Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 229: Destroy the prestige first

In a secluded side room in Liang Guo Shangshu Province, Wang Meng and Quan Yi heated up a pot of wine.

Quan Yi fiddled with the fire and said casually:

"Ever since Xie Ai, I have never seen Duke Liang so eager to recruit someone to his army, and he even did not hesitate to use means to coerce him into leaving the mountain.

"But Xie Ai defeated Zhao Hou three times and became famous all over the world. How can Xie An compare with him?"

This is true. In terms of reputation alone, Xie An can hardly compare to Xie Ai even in the south, let alone the north.

After all, Xie Ai's reputation was built upon his three victories with less against the northern overlord Hou Zhao.

As for Xie An's talent, currently, it only exists in word of mouth among scholars.

No wonder Quan Yi criticized this.

Of course, this resentment was not directed at Huan Xi, otherwise how could Quan Yi speak frankly to Wang Meng.

Quan Yi continued:

"Xie An is a man who is hypocritical and refuses to conquer the country many times just to support himself.

"Ziliang was born in the Tianshui Quan family, so he naturally understood that for scholars, the order of family, country and world cannot be reversed. You must take care of your family first, and then you can govern the country and bring peace to the world. Therefore, the interests of the clan are always placed first by them.

When Wang Meng heard this, he didn't take it seriously, but explained for Xie An:

"If it's just about personal life and death, you can forget about it, but when it's related to the rise and fall of the clan, how can Xie Anshi remain indifferent.

"Xie An is not well-known now, but Duke Liang praised him highly. Although Xie Anshi and I have not yet met, I believe that his talents are worthy of Duke Liang's attention."

"To be honest with Ziliang, to this day, I still don't know where exactly Mr. Liang heard my name, Wang Meng, and why he believed that I have the ability to bring justice to the world.

As he spoke, Wang Meng smiled and said:

"As for Xie Anshi's fame, Ziliang, do you know what happened to Wang when Liang Gong sent someone to Mount Huashan to invite Wang to come out?"

"Now Mr. Liang immediately moved his family northward at the slightest intimidation. He is really a man who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and chases fame and wealth."

Otherwise, Huan Xi would send him another empty food box and force him to commit suicide by taking poison, so why would Xie An bother to make this trip.

Quan Yi couldn't refute, but still hummed:

Of course Quan Yi knew what happened. He didn't say anything, just nodded.

Wang Meng said frankly:

"When I finished my studies, I traveled to Yecheng, and was appreciated by Xu Weng (Xu Tong), the minister of Jie Zhao, and made him a meritorious official. Wang escaped and refused to respond, and has been living in seclusion in Huashan since then.

"Zi Liang therefore asserted that he was greedy for life and afraid of death, and chased fame and wealth, which was too arbitrary."

"But if he cares about the Jin Dynasty and is living in Liang Kingdom's corpse without thinking of repaying his benefactor, I will have to try my best to drive him away."

At that time, Wang Meng was living in seclusion in Huashan Mountain, waiting for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, he was unknown. He didn't know where he heard about Wang Meng's talent. He did not hesitate to send people to invite him twice and revealed his policy strategy in the letter. Lure Wang Meng to Hanzhong.

"If Xie Anshi is really talented and willing to assist Liang Gong wholeheartedly and do the hard work of dogs and horses, I should accept him wholeheartedly.

Wang Meng just smiled and shook his head. Since Xie An had been coerced into coming to the north, he should do his best.

"Gong Liang grew up in the South Country. When I traveled to Yecheng, Gong Liang was still young. I expected that such trivial matters would not fall into the ears of Gong Liang.

If he came to Chang'an with the intention of not working hard and was forced to death by Huan Xi, it would be better to stay in Jiangdong. Even if he died, he could still write his name of loyalty in the history of history.

Outside the wing, Xie An looked embarrassed. He didn't know if Huan Xi had arranged this in advance and asked Wang Meng and Quan Yi to perform this scene in the wing. One person sang the red face and the other the wrong person, just to give him trigger the alarm

After all, Wang Meng had been defending Xie An, and Huan Xi also intended to make the two of them friends. Although Quan Yi had a temporary conflict with Xie An, with Huan Xi and Wang Meng in the middle to mediate, the two were soon able to put an end to their past feud. After all, this matter had been arranged in advance, and it just happened to be overheard. Huan Xi didn't say anything, and Xie An didn't dare to ask.

Huan Xi coughed slightly and pushed the door open. Wang Meng and Quan Yi inside the room saw Huan Xi coming in and hurriedly stood up to greet him.

"Wei ministers pay homage to Duke Liang."

Huan Xi quickly stepped forward and helped the two of them up with a smile, as if he had never heard their conversation in the side room.

Even though Huan Xi had recruited Xie An into his service as he wished, for him, his closest ministers still had to be Wang Meng, Quan Yi, Xi Chao, and Deng Xia.

Needless to say, Wang Meng and Quan Yi needless to say. Xi Chao was Huan Xi's first subordinate. He stayed in Jingzhou all year round and helped Huan Xi make friends with Huan Wen's generals.

Deng Xia, on the other hand, had been responsible for Huan Xi's escort work for a long time. It was not until he was stationed in Yinchuan and took control of the military power in Hetao that he left Huan Xi's side.

"Before I entered the door, I smelled the aroma of wine in the house. Huan came at the right time."

Huan Xi said, turning back to Xie An and saying:

"Uncle, you have come with me today, and you have enjoyed a great meal. Even Huan cannot easily taste Mr.'s fine wine."

Xie An quickly bowed and said:

"Since Mr. Xie responded to Liang Gong's conquest and came to the Liang Kingdom to serve as a minister, the difference between monarch and minister is greater than the personal relationship between relatives. I also ask Liang Gong not to refer to him as uncle and father-in-law anymore, and just call him by his first name."

When Huan Xi heard this, he said helplessly:

"That's all, just follow Anshi's request."

Obviously, Xie An was affected by the dialogue between Wang Meng and Quan Yi.

These celebrities must first destroy their prestige before they can obey their orders.

The current Xie An is not the mainstay of the Jin Dynasty later.

In the original time and space, he chose to leave the mountain when the Xie family in Chen County was in danger and defected to Huan Wen's shogunate.

At that time, Huan Wen received donations from local officials, including many herbal medicines.

Huan Wen always liked to tease people. He deliberately picked out one of the herbs named Polygala and asked everyone:

'This medicine is both called Polygala and Xiaocao. How can one thing have two names? '

Hao Long understood and immediately replied:

'Growing in the mountains, it is polygala, and growing out of the mountains, it is grass. '

What Hao Long said was naturally mocking Xie An.

You know, Yin Hao raised Wang for ten years, and when he came out of the mountain, he was the general of Jianwu and the governor of Yangzhou.

However, under Huan Wen, Xie An only became a Jingzhou Sima.

Sima Jingzhou was not considered humble, but considering that Xie An lived in seclusion all year round and did not become an official until he was in his forties, this official position was not commensurate with the reputation he had accumulated in the past, but Xie An still accepted Huan Wen's invitation.

Hao Long therefore ridiculed him for living in seclusion and becoming a polygala, and for going out into the mountains to become a grass.

Xie An was so ashamed that he couldn't get off the stage at all.

Huan Xi just arranged the conversation between Wang Meng and Quan Yi in advance. When he and Xie An got close, someone would remind them.

Compared with Huan Wen's public teasing and humiliation, Huan Xi's methods were obviously much smarter. He not only gave Xie An a disincentive, but also fully considered Xie An's feelings, and would not really make him unable to step down.

(End of this chapter)