Three Kingdoms

As the chief steward of Longyou, Jia Xu had a better understanding of this area than the average Han Dynasty nobles.

Today, Wuwei in Longyou is also the hometown of Jia Xu. It has become an important node in Longyou and a concentrated area for the Longyou gentry.

Longyou, in fact, is the land of Lao Qin.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Qin Dynasty was sealed in the land of Western Qiang, and the area it developed was actually this area. At the same time, it is very interesting that Longyou was not exactly a barbarian territory as the Han gentry thought. The land is an area lacking in cultural atmosphere. On the contrary, in fact, during the pre-Qin period, the ancestors of Longyou had already created rich ancient culture here. For example, there are some ancient myths that have a certain connection with Longyou. At the same time, individual chapters in the "Book of Songs", a representative of pre-Qin poetry, are related to Longdong, and some poems were produced in Longxi.

However, today, Jia Xu was not in Wuwei, but in Anding Linjing.

An Ding Linjing, there is a man.

But this celebrity has always been ostracized by the gentry of the Eastern Han Dynasty because of his "apostasy". Even the books he wrote are rarely mentioned, let alone widely disseminated.

Jia Xu sat in the car, swaying and frowning slightly.

Although General Fei Qian of the Hussars attaches great importance to Longyou, and the main official roads are generally smooth, there is still no way to take care of more remote areas like Linjing, so the roads are bumpy. It's inevitable.

Jia Xu originally seemed to be coming over on horseback, but the canopy carriage was a matter of face, just like many people don't wear long johns in winter. It may not be because they are not afraid of the cold, but for other reasons.

It's bumpy, it's natural to walk slowly, and Longxi itself produces horses, so the news has already been conveyed to Linjing before Jia Xu's people arrived.

The Wang family of Linjing is not very big in terms of reputation or official position compared to other families in the Eastern Han Dynasty with a population of tens of thousands, but it is not small either. , after all, it is said to be a branch from Wang Jian's time, and the inheritance continues to this day.

Now among the Wang family in Linjing, Wang Han is the one who calls the shots. After hearing the news that Jia Xu was coming to Linjing, he naturally held a small family meeting immediately...

"Jia Shijun's coming, I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse..." Someone in the audience sighed.

Hearing the word "disaster", Wang Han's eyebrows suddenly jumped and he glanced over in displeasure. "Although Jia Shijun did not state the purpose, there must be a reason for reaching this point. Otherwise, why bother with the carriage and horses?" "If it is really a disaster, then it is not Jia Shijun who comes, but the soldiers and horses. Since Jia Xu came in person, there must be a reason for coming in person. Finding out this reason is the theme of today's meeting!

"Come here for money and food?" 』

"Spring plowing has just begun, where will the money and food come from?" 』

"I heard that the troops in the Western Region will naturally need money and food..."

"Even so, there are no conscription orders in the four areas of Longyou. Why did Jia Shijun come here?" Is it possible to directly adjust the money and food in Linjing? Even so, how long would it take to visit Jingcang Village? 』

"That makes sense..."

"Then... why? 』

Suddenly someone said: "Could it be that... I came here because of a hidden husband?" 』

Wang Han took a breath and suddenly felt a toothache. "If you really came here for this, hey..."

"Wang Jiexin is really harmful to people, and he still leaves this poison to this day!" ” Suddenly someone said angrily.

"Be careful! Be careful! Wang Han pinched his beard and said, "You are thinking too much!" Why is this so? 』

"If not because of this, why did Jia Shijun come?" I said something early in the morning, it would be a disaster to keep it..."

Wang Han frowned and said, "Okay!" Regardless of ancestors, this is etiquette! 』

"Haha, how can one be called an ancestor if he has no family members?" 』

"Asshole!" Wang Han waved his hand and said, "If you say this again, you will be punished according to the family law!" When Jia Shijun comes to visit this time, he will strictly abide by his words and deeds. If the Wang family's reputation is tarnished, he will be severely punished! 』

Wang Han also realized that these people obviously had nothing to discuss, and finally lost patience and directly issued an order to prepare people to welcome Jia Xu.

That's often the case with current events. The more you don't want to encounter something, the more likely it will happen.

Jia Xu came to settle Linjing because of Wang Fu's suicide note "Qian Fu Lun". It is said that after Wang Fu went into seclusion, he continued to write "Qianfu Lun", but this part of the book was not displayed to the public...

There are many reasons. The most important one is that the "Qianfu Lun" written by Wang Fu at that time did not conform to the cognitive labeling of the upper class and was also contrary to the concepts adhered to by most Shandong gentry. Therefore, Wang Fu Naturally, he was pushed to the edge. Although he was praised as "seeing two thousand stones is not as good as a crack", he still died in poverty and loneliness.

At the same time, because of Wang Fu, the court controlled by the Shandong gentry has adopted a tacit rejection of all Linjing Wang families, for fear that the second Wang Fu will appear. Under such circumstances, Anping will The Linjing Wang clan's understanding of Wang Fu is naturally full of contradictions...

On the one hand, having such an ancestor naturally feels a bit glorious, but on the other hand, because of this ancestor, the Wang family in Anding and Linjing has never been able to serve as an official or an official. Do you feel this in your heart when you see others enjoying the good things and drinking spicy food? I felt a little unhappy, and resentment naturally arose.

After all, no matter how famous the ancestors are, they cannot be converted into actual benefits, and they may even hinder their own development. This is naturally a bit of nonsense, and what is very important is that Wang Fu himself is a concubine, and his mother is just a side sect. She was the daughter of a small family, so there were no branches left after Wang Fu. Neither her Wang Fu itself nor her maternal surname had any descendants, so she naturally had no scruples about talking dirty.

Two days later, Jia Xu arrived in Anding Linjing.

To the west of Anding Linjing, a hill protrudes from the undulating hills. Although it is not very steep, there is a small pavilion built on the top of the hill. It is surrounded by green trees and colorful flowers, which is quite a bit... The scenery is beautiful, so the place to welcome Jia Xu is naturally located here.

Jia Xu met Zhao, the magistrate of Anding County. After exchanging pleasantries, the group left their carriages and horses, chatted and laughed, and slowly climbed up to the post. The county magistrate of Zhao was a native of Hanyang County, the son of Zhao Yi, and his name was Zhao Ji.

Wang Han followed, and as a member of the Linjing Township elders, he also followed behind. Jia Xu was chatting and laughing with the Anding County Magistrate and other officials, and seemed to be in a lively conversation. Wang Han watched secretly, but saw that Jia Xu was wearing a wide robe and long sleeves, looking like a worldly expert, and the surrounding guards did not seem to be murderous. The situation must be determined in mind.

The conversation between Jia Xu and others was indeed very lively, and we kept talking to each other. But as he was talking, for some unknown reason, Jia Xu's expression suddenly changed, he put down his wine glass and sighed softly.

Magistrate Zhao also immediately followed up with a clear and reasonable sentence, "I wonder why you are sighing?" 』

Jia Xu sighed and said: "When I was a young man, I also climbed up this hill and entered this pavilion to look at the red leaves on the hill. Suddenly, twenty years later, I came here again and saw the old scenery, but I thought that my old friend had gone. , the past is different, I can’t help but sigh..."

After Jia Xu finished speaking, everyone suddenly looked at each other in confusion. How should they respond to what he said? Are you saying that Jia Shijun should not think too much, or are you saying that it is better to have someone new than an old friend? But the leader has said so, do we need to express it to some extent...

Magistrate Zhao said: "The current affairs are in chaos, and it is beyond human power..." Everyone responded with emotion, and everyone looked sad.

Jia Xu looked like he was "reminiscing about the past", but in fact he saw everyone's reactions in his eyes, "However, in the past twenty years, there have been internal and external disputes, chaos among the Yellow Turban bandits, wars raging, the color of the world has changed, and the country has been in turmoil - I You can still enjoy the mountain scenery here, but I wonder if your Majesty can enjoy the scenery in Xu County..." As he spoke, Jia Xu actually covered his face with his sleeves and seemed to be crying.

When Magistrate Zhao saw this, he quickly raised his sleeves to wipe his eyes. Everyone also made sad faces one after another, covering their faces and eyes. As for whether there were real tears or not, it depends on the person.

This sentence is even harder to answer than the previous words.

"When I was young, I had a question, and there was a talented person in Linjing. He did not agree with the secular world. He criticized the gains and losses of current politics, denounced the cronies of powerful people as traitors, advocated righteous learning, cared about the people, paid attention to the frontier, inspired people to think, and made people think..." Jia Xu turned his eyes and said, "I wonder if there will be any descendants today..."

Magistrate Zhao looked stunned, then turned to Wang Han with a "kind face" and said, "What a coincidence!" And there are descendants of Wang Jiexin here..."

To be honest, apart from Wang Fu, there is really no one worthy of praise from the Wang family in Linjing. On weekdays, they just know how to be tough in the wilds of their hometown. If they really want to leave Linjing, their courage will be reduced. point. When Wang Han saw Jia Xu, he asked, and with the words of Magistrate Zhao, he quickly stepped forward and bowed deeply in greeting.

Jia Xu also made a surprised look and offered cordial condolences. Naturally, he also mentioned the mountain forest where Wang Fu lived in seclusion in the past, saying that he would go and pay homage to Yun Yun tomorrow.

For a while, the host and guest were happy and harmonious, and then Jia Xu and Magistrate Zhao went down to the mountain pavilion and continued to rest in the city. However, Wang Han felt uneasy. On the one hand, he had to deal with the constant stream of people who were either real or real. He stepped forward to congratulate him falsely, but on the other hand he didn't know what would happen next. He was beating a small drum in his heart, and it was pounding all the way back.

Not to mention the murmurings of Zhao Ji, Wang Han and others, Jia Xu took Meng Shu to the post house. Well, it is not actually a post house. What kind of serious post house can there be in a small place like Linjing? , is also a courtyard of the Wang family, specially cleaned for Jia Xu.

Meng Shu originally followed Li Ru, but now Li Ru has arrived at Lu Bu's place, and Lu Bu's place has Meng Hong, so there is no need for Meng Shu to follow him all the time, and Longyou also needs a Meng general to balance the military power, so After the Battle of Haitou, Meng Shu returned to Longyou to assist Jia Xu.

Meng Shu took his guards and looked around everywhere, then returned to the main hall to resume his life.

Jia Xu saw it, held the tea cup, and then tilted his head slightly to indicate, "Sit down." 』

"Thank you, envoy." Meng Shu hesitated for a moment, but still thanked him and sat down.

"But you feel a little confused? Jia Xu glanced sideways at Meng Shu and said.

Meng Shu nodded and said, "That's true." Although someone is not talented, looking at the land of Linjing, although the mulberry family is okay, the production may not be prosperous. If we talk about people, all the people are general... The so-called Wang family is even more rough. There seems to be something about the latent husband theory..."

Jia Xu laughed, nodded, and then said softly: "I came here not to ask for money or food, nor to ask for talents, but... came for the Lord..."

"For my lord?" ” Meng Shu was stunned.

Jia Xu nodded and said: "My lord gave a speech at Qinglong Temple, refuting the heretical scriptures and condemning the false texts. This is an eternal achievement!" It’s just that... what has been broken should be established... And the great scholars of the dynasty have all been studying modern literature for a long time. Although Sima and Zheng are famous, many of the books they wrote are inconsistent with their master’s intention. Not worth much use..."

Meng Shu thought for a moment and suddenly said: "Could it be... "The Theory of Qian Fu"?" 』

Jia Xu nodded, "This is one of them..."

Meng Shu swallowed his saliva.

However, Jia Xu glanced at Meng Shu again, then smiled and said: "The second thing is to help my lord understand the style of the people in Longyou..."

"The scholars of Longyou often practiced military affairs and had the style of martyrs and warriors. During the period of filial piety, there were flying generals in Longxi and their sons dared to do so. There was also the Sun family who fought against the Xiongnu. During the Zhao and Xuan periods, there was Shang Hao. , who came out of the Zhao family and put down the Qiang rebellion, they are all good generals. Everyone in the world says that "the generals from Kansai" are...until..."

Jia Xu sighed slightly.

Meng Shu thought that it was Dong Zhuo that Jia Xu was sighing at, and felt that Dong Zhuo had ruined Longyou's reputation as a "soldier general". He sighed a little in his heart, but he didn't know that in fact, Jia Xu's heart was completely different from what he thought. .

What Jia Xu sighed was Guangwu.

Jia Xu did not feel that Dong Zhuo was at all wrong. Even if Dong Zhuo was wrong, it was the Han Dynasty and it was the fault of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu who caused it.

Because from the beginning, the Han Dynasty did not give much space to the heroic class in Longyou. After Emperor Guangwu, things got worse and worse...

Even though there were so many Longyou soldiers who would sacrifice their lives for the Han Dynasty before, the Han Dynasty had always been on guard against the people in Longyou. The so-called "Li Guang was difficult to seal" was not entirely because Li Guang was an unlucky man. It was because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was unwilling to make a man from Longyou a marquis!

Therefore, what Li Guang gets in his hands will always be second-rate or even shoddy. If he wants to come back and slap Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in such an environment, it is probably only possible for him to travel through time.

A very important reason why the Han Dynasty was unfriendly to Longyou was the formation of local forces in Longyou. It was a class system with Longyou as the base, Longyou Hu and Qiang as the basis, animal husbandry as the focus, and farming and mulberry as the economy. The basic political system of the Han Dynasty was very different.

The development and establishment of Longyou in the Western Han Dynasty were carried out in sequence. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Longxi was established after inheriting the Qin Dynasty. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used troops against the Xiongnu, he developed the four counties of Hexi and the two counties of Tianshui and Anding. During the reign of Emperor Xuan, Zhao Chongguo defeated the Western Qiang and later established Jincheng County. . Except for Longxi County, which has a small number of original Han people in the eight counties of Longyou, the Han people in the remaining seven counties were basically migrated from the interior by the Han Dynasty through farming, prison, and military garrison.

After these people united and married with the local Qiang and Hu people, they formed an extremely complex social ecology, and this social ecology and folk customs were promoted by the Han Dynasty.

Perhaps the original idea of ​​the Han Dynasty was to raise a good dog named Long You, which could cooperate with the Wuhuan of Liaodong to attack the Xiongnu with their bows. This was indeed achieved at first, but as time went by, as the owner The Emperor of the Han Dynasty suddenly felt that this dog Longyou was so vicious and that people were so scared...

In the heyday of Longyou, "there were benefits from the Qiang in the west, and livestock from the Rong and Zhai in the north", and "livestock farming was the source of wealth for the world." The Qiang and Hu soldiers were the most powerful force in the world during the Han Dynasty. It is said that "the most powerful and brave people in the world, feared by the people, include the Bing and Liang people, the Xiongnu, the Tu Ge, the Yi Cong in the Wanderings, and the Western Qiang"...

Especially during the Guangwu period, because the Poxiao forces in Longyou were so powerful that they became a major obstacle to the unification of the Eastern Han Dynasty and created great trouble for Liu Xiu's unification. Therefore, Liu Xiu pacified the Poxiao forces. After that, they immediately cut off the possible alliance between the Longyou forces and the Qiang and Hu forces, and became the first task of the Eastern Han Dynasty when facing Longxi.

Lu Fang's forces were wiped out with pretexts, the Poxiao branch and the Xianling Qiang were separated and moved to different places. Even the Hexi Dourong forces, which had made great contributions to Liu Xiu's unification of Longyou, could not escape the fate of being dismembered. Dou Rong was deported from Hexi and served as the shepherd of Jizhou. Liang Tong and Ban Biao were conscripted into the court, and Ma Yuan was sent to conquer the east and west, and finally died on the southern expedition...

After the Yongchu Rebellion, Yu Xu made suggestions, not only reminding the ruling class not to forget the dangers of local forces in Longyou, but also suggested that Captain Zhang Yu should "recruit the heroes of Liangtu, bring their shepherds and guardians to the court, and order each government to establish a number of them" People should use persuasion on the outside to respond to their hard work, and restraint on the inside to prevent their evil plans..."

The two-pronged strategy of raising pigs and hostages was also adopted and implemented by the rulers at that time.

However, even so, can the Xiqiang riots be avoided?

On the contrary, it made Long You, who was supposed to be the right-hand man of the Han Dynasty, at a loss during the Qiang chaos. He didn't know whether he should mediate and mediate, or organize defense and resistance, because no matter what he did, he would probably be slapped with a big hat in the end. At best, the charges written on the hat are slightly different.

Therefore, it is not surprising that during the Hengling Period, there would be a half-century-long Xiqiang Rebellion...

Finally Dong Zhuo appeared.

At the level of a counselor like Jia Xu, what he observes is not the effect, but the cause of the effect going up the vine. Among the Han Dynasty, Jia Xu felt that there was only one general of the Hussars, Fei Qian, who made him feel He has a broad mind and warm arms that can accommodate and control Long You, a hound with some personality.

"Third, my lord is now exploring the Western Region... Hexi is like an arm, and Longyou is in the middle, just like a person's shoulder blade. Only by moving flexibly can we gain the benefits of the Western Region. As a minister, we should naturally plan ahead. How can we just follow orders?" And walking, like a clay puppet? Jia Xu smiled and said, "So, do you know why so-and-so is here?" 』

Meng Shu was suddenly stunned and held his hands in his hands and said, "You are indeed far-sighted!" 』

Jia Xu chuckled twice. In fact, in addition to the above positive reasons for Fei Qian, in fact, Jia Xu also had a bad taste lingering in his heart, that is, if these people in Longxi really After ascending to the Han court and occupying a place, the faces of the Shandong nobles who had suppressed Longxi for a long time must be quite wonderful...