The courtyard is full of cypress branches swaying.
The third uncle of Cui clan, leaning on a dove stick, pointed to the cypress and said, "You should not act rashly! The longevity of the wood must be solidified. The roots of the wind are tied under the yellow spring, and the rain and dew are carried above the nine heavens. Now there is a huge tree facing the wind, and the new green is shaking. Does the head of the family want to cut down the old branches to get the tender calyx?"
Although Cui is quite old, his voice is still very loud.
The beard brushed past the bronze dove head, and the white bearded hair and the rust patina seemed to merge together.
The cypress tree shone down and threw itself on Cui Yan and the third uncle of Cui.
It is mottled, like some mysterious reminder.
When the third uncle saw Cui Yan silently, he knocked on the ground with a dove stick, making a sound, "Didn't the head of the family see the cypresses in autumn and winter? Broken branches and full of giant trees, which is the way for the birth of heaven and earth!"
A cypress leaf quietly fell down and fell on Cui Yan's clothes, like the frozen frost on the punishment platform.
Cui Yan raised his head and smiled, shook his sleeves and showed the "Cui Zongzhi Tu" in his hand. He looked at the ink color on the scroll like old blood, and said in a faint sound, "San Uncle! Why don't you see the thunder in the awakening of the spring? The hibernating insects break through the solid soil, and the young birds break through the old nest. This cypress reincarnation is not the cycle of reincarnation. If the new buds pecked through the old skin, how could the green crown be able to cope with the clouds? "
The third uncle's eyes fell on the yellowed and old Zongzhitu, and the ink-colored handwriting meandered on the scroll. He swallowed his saliva, and his eyes became colder.
"Absurd!" The third uncle used a dove stick to the ground, "The Shang king carved wood and moved gold, and the Qin family was killed! My family's genealogy was like cypress patterns, and it was clear and orderly. How could it be tolerated by the sects and sects?
Cui Yan looked at his third uncle, and the third uncle also stared at Cui Yan.
There seemed to be only a few steps apart between the two people, and it seemed like they were separated from the entire world.
Light and shadow sway in the corridors and courtyards.
The carved beams and painted roofs are vermilion yellow, and under the shadows, they are as solid as blood.
Cui Yan's eyes were like swords, piercing the depths of the third uncle's eyes. "When Yuan Ben first cast the Yetai, there were thirty-eight cypresses on the one hand, and he offered thirty-eight beams! Why do you think you are here now?"
The third uncle raised his hand and pointed at Cui Yan with his fingers stained with old man spots. However, his eyes flashed over the purple ribbon on Cui Yan's waist. "Mr. Cao's request is just a purple ribbon, why should he plague the entire clan?"
Cui Yan pulled off the purple ribbon and threw it on the ground, "Since that's the case, the third uncle can take this ribbon to Cao's camp! Let's see if Cao recognizes this ribbon or wants to take the head!"
The third uncle suddenly laughed at the sky, his voice like a crack of silk. "There is a saying in "Bai Zhou" that "worry is quiet, annoyed by the small people". If the old man is in the command position, why should the child teach loyalty and filial piety!"
Cui Yan stepped on the purple ribbon on the ground, as if he was stepping on the tail of a dragon dragon. "San Uncle San knew that the prosperous bronze sparrow platform in the past has become a trapped place today! There was still Xiaowu in front of Xiaoguangwu! "Those who replaced the Han Dynasty should Tu Gao!"
The third uncle was bearded and raised his halberd, and he seemed to be about to rush up to hit Cui Yan the next moment, but he still held it back and said gritting his teeth, "Is the prince trying to follow the Yuan family? Those four generations of three masters, how are they here now?"
Cui Yan showed a sarcastic smile, "Oh? Uncle knows this too? I don't know that my uncle sent Mei Ji to Yuan's mansion in the past, but it was so righteous? If I wrap this ribbon with a certain head today, Prime Minister Cao may even like my uncle's loyalty and filial piety in Handan!"
The third uncle nodded and sneered, "This move is nothing more than a violent tiger Feng Heer! The son insisted on his own, which will harm my Cui family's foundation for a hundred years! He did not listen to the persuasion... He was crazy! The crazy and perverse people should harm Cui family!"
Cui Yan also nodded, "In this way, everyone will do their own ways."
Uncle San shook his sleeves and left in anger.
In the dark corner, after the third uncle left, a dark shadow turned out and bowed to Cui Yan.
『Take it.』
Cui Yan spoke in a steady tone.
The black shadow bowed and retracted back into the shadow.
Cui Yan looked up at the sky, looked at the paved branches and leaves of the cypress trees, and sighed. He originally hoped that the people in the family would support him, but he did not expect that the family felt that it was better to take his head out to calm Cao Cao's anger...
Cui Yan unfolded the "Cui Zongzhi Tu Ji" in his hand, looked at a bamboo slip in it, was silent for a long time, then pulled it out of the scroll and threw it under the roots of the cypress tree.
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A simple ladder was mounted on the top of the city.
The ragged soldiers shouted under the city and moved forward wildly.
The dark clouds in the sky were rolling, and a faint thunder came out.
After the Jingzhe, it was not only the insects in nature that were alarmed...
The plain was originally a country, but now it is a county.
After a while, counties have become states, and states have become counties. Three or four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, it seems that people have become accustomed to it, but everything in front of them is like the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans surged again, but it may not be acceptable and used to it.
A scene that happened a month ago on the border of Jizhou is now on the top of the plain city.
These ragged soldiers who came from somewhere, under the banner of Cao's army, began to attack Pingyuan.
Pingyuan County and Pingyuan City were still good in the early years, but since Liu Bei left, the plains have been declining day by day, especially after Cao Cao's expedition to the west, the grain reserves in Pingyuan City have begun to be short of money.
At the end of last year, the food supply of soldiers and generals in the city was halved, and ordinary people were even more in trouble. During that cold and cold season, there was a serious lack of charcoal for heating, and even ordinary wood was not enough. The elderly and weak died of hunger due to cold and hunger. In the coldest days, there were many carts pulling them almost every day, transporting the frozen corpses like stones out of the city.
At this moment, as early spring came, we began to farm and had some hope of fresh life, but no one expected that these soldiers under the banner of Cao's army would come.
The information transmission system of the Dahan relies entirely on human and animal power. Once it is lacking, it will be like an information island and be blocked.
Originally, for the people in the plains, the war between Cao Cao and Fei Qian was far away from them. Although they would occasionally gather together to discuss the victory or defeat of both sides and the advantages and disadvantages of things, most of the time, they still lived a relatively peaceful life, without thinking about changing anything, and did not want to do anything. Until the day when the Cao army suddenly arrived outside the city, all the peace was crushed and turned into blood and mud.
When these Cao troops came, the prefect of Pingyuan thought that it was a defeated Cao army coming to fight Qiufeng. Although it was strange, it still made people prepare some old grains and omnivorous food, thinking of sending the remaining soldiers away.
But no one expected that these seemingly devastated Cao's soldiers would be extremely cruel. They not only lured the prefect of Pingyuan to leave the city, but even kidnapped the prefect of Pingyuan to make money!
Fortunately, Pingyuan County Magistrate Shi reacted quickly, closed the city gate in time and pulled up the suspension bridge.
The prefect of Pingyuan was killed at the city, and the inexplicable offensive and defensive battle was launched...
The Shi family, the magistrate of Pingyuan County, was somewhere considered a local celebrity. They had a good relationship with Xiahou Dun and had letters to organize the resistance of Pingyuan soldiers and civilians. They were quite decent. After all, they had seen the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou that year, and they all knew that once the city was broken, what was waiting for them would inevitably be an inhumane massacre.
On the other hand, they were eager to send people to seek help to spread the news of the attack on the plain.
Although the soldiers who came to attack the plains were under the banner of Cao's army, isn't the plains the territory of Cao's family?
This incident has been in a vicious atmosphere from the beginning, making people confused.
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The news of the attack on the plains spread through different channels.
The first main force of Cao's army to receive the news was Cao Hong's troops moving from the edge of Jizhou to Yanzhou.
The rainy season is approaching, and Cao Hong also hopes to move to the predetermined position before the continuous spring rain comes. However, after only one-third of the journey, he received the news that the "Cao Army" attacked the plain. This mood is so mixed that it cannot be described.
"Would you make a mistake?"
The first thing Cao Hong thought of was false information.
Because it is not uncommon for false reporting of military information. For some reasons, local officials not only have fire dragons passing through the warehouse, but also have Yin soldiers attacked. For example, the Yellow Turban Thieves who sprinkle beans into soldiers are weak and explosive. These Han officials all know "fairy skills" and do not even need to sprinkle soybeans. When necessary, they can directly create something out of nothing, and they can also produce nothing...
Moreover, Cao Hong and his soldiers only plundered the border of Jizhou, which is the gentry and local tyrants in all areas close to Dahe. Although Pingyuan County is not far from Dahe, it is more inclined to Qingzhou, and Cao Hong did not send anyone there at all. Well, the key is that Cao Hong knew that Pingyuan County was not fat and had little oil and water.
So the only thing Cao Hong can be sure of is that the one who attacked the city in Pingyuan County was not his soldiers!
Cao Hong led his troops for many years, knew how to change his mind and did a good job of weighing the pros and cons. He was not without bloody nature, but the successive setbacks in front of the Cavalry Army had already made him clearly realize the cruelty of reality.
The first time I couldn't beat it, it could be said that I was negligent and the cavalry was treacherous. The second time I couldn't beat it, it could also be argued that I had fewer troops, low morale, and had problems with my military academy. Then when it was the third time, the fourth time, I still couldn't beat it...
Even if it is really negligence, morale, and the reasons of subordinates, there is nothing to say.
Cao Hong's move to Yanzhou this time also had some hope in his heart. If he could defeat the cavalry in this battle, he might be able to gain some reputation and face.
But the news from the plain seemed to slap him on the face, making him angry but helpless.
If you can't fight back, you will fight back.
The fight between Cao army and Cao army...
Cao Kai also received the news and came to ask, "Uncle, Pingyuan is...we are we going to return to the army?"
"Return to the army?" Cao Hong smiled bitterly.
After a moment of silence, Cao Hong shook his head, "No, keep the original plan and continue to march... The things behind him can only be left to the people behind him..."
Cao Kai subconsciously repeated, "Function after death..."
He felt that this word seemed a bit unlucky and seemed to be a sign of something, but now there are many unlucky things that are not going well and unlucky, so what are the best ways?
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Ten years of Taixing may be destined to be a spring that will not make people peaceful.
Originally, when the spring flowers were brilliant, it was the moment when the children of the gentry went out for a stroll, but this year's garden outings were carried out relatively slowly, and everyone was somewhat unintentional in the scenery. Even if they were organized occasionally, they would fall into arguments.
In the outskirts of Xu County, peach blossoms are just beginning to bloom.
If it were in previous years, there would have been a pile of drunken and singing people here, holding the wine lord and getting drunk. However, there was a little undercurrent among the literati and poets sitting together.
Cao Cao had been defeated by the Cavalry for more than three months. Although Cao Cao suddenly appeared in Xuchang and suppressed the restlessness of Xu County with his old power, there was no way to control it outside Xu County, especially in areas outside Yingchuan and Yuzhou.
Nowadays, there are signs of instability in Xuzhou, Qingzhou, and even Jizhou, and some trembling news comes from time to time, making it difficult for these Shandong gentry children to drink happily and be free and easy.
The wind in spring is the most uncertain. Maybe it blows from north to south today, and tomorrow it will blow from south to north. Yesterday it was still so wet that the ceiling dripped with water, and the next day it was clean and bright sunshine...
In such a time, even the weather forecasts and satellite remote sensing in later generations may not be able to accurately predict, not to mention that the current Han gentry and students should make predictions at the same time, and calculate the weather changes and hot and cold changes?
What's more, hot and cold are often a relative concept.
Do you know the warmth and coldness?
Under such circumstances, to make the children of the gentry not discuss politics, it is simply against the genetic chain engraved in the roots of their bones!
Even after Cao's army "mand-killed" a group of students in Xu County, some people still began to discuss the revolution of the world in a few sentences when they gathered.
Well, yes, "mand killing".
Cao Cao reluctantly gave a little apology, perhaps after a stick, he gave a sweet date. The name of "mandatory killing" also confirmed that the families of these dead students would not be implicated in charges such as "treason". However, it is obvious that "mandatory killing" also means that Ren Jun is performing his official duties and there is no problem with the starting point, but his soldiers are negligent in the work and careless in the specific execution process...
There is probably no compensation for these "mand killing" students in the future. Being able to restore their reputation is already considered a concession made by Cao Cao at the moment to ease the atmosphere of the government and the country. If he jumps his feet and asks for money, it may become shameless, and it will be even worse.
Therefore, when other students gather, on the one hand, they seemed to have been used to collective forgetfulness, and suddenly they forgot the existence of some people. On the other hand, they no longer talked about Cao Cao, but began to argue about the system of the whole world...
If you don’t name a name, you can be treated as nothing. Once you name a name, you will inevitably lead to a divine beast... Oh, the school clerk arrives...
When the news of the "rift chaos" in the plain was passed to Xu County, these gentry children were discussing the system of the world together, each with their own ideas, and their words were confronted like swords.
Someone raised his sleeves and raised the Analects of Confucius in his hand, and said loudly, "In the past, many wars destroyed the books of sages, but it was difficult to have a rare book. Today, if there is a willingness to preserve the Tao and avoid the war, there is no great thing. If there are thieves who rebel, destroy the Confucian Temple, and plunder the faces of sages and sages and destroy the statues, how can they ask who is the true Confucian hatred?"
After saying that, he passed the Analects of Confucius in his hand to others to read.
Because the war was raging in the Qin and Han dynasties, the Analects of Confucius teaching in various places was mostly oral, so there were different versions that said that they were authentic and slandered others' templates, just like the APP market in later generations, as long as they did not pay for advertising, they were illegal software.
As a result, when we arrived at the Qinglong Temple, all the Confucian children gathered in Chang'an. Under the leadership of great scholars such as Zheng Xuan and others, they re-revised books such as the Analects of Confucius, and then published them one after another.
The Analects of Confucius, which was passed to everyone, was written in the corner of the book, "Qinglong Temple, Taixing Eight Years" in the words "Qinglong Temple Publication".
A student at the seat nodded and responded: "If you can keep the way of Confucius and Yan and the sages, you should be able to keep worshipping them."
As soon as the words were finished, a man in the corner made a slap in the desk and said angrily, "You guys only say that there are sacrifices, can you tell the tragic situation in Luoyang? The land of Heluo is empty! There are also Dong thiefs who cooked the royal family, lying drunk on the dragon bed, and defiled the royal bloodline. How could such beasts truly serve the sages?!"
Before he finished speaking, another person sneered, his voice harshly, "It's ridiculous, the blood from the door has not yet been cold, but he has forgotten it!"
Under the tree, a man was playing the piano, but when he heard this, he broke all the strings of the piano with a bang. He sighed and said, "I heard that the Youzhou clan knelt in the snow to welcome the Hu cavalry and competed to offer a pot to charm the northern army. Isn't it because Xia turned into a barbarian?"
As soon as this sentence came out, the seat was filled with silence.
This is the point!
Although everyone was talking about it just now and did not mention Cao Cao and Fei Qian, in fact everyone knew that these were all code names...
In Shandong, a large part of the resistance to Fei Qian, or martial artists like Fei Qian, including Dong Zhuo, was because people in Shandong thought they were the orthodox Chinese and pure descendants of sages, while those similar to Fei Qian and Dong Zhuo were filled with a fishy smell of the Hu people.
Suddenly someone stood up and raised his arms and said, "Everyone is wrong! The Spring and Autumn Annals say, "The princes use barbarian etiquette to barbarian it, and if they advance to China, they will be Chinese." Now there are people who publish scriptures and correct false information, and those who destroy articles and slaughter orders. How dare you ask who is the right thing in China?"
Before this person could finish his words, someone threw the book passed to him on the ground, "Absurd! How could a real man be able to be rude by performing the rituals of the Han Dynasty?"
Arguing, blushing.
The skinny arms and the exposed forehead were reflected in each other.
The wine and dishes that were spilled on the table were soaked in the Analects of Confucius.
Some people shouted, some laughed, some angry, and some hesitated.
Only one son sat alone in the setting sun, dipped in ink to record this day.
He said: "When the world is shaking, I am not only because of the strong external force? What is the argument of Feng He? Since Yongshou, scholars and officials have gradually become proud of their official careers; the great discussions of the party and corruption, the Taoist rule submits to the imperial power, and the gentleman is dismissed in the court; when the time of filial piety, the ten regular servants were rampant, and the scholars were already decaying in the sense of integrity!"
"Alas! The Taoist rule is endless, how can it be within the rich people of the Duke's Mansion?"