In the eastern suburbs of Chang'an, beside the gallop road is a group of caravans slowly trek, the cavalry commander of the northern army with two hundred cavalry roared over the gallop road, and the caravans will stop at this time to pay attention. ∴ ∴ dot ∴ small ∴ said, ↑.23◇x.netbsp; The caravans whispered: "How many waves of cavalry is this?" ”

"Today's third wave, the patrol is so diligent!"

"Who said no, the southern army and the northern army took turns patrolling on the gallop road, and they met a team every ten miles."

"I heard that it was because of the looting of the general of the chariot cavalry, in broad daylight, the horrific hijacking incident near the Chang'an side, the Son of Heaven was furious."

"Well, hundreds of people in a Lu are missing, from the squirt to the tour to the pavilion chief, all of them have been bought, and the county commander and the county lieutenant have no idea, I heard that the Son of Heaven cut off several heads in a fit of anger."

"Not really! Think about what kind of big man the general was on his way home, he was kidnapped and kidnapped by a strongman, turned to the sea on the border of South Vietnam, and the sea breeze blew for half a year, and only escaped back a few days ago. ”

"That's it? I also heard that the king of Nanyue colluded with the gangsters inside and outside, and that the princes who were in Chang'an last year all fled to Nanyue for refuge. ”

"It's definitely not over, the Son of Heaven hasn't freed his hands yet, in my opinion, sooner or later we have to fight."

The Second Army of the North and South patrolled six times a day along the major mausoleums within a radius of 10 miles from Chang'an, and the frequent patrols greatly improved the security in the vicinity of the Beijing Division, and the rangers who were mixed between the Lingyi and Luli were searched and arrested, and the rangers who carried the case on their backs were sent to the Tingwei Mansion for punishment, and those who were not at fault were also incorporated into the county soldiers to receive edification. Chang'an City is much more peaceful, and there has not been a single homicide in Guanzhong within half a year. Even the weapons fights that often exist between Lu Li have all disappeared, creating the most peaceful year since the early Han Dynasty.

Grassroots officials in Guanzhong were purged. In 75 counties, the county commanders, county magistrates, and county lieutenants were all reassigned after their posts, and those who had excellent performance evaluations and had no mistakes during their tenure were reassigned to major counties as officials, and those who were slightly worse were assigned to subordinate counties as officials, and those who were worse were not qualified to be county magistrates, and they had to be demoted and start from scratch with county officers and county lieutenants.

This time, a large number of county orders were abolished, and Guanzhong selected a number of people who promoted filial piety and honesty and virtuous and upright as officials, which had an extremely profound impact on the pattern of the Beijing division.

"Hi. What are you talking about? Let's do business, it is better to care about the changes in prices, what fresh products in Chang'an City are good to be trafficked to Kanto and sold. ”

"Don't you say, a few days ago at the pass there to find out the price of the East Market half a month ago, due to the good news of the night Lang country, there are suddenly a lot of Yelang trade goods in the market, ivory, rhino horn, tortoiseshell, agate, crystal, pearls and other luxury goods not to mention for the time being, the best red sandalwood on a batch of hundreds of trees, in addition to the best furniture rosewood, do you know how high the price of high-end wood furniture made of this wood is in Chang'an City? A million dollars a set without a counteroffer! What a deal of business! ”

"God Tai blesses. Let us encounter a big deal, this time some of them have made money! ”

The old white man in coarse cloth clothes sat in the carriage with his eyes slightly closed, deaf to the chatter coming from the nearby carriage, and the ordinary people loved to talk about national affairs. Some of the can still be listened to, like those words just now, which are not even worth listening.

Take the topic of fighting South Vietnam as an example, not to mention the several rumors inside and outside the Beijing Division that they want to fight South Vietnam. However, there was no movement in the imperial court, and it was clear that someone above was trying to cool down the issue of fighting South Vietnam. It's not hard to guess who's lowering the tone.

The old man's name is Gongsun Hong, a native of Xue County, Jiangchuan Province. King Suchuan is a branch prince king belonging to the torn line of the King of Qi, and Gongsun Hong is also a native of Qi.

Gongsun Hong is not young, born in the seventh year of the Han Dynasty (2oo years ago), and just turned sixty years old this year.

In his early years, he was a small official, violated the law and was dismissed from office, went to the beach to become a professional pig farmer, and did it for 20 years, until the fifth year of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty (159 years ago) that he had the idea of reading and learning, when Gongsun Hong was already 41 years old, and he studied under Hu Wusheng.

Until today, I finally stepped over the threshold that I couldn't reach for many years and came to Chang'an, the land of dreams.

Gongsun Hong's destination was the Mansion of the Marquis of Wei, when the great farmer Ling Dou Ying was a Confucian scholar who was full of poetry and books, and it was an excellent opportunity to get ahead under his disciple, and he also got the letter from Dong Zhongshu, who was also a teacher and friend of the same family, so he dared to let go of his courage to enter the Beijing division alone.

The janitor of Wei Qihou's mansion was very talkative, and before he could make a point of handing over the post, the other party was busy inviting him to live in the mansion, and kept saying that Wei Qihou had already prepared a room for him, and he could meet and talk about it just after freshening up.

"It's hard to be gracious, so I have to thank Wei Qihou for his kindness."

When he arrived in Chang'an, it was still early, Gongsun Hong ate some dry food and simply freshened up, and hurriedly walked out of the door to meet Wei Qihou Douying.

Stepping into the hall and seeing Dong Zhongshu, the two are very familiar with each other, Dong Zhongshu left Qi to go to Beijing, he also funded a lot of money as travel funds, and then turned his head to see a young Confucian He also knew, Kong Wu, the eldest son of the Kong family.

Sitting in the position of the host was a middle-aged nobleman, wearing an iron crown and a brocade robe, with five strands of long hair hanging down to his chest, his appearance was extraordinary, and his gaze was full of gentleness and eagerness.

Gongsun Hong knew that this person was Wei Qihou Dou Ying.

Sitting in the seat of the guest of honor was a young man of nobility, who wore a golden crown and a jade pendant on his waist, dressed in a gorgeous robe that could not be named, tall and burly, with slightly dark skin and a pair of bright eyes, even if he sat there and did not move, it looked like a mountain, giving people a feeling of not being angry and arrogant.

Moving forward, he lifted his robe and saluted: "Sun Hong, the prince of the country of Suchuan, pays a visit to Wei Qihou!" ”

Dou Yingxuan raised his hand and smiled: "Good news from afar, Mr. Gongsun has finally arrived in Chang'an, please hurry up, this is Dong Sheng of Guangchuan County, this is Kong Sheng of Lu State, both of them are acquaintances with Gongsun Sheng, this identity is terrible, Cao Shi, the general of the chariot cavalry, the number one hero of the Lang Country of the Extinction Night!" ”

Pingyang Hou Cao Shi!

Gongsun Hong's heart jumped slightly, it had long been rumored that Pingyang Hou was very young, but he was still surprised when he saw the real person. Cao Shi is too young, looking at him only seventeen or eighteen years old. is young and has an extraordinary temperament, and after a few years in politics, he has been ranked in Jiuqing and has done earth-shattering things. He was reappointed as a general and quickly destroyed a country, and he was able to watch both civil and military affairs.

"Meet the Marquis of Pingyang."

Cao Shi replied unhurriedly: "I have heard the name of Gongsun Sheng for a long time, and it is a blessing to meet him today, please sit down and drink a glass of water at the bar!" ”

"This ......"

Dou Ying smiled and said: "What Pingyang Hou said is reasonable, please sit down." ”

Sitting on both sides, Gongsun Hong picked up the wine glass and signaled to everyone to drink the cup, and raised his head to drink the blood of the wine.

"What kind of wine is this, it's so powerful!"

Cao Shi picked up the wine cup and said: "The slightly distilled liquor, you see that the wine is as clear as water." ”

Looking down, it turned out to be so.

The wine is as transparent as a clear spring. If it weren't for the spicy and pungent smell of wine wafting everywhere, he would never have believed that it was this colorless and transparent wine that was drinking into his stomach.

Dou Ying explained: "This thing is a new wine made by the Pingyang Hou Mansion, divided into three degrees, high, medium and low, what you drink is only moderate wine, and there is a high degree of wine to drink like a knife scratching the throat, the heart and mouth are like a fire burning, if you are not good at drinking, you will get drunk." ”

Gongsun Hong thought for a while and said: "There is a low-alcohol wine, and when you are older in the next year, you can't stand the wine that scrapes the bones, so you should be able to try it if you change to a low-alcohol wine." ”

The servant maid brought him a new pot of wine. Except for the color, the taste is exactly the same as that of ordinary cloudy wine, except that charcoal is used to suck out the impurities in the wine, making the cloudy wine clear and transparent.

Gongsun Hong was a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry for disturbing your wine!" ”

Wei Qihou shook his head and smiled: "Gongsun Sheng doesn't have to be restrained. We just talked about the arrangements for the Kong family, do you want to hear about it? ”

"I want to hear about it."

The Confucian family returned to settle in the ancestral land of the Lu State, and the Confucian family sent representatives to do updated research on Confucianism. The direction of the research is to make a new attempt to combine the current social situation......"

Gongsun Hong listened to it and looked up at Dong Zhongshu. Seeing that he shook his head at himself, he closed his mouth and listened carefully.

Dong Zhongshu also has his own difficulties.

He didn't want to compromise either. But what if you don't compromise?

Maintain the spirit of Confucianism, starve to death and do not touch the food that comes, so that the ultimate intention of Confucianism is to starve to death, and then Confucianism is finished, and no one can afford the responsibility of Confucianism.

The Kong family has long been willing to compromise, no matter how Niu the Confucian family is, it is just a family in the opposition school, and it is purely uncomfortable to talk about hundreds of years of family history, when the strongest Liu royal family today does not recognize Confucianism, the meritorious nobles do not have a good face for Confucianism, and the formulation and implementation of court laws cannot bypass the influence of the aristocracy, and they will never return to the Lu country without compromise, and they will be completely broken in Handan City for two or three generations.

At least, the Confucian family couldn't bear that kind of blow, they hadn't made an unforgivable mistake, and they had spent hundreds of years quietly by cultivating and reading poetry and books, even if a small number of Confucian family members were too poor in their way of dealing with the world, and their misconduct and unbelievable remarks should not let the Confucian family suffer collectively.

Dong Zhongshu is not good at court debate, the Ram School does not have eloquent big figures, he likes to calm down to do learning, his own path is to combine Confucian classics, mixed with hundreds of schools of thought to find another way to make a characteristic Confucianism, he himself is very fond of the Yin and Yang family of heaven and man induction said, just because of the rise of Taiyijiao, several big cities in the Kanto region are building Taiyi Temple, and it is not convenient for him to mention the induction of heaven and man.

Dou Ying saw the expressions of several people clearly, Cao Shi's mind was not easy to figure out, and in comparison, Confucianism would not hide his thoughts.

He himself welcomed the compromise of the Confucian family, because he himself was not a pure Confucian, and it was in his interests to suppress the pure Confucian, and Dou Ying did not expect to defeat the pure Confucianism with a stick, he himself was a Confucian student, and he knew the vigorous vitality of Confucianism very well, just like an inconspicuous weed, forever rooted in the earth, no matter the wind or rain.

Only the madness of the mass extinction and the killing of all the people who had read the Six Classics through Confucianism, Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng did not do that, and Cao Shi could not do it, no emperor would kill all the learned.

Dou Ying only needs to get some support from Chun Confucian, and at least he doesn't need to worry about academic disputes.

The people of several parties were silent with their own thoughts, and the rest of the banquet suddenly became tasteless, and no one even appreciated the beautiful dance.

Cao Shi was in a relaxed mood when he left.

He doesn't care about the intrigue of Confucianism, and it is in line with his personal thoughts to let Confucianism have a way of life, there is a group of big mouths in Confucianism who love to talk nonsense, and in recent years, they have been beaten and dare not talk nonsense, and they have established a preliminary sense of awe, at least they will not spit on him and scold traitors and thieves, and continuing to suppress will not have a better effect, but gradually superimpose a sense of hatred.

For no reason, why let a group of people who brush the pen hate, in case they can't think of writing some indiscreet articles to smear themselves, all the reputation they have accumulated will be donated.

The attitude towards Confucianism has always remained the same, both tolerant and suppressive, and it is necessary for Confucians to see clearly that they are an important member of the academic world, rather than deposing the strong face of a hundred schools of thought.

"Dou Ying invited me to come forward to negotiate with great fanfare, and his intentions are worth pondering!"

Cao Shi quickly put Dou Ying's troubles aside.

The wheel turned and came to Sima's house in the residential area in the north of the city, where Sima Tan's family lived.

Sima Tan's wife's surname is Li, she is about twenty-four or five years old, she weaves cloth in the Pingyang garment factory every day to make money, her husband went to the distant Western Regions for a few years, she is a woman who takes care of her five-and-a-half-year-old son Sima Qian, and also supports Sima Tan's parents, and lives a very hard life.

Mrs. Li looked at a large basin of clothes and washed them, and when she heard the movement in the yard, she looked up and said in surprise: "Oops! Junhou, you are here again, the corn grain and oil you sent last time have not been eaten, please don't break the bank again. ”

"Sima Tan is a great talent that I have cultivated, and it is also my Yili who recommended him to go to the Western Regions to increase his knowledge, but I didn't expect that half of the trip was not completed in one or two years, and the inconvenience brought to the Sima family was unexpected, please don't see it outside when I send something to express my heart, after all, Mr. Sima and Mrs. Sima still need to be supported and cared for."

Cao Shi walked in the door to greet the old man and his wife, and the two old men hurriedly humbly avoided it, saying that they didn't dare to accept the big gift.

Sima Tan's old father was a petty official of 600 stones, and his ancestors were professional officials of the old Qin people, and he watched the Great Qin Empire completely collapse, and returned to the Han Empire to stand up step by step from the grassroots small officials.

The two old men are honest, and their son Sima Tan followed Huang Sheng to learn Huang Laoshu, and then learned Huang Lao Xinxue to become Cao Shi's right-hand man, and sent him to the distant Western Regions to make contributions.

"Meet Cao Gong."

Sima Qian, who is five and a half years old, is like a little adult, kneeling down and saluting in a proper manner, although the Sima family is a small family, he has not slackened off in the slightest on the requirements of etiquette.

Sima Qian is the eldest grandson, who was strictly educated by his mother, Mrs. Li, and his grandfather and grandmother since he was a child, and he was literate at the age of three and read at the age of five.

Cao Shi and Sima Qian had known each other for a long time, and they visited Sima's house long before Sima Tan left, and saw Sima Qian's smart talent with his own eyes.

Without waiting for Mrs. Li's reaction, Cao Shi leaned down and asked, "I heard that Qian'er likes Huang Lao very much, are you willing to follow me to learn Huang Lao's learning?" (To be continued!)

ps: The fate of many people is changing, Gongsun Hong is, and Sima Qian is too.

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