The dream of a lonely hero

Yan Feng asked Hu Zan if it was the intention of Prime Minister Zhao Pu. Hu Zan panicked and the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground. Suddenly, a cat ran in the pavilion. Hu Zan said in surprise: "Damn old cat! It's so scary!" Yan Feng took an empty glass and filled it with wine for him. In order to relieve his fear of the cat, he said: "This cat suddenly jumped out, it's really scary." Hu Zan calmed down and said: "This has nothing to do with the prime minister. Hu is just leaving a way out for himself. The prime minister will die one day. Who can Hu rely on then? What Hu said today is limited to you and me. You will know the benefits and harms."

Yan Feng's braid was still in his hand. Throwing out a braid at random would be enough to kill Yan Feng. How could Yan Feng dare not obey his orders? What he said was mutually beneficial. After talking about the important things, Hu Zan and Yan Feng ate their meals and went back.

Hu Zan left the restaurant and walked two streets away. He was walking hurriedly when he heard someone behind him calling him "Hu Zan, Hu Zan!" He turned around and saw the man: short and skinny, over forty years old, pale, donkey-faced, cow-mouthed, puffy eyes, and protruding ears. Hu Zan recognized that this was his colleague Yao Shu, the official of the East Palace.

As mentioned in the previous article, Zhao Guangyi saw Yao Shu's brilliant and elegant writing in Zhangzhou and liked him very much. He recommended him to Prime Minister Zhao Pu, and Yao Shu became the official of the East Palace (the Prime Minister's Office). At first, he was cautious, but after a long time, relying on the recommendation of Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi, he became arrogant and did not take his colleagues seriously at all. He called the official Hu Zan by his name.

Hu Zan was just walking and was startled by his shouting. He turned around to see that it was him. He was angry and did not want to pay attention to him, so he turned around and walked away. Seeing him startled, Yao Shu thought that he must have done something wrong, and he became bolder, saying, "Hu Zan has left his official duties and is wandering around. How can the Prime Minister let you go easily if he knows?" Hu Zan was too lazy to pay attention and left with a wave of his sleeves. Yao Shu looked at his passing back, then looked at the street, and wondered: What is Hu Zan doing in this remote Xuanwu Street? It's not convenient for him to go home. Just as he was hesitating, he saw Yan Feng passing by like the wind, and hurriedly said, "My dear nephew Yan Feng! My dear nephew Yan Feng! After entering the Yanhou Mansion, you are no longer a benefactor of the past!" Yan Feng stopped, perfunctorily saluted, and said, "Uncle Yao, please forgive me!" After exchanging pleasantries with him, he left in a hurry. Yao Shu wondered, how could Yan Feng, the brigade commander of Yanting Marquis Mansion, also appear in Xuanwu Street? How could it be such a coincidence? I have seen Hu Zan and Yan Feng, a hall official of the East Palace and a brigade commander of Yanhou Mansion, what kind of relationship would they have?

Yan Feng returned to the Marquis of Yan's Mansion and thought: Marquis of Yanting reads books and plays football all day long, and he doesn't care about the outside world. He doesn't want to argue with the world. I'm afraid I can't persuade him to help Prince Fu move to Prince Jin. So he thought of the lifesaver of Marquis of Yanting Zhao Dezhao - Fang Xun, a former military officer of Zuowei Mansion from the eighth rank. Fang Xun is the only one of the eight brothers in Meiyuan who passed the military examination. As mentioned in the previous article, the military examination is not only about archery and horse riding, martial arts competition, but also about essays, policy questions, and "Seven Military Classics". At that time, Chen Xin, Zhang Qing, Ma Yan, and Yuan Da were not familiar with this and failed. He experienced too much in the officialdom and battlefield from acting county magistrate of Yulong County to Prince Jin's Mansion to Marquis of Yanting Mansion. After entering the Marquis of Yan, he was in YanUnder the influence of Zhao Dezhao, the Marquis of Ting, he read widely and gradually became a man of both civil and military talents. He had followed Shi Yanzhao, the governor of Tianping Army of Zuotian County, and Liu Yu, the governor of Datong Army, the guard of Chunting Marquis, to pacify the two Lis, conquer the Southern Tang, and conquer the Northern Han, and had made many outstanding achievements. However, his military exploits were hidden in the Yanhou Mansion and he did not receive any obvious promotion. After the war, he was promoted to the seventh-rank Sizhi of Yanhou Mansion. The power of the royal brothers, the Prince of Jin and the Prince of Fu, expanded rapidly. Fang Xun was always worried about the future of the legitimate prince, Zhao Dezhao, the Marquis of Yanting. He did not know how to make suggestions to Yanhou after thinking about it. Fang Xun knew Yan Feng's details. He committed crimes, killed people and robbed goods, and committed many murders. He was as treacherous as a ghost, behaved like a fox and a rat, and was full of evil. He sneered at him. Although they worked in the Yanhou Mansion, they were like water and fire. At the end of the day, Yan Feng invited Fang Xun to drink. Fang Xun sneered, "Haha! Yan Feng is so shameless to invite Fang to drink with you, bah! This is an insult to Fang!" He walked away.

Yan Feng chased after him and said, "Are you, Fang Xun, worthy of my invitation? If it weren't for the Marquis of Yan, how could Yan Feng have the leisure to do this!"

Fang Xun said, "For the Marquis of Yan?"

Yan Feng said, "How can an egg remain intact under an overturned nest? For you, for the Marquis of Yan, and for the overall situation, we can only put aside our past grudges for the time being."

Fang Xun despised him, but his words were quite important. He followed him around a few streets and entered a secluded hotel, and chose a pavilion to sit down. Yan Feng casually ordered a few side dishes and a pot of wine, and told the waiter not to enter without being summoned. Yan Feng talked about the current situation of the legitimate prince Zhao Dezhao and his worrying future. This was exactly the same as what Fang Xun had been thinking about every day. When Fang Xun was in the Prince of Jin's mansion, he felt that it was not the way for a minister to recruit talents and raise loyal soldiers. He had long intended to return to the Marquis of Yanting's mansion. It happened that in order to rescue Yan Yun, the Prince of Jin drove him back to the Marquis of Yanting's mansion in a rage. Fang Xun also agreed with what Yan Feng said. Yan Feng asked Fang Xun to persuade the Marquis of Yan Zhao Dezhao to ask Xun Yi, the student of the Imperial College, to make decisions, and dispelled Fang Xun's worries that Xun Yi was the confidant of the Prince of Jin. After careful consideration, Fang Xun agreed to persuade the Marquis of Yan Zhao Dezhao with Yan Feng.

The next morning, Fang Xun and Yan Feng went to see the Marquis of Yanting Zhao Dezhao together. The two sang in unison, saying that Xun Yi, the student of the Imperial College, was full of knowledge, learned, virtuous, and talented, and that the Prince of Jin relied on his strategy to wipe out the Golden Spear Society in Tianlang Mountain. Seeing that Zhao Dezhao was interested, Yan Feng said, "Your Highness, why don't you invite Xun Yi to come and ask for advice?"

Zhao Dezhao hesitated and said, "No! According to the etiquette of our dynasty, 'the establishment of a vassal residence is only for attending court meetings' ("vassal residence" refers to the prince, and "attending court meetings" means attending court meetings and meeting the emperor). How dare I make friends with the ministers in the court!"

Yan Feng said, "Although your highness is a royal family, he is only a pavilion marquis, not a county prince or a prince. Besides, the recorder of the Imperial Academy is just a ninth-rank official, how can he be a minister in the temple? It is also a quiet and important position (similar to an idle position); besides, your highness summoned him just to discuss academics, not to discuss court affairs! Your highness doesn't need to worry."

Zhao Dezhao thought again and again and said, "Then you can go on the trip for me."

Xun Yi was originally the senior leader of the Golden Spear Society of Tianlang Mountain. After he, Cheng Xu and Jia Xuan helped King Zhao Guangyi of Jin break Tianlang Mountain, he was awarded the title of Imperial College Student for his merits. In Dingzhou, he saw that King Jin spared no effort to recruit and support his followers, and concluded that King Jin must have the intention of rebelling. Before leaving Dingzhou, he visited his good friend, Mr. Shan Ming from Bailu Village, a local celebrity, and found that Shan Ming's family of five had been killed by bandits. He asked the villagers. The villagers said: Not long ago, a senior official came to Dingzhou with a heavy gift to invite Mr. Shan Ming to come out of the mountain. Mr. Shan Ming refused to accept the gift and refused to come out of the mountain. The senior official had no choice but to return to Dingzhou in disgrace. Maybe the bandits thought that Mr. Shan Ming had accepted a lot of money, so they broke into the house to rob, but they never thought that Mr. Shan Ming's family was poor, so the bandits were ashamed and angry and killed him. Xun Yi was originally from Dingzhou and had been the leader of the Golden Spear Society. He knew all the thieves of all sizes within hundreds of miles of Dingzhou. More than 100,000 disciples of the Golden Spear Society in Tianlang Mountain, Dingzhou were wiped out by the King of Jin, and the remaining small bandits had already been scared out of their wits and fled. Xun Yi inferred that only the King of Jin, Zhao Guangyi, could have such a hand, and when he saw that Mr. Shan Ming was not used by him, he suddenly had a murderous intention. The King of Jin was extremely cruel and killed innocent people, which further strengthened Xun Yi's determination not to be used by the King of Jin. On this day, he heard that the attendants of the legitimate prince, Zhao Dezhao, the Marquis of Yanting, came to invite him, and he left happily. Zhao Dezhao talked with Xun Yi for a few words and inferred that he was definitely not an ordinary person. He asked him about Confucianism, Taoism, military science, various schools of thought, astronomy and geography. Xun Yi knew everything and knew everything, and he said everything he knew. Zhao Dezhao was deeply impressed. Gradually, Xun Yi became a frequent visitor to the Yanhou Mansion.

That day, in the Yin'an Hall of the Marquis of Yanting's mansion, Xun Yi was talking eloquently and spitting. Yanting Marquis Zhao Dezhao was listening attentively, and it took him a long time to notice that there was a man in his forties standing at the door of the hall. He was tall and majestic, with a purple face full of vicissitudes, three strands of short beard, brows and eyes, and his eyes were deep, wise and unfathomable. He was wearing a green hat and holding a jade whisk. Next to him stood a eunuch holding a whisk. The eunuch was nearly thirty years old and of medium build.

Zhao Dezhao was panicked and recognized that the man was the current emperor in casual clothes, and the eunuch behind him was Han Shoujun, the emperor's substitute eunuch. He hurriedly stood up and bowed, saying: "Your son greets your father! Please forgive your son for being late to welcome you." Xun Yi also knelt and bowed.

Zhao Dezhao lost his mother when he was seven years old and had been living with his grandmother. His father, Zhao Kuangyin, had been commanding troops outside for a long time and later became the emperor, and was even more entangled in military and political affairs. The father and son had few opportunities to meet, and he received very limited fatherly love. He had a special feeling of awe for his father. Today, his father came unexpectedly, and he was both excited and terrified.

Zhao Kuangyin walked slowly to the desk and sat down, saying, "No need to be polite, stand up!" Zhao Dezhao stood up carefully and said, "Your son asked the assistants in the palace to come and meet you."

Zhao Kuangyin said, "Just call Gong Mo, the Yishan of the Houfu, and forget about the rest." He looked at Xun Yi who was kneeling, "You should stand up too." Xun Yi stood up and stood to one side. Zhao Dezhao hurriedly ordered his servants to summon Gong Mo to see him. Gong Mo hurried into the palace to pay his respects to the king and waited for the emperor to ask him.

Zhao Kuangyin said, "Gong Yishan, what books does Dezhao read?"

Gong Mo said, "Your Majesty, please ask! The University”, “The Doctrine of the Mean”, “The Analects of Confucius” and other four books and five classics. ” Then he took out a stack of manuscripts and said, “This is the “Daliang Fu” written by the prince yesterday. Please read it, Your Majesty!” The eunuch Han Shoujun took it and handed it to Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin took it and looked at it, and said, “What’s the use of these articles? De Zhao read the classics, and he should understand the source of prosperity and decline, understand the beginning of success and failure, and judge the opportunity of governing chaos and know the general situation of chaos. I think he is almost a pedant!”

Gong Mo said in panic, “It’s all the incompetence of the lower officials. I have failed the grace of the emperor. Please punish me, Your Majesty!”

Zhao Kuangyin said, “Forget it!” He looked at Xun Yi and said, “Who is this pedant?”

Xun Yi said, “Reporting to Your Majesty! I am Xun Yi, the recorder of the Imperial College.”

Zhao Kuangyin thought for a moment and said, “Oh! Xun Yi is a hero who conquered Tianlang Mountain. He must be a wise and thoughtful person. What do you think about the current situation? "

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