Ren Hong knew that in the later years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, after several expeditions to Mobei failed to please, the confrontation between the two empires of Han and Hungary had changed from direct confrontation to competition for the Western Regions.The Han Dynasty is bound to implement the strategy of "cutting off the right arm of the Xiongnu" to the end, and the arm of Hexi will continue to extend to the west, firmly hold the Western Regions in the palm of the hand, and seize the residence of the Xiongnu.And Fu Jiezi's envoy also verified his guess: "Fu Jiezi's envoy is just the beginning, in the next ten years, the Han and the Xiongnu are bound to win or lose in the Western Regions."
For the children of the border counties, the good time to make meritorious contributions to the exotic land has come again!
”The tuyere has appeared, but with Ren Hong's current humble status, he can't get over it at all, and he still needs a little help.Ren Hong said to Xia Dingmao: "In the past, Zhang Qian chiseled the Western Regions, and then became the Marquis of Bowang.Xia Weng, I believe that this Fu Jiezi is today's Bowang!
”"I hope to take the opportunity to be appreciated by Fu Jiezi, and then send an envoy to the cities and countries to make a name for himself!"
The reason why he is so sure is because Ren Hong knows that Fu Jiezi will soon make miraculous achievements in the Western Regions and become famous in the annals of history, and he will be compared with Zhang Qian by future generations, and he is a model of a foreign prince.This is Ren Hong's most vivid and imminent memory of this era.The credit of this trip is not in vain."
It's too risky."
This was Xia Dingmao's first reaction after listening to Ren Hong's plan, and after he was silent for a while, his gray head shook into a rattle."
The Western Regions are far away, and there are often less than five people who come back when they go to ten people.The gentleman is Ren's last bone and blood, the last time he encountered a sandstorm, he almost died, the Western Regions are dangerous, better than Dunhuang, in case" that time was really an accident, Ren Hong was a little helpless, and they at this time, they have walked to the poplar forest in the south of the hanging spring, which is the most common tree in the Dunhuang area, the Han Dynasty people called it Hutong.Only such a strong tree species can thrive in a harsh environment.Just like the immigrants exiled to Dunhuang, they are not good men and women, and Ren Hong, the filial son and virtuous grandson, thought about how to persuade Xia Dingmao, after all, he still needed his assistance, so he patted the poplar tree that was as hard as a stone and said: "I am the grandson of the criminal official, according to the law, I should be imprisoned for three generations!"
”"Only for a young officer, not for a long official!
Not to mention filial piety. ”Hanging springs are placed in the house, and the rank is 100 stones, and the 100 stones and below are all young officials.Although Ren Hong likes Hanging Springs very much, and after half a year, he has regarded this as his home, but the life of being able to see the head for a lifetime is very scary.Xia Dingmao didn't think so, the weather was too hot, he sat down on the trunk of a dead poplar tree, took off the white silk head to wipe his sweat, revealing the deep wrinkles on his forehead, and muttered: "There is nothing bad about the young official, in the past six months, the gentleman has bought new cooking utensils for the east kitchen, and taught the old servant how many novel ways to eat."
If you want the old servant to say, Chang'an's two thousand stones, the variety of food, may not be as much as us, rather than going back to intrigue and be frightened, it is really better to be at ease in the borderland. ”"I want to get ahead, but it's not for the enjoyment of high-ranking officials."
Ren Hong scolded him: "If I am just a young official in this life, how can I be my grandfather and Ren's family, and avenge my grievances?"
”Xia Dingmao was stunned for a moment, and then he was a little moved: "It turns out that the gentleman has always remembered this!"
”"The enmity of the ninth generation, the great spring and autumn period, the unjust death of the eldest father, only more than ten years ago, how dare the kid forget it?"
Looking at the shadow hanging in the distance under the heat wave, Ren Hong said: "Xia Weng, tell me again, my eldest father Ren Shaoqing's matter" "The head of the family is originally from Xingyang County, Henan County, he was fifteen years old when he was out running around to make a living, serving as a servant, and drove to Guanzhong, thinking that that was where Haojie's husband should stay, so he stayed in Youfufeng. ”Speaking of the past, Xia Dingmao rarely smiled: "But the head of the family has just arrived, and there is no way to be an official, so he can only serve in Wugong County." ”In the Han Dynasty, every adult man had the obligation to serve, but he could also hire someone to replace him, and even breed an industry from this, "The head of the family started from the thief and the pavilion father, broke a few cases, and became the pavilion chief, which was the most trivial official." ”Ren Hong bowed his head, but secretly muttered in his heart: "The pavilion chief is not small" Although the pavilion chief of the Qin and Han dynasties is only a local grassroots unit, equivalent to a township policeman, he can master the armament and make friends with heroes.For example, the black-hearted ancestor Liu Bang!
That Ren Shaoqing is naturally not as good as Emperor Gao, but in the peaceful environment of the world, the experience is also very inspiring.According to Xia Dingmao, Ren Shaoqing was a shrewd person, and he was praised for his obedient treatment of the evil boys in the pavilion, and the location for the villagers to deploy and fight, and the distribution of elk, chickens and rabbits was fair and flawless.This work is ten years, promoted to the third elder in the county, and ten years later, he was promoted to the martial arts county magistrate of 300 stones because of his closeness to the people.It's just that later Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty traveled to Wugong, and Ren Shaoqing was dismissed because Wugong County was poor, couldn't bear to criticize the people, and did not prepare a full tent.This is really a flying disaster, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, like Emperor Qin Shi Huang, likes to run around the world, and there are too many times, which really disturbs the officials and people.Ren Hong once heard a few people from Hedong who went to Dunhuang get drunk and mentioned that there was a county guard in Hedong who hanged himself in despair because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty failed to prepare for the greeting when he was on a hunting tour.Ren Shaoqing just lost his official position, which is considered lucky.I only heard Xia Dingmao continue: "After the head of the family was dismissed, he was a person for General Wei. ”General Wei is Wei Qing, who is the sacrifice of him and Huo Quai, this is probably the fastest promotion at that time.is different from the unlucky and sad Li Guang, who is mixed under these two commands, and he can share a lot of military merits by himself.But the problem is that entering the door of the Wei family is like painting a layer of paint, and it can't be erased in this life, which is probably the beginning of Ren Shaoqing's tragedy.Later, Ren Shaoqing really won the favor of the emperor, and his official fortune prospered.He did the history of Yizhou assassination, punished many powerful and evil officials, and in a case in Shu County, he also saved Xia Dingmao's family, who became a mining slave.Since then, Xia Dingmao has followed Ren Shaoqing and become his personal servant.After a few more years, Ren Shaoqing was appointed as the captain of the Northern Army, with a rank of 2,000 stones.Then, he caught up with the witch Gu disaster that made Chang'an's heads roll as a witness, Xia Dingmao recalled the situation at that time, and still had some palpitations: "At that time, Prince Wei had killed Jiang Chong, and sent troops to chaos, and Zuo Prime Minister Liu Quyu was besieged by the official army on the order of Emperor Xiaowu, and the two sides fought in the streets and alleys, Chang'an was in chaos, and tens of thousands of people died" Ren Hong understood the reason: "At this time, the northern army under the guardianship of the eldest father has become the key to victory or defeat?
”The Northern Army is the elite of the Standing Army of the Han Dynasty, with a total of eight schools, including Tun Cavalry, Infantry, Yue Cavalry, Changshui, Hu Cai, Shooting Sheng, and Hu Ben.More than 100 years ago, Taiwei Zhou Bo relied on the talisman of the Northern Army to exterminate Zhulu.Therefore, if Prince Wei wants to make a desperate bet, the first thing he has to fight for is Ren Shaoqing, who was born in the Wei family and holds the military power of the Northern Army!
Xia Dingmao scratched his head and said: "These old servants don't understand much, but at that time, Prince Wei did take a car to the south gate of the Northern Army, summoned the head of the family, handed him the Fu Jie, and ordered him to send troops.I went out of the camp with the head of the family, and the head of the house bowed down to Prince Wei and accepted the Fu Festival, but after returning to the barracks, he closed the door and did not come out" It seems that Ren Shaoqing maintained a neutral attitude in this incident and did not help the prince or the official army.This Lao Tzu and his son are fighting, and he doesn't want to get involved."
The head of the family is a fraud and does not send troops, does not Fu Hui the prince, and Emperor Xiaowu has not pursued it."
But after the defeat of Prince Wei, the situation changed."
The head of the family had whipped the grain officer of the Northern Army for his mistake earlier, and the grain officer had a grudge, so he took the opportunity to write a letter to frame the head of the family, saying that he accepted the prince's talisman, promised to send troops, and asked for the post of Jiuqing afterwards, but he only gave up when he saw that Prince Wei was unfavorable."
Xia Dingmao gritted his teeth and said: "After Emperor Xiaowu heard about it, he actually believed it, thinking that the head of the family was an old and sophisticated official.So the head of the family was put in prison for interrogation, and he was sentenced to death after more than a month!
”This is Ren Shaoqing's life.Although Ren Hong had heard Xia Dingmao mention his deeds in the past, this was the most detailed one."
This emperor is an old man" Ren Hong secretly complained, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a violent and changeable temperament, and it was not nonsense.For example, in the witch curse, the people who assisted Prince Wei were basically wiped out.Ren Shaoqing and others, who don't help each other, have two hearts, kill them!
And after the liquidation, the most diligent group of people who had attacked Prince Wei, Liu Quyu, the prime minister of Zuo, was also killed in half, as long as he spread this majesty and was involved in this troubled water, no matter how he chose, don't think about retreating.Even if Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty died, and the general Huo Guang, who had the background of Wei's relatives, came to power, Wu Gu still did not overturn the case!
Ren Shaoqing is still accused of being a "rebel".And Ren Hong, the son of a criminal official, was exiled to Dunhuang, imprisoned by the system, and his promotion was restricted.Xia Dingmao was old, and when he mentioned the old master, he was sad for a while, and the old tears wet the sand on the soles of his feet.The past is like this, it makes people cry and laugh for a while.After Ren Hong comforted Xia Dingmao, he asked: "Does Xia Weng know that the Northern Army grain officer who falsely accused his eldest father is where he is now?"
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