Great Han Empire

Chapter 400: The Biography of the Records of the Great Han Empire - Zhu Sheng Biography ([-])
Biographies of the Records of the Great Han Empire
Author: Scarlet Coral
Zhu Sheng Zhuan Nine
Jiangnan Scholar (9)

Seeing a few green forest heroes lined up outside the car, Li Wei was in a panic when he saw Xie Ming excited as if he had seen something interesting, pulled out his sword from the side, and murmured: "I have been looking forward to it all the way, and finally Here is a chance for me to draw my sword out of its sheath and drink my blood."

Li Wei was overjoyed: "It turns out that Lianzhi is proficient in swordsmanship, that's good, I thought you were just carrying the sword for decoration."

"Oh hehehehe, Zhong Yuan underestimates me too much. I have been learning swords since I was a child." Xie Ming stroked the scabbard, "But this is the first time that I have fought with someone."

Li Wei's heart suddenly turned cold, and he immediately lost confidence, and hurriedly grabbed Xie Ming who was eager to try: "Then... It's really dependable, but I think we should find a way out first, which is the best strategy. ..."

While the two were entangled, they heard a scream of "Ah!" from outside the car. The two thought the driver had been killed, so they jumped out to look. They saw the driver crouching on the side of the road with his head in his arms. He fell on the ground on his back, seeing that he was dead, those accomplices were so shocked that they stayed where they were for a while.The two gangs were stunned, only heard a horse neighing, a rider rushed out from behind the chariot, and killed the gangsters in a blink of an eye, the knight immediately slashed at one of them.

The gangster didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly raised his ax to parry. Unexpectedly, the knife suddenly paused strangely in the air, changed direction, drew a beautiful arc, bypassed the ax and chopped off the hand holding the axe.The man let out a scream like killing a pig, covered his severed hand, turned around and ran away, his two companions seemed to be frightened by the knife like an antelope's horns, and they rolled and crawled regardless of the corpse of their companion on the ground fled.The knight snorted coldly, took a horn bow from his side, and set up an arrow to shoot.

Li Wei hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Thank you for your help, the strong man, but as the saying goes, forgive others and forgive others. These people don't seem to be habitual offenders. After seeing the heroic skills of the strong man today, I think they will not dare to do evil in the future, so let's forgive them." kill them,'

"Hmph, you Central Plains people don't do things straightforwardly. This is called Tiger Returning to the Mountain... No, it's called Zonghu Returning to the Mountain." The knight shot fiercely, and he was not very proficient in Chinese, but his voice was quite clear. Sweet, like a young man whose voice has not changed, but hides his face with a cloak, unable to see his face.After hearing Li Wei's words, he seemed quite disdainful, looked at the corpses on the ground, and slowly put down the bow and arrow, "But these are not tigers, just a few poor ghosts, with nothing on them, wasting my life." Feathered Arrows..."

The two were shocked when they heard the words, could it be that the wolf was rejected at the front door and the tiger came at the back door, and a horse thief came after the robber left? !Xie Ming swung the sword, but his expression lost his usual chicness, and he even became slurred in his speech: "A strong man... Could it be that... he is also asking for money?"

"Haha, you people from the Central Plains are really timid, don't worry, you are not a robber." Seeing Xie Ming's trembling hands nervously, the knight smiled like a yellow eagle coming out of the valley.He took off the cloak on his face, and the two of them saw that she was a very beautiful girl, about 16 or 7 years old, with a slightly dusty face on her face, but she still couldn't hide her beautiful face.The delicate little mouth, the big eyes as deep as a pool, and the smile like the spring breeze blowing on the face, seem to make the surrounding bleak Xiliang scenery colorful; coupled with a pair of slender sword eyebrows and towering The bridge of the nose, in addition to being beautiful, gave the beauty a heroic spirit that is rare for women in the Central Plains, just like a fairy.Only the fairy vermilion lips whispered softly: "Hey, are you two going to Luoyang?"

The two were stunned for a while, and forgot to answer. The girl smiled and didn't take it seriously, and raised her voice: "Hey, I asked you if you are going to Luoyang, bookworms."

Li Wei regained his clarity in an instant, and hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, girl, the two of us are going to Anding County, Liangzhou, but we set off from Luoyang."

"Ah? Where is Luoyang?" The girl was shocked and almost fell off her horse.

Li Wei pointed out the way: "Go east from here, you will arrive at Chang'an, and then go east for another ten days, you will arrive at Luoyang. Maybe the girl is going the wrong way."

"That's right, I came from Bingzhou Shuofang County and wanted to go to Luoyang, but ended up going the wrong way to Chang'an, and then I lost my way after running out of Chang'an City for a few days, and I ran into you and were robbed." I was a little embarrassed, and my face was flushed, "It's all about you Han people. Every road is built similarly, and every city is similar, so people can't figure it out...I can't figure it out."

Li Wei suddenly realized that it turned out that he was infatuated with the road, so he went to the carriage to find a simple map and handed it to the girl, "Girl, just follow the map and walk east along the main road, and you will never get lost again."

The girl was so overjoyed that she didn't even bother to thank her, so she jumped on the horse and flew away. Soon she became a point in the distance and disappeared, as if she had never appeared before. Only the "records" on the ground proved her existence.Xie Ming couldn't see the beautiful woman again, so he recovered from the sluggishness just now, and said to himself: "I can't imagine that there is such a beautiful place in the bitter cold of Bingbei."

Together with the coachman, the two buried the corpses of the bandits on the ground, and then continued westward.Not long after, they came to Linjing, the county seat of Anding County in Liangzhou.

Linjing City is an important town in Xiliang, guarding the east-west traffic arteries of Liangzhou, so it is a strong city with a rather large plan.But now the army is in turmoil and the business travel has disappeared, so even though the sun is high, the street is quite deserted, and there are few pedestrians, only some local vendors sitting on the side of the street and shouting feebly.The two found an inn, settled down hastily, and immediately asked the waiter where the residence of Wang Jian was. The waiter looked them up and down with strange eyes and asked, "Who are the two gentlemen belonging to Mr. Wang?"

Li Wei hurriedly said: "I am the disciple of the old Mr. Wang. I passed by here and came to pay my respects to Mr. Wang."

"Masters? There are no disciples in the Wang family now, aren't they all dismissed?" The waiter was quite strange, but he still pointed out the location of the palace for the two of them.

Li and Xie had something to eat, loaded the letter with a horse, and went to the door according to the waiter's instructions.It didn't take long to find the Wang family's house in the west of the city.I saw that the courtyard was very large, with high walls and deep courtyard. At first glance, it looked quite grand, but upon closer inspection, weeds were overgrown on both sides of the doorway, thick dust was accumulated on the door, and the walls were quite mottled. It has not been taken care of for a long time and is dilapidated.

The door was only ajar, the two of them knocked for a long time but no one answered, so they pushed the door open and walked in.After walking through a long corridor and turning around a few times, there is an open courtyard in front of it, which can accommodate hundreds of people.In the middle of the courtyard, there is a stone platform with a height of half a person, several feet in length and width. Obviously, it used to be a place for scholars to give lectures and debates, but now it is used for other purposes, drying a lot of grains, dried vegetables and so on. I have to shake my head.

At this moment, a deep male voice came from the side, "Who are you?" The two turned their eyes and saw a middle-aged man in his early forties, with a handsome face and slightly white temples, walking out of the side room beside the courtyard. , wearing coarse clothes, holding a bundle of dried vegetables in his hand, and beside him is a cute girl about ten years old.

Li Wei stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Student Li Wei, whose name is Zhongyuan, is a student of Zhu Jun in Luoyang. This is my good friend. All students, Xie Ming and Xie Lianzhi. This time, the student came to Xiliang to take up the post. I sent the edited 36 volumes of Qianfu Lun to the mansion. I just saw that there was no answer, so I broke in without permission. If you take the liberty, I would like to invite Haihan. May I ask if Mr. Wang Jian is the old man (the name for the servants of the disciples)? Is Mr. Wang in the office? at home?"

The man smiled slightly, "I didn't expect Zhu Gongwei to be so thoughtful that he still remembered the old man's words." Seeing the two people looking at each other in shock, he pointed at himself and said, "I am the son of Wang Qianfu, Wang Jian."

The two hurriedly bowed down and performed the ceremony of teachers, Wang Jian supported the two, and said with a smile: "The Wang family has long been ruined, I have not taught the scriptures to accept disciples, and the disciples and servants have also been dismissed, so I really can't afford the two big gifts. "After that, he turned his head to the girl who got behind him, looked timidly at the two girls and said: "Fu'er, a distinguished guest has come today, and I told your mother to make some good tea for the guests." The girl nodded and walked away. ran to the inner house.

The three of them sat on the floor, Li and Xie unloaded the slips of letters and spread them on the floor, Wang Jian immediately picked up a copy, read it eagerly, and ignored the two of them.After a meal, a middle-aged woman came out of the inner house and poured tea for the three of them, Wang Jian heaved a sigh of relief, and said to the two of them: "I'm sorry, I can't help myself when I see this book. Zhu Gongwei is really talented, and this school has fully captured the essence of my father's theory of potential husbands, which is enough to pass on to the world."

The three drank a cup of tea and chatted.Li Wei looked at the dried vegetables hanging on the lectern, and asked, "Master Wang is the No. 1 scholar in Liangzhou. Why do you do this... hard work?"

"Hehe, what Zhong Yuan wants to say is something vulgar and mean?" Wang Jian looked at the embarrassed Li Wei, and said with a smile, "It's okay, Xi Ri Xue Qin once said to Chen Fan that if you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world?" ? Today I use this to say that Xiliang is in turmoil and the people are starved of food. If I can’t even feed my family, how can I dare to say that I am full of the world’s learning?”

Li Xie and Li Xie looked at each other, and they were both grateful. Xie Ming asked again: "Now that the war in Xiliang has settled down, why don't you gather disciples and reopen the lecture hall? Otherwise, you won't lose Mr. Wang. Based on orthodox learning' purpose?"

"What Lianzhi said is true. As long as there is a slight possibility, I also want to reopen the lecture hall. But in Xiliang today, the people are precarious, and the scholars have no desire to learn. The situation has deteriorated to this point, and there is really nothing to do." Wang Jian said. After a turn, the words suddenly became harsh, "Besides, Confucian classics in today's world often focus on the bottom line. Scholars who study are often obsessed with textual research on the words of the sages, but do not know how to make good use of them; "

Wang Jian looked at the two people on the opposite side and nodded slightly, thoughtfully, and continued, "It's understandable that today's master likes Fu, calligraphy and other miscellaneous studies. Even if he sets up Hongdu's school for miscellaneous studies, he can be regarded as a poor man in the world." It is not a bad thing to open another door. However, today, appointing such miscellaneous scholars as officials is the way to disrupt the country. If things go on like this, the great man will have no officials who can govern the world. The words of ghosts and gods The poison is more widespread. Nowadays, people in the world often praise the so-called masters of Yi Xue, thinking that they can know the destiny from above, and know the misfortunes and blessings from below. What's the use of giving lectures?"

Although Li Wei and Xie Ming had some thoughts on these things during their study in the past, they did not consider them as issues that could harm the country and the people. Now, after listening to Wang Jian's words, they feel like enlightenment. to the seriousness of the matter.Today's big men really have a bad style of study. Scholars like to delve into Yixue, miscellaneous studies, late studies and even the study of spells. Even the royal family respects it.From top to bottom, the entire Han society is controlled by a superstitious belief in ghosts and gods.

The two asked if there was a solution.Wang Jian smiled wryly and said: "Since I stopped studying, I have often thought of a solution. The current plan, I am afraid, can only change the poison slowly by clearing the source and ordering from the government. But I think it is difficult for the Han court to have this determination. and boldness. I thought that maybe it would be easier to implement it in one state and one county first, so I called on the county magistrate and officials to offer wine, but there were very few people who responded, so I am a little disheartened at the moment.” Said Let's look sad.

Li Wei and Xie Ming didn't know how to comfort them, and the three chatted about classics and history, which was quite speculative.They chatted until it was time to light the lanterns, and after having dinner together, Li Wei and Xie Ming said goodbye, Wang Jian sent them out of the gate, Li Wei took Wang Jian's hand and said affectionately: "I hope that Master can be a great man and keep his will for the world without changing it. In the future, if Zhongyuan is able to rule a place, he will try his best to realize his wish and restore his style of study."

Wang Jian smiled lightly: "It is of course best for Zhong Yuan to have this ambition, but the governor needs to be able to do something and not do it. Now that Xiliang is in turmoil, Zhong Yuan will go to Hanyang to be an official, so be careful."

The two left Linjing the next day and headed south, and three days later they arrived at Jicheng, the county seat of Hanyang County.

When he arrived in Jicheng, Li Wei asked Xie Ming to arrange the luggage carts and horses, and hurriedly went to the prefect's mansion to report.

After passing the pass, he came to the door of the prefect Fu Xie's room, stood by the door and waited quietly for the call, when he suddenly heard a loud shout from inside: "You trash, useless thing, get out of here !" Li Wei, who had just arrived, was frightened out of his wits.
(End of this chapter)