Three Kingdoms

After Liao Hua received Xu Ding in Wuguan, he did not dare to neglect and immediately sent someone to escort Xu Ding to Chang'an. Although Liao Hua felt that Cavalry General Fei Qian was relatively safe in Chang'an at the moment, after all, there had been a serious assassination incident before, and no one could guarantee that there would not be a second time.

Pang Tong immediately met with Xu Ding, but he was also furious. He turned around to find Fei Qian and presented him with a brocade silk in his hand...

Fei Qian had just received a military report, and when he was trying to figure out the relevant matters, he saw the brocade letter delivered by Pang Tong. He couldn't help but be startled, and then burst into laughter.

I saw this brocade letter written on it:

"...Heaven is the father, and earth is the mother. Heaven circulates, misfortunes and blessings correspond to each other, and everyone is safe. There are thieves who rise in Heluo, regretting the heaven and earth, going against the principles, seeking fame and fame, and seizing high positions. He is truly an unpardonable person..."

"...thieves team up with evil companions, and use poison to kill the emperor's blood. They pretend to be destiny, deceive the common people into making friends, forge talismans, and use anti-violence embellishments to think it is auspicious..."

"...Ignorance is stupidity, being bold is stupidity, recklessly violating taboos, confusing magic, corrupting history, exhausting the bamboos of the world, and making it difficult to write down. The thieves followed the disadvantages of the Qin Dynasty, pushed forward the policy of torture, and acted against the will of the Qin Dynasty. , even sitting in Zhongliang is a great crime against heaven. Splitting the Han Dynasty, cutting off the east and west, regulating the mountains and rivers, plundering people's property, being extremely extravagant, causing trouble to the nine temples, is also a great crime against the earth..."

"...Moreover, traitors and trustworthy people are used to kill the loyal and the innocent. Government orders change day by day, official names change every month, currency changes every year, the officials and the people are confused and do not know what to do, and the merchants and travelers are poor and embarrassed, crying in the market. Increase in weight and tax, They exploited the people, put money into their own pockets, took bribes from top to bottom, and subordinated Yin Ji, hundreds of thousands of people, craftsmen died of hunger, and Chang'an stinks..."

"...and there are arrogant people who are contrary to their will and resort to violence. They attack Qianghu in the north, harass Jinyue in the south, invade Qiang and Rong in the west, and fight against Youliao in the east. They will annex the outside of the four borders to harm, and the border counties will never have peace. . Therefore, the places where wars are fought are trapped by harsh laws, where people die prematurely from famine, and where diseases and epidemics reach tens of millions. The dead are exposed and their bodies are not covered, and the living are scattered and scattered. Young and orphaned women are homeless. He is a prisoner. This is a grave crime against others..."

"... Therefore, even though he has a temporary name, he is actually a thief for a lifetime! It is obvious to the world, and everyone has heard about it! Therefore, we must follow the old system of the ancestors, cultivate the legacy of Guangwu, eliminate its evils, and suppress its evils, only then can we gain heaven and earth. The great virtue of man! A hero of the Han family who can sit back and watch shows his loyalty and righteousness, so he should practice it! Kill the beetle officials to prevent them from harming the people. If you don't go to celebrate your father, the disaster will not end! If you attack them evilly, it will be a meritorious service. , he can be given a high rank, and his bravery can also be commended! He is spread all over the world, and his envoys will know..."

It's very straightforward. It means that there is a big thief in Chang'an. If you kill him, you will not only comply with the law of heaven, but also gain a title and wealth...

Fei Qian laughed, threw it on the table, and said: "The writing is not very good...the rhymes are not aligned, and it is not as good as Chen Kongzhang's...Also, this should not be written for everyone to read the scriptures. The...well, where did it come from?"

Pang Tong told Xu Ding's story. Xu Ding said that someone was planning to assassinate Feiqian, and judging from this brocade, it was true.

"So..." Fei Qian thought, nodded and said, "It must be the people from Shandong who did it...it's this trick again, how creative is it...forget it, let's talk about it when we meet... …”

Immediately, Fei Qian and Pang Yi left the hall together and went to the front of the courtyard to greet Xu Ding. No matter what purpose Xu Ding came with, at least this thing was considered a goodwill to Fei Qian. So for goodwill, it is natural to show a corresponding kind response, whether it was in the Han Dynasty or other times. Time is a basic principle.

Master Confucius also said that you should not repay grievances with kindness, but repay grievances with straightness, and repay kindness with kindness. This is the right principle.

The three of them met outside and saluted each other. Then Fei Qian invited Xu Ding to sit in the hall. After chatting for a few more words, they turned to the main topic.

"Where did this book come from?" Fei Qian asked.

Xu Ding cupped his hands and reported back: "It was passed down from the countryside, and someone copied it on silk."

"No statement?" Fei Qian frowned, "I hope that a strong man will be sincere, and I hope that a strong man will tell the truth..."

Just word of mouth?

Fei Qian didn't believe it. Although the writing of this article was indeed not very good, it did not mean that in an era like the Han Dynasty, when the illiteracy rate was quite high, it could be expressed clearly by relying entirely on oral communication, so Xu Ding What he said was an oral tradition in the countryside, and then he copied it down, so there must be something wrong with it.

Xu Ding hesitated for a moment, then fell to the ground and replied: "This... it's not that someone is hiding something from Hussar, it's just this matter, it's really strange... Alas, this book was written at night, and someone shot an arrow into the village... I can't find you all over the place, so I don't dare to tell you anything..."

"Why did you shoot into the strong man's manor?" Pang Tong asked from the side.

Xu Ding cupped his hands and said: "My two brothers, Yu Qiaobo has a reputation as a chivalrous person..." Xu Ding paused for a moment, and then added, "I also heard that Li Wenda of Yang'an and Zang Xuangao of Taishan also wrote such articles... "

Oh, I see.

Fei Qian and Pang Tong exchanged a look.

Xu Ding is a ranger, Li Tong is also a ranger, and Zang Ba is also a collection of rangers to a certain extent.

According to this brocade letter, it seems that it was formulated based on the characteristics of these rangers.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, manor separatism became a norm, and among the large and small manors in various places, the manor system formed by rangers, or in other words, there were rangers among them, was a special form of manor separatism in the Han Dynasty.

Xia, there is no such word in bronze inscriptions and oracle bone inscriptions. This is a font derived later. The original meaning is "clip". In shape, there are two small people under the arms of an adult. In many cases, Chinese characters can be interpreted literally. , so we can guess how the ancients viewed Xia.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period, the Mohist school has risen and declined, but the concept of chivalry has been passed down. By the Han Dynasty, this culture was even highly respected. Sima Qian's Historical Records has a special chapter dedicated to chivalry.

However, starting from "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", there is no longer a "Biography of Rangers" in official history, and these knights can only appear in unofficial histories, but they have not faded out of China until the Tang Dynasty. As for after the Song Dynasty, this kind of chivalry was gradually replaced by green forests and rivers and lakes. The main concepts contained in it also had some changes, and were even rejected by the mainstream social classes.

Among them, Nanyang has frequent knights and has a strong knight culture. Especially during Wang Mang's period, although he suffered a heavy blow, the rangers still played a very important role in Emperor Guangwu's battles in the Central Plains.

It can be said that under Guangwu at that time, it was originally a small group of rangers.

The elder brother of Emperor Guangwu was recorded as being a good caregiver and making friends with light guests. It was also said that when Liu Xiu was still in white clothes, he hid himself to death and officials did not dare to visit. These are typical characteristics of a knight-errant, which made Liu Xiu initially When Xiu and others started the uprising, they used the chivalrous reputation they had cultivated previously to rally the world and gather huge manpower and material resources.

Even the rangers gave the final blow to Wang Mang's regime during Wang Mang's period. At that time, "On the second day of the month, young men Zhu Di, Zhang Yu and other thousands of people in the city rose up to attack Mang. They burned the door of the house and worshiped the door with axes." These young men in the city are actually rangers.

As Emperor Guangwu, who made his fortune from rangers, naturally knew how powerful rangers were. Therefore, after Guangwu came to power, he also began to suppress rangers, not only restricting the rangers' soil, but also intensifying the attack on ordinary guests. intensity. The same crimes and punishments were the same for guests and guests, which also led to the fact that some powerful people at that time, even relatives of the emperor, could not use the excuse that the guests were temporary workers...

But even so, the knight-errant spirit will not stop for a while, especially in the current social chaos, the knight-errant spirit has once again reared its head. Not only Xu Ding, Li Tong, Zang Ba and others, but also the Liu Bei trio, which is actually the Ranger Group, of which Zhang Sanye is the representative.

So when Xu Ding arrived in Chang'an, he specifically told Fei Qian that there was something like the letter Xu Ding, Li Tong, Zang Ba and others received about Fei Qian, which was not like a letter and the writing was not like writing, which meant that maybe it was Someone wants to use the Ranger to do something against Yu Feiqian...

Human beings basically believe in themselves and have a circle. The scope of this circle is determined by the level of their own knowledge and gaze. As for what happens outside this circle, it is sometimes difficult for these people to accept it. It is undoubtedly very difficult to communicate and explain to these people who have already formed an inherent understanding.

It is said that fools should not argue.

It's like arguing with a bully, there will never be a correct result. These gangsters will skillfully drag their opponents into their fixed fighting mode, and then flood the opponent with garbage. Once they see their opponent leave the battle, they will feel uncomfortable, jumping around and screaming, looking for the next opponent to fight.

So we need to make a grand defense, saying that everything written in this article is wrong, and these are just rumors, aren’t they credible?

Obviously not.

And among these rangers, some of them will be like the gangsters of later generations. According to their inherent understanding, they feel that killing Fei Qian can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people, and then they will be famous all over the world, so they rushed here It is indeed possible for Chang'an to try every possible means to kill Fei Qian, and it is also a noteworthy issue.

Because revenge and assassination are the right path in the Ranger's philosophy, and they can even be made a lord!

Although Fei Qian is now newly named a Hussar of the Han Dynasty by Liu Xie, both the General of the Han Dynasty and Sikong of the Han Dynasty are said to be national traitors, so what's surprising about the fact that there is an additional Hussar Cavalry?

Revenge and justice, murder and crime, this should be a dilemma. However, there were many amnesties in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the execution of laws relied entirely on human rule, so this dilemma was partially solved. Especially after revenge, one can become famous without causing death, and then one can keep this reputation, and many people become heroes because of it. They become famous and attract the envious eyes of countless young and impulsive rangers.

"My lord, in the past in the first year of Tianfeng, Lu's mother gathered her guests, attacked the city, killed the county magistrate, and fled into the sea." Pang Tong stood aside and said with a frown, "In the fifth year of Yongchu, Zhao Bo, the prefect of Yang, He sent his guest Du Xi to assassinate Qi, and later made Xi a traitorous marquis... In the city of Chang'an, there is also a family like this that specializes in assassination. Although there are many strict orders, it cannot be eliminated... My lord, you need to be careful about this matter..."

It's very interesting to say that the Han Dynasty was probably the only dynasty that incorporated assassination into national policy, and it also openly rewarded assassins, such as the assassination of King Loulan, which the Han people had done, the assassination of the King of the Huns, Xianbei, etc., and of course, there were also assassinations of one's own people. , are all normal operations.

Of course, the most important thing is the ranger system formed by local powerful people, just like Xu Ding. Maybe it was because Yuan Shu also claimed to be the leader of the rangers with loyalty first, maybe it was because Xu Ding was indeed a bit like Qiao. Strength, so during the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, he was not used as cannon fodder and survived.

But it is also obvious that Xu Ding came to Chang'an this time not only to report news to Fei Qian, but also had his own plans...

Fei Qian listened to Pang Tong's words, nodded and said: "This matter also needs to be discussed in a charter before it can be dealt with. It is the spring plowing season, and we must not disrupt the farming..."

In the Han Dynasty, there was also a "beep" way. Some time ago, these people in Chang'an were either captured to serve as soldiers or civilian husbands, or they left for other places because the surrounding areas were dilapidated and there was no oil and water. However, with the economic development of Chang'an, such people will inevitably reappear.

It's just that there were many things to be busy with before, so I didn't take care of it for a while. However, with the addition of the brocade brought by Xu Ding, the level of the situation is naturally different, and it needs to be focused on. .

Although at present, most ordinary people have received a lot of favors under the governance of Hussar, there is no guarantee that some people will have a headache, just like there will be many people in later generations who point to foreign moons and say they are round.

Right now, the focus is on spring plowing. When the spring plowing is over, it will naturally not be too late to take things in order.

"My lord is very worried." Pang Tong nodded, then squinted his eyes, wondering what he was calculating. I don’t know if he had already thought about what hole to dig, but Pang Tong had a smile on his face.

Fei Qian ignored Pang Tong, turned around and asked Xu Ding, "A strong man has come thousands of miles to report the news to a certain person. What do you want to do?"

Xu Ding cupped his hands and said: "I am here now, willing to hold the flag for General Hussar! There are also members of the clan who are proficient in fighting skills. They can serve as Cao officials under the sect, capture thieves, and stabilize the place..."

"Oh, very good, very good!" Fei Qian stroked his palms and praised, "If I had Zi Ping to help me, I would be more worry-free! I heard that Xu Chu and Xu Zhongkang, from Qiao, have the power to pull an ox, a majestic appearance, and are invincible to ten thousand men. Zhiyong... I wonder if you are here with Ziping this time?"

Fei Qian stared at Xu Ding, his eyes sparkling, and he subconsciously pinched his beard to prevent drool from leaving.

Qiao Ren, among the Three Kingdoms, naturally the most famous one is Cao Jili, and the next one is Xu Chu!

"I have won a prize as a hussar, but I don't deserve it..." Xu Ding bowed his hands and said, "My younger brother is staying at home this time and has not come with us yet..."

ah?

What, didn’t come?

Fei Qian's eyes widened...