The great man will live forever

Chapter 125
Changge's burden is long-lasting, and once he is in a high car, he is guarding Kuaiji.

Returning to his hometown in fine clothes is a matter of course, and he will only leave his wealth to his ex-wife.

In the sixth year of Yuanding, 111 BC, on the fourth day of August, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to build large warships and prepare food and some equipment for water warfare. After the edict was issued, a large number of troops followed Zhu Maichen and set off. Kuaiji County.

At the same time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Liu Han to temporarily station 12 troops in Meiling, Yuzhang to await orders.

Obviously, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was ready to take action against the East Yue Kingdom. The reason why he had such confidence was because South Vietnam was pacified, the Qiang people were defeated, and the Huns also ran away.

In October last year, Emperor Wu sent General Li Xi and Lang Zhongling Xu Ziwei to lead a total of 10 cavalry from Longxi, Tianshui, and Anding and infantry from Hanoi and Hedong to attack the Western Qiang, plus Liu Han's [-] cavalry reinforcements from Western Shu.

After a great battle, the Qiang people were defeated and withdrew from Huangzhong, stationed in the Xihai (now Qinghai Lake in Qinghai) and Yanchi areas.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty first appointed the "Qiang Protector Xiaowei", who was responsible for commanding the Western Qiang tribes, taking charge of Western Qiang affairs, with a rank of two thousand stones, and managing and protecting the Qiang city.

There are two officials, Chang Shi and Sima, under the command of the Qiang School Captain, both of whom have a rank of six hundred stones.There are also people engaged in protecting the Qiang, mostly as governors and captains of border counties.In addition to guarding the surrounding Qiang tribes, they also often used Qiang soldiers to fight together and guard the border fortresses.

The two of them were victorious, but Gongsun He's luck was much worse. Gongsun He was granted the title of General Fuju and was sent to lead an army of [-] cavalry to attack the Huns from Wuyuan County.

Then, due to the Xiongnu's vitality being severely damaged by a series of continuous counterattacks during the reign of Emperor Wu, they fled far away from Mobei after the Battle of Mobei in the third year of Yuanshou (120 BC), and there was no royal court in Monan.

So they heard that the Qiang people were defeated, the Han army was coming, and the Xiongnu people had retreated under the leadership of the second king Zhao Xin. Gongsun He traveled more than [-] miles to Futuo Well but did not meet a single Xiongnu person, and finally returned without success.

Originally, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to give Gongsun He, who was granted a title of marquis due to his military exploits and lost it due to high gold, a chance to regain his title, but he couldn't give it to him now.

Here, after half a month, Zhu Maichen arrived outside the city of Kuaiji County and said, "You can wait here."

He asked his entourage to wait outside the city, "Sir?", the entourage was confused.

"I have my own plans."

As Zhu Maichen spoke, he took out the dirty and torn old clothes he had prepared in advance from the carriage, put them on, hid the prefect's seal and ribbon given by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and then walked to the county residence.

At that time, at the end of the year, when the Shangji officials came to Beijing to report, the Shangji officials in Kuaiji County were gathering together to drink.
"drink wine!"

"Yes."

"drink wine!"

"I didn't expect that the South Vietnam Kingdom, which had existed for more than 90 years, was destroyed in half a year."

"Oh, the Huns' blood brewed by the General Hussar is extremely delicious. It is clear and bright in color, rich in aroma, and has a unique taste. The entrance is soft and dense, the taste is fresh and refreshing, the fragrance is long, and the firmness and softness are moderate. It is simply the best in the world. Yeah, I was invited by a friend once when I went to Chang'an, and a jar cost a thousand dollars. I don't know when I can drink it again."

"I've heard of it too, but I've never drank it. Is it really so delicious?"

"That's natural, it's the best thing in the world."

"This hussar general is really powerful. He has never been defeated in a battle. I heard that troops are currently stationed at Meiling in Yuzhang to guard against the East Yue Kingdom."

"If you can be valued by such a big shot, I'm afraid you will be prosperous in this life."

"I'm willing to be his lackey, but does he want it?" Someone laughed at himself.

"That's it, that's all, drink. They are gods and men in heaven, too far away from us."

At this time Zhu Maichen walked in. Everyone saw that he was wearing shabby clothes and didn't bother to take a look.

Zhu Maichen seemed to be watching the clown, and found it very interesting, so he walked into the back hall and saw that he was dressed in ordinary clothes, but they were still the clothes of a Han official. The man who guarded the mansion ate with him.

The two of them knew each other. A few years ago, Zhu Maichen was dismissed from his post for committing a crime and returned to Kuaiji County. He stayed and ate with the guardian of the official residence of Kuaiji County. The two had a good relationship and chatted while eating.

When he was almost full, Zhu Maichen slightly revealed the ribbon with the official seal.

"Brother Zhu, what is this?" The man who kept the residence felt that the thing was strange, so he stepped forward and took out the ribbon, and saw that the seal was the seal of the prefect of Kuaiji.

"Could it be an official seal? Prefect of Kuaiji?" Looking at the seal, which was only the size of a palm and made of silver, the guard's face turned pale.

In our country, the history of seals can be traced back to the Yin and Shang Dynasties.Seals can be divided into official seals and private seals in terms of attribution.The unified official seal system in ancient China began to take shape after the Qin Dynasty unified China, and became complete during the Western Han Dynasty.

Official seals include the emperor's jade seal and imperial treasure, official seals of court officials at all levels, local administrative official seals, official seals of all levels of institutions, official seals of military institutions, seals of lower-level institutions, seals of feudal lords' separatist regimes, ethnic minority regimes and peasant uprising regimes. The seal and so on.

The materials of the official seals of the Western Han Dynasty largely distinguished the status, including jade, gold, silver, and copper.

Jade is unique to emperors and queens, and the jade seal is like this, supreme.

The gold seal is second only to the emperor's and empress's jade seal, and is used by princes, nobles, princes, generals and other important officials in the court.During the Western Han Dynasty, the use of gold seals was limited to the princes, kings, and princes in the royal family; the prime minister, Taiwei, Da Sima, Taifu, Taishi and other high officials in the court; the generals and other high-ranking officials in the imperial court. As well as the seals awarded to leaders of ethnic minorities by the Han Dynasty.

The silver seal is the seal of senior officials in the Western Han Dynasty who are more than [-] stones tall.Its scope includes the chiefs of various departments in the court from the imperial censor on down, such as Jiuqing, Neishi, etc.; the deputy generals in the army and the captains of each battalion, such as "Qidu Weiyin", "Wuji Xiaowei", etc.; Military and political officials above the local county level, such as "Peijun Prefecture" and "Pengcheng Prefecture Seal", all have silver official seals.

Bronze seals are all made of copper for middle- and lower-level official seals with an official rank of less than a thousand stones in the Western Han Dynasty, including Tongguanyin and Bantongyin.The use of bronze official seals in the Western Han Dynasty was very wide, ranging from the subordinate officials in the palace to all officials below the prefects and county lieutenants in local counties and counties, as well as subordinate officials at all levels in the military camps.

Making seals privately in the Han Dynasty is tantamount to treason and wants to destroy the nine tribes. Who dares?The man who guarded the residence was surprised and hurriedly walked out of the house to tell the official.

The officials were all drunk and shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

The man who kept the residence said: "You guys try to come into the house and have a look. I can see it clearly. That is the seal of the prefect, which belongs to our Kuaiji. It is in the arms of Mr. Zhu... Mr. Zhu is the new prefect." "

"Let me take a look. I still don't believe it?"

An old acquaintance who had always looked down on Zhu Maichen walked into the room and looked at the official seal. He was so frightened that he turned around and ran away, shouting: "It is true."

"God?"

"Is Zhu Maichen becoming the prefect?"

"Two slaps for me?"

"I didn't dream, did I?"

"How dare you call the prefect by his first name?"

"Quickly, go report to Zhang Shoucheng. The prefect is here, it's Mr. Zhu."

Everyone present became panicked and frightened, reported to the Prime Minister, and hurriedly pushed each other to line up in the atrium to pay homage to Zhu Maichen.

"See you sir!"

"We are too blind to see the truth, please forgive me!"

Zhu Maichen slowly walked out of the back hall at this time, and everyone fell to the ground. Zhu Maichen waved to them,
"Get up, he who doesn't know is not guilty." He motioned for them to stand up.When everyone got up, horses and carriages were driven outside to greet Zhu Maichen, "Sir, the carriage has arrived."

So he took the post car and left.

"Haha!" Zhu Maichen laughed and left. If it were a later generation, he would probably have chanted loudly: "Someday the dragon will finally rain, but today the crane will soar to the sky."

When the officials in Kuaiji heard that the prefect was coming, they immediately recruited people to repair the roads. They never thought that Zhu Maichen would become the prefect. He was a prefect. Who didn't know that Zhu Maichen was poor and his wife ran away before? They all look like they have been poor all their lives. Are you now becoming a prefect?Fantasy, right?
In a short period of time, Zhu Maichen's affairs became the topic of local after-dinner talk, but most of them were flattery, mixed with envy.

"Oh, it seems that you need to study hard. You see, Mr. Zhu, ten years are like one day."

"I think Mr. Zhu was very impressive at the beginning. It turned out that he wanted to be rich and powerful."

No matter what Zhu Maichen did in the past, it was very extraordinary in the eyes of everyone. It seemed that all his farts were fragrant. The road he had walked before seemed to be full of special Taoist charm, and the words he said were even more respected. It is a classic and has been mentioned repeatedly.

Zhu Maichen began to inspect Kuaiji, and on this day he saw his former Cui wife and her current husband, Carpenter Zhang, building a road.

The fun was coming. Zhu Maichen greeted them happily, and asked the carriage behind to take them to the prefect's mansion, where he served them delicious food and drinks.

Zhu Maichen's former wife, Ms. Cui, felt regretful in her heart. She regretted why she didn't insist on it in the first place.Why abandon Zhu Maichen?

She thought in her heart that Zhu Maichen had brought her to the prefect's house, and maybe he still had feelings for her, so she came to Zhu Maichen and asked him to allow her to return to the Zhu family. Zhu Maichen smiled. , told her a story.

"At the end of the Shang Dynasty, there was a resourceful man whose surname was Jiang Shang, whose given name was Ziya, and who was known as Jiang Taigong.

Because his ancestor was granted the title of Lu, he was also named Lu Shang.He assisted King Wen and King Wu of Zhou to conquer the Shang Dynasty and establish the Zhou Dynasty, and made great contributions.Later he was granted the title of Qi, and he was the founder of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period.

You should know his name, but there are some things you may not know. Jiang Taigong once served as an official in the Shang Dynasty. Because he was dissatisfied with King Zhou's brutal rule, he abandoned his official position and lived in seclusion in a relatively remote place by the Weishui River. .

In order to gain the respect of Ji Chang, the leader of the Zhou clan, he often pretended to fish by the river with a straight hook without bait.

Jiang Taigong fished all day long, and his family's livelihood was in trouble. His wife, Ma, thought he was poor and had no future, so she no longer wanted to live with him and wanted to leave him.

Jiang Taigong repeatedly persuaded her not to do this, and said that one day he would be rich.But Ma thought he was lying to her and didn't believe it anyway.

Jiang Taigong had no choice but to let her leave.Later, Jiang Taigong finally gained the trust and importance of King Wen of Zhou, and helped King Wu of Zhou to unite the princes to attack the Shang Dynasty and establish the Western Zhou Dynasty.

When Ma saw that he was rich and prestigious, he regretted leaving him in the first place.Then he went to Jiang Taigong and asked him to restore the relationship between husband and wife.Jiang Taigong had seen through Ma's character and did not want to resume the relationship with her, so he poured a pot of water on the ground and asked Ma to put it away.

Ma quickly lay down on the ground to get water, but could only receive some mud.So Jiang Taigong said to her coldly: "You have left me, and we can no longer be together."This is like water poured on the ground, it is difficult to take it back! '

If we are separated and reunited, it will be difficult to recover. Do you think it is still possible for us? "

When Cui heard this, she knew that her fate was over, and she smiled miserably. There was no regret medicine in the world. She was so ashamed that she committed suicide.

Later generations wrote a poem about this and said: "There is an old hill beside the green grass pond, where the bones have been buried for thousands of years without shame. Ding Ning asked the women in the world, since ancient times, the chaff has been piled up."

　It's hard to recover when water is covered, and it's hard to round when a broken mirror is broken. These words were originally passed down from Jiang Ziya. Later, due to some operas, they became Zhu Maichen's. It can only be said that history is like reincarnation. Their experiences are so similar, but Zhu Maichen Maichen is not as accomplished as Jiang Ziya, and his descendants are actually about the same. Because of poverty, how many people have abandoned another person. Some people can succeed, and some can't. The successful ones leave their stories and become part of history, but they It’s just that there are very few, and those who are unsuccessful are nothing. The reality is cold and cruel. No matter what the reality is, you should eat, drink, and live a good life. Maybe the real wealth is not necessarily how much money you have, but when you are at the lowest point. , when you are hit by everyone and are extremely dark, if you can face it with strength, you may become the next Jiang Ziya or Zhu Maichen.

　　
　
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