In the winter and November of the first six years, after nearly a month of trekking, Zhang Chang, the Taishou of Shu County, finally arrived in Chengdu.All the way to the mountains and rivers are dangerous, turning over Taibai, Yueba Mountain, and walking on the thrilling plank road.It wasn't until after passing Jiameng County that the eyes suddenly opened up, entering the flat Chengdu Plain, Guanzhong was called the country of abundance by Zhang Liang, and Shu County was "Little Tianfu", it was really fertile and fertile, and it was a rare place in the south where the average number of households in each county exceeded 10,000.The carriage drove in the bustling city of Chengdu, which almost replicated the shape of Qin Xianyang City, Zhang Chang couldn't help but secretly sigh: "Fortunately, the relationship between Xiang Bo and the Marquis was left, and Emperor Gao invited Bashu outside Hanzhong, if there was no continuous support from Xiao Xiangguo to send Bashu, it would be difficult for the Han army to counterattack Sanqin." ”Zhang Chang's previous position in Yuzhang County is also the land of barbarian mountains, and is the development of the economy, but also the implementation of education, I hope that Yuzhang can eventually become the second Shu County, because Shu County is an extremely successful example of changing the customs, from the land of Nanyi in the Qin period, but more than 100 years, it has become the hometown of Lile today.He had just arrived in Chengdu, and he didn't have time to drink a sip of water, so he immediately asked the local officials to take it and go to pay homage to Weng Temple.If it is said that the fertile fields of Shu County are thanks to Li Bing's father and son, then the education after the prosperity began from the time of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty.For a time, the number of people who came to the capital from Shu to study was as large as that in Qilu.The reason why Sima Xiangru of Shu was able to become the head of the people of the Han Dynasty and the first place in the Han Dynasty was inherently talented, but the good atmosphere of Shu County was also a reason.After paying homage to Weng Temple, Zhang Chang asked Jun Cheng and others to invite the young children of Shu County to meet them and gave them an impassioned speech.It probably means that they were born in an enviable good era, and now that the Son of Heaven is in the court, the candidates for filial piety and doctoral disciples have been added, and more people will have the opportunity to study in Chang'an."
The Holy Son of Heaven will cultivate the story of Emperor Wu, talk about the six arts group books, and do all the strange good, all the monarchs but the elders who have a skill, you can enter the book, I will choose the good one to recommend it!"
The young people of Shu County were excited, although the Shu dialect in their mouths made Zhang Chang not understand very well, and afterwards there were really some young people who took the opportunity to hold silk books and present their works to him, after all, Sima Xiangru was to enter with resignation and become a favorite minister of filial piety, with this precedent, Shu County people naturally believe that learning is a shortcut to official careers.After Zhang Chang looked at these works in the evening, he felt that most of them were dull and difficult to see, but there was a young disciple named "Wang Bao", who entered a piece called Ode to the Holy Lord and the Virtuous Minister, which attracted Zhang Chang's attention."
The essence of the five beginnings of the Spring and Autumn Law is to judge oneself and be orthodox.The husband and the sage, the instrument of the country is also used.The virtuous people tend to give up the province and make contributions; If the instrument is used, it will be effective with less force. ”After reading it, Zhang Changle said: "It seems that he is advocating that the Son of Heaven expand into talents, but in fact, he is praising the Holy Lord today, and everyone in the court is a pillar of talent." ”The sycophancy is overflowing on the silk, fortunately, the pen is good, the rhetoric is gorgeous, and over time, I am afraid that it is another Sima Xiangru second.Zhang Chang couldn't help but pay more attention to Wang Bao, and read a few short words he sandwiched in, named Jiuhuai, which is a memorial to Qu Yuan's work from Song Yu Jia Yi, and the remembrance of Qu Yuan is a commonly used proposition for Chu Ci students. ”and so on, perhaps implying that he also has the meaning of not meeting talents."
It's only twenty-three years old, what don't you meet?"
Zhang Chang knew that because Emperor Gao was a Chu person, the Han Dynasty was good at Chu, and Emperor Xiaowu himself liked to be a Chu speech.And the left and right cronies, such as Zhu Maichen, etc., also mostly use Chu to enter, but Sima Xiangru changes his body alone, benefiting from the meaning of Weiqi, decorated with beautiful words, short and long sentences, and not bound by the law, which is very different from that time, so he is favored.This Wang Bao sent so many works, probably hoping to follow the old path of his predecessors, but to be honest, Zhang Chang didn't think that the Son of Heaven would like these gorgeous chapters with little substance."
Your Majesty's favorite is the poetry of the Biansai like the Marquis of Xi'an."
Emperor Xiaowu was at the peak of his national strength, and Cifu also flew to the peak together, but after all, he paid the heavy price of waste at home and abroad, and the empire was on the verge of collapse, so after Emperor Zhao ascended the throne, he resumed inaction politics and recuperated with the people, plus the general Huo Guang did not like to resign, so Futan was silent for more than ten years.After succeeding to the throne and pro-government, there are occasional people who sing praises for the big and palace halls, but they are criticized by Confucian public opinion, headed by Wei Xiang and Xiao Wangzhi, and the speaker thinks that he is not in a hurry.Throughout the past ten years, the most well-known poet in the world is actually the great Sima Wei general Ren Hong.When he was a small official, he used the side to plug the male, opened a momentary atmosphere, and looked at the Yumen Pass from the "lonely city" of the army; out of the plug "shoot the man first shoot the horse, capture the thief first capture the king"; Bai Xuege sent Fu Du back to the capital, "suddenly like a night of spring breeze", or high-spirited, or reflective, or magnificent.There is also Princess Anping, the wife of General Wei, who played the Qin pipa as a song, added Wusun Husheng, and covered up the non-rhyming of the original poem, but it was not interesting, and was selected into Shanglin Yuefu.The Son of Heaven's favorite is to let people play "Loulan will never be returned if it is not broken" when the barbarians enter the court.There have been a lot of young scholars in Chang'an and Confucian scholars who were exiled to the Western Regions, imitating the Marquis of Xi'an, and began to write "Biansai poems", I heard that Huan Kuan wrote the words of the King of Shanshan, telling about the study of the saints of the King of Shanshan, and Huang Ba wrote a Loulan Fu, talking about the Loulan from a barren land to today's fertile land, all of which changed the body of Chu Ci, and faintly imitated the Hou of Xi'an."
The ancient poetry has changed into elegance for the wind, and today's poetry has also changed, and the filial piety is very different, from now on, I am afraid that the poetry will flourish, and Chu Ci and Fu will decline."
Although Zhang Chang didn't think that Wang Bao's works could be liked by the Son of Heaven, he still promoted him to be the county guard, in fact, he used it as a translator, Zhang Chang couldn't understand the obscure dialect of the Shu people.In the next few days, Zhang Chang became familiar with the affairs of Shu County, controlled the personnel appointments in hand, and went to the city of Chengdu to learn about the local products.Wang Bao ran before and after, and diligently introduced Zhang Chang: "The Shu people like to store slaves, and they mainly bought servants from the southwest Yi to dig well salt and dansha, and in recent years, they often trade with the northwest yak Qiang, Baima Qiang, and ginseng wolf Qiang, etc., and trade with tea for cattle and horses and Qiang slaves. ”Zhao Chongguo and Ren Hong were in Jincheng County Pingqiang, which led to the great migration of the Qiang people to the plateau, and some went south, entering the territory of Yak Qiang and Baima Qiang around Shu County.The government to raze the raze, the rich then the big Qiang slaves, Shu County's special tea in Xi'an Hou Jiaxiang shop under the promotion, not only by the Xiqiang Hao Chang love, Chang'an also began to have people try to taste, Shu tea from the plains around the hills is picked, made into cakes or bricks, carried by the horse team and mule team, and sold to other counties together with the well salt, has become one of the local pillar industries.In the past few days when Zhang Chang first came to Chengdu, there was no shortage of businessmen or light men who came to visit the new county guard, saying that they had heard new news in the south and were willing to continue to find the road to the poison in Shu County for the Son of Heaven.Shu body poison road, this can be said to be the Han version of "looking for the northwest route", originated from the original Zhang Qian saw Shu cloth and bamboo cane in the Great Xia Kingdom, I heard that it was bought from the southeast body poison country, and he expected that there was a direct passage between the poison and Shu County.Since then, the Han envoy began to explore for decades, and Emperor Wu ordered the envoy and other more than ten people, divided into several roads, starting from Shu County and Qianwei County, all the way out of Randi, all the way out of Qiongdu, all the way out of Yan.He went south to explore the southwest Yi and persuaded the king of Dian to obey the Han Dynasty, but was blocked by the "Kunming Yi" in the Erhai area in later generations, forcing Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to repair the Kunming Pool, send a large army to conquer, and finally opened seven counties in the southwest Yi region!
There is also a department of Yizhou Thorn History, which means that the territory of the state is wide.However, the so-called Shu Body Poison Road has still not been found, and there are only Hengduan dangerous mountains and canyon rainforests ahead.After decades of silence, in recent years, with the frequent marquis of the ministers who have started the work, the clever Shu people have also seen the opportunity again, and they are eager to try to be the second in Tang and Meng, and want to explore the "Shu Body Poison Dao" to exchange for wealth.Zhang Chang rejected these people: "The Marquis of Xi'an has asserted that although the road of Shu is poisonous, the road is rugged and dangerous, and it is difficult to march soldiers and merchants.In Ren Hong's view, since it is the wrong direction, it is better to block it, and there is no need to take human lives and Shu County's financial resources to go to the rainforest to fight for water.With the current science and technology and national strength of the Han Dynasty, relying on the three counties of Bashu and Guanghan, it is enough to slowly develop the seven new counties opened up by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.After all, in history, Guizhou County, Yizhou County, and Yunnan were sinicized until the Yuan and Ming dynasties.After all, on the sea route, there are also many Southeast Asian states that arrive in Ninan County to pay tribute, and Xiaowu knows that the sea route has explored the lion country, that is, Sri Lanka, and no matter how hard he works, he will go to North India, which is struggling to explore.After finishing all this work, Zhang Chang began to fulfill the emperor's secret edict, ready to understand what the abolished emperor Liu He has done in recent years.I don't know if I don't check the results, but as soon as I checked, someone came to sue Liu He!"
The county guard, so the king of Changyi sent officials into Chengdu to buy wooden figurines, and wanted to do witchcraft to curse the Son of Heaven!"
After being blamed, Zhang Chang was very nervous, you know, witch Gu is a crime of rebellion, it is a very serious accusation, the famous witch Gu disaster needless to say, the filial piety of Empress Chen, is to be abolished with witch Gu, decades after the Wei family also stepped into it, before Prince Wei raised troops, Gongsun He father and son, Princess Yangshi, Princess Zhuyi, Wei Yan all died with witch Gu.And Liu Xu, the king of Guangling, was also reported by the king of Chu, saying that he asked the wizard to curse the Son of Heaven, and this case was handled by Zhang Chang, the reason why he did not die, firstly, because the king of Guangling killed all the people involved, and secondly, the Son of Heaven did not want to kill his close relatives in the name, so he raised it high and put it down gently.At present, if Liu He really dies like this, and sends someone to buy a puppet to bury him in the ground and curse the emperor, then he is afraid that he will really follow in the footsteps of the young emperor After arresting the family supervisor sent by Liu He to buy things, and after careful investigation in the market, Zhang Chang couldn't help but be furious, pointed to the so-called "puppets" searched by his subordinates, and scolded the strict officials who blamed Liu He: "This is your so-called witch puppet?
”These dolls, in fact, are some small wooden figurines used for funerals, most of them are wooden figurines of maids from young sisters, more than a high ruler, the face carving is depicted with clear eyebrows, the clothes worn are the right side of the collar, the wide sleeves are curved robes, the edge of the robe is decorated with a black ground saffron brocade, and the robe surface is a diamond pattern and a cloud pattern.Hands are arched in the sleeves.He also made a bun on the top of his head, and a bamboo stick was inserted on the top of the bun.This is anything that will be buried with any Chinese family, it turned out that Liu He's concubine died of illness, in order to bury her, the family supervisor was sent to Chengdu to purchase Ming wooden figurines to accompany the burial.And the accompanying officials made a false accusation."
It seems that many people really want to use Liu He's head to make a fortune."
Zhang Chang only felt that Liu He was really miserable, if the Son of Heaven made it clear that he wanted to kill this abolished emperor, then maybe this false accusation would come true.Under the unrestrained appearance, Zhang Chang is a good-hearted person, he does not want to go further in this way, and decides to go to Yan Dao to see the situation in person, observe his words and deeds, and then truthfully report to the Son of Heaven.Yandao Yingjing County, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province is in the south of Shu County, leaving Chengdu, after crossing the Tsing Yi River, the plastering plain is left behind, and the surroundings become closed again, full of forests and mountains, and the winding road finally arrives at Yandao.Barbarian said, here is the Qin State's "think tank" Zhu Li Ji fiefdom, in the time of Emperor Xiao, because of the discovery of the big copper mountain, was given to Deng Tong, Deng Tong came here to mine copper coinage, and Wu State's money parallel to the world.And Zhang Chang saw that the people working on the copper mountain were the servants and Qiang slaves who were sold with cattle and horses in the Chengdu market, and thousands of soldiers were stationed here to guard the western governor of Shu County, and by the way, they also stared at the abolished emperor.The residence of the abolished emperor Liu He, on the edge of Yandao County, the Qionglai Mountain Post Pavilion on the bank of Qiongshui, is located in a small basin, Zhang Chang came here to see, where is this building, it is clearly a prison!
Stone walls were built on the surrounding hills, and eight watchtowers were set up every 100 paces, each stationed in a team of soldiers to guard it.As a Shu person, Wang Bao is familiar with the allusions here, and said in a low voice: "In the past, Liu Chang, the king of Huainan, conspired against the death penalty, and the filial piety emperor could not bear to punish him, so he only abolished his throne.As a result, Liu Chang committed suicide halfway, and the repaired house was empty, and finally after Liu He smashed the jade seal, he was sent here by the general Huo Guang in a fit of rage, and it has been six years."
It's too small."
Zhang Chang couldn't help but shake his head, that house was about the same size as the Xi'an Hou Mansion in Shangguan, but the number of people living in it was several times, right?"
There are one hundred and eighty-three slaves and maidservants in the house."
The governor of the western part of Shu County, who was in charge of monitoring Liu He, came to report: "Therefore, the king of Changyi had a total of sixteen wives and concubines, and two of them died.There are twenty-two children, including eleven boys and eleven girls, most of whom were born in the past six years, of which three boys and two girls died one after another.Zhang Chang thought about it carefully, Liu He was the most fond of racing cars, running everywhere in Changyi Country, and he was not at ease after entering Beijing, and he was eager to try the vast Shanglin Garden.But now he is locked up in a small courtyard in a small basin, and he himself is confined to no entry and exit, and only sends the family supervisor and household officials to go out to buy things, six years!
Ordinary people will be depressed after being locked up at home for two months, and Liu He's ADHD personality is not crazy.When Zhang Chang put out the honor guard of the county guard and came to the residence of the abolished emperor to see others, he found that Liu He was indeed suffocated.This courtyard is very strict on weekdays, the gate is always closed, and only one person can enter and exit the small gate, and today the western lieutenant rarely opened the main gate for Zhang Chang to enter.As soon as I walked into the yard with some withered weeds, I saw a person limping over, dressed in short clothes and big scarf, wearing a warm bear skin fur, crowning Huiguan, wearing a jade ring, only a hairpin on his head, holding a hairpin and walking towards him, facing Zhang He from a distance, and his voice could not hide his excitement."
Sin Chenhe, I've seen the county guard!"
is a little out of shape, Zhang Chang thinks that this Liu He probably hasn't met outsiders for too long."
Don't be polite to the king of Changyi."
Although Liu He has been deposed as a concubine, Zhang Chang still respects him with the courtesy of the princes, and when Liu He raised his head and approached, Zhang Chang, who had seen the abolished emperor several times when he was a Weiyang stable supervisor in Chang'an, couldn't help but sigh.Liu He still looks like twenty-six or seven, but he sees that his face is blue and black, showing an unhealthy color, his eyebrows are scarce, and his eyebrows seem to have fallen a little, although he is tall, he walks a little lame and haggard, he is really haggard, is it because he gave birth to more than a dozen children in six years?"
The king of Changyi has inconvenient legs and feet?""
Yui."
Liu He's speech was no longer as presumptuous and arrogant as before, patting his legs and laughing: "It's a disease of impotence, and the sinner is still not very suitable for the humidity of Shu County." ”Dysfunction is also gout, and the whole foot will be swollen when it hurts, and I don't know if it is because of the lack of adaptation to the water and soil, or because I can't go out and move around.Therefore, doctors frequently come and go here, and Zhang Chang had already heard about Liu He's physical condition when he was in Chengdu, and with a wave of his hand, he asked someone to send a bamboo cane.Liu He didn't lack a rod, but he had received a lot of white eyes in the past few years, and he rarely received a gift, and he was a little flattered: "Isn't this a gift from the Son of Heaven?"
”Zhang Chang shook his head, Liu He was a little disappointed, and even apprehension flashed in his eyes, and suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly knelt down, facing the east, and asked the Holy Son of Heaven."
Your Majesty, you are rich in spring and autumn, and you should live forever."
Liu He smiled, and asked another person: "Is Xi'an Hou okay?"
Perhaps for fear of misunderstanding, he hurriedly explained: "After the criminal minister came to Shu, he reflected, the Marquis of Xi'an had repeatedly taught lessons, all for the good of the criminal minister." ”Zhang Chang said lightly: "Xi'an Hou Yi'an, when I left Chang'an, I saw the prince and the marquis full of red light, and he was very good. ”"That" Liu He raised his small eyes, licked his lips, and his tone was slightly different from the previous two questions, this time, he was not afraid and apprehensive, but really cared."
Is the Queen Mother okay?"
PS: The young lady figurines you want to see are in the back of the easter egg chapter.