Hanling Mountain is located to the south of Yecheng. In the old years, Emperor Shenwu Gao Huan once defeated the Erzhu family's coalition army of 200,000 here, thus establishing the Gao family's hegemony.
Today's Hanling Mountain naturally no longer has the majesty of the golden armies. Instead, it is replaced by continuous farmland below the hills. At the same time, many Yedu people are renovating their gardens here. When they are tired of the human affairs in the capital, they come to the countryside.
Living in seclusion for a period of time can also be quite calming and relaxing.
In a garden located on the north side of Hanling Hillside, there is an endless stream of cars and horses coming and going today, making this small manor very lively.
In the manor, Wang Songnian sat in the guest seat next to the owner, while his son Wang Shao stood beside the table, looking at the relatives, friends and guests sitting around in the courtyard, holding a wine glass and saying with emotion: "I suffered in the past, although it was hard.
, but when I think of all the relatives and friends running to the rescue and encouraging me to never give up, I also look forward to meeting each other someday. It’s just that those who went into trouble on the same day will no longer have such an opportunity, which makes people shed tears..."
After everyone present heard this, they couldn't help but sigh for a while, especially those who had blood ties and deep feelings with the murdered people, they couldn't help but hide their faces and shed tears.
However, after witnessing the harsh punishment that Wang Songnian and several others suffered for being accused of defaming history, no one dared to directly provoke or question this topic, and could only talk about other things to vent their dissatisfaction.
But some people still feel dissatisfied and have the courage to continue to express their opinions on this.
There was a young man in the banquet who was about 20 years old. At that time, everyone looked depressed, so he couldn't help but said coldly: "How can the history of people rule be the voice of one generation? If you don't say anything in this world, there will be ridicule in future generations."
What! What the princes and others did before was upright in history and filial in love, but this behavior is not allowed in the world. What kind of world is this?"
"The slave is drunk and must not talk nonsense!"
The owner of this manor, a descendant of the former Qin Prime Minister Wang Meng, Beihai Wang Xi heard the young man's angry words, raised his finger and pointed at him and said with a frown.
The young man's name was Lu Sidao, also known as Shinu. He was born in the Lu family of Fanyang. He was also a disciple of Xing Zicai, a great talent in Hebei Province. With such a background and his intelligence and studiousness, he certainly had some pride in his talent.
When he heard his master Wang Xi's scolding, Lu Sidao first bowed and apologized to him, and then couldn't help but said in a deep voice: "It is indeed disrespectful for a boy to speak evil words and disturb the master. But what Wei Shu did
Seeing its use, is it because the historian's talent is so strong that no one can match it? It is probably because it is favored by its cleverness and softness, and the superiors can calmly control it, so it is used to write history. However, the sun cannot always tower over the superiors. Today, everyone is fighting for their lives.
But the unchangeable sentence reads, once the heavenly favors change, Wei Shou will personally change it in the future..."
These words shocked everyone present. It was already very exciting to criticize the entire Northern Qi world, but now it was even more related to God's will. Even if this kid dared to say it, no one dared to continue listening.
Fortunately, most of the people gathered in this manor today are dissatisfied with Wei Shou and other scholars and the current political situation, and they are all inextricably related to each other. If one person is unlucky, the others will also be unlucky.
It was inevitable that they would be implicated. So even though this young man, Lu Sidao, spoke very wildly and was even a little rebellious, everyone just scolded him not to cause trouble again with his idle words.
Although Lu Sidao was a little arrogant, he was not stupid. After hearing everyone's scolding, he sat quietly in the table and stopped talking nonsense.
At this time, the servant came to report that a bookseller named Li had posted a message outside the manor asking for an audience. After hearing this, Wang Songnian said that he had invited the bookseller here, and ordered his son Wang Shao to come with the Wang family.
The servant went to introduce Li Licheng into the manor.
"This Li was originally from Luoxia, and later lived in Mianbei with his family. It happened that Li Boshan of the Western Dynasty came to govern Mianbei, rewarded industry and commerce, and made a career out of it. After the collapse of Jiangling, many books were released into the market
, he also took the opportunity to collect many treasures. Because Westerners did not attach importance to the scholarship of classics, he took the risk of going north with books and came to Yedu..."
Since Wang Songnian wanted to introduce Li Licheng to his relatives and friends, he naturally had to inquire carefully about his origins. Although these were all Li Licheng's words, at least they made sense logically. Culture and education flourished in the Southern Dynasty, while in the Western Wei Dynasty
He doesn't care about academics. Even if his words are concealed, what big conspiracy can a city bookseller hatch?
Hearing Wang Songnian talk about Li Boshan in the Western Dynasty, everyone suddenly became interested in talking again. For others, Li Boshan and his related stories are distant stories of emperors and generals competing for hegemony, but for them, they are relatives.
Every little detail about a promising child working hard in a foreign country is enough to make people comment for a long time.
During the interval when the bookseller entered the village, everyone started talking about things related to Li Boshan. In addition to his various majestic deeds, it also inevitably involved his relatives and friends in the east who were affected by him.
personnel.
"How are Brother Manrong and others doing these days? Has Brother Songnian been there to express his condolences? It's such a pity for Yanzhou. He is quite talented and ambitious, but in the end, things don't go as planned..."
Someone in the banquet asked Wang Songnian again, and Wang Songnian also responded with emotion.
At this time, Li Licheng had been led to the party in the manor, but everyone at the banquet was in a lively conversation at the moment, and they did not bother to greet him, a small bookseller, and he stood quietly aside, listening to everyone talking about what was going on here.
It took me a while to understand what they were saying.
Li Tai had become famous in the Western Wei Dynasty and led an army to attack Jinyang, which caused an uproar in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. Therefore, his relatives and family members who stayed in Guandong were all led to Jinyang for custody.
Later, his family took advantage of the chaos to leave Jinyang and went to Guanzhong. Although there was no time to pursue the case at that time, the Northern Qi court expanded the scope of its attack and removed all other Li clan members in Longxi from official duties and was not allowed to serve in official positions.
Li Qianzhi and others who had left with Li Pei and others all returned to live in Yedu Township.
Not long ago, Li Qianzhi's brother Li Zazhi passed away due to illness, casting another layer of gloom over the family whose future was already uncertain.
Many of the people present were relatives of the Li family in Longxi. For example, Wang Songnian's cousin was Li Qianzhi's wife, and the young fanatic Lu Sidao was also Li Qianzhi's son-in-law. When talking about all the misfortunes their family had suffered recently, they couldn't help but sigh.
If they had known this, Li Qian and his family might as well have gone directly to Guanzhong with Li Pei and his party.
Now Li Boshan is becoming more and more powerful in Shannan. Even the people in Hebei know that Guanxi Yuwen Black Otter can't steal chickens and lose rice. His attempts to punish Li Boshan failed, but he was counterattacked. Moreover, Li Boshan even attacked Jiangling in one go and conquered the south.
Most of Liang's best personnel were brought under his command, and his power suddenly expanded.
Talking about these things, the young man Lu Sidao became energetic again and couldn't help but say: "When people talk about several talents, many of them praise Yang Zunyan and Li Boshan as the East and West! But from what I see, although Yang Zunyan is also favored by the present,
But compared to Li Boshan, he is really inferior! It's a pity that Li Boshan was born too late, and Wei's talisman's life has been taken hostage by the soldiers, so he has no choice but to commit himself to the Black Otter sect. If he had come out that year, it would have been difficult for him to become famous!"
It is human nature for young people to respect their more capable peers and look down on the old guys. Compared with Lu Sidao’s arrogant speech with his head in his hands before, these words are relatively low-key. After hearing this, everyone present,
Everyone looked thoughtful.
Ever since the Six Towns Mutiny, the situation of the Guandong clan has been very embarrassing. Er Zhurong directly slaughtered the members of their clans like pigs and dogs during the Heyin Incident, even though Li Yu and other clan representatives assisted Emperor Xiaozhuang.
He counter-murdered Er Zhurong, but it was difficult to recover his trampled dignity and deprived status.
In the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi Dynasties, although there was no lack of positive response from the Guandong family since the period of Gao Huanxin's capital building, the role of the Guandong family in the Gao family's hegemony was always superficial, and it was difficult to access the core power, and they were always suppressed by the Xianbei warriors.
One head.
During this process, the Guandong aristocrats were also actively trying to reverse the situation. For example, when Gao Cheng entered Yedu to assist the government, the Guandong aristocrats such as Cui Xian and Cui Jishu of the Boling Cui clan worked hard for him.
Although Gao Cheng died carelessly and in a dramatic way, the investment of the Kanto family was not in vain. Their biggest advantage was their large number of people. After Gao Cheng died, Gao Yang came up again. After Gao Yang came to power, his latent confidant Yang
Min and others were naturally reused.
The leader of Qi, Gao Yang, has been fighting abroad all year round, so the government affairs of the country naturally need to rely on his confidants. As Gao Longzhi and other old ministers died or were executed one after another, Yang Min gradually emerged as the mainstay in the court. It can be said that he was the mainstay of the government affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.
, one person will decide it. Ever since the Six Towns mutiny and the town people came to power, no one in power from a famous family is more capable than Yang Min.
As for Li Boshan, who rose up in the Western Wei Dynasty, it was a different situation. Although he was a junior, his rise was extremely rapid. His surprise attack on Jinyang and his defeat in Heyang were even more shocking, especially when he successively attacked Jinyang.
The defeat of many Jinyang noble generals made these Guandong clans feel a sense of honor and pride, and it was also one of the few sources of confidence for them when facing Jinyang nobles.
Therefore, even though Li Boshan's achievements were all in the Western Wei Dynasty, and the Western Wei Dynasty was much poorer and weaker than the Northern Qi Dynasty, when people in Hebei talked about him, they couldn't help but look down upon him and regarded him as a representative of the famous families in the world together with Yang Min, the prime minister of the dynasty.
Character. Of course, in the eyes of some young people such as Lu Sidao, Li Boshan's achievements are even better than Yang Min.
Li Licheng stood aside, listening to these relatives and friends in Hebei talking about their views and evaluations of King Taiyuan, and he felt very different in his heart.
Although he knew in his heart that the current Taiyuan King's achievements and structure were far beyond the ability of people outside of these positions to appreciate, it was quite interesting to hear these people's half-informed and serious discussions.
Everyone chatted for a while, and then turned their attention to Li Licheng. When Wang Songnian stood up and introduced to everyone, Li Licheng also stepped in and greeted everyone present. At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Out of curiosity, there were more than a dozen people present, but his brother was not among them.
Because of Wang Songnian's introduction, everyone present was relatively polite to Li Licheng, but of course they were more interested in the books he could provide.
Li Licheng no longer wasted time building relationships, and directly laid out the list of books he owned and the books he had brought today. Everyone was passing the list around and browsing the books, and everyone was full of surprise and curiosity.
want.
During the Eastern Wei Dynasty, before Hou Jing's rebellion, the relations with Nanliang were relatively harmonious, and there was no lack of cultural exchanges between them. However, both sides had their own cultural preferences, and each had its own scriptures and principles that they were unwilling to spread.
What Li Licheng brought to Hebei now are representative and essential texts selected from the Jiangling collection after the pacification of Jiangling. Often these Hebei aristocratic families had heard of their names but had not seen their texts. Unexpectedly, they could be found at this time
I was pleasantly surprised to see the entire volume from a small bookseller like Li Licheng.
Among these people, some are simply curious and eager for knowledge, while others have more ideas.
Wang Songnian, for example, was still worried about the inaccurate historical narration in "Book of Wei". At this time, he wanted to use the historical materials that Li Licheng could provide to invite some like-minded people to privately compile a book to resolve doubts in addition to "Book of Wei", so as to avoid
Thousands of years later, "Book of Wei" has become an isolated history, even more irrefutable.
This proposal was naturally recognized and echoed by some people present. Although under the harsh punishment, they could no longer express their doubts and denials of "Book of Wei" through normal channels, they were not willing to admit the "Book of Wei" written by Wei Shou.
History books are facts and truth, and at least some paper evidence should be left behind for later generations to cite and reverse the case.
Listening to the discussions of these people, Li Licheng's understanding of the personnel in the Northern Qi Dynasty was also deepening. At least in terms of literature and history, people in the Northern Qi Dynasty are also divided today. One group is naturally the powerful historian group represented by Wei Shou, and the other is the official historian group represented by Wei Shou.
A faction may not be called a faction. It is mainly composed of Wang Songnian and others who slander history and some current trends who are not very successful.
If the intentions of Wang Songnian and others are relatively pure, there are others whose intentions are even more complicated.
For example, Wang Xi, the owner of the garden here, called Li Licheng to the table and said with a smile: "Li Jun traveled thousands of miles and took risks to import many classics and history books into our country. No matter what his original intention, this sentiment is
It is indeed valuable. These classics are all written by sages and sages. Selling them for money and silk in the market is unavoidable and dishonorable. If they can be circulated in the world and educate millions of people, their contribution will not be measured by money and silk. I now serve in the Changshan Prince's Mansion.
, Your Majesty values academics and has high regard for people with noble sentiments like Li Jun. I wonder if Li Jun is willing to join the government and serve your Majesty?"
Li Licheng was stunned when he heard this, and immediately his thoughts began to flow rapidly in his mind.
Gao Yan, King of Changshan in the Northern Qi Dynasty, is the direct brother of Gao Yang, the leader of Qi. He is now serving as a minister in the court of the Northern Qi Dynasty. As for the Wang Xi in front of him, Li Licheng heard these people talking about him and knew that he is the friend of the King of Changshan and is also the King of Changshan.
Gao Yan's close aides are probably similar to the relationship between the previous leader of Qi, Gao Yang, and his close confidant Yang Min.
Of course, Li Licheng also hoped to infiltrate the upper-level personnel of Northern Qi, but he did not expect that Wang Xi, a confidant of King Changshan, would directly solicit him to introduce him to the palace of Changshan King.
Although he felt that he was personable and well-mannered, he was still a little far behind the stunning charm of King Taiyuan. Wang Xi wanted to recruit him the first time he met him, probably not because of his personality.
Besides, his most valuable thing is that he can provide these books.
After thinking about it in his mind, he quickly made a look of bewildered surprise, rubbed his hands and lowered his head and said: "Little people, small people are just some humble businessmen, how lucky are they to be so dignified and respected by the king?
Can I become a servant to the famous king?"
Seeing how excited Wang Xi was, he laughed and said: "But if you have talents, why would you be stingy with a position? King Li of Shannan had not conquered Jiangling for a long time. Even if Jiangling scriptures were leaked, they would not be widespread in the world. Li Jun unexpectedly
To be able to collect so many scriptures and send them north, you must have a lot of connections in Shannan. No matter what your character is outside or what your plans are when you enter our country, as long as you can continue to import Jiangling classics, I will freely apply for a job for you in front of the king.
"
After Li Licheng heard this, he also laughed, but instead of the slightly artificial excitement before, he was more understanding and calm.
He pointed to the scrolls that were still being circulated by everyone, and said with a smile to Wang Xi: "Those who know these scriptures will know they are treasures, and those who don't will see them as just waste paper. I can't bear the scriptures to be covered with dust in Kansai, so I carry them away."
Go north and join the wise. But I don’t know how much these scriptures are worth in the eyes of kings and nobles."
Wang Xi saw some changes in Li Licheng's demeanor and temperament, and a strange color flashed in his eyes. After thinking for a while, he said: "How rich can you be, Mr. Li?"
The somewhat tactful conversation between the two quickly attracted the attention of others present, and they all turned their gazes over.
Wang Songnian, who introduced Li Licheng here, is also watching with great interest how Li Licheng responds to Wang Xi's scrutiny. It is definitely not ordinary people who can transport so many books over long distances nowadays, especially those whose families are academic and know the value of these books.
People who are more able to realize that Li Licheng is not simple.
Nowadays, the three kingdoms are in a state of coexistence, and the movement of people between the kingdoms is considered normal. These people are not involved in any court affairs and secrets, so in daily interpersonal interactions, there is no need to be wary of serious conflicts and the intersection of all strangers.
Li Licheng knew what they were interested in, so there was nothing wrong with them having a relationship. If the other party really revealed any evil intentions and dangerous aura, it would not be too late to deal with it.
Wang Songnian introduced Li Licheng to these relatives and friends. In addition to sharing knowledge, he also hoped that everyone would look at what was wrong with this person and whether he should continue to associate with him.
But he didn't know that Li Licheng's identity, origin and purpose were beyond his imagination. He couldn't get rid of it easily, nor could it be easily solved.