There are three points in Cao Cao's considerations.
First, Luoyang is indeed dilapidated.
Second, Xuchang is his rear area, making it easy to control Liu Xie.
Third, Luoyang is too close to Jizhou and cannot compete with Yuan Shao based on its strength.
Therefore, moving the capital of the Han Dynasty to Xuchang was an extremely beneficial thing for him.
Liu Xie was somewhat hesitant and asked Dong Zhao about Fu Jie Ling, but he didn't know that Dong Zhao had already secretly communicated with Cao Cao.
Even Cao Cao's suggestion to move the capital to Xuchang was proposed to Cao Cao by Dong Zhao.
Therefore, with the help of the inner ghost, Cao Cao quickly obtained Liu Xie's permission and happily planned to move the capital.
By September, the emperor's chariot arrived in Xuchang. Yang Feng was extremely opposed to the move of the capital and decided to send troops to intercept the emperor's chariot, which ultimately failed.
Cao Cao changed Xuchang to Xudu, and Liu Xie worshiped him as general and Wupinghou.
In October, Cao Cao attacked Yang Feng and forced him to go to Huainan to defect to Yuan Shu. In November, Cao Cao took up the post of Sikong, a chariot and cavalry general, and assumed overall power.
Jingzhou, Xiangyang.
At the end of the year, Xianshan Academy is on holiday, and the students have gone back long ago.
By the Han River, Wang Can's face didn't look good.
After Liu Xie moved his capital to Xuchang, he posthumously awarded the scholar Sun Rui the title of Marquis of Danjin Pavilion in gratitude for his saving efforts.
Because the scholar Sun Rui died, the scholar Sun Meng inherited his title and went to Xu Ying to take up his post.
A group of friends sent him to the river.
Wang Can was in the most uncomfortable mood because when he left Chang'an, he came with the scholar Sun Meng.
Now that the two friends are about to be separated from each other, there are mixed feelings in their hearts, including good wishes for their good friend to inherit the pavilion, but also the sadness of being lonely and alone when their friend is about to leave.
"Zhongxuan, Chengming, Derong, Hongguang, Achen."
Shi Sunmeng stood on the pier, bowed his hands to everyone and said, "We say goodbye now, and I don't know when we will see each other again, but our friendship will never change."
In early winter, although it had not yet snowed in Xiangyang, the weather was gloomy and cold. The group of people were all wearing thicker furs, but Wang Can's fur was bulging, as if he was hiding something.
He reached into his arms and took out something. It turned out to be a roll of bamboo slips. He stepped forward and said, "Wen Shi, I don't have anything to give you before you leave in Xuchang. I wrote a poem last night and give it to you."
.After going to Xuchang, I will visit it often."
Scholar Sun Meng took the bamboo slip and opened it and read: "The sky brings chaos and chaos, and the country is not barren. I and my friends have left the capital. Zongshou has been lost, and the more he uses it, the more he escapes. He moved to Jingchu, on the bank of Zhangzhou."
This is a four-character poem in the style of The Book of Songs in the Spring and Autumn Period. Because The Book of Songs is a Confucian classic, four-character poems were actually the mainstream at that time.
Although Cao Cao also wrote five-character poems, he had more four-character poems, such as "Viewing the Sea", "The Turtle Sues Longevity" and so on.
Therefore, in terms of literary values at the time, this four-character poem would be better.
"What a poem."
"The hatred of the country and the family makes people feel melancholy when they are wandering in a foreign country."
"Oh, I understand Zhongxuan's intention."
Several friends sighed.
Wang Can said sadly: "Wen Shi still needs to be careful along the way."
Shi Sunmeng responded: "Don't worry, I will be careful."
Everyone was quite sad.
When Shen Chen saw that the atmosphere was like a separation between life and death, he smiled and said: "Don't be sad, everyone. Brother Wen Shi is going to Xudu to take up a post, not to die. Why should you be so sad? I wish you a bright future."
ah."
"That's true."
Wang Can wiped the tears that were about to flow from his eyes, forced a smile and said: "Wen Shi is going to Xudu to take up his post, there is no need to be so sad. By the way, Ah Chen, why don't you write a poem to say goodbye to Wen Shi?" "
"Let me think."
Shen Chen said, he lowered his head to think, glanced around, and meditated hard.
Several people around him looked at him.
He thought for about half a minute and had no idea. He raised his head and suddenly saw the plains on the northeastern outskirts of the city in the distance, and he immediately had an idea in his mind.
"Yes."
He said: "The grass on the Lili plain dries up and flourishes every year. The wild fire cannot burn it out, but it grows again when the spring breeze blows."
"Hmm."
Wang Can scratched his head and said: "The poem is good, but isn't this a farewell to Wen Shi?"
Shen Chen smiled and said: "It's not over yet. The fragrance from far away invades the ancient road, and the clear green reaches Xiangcheng. Today I'm sending you off, and I'm full of farewell love."
When many people in later generations studied Bai Juyi's poem in primary school, they only knew the first four sentences.
But in fact, it was deleted by the people who compiled primary school textbooks. They only retained the first four sentences and changed the original title of the poem "Farewell to the Ancient Yuancao" to "Grass".
This made Bai Juyi also want to say: Damn.
Perhaps those who compile textbooks think that doing so can convey a concept to primary school students-people must be as tenacious as weeds to survive.
However, this deviated from Bai Juyi's original meaning and became a poem praising life rather than a farewell poem.
"good."
Wang Can's eyes lit up and he immediately applauded: "The growth of wild grass tells Wen Shi that even if there are bumps in the future, it will eventually pass. This poem is indeed full of an upward spirit."
"The sage observes the appropriateness of yin and yang and discerns the benefits of all things in order to facilitate life. Therefore, the spirit is at peace with the body and the life is long."
Scholar Sun Meng also praised: "This kind of state is very desirable."
Shen Chen said modestly: "I felt this way because I saw the weeds growing tenaciously."
"Thank you Achen for your poem. I will always remember it."
Shi Sunmeng cupped his hands and said, "Everyone, let's say goodbye."
"See you again tomorrow."
"See you again tomorrow."
Everyone said goodbye to him. After getting on the boat, Shi Sunmeng waved to them from the side of the boat.
Wang Can and others also kept watching, waiting until the ship disappeared on the vast waves of the Han River, heading towards Fancheng hidden in the mist in the distance, before they prepared to leave.
At this moment, a new passenger ship arrived at the Xiangyang Pier.
This was originally normal.
Although Xiangyang was called the land of the Southern Barbarians in the Han Dynasty, Wang Can, for example, wrote in the second poem of his "Seven Sorrowful Poems" that "Jingman is not my hometown, so why stay in prostitution for a long time."
But no matter what, it is a fact that the Central Plains is in chaos, and it is also a fact that the South is now prosperous, with thousands of people entering and leaving Xiangyang every day.
The pier was crowded with people, and a new passenger ship arrived, which was not an unusual thing.
However, the ship happened to be parked not far from the crowd. Wang Can took a casual glance and suddenly saw a young man with an ordinary face getting off the ship. He immediately shouted: "Pang Tong."
Hearing this name, Shen Chen quickly turned his head to look.
He had been to Yuliang Island this year. Pang Degong's reputation was known throughout Xiangyang. Even Liu Biao personally went to the island several times to invite him to come out, but he declined all times.
Therefore, many scholars in Jingzhou came to him to study. He did not accept students, but basically he would not refuse anyone who came to him to ask questions.
Although Shen Chen's body has become smaller, his mind is still flexible. He came to Xiangyang for two years and studied under Song Zhong at Xianshan Academy. He has mastered all kinds of classics, and with the understanding of later generations, he has gained a few new ideas.
Even Song Zhong felt that he was no longer as good as Shen Chen in some aspects, so he often visited some great scholars, such as Liu Biao and Pang Degong, and asked them questions.
But it's a pity that I didn't meet Pang Tong.
Later I learned that Pang Tong did not actually live on Yuliang Island. He lived in Pang's Xiangting Pavilion, about ten miles northeast of Xiangyang City.
Since Pang Tong was not well-known at this time, his rash visit would arouse suspicion, so Shen Chen did not go to him directly, but planned to let things take their own course and talk about it in the future.
As a result, last year Pang Tong heard that there was a great Confucian named Sima Hui in Yingchuan, so he traveled two thousand miles north to Yingchuan to visit Sima Hui. In the past few days, he had not heard when he would come back, so the two never met.
Now I have seen it.
I saw that Pang Tong was about sixteen or seventeen years old. He had a very ordinary appearance and was someone that no one would look at twice in a crowd.
There were several people around him, all of whom looked to be around twenty years old.
"Mr. Zhongxuan."
Among them was a young man who waved to Wang Can.
Wang Can was surprised and said: "Yuanzhi, Guangyuan, Zhouping, Gongwei and you are also here."
These people are Xu Shu, Shi Tao, Cui Jun, and Meng Jian.
Historically, these four people were Zhuge's four friends, but in fact they had a good relationship with Pang Tong.
"Wei Lue" records that Xu Shu and Shi Tao went south to Jingzhou to avoid trouble due to the war in the Central Plains, and got along well with Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong.
The reason for this is that Xu Shu had a good relationship with Pang Degong and often asked Pang Degong for advice.
"Xiangyang Ji" records that after Sima Hui arrived in Jingzhou, he and Pang De had an irreversible relationship. One time, Pang De went out for business, and Sima Hui came to visit. He treated Pang De's house as his own, and ordered Pang De's wife to prepare food, saying that Xu Shu Tell him that guests will come over later to discuss things with them.
So Pang Degong's wife prepared food for Sima Hui and Xu Shu.
From the perspective of treating a friend's house as one's own, the relationship between Sima Hui Xu Shu and Pang Degong was very good at that time.
Zhuge Liang only began to study knowledge on his own in the second year of Jian'an, that is, 197 AD, after his uncle Zhuge Xuan died of illness.
He often studied with Pang Degong. According to records in "Xiangyang Ji", he often visited his home and gradually became valued by Pang Degong.
It was at this time that Zhuge Liang met Xu Shu, Pang Tong and others, and gradually joined this circle.
In other words, Xu Shu and the others actually met Pang Tong first, and then met Zhuge Liang.
However, Wang Can had many friends, and his reputation was very high in Jingzhou. Big bosses such as Pang Degong and Huang Chengyan were all acquainted with him. Therefore, as one of Pang Degong's students, Xu Shu and others had naturally met him several times.
Everyone came over, and the young man who waved to Wang Can before was about twenty, tall, thin, and very handsome. He asked Wang Can, "Why is Mr. Zhongxuan at the dock today?"
"Send it off to Wen Shi. His father was posthumously awarded the title of Tinghou by the court, inherited the title, and went to Xuchang."
Wang Can waved his hands and said: "If we don't talk about this anymore, why are you here?"
Xu Shu said: "Pang Tong came back from Yingchuan, and we happened to be in Deng County, so we sent him back to his hometown together."
Wang Can smiled and said: "What are you doing back home? I left a friend and was sad. So you guys came and went to a bar with me. It's been cold recently. Do you know about that strong drink? Take a sip to warm it up. I have a treat for you."
"this."
Xu Shu glanced at Pang Tong, saw Pang Tong nodded, and said, "Let's go."
Immediately a few people went to the city.
They introduced each other on the way. At that time, Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others were not famous at all. After Sima Hui came to Jingzhou, he told people everywhere that Pang Tong was the crown prince of Nanzhou celebrities, and he became known to the world.
As for the title of Wolong and Phoenix, it would have to wait another seven or eight years before Pang Degong commented on the celebrities in Jingzhou, and he would not mention the titles of Zhuge Liang, Wolong, Pang Tong, Fengchu, and Sima Huishuijing.
The most famous among them is Wang Can, followed by Shen Chen.
Pang Tong studied with Sima Hui in Yingchuan from last year to this year, and had never heard of his reputation. Xu Shu, Shi Tao and others lived outside Xiangyang City and often visited the Confucian scholar to study, but they knew about him.
Therefore, I was quite surprised when I saw that Shen Chen, who had become famous recently, was only a ten-year-old child.
But it was just a little surprise.
Prodigies are common in this era. Wang Can was a prodigy when he was a child. When he was fourteen, Cai Yong said that he was a prodigy and that he was far inferior. All the books collected at home should be given to him. It can be seen that Wang Can was already very talented at the age of fourteen. His knowledge puts even the great Confucians to shame.
A group of people entered the city and came to a restaurant. Seeing the busy traffic and guests coming and going in the restaurant, Xu Shu was very surprised and said: "I actually came to Huangmen Tower. This restaurant is the most expensive restaurant in Xiangyang. I can't afford it." .”
Wang Can smiled and waved his hands and said: "Didn't I just say that? Someone is treating me, you said so, Ah Chen."
Shen Chen smiled and said, "Go ahead and eat whatever you want."
"Is this the wine tavern?"
Xu Shu looked at him in surprise.
Shen Chen nodded: "My uncle drove it."
"Then don't worry."
Xu Shu walked arrogantly at the front.
After entering the door, I saw that the lobby of the restaurant was full, people were coming and going upstairs and downstairs, and there was a queue outside.
Restaurants in the Han Dynasty were not actually called restaurants, but called wine houses, and they were not large in scale. Luxury restaurants were generally only found in big cities like Luoyang and Chang'an.
But Xiangyang has been very lively in recent years, and large restaurants have gradually flourished.
Seeing a business opportunity, Shen Chen encouraged his uncle to open Huangmenlou here, specializing in stir-fry, which became popular after the Tang and Song Dynasties.
No one can refuse a bowl of egg fried rice. If you have it, add fried chicken and fried duck.
The reason why there was no cooking before the Tang and Song Dynasties is that the iron-making method was relatively backward.
Although stir-fried vegetables appeared in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it did not become popular until the Tang Dynasty introduced the law and the popularity of ironware officially entered the stage of history.
However, Shen Chen had figured out the steel filling method in advance. Huangmenting's annual iron production was more than Liu Biao's entire Jingzhou, so there was no shortage of iron pots for cooking.
Huangmenlou was full today, just like hotpot restaurants doing their best business in winter. The weather is getting cold. Who doesn’t want to eat hot dishes in a hotpot restaurant and drink a pot of strong liquor?
So Xu Shu looked around for a long time but couldn't find the location.
Fortunately, Shen Chen had a good reputation. When the shopkeeper saw that he was here, he asked the waiter to go to the backyard to clean up and set a table for them in the inner hall of the backyard.