Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 141 Mr. Xuande
Hanzhong, Yangping Pass.

Zhang Lu's military commander, Ma Li Xiu, who was responsible for supervising the construction of New Yangping Pass, did not go outside Yangping Pass today to inspect the construction of New Yangping Pass on Zouma Ridge. Instead, he returned to Yangping Pass and entertained two people at his residence. Visitors.

One of the two visitors was named Fazheng, also named Xiaozhi, and the other was named Mengda, also named Zijing.

Fazheng put down the wine glass in his hand and talked about the reason why he went south from Guanzhong to Shu: "Zijing and I are both from Fufeng. Now the two thieves Li Jue and Guo Si in Guanzhong are rebelling. Their soldiers are killing the people and plundering them." In order to make a living, coupled with the continuous famine in Guanzhong, the two of us moved south with our families in order to find a chance to survive."

"It's the same as me. I was originally from Nanyang and later came to Hanzhong." Li Xiu responded.

"Oh, so Li Jun moved to Hanzhong from Nanyang County. Like Zijing and I, we are all displaced people." After hearing Li Xiu explain his native place, Fa Zheng's eyes lit up and he followed Li Xiu. The words continued.

Li Xiu nodded heavily and explained in detail the reason why the Li family moved from Nanyang to Hanzhong: "Yes, at that time, the Yellow Turban thief Qu Shuai Zhang Mancheng was plotting rebellion in Nanyang County. He led the Yellow Turban thief to run rampant across the prefectures and counties, destroying the place. Many wealthy families were harmed by the Yellow Turbans. In order to avoid being wiped out by the Yellow Turbans, my family, Li, moved from Nanyang County to Hanzhong."

"Hey!" Li Xiu faced Fazheng and Mengda, who were in the same situation as him, and sighed empathetically: "Displaced, a bereaved dog!"

"Stop talking about this, Fajun, Mengjun, let's have another drink." After a moment of frustration, Li Xiu raised his glass to pay tribute to Fazheng and Mengda.

Regarding Fazheng and Mengda who came to visit today, his expression towards Fazheng was more harmonious, while his expression towards Mengda was a bit rigid.

This is because Li Xiu has a different attitude based on the respective family backgrounds of Fa Zheng and Meng Da.

Fa Zheng was from Fufengyin and had an illustrious family background. He was a descendant of King Xuan of Qi Fa Zhang. Later, when Qin destroyed Qi State, many royal descendants of Qi State did not dare to openly retain the surname Tian, ​​so they changed their surnames to Fa and Han Xiao. During the reign of Emperor Xuan, their family moved to the Sanfu area and took root in Fufeng. The family patriarch was named a high-ranking official and received a salary of two thousand dan from generation to generation.

Fa Zheng's father, Fa Yan, promoted his filial piety and integrity to serve as an official. Later, he moved to Situ Peng and Tingwei Zuojian. He died of illness while in office. Fa Yan's reputation was not well known. Li Xiu had never heard of this figure, but Li Xiu knew Fa Zheng's grandfather. .

Fazheng's grandfather was called Fazhen, with the courtesy name Gaoqing and the nickname "Mr. Xuande". He was proficient in hundreds of schools of thought and was a famous Confucian in Kansai. He also lived a long life. In the fifth year of Zhongping, Fazhen died at the age of 89.

But although Fazhen was a great Confucian, by nature he was indifferent to fame and fortune, free and easy-going, and he was talented but did not enter officialdom.Even the local prefect personally invited Fa Zhen, but he could not be persuaded.

At that time, there was a man named Tian Ruo in the same county as Fazhen who was an official in the imperial court. He once recommended Fazhen to the emperor. It happened that Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty had the idea of ​​a western tour. Tian Ruo recommended that Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty go to Guanxi to see with his own eyes. See the truth of Dharma.After Fazhen learned about it, he decided to "seclude himself deeply" and hid it so that no one could find his residence. Therefore, Fazhen never became an official in his life.

Guo Zheng, a friend of Fazhen, commented on Fazhen: "The name of Dharma can be heard, but it is rare to see it. If you run away from your name, I will follow you when you are famous. If you avoid your name, you will chase your name. You can be called a teacher for a hundred generations!" '

Li Xiu respected and respected Fazhen, a great Confucian who was also a reclusive person. Therefore, he cordially received Fazheng, Fazhen's grandson.As for Meng Da, his family background is actually not bad. He is the son of Meng Tuo, the governor of Liangzhou. However, Meng Tuo got the position of governor of Liangzhou by bribing the eunuch Zhang Rang. This made Li Xiu a little bit. Shameless, so he didn't have a good look towards Meng Da.

After drinking for three rounds, Fazheng got down to business, which was also the purpose of his visit to Li Xiu: "Li Jun, I am going south from Guanzhong Fufeng this time because I plan to seek refuge with my relatives in Chengdu, but Yangping Pass has always been closed. The delay has been going on for a long time. On the one hand, it is inconvenient for the clan to live in Hanzhong, and on the other hand, the relatives have to wait in Chengdu, but they do not know when Yangping Pass can be cleared."

"There is chaos in the world right now, and bandits are rampant. The purpose of closing Yangping Pass is to prevent bandits from causing trouble. As for when Yangping Pass will be opened, it depends on how well the bandits are annihilated." Li Xiu was a measured person, and did not speak frankly about the contradiction between Hanzhong and Chengdu. It is said that bandits are rampant.

Fa Zheng saw this and praised Li Xiu: "Li Jun is a subordinate of Zhang Shijun and holds an important position in the army. His reputation is spread throughout Hanzhong. Although Zheng has been in Hanzhong for a few days, he has also heard that Zhang Shijun does not hold official positions, and only meritorious officials are available in Hanzhong." Yan Pu and Li Jun hold official positions, which shows that Zhang Jun has outstanding civil and military talents."

"False name, just a false name, Lord Fa is praising you falsely." Li Xiu said modestly, but his face couldn't help but show joy. He was very grateful for the praise of Fazheng, the great Confucian scholar in Kansai.

Now that the guests and hosts were having a good time, Fazheng took advantage of the opportunity and said: "Hundreds of people from the Zhengzong clan are looking south to Chengdu day and night to meet their relatives. I wonder if Mr. Li can open a convenient door for me to leave the customs."

Li Xiuyu, who was in high spirits, agreed, but he seemed to have thought of something and said tactfully: "I'm afraid this is a bit difficult to handle. The person currently guarding Yangping Pass is Zhang Shijun's younger brother Zhang Wei. This man is a bit naive. He is unreasonable and only follows Zhang Shijun's orders, and ignores others."

Li Xiu felt a little inappropriate when he said this. He felt that he had lost face in front of Fa Zheng and Meng Da, so he added: "It's just that Fa Jun is asking for help. I can talk to Zhang Wei and ask Fa Zheng for help." With your family background and my humble appearance, I think Zhang Wei will definitely agree."

Fazheng looked overjoyed and avoided the table to thank Li Xiu: "In that case, I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Li in advance."

After saying this, Fazheng did not forget Meng Da who was beside him. He pointed at Meng Da and said: "Zijing belongs to the Meng clan and I am a fellow traveler. I wonder if we can talk about it together."

"Anything is fine, everything is fine." Li Xiu agreed. He calculated that with his status in Zhang Lu's mind and his current responsibility of supervising the construction of New Yangping Pass, he would come forward to let Zhang Wei open the door for convenience. There shouldn't be any big problem.

"In fact, Fajun can stay in Hanzhong. Zhang Shijun is in charge of Hanzhong and is thirsty for talents. With Fajun's family name, he should be able to hold any important position under Zhang Shijun." Li Xiu offered to recruit Fazheng and wanted him to stay. in Hanzhong.

There was no fluctuation in Fa's face, but he was very reluctant in his heart. He had no interest in staying in Hanzhong and serving under Zhang Lu, a rice thief. As for the Tao of Heavenly Masters promoted by Zhang Lu, as the grandson of the great Confucian Fa Zhen, He was extremely disgusted.

"Just like my grandfather, I have no intention of becoming an official. I just want to live in seclusion in the mountains and rivers and spend the rest of my life."

"As expected of Mr. Xuande." After hearing Fazheng's words, Li Xiu did not force him, but praised him.

(End of this chapter)