Chapter 333 Meeting in Guanzhong (I)

As the beginning of autumn is the scorching heat gradually fades.

Although there is a saying that the tiger is in autumn, in northern Xinjiang, the weather has begun to turn colder after the beginning of autumn.

Before the arrival of the beginning of autumn, Gongshuliao finally couldn't resist the murderous aura in the bleak autumn season and swallowed his last breath in Quyan City.

Liu Kan rushed back to Quyan to attend Gong Shuliao's funeral.

Not only Liu Kan, but also Shejian, Mengji, Li Cheng and others rushed to participate.

Shusun Tong arrived at Guangwu City at the end of June. He also arrived with him more than a dozen Confucian hermits. The most famous of them were four wise men who lived in seclusion in Shangshan in their early years.

Dongyuan Gong Tang Bing, Mr. Luli Zhou Shu, Qili Ji Wu Shi, Xia Huang Gong Cui Guang...

These four people are all over the age of 70, but they are energetic, speak well, and have profound knowledge.

The people of Guanzhong called these four people the "Four Elders of Shangshan"!

When Liu Kan heard the introduction of Shu Sun Tong, he was shocked. He had heard of the name of the Four Elders of Shangshan. In history, Liu Bang had wanted to change the prince, so Lu Zhi asked his son Liu Ying to invite the Four Elders of Shangshan to come out, which immediately gave up Liu Bang's idea.

Liu Bang said: "The prince even invited them out, which is enough to show his fullness. Don't mention the saying of deposed and established."

From this we can see that the four elders of Shangshan were famous at that time.

But Liu Kan heard the uncle Sun Tong introduced: "These four people were doctors of the Qin Dynasty. Later, because of the burning of books, they left Xianyang and fled to the Shangshan Mountain to live in seclusion. I had a lot of talk. The four of them didn't want to come out of the mountain. But later they heard that the one they wanted to vote for was the King of Tang, so they agreed immediately. They contacted many old Qin officials and came to join them together... King, you are very famous now."

Liu Kan knew very well that the "name" mentioned by Shusun Tong refers to his reputation for inventing Cheng Gongzi and creating official scripts.

The scholars of the late Qin Dynasty adhered to the arrogance of Confucian scholars in the Warring States Period and would not bow to power.

The reason why he came to join him without saying a word must be because he was attracted by Liu Kan's reputation left by Cheng's official paper and official script. After all, the emergence of this paper and official script will help promote culture. The four old men of Shangshan Four Old Ones will come to join him, which also proves that Liu Kan has already enjoyed a reputation among scholars. More importantly, the more than a dozen Confucian scholars brought by him four people also alleviated Liu Kan's dilemma of insufficient staff.

Shusun Tong followed Liu Kan to Quyan City and attended Gong Shuliao's funeral.

Gongshuliao had no children in her life, so Liu Kan asked Liu Qin to act as Gongshuliao's descendant as a disciple.

During the funeral, Liu Kan and Liu Ju brothers personally carried the coffin, Liu Qin's banner, Sima Xi opened the way, and were sick in the middle of the night, Li Cheng and others were wearing mourning clothes.

From Quyan City, we climbed to Hangzhou Jinshan.

This is also Gong Shuliao's last wish: he hopes that he can be buried in this Hangjin Mountain and a bird's eye view of the vast Jiuyuan land.

In short, Gongshuliao's funeral was extremely grand.

After Gong Shuliao was buried, Liu Kan issued an edict and ordered people to build the Tang Dynasty tomb on Hangjin Mountain. This is also a custom in this era. From the day of ascending the throne, we must prepare to build the tomb. However, Liu Kan felt it was not auspicious before and always used the excuse that there was no suitable place to refuse. Originally, burying in Guanzhong was the best choice. But Liu Kan felt that Hangjin Mountain was not bad either.

According to geoscience, Hangzhou Jinshan is a Huilong Cave, surrounded by two dragons.

There is a big river in the north, and there is inevitably a Great Wall of King Zhao. Surrounded by two dragons, it is a Feng Shui treasure land... Liu Kan does not understand Feng Shui very well, but he thinks that it will be really buried in Hangzhou Jinshan in the future, accompanying wise men and protecting the northern border, which should be considered a good choice...

Therefore, as the construction of the Tang Dynasty Tomb in Hangzhou Jinshan began, the Queen Mother of the Queen Mother was also confirmed.

Mrs. Kan said: "Since my king is willing to be buried on Hangjin Mountain, Ai's family will also be buried in Hangjin Mountain. Only by accompanying the king day and night can it be a good thing."

This is not a curse, but a kind of etiquette.

The Empress Dowager's Tomb and the Tang Wu Wang Tomb, Liu Kan's father, had already died in the battle of the Liu Fu Wang Tomb, who was Shanfu, and combined them into one.

Liu Fu's body had already turned into dry bones and disappeared. Therefore, he rectified the tombs of clothing and was buried first, and waited for the next day to be buried with the Queen Mother.

The determination of the Tang Dynasty's tomb also represents the Liu family and Tang Kingdom, which completely stood firm in the northern border.

Liu Kan stayed in Hangzhou Jinshan for only seven days before leaving in a hurry...

Liu Qin, who had been enthroned as the prince of the Western Tang Dynasty, stayed and continued to guard the tomb for Gongshuliao. According to the ancient method, Liu Qin needed to guard the tomb here for a year before leaving. In order not to delay Liu Qin's studies, Shusun Tong suggested that the Four Elders of Shangshan be Liu Qin's teachers be Liu Qin's teachers and teach in Hangzhou Jinshan.

What Liu Qin learned before was mostly Gongshuliao, and he practiced both the law and the Confucians.

In terms of ability, Liu Qin has inherited Gong Shuliao's mandarin and learned skills; while the four elders of Shangshan are not as good as Gong Shuliao in terms of ability, but in terms of knowledge, they are better than Gong Shuliao. They practice Xuanru and teach Liu Qin's lessons will also be transformed from art to Tao.

Technique is strategy, use...

Tao refers to the general principle and direction.

It was called "Taoism" in the pre-Qin period, but was not the method of immortality mentioned in later generations, but the principles and laws of application.

In terms of knowledge, Liu Kan is still not as good as Liu Qin.

But he was very happy that Liu Qin was able to learn these principles and strategies, which was undoubtedly an important addition to his future.

The Four Elders of Shangshan were also very happy and were able to teach Liu Qin.

After all, Liu Qin was the prince of the Western Tang Dynasty and would become the King of the Western Tang Dynasty in the future, and might even become the emperor of the world.

Being able to have such a student will undoubtedly be of great benefit to their future academic promotion. On the other hand, this is also what Liu Kan values ​​them.

Liu Kan had to go back to Guangwu City because there were still many things waiting for him to do.

For him, Gongshuliao's departure was more of a loss and sadness from the loss of a good adviser and a good assistant. This kind of sadness is far less like Liu Qin's heartfelt sadness. After all, Gongshuliao was Liu Qin's teacher for three years.

After a month of hard work, Lu Jia finally came back!

He brought two news...

"King, Xianyang has recognized the reinstatement of the Western Tang Dynasty."

Liu Kan would not be too surprised by such a news.

In his opinion, Zhao Gao was already in a state of great trouble by tinkering with the huge Qin Empire to what it is now. Previously, he tried to seize Zhang Han's military power through the incident of Gongziying, and then brought 200,000 Qin troops back to Guanzhong and defend the four gates. Unexpectedly, Zhang Han did more simply and surrendered directly... In this way, how many troops can be left in Guanzhong?

Liu Kan has calculated carefully.

Lantian Camp, garrisoning the 100,000 Duwei Army.

This is probably the last part of Zhao Gao’s men... As for the 10,000 lieutenant army in Xianyang City, it can be almost negligible.

The Lieutenant Army in Xianyang is no longer the Lieutenant Army that accompanied Liu Kan to protect the troops.

After Zhang Han defeated Zhang Chu's army on the banks of the Weishui River, almost all of them left the customs and fought in Shandong. In the past two years, there were basically not many people left in the 10,000 lieutenant army... three or four thousand? Perhaps there were not even three or four thousand people.

The lieutenant army's out of Guanzhong means that Xianyang must reorganize the lieutenant army.

The newly built lieutenant army, in terms of combat effectiveness and military advisory qualities, is far from comparable to the earlier lieutenant army.

Well, if you consider the scattered scattered soldiers in Guanzhong, there may be more than 200,000 people. With these 200,000 people, if you want to defend Guanzhong, it is probably difficult... If you change someone, such as Li Si, you might be able to defend it, but Zhao Gao may not do it.

This is the gap in ability!

At this time, Liu Kan re-established the Tang Kingdom and requested support, but Zhao Gao could not object.

He smiled slightly, "I guess that castrated man must have made some requests."

Lu Jia couldn't help laughing, "The king guessed it was good, and the castrated man did make a request. He asked the king to send troops from Yanmen to capture Taiyuan and other places again."

"Then how do you answer?"

"Of course I won't agree..."

Lu Jia said: "Now, the king should mainly digest and receive the new troops and the three counties of Yan and Zhao as soon as possible. If the king sends troops at this time, it will definitely arouse the vigilance of the princes of Shandong. First, the king re-establishes the Tang Kingdom and has a strong reputation; second, the king is a man of destiny.

Therefore, the most urgent task is not to send troops, but to defend Yanmen, rectify the three counties of Yan and Zhao, and at the same time divide the princes."

Liu Kan nodded and signaled Lu Jia to continue talking.

"Then Chen Yu had no talent and no virtue, but he only had the title of reinstatement of King Zhao, which was not worth worrying about; Sima Sue was talented but not virtuous, and although he surrendered to Chu Xiang, he wandered between Zhao and Chu. It can be seen that he was quite ambitious and should use it to make Sima Sue and Chu Xiang get into evil.

King Tian Rong of Qi, who owned the land of the Three Qis, was also the land of King Tian Dan of Qi. He was a royal family member and had always had differences with the Xiang family.

Moreover, Peng Yue, the general under the command of the King of Qi, has a good friendship with the king. In addition, the prince and his son are sworn in, why not ask for an alliance with the Three Qi?"

It is also a strategy of fighting against distance and attacking near and far, and a technique of combining vertical and horizontal lines...

But these old-fashioned strategies often have extraordinary effects.

Liu Kan thought for a moment, "It is a clever idea to form an alliance with Sanqi, but the time is not yet ripe, so we can hurry up and get the first two things.

If you don’t agree to send troops to Yanmen, what will Zhao Gao say?”

Lu Jia said: "When the castrated man saw that the strategy of driving tigers and swallowing wolves failed, he proposed to let the king lead his troops into the pass and assist Guanzhong in defending the princes."

"Enter the Pass?"

Liu Kan was stunned and frowned.

"Lao Lu, do you think I should enter the pass?"

Lu Jia nodded first, then shook his head.

"Of course the king wants to enter the pass... The king should be very clear about the importance of this Guanzhong, so naturally there is no need to repeat it. If you get Guanzhong, you will win the world. Mr. Gongshu must have mentioned it to you. However, the king wants to enter the pass, but it is not now. If the king wants to assist Lao Qin, it will naturally be fine now. But if the king wants to replace him, he does not have enough reputation to enter the pass at this time, so he should not go there."

"Name?"

Liu Kan looked at Lu Jia in surprise, "What's the name?"

"A title that is enough to convince the people of four million Guanzhong people to follow the king."

Liu Kan seems to have realized something.

"Then how do you reply to Zhao Gao?"

Lu Jia smiled and said, "Nothing else, Jia only used one word, that is 'drag'!

I told Zhao Gao that the king was willing to enter the pass to assist in defense, but now that the country has been restored, the troops, horses, food, grass and supplies must be prepared to enter the pass to fight. Therefore, I asked Zhao Gao for three months, and the king can wait for an opportunity to move during these three months."

Three months?

Liu Kan nodded with a smile.
To be continued...