In the second year of the founding of the Western Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian was ordered by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to set off from Chang'an, with Huren Gan's father as a guide, and led more than 100 people to the Western Regions, opening up the north-south road to the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty, that is, the famous "Silk Road".

He spent thirteen years before and after this mission, and he endured many hardships.

No matter from any point of view, Zhang Qian is a quite legendary person, who has a great impact on later generations and the development of the whole of China.

At the entrance of Zhang Qian's mansion, a plaque is hung high, with the words "Bowang Marquis Mansion" written on it.

Huo Qu's illness moved Chang'an, and even the concierge of Zhang's Mansion knew him, and when he came over, a concierge hurriedly gave up one person who was receiving him to another concierge, and trotted to meet him:

"Master Hou asked the villain to wait for Huo Shizhong here, please come with me."

"Huo Shizhong."

Not far away, Zhuo Huai also got off a frame and walked briskly to the front.

He had actually been waiting outside the mansion for a while, this kind of place where the magnates of Chang'an gathered, he was a businessman, and he wanted to borrow the momentum of Huo Quai's illness to enter the mansion together.

Zhang Qian's mansion was given by Liu Che after he returned, entering the atrium from the gate, the large square courtyard, unconventional.

The ancient culture of China pays attention to the stability of all sides, and the ground carries thick things, and the courtyards of the eunuchs are particularly exquisite.

There are two trees planted on both sides of the courtyard, one is an ancient apricot tree, and the other is not an ancient apricot tree, but a pine tree, which is lush and lush, and the branches are straight.

At this time, there were already many people in the courtyard, and most of them were businessmen.

The status of businessmen is not high, and although they are invited, most of them are difficult to enter the house.

If it weren't for Zhang Qian's envoy to the Western Regions and knowing the importance of border trade, few businessmen would be invited on this occasion.

Huo Quzhi was led by the gatehouse and walked to the vestibule opposite the courtyard. Zhuo Huai followed, all sides along the way, nodded with some businessmen, and walked into the main hall of the front hall under the envious gaze of many businessmen.

The main hall building is also square, and the palace is located in the north, forming the concept of rules and regulations in the history of architecture.

The main body of the building is wooden, with bright colors inside and outside, thick wooden columns, beams, and ingenious mortise and tenon structures, which are magnificent and magnificent.

"Go sick!"

As soon as Huo Qubing entered the main hall, a young man in Chinese clothes greeted him.

This young man gives people the feeling that his eyebrows and eyes are smart, and his steps and demeanor are quite flexible, lacking Huo Quzhi's heroic spirit and sharpness, but his facial features are distinct, and his appearance is not bad.

Huo Quzhi and this young man have known each other since childhood.

The other party's name is Liu Xiang, born in the clan, his father is Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan, the half-brother of Emperor Liu Che, and he is also a feudal country.

His son Liu Xiang lives in Chang'an and has known Huo Qubing for many years.

Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan, was content with pleasure and had no pursuit, and there were more than 120 heirs.

Liu Xiangzi inherited his father's ambition, was free and easy, and did not fight or rob, because his father had more than 100 heirs, and he couldn't rob him.

Liu Xiang has decided to waste his life at a young age, and it is common for his waist to be hollowed out every day.

He regarded Huo Quai's illness as a friend when he was young, and he has always been warm.

Seeing Huo Qu coming in, Liu Xiang got up from his seat in the hall to greet him, his face full of joy:

"I thought you didn't like this kind of occasion and wouldn't come, but I knew you were coming, so I went to the house to find you and come together. How about we sit together? ”

Huo Quzhi shook his head, unwilling to sit at the same table with this product, because Liu Xiang was a talker, boasting of social, and chattering.

Huo Qu was sick and sat down with him, and his ears suffered.

The arrival of Huo Quai's illness made the entire hall quiet for a moment.

Wei's upstart, Huo Qubing is not only favored by the emperor, but also the general Wei Qing and the queen are standing behind him. Today's Wei can be called the first relative, and the nobles are unparalleled.

As soon as he entered, everyone had different eyes.

The vast majority of people are smiling, and they don't dare to look in the mirror if they are flattering.

Huo Quzhi came to the front proudly and took a seat in a position at the very front of the right side.

As he sat down, his eyes swept over the hall.

Zhang Qian, as the master, and a few important ministers of the court who came first still had a small gathering in the back house and did not come out.

The palace is full of the younger generation of Chang'an Xungui's family, both men and women, and the highest status is none other than Liu Xiang's royal family.

Huo Quai's side is Liu Xiang, and on the other side of Liu Xiang is a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl wearing white Hanfu, full of youth, with skin like a freshly peeled willow, with a lively temperament.

The girl's name is Liu Xi, and her father is Liu Rui, the king of Jiaoxi. Well, there are a lot of bad things at home, and I like men at a very old age.

Liu Xi was cheerful and kind, and saw Huo Quai's eyes bent into crescents.

Zhang Xiaoyuan, the eldest grandson of the former Taichang Zhang Dangju, and Zhou Yanshun, the nephew of the current Taichang Zhou Ping, formed another small circle.

The leader is a young man with a straight face, a calm gaze, and his eyebrows are as thick as heavy ink.

This young man with knotted hair and high spirits, dressed in a gray-brown Hanfu, sat peacefully behind a seat, and his position was far away from Huo Quzhi.

Huo Qu came in, and the children of a military general seemed to have found the backbone, and they all sat near him, looking at each other from the civil officials opposite.

The two groups of people are like fighting beasts in a cage, full of gunpowder.

"Before you came, those people on the other side were showing off their knowledge, preaching scriptures and Taoism, discussing success or failure, and even conducted a military strategy deduction."

Huo Quzhi didn't need to ask, Liu Xiang began to pour beans in a bamboo tube to explain the reason for the opposition between the two parties.

The so-called military strategy deduction is the norm in Chang'an.

You must know that after the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, war has always been the most important thing for the country in the land of China, which is related to life and death, and survival.

"Bing" is one of the hundred schools, but all the hundred schools are soldiers.

All the schools of cultivation, the three sects and the nine streams, everyone can't get around the soldiers.

Among the nobles of Chang'an, they all like to talk about a military strategy, and the poetry and song endowment of later generations is nothing to do, which does not exist at this time, and at present, Confucianism is in its infancy, and poetry and poetry are not yet in an absolute dominant position.

On the contrary, because of the fight all the way from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the situation has changed in the past few hundred years, famous generals have emerged one after another, and the light is bright, and discussing military affairs is the mainstream, and almost everyone will participate.

Moreover, the discussion of military affairs here is not a pure paper talk of later generations.

Sun Tzu has introduced in the Art of War, and the discussion of military affairs is also called temple calculation, that is, on the temple, the objective conditions of the warring parties are used to estimate the probability of victory or defeat in the war, and to formulate a battle plan.

It is about strategic planning, winning a thousand miles, and deducing with paper strength.

What's more, they will also use cultivation to transform qi and compete with each other.

Confucianism wants to overwhelm the soldiers, take charge of the temple, and there is a lot of research on the soldiers.

Confucianism is like a fighting, boastful, sharp words, and takes pleasure in suppressing soldiers.

"The young man on the other side, guess who it is?"

Liu Xiang asked with great interest.

After that, Huo Qubing didn't even have the interest to look up, and muttered to himself: "You have been like this since you were a child, can you give a response?"

The young man on the other side has a very good background, you don't have to underestimate him. ”

Seeing that Huo Quzhi was still indifferent, it was as if he hadn't heard it.

Liu Xiang looked like he had been defeated, and he went down: "That person is a disciple of Dong Zhongshu and Old Master Dong." ”

Huo Qu was sick and had no other reaction.

Dong Zhongshu is indeed a very remarkable person, a representative of Confucianism.

When Huo Qu was five or six years old, Liu Che issued an edict to solicit statecraft, and Dong Zhongshu combined Confucianism with the needs of the society at that time in the famous "Virtuous and Virtuous Countermeasures", and absorbed the theories of other schools of thought to create a new system with Confucianism as the core, which was deeply appreciated by Liu Che.

Not only Liu Che was deeply influenced by him, but Confucianism became the orthodoxy of Chinese society in later generations, and its influence lasted for more than 2,000 years, which was directly related to Dong Zhongshu.

According to the level of Confucian practice, it is rare to call a master in the past dynasties, and he is almost a half-saint and has ascended to the altar.

The greater the influence of later generations, the more deeply rooted Confucianism will be, and the higher his status will be.

The doctrine of "great unification" and the proposition of "overthrowing a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone" were also put forward by him.

Even if Dong Zhongshu later resigned and went home, Liu Che often thought of this well-educated man when he had a big event, and sent people to ask about the national policy, which shows his status.

At this time, Zhang Xiaoyuan was muttering beside Dong Zhongshu's disciple.

The young man looked at Huo Qu's illness from afar, and after a while, he met his eyes with Zhang Xiaoyuan, and bowed slightly.

Zhang Xiaoyuan straightened his clothes and said loudly: "Huo Shizhong, I have heard for a long time that you are proficient in the art of war, and when you didn't come, we talked about military strategy......

Before he finished speaking, another group of people walked in outside the door, but it was Liu Qian, the eldest son of the king of Huainan, and his sister Liu Ling beside him.

There were also four or five attachés.

Liu moved over, and the effect was more sensational than Huo Quai's, after all, he was a relative of the Liu family, and he was the son of the family, and he was the one who would inherit the throne in the future.

Zhang Qian held a banquet, the reason why so many people were willing to come.

One of the main reasons is the game between the Han and the Xiongnu, and the Western Regions is the top priority, so Zhang Qian, who knows the most about the Western Regions, has also become hot.

Liu Qian's seat happened to be at the top of Huo Qu's illness.

When he passed by Huo Qu's low seat, he stopped and took a look, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised: "Huo Shizhong!" ”

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