After hearing this, Xia Xun thought to himself: "This man's ancestor is actually a county king? He is really a queen of a famous family. Huh? That's not right. The Tang Dynasty was dominated by the Li family, but his surname was Guo... Oh, I think he was a king with a different surname. In the Tang Dynasty,
Chao... Wang with a different surname named Guo... that is..."
Before he had time to connect the title of Fenyang County Prince with which Guo dynasty personage in the Tang Dynasty, Liu Yujue was already shocked and said in awe: "It turns out that the old gentleman's first rent is the one who has the power to dominate the world and not to restrain the government.
Guo Ziyi and Guo Laolinggong who built a generation without doubting their master?"
Guo Yixuan smiled and said: "It's just renting first!"
When Liu Yujue said this, Xia Qing also thought about it. The two of them hurriedly saluted and said, "Disrespectful!"
Guo Yixuan said with a smile: "That is just the glory of our ancestors. It happened hundreds of years ago and is not worth mentioning."
He spoke modestly, but when he mentioned the glory of his ancestors, he couldn't help but show a look of satisfaction on his face.
Guo Yixuan sighed and said: "Since the Tang Dynasty, my Guo family has been in decline. Until the Jin Dynasty, my ancestor Yuchengong of the Guo family was well versed in astronomy, knew the art of war, and was good at riding and shooting. He was appreciated by the emperor of the Jin Dynasty. He first served as Meng'an, and later
He was also granted the title of Fenyang County Duke for his meritorious service and revitalized the Guo family.
But not long after, the Jin Dynasty was exhausted and destroyed by the Mongols. Baoyu Gong surrendered to the Mongols and followed the general Mu Huali to fight in the Central Plains. This was the period when our Guo family was revived again. Yuchengong followed the Yuan Emperor to conquer the Khitan.
The surviving members of the ancient Xu Gui Kingdom invaded Yiduo and other cities and defeated their more than 300,000 soldiers. They captured Beelse Bali, Beelse Lan, Mali and other cities. They also collected Khitan and Bojiao from the two vanguards of Zhebai and Subutai.
The other countries can be said to have made great achievements.
Haha, when our ancestors personally conquered the Western Regions, Beelse Bali, Beelse Lan and other places were recovered by our ancestors from the Khitan survivors. Unexpectedly, a few hundred years later, Guo would have the opportunity to come here again, so he paid close attention to every plant and tree here.
Even grains of sand and clouds make me feel very friendly. I like to walk around when I have nothing to do, and I ended up meeting you, my little brother, here."
Xia Xun didn't know that the descendants of Guo Ziyi and Guo Lainggong had worked in the Jin Dynasty and were high officials in the Yuan and Yuan dynasties. When he introduced his identity just now, he thought that during the Five Dynasties and Ten Sieges period, the Guo family was living in a foreign land. Then when he heard his boast
After the experience, some resistance suddenly arose in my heart.
In fact, it is not necessary to have a family of famous Han generals during the Yuan Dynasty. For example, the famous Yang family generals, whose descendants served as military officers in the Yuan Dynasty to General Longhu. Another example is Shi Tianze, Liu Zheng, Dong Jun, Li Fen... Yuan Dynasty
The Zhang family, a family of Han generals, is no less famous than the Guo family.
Zhang Rou of the Zhang family was named Cai Guogong by the Yuan Dynasty for his military exploits. His eldest son conquered Hangzhou and captured the five-year-old Song Gong Emperor and Queen Mother Xie. Queen Mother Quan drowned Queen Mother Yang in the Battle of Yashan, forcing Prime Minister Lu Xiufu to betray her.
Zhang Hongfan, whose young master, Zhao Bing, jumped into the sea and died. His second son, Zhang Hongzheng, captured Song Prime Minister Wen Tianxiang.
The credit of the Zhang family is mainly in the Central Plains, and the credit of the Guo family is mainly in the Western Regions. If the descendants of the Zhang family were here, it would be even more difficult for Xia Xun to accept it. For these families of famous Han officials in the Yuan Dynasty, their performance at that time was just different.
It's just his master, I don't think anything of it.
This family of famous Han generals was actually under the rule of the Liao as early as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, when the Central Plains was in chaos. By the Southern Song Dynasty, they had become Han people in the areas ruled by the Jin Dynasty. Many of these families were from the Song Dynasty.
Since its establishment, it has never had any contact with the Han government in the Central Plains.
Among these famous generals of the Yuan Dynasty, there was only one Liu Zheng, who was first a general of the Song Dynasty and later surrendered to the Mongols. But even he was originally a Han Chinese under the rule of the Jin people, but later the Mongols destroyed the Jin people. Between Mongolia and the Song Dynasty,
He chose to lead his private army to surrender to the Song Dynasty. Unfortunately, the powerful and traitorous Jia Sidao excluded dissidents and forcefully forced him to side with the Mongols.
In order to fight for power at that time, Jia Sidao had many heroes and generals imprisoned and tortured to death. Even Wang Jian, who had made great contributions to Dazhai in the Battle of Diaoyu City, fell into Jia Sidao's scheme.
What's more, Liu Zheng? Liu Zheng once sent people to Hangzhou to complain, but he was not accepted by the faint king at all. Seeing that the butcher's knife was about to be put to his neck, he suddenly changed his mind and offered Luzhou and its fifteen counties 300,000 yuan.
Hu surrendered to Mongolia.
Liu Zheng not only proposed a strategic concept for the Mongols to capture Xiangyang first, but also established a powerful naval force for the Mongols, which eliminated the naval advantage of the Southern Song Dynasty. It was Liu Zheng who prompted the Yuan Dynasty to make major strategic adjustments.
As a result, the Nanzhai Dynasty, which had lasted for more than 140 years, fell to the south of the Yangtze River.
It can be said that the Southern Song Dynasty destroyed itself. If it were not for the traitor Jia Sidao, the Southern Song Dynasty might not have perished.
Although Xia Xun was hostile to Guo Yixuan, he couldn't show it on his face. Seeing that he was chatting with Liu Yujue with great interest, he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Old sir, it's rare to meet someone from my hometown here. Please sit down and talk. It's just here."
It is too simple, there is no tea served, and the hospitality is not good, please don't blame me!"
Xia Xun's skin color has turned dark brown and he has a beard. At first glance, Guo Yixuan didn't realize that he was also a compatriot. He thought he was a Mongolian. When he heard that he spoke in a gentle manner, he couldn't help but be surprised.
: "This is..."
Xia Xun sighed and said: "It's hard to say anything. Old sir, please sit down and let's talk slowly!"
Guo Yixuan was not polite. He took a look at the box and saw that it was quite neat, so he used it as a seat. Guo Yixuan was very excited to see his compatriots from the Central Plains here. He was very talkative and at the same time very proud of the Guo family's achievements in renting. Liu Yujue said
When asked, he started talking eloquently. Speaking of which, the Guo family did not regain its glory until the Jin and Yuan Dynasties after the Tang Dynasty. Since Guo Baoyu, famous generals of the Guo family have emerged in large numbers. Guo Dehai, the eldest son of Guo Baoyu, once
After defeating Song general Peng Yibin, Kuo Kuo went out to attack the Jin Dynasty and made many military exploits. Guo Baoyu's second son Guo Deshan also made great military achievements and was later awarded the title of Marquis of Wanhu.
His grandson Guo Kan was even more powerful. As the deputy marshal of Mongolia's Western Expedition, Guo Kan followed Hulagu in the western expedition to India, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Syria, Egypt, and Frankia. He defeated more than 700 cities and was praised by his opponents as the "Eastern Expedition".
General Tianshen became the only Han general who conquered Baghdad, drank horses and taught in the land, and defeated the Crusaders.
In addition to martial arts, the Guo family later produced another famous person, Guo Shoujing, a famous water conservancy expert, engineer and scientist in the Yuan Dynasty.
However, the Yuan Dynasty Han general family like the Guo family was in an extremely embarrassing situation when the Yuan Dynasty fell. Zhu Yuanzhang showed no mercy to the Yuan Dynasty officials he captured, and many officials were demoted to low status and became slaves.
These Han officials in the Yuan court were worried about being discriminated against and mistreated by the Ming court, so when the Yuan Dynasty withdrew from Dadu, they all fled. Some of them fled to Mobei with the Northern Yuan court, and many more fled to the Western Regions.
, because at that time the Western Regions returned to the Khanate established by the Mongols, and the Guo family fled to the West at that time, having fled the Central Plains for more than 40 years.
After Guo Yixuan finished talking about his own experience, he curiously asked about Liu Yujue's experience. In his opinion, if Liu Yajue had such a solid foundation of Sinology, if he was not from a Han family in the Western Regions, he must have come from his native Central Plains. Xia Xun
Liu Yajue's background was carefully planned, and then Liu Yajue told Guo Yixuan in accordance with the previously agreed explanation.
Liu Yujue's theory is that he was the son of a wealthy gentry in Jinan Prefecture, Shandong Province. During the Jingnan War, his family fully supported the Shandong Governor Tie Xuan in his fight against the King of Yan. When the King of Yan conquered the world, his family was liquidated.
, all the young and old members of the family were slaughtered, Qi Wei, a steward who was loyal to the Bai family, was entrusted by his master to escape with Liu Yujue, who was still a teenager at the time, so as not to ruin the popularity of the Bai family.
The steward Qi Wei who saved him from leaving is now the circus busboy Xia Xun. The two of them were hiding in Tibet. Because they did not dare to stay in the Central Plains for a long time, they fled all the way to remote areas. Later they were forced to live in a circus troupe.
I didn’t expect that after ten years, I would have been transferred to a foreign land.
Speaking of sadness, Liu Yujue couldn't help but shed tears. Liu Yujue's true feelings were true, because he thought of his old father. His old father only had an only son of his, and he had never wanted to get married because he was an adult.
, I don’t know how sad it makes the old man. This time he is living in the Western Regions, and his father must have thought that he is dead. The old man is old, how can he still suffer such a blow. "I, Liu Yajue, am unfilial!"
The more Liu Yujue thought about it, the more she shed tears, and the more she thought about it, the more guilty she felt. She secretly decided in her heart: If she could escape and return to the Central Plains this time, even if she didn't like it, she would choose a woman to get married and give birth to a child.
Son and half daughter, to comfort the old father's heart.
Seeing how sad he was, Guo Yixuan couldn't help but feel moved, and sighed softly: "I have heard about the Battle of Jingnan. I heard that the most tragic battle at that time took place in Jinan. He is just a dead man. Little brother, don't do it again.
I'm so sad. This time Timur Khan is marching his army eastward, determined to win! As long as Timur Khan takes over the Central Plains and destroys the Zhu Dynasty, your bloody revenge will be avenged, and then you can live openly and honestly
Returning to my hometown..." At this point, Guo Yixuan showed a look of longing, and after a while he said leisurely: "I left home when I was young, and I still have a vague impression of my hometown in Dadu. Every time I think of it, I feel sad..."
Guo Yixuan breathed a sigh of relief and cheered up: "Little brother, tell me more about your hometown. Speaking of which, my hometown is not far from your Jinan Mansion."
Regarding the Central Plains, all Guo Yixuan can remember is the appearance of his childhood. That was at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, when he was young and left home. Everything Liu Yujue said, although it was old things a few years ago, was still fresh to him.
Incomparably, after listening to Liu Yujue's eloquent talk and vaguely remembering his childhood memories, Guo Yixuan couldn't help but burst into tears.
The Guo family were nobles of the Yuan Dynasty and were quite hostile to the Ming Dynasty, which overthrew the Yuan Dynasty. However, they had deep feelings for their hometown and the people in their hometown. Homeland love, hometown love, are the most basic human emotions and transcend different power groups.
Above the country and clan established by Xiu. In addition, both he and Liu Yajue were persecuted by the Ming Dynasty, which made them feel even more intimate.
As soon as the conversation started, the two chatted for a long time. The previous performance had ended, and the audience dispersed one after another. Everyone was busy packing up various utensils. Guo Yixuan still held Liu Yujue, trying to recall the places he had experienced in his childhood.
What he had experienced, and then asked him about it one by one.
Xia Xun couldn't say anything, so he went busy with everyone else.
Guo Yixuan listened to Liu Yujue's words for a long time, then picked up his sleeves, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said with emotion: "It's rare for you and me to get together here. There is something in my heart that I don't know whether to say or not."
Liu Yujue said hurriedly: "Old sir, if you have anything to say, please say it. Yuluo is all ears."
Guo Yixuan said: "Yuluo, I think you have a handsome character and extraordinary knowledge. It would be a pity if you were to fall into this position and your white jade will be covered with dust. I am getting old, and I am very happy to see my compatriots in my hometown today. You are a scholar. You will spend your whole life as a scholar."
It would be a pity to just hang out in the circus troupe. I am currently serving as an official in Timur Khan's army, and I want to arrange a future for you, are you willing?"
Liu Yujue was surprised and said hurriedly: "The old gentleman is gentle and elegant. He is a well-educated man. Unexpectedly, he is also a general who fights on the battlefield!"
Guo Yixuan laughed and said: "Hey, who said there are only generals in the army? Tamerlane Khan has many scholars serving him, such as astronomers, mathematicians, chemists, construction engineers, military architects, etc.
Wait, they are all highly regarded by Khan."
Liu Yujue said in surprise: "Then the old gentleman is..."
Guo Yixuan puffed up his chest slightly and said, "I am now responsible for the research of military architecture and military equipment in Timur Khan's army."
Liu Yujue thought to himself: "My eldest brother is worried about how to get close to Timur. If I use this person, can I get close to him?"
At the thought of this, Liu Yujue's heart suddenly jumped...
Guo Yixuan expected that he would definitely agree. He twisted his beard and said with a smile: "How about it?"
Liu Yujue thought for a moment and said: "Yu Luo is very grateful to Mr. Yu Luo for his favor. When people go to higher places, they can be promoted by their husbands and have a decent career. Yu Luo is naturally very willing to do so. But Yu Luo has more than one sympathizer.
Brother's stewards are all the people in this circus. After many years of getting along, they are like a family. I wonder if your husband can arrange them in the military camp? It doesn't matter if the work is dirty and tiring. We are sleeping in the open.
I run around everywhere and listen to people who are suffering."
"this……"
Guo Yixuan couldn't help frowning after hearing this. He felt sorry for Liu Yajue, who was a talented person but was reduced to making a living in the circus. He originally wanted to accept him as his student, but how could he be admitted casually in the military camp? With his status, he had to accept him
It was easy to bring the students in. But the government had no authority to bring eight or nine people, including women and children, into the military camp and place them there.
When Liu Yujue heard him explain his difficulties, he couldn't help but be disappointed. However, this was a good opportunity to get close to Timur. At least he had the opportunity to talk to the military camp, so he couldn't let it go.
Liu Yujue said sincerely: "Sir, Yuluo is very willing to follow the right path with him, but everyone in this class has shared joys and sorrows for many years, just like a family, especially my supervisor, who lives and dies with me, as early as
Like flesh and blood brothers, it is really difficult for Yuluo to part ways like this. Mister, maybe you can allow Yuluo to work for half a day and ask Yuluo to discuss it with everyone first?"
After hearing this, Guo Yixuan valued Liu Yujue even more. It was such a rare opportunity that he was still thinking about other people. How affectionate and righteous it was. Only by keeping such people by his side can he be valuable in cultivating them. So, Guo Yixuan said with emotion: "Then
OK, I will come back to hear your news at this time tomorrow, and you can discuss it with everyone in the class!"
"Thank you sir!"
Guo Yixuan stood up and said goodbye. Liu Yajue sent him away respectfully. When he came back, he immediately consulted with Xia Xun. When Xia Xun heard this, he said flatly: "Go! Why not go! Even if you can learn more about the situation in this camp, it will be good! Tomorrow
, just agree to him and live with him in the military camp!"