Han Dao world

Chapter 1093 Guiding the maze
Wang Can took a rest today, and came to Zhang Heng Temple with some friends to relax.

He hasn't been in a good mood recently.

Although he became an official and became a writer, it was not the result he expected.Especially after seeing Zhang Song become Situ Changshi, he was even more lost.

Not as good as others, it can also be said that the emperor judges people by their appearance, and Ziyu is lost.Zhang Song is uglier than him, but he is highly valued by the emperor, which means that it is not the emperor who judges people by their appearance, but just looks down on him, Wang Can.

In recent days, he has been thinking about how to perform and try again.

Seeing Cai Yan's carriage parked aside, he guessed Cai Yan's identity after a little thought.Came over to ask, it was indeed Cai Yan, and immediately signed up for an interview.

He knew that Cai Yan was deeply trusted by the emperor, and if he could get Cai Yan's recommendation, the emperor might change his opinion of him.

He inherited half of Cai Yong's collection of books, and he was regarded as Cai Yong's disciple. This friendship has long surpassed that of ordinary teachers and students.In a sense, he is even more important than Cai Yan himself.

After all, Cai Yan is a woman and will marry in the future.

He even considered marrying Cai Yan, killing two birds with one stone.

He is the same age as Cai Yan, and has not been married so far.

It's just that Cai Yan has already been married once, and has the experience of being trapped in the Xiliang military camp.What happened during that time, no one knows.

This made him hesitate for a long time, and he never made a decision.

When they met by chance today, he felt the need to have a chat with Cai Yan to catch up on the old days.

Cai Yan didn't think too much about it at first, but when she heard that Wang Can asked for an audience, she agreed immediately.The two stood on the side of the road and chatted for a few words, but found that the words were not speculative.

Cai Yan is concerned about Cai Yong's collection of books and Wang Can's current situation, mainly academic.

What Wang Can cared about was the emperor's trust in Cai Yan and her plans for the future, focusing on her official career.

Cai Yan is also a clever person, and he quickly understood Wang Can's subtext, and was greatly disappointed by it.

Her father, Cai Yong, devoted himself to learning, but was not very enthusiastic about official career.He admired Wang Can's talent and hoped that Wang Can could become a scholar, so he donated half of his collection of books as a gift.Unexpectedly, Wang Can's interest in official career far exceeded his interest in academics.

With Wang Can's current state of mind and situation, if nothing else happens, he will be a literati in his life.Apart from reciting poems and composing Fu, there will be no achievements.

For Cai Yong, this is simply a shame.

Even so, Cai Yan pointed out a way for Wang Can.

"I heard that Zhongxuan has a photographic memory?"

Wang Can laughed twice, but he was not too proud.

As far as he knew, Zhang Song also had the ability to remember with a photograph, Mi Heng and Yang Xiu also had such talent, and those people had smoother careers than him. He had nothing to be proud of, but felt a little ashamed.

"Such a talent, why don't you study the writings and classics of the Western Regions?" Cai Yan said lightly: "Although the Son of Heaven values ​​Confucianism, he pays more attention to seeing the world with his eyes open, and attaches great importance to the writings and classics of the Western Regions. If Zhongxuan can devote himself to research, must be outstanding.”

Wang Can's heart moved, and the mood that had been suppressed for a long time suddenly became enlightened.

It was really the right thing to come to find Cai Yan today. I suddenly opened up my mind and found a new direction.

Although the Son of Heaven valued Confucianism, he was not very satisfied with the existing Confucianism. No matter how profoundly he studied it, he could not attract the attention of the Son of Heaven.On the contrary, learning the knowledge of the Western Regions is more like the emperor.

"Thank you Ling Shi for your pointers." Wang Can then said again: "Ling Shi has been studying the Western Regions for a long time, can you give me some pointers and guide me?"

Cai Yan smiled. "If you really want to, why don't you go to the Tongwen Museum, which has the largest collection of ancient books from the Western Regions and the most scholars from the Western Regions, which is not comparable to Lantai. After all, Lantai is just a collection of documents in the palace, not a place for learning."

Wang Can heard what Cai Yan meant, and didn't insist anymore, and bid farewell with his hands.

Yuan Heng came over and said softly: "I never thought that the prince would have such a son. The Wang family of Shanyang has not much legacy left."

Cai Yan thought for a while, then suddenly clicked his tongue. "Human nature is to love leisure and hate work, and seek refuge in the easy, so everyone likes to be a Confucian student or a literati. The knowledge of sages gradually becomes empty talk. Only the wise and brave can face difficulties, temper their body and mind, and unite knowledge and action."

"Isn't that right? Mencius said that people are born in sorrow and die in peace. People are like this, so is learning."

Cai Yan raised his hand and patted Yuan Heng's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, the Yuan family in Runan has you, father, daughter and sister, who survived a catastrophe and were reborn due to hardships. The future can be expected."

Yuan Heng rolled her eyes and smiled at her.

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At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, Liu Xie received a good news from Liu Bei.

The army entered Mahan by sea, won consecutive battles, beheaded more than a thousand ranks, and destroyed five countries.The rest of the countries were terrified and sent envoys to ask for surrender.Right now the two sides are negotiating, if nothing unexpected happens, Ma Han will submit to the big man.

After exploration, Liu Bei found a place and planned to build a country here.

This is a plain with a large river flowing down from the high mountains in the east. The land is fertile and easy to cultivate, and the population is relatively large.

Liu Bei asked for an order to name its water Hanshui, and its city in Hancheng as the capital of the feudal country.

A map is attached to the newsletter.Liu Xie compared it with the peninsula in his memory. It is estimated that the Han River mentioned by Liu Bei should be the Han River, and Seoul is the future Seoul. This plain is probably the Han River Plain.

Coincidentally, the city was known as Seoul for a long time before it became Seoul.

Now Liu Bei intends to use this as his capital and name it Seoul, perhaps because of his own destiny.

The name of the famous water city is not a big problem, but what is the name of Liu Bei's feudal country has caused many people to debate.

Some people say that Liu Bei ordered the water to be the Han River and the city to be the Han City. Of course, he meant not to forget the great Han.But the Son of Heaven is in power, the Dazong is in the Central Plains, he is at best a Xiaozong, how can he compete for the name of the Han Dynasty.

Does he still want to fight for Zhengshuo?
Liu Xie didn't take it seriously at first, but when he thought of Kong Rong's support for Liu Bei, and a group of Confucian scholars living in Liaodong went south with Liu Bei, he had to consider this possibility.

Just because he doesn't care doesn't mean others don't care.

Perhaps the group of Confucian scholars took advantage of Liu Bei's poor knowledge and secretly played word games to show that they were orthodox.

It is unlikely that this good news was written by Liu Bei himself, but written by a certain literati, and then showed it to Liu Bei.Only the name of the water and the city are mentioned in it, but the name of the country is not mentioned, and the meaning of temptation cannot be ruled out.

If the imperial court approves the names of Hanshui and Seoul, then they will request to add Chinese characters to the name of the feudal country.

Scholars, don't you just like these little things.

After some discussion, Zhou Zhong made a suggestion.

Liu Bei was named King of Zhongshan.

Liu Bei was originally the king of Zhongshan, and now he is rebuilding the king of Zhongshan overseas, which can be regarded as the glory of restoring his ancestors, and there is no reason to refuse.

Last year, Zhongshan Kingdom was removed, Jizhou only had Zhongshan County, but no Zhongshan Kingdom, and there was no conflict in naming.

In addition, the transfer of the original feudal country in the mainland to overseas also meant that the capital would expand and the country would no longer be feudal.We can take this as an example. In the future, we will be crowned king and choose overseas first to show the great man's ambition to open up.

Of course, the most important thing is to remind Liu Bei and those around him that no matter how strong you are, you are still just a lord of the big man, so don't think too much about it.

(End of this chapter)