"Can I trust you?"

At this time, Yuan Shu did not have the arrogance of the past, and he could not live forever, but there was a little more sincerity in those somewhat cloudy eyes, which was absolutely impossible to exist in the past, perhaps more accurately, it was a sincerity that had disappeared.

The current Yuan Shu can indeed be said to be almost down-and-out to the extreme.

You can think of him as arrogant, you can think of him as narrow-sighted, and you can think of him as intelligent.

Anyway, it is just a loser who is about to withdraw from the stage of history, and naturally has no ability to interfere with the mouth of the victor and the descendants.

But if you think about it carefully, is Yuan Shu really that unbearable?

Can such an unbearable person, even with the protection of his family, really be able to get to this point?

Even though the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was an era of decay, some basic rules remained unchanged.

If you want to get ahead, in addition to having great opportunities, you must also have great luck and great wisdom. After all, there are thousands of people who want to get ahead, even if Yuan Shu wins at the starting line, if he is really useless, then at most he is not as good as Yuan Yi, Kong Ling and the like, how can he be released in a few years and stir up half of the entire world.

It's like the story of an acquaintance Yuan Shu once knew.

It is said that there was once a peer of Yuan Shu named Huang Yun, from Jiyin, who should also be from the family of poetry and books, and also from the famous people at that time, the ability to evaluate characters was higher than Xu Shao Xu Zijiang, a half-immortal (if Xu Zijiang was not lucky enough to praise a Cao Mengde, it was really not easy for him to leave a big name in the history, otherwise Liu Miao would not use Xu Zijiang's evaluation as an excuse not to use Tai Shici in the history of another plane) Guo Tai Guo Linzong got a good evaluation.

Insert a sentence here, this Guo Tai is naturally not the Guo Tai who later became the leader of the White Wave Thieves, Guo Linzong from Taiyuan County Jiexiu is a legendary figure who can be compared with Liu Kuan and Zheng Xuan, if it were not for the depression and depression accumulated at the age of forty-two, he would not be considered an advanced age and died. Perhaps this one is the leader of the Confucian family in Bingzhou.

However, it needs to be mentioned again that this Guo Tai senior has a similar habit to the later Pang Tong when he was a critic, that is, he does not make passionate and profound comments, and this old gentleman has not abandoned the younger generation and juniors, even those "unkind people", in line with the concept of curing diseases and saving people. Some teachings and encouragement will also be given.

It can be seen from this that Guo Tai's evaluation of Huang Yun, who belongs to the younger generation, should be more encouraging.

But in any case, this Huang Yun also got a good review, so he started his journey to Beijing with great face.

I have to say that this person can really be said to be well versed in the way of officials of the Han Dynasty at this time.

It stands to reason that he can only be regarded as a well-known young man in the local area, and it is obviously not easy to show his strength in the troubled waters of the officialdom of Luoyang, the capital, because the Han officialdom at this time, either your backstage is hard enough - such as the Yuan family and the Yang family at the level of the fourth and third dukes, or attached to those eunuchs who have a bad reputation but are in power; Or they have a great reputation. Let those high-ranking officials and dignitaries who are above the top willing to bend their knots for the sake of fame, and naturally they can also sit on the ground and raise the price and find a good way out.

Huang Yun didn't have a good birth, he wasn't a relative of those dignitaries who couldn't beat even eight poles, so naturally he couldn't go the first way, so he could only choose the second way - even if he was attached to the eunuchs, the price code between the pawn and the generalissimo was completely different.

So after some careful preparation, Huang Yun began his journey to fame.

How to make a name for yourself?

This has to mention an interesting way to make a name for yourself that runs through the Han Dynasty before and after: increasing fame by refusing to be conscripted by the government.

This habit has been around since ancient times. A certain Niu 13 character didn't even want Yao to give up the country to him, but ran to the river to wash his ears - yes. is talking about Xu You in "The Biography of Coats", so Xu You immediately became a famous man in the world and went down in history.

Later, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the good birds chose the trees to perch, the monarch chose the minister, and the minister also chose the king. But with a lot of examples such as Shang Ying, Sun Bin and so on, if you want to refuse the conquest, you have to run into the mountains, otherwise you will definitely be clicked off.

The talents who cannot be used by me can only be dead, otherwise it will be a disaster for our country to fall into the hands of the enemy!

Fortunately, this is a time of peace, otherwise you would be in danger of your life even if you jumped a job.

Later, Liu Bang established the Great Han State. Even if it is said in a short period of time, it is still the end of Xiang Yu's situation of dividing the feudal and returning to the world of great contention, even though the two consecutive blows in a short period of time have caused the remnants of the Six Kingdoms to finally lose the huge energy they originally had, but after all, there are still some old and young people who hate the nascent regime.

Coupled with a group of hermits who were disgusted with war and the world, Liu Bang's plan to recruit talents from all over the world to build the country was not implemented smoothly.

So in this historical context, such an incident happened.

There were once four sages (idlers?) Because of the war, he hid in Shangshan - this Shangshan is not far from Chang'an, and Liu Bang naturally heard the story of these four people easily after the founding of the country, so he sent people to conquer it. But these four people feel that life in the mountains is very good, the air is fresh and there is no haze, the food is abundant and natural and pollution-free, it is really a fairyland on earth, and living here may be able to impact the honor of centenarians.

Of course, it is also possible that Liu Bang's bad attitude towards talents has reached the ears of these four, and they are worried that if they go to Liu Bang, they will not only not be taken seriously, but will also be troubled, so will they leave or stay when the time comes?

go, for fear of reprisals; Stay, this self-esteem can not bear.

Liu Bang's previous conviction is more than once or twice, and it is really known from far and near.

Liu Bang had already unified the world at that time, so naturally he didn't need to worry about the outflow of talents and hurt himself, but he needed to use a tolerant attitude to continue Liu Bang's good image all along.

Later, it was said that because Liu Bang felt that Emperor Hui of Han was not capable enough, he wanted to abolish the inheritance of his son who was born with Lu Housheng - of course, some people said that it was Sima Qian's pen, but in fact, Liu Bang was really worried about his fierce and skilled wife Lu Hou who dared to wear a hat for him. There is no consensus on how to do it, anyway, what Liu Bang said should still be the issue of the abolished prince.

So Lu Hou was anxious, well, can you not be in a hurry. After all, the future wealth and glory of her Lu family can be pinned on her son.

The first person that Empress Lu thought of in a hurry was the half-immortal Mou Zhuliang, well, it was Ji Liang, the apprentice of the immortal red pine seeds in the pot.

As a result, Shangshan Sihao was invited out by Ji Liang, who seemed to be unclear with them, and became the mascot next to Emperor Liu Ying of the Han Hui Dynasty - don't look at it as just a mascot, he didn't actually do anything, but that's it. still made Liu Bang realize that his son's wings were full, and he wanted to act according to his preferences, but he was afraid that there would be big problems.

Well, in fact, it is mainly because Liu Bang and Lu Hou, the two cautious couples, in order to hold some national enemies and family hatred back then, will vote for a king with a different surname by various means One by one, the country is a little unstable, so Liu Bang is reluctant to make waves again - what kind of means did Li Si and Zhao Gao use to make the disaster of the Qin State Liu Bang still remembers it.

And the reason why Liu Bang was able to realize this so quickly is that Shangshan Sihao, an idol group that once rejected him but turned his head to follow his son, can be said to be a great contribution.

Liu Bang, the founding monarch of the Western Han Dynasty, was a spokesperson, and Liu Xiu, the founding monarch of the Eastern Han Dynasty, also made a spokesperson.

And what made Liu Xiu have to be the spokesperson was a hermit named Yan Ziling (not Xu Ziling). Liu Xiu's former friend.

It is said that this Yan Ziling was actually originally surnamed Zhuang, but it seems that because Sima Zhao's storage zài guide zhì Cai Zhaoji became Cai Wenji, in order to avoid Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty, this hermit called Zhuang Zun became Yan Guang Yan Ziling and spread to the world.

Compared with Shangshan Sihao, the story of Yan Ziling is much simpler, but it is also more legendary.

Well, to put it simply, this and Liu Xiuna are friends in cloth, but they are facing Wang Mang's signs. Liu Xiu jumped directly to join the Green Forest Army, while Yan Ziling ran to the bank of the Fuchun River to live in seclusion. It wasn't until the world was peaceful that he left the hermitage and came to Luoyang at Liu Xiu's repeated requests.

It should be mentioned that when Yan Ziling and Liu Xiu met in Chang'an, they also met a cloth-clothed young man named Hou Ba, and this guy named Hou Ba first made an assassination equivalent to Jinyiwei for Wang Mang, and then sat all the way to the position of Taishou. But when he saw that the limelight was wrong, he immediately changed his court and entered Liu Xiu's camp, and when Liu Xiu founded the country, he had become one of the three princes, and he was in a high position.

To be honest, although Hou Ba is a rudder who sees the wind. But he is also a talent who has made great achievements in official politics, and it can be said that he is deeply loved by the people. But Yan Ziling was very disdainful of Hou Ba, and ignored the letters sent by Hou Ba several times.

Legend has it that this Hou Ba was extremely jealous, because of Yan Ziling's attitude, he secretly hated it, and began to slander Liu Xiu - you can also listen to this kind of words, anyway, Liu Xiu's image is a rare Wei Guangzheng among Chinese emperors, so the problem is that the subordinates below have bad intentions.

Anyway, no matter what the truth is, anyway, this Yan Ziling directly lived in his own hut in Luoyang City as an otaku, and he ignored Liu Xiu's solicitation.

So Liu Xiu used a trick that people in the old Liu family would probably use - sleeping together.

It's a pity that Liu Xiu is not Liu Bei, the Taoyuan base love actor, and Yan Ziling is not a Taoyuan painter with a poetic and picturesque face like Zhang Sanye, but not only did it not work at all, but counterattacked Liu Xiu when he was sleeping, and came to a superior posture towards the emperor, so that the next day those historians who studied the astronomical calendar (Taishi Gong's peers) played, saying that "last night's guest star was in a hurry to commit the emperor star" Yunyun, anyway, it was to tell Liu Xiu "We all know from heaven what happened last night".

In this regard, Liu Xiu could only prevaricate with "I just slept with Yan Ziling".

And Yan Ziling didn't know whether he was afraid of crime and absconded, or if he really hated officialdom, anyway, he left Luoyang, even if Liu Xiu wanted to recruit him several times later, he was rejected by this hermit without any hesitation.

As a result, this hermit who dared to refuse Liu Xiu, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, was also famous, and even became famous in the Later Han Dynasty.

Of course, the Book of the Later Han Dynasty is the work of Fan Ye of the Southern Dynasty, and there is no one yet, but Yan Ziling's name is still well known.

It is precisely because of such an example, coupled with the disaster of the party, that refusing to conquer the imperial court and refusing to be with eunuchs are basically equated. So in the end, it's like "don't know how to show up, and don't know your father's house", as a celebrity, if you don't make a three-push and five resignations when you are recruited, you are embarrassed to go out to meet people.

Later, there was even a proper noun for this practice, called "raising hope", as the name suggests, it means cultivating fame.

So let's go back to Huang Yun. With the previous explanation, everyone must have understood.

Huang Yun was not in a hurry after coming to Luoyang, except for occasionally making friends with some famous scholars, showing his talents a little, and letting these people make a name for him, he was lying high in Luoyang's home, no matter where he came from, he seemed to look down on them completely, and rejected them one by one - others were at most three pushes and five resignations, but he was good. Refused more than a dozen times in a row.

In other dynasties, it is basically "you can be a hermit if you want to, I don't care what you want to do", unless there is some special reason, otherwise the career of a young man like him can be declared over.

But these dignitaries and dignitaries in the Eastern Han Dynasty are all shaky M, and this Huang Yun has indeed shown some talents, and it seems that he is not a person who deceives the world and steals his name, and his reputation is naturally getting louder and louder, and he is even rumored to be a "great sage of the world".

Moreover. At that time, Yuan Kui, the helmsman of the Yuan clan in Runan, also felt that this Huang Yun was a genius at that time, so he wanted to marry him. Marry their nieces who don't know which room they belong to.

That's the Yuan family!

So Huang Yun, who saw that his goal had been achieved, was naturally happy to accept it. It is said that he not only gained great fame, but also had the opportunity to marry the Yuan family, even if the Yuan family's young lady was remarried or had defects, and belonged to the fake and shoddy goods in his hands, but for Huang Yun, it was still unattainable.

As for the beauties or something. As long as there is power, the beautiful girls under the sky are not going to receive them at home by a dozen.

Even if the one in the family is a Hedong lion, it would be easy and pleasant to raise a few outside.

Originally, this matter could be called your love and my willingness, and the two sides hit it off, but there was only one obstacle - this Huang Yun had married a wife Xiahou before. If you want to marry Yuan's daughter again, you need to take a break from the Xiahou family first.

The issue of equal wives and regular wives has been a very tangled and complex issue since ancient times.

It is said that the identity of the concubine comes from the concubine system that existed in ancient times, but according to the language habits of the ancestors, the concubine and the concubine are two independent systems, and in fact it is true, the status of the concubine and the wife before marriage is equal or slightly lower, but it will definitely not be like the concubine who was born as a slave and a woman with a relatively low status. Therefore, the status of the wife after marriage may be slightly lower than that of the wife, but the remaining children are still very likely to have the opportunity to inherit the family business as a concubine.

And with the change of the times, this kind of wife has gradually transformed into the name of a flat wife. It's just that with the changes of the times, the status of a flat wife is sometimes close to that of a concubine, and sometimes she can compete with the main wife.

Of course, at least one of the princes or tribal chiefs who can enjoy the concubine system is also a prince, Huang Yun is naturally not qualified, and the background of the Yuan family is so respected, it is naturally impossible to accept the identity of a flat wife - even if it is slightly inferior to the main wife, but after all, there is still a distinction between high and low, which is naturally not conducive to the Yuan woman's control of the family.

In order to be able to become a wealthy family, it is impossible for Huang Yun to let the Xiahou family become a stumbling block on his road to success.

We have no way of knowing whether this Xiahou clan is related to Xiahou of Qian County, no one can say this kind of thing, but it is certain that the energy behind this Xiahou clan is not small.

Just looking at the fact that this Xiahou clan was able to force Huang Yun to have a big banquet and invited more than 300 guests with heads and faces, we can see that this kind of groundless trend may not be without factual basis.

More ruthlessness is yet to come.

Xiahou grabbed the sleeve of Huang Yun, who was about to become her ex-husband, in front of everyone when he was drunk, and then counted Huang Yun's fifteen charges in front of all the guests. And this Xiahou clan, who may have been tough, strode away and never looked back after counting Huang Yun's fifteen counts.

Okay, so this Huang Yun became famous in the capital again.

It's just that unlike before, this time it's a stinky three miles and a street rat.

Because the Yuan family is not a royal family, even if he really bigamy, he will not break the law, not to mention that Huang Yun was solved by the Xiahou clan, who was far stronger than Qin Xianglian, before he could successfully abduct him. Therefore, Huang Yun does not have to be sent to the leading position like Chen Shimei.

Well, in general, this Yuan Shu's life is actually quite similar to Huang Yun's experience - although he did some foolish things when he was young, he was still highly praised in all aspects.

Maybe Yuan Shu still had ideals in his heart at that time, maybe there was still light in Yuan Shu's heart at that time, maybe Yuan Shu at that time forced himself to become the one who met everyone's standards for some purpose.

All in all, on the stage of history. Yuan Shu's appearance was amazing, and then although it was a little bumpy but also went all the way, but at a certain point in time it encountered strong resistance, and after the shock, it failed to get more support, and then turned sharply after touching a little high.

Compared with the past, the current Yuan Shu can sing Wang Jie's "Nothing".

People don't know what happened in the palace in Shouchun City that day, but many people say that there was a fierce quarrel in the palace, especially Yuan Shu's thunderous voice is so familiar, and naturally there is the sound of various utensils colliding with the solid stone floor. Occasionally, there is a cracking sound and a muffled grunt when a person is in pain.

Originally, when they went to the mansion, Yuan Shujun, who still had a hint of expectation on his face, went up and down, but when they left, the expression on his face had become extremely gray, and a few people broke out into a fierce quarrel before they even walked out of the mansion, from inside the mansion to outside the mansion - and then people could see that the wound on the forehead was still oozing blood Yang Hong and Ji Ling, and if it wasn't for Zhang Xun and Yan Xiang to hold on. Maybe there will be an all-out martial arts show between these two.

Don't look at Ji Ling as a military general and Yang Hong as a civil official, but it would be a big mistake to simply think that Yang Hong must not be Ji Ling's opponent - of course, Ji Ling's combat effectiveness is also superior among military generals. It is probably on par with Gao Zi'an and Cao Zixiao in the past (now that there is fruit cultivation, Ji Ling has obviously been distanced by these two), but Yang Hong, who is a Taoist priest, is not an object that can be kneaded at will, and the fixation strategy that can paralyze people's bodies can theoretically fly Ji Ling's kite without injury, plus other debuff strategy assistance, if there is no prior preparation. Even Xiaoqiang will suffer.

Of course, it's just a loss.

However, even this was enough to enrich the rumors, and the obvious increase in the corpses of the maids and the attendants who had never appeared in the following days also showed that Yuan Shu's mood at this time was even worse than before.

"Zhicai. What do you think. ”

"Although it is certain that Yuan Highway has fallen into despair, it cannot be ruled out whether there is fraud in it."

"Oh? So how do you think Zhicai should respond? ”

"The lord might as well wait and see what happens, in the case that Lujiang has been surrendered and the rest of the counties and townships in Jiujiang have also surrendered one after another, even if Yuan Highway really has a plan, it is just a matter of lingering."

"It's just that Yuan Highway has the trouble behind it, and I'm always uneasy. Sun Wentai's son is better than his father, and if he comes out of the rear when I am fighting with Ben Chu, I will not be at ease. ”

"If the lord wants to take this Shouchun Jiancheng as much as possible, he has a plan in the future, and he may be able to share the worries of the lord."

"Okay, you're a drama talent, why are you only telling me about your plan now."

"Please also ask the lord to forgive the sin, I didn't use this plan before, because it was too dangerous. If our army comes with an upright division and oppresses the enemy with might, the enemy will be in a panic, and the more time goes by, the more chaotic the enemy will become, and our army may be able to win without a fight.

Although the current situation has not yet reached such a level, whether it is true or not, the enemy has already revealed its flaws, and we can take advantage of this opportunity, even if the enemy really cheats, we have enough ability to do the trick! ”

"That's good, Zhicai can rest assured to plan boldly, I'll go to Xuande. At this time, he should also show his wishes, otherwise he will not live up to His Majesty's intentions. (To be continued......)