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Before Zhang Cheng entered Qian Tang City, he met Xie Cheng, who was in the dust. As soon as www.biquge.info saw Zhang Cheng, Xie Cheng laughed from afar and shouted, "Brother Zhang, didn't I look dazzled?" ”

Zhang Cheng and Xie Cheng are more than ten years apart, when Zhang Cheng was famous in Shilin, Xie Cheng was still a teenager, and now they meet again, Zhang Cheng is already middle-aged, and Xie Cheng is in his prime. Seeing the joy on his face, Zhang Cheng also smiled: "Where did Weiping come from, he was in such a hurry." ”

Xie Cheng jumped out of the car, rushed to Zhang Cheng's car, held the barrier and said with a smile: "There is an urgent matter, but it is an unexpected joy to see Brother Zhang here." Brother Zhang, let's go, stay in my house for two days, I will go to the prime minister's mansion first to explain the errand, and when I go back, I will talk to you by candlelight. ”

The Zhang family has no property in Qiantang, Zhang Cheng is ready to go to Qiantang to sit in the post house, and now he unexpectedly met Xie Cheng, Xie Cheng is such a warm invitation, he just wanted to ask Xie Cheng about some information, and he was not hypocritical at the moment, and happily responded. Xie Cheng asked a family member accompanying him to take Zhang Chengxian home, got back into the car himself, and hurried into the city. came to Xie Cheng's house and settled his family, and after a short time, Xie Cheng rushed back and invited Zhang Cheng to drink tea in the study. As soon as Zhang Cheng entered the study, Xie Cheng, who had just taken a shower and changed into new clothes, smiled and invited him to sit down and poured a cup of strong tea.

"Brother Zhang, why did you suddenly leave Wu Kingdom?" Xie Cheng asked straight to the point.

Zhang Cheng shook his head and explained the reason for leaving Wu State. Xie Cheng smiled and said with a hint of disapproval: "In this way, the Lu family and the Gu family are the big winners this time." ”

"Temporarily." Zhang Cheng took a sip of tea and said lightly: "The Lu family and the Gu family have an indescribable relationship with the Yue State, and now they are just taking advantage of the situation, and King Wu's psychology is still very jealous of them." Zhuge Jin's father and son are now the followers of King Wu, and the other is the prince's favorite general, and they are the most potential. ”

Xie Cheng smiled and said narrowly: "In that case, why did you come to Yueguo?" You are the son-in-law of the Zhuge family. Zhuge Liang is the prime minister of Shu, Zhuge Jin and his son are the ministers of Wu, and the power of the Zhuge family should not be underestimated. ”

Zhang Cheng glanced at him: "Is my father-in-law closer than my biological father?" ”

Xie Cheng stroked his palms and laughed: "That's right, you should have thought so a long time ago." If you had come to Yue two years earlier, the governor of Nanhai would have been you. It's a pity that there is no such opportunity now. ”

"What's wrong with Nanhai Governor?" Zhang Cheng asked puzzled. He knew that his father Zhang Zhao was the governor of Nanhai, but when he heard Xie Cheng's words, it seemed that there was still some hidden meaning in it.

"Do you know how big the South China Sea is?" Xie Cheng glanced at Zhang Cheng proudly.

Zhang Cheng shook his head: "I heard that it is larger than the territory of the Han Dynasty, but I don't know how big it is." ”

"Let me tell you this, the scope of the East China Sea Governor's jurisdiction is already equivalent to the area of the Han Dynasty, and the scope of the South China Sea Governor's jurisdiction is at least half of the scope of the East China Sea Governor's management. Even when the wind is at its strongest, it takes more than half a month to get here from the South China Sea. ”

"Half a month, that's not too big." Zhang Cheng burst out laughing.

"Not too big?" The corners of Xie Cheng's mouth crooked: "Do you know that when my ship is the fastest, I can reach Qiantang from Liaodong in seven days, and I can reach Zhuya in ten days?" ”

Zhang Cheng was stunned for a moment, with a look of doubt on his face, can it be so fast?

"Of course." Xie Cheng raised his chin and nodded arrogantly. "When the north wind is strong, sail from Liaodong, no manpower, one night can travel 400 miles. In July and August, when the south wind is strong, it takes at most half a month from Borneo to Qiantang, and it only takes about eight or nine days to reach Zhuya. If Zhang Jun doesn't believe it, he might as well ask your Ling Zun when the time comes. ”

"Father? Isn't he in the South China Sea, how can he come to Qiantang? ”

"The king is going to hold a big military parade in the East China Sea, and the East China Sea Division and the South China Sea Navy Division will participate, and Ling Zun is the governor of the South China Sea, so of course he will come." Xie Cheng said with a smile: "But don't worry, the sailor will take advantage of the wind and will not have the labor of the land march." The warships of our Yue country are like walking on the ground on the sea, so that Zun is healthy and will not be affected. ”

Zhang Cheng was skeptical, but he was very happy, he originally planned to rush to the South China Sea to see his brother Zhang Xiu first, and then decide whether to go to Funan to find Sun Shao or Borneo to find his father Zhang Zhao, but now it's okay, Zhang Zhao is here, saving him a leg.

"The big military parade? Is it a military parade of the sailors of the Yue Kingdom? ”

"It's not just me who crosses the country, of course, the sailors of my country will definitely participate." Xie Cheng took a sip of tea and said excitedly: "The three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu will also participate." The king has already appeared to the Son of Heaven, asking the Son of Heaven to go out on patrol, and in the East China Sea military parade, the sailors of the Yue Kingdom, the iron cavalry of the Wei State, and the elite infantry of the Shu State and the Wu State may all participate. ”

"Hehehe......" Zhang Cheng sneered: "It won't be that you want to take the opportunity to attack Wu Guo, right?" ”

"Start? That's not necessary. Xie Cheng dismissed: "If you really plan to destroy Wu, why do you have to make such a big move, my Yue State Navy Division is from the east, Wei State from the north, Shu State from the west, three ways to march troops, to destroy Wu is just a matter of a snap of a finger." This military parade was actually for the good of Wu Guo, and the king wanted to take this opportunity to mediate the dispute between Wu and Shu by the Son of Heaven. Of course, there is also the meaning of threatening Wu Guo. ”

Zhang Cheng looked at Xie Cheng's unwilling expression and smiled bitterly. Sun Quan has a beginning and an end to Mrs. Xie, the Xie family hates him to death, and now he probably can't wait for Sun Shao to take the opportunity to destroy Sun Quan to be happy. However, he also felt that his mentality was a little strange, although his father and brother had been in Yue for a few years, but he himself had always regarded himself as Wu Chen, if he heard the news a few days ago, he was afraid that he would be worried again, but now he was not nervous at all, so relaxed that he himself was a little strange.

"How many people will attend?"

"I have about 10,000 sailors in the Yue Kingdom, the Wei State should be 10,000 foot riders, and the strength of the Wu State is small, it should be around five or six thousand." Xie Cheng crossed his fingers and guessed: "Then plus the Northern Army escorting the Son of Heaven, there should be more than 30,000 people in total." ”

"So many people, but it's a lot of expenses, who will pay for it?"

"Each pays for his own, and the expenses of the Son of Heaven are shared by the countries, of course, they just mean that the bulk is still from my country. Anyway, in the past few years, the only one who can really respect the Son of Heaven is me Yueguo. Xie Chengyi waved his hand and said lightly: "Actually, let them come this time, mediation is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it may be to rearrange the seats." ”

"Sitting? What seats? Zhang Cheng was confused.

"The seat of the four kings." Xie Cheng said with a smile: "The four kings of the Han Dynasty, there are strong and weak, of course, there is a high and low score, and there are five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period." ”

"King Yue wants to dominate?" Zhang Cheng smiled.

"I, the king of Yue, is a king." Xie Cheng squeezed his eyes, and his smug expression was revealed.

Zhang Cheng thought about it for a while, and then understood what Xie Cheng meant. Sun Shao's intention in convening this conference was probably to show his strength, deter Wei Shu and Wu, and then use the morality of the Son of Heaven to redivide the sphere of influence. At the beginning of the military conference, the strength of the Yue State was the smallest, but now it is different, the strength of the Yue State has been on par with the Wei State, surpassing Wu Shu, of course he will play a greater role. Yue Guo is committed to developing outward, and if it can win more right to speak, it may not be a good thing for Dahan. Although the big man is no longer the original big man, compared to the rumors that the big man who was noisy in the dust a few years ago was about to die, this situation is already quite good. Zhang Cheng, like his father Zhang Zhao, still has some Hanchen complexes in his heart, and he doesn't want the 400-year-old foundation of the Han Dynasty to be ruined like this.

Zhang Cheng stayed in Qiantang for a month, and when the New Year was approaching, Qiantang City began to be lively, and the news that the king who had conquered Funan was going to return to Beijing spread throughout Qiantang City. The people of Qian Tang were excitedly discussing at the same time, but they couldn't help but feel a little lost, because the news they got from various sources said that the king might move the capital to Funan, and the history of Qian Tang as the capital of the Yue Kingdom would soon come to an end.

On the twentieth day of the lunar month, Sun Shao arrived in Qiantang, and he was accompanied by Zhang Zhao, the governor of the South China Sea, Shen Xuan, the great farmer, and others. Seeing Zhang Cheng, Sun Shao was very happy, and he was even more enthusiastic than Zhang Zhao who was holding a shelf. "Nakaji, when did you come?"

"I've been here for a month, and I have nowhere to live, so I've been living in Xie Mansion."

Sun Shao laughed and said to Xie Cheng, who was standing aside: "It's good to live in Xie Mansion, Xie Mansion is big, and it's bigger than my Yue Palace." I said Weiping, you're not greedy for ink, are you? If you're found out by Dr. Goshi, you're in trouble. ”

Xie Chengyile: "My Xie family has already made a lot of money in legitimate business, so why take that risk again." Whether it's Sun Zi'an (Sun Tai) or Gu Jize (Gu Yu), it's not easy to mess with, I'm not so bold. ”

"Hahaha......" Sun Shao laughed heartily, turned his head and smiled at Sun Tai, the great prince of the imperial history hidden behind him: "Zi'an, it seems that your prestige is not small." ”

The corners of Sun Tai's mouth twitched: "Don't worry, the king, I never mess with people who are safe, I just be more ruthless to those who want to dig into the corners." ”

Xie Cheng's face froze, he didn't expect Sun Tai to be there, and he was a little embarrassed for a while.

"Weiping, don't be nervous, didn't Zi'an say it, he never messed with An's own people." Sun Shao smiled and comforted Xie Cheng: "By the way, this time the Son of Heaven is on patrol, you can make a good article, if you fall in love with the Son of Heaven, I recommend you to go to Luoyang to do the history of the Dongguan Ling, haven't you always wanted to go to the history of the Order, this is a good opportunity." ”

When Xie Cheng heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up. The Xie family has a lot of industry, he doesn't need to be an official to live a very nourishing life, he is most interested in not being an official, but dancing and writing, and his biggest wish is to repair a history book, like Sima Qian, Ban Gu and leave a name in history. The Han family has always paid great attention to the revision of history, Emperor Ling was in Dongguan to repair history, at that time it was Cai Yong and others presided, but it was not complete, Xie Cheng hopes to one day enter Dongguan and repair a larger history book. Although the official materials have been almost burned by several wars, only the remaining ones are also top-secret archives that ordinary people can't see at all, and the materials that scholars who want to revise history dream of.

As soon as he heard the news, Xie Cheng immediately forgot about Sun Tai's affairs, in his opinion, as long as Sun Shao was willing to recommend him, the Son of Heaven was afraid that he would not refuse, and the matter was basically decided.

Prime Minister Yu turned over and took the hundred officials to see the king's car, Sun Shao returned to the apse, did not live for a year, although the palace was cleaned every day, but more or less lacking a little popularity, the original appearance was not majestic Yue Wang Palace appeared more dilapidated, Sun Shao behind his back, slowly walking in the palace, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Cheng father and son left and right accompanied.

"Zhong Hei, you came just in time, the teacher is old, the South China Sea is complicated, I can't bear to let him suffer again, you are in the prime of life, are you interested in going to the South China Sea?"

Zhang Cheng hesitated for a moment, then turned his head and glanced at Zhang Zhao. Zhang Zhao's face was a little dark, but his mood was okay, he touched his beard and muttered for a moment: "King, when the middle heir first arrived in Yueguo, he took on this important responsibility, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right?" In my opinion, it is better to let him train for another two years, and it is better to be promoted step by step according to Yue Guo's examination. ”

Sun Shao glanced at Zhang Zhao, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "Teacher, you don't have to worry about other people's gossip." When I asked Nakaji to go to the South China Sea, I didn't put the burden on him all at once. ”

Zhang Zhao sighed and didn't say anything more. Although he is now the governor of the South China Sea, but all the military power is in the hands of Deng Ai, he also knows in his heart, Deng Ai is Sun Shao's favorite general, this time he only brought more than 1,000 people to pacify the South China Sea, whether it is ability or qualifications, he is the best among the young people, the governor of the South China Sea is his sooner or later, and he is just a pioneer. Besides, he was also annoyed by dealing with those savages like natives every day, and this time he took the opportunity to return to Qian Tang to participate in the military parade, and asked Sun Shao to resign and go home to retire. Sun Shao was probably a little embarrassed and wanted Zhang Cheng to go to the South China Sea. However, Zhang Cheng is not the governor of the South China Sea when he arrives in the South China Sea, he is not qualified at all, if nothing else, Deng Ai will naturally become the governor of the South China Sea.

"Shizai wrote that there is no teacher sitting in the South China Sea, and he is very difficult to be alone, I thought, let Zhong Hei help him, teacher, do you think it's okay?"

"How can Nakaji help?" Zhang Zhao was even more unhappy, Lao Tzu paved the way for Deng Ai, why did he want Zhang Cheng to press Deng Ai? Our two fathers and sons are stepping stones for Deng Ai?

"Make a long history." Sun Shao smiled calmly: "What does the teacher think?" ”

Zhang Zhao frowned, and hesitated, but Zhang Cheng sighed, it seems that his father is respected too much by Sun Shao, and such a good thing is still picking and picking. I just came from Wu and became the governor of the South China Sea, what a good opportunity. Changshi is usually the deputy and supervisor of the army, this is Sun Shao's trust in him, what else is he hesitating about.

Zhang Cheng glanced at Zhang Zhao and said with a smile: "The king's trust is grateful, but I'm afraid that I can't afford such a heavy responsibility for the newcomer, so I'll go to the South China Sea to be a small official first, and then talk about getting familiar with the situation." ”

Sun Shao smiled and turned his face to look at Zhang Cheng: "Zhong Hei, I still don't know your ability?" Go ahead and do it, I believe you will be able to become an important minister like the teacher in the future. ”

Zhang Zhao smiled at this time, Sun Shao promised him that as long as Zhang Cheng did a good job, he didn't have to worry about the future. He believes in Zhang Cheng's ability and will definitely live up to his expectations.

"Teacher, what about you? Are you really planning to retire? Sun Shao looked at Zhang Zhao with a smile, and there was more ridicule in his expression: "If you want to talk about age, the teacher is nine out of sixty, and it is reasonable to want to retire, but the teacher is in good health, and in my opinion, there is no problem in doing it for a few more years, and it is a pity to retire now." Otherwise, you should work hard for a few more years, the father and son are both two thousand stones, such a grand event is rare. ”

Zhang Zhao stroked his beard proudly, and his eyebrows and eyes moved.

"This time I conquered Funan, and the Son of Heaven wanted to promote me to be a general, but I was dissuaded by Cao Ying, the king of Wei. Although I am not interested in any general's affairs, I am still very unhappy that he is doing this. Sun Shao walked slowly in front again, and his tone was also light, but the unhappiness revealed in it was very obvious: "At the beginning of the year, Taiwei Jia died of illness, and Prime Minister Yang Gong was already eighty-three, it is difficult to say when he will die." Yang Gong is here, we can't influence the court, if Yang Gong goes, then in addition to paying tribute, can we only let others slaughter? ”

As soon as Zhang Zhao, who was in a good mood, heard this, he immediately raised his eyebrows: "What is the king's plan?" As long as the minister can serve, the minister will definitely go to the soup and go to the fire, and he will not hesitate. ”

Sun Shao couldn't help laughing, shook his hand and said, "It's not that serious." Although Luoyang has a lot of things, it is not so dangerous. The teacher is highly respected, and if he can serve in Luoyang, he will inevitably become a pillar of the country like Yang Gong. This time, I invited the Son of Heaven to go out on patrol and come to the East China Sea for a military parade, just to take the opportunity to discuss the political situation in Luoyang with Wei Shuwu. ”

"Does the king have any plans?" Zhang Zhao asked.

"There is a little bit of the plan, but how to implement it and whether it can be done or not, I don't know yet." Sun Shao said softly: "There are three dukes in the court, and there are noble positions such as generals, chariot generals, and general Wei, if you want to influence the court, you must at least control these positions." The reason why Cao Ying didn't want me to be a general, I'm afraid I don't want to live under people, he said on the table, the general can't live outside, if you want to be a general, you have to go to Luoyang, this was an empty word back then, how could I go to Luoyang to serve, and when I reached the age of a teacher, it was still about the same. ”

"Cao Mengde wants to be a general himself, right? His daughter is a queen. Zhang Zhao sneered.

"Possibly." Sun Shao nodded, and shook his head again: "It's unlikely." This time he accepted my invitation, Donghai came to participate in the military parade, he did not come, it was his son Cao Zhang, in my opinion, maybe he wanted to send Cao Zhang to Luoyang to be a general. ”

"Cao Zhang?" Zhang Cheng was taken aback: "Cao Zhang is the most capable of fighting among Cao Ying's sons, he didn't keep him by his side, why did he push him to Luoyang as an apartment?" ”

"Herein lies the problem." Sun Shao turned around with a mysterious smile on his face.

Zhang Cheng's eyes rolled: "He wants to use the power of Yue, Wu, and Shu to go west in the name of the Son of Heaven to benefit the Wei State?" ”

"He's so comfortable thinking about it." Zhang Zhao sneered: "Even if you take Xiliang and even the Western Regions, others will not be able to take advantage of it, and it is even more impossible for the Son of Heaven to send someone to take care of it, but I am afraid that in the end, it will be managed by the Wei State." Does he take everyone else for a fool? ”

"No, if that's the case, I'd love to see it happen." Sun Shao stopped, looked at Luo Yue from the west, was silent for a moment, and suddenly said, "Teacher, Zhong Hei, do you know Daqin?" ”

Zhang Zhao's father and son looked at each other and shook their heads blankly. Zhang Cheng had read some records about Daqin from the book, but he knew that what Sun Shao said was by no means the few sentences in the book.

"Daqin is a country as great as our Han Dynasty, even more brilliant than our Han Dynasty, he has established a huge country with a small land, after hundreds of years of struggle, and its history is longer than our Han Dynasty, and it can even be traced back to the Warring States Period, which has a history of about six or seven hundred years." Sun Shao turned around and looked at Zhang Zhao's father and son with blazing eyes: "They are the same as my Han Dynasty, and now they are also in the process of falling apart, and my biggest wish now is to see how that empire that dominates the West has risen and declined, perhaps, this can inspire us and learn from it." ”

"If you want to study what Great Qin, you can study the Qin State." Zhang Zhao pursed his lips disapprenously.

Sun Shao smiled, looked at Zhang Zhao without speaking, and then turned his gaze to Zhang Cheng. Zhang Zhao has read the book of saints all his life, and to put it mildly, his brain is already stiff, and if he wants to move him, it is more difficult than ascending to the sky. Zhang Cheng is not, although he has also been immersed in Confucian classics since he was a child, but after all, he is in the prime of life, and when he was young, he was in the turbulent era of etiquette and happiness, and his firm surname of Confucian classics must be inferior to Zhang Zhao, and he may be able to think about the questions he raised. Sun Shao knew that he had reached this point, the original superiority had been basically used up, and now the land area of the Yue country is huge, and the population is more than one million, it is very difficult to govern it by him alone, if he does not use more talents, he can either watch the chaos of this emerging Yue country, so as to fall at a faster speed, or he is tired like a dog, and finally it is still difficult to escape the cycle of rise and fall.

If that's the case, he thinks it's too worthless.

The history of Rome is just the opposite of the Han Dynasty, he is from the Ming Cook to the Reading Cai, but even if he goes to the Reading Cai, his Reading and the Han culture are not the same thing, he has never become a private property of a family with a surname, and still retains the genes of the classical Ming Cooking system, and now he is still a savage, but later he dominated the world, and the white people who called themselves civilized people inherited this gene, and finally became a civilized person from a wild man, surpassing the civilization of the East.

I bothered to introduce the idea of Ming Cook here, how could I put such a good research object alone? Of course, he didn't want to copy Rome in its entirety, after all, although the Roman Empire had existed for thousands of years, it eventually fell apart and was reduced to a small second-rate state, leaving only the ruins of the city of Rome to hang on.

Sun Shao didn't want to do that, if he had a dream, then his dream was to integrate the civilizations of the East and the West, establish a stronger dynasty, and no longer let the descendants of Yan and Huang struggle in the strange circle of rise and fall.

(To be continued)