54, Sanada Keixuna

Li Fuguo took Chang'an as a lesson and persuaded the emperor to be cautious in the matter of recovering Luoyang. Li Mi smiled helplessly.

"This-the old man also knows about this, but you also know, everyone knows what Li Fuguo is thinking. ”

"That's right, the bitterness is here, knowing that their rhetoric is just a high-sounding excuse, and I have to let it go. ”

“......”

"Moreover, thinking about the people in the city, isn't Marshal Guo also hesitant. ”

"yes, sometimes I don't want to fucking fight. ”

Therefore, the mountain people and the king of Guangping had to find a way to deal with it at the same time. The mountain people also don't want to see a rich and luxurious Luoyang City, which will turn into a scorched earth when it is restored, and they don't want to see the blood of the people in the city. ”

"But what can the Zhang brothers and sisters do? Even if there is Zhang Jiwuli and the outside world, then he can only instigate more than 5,000 people, a drop in the bucket, even if they open the city gate, our army will enter the city, it will inevitably be a bloody battle, and it will even affect the people in the city. ”

The mountain people also thought of this. When he discussed the matter of surrender with the prince, he did not plan to focus on them, but hoped that through the bridge of the Zhang brothers and sisters, more people could be persuaded to surrender. ”

"It's hard—it's hard—"

"yes. However, it is not completely impossible, but the Zhang brothers have taken the initiative to contact Shi Siming, which can be used as a breakthrough. ”

"Shi Siming. The old man has also heard of this person, if he succeeds, it will really be a great good deed. What are you going to do?"

"What should I do? I can only drink your bitter wine and wait slowly, while pondering what kind of conditions Shi Siming will offer, as long as the time is ripe, we will reach an agreement with Shi Siming first, and then ask Chang'an for war, it will be much easier. ”

"This is also true, Shi Siming is different from the Zhang brothers, judging from the intelligence, he estimated that he had 60,000 horses in Luoyang, which could account for more than 30%, and he and An Lushan were known as brothers, and they had killed a lot in these years, and many large and small cities had fallen, not only to atone for their sins and protect themselves, but also to ensure the status of themselves and tens of thousands of horses, his conditions were very difficult. ”

"Well, let's wait and see. If there are conditions in the city, I believe that Zhang Jiwu will send their so-called liaison. ”

"Okay, it's up to you first, the commander will go to deal with the affairs of the army first, although he was on guard last night, but he didn't expect the demon monk to make a move, the casualties of the soldiers are still very large, and many things have to be dealt with by the old man. ”

"Good. Marshal Guo doesn't have to be too anxious about Guo Hua's affairs, I will order people to pay attention to it at all times. ”

"Good. ”

Guo Ziyi is a good word, but she is full of melancholy.

Just when Hui Lin drove the ice dragon to the door of Guo Ziyi's tent, the Peacock King also came to Luoyang City.

The person who greeted him at the head of the castle was none other than Sanada Kojuro.

The Peacock King shook his monk's robe in a big way, trying his best to bounce off the soot and dust on his body, and when he finished cleaning up himself, he looked up, but saw Sanada Kojuro bowing down, smiling and waving a feather fan, pointing behind him.

There are already a set of washing utensils, a clean and shiny copper basin is placed on a clean and tidy wooden frame, clean warm water is poured into the basin, rising a gentle heat, a white cotton cloth towel is hung on the edge of the copper basin, you can see at a glance that it is very clean.

In the tray of one of the guards, there were also several cups, which seemed to be mouthwash, tea, and the like.

The Peacock King walked straight over, happily enjoying everything Sanada Kojuro had arranged for himself.

"How do you dress like this?"

After the Peacock King finished washing and carefully wiped the last drop of water stains on his hands, he finally turned around and asked Sanada Kojuro with interest.

"I was originally a Confucian student. ”

"What's the matter? You Fusang also have Confucianism?"

Fusang has admired Chinese culture for a long time, and the children of the nobility and even the royal family respect the study of Chinese and speak Chinese, and the study of Confucian classics is not a problem. ”

"I see. The Tibetan king also attached great importance to learning Han culture. ”

"Hahahaha, the Han culture is splendid, and it is too difficult to truly integrate it. ”

"Oh, it seems that you really admire the Tang culture. ”

"Well, don't hide it from the Fa King, when Shiro was in Fusang, he learned to make Chinese poems at the age of fourteen, and everyone in the world praised me as a prodigy. But when I get to Datang - hahahaha"

"What about Datang?"

"Originally, I didn't want to come to Datang. According to the regulations of Fusang State, all students and monks who were sent to the Tang Dynasty by the king to study abroad must study in the Tang Dynasty for 20 years before they are allowed to return to Fusang. ”

"Then why is it here again?"

"Hahahaha, you know what? As soon as I saw His Holiness, I felt that there was a lot of similarity between you and me. ”

"Oh, where is the resemblance?"

"At that time, I was given the title of a child prodigy by the emperor, hehe, I couldn't help but flutter. One day someone told me that there was a monk in the Great Huayan Temple who had been to Chang'an, and it is said that he had dealings with great poets such as Zhang Jiuling and He Zhizhang. There's a clumsy work in the next place—"

"Clumsy, you didn't think that way at the time, did you?"

"Hahahaha, that's nature. In short, I visited the monk with the work I thought I was proud of. ”

The Peacock King noticed that Sanada Keixuna's face sank.

"And then?"

"The monk told me that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty set up a prodigy department, and all children with outstanding talents and outstanding learning can be valued by the imperial court and even get the opportunity to face the saint. A prodigy named Liu Yan, who could write poems at the age of seven, was appointed by Emperor Xuanzong as an orthography official, and the prime minister poet Zhang Jiuling was also able to write poems at the age of nine, and the poems written at the age of thirteen were already famous in Chang'an. ”

"Is that so—you can't be angry with him for lifting someone up?"

"Yes, he also said that the rhythm of the poems he wrote below is acceptable, but the rhyme is vulgar—"

"Ahh

"Hahahaha, yes, I was furious at the time. However, the other party was a very famous monk, and he came to seek advice, so he could not turn his face, so he had to suppress his anger and ask him why he called my poems vulgar. ”

Sanada Keixuna's smile revealed a bit of madness, time has passed, even if he recalls the child who was angry because of pride, he can't help but feel ridiculous.

"What did he say?"

He didn't say anything, he just took out a copy of the poems, which he had brought back to Fusang from Chang'an, and it was full of poems by prodigy boys. ”

"What happened?"

"Naturally, His Holiness knew what happened next. I heard that the Dharma King is also a prodigy, and the Tang Dynasty is really a treasure and an outstanding person. ”

"Hahahaha, Mr. Sanada has won the award, did you read those poems?"

"yes. I immediately read those poems in front of the holy monks, admired, very admired, those articles even if they were impressed, it can be said that at that time I understood what is called rhyme, those poems, there are majestic and heroic, there are diluted and super-exalted, the weather is thousands, at that time there was a great and prosperous and magnificent and colorful Chang'an, scorching and rising in front of my eyes. ”

"Hahahaha, so you have been in Datang for so many years, and you don't want to return?"

"Half and half. When I came to Datang with the big ship of the Tang envoy, it was already the first year of Tianbao, and I first entered Taixue. Tianbao was lucky to win a tanhua in five years. ”

"Ah-Mr. only took three or five years to get into the Tang Dynasty's flowers, and the poor monks admired and admired him. ”

"Where, where, the Dharma King has a good reputation," Sanada Keixuna shook his head, and his refusal was very sincere, "It's a fluke, it's a fluke." Although not everyone in the Tang Dynasty is talented, I also know that there are many talented literati who do not disdain to participate in the imperial examination, they often wander in the market, and even live in seclusion in the mountains, living a happy life. ”

"Oh, I don't seem to be so interested in Confucianism. ”

"Yes. After traveling in Chang'an for a long time, I felt more and more that there was a world of difference between me and those famous poets. But—"

"But what?"

"Later, that is, more than a year later, the Ministry finally passed down the text, asking me to go to the Western Regions and go to Qiuzi to serve as the secretary of the Anxi Jiedu Envoy, an official from the eighth grade. ”

"From the eighth grade, with your talent, it's not high, you were very reluctant at the time, right?"

"No, no, I was still very happy. ”

"Hahahaha, it seems that you are really impressed by those talents of Datang. ”

"Sort of. At that time, I was disheartened, the Chinese culture was vast, and the talented people were all over the world, so even if I spent my whole life, how could I learn geometry? Moreover, at that time, I also had doubts about my true intelligence, and felt that I was just a clever person, not a scholar. Therefore, I am still very happy to receive the appointment of Datang. In those years, I often listened to the business travelers and orchids in the West Market, singing about the vastness and magnificence of the Western Regions, and I really wanted to see it. ”

"The Western Regions are very beautiful, and those who appreciate it will think that it is the most beautiful place in the world. ”

"Yes. As a Fuso person, I have never seen such a vast land. Galloping for a day and a night is really a happy thing in life. ”

The two men sent off the archers and came down from the tower. While chatting and walking, we walked across the pontoon bridge and came to the north bank of Luoshui.

"Why don't we go all the way down Luoshui?" said the Peacock King.

The first time the Peacock King came to Luoyang, the streets and alleys here were crisscrossed like a chessboard, and he really didn't know which way to reach the Imperial City of Luoyang.

"His Holiness is coming to Luoyang for the first time?"

"Yes. Sir has been here many times, right?"

"Well, in fact, back then, a group of our monks and Confucian scholars followed the Tang envoy to the Tang Dynasty, and the first big city they came to was Luoyang. Later, when I was studying in Taixue, I often traveled to Luoyang with my teachers and classmates, and the road traffic here was familiar to me. ”