Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 355 Brother Sima recruits soldiers (8)
Tonight Cao Shuang said that he was busy with business and did not come to Sima's mansion to celebrate his birthday.But he asked Cao Xi, the leader of his second younger brother, to make a special trip to explain that all the expenses of Sima Taifu's 63-year-old birthday banquet were covered by him instructing the Imperial Palace Internal Affairs Office-this is what he told the emperor this morning. His Majesty asked for the special privilege bestowed on the Sima family, "the same body with the Wei family, and all matters of marriage, happiness and funerals are taken from the officials."

Then, the Empress Dowager Guo and His Majesty the Emperor also asked their servants to send Sima Yi a birthday congratulations: a golden car with a green cover, a red lacquered luan chariot, and a purple bamboo-wrapped gold staff.This Jinhua green covered chariot, and Zhu Luan's chariot is already a ritual thing enjoyed by the court's clan and vassals, and it is exceptionally beyond the ritual system.Sima Yi tried his best to refuse the two gifts and resolutely refused to accept them.He was naturally clear in his heart that the purpose of holding this birthday banquet was not to show anything to the outside at all, but to absorb something for himself from the outside.If I accept these two gifts, I'm afraid the effect of this birthday banquet will be counterproductive.

In the first row of guest seats, Deng Ai, Shi Bao, Zhou Tai and other underprivileged talents stood up one after another and toasted Sima Yi.

"Master Taifu, Ai brought you a small gift, please accept it!" Deng Ai took out a scroll of silk from his sleeve after toasting the wine, and presented it respectfully.

"Oh? Shi Zai (Deng Ai's word is "Shi Zai"), is this some famous painting and famous post I found from Huainan? Sigh! You know that the Tai Tuo has always disliked such things!" Sima followed He stepped in to complain about Deng Aidao.Deng Ai shook his head hastily, shook the scroll with a smile and shone it in front of Sima Yi—only to see that it was a map of the distribution of the river network drawn with a cinnabar pen!
Sima Yi's eyes lit up: "What picture is this?"

"Look, Mr. Sima Taifu, this is the map of the three rivers in the Central Plains interconnected by Deng himself!" Deng Ai pointed to the red lines and introduced with a smile, "Look, this is the Yellow River, this is the Ying River. Water, this is the Huaihe River... In the past two years, Deng has supervised the craftsmen in Huainan to make unremitting efforts, and finally built three large canals, Guangcao Canal, Baichi Canal, and Danyun Canal, connecting the three rivers of the Yellow River, Yingshui River, and Huaihe River. For the sake of unity. From now on, our land and water armies, grain, grass, ships and equipment can go back from the Luoshui River to the Yellow River, then from the Yellow River to the Yingshui River, and from the Yingshui River to the Huaihe River. Let the boat go down to Yangzhou, and go straight to the south of the Yangtze River!"

"Shi Zai! You have given this congratulatory gift well! Come—Master, accept it for my father!" Sima Yi narrowed his eyes with a smile, stretched out his palm and pressed heavily on Deng Ai's shoulder, "Three big Qu——Such a huge project, Shizai, you took it down abruptly for me! It’s really hard work for you and the soldiers of Huainan! I will enter the palace tomorrow to ask the emperor to reward you!"

Deng Ai scratched the back of his head shyly and smiled.

"Zhongrong, Pingze (Zhoutai's word is "Pingze"), what gift did you two give the Taifu?" Jia Chong, who was carrying the jug for Sima Yi and his son, turned his head and asked Shi Bao with a smile. State Tai Road.

Shi Bao and Zhou Tai looked at each other and smiled.Shi Bao also took out a scroll of silk from his sleeve, pulled Zhou Tai and bowed to Sima Yi, saying: "Master Taifu, my subordinates have jointly written a copybook for you, please accept it."

"Oh? Copybook? Show it!" Sima Yi asked with a smile of interest.

Shi Bao and Zhou Tai responded, pulled the scrolls to stand on the left and right sides, and spread the scroll across the sky, only to see a eulogy written on it:
Those who promote integrity will not be deceived by those who are not sympathetic to others;Holding the whip and bowing to show the glory of the poor; appointing the confidants to show the use of the wise.Humble your body and eat a lot of food, and reward the meritorious officials; put on your arms and make yourself humble, and accept the strategy of the four directions.

At this time, He Zeng, Fu Gu, Zhong Yu and other middle-ranking officials who were sitting around also saw the copybook, applauded and cheered: "The eulogy written by Shi Jun and Zhou Jun is really the same as what Sima Taifu did." It is not bad at all, it can be called a classic, it can be engraved on gold and stone and passed on to future generations!"

Sima Yi looked at it himself, but shook his head with a smile: "A beautiful word! A beautiful word! How dare I take it?" At the same time, he turned his head and told Sima Zhao: "Put it away quickly! Put it away quickly!"

Then, he walked towards the next guest seat.Sitting at this guest table are his friends of the same generation, such as Jiang Ji, Huan Fan, Man Chong, Gao Rou, Wang Su, Wei Zhen and so on.

Wang Su stood up first, held his cup and laughed, and said, "Zhongda, Su recently sorted out the sacred scriptures, rectified the wonderful books, sorted out the classics and latitudes of the Confucian lineage, collected Confucius, Zisi, Zishang, The writings and articles of Confucian sages such as Zigao, Zishun, Ziyu, etc. are compiled into a three-volume book "Kong Congzi" - this should not be too bad as a birthday gift for you ?”

"Ziyong, how great is your contribution to inheriting the holy learning and promoting enlightenment! Isn't it just a birthday gift for me? All the common people in the world will be grateful to you." Sima Yi looked very excited, Come up and have a toast with him.

Jiang Ji, Man Chong, Gao Rou, Wei Zhen and the others didn't do any new tricks, they all went up to toast with Sima Yi to congratulate them.In the end, only Huan Fan greeted him with a solemn face, raised his glass, took out a scroll of silk from his lapel, looked straight at Sima Yi and said, "Zhongda, after thinking about it for a long time, Fan Jiu can only give a picture of himself. I will give you a handwritten copybook, I hope you will be satisfied."

"Thank you! Thank you!" Sima Yi was a little surprised when he heard that Huan Fan had prepared a copybook for him as a gift.Master Sima took the scroll of silk from the side, quickly unfolded it, and saw that there was a famous saying in the "Book of Filial Piety" written on it:

Do not be arrogant at the top, high but not dangerous; restraint and restraint, full but not overflowing.It is high but not dangerous, so it is expensive to keep it long.It is full but not overflowing, so keep rich forever.Wealth and honor are inseparable from one's body, and then one can protect one's country and one's people.Covering the filial piety of the princes. "Poetry" says: "Trembling tremblingly, as if facing an abyss, as if walking on thin ice."

After reading this famous quote, Sima Yi's face slowly became serious.Among them, Huan Fan wrote the eight characters "restraint and sincerity" and "trench with trepidation" in a particularly bold and eye-catching manner, as if they were about to be forced into his eyes.

The complexions of Sima Shi and Sima Zhao brothers also changed slightly.The atmosphere above the banquet suddenly turned cold.Jiang Ji, Man Chong, Gao Rou, etc. hurriedly shouted, ready to come up and talk warmly.

But seeing Sima Yi holding the silk copybook in his hand, he turned around and looked at all the guests, his face suddenly moved, like a spring breeze melting snow, overflowing with a deep smile: "Okay! Good! Good! Brother Huan's picture The copybook is well presented! Well presented! Master—you take it and let your mother hang it in my father's study! My father will always remember Brother Huan's warning words!"

Huan Fan stared at him deeply, and drank the wine from the glass in his hand, "Zhongda, it's the best if you can do this."

Sima Yi smiled lightly, and continued to the next guest table under the guidance of his brother Sima.

"Shi Ji (Zhong Hui's character is "Shi Ji"), you look very good today!" Sima Zhao saw that Wang Hun, Pei Xiu, Man Wei and other family friends were sitting at the table, so he said He greeted Zhong Hui who was sitting at the head.

Zhong Hui responded to him with a smile, and at the same time held up a scroll from his hand, and presented it respectfully to Sima Yi: "Master Taifu, the junior personally drew a painting of mountains, waters, birds and birds for you recently, congratulations Tai Tuo's longevity is better than Nanshan, and the prosperity is equal to the sky!"

"Today is really special! The congratulatory gift I received is not a picture scroll, but a copybook! Ask Mr. Guan Ren, if I am 'Wenchang according to my life' today, and I want to be influenced by poetry, calligraphy, painting and silk?" Sima Yi held the wine cup, raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at Zhong Hui with great interest, "Mr. Zhong, what mountains, rivers, and birds are you painting?"

"The younger generation is clumsy, and what I drew is "The Picture of the Great Peng Spreading Its Wings and Soaring the Clouds." Zhong Hui lowered his head and replied humbly.

Sima Shi and Sima Zhao took the scroll, one left and one right, and pulled it apart smoothly.

What jumps out in front of everyone is an extremely exquisite and elegant silk painting of mountains, waters, birds and birds - on the tumbling blue waves, a roc eagle with red feathers all over its body spreads its wings like a cloud of fire. A round of golden round sun is carried on the wide and tall back, and the vigorous and powerful claws like steel hooks are aiming at the lightly ink-painted stacked peaks and ridges on the sea horizon... and the right side of the silk picture Below, there is a square inscription written in small letters:

There is a fish in Darknorth, and its name is Kun.Kun is so big, I don't know how many thousands of miles away it is; when it turns into a bird, its name is Peng.Peng's back, I don't know how many thousands of miles away it is; it flies in anger, its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky.It is the bird, and the sea will migrate to Nanming. Its potential energy hits the water and shakes for three thousand miles, and it swings upwards for ninety thousand miles.

"Good painting, good painting." Sima Yi stepped forward, stroking the smooth surface of the silk painting with his fingers, and saw through the mystery of the painting with his eyes flashing: " Well, this paint is so bright red like blood, I'm afraid it's not easy to find, right?"

Zhong Hui's low voice came to Sima Yi's ear from behind: "Master Taifu, you don't know that the vermilion paint in this painting was drawn one by one by this junior dipped in his own finger blood..."

Sima Yi didn't respond as if he didn't hear it.He didn't look back, stretched out his finger to touch the bright red roc's wings, and said abruptly: "Pricking blood as a picture, expressing love with a painting, it really hurts Zhong Jun, your rare sincerity !"

When Zhong Hui heard it, his heart skipped a beat. Sima Yi is worthy of being Sima Yi - he read the deep meaning of his painting at a glance!
If the mountains and mountains are a metaphor for the country and the country, the lonely round sun in the sky symbolizes the declining Wei family.The billowing waves symbolize civil and military officials and all the people in the world, and the one who can control all these invisibly and silently is the eagle with huge wings covering the sky!Carrying a full day is a metaphor for "holding the emperor";Naturally, the implication of that roc eagle also jumped out - it is a metaphor for Sima Yi!Sima Yi is the roc eagle who "does not have the name of an emperor on the outside, but has the power to shake the sky inside; he has great achievements, but has a dark ambition"!What a wonderful silk picture, it expresses all of Sima Yi's aspirations and aspirations in an understatement!

Sima Yi looked at it quietly, a slight smile slowly appeared on the corner of his lips, and turned to look at Zhong Hui.When Zhong Hui's deep eyes met him, he hurriedly bowed down.Sima Yi stared straight at him without blinking, and said solemnly and unusually: "Mr. Zhong, this "Picture of the Great Peng Spreading its Wings and Soaring Clouds" is comparable to the painting "The Tiger Climbing the Mountain and Roaring" that was presented to me by Taiwei Jia Xu back then. "Picture" is comparable! I will definitely keep it in my collection!"

As soon as he said this, there was a wave of enthusiastic applause from the audience.Zhong Hui's eyes shone brightly like torches, and he bowed deeply to Sima Yi, and replied humbly: "My junior, thank you, Master Tai Tuo, for your love!"

(End of this chapter)