, no matter how I looked at it, I felt more majestic than Lu Houye, and he seemed to have an amazing charm, which made people feel like a spring breeze, a little ashamed to look at himself, his figure was ordinary, but he fell down without the wind, Although the appearance is still quite handsome, but no matter how you look at it, he is a weak scholar, and now the war is in chaos, the most attractive to girls is the handsome son who is both civil and military, is a martial artist, even if he doesn't know a few big words, as long as he is a little more gentle, he can attract the eyes of girls than me, ask me how I know, of course, because those maids in Luhou's mansion never look at me directly.

I stood up and said apologetically, "I'm sorry to disturb Your Excellency's rest." ”

The young man shook his head and said, "There, if I hadn't rested, wouldn't I have missed a good poem like Childe, may I ask if it is Childe's work?" ”

I was happy in my heart, but I said humbly on my face: "It is difficult to be clumsy and elegant, Your Excellency is smiling." ”

The young man looked me up and down for a long time, and then said: "The son is young, the literary talent is so outstanding, I really admire, in the next Li Tianxiang, is the king of Shu to go down to business, this time to Jianye to do business, may I ask the son's surname, what is the name of Jianye?" ”

I muttered in my heart, although this person has a Shu accent, but I always sound a little awkward, but I take care of other people's affairs so much, so I said politely: "Late Jiang Zhe, the word follows the cloud, this time I went to Jianye to take the exam." ”

A strange look flashed in Li Tianxiang's eyes, and he said: "The child's talent is peerless, it must be the Toad Palace, it is easy." ”

I smiled awkwardly, if it weren't for the lie, I wouldn't want to participate in the scientific examination, anyway, I had a way to avoid being lifted, and I wouldn't be able to say anything. Li Tianxiang saw that I was embarrassed, and he didn't talk about the scientific expedition, so he said with emotion: "Alas, this time I came from Shuzhong, and saw that the situation in the Central Plains was tense, and I almost encountered a war in Jiangxia, and now my business is getting worse and worse. A while ago, the lord of Southern Chu ordered to increase tariffs, but fortunately, the lord of the Shu Kingdom sent an envoy to Southern Chu to negotiate, otherwise our cargo ship would have lost money! I said casually: "In fact, the lord of Shu doesn't have to bother at all, Southern Chu and Shu are dependent on each other, as long as this relationship is explained thoroughly, the lord of the kingdom will definitely reduce tariffs, and even provide preferential treatment for trade?" ”

Li Tianxiang smiled and asked, "How do you say this, I don't understand it." ”

It's rare to meet someone who wants to know my opinion, I said proudly: "This has to start from today's situation, when today, Nanchu and Dayong confront the north and south, but this is only a superficial thing, regardless of the military strength and people's hearts, Nanchu is not as good as Dayong, can only defend, unable to attack, the so-called rigid can not be long, soft can not be defended, everyone knows that if this continues, Nanchu will die sooner or later, so the current lord will ask Dayong for peace, go to the emperor, call the lord of the country, in order to seek Gou'an, but now the situation is different, Shuzhong is under the rule of your country, and the soldiers are full of food, Although Shu because of geographical restrictions, can only be a partial pattern, but for my southern Chu, is condescending strong, if Shu and Dayong united, Dayong stormed the Yangtze River, Shu down the river, my southern Chu will inevitably perish, if Shu strictly guards Shuzhong, and my Southern Chu and Dayong north of the Northern Han Union, once the Yong army attacks Southern Chu, the Northern Han echoes from the north and Southern Chu, and Dayong faces the Yangtze River natural danger, as long as it is held for more than three months, Dayong will inevitably retreat. ”

Li Tianxiang's face was solemn, and he said after a long time: "If this is the case, wouldn't it be difficult for the world to be unified, but it will only suffer us ordinary people." ”

I comforted him and said: "What I said is just an ideal situation, now the Southern Chu monarchs and ministers are a little arrogant, thinking that the Yangtze River is dangerous, the crisis is lurking, if Dayong has wise people, there is still the possibility of unification." ”

Li Tianxiang seemed a little curious, and asked: "Didn't Gongzi just say that Dayong is unsustainable, how can he say that Dayong may still dominate the world." ”

I reasoned out and said: "Although Dayong is in the land of a hundred battles, but its advantages are obvious, there are Ming monarchs and virtuous ministers, and there are millions of troops below, as long as the strategy is correct, it will be able to dominate the world within 20 years." If you want to seize the world, you must first form a good alliance with the Northern Han Dynasty, stabilize the rear, and then you must divide Shu Chu. ”

Li Tianxiang asked suspiciously: "There is still a way to follow in the Northern Han Dynasty, Shu Chu is dependent on each other, how to separate?" ”

"What's so difficult about this, I heard that some people in the Southern Chu Dynasty want to restore the emperor's title recently, if Dayong is restrained at the moment, it is difficult to fight, and the Southern Chu monarchs and ministers will be confused, if Dayong sends a fine work to bribe the favored ministers with generous words and courtesies, and urge the Southern Chu to restore the emperor's title, then the estrangement between Southern Chu and Shu will inevitably increase, and even the Northern Han Dynasty will inevitably be suspicious at that time. At that time, Dayong temporarily recognized Southern Chu as the emperor, the two countries divided the river and ruled, and then joined forces with Southern Chu to attack Shu, Southern Chu monarchs and ministers were short-sighted, and they were bound to be fooled, although Shu was difficult to attack, but it was also difficult to resist the offensive of the two countries, and then Shu would inevitably hate Southern Chu, as long as Dayong's strategy was appropriate, he would inevitably be able to get most of Shu, and then Dayong would attack from both sides, and he would inevitably be able to destroy Southern Chu. When you wait until this time, you can recuperate and break the Han in one fell swoop, so why worry about the uncertainty of the world. ”

Li Tianxiang listened to the eyebrows and said: "It seems that as long as I get along with Nanchu in Shuzhong, no matter how great Dayong's ability is, there is no way, fortunately, Brother Jiang, you are not Dayong's people, if you go to Dayong to be reused, our Shu Kingdom will be in danger." ”

I said lazily: "I don't go to Dayong, I heard that military merit is important there, and a weak scholar like me can't eat when I get there, and after a few years, I will earn more silver, go to the countryside to buy a few acres of land, and marry a gentle and virtuous wife, which is the joy of life?" ”

Li Tianxiang said with a smile: "Then I will congratulate Your Excellency on getting your wish, but listening to your plan, Dayong should not take twenty years." ”

I already have a sleepy feeling, said: "It was not needed, but if it is until the capture of Southern Chu, there will be five or six years will be almost, but I heard that His Majesty the Emperor of Dayong has been high in the Spring and Autumn Period, although the prince Li An is the prince, but the prestige and military merits are far inferior to the second son Yongwang Li Zhen, when the Dayong established the country, Yongdi Li Yuan because of the second son Li Zhen's high merit, so he was given the title of Yongwang with the national name, and the original intention of establishing a prince, but after the Dayong code system was complete, Li Yuan set up Li An as the prince according to the system of establishing a successor. Therefore, the Xiao Wall Rebellion will inevitably arise because of this, and it is not necessary that Dayong will fall apart because of this, I say that twenty years is still under the premise that the scope of civil strife will not be too large. ”

Li Tianxiang lowered his head slightly, and said for a long time: "Yes! ”

I didn't understand the meaning of his words, and I didn't bother to think about it, so I took my leave and went back to the cabin. When I got up the next day, I heard that Li Tianxiang had already disembarked early, which was really strange.

Originally, my plan was good, but who knew that God would not have predicted that I would become poor on the first day I arrived in Jianye.

Looking back at that time, I saw Jianye for the first time, and I was really dumbfounded when I saw the capital of the tiger in the dragon pan, so I went out to play after I settled down, and in the Confucius Temple on the bank of the Yonghuai River, I met a lucky star of fate, of course, he was my disaster star for me at that time.

I was walking along the street, suddenly saw a bunch of people gathered in front of me, I couldn't help but get into it curiously, but it turned out to be a child selling himself to bury his father, I suddenly remembered that my father died, I was empty, if I didn't have the opportunity to enter the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion, I was afraid that I could only sell myself to bury my father, on the spur of the moment, I took out a hundred taels of silver and gave it to the child, his delicate face showed a grateful look, and said respectfully: "Childe, when the little one buries his father, he will go to serve Childe, where does Childe live?" I smiled awkwardly, looked at the jealous eyes in the crowd around me, and thought to myself that I had already committed the ancient precept of not revealing money, and it was difficult to tell others where I lived. Didn't answer, hurriedly ran, in order to quickly return to the inn, I lowered my head and walked quickly, when I came to an alley, only to feel that someone behind me leaned up, I didn't have time to turn back, I felt that the hard thing against my waist, so I was honestly taken into the alley, and then I felt that the back of the head was beaten with a stick, and when I woke up, I was already lying on the ground empty, crying and sad face back to the inn, very glad that I had saved ten taels of silver on the counter, but this silver I could live for a month at most, what to do, what to do? I tossed and turned for a night, and then I thought of the only solution, that is, I take the scientific examination seriously, and then take a ranking, and then I will have an official salary to spend, and a house given by the government to live in.

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