Huan Rong

Chapter 150 Heading to Jiankang

The five rites were established in the Western Zhou Dynasty, one for auspiciousness, the second for evil, the third for the army, the fourth for guests, and the fifth for honor.Banquets, feasts, crowns, and weddings are all ceremonies.

Since the Han Dynasty, men have been crowned at twenty, which means adult.

In the first ten years of the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a minister's meeting, and when he was fifteen years old, he could have children, and he could be crowned by Ming.Another example is the Han and Wei sent envoys to crown princes and kings. In the Ming Dynasty, princes and kings could add fifteen crowns.

Although Huan Rong was not a vassal, he was the son of Princess Nankang. He was granted the title of Duke of the county and ruled over a state with more than [-] food towns.He made great achievements in the Northern Expedition, and his official rank exceeded Qianshi, ranking alongside the assassins of various states.

Princess Nankang wanted to crown him in advance, which made sense both emotionally and rationally, and there was no objection from the court of Taicheng.

On the contrary, there were different voices in the Huan clan.

"Men's twenties and crowns are ancient rituals, how can they be easily changed. Although they are born by the eldest princess, they are not the princes of the Jin family."

The elders of the clan disagreed, some believed that this matter was feasible, and that Huan Rong's early crowning would be beneficial to the clan; some held different opinions and believed that it was against the rules.The rest are ambiguous, belonging to the type of grass on the wall, and have no intention of standing in line in advance, to see if others can compete, and then make a decision according to the situation.

Huan Chong, Huan Huo and Huan Rong were friends and had business dealings with each other, so they naturally supported it.

Huan Mi is not the case.

Because of his discord with Sima Huan, he was full of depression, and stood on the opposing side with a clear-cut stand.

In fact, with Huan Mi's mind, he shouldn't be so reckless.However, Sima Huan sent someone to inform the family that he and his first wife agreed on the matter of adding Huan Rong to the crown.

What else is there to say?

Secretary Huan would of course object to what Huan Wen agreed to.

Ever since, the Huan brothers divided into two factions, exchanged letters with each other, argued hard on the basis of reason, and the dispute could not be resolved, which really made outsiders watch a lively scene.

Until May, Huan Chong Huan Huo became impatient, his tone became harsh, and there was a threatening meaning between the lines. Huan Mi was unable to fight hard, and finally lost. stumbling block.

With this result, it is not Huan Chong Huan Huo who is more able to reason.In fact, even if the two joined forces, they would not be able to argue against Huan Mi.

In the final analysis, strength proves everything.

Huan Mi is proud of his talents, and his relationship with his brothers has always been ordinary.Huan Wen was even angered because of his friendship with the Yin family, his official position was sacked to the end, and he was unemployed for many years. In terms of personal strength, he was not as good as his brothers.

Huan Da Sima didn't show up, and Huan Chong Huan Huo brought out one by one, and he could have slapped him flat and easily crushed him.

The contrast is so stark, but anyone with a long head should know how to stand in line.

"If Muzi doesn't change his ambition, he will never recover."

"Yuanzi Town Guyou, who leads Yangzhou Muyu from afar, is one and the same in the court. Langzi and the youngest son each control a state, with an official rank of two thousand stones, and hold the military power in their hands. They should not be underestimated."

"Arong is the son of the eldest son. He became an official in the year of Wuxiang. He is wise and decisive. He has made great achievements in governing the region and is quite popular. Later, he made military exploits with the army's Northern Expedition. He is second to none among his peers and can be regarded as a leader."

The clan elders knew very well that Huanwen and Princess Nankang belonged to a political marriage. As Huanwen became more powerful, the relationship between husband and wife became more tense, and eventually they respected each other like ice.

Huan Wen was in his forties and had never had a son.

As the eldest son, Huanxi's mother was a concubine, and his ancestors were also officials, but his family was in decline, and he failed to be judged by Zhongzheng. Both his father and brother died of depression.

The birth mother's surname is not obvious, so the family is innocent after all.It is reasonable for Huan Wen to ask for the establishment of a son.

It's just that no one could have imagined that Princess Nankang would have a son at thirty.

Everyone secretly speculated that Huanxi's position as the eldest son would be challenged.Unexpectedly, Princess Nankang didn't bother to fight at all, and after entering Taicheng, Huan Rong would win the county duke.

The father is the Duke of the county, and the son is the Duke of the county.

It seems to be extremely honorable, but in fact there is a hidden crisis.

Facts have proved that Princess Nankang's move has a lot of meaning.To prevent Huan Rong from inheriting his father's title, to a certain extent, is to weaken the connection between father and son.

At first, most people thought that the princess was born in the Jin family, and this move was out of pride.Only now did I understand that Princess Nankang didn't think about her natal family at all.

No matter Huan Da Sima or the Jin Dynasty, don't think of Huan Rong as a pawn.Otherwise, she would really show her blade and fight to the death on the spot.

After several bouts, Huan Mi completely misfired, and the matter of Huan Rong's crowning was decided.

Princess Nankang paid a visit to Bird Clothes Lane in person, and asked Xie An, the patriarch of the Xie clan, to praise her.As for crowning, there is no need to bother others. The emperor Sima Yu has already expressed his willingness to come forward in person.

Although the imperial power is declining, Sima Yu is still the king of a country, and it is of extraordinary significance for him to crown Huan Rong.

In addition, Princess Nankang specially sent someone to Jiangzhou to ask Huan Chong to write a sacrificial article in his own hand and read it out at the crowning ceremony.As for Huan Da Sima, there is no need to worry about anything, as long as he shows up on the day of the crown ceremony.

What Sima Huan would think, and what others would talk about, Her Royal Highness the Princess didn't care at all.

In late May, Huan Rong temporarily handed over the government affairs of Youzhou to Xunyou Zhonglin, and submitted to the imperial court, please return to Jiankang temporarily.

With his current status, he is not allowed to leave the state without a call, and he will be punished if he returns to the capital without authorization.However, although the law is strict, it also depends on the target.For example, Huan Da Sima and Xi Ting envoys didn't just leave as soon as they said they would, and they didn't even need to greet the emperor.

"In any case, it's not easy to be singled out."

Furthermore, Sima Yu personally crowned him, so he always had to save some face.

Huan Rong was satisfied with writing the above table with a few strokes, and handed it to Xun You for polishing, and then copied the bamboo slips, and sent them to Jiankang quickly by private soldiers.

It is worth mentioning that Fu Jian was disturbed by the military chaos in Chang'an, but it indirectly contributed to Huan Rong's "human trafficking".

Ever since the rebels raided the city, more and more people have fled from the vicinity of Chang'an.Hu merchants don't need to bother at all, let alone search around, just wait for the rabbit, and they can harvest hundreds of people in two or three days.

After careful identification, those with malicious intentions were eliminated, and then the Hu people were resettled, and the remaining Han people were sent to Jindi.

Because of the advance greeting, Huan Huo opened the door of convenience for the sake of sugar and new farming tools.

The caravan crossed the border very smoothly, the time spent on the road was shortened by half, and it was not intercepted by state soldiers. It arrived in Xuyi in early May, bringing more than [-] people.

Most of the team consisted of strong men between [-] and [-], and there were also three barbarians tied to the cart.It is reported that they are nobles of the Qiang people. Because the tribe rebelled against the Di people, they were liquidated after surrendering and escaped with their lives.As a result, he panicked and didn't choose his way. Instead of being overtaken by the Di people, he fell into the hands of Hu Shang.

Huan Rong read the list, and left half of the strong men and all the women, as well as the elderly and children, and the rest were handed over to the Qin family, including the three Qiang nobles.

"Please tell Brother Qin that I will return to Jiankang temporarily, and I expect to return in January. As mentioned in the letter a few days ago, I have entrusted Shi Shao to write to him when I return. Brother Qin is free to deal with the Qiang people." .”

I originally wanted to take the opportunity to make a fortune, but unfortunately time waits for no one.It's better to give it to Qin Jing, and get another favor.

"promise!"

Sending off the Qin family's visitor, Huan Rong quickly packed his luggage and prepared to go south by land, enter Guangling via Qiaozhou, and then enter Jiankang by water.

Biao Shu is still on the way, and Huan Rong has passed Yanzhou.

Because Xi Min was not in Jingkou, all affairs in Yanzhou and Qingzhou were temporarily in charge of Xi Rong.Knowing that Huan Rong was passing through, Xi Rong sent someone to meet him on the way, and invited him to enter the capital to talk about it.

"Thank you, Taishou Xi, for your kindness. There are still important things to do, so it is inconvenient to delay on the way. I will talk to the Taishou later."

Don't say time is tight, even if it is not, Huan Rong has no intention of entering Jingkou again.

After receiving the reply, Xi Rong sighed and did not insist.Specially sent generals to escort them along the way, and they didn't turn around until Huan Rong and his party left Qiaozhou and entered Guangling.

"It's a pity it's not brother Daojian." Huan Rong couldn't help sighing as the team walked away.

The assassin Huan is eager to "digging talents", and has long been yearning for a certain corner.

There was a covenant before, so it's not easy to do it easily.Now it's not a hit and miss, and it's only maintained by interests. It may turn against each other at any time, and there is no pressure to dig a wall with a shovel.

"Why does Duke Ming value this man so much?" Jia Bing had never met Liu Laozhi, only heard about his name and knew that he was a general, but he didn't know anything else.

"Bingzhi will know it in person." Huan Rong opened the car window, leaned against the wall of the car, let the warm wind blow over his cheeks, sniffed the fragrance of flowers in the wind, and said with a smile, "If you can invite him to Youzhou, we will attack you in the future." There is no need to worry about the city's camp."

"Duke Ming has such a high opinion?"

Huan Rong nodded.

The fierce man in the Beifu army, the main force in the battle of Feishui, led the elite troops to smash Liangcheng, and recovered several counties after Fu Jian's defeat. Such achievements can be counted throughout the two Jin Dynasties.

Although his life has been full of ups and downs, and he has repeatedly defected, the reasons are complicated and most of them are forced by the current situation.

Huan Rong believed that with Jia Bing, Xunyou and others present, once Liu Laozhi fell into the urn, he would not find a chance to turn against him.

"Bo Wei can be a strong general, but he is not handsome. Wei Qi is quite resourceful, and still needs to be honed." Huan Rong half closed his eyes, put one leg up, and tapped his knee lightly with his fingers, "You are thirsty for talents."

Jia Bing didn't make a sound, he opened a roll of bamboo slips and recorded what Huan Rong said just now.

"What is Bingzhi writing?" Huan Rong asked curiously.

"Minggong Yanlu."

"Why?"

"He will establish a public system in the future, and the historian needs to record it." After writing the last two strokes, Jia Bing dried the ink and handed it to Huan Rong, "Instead of worrying about it when the time comes, we should record it in detail, in case something about Sun Sheng happens."

Huan Rong was silent.

Returning from the Northern Expedition, Huan Da Sima's power is increasing day by day. After the captives were sacrificed in the city, the scenery was the same for a while.

Secretary supervisor Sun Sheng's wonderful handwriting is as famous as Gan Bao who made "Sou Shen Ji".He wrote "Wei Jin Chunqiu", which was recorded in the fifth year of Taihe. It actually recorded the course of the Northern Expedition and the reasons for the deposed emperor.

When the article came out, no matter how people in the world commented, Sima Huan was really furious.Xi Chao personally went to the mansion to say that he was powerful, but Sun Sheng refused to enter, so he flicked his long sleeves, insisted on respecting the facts, refused to flatter him, and directly blasted Xi Chao out.

"In the past, Tai Shigong wrote a history, and there was a great article. Huan Yuanzi is domineering and domineering, and I am not a cowardly generation!"

In short, come here if you have the ability, I am not afraid of death!

Huan Wen became more angry, who are you with? !

Immediately ordered someone to arrest Sun Sheng's son, threatened him with threatening words, the latter did not have the courage of his own father, so he could only obey his promise, promised to persuade his own father, and re-wrote the article.

"Sun Sheng refused to write a pen, and Sun Qian knelt in front of him with his son, still unwilling to let go. It is said that the calligraphy of historians cannot be tampered with, so they walked away."

When the incident happened, Jia Bing happened to be in Jiankang and knew the details of the incident.

"Afterwards, Sun Sheng even revised and transcribed the article, and ordered people to send it to Beidi."

Speaking of this, Jia Bing's tone was low, obviously disapproving.

"The Jin and the Hu Kou are incompatible. Regardless of the merits and demerits of the Great Sima, the two victories in the Northern Expedition are true. Although the faults of the Great Sima in his book are true, the words are too radical. Propagating the discord between the monarch and his ministers is tantamount to arousing the arrogance of the Hu thieves."

"The dissemination of this article is of no benefit to the country."

Standing on their respective positions, it cannot be said that Sun Sheng has done anything wrong, nor can it be said that Jia Bing is unreasonable.

It is indeed admirable that Sun Sheng pursues facts and refuses to write.But he passed the article to the Hu people, no matter from which point of view, it was a bit ill-considered.

Even if this is the case, everyone knows that it has not been put on the table after all.

Adhering to the facts is admirable, but he sent people to the north, and the timing was wrong, so he was ridiculed by Fu Jian.Huan Da Sima has a bad reputation, but the Jin Dynasty has a good reputation?

My own family was fighting, and my arms were folded and hidden in my sleeves. It is not easy for outsiders to laugh at me, let alone the barbarians who intend to annex China.

Huan Rong shook his head and sighed, "That's why Bingzhi made this record?"

"Yes." Jia Bing nodded.

"Sun Shenggang did not change his straightness and refused to write. Sun Qian was intimidated by the prestige of Da Sima. In order to protect his family, he obtained Sun Sheng's manuscript and revised it privately. The imitated handwriting was scattered in Jiankang, and he personally sent it to Da Sima. Father's handwriting."

What is the truth, we know each other well.

It is impossible for Huan Wen to really kill someone with a knife, all he wants is a step.With this new article, it is natural for someone to do the name rectification.

"My servant once read the original text written by Sun Sheng. The literary talent is extraordinary, and it is indeed a masterpiece." Jia Bing said.

"When it comes to the chapters of Da Sima, there are few words of praise. Ming Gong was also tired by Da Sima. He was accused of relying on power, showing off his power in the army, and taking the merits of his subordinates. The appearance of a traitor."

Huan Rong was speechless.

No one would be happy to be scolded like that.

It's fine if you curse a few words behind your back, transcribe and spread it with great fanfare, and the whole world will know it.

"Is there any content about me in Sun Qian's revised article?"

"Yes." Jia Bing nodded and said, "Take the original text without changing a single word. Da Sima didn't question me either."

Huan Rong: "..." Daddy scumbag is indeed a scumbag!It's okay to dare to scold yourself, but it's okay to scold others? !

"Duke Ming doesn't need to worry." Jia Bing said indifferently, "In today's chaos, being called a traitor may not be a bad thing. Looking at the founding kings of the past dynasties, can they be called benevolent?"

The Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties are too long. From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period to the princes sweeping Liuhe, from the Chu-Han struggle to the Wei, Shu and Wu divisions of the world, more than 90.00% of the founding kings have nothing to do with "benevolence".

Uncle Liu Huang is a special case.

Huan Rong squeezed the space between his eyebrows, thinking back to the past when he boiled people in water and liked to eat raw meat, but now he disregards family ties and looks like a treacherous lord, he really has nothing to do with a good reputation.

"stop."

Just scold me, it's useless to worry about it, it's just an extra layer of trouble.When he was determined to compete for the title, good fame was out of his reach.Whatever the history books record, let him go.

The carriage went all the way, and stopped at the pier in Guangling, and changed to the Yandu ship.

The hull of the boat is tens of feet long, and the height is more than a hundred feet. It is not like an ordinary river boat, but more like a seagoing boat.

Big ships docked at the pier, attracting crowds to watch.

Seeing Huan Rong get off the carriage, someone exclaimed, "It's Envoy Huan!"

"Emissary Huan?"

"Youzhou Inspector Huan Rong!"

The crowd is boiling now.

Huan Rong was living in Xuyi, and devoted himself to government and military affairs. He didn't know that various policies had spread throughout Linzhou.In particular, the establishment of academies and schools that accept common people and refugees free of tuition has caused an uproar.

Not to mention Youzhou, there are rumors everywhere in the neighboring states and counties that there are refugees and even wealthy villagers who want to go to Youzhou with their families, but the state soldiers don't let them go, so the money is useless.

The neighboring Overseas Chinese County has the deepest feeling.

In the past, Youzhou was poor and poor, and was often invaded by Xianbei, so it was an unsafe place to live.

Now, Murong Xianbei has been destroyed, the Qin family has business dealings with Huan Rong, and the border is temporarily stable, so there is no need to worry about military disasters every day.Huan Rong vigorously developed commerce and trade, recruited cattle, improved farm tools, exempted agricultural taxes and reduced commercial taxes in accordance with the imperial court's order. Youzhou became more and more prosperous, and refugees were even rarer.

In the past, everyone was the same, eating bran-swallowed vegetables, couldn’t get enough for one meal a day, and had to cook every now and then.

Since Huan Rong took office, the state government has implemented good governance, county and county officials have learned a lesson, have learned from the past, and dare not obey the law and violate it, and the people have actually benefited.

Fewer and fewer people are hungry.

As long as they are willing to work and put in the effort, men and women can find work, even children as young as five or six years old can exchange the picked up hay and rotten wood for money.

"I heard that Youzhou distributes food, regardless of yellow or white nationality, all are treated equally!"

In the troubled times for nearly 200 years, the Western Jin Dynasty was unified for a short time, but was soon disrupted by the flames of war.

In such a world, if people want to live, they must have something to look forward to, a hope.If you can't see any light, your heart will become numb.

Huan Rong gave this hope.

There is no need to deliberately promote it. With the businessmen coming and going, the news of Youzhou began to spread ten or ten times, and the neighboring states and counties began to know that the envoy Huan practiced good governance, did not send servants indiscriminately, and did not collect heavy taxes. The common people can eat their stomachs and live and work in peace and contentment.

Huan Rong traveled fast all the way, rarely stopped on the way, so naturally he didn't know the details.

He drove to Guangling and boarded a ship at the pier, and happened to be recognized by a merchant, who shouted out his identity in front of everyone.

The crowd was silent at first, and then as if a switch had been touched, they rushed towards the pier in unison.There is even a little lady who takes off the hairpin and ring, wraps it in a handkerchief and throws it at the carriage.

Huan Rong has experience, so he immediately raised his sleeve to cover his face, and said to Jia Bing: "Bingzhi, please shield me for me."

Although I don't know why the people of Guangling are so enthusiastic, but the 36 strategy is the best, Huan stabs the long sleeves to cover up, and walks a few steps quickly to board the ship.

Everyone was ignorant, and because of the distance, they thought that the person standing in front of the car was Huan Shijun, and the silk handkerchief, hairpin and hairpin flew out together, drowning Jia Sheren in an instant.

The guards reacted quickly, blocking the crowd and "rescuing" Jia Sheren from the sea of ​​flowers.

Boarding the big boat, Jia Bing took off a wooden hairpin from his hair, and said with a rare smile: "Thanks to the blessing of Duke Ming, my servant can have today."

Huan Rong twitched the corners of his mouth, feeling a little embarrassed.

Unexpectedly, today is just an appetizer, and when the fleet arrives in Jiankang, Huan Rong can truly understand what a turbulent crowd is and what an explosive enthusiasm is.