Chapter 144: Qiao Xuan, a Famous Minister of the Han Dynasty
Lujiang is an important town in the east and west of the Yangtze River. It borders Shiting to the north, the Yangtze River to the south, Chaohu Lake to the east, and Chaisang not far to the west. It is considered the gateway to Jiangdong. After Sun Ce occupied this place, he sent general Cheng Pu and his second brother Sun Quan to guard it.
.Obviously, Long Fei was much ahead of schedule than Sun Ce and the others expected, and it was deserted when he entered the city. After the huge ceremonial guard had already arrived in front of the post house, Sun Quan and Cheng Pu hurried over.
The two of them hurriedly gave Long Fei a gift. Long Fei saw that Sun Quan was really strange in appearance, gentle in speech, and always had a smile on his face, which made people like him at first sight. Sun Quan was only 16 years old this year, but he was eight feet tall.
Zhang's strong back and strong waist have the demeanor of his father Sun Jian. Behind him, Cheng Pu looks sullen and unsmiling. Perhaps he is still resenting the death of Zu Mao in front of Hulao Pass.
Entering the post, everyone honored Long Fei and took his seat. The servants served tea and fruits. Long Fei laughed and said: "This Lujiang is indeed an important town. It really has the style of my Wancheng! I was a little surprised when I first entered the city! I originally thought there would be a battle.
The end must be a serious depression. After seeing it, I know that the master has managed it well."
Sun Quan hurriedly humbly said: "General, you are ridiculous. No one in the world knows that Wancheng is a paradise in this war. The people all yearn for it. Little Lujiang dare not compare it with it!"
Such high-sounding words are innocuous and sound comfortable. Long Fei is here for friendship this time, so naturally he slaps them together. As long as he is happy, he can bring it to the table to talk about it. Guo Jia suddenly
He asked: "Sir, when I first entered the city gate, I saw people gathered around the city gate to read the notice. I wonder if the Lujiang Yamen has any new measures to calm the people?"
Sun Quan smiled: "No, no, sir, I misunderstood. This notice was not posted by the Yamen. It was actually posted by the Yamen after the former Taiwei Qiao Xuanqiao informed the Yamen." [Note: 1]
"Qiao Xuan? But that old lieutenant Qiao Xuanqiao of the Liang Kingdom who is not a dignitary but is honest and thrifty?" Guo Jia was greatly surprised: "I heard that the old man had asked Jiao Guang to come out of the mountain on your majesty's order, but the old lieutenant saw that your majesty had lost all his power.
, unable to return to Beijing to resume his life, so he settled in Wuzhou Mountain, north of Dantu’s Changshan Mountain and adjacent to it, how come he is here now?”
Sun Quan smiled and said, "It is exactly what you said. In the past, Liu Yao defeated Dan Tu and wanted to kidnap the old lady to return to the north. I stopped her and invited her to Lujiang. The old lady is in her sixtieth year and can no longer travel far away."
"Master, what you did is appropriate!" Long Fei nodded. When he heard the name Qiao Xuan, Long Fei's heart was moved, and the images of two beauties instantly appeared in his mind. Cao Zhi once mentioned it in the Tongque Terrace Fu.
He didn't quite remember the sentence: Take Er Qiao to the southeast, and they will live happily together day and night. What else is there about Tongquechun locking Er Qiao, etc., in one sentence, it means Qiao Xuan has two beautiful daughters
, As for how beautiful she is, you have to see it. Long Fei said: "Old Lieutenant Qiao is elegant and noble. I have admired him for a long time. I wonder if you can introduce him to me?"
"This..." Sun Quan had vaguely guessed Long Fei's thoughts. He also knew what his elder brother was thinking, otherwise he would not have arranged Qiao Xuan here for him to watch.
Guo Jia laughed: "The old lieutenant is very knowledgeable and talented. I also have some questions that I need to ask for advice. Don't shirk it, sir. The matter is settled. We will go to Qiao's house early tomorrow morning!" Guo Jia suggested, Long Fei made the decision, and the matter was settled.
It was settled so smoothly that there was no room for Sun Quan to refuse.
After leaving the hotel, Cheng Pu hurriedly said: "Master, what should we do? What if this Long Fei meets Miss Qiao and starts to do the things of the Mi family in Xuzhou? Where will my lord be?"
"Hey!" Sun Quan sighed: "Since this is the case, we can only send someone to tell Old Lieutenant Qiao that the two young ladies must not show up tomorrow!"
Cheng Pu nodded: "That's all we can do, I'll send someone right away!"
The next day, Long Fei got up very early, but he didn't expect Sun Quan to be earlier than them. As soon as he stepped out of the gate of the post house, Sun Quan led a dozen soldiers to wait outside the door. The dew had already wet his shoes, and he saw Long Fei coming out.
, Sun Quan hurriedly greeted him: "General, so early? Perhaps the old lieutenant hasn't gotten up yet, so it's not too late to go after dawn."
With a wave, the soldiers behind him carried a few food boxes and followed a few people back to the hotel. Exquisite side dishes, various pastries, and still-warm meat. Since Sun Quan was so kind, he couldn't live up to it. It was in the hotel.
In the middle, several people were sitting cross-legged and feasting. In fact, the Qiao family was also in Lujiang City. The people sent by Cheng Pu did not see Qiao Xuan at all last night. Just in case, Sun Quan came to Guanyi to intercept Long in the early morning just in case.
Fei and Cheng Pu personally went to the Qiao family to tell them about this matter. The second daughter of the Qiao family was so beautiful that Sun Ce could not help himself after just one look at it. He forcibly moved her from Dantu near Yangzhou to the relatively safe Lujiang River and visited her several times.
That is to say, he wants to marry these two women.
Perhaps it is because the Sun family has a tradition of marrying sisters. Sun Jian’s wife, the Wu sisters, are biological sisters. Now Sun Ce actually wants to imitate his father and marry the Qiao sisters. Sun Ce rushes from Kuaiji non-stop, and he is about to get there as soon as the sky lights up.
Turning on the light, he saw the shadow of Lujiang City in the distance. Sun Ce pulled the reins, stopped the horse, and gasped: "Gong Jin, we can reach Lujiang before noon! Send the order, and put out the general's guard of honor.
Get ready to go to town!"
After such a delay, when Sun Ce arrived at the gate of Lujiang City, Sun Quan, Cheng Pu, Zhang Zhao and others were all gone. When he stepped into the Lujiang Yamen and asked the master Bo Yi, Sun Ce's mouth was open.
Regardless of his image, he rushed out of the house, got on his horse, and headed straight for Qiao's house.
Qiao Xuan's family was arranged by Sun Quan in a courtyard in the north of the city. This was originally a villa owned by Liu Yao, and the building was quite magnificent. Qiao Xuan's wife died early, and his youngest son was killed by a murderer, leaving only these two people.
The two daughters depended on each other. Qiao Xuan lived a simple life, with only Qiao Fu, who had followed him since childhood, and his two daughters' wet nurse, Mama Zhang, as servants.
There was no need for five people. Sun Quan wanted to send servants and servants to serve him, but Qiao Xuan refused. So the family only lived in a small courtyard.
When he arrived at the door of Qiao's mansion, Sun Quan was not sure whether Cheng Pu had notified Qiao Xuan. In order to buy some more time, he went to knock on the door in person. The heavy door, the deep courtyard, and Sun Quan's weak knock on the door.
Don't even think about hearing the shouts. After shouting for a long time, no one answered. Guo Jia looked up and saw that the tall gatehouse was made of blue bricks, with various auspicious symbols carved on the corners of the eaves and the walls on both sides of the gate.
Pattern. A visual inspection shows that the gate tower is about three feet high and six feet wide. This is the size that can only be used by feudal officials at the governor level.
Guo Jia sighed softly: "Such a nice yard, but no one is taking care of it. Look, grass is growing on the steps."
Sun Quan stopped shouting and said: "The old lady likes peace and quiet. This courtyard of Liu Yao is very big, but there are no servants. There are only the old lady and a few old slaves."
"How many people can live in such a big courtyard?" Long Fei found it unbelievable. Although Lujiang is not a big city, even if it is a small county, how much does it cost to build a building in such a large courtyard.
Sun Quan nodded and turned to call the door. Dian Wei looked worried and rushed forward, pushed Sun Quan away, raised his fist and slammed the door: "Get out of the way! Old man Qiao, our boss is here!"
Come out quickly! Open the door! Open the door!" The heavy wooden door creaked as Dian Wei smashed it, and it seemed that the entire gatehouse was about to fall down.
"Squeak!" A hunched old man slowly opened the door that was about to be smashed. He rolled his eyes and glanced at Dian Wei: "Who is so presumptuous? Do you know this is Master Qiao's mansion?"
"Uncle Qiao, are the old lieutenants here?" Sun Quan hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, turned around and pointed at Long Fei: "This is General Long Feilong, the general of the country. He made a special trip to pay a visit to the old lieutenant!"
Qiao Fu, who opened the door, stretched his head to glance at Long Fei and shook his head: "I told you not to see anyone! I've never heard of a general who governs the country!"
Dian Wei was not happy when he heard this and stared: "You must be old and confused! Our boss's name is known to the world, but you actually said you have never heard of it!..."
"Dianwei!" Long Fei walked up the steps and also cupped his hands and said, "Forgive me, I'm here. Long Fei came to Jiangdong on His Majesty's order to convey the decree. He was passing by Lujiang and heard that the old Taiwei was here, so he came to visit him. I also asked him to
Let me know!"
"Your Majesty? Are you from Luoyang or Chang'an?" Qiao Fu looked Long Fei up and down.
"No, I came from Wancheng, and your Majesty is currently staying in Wancheng temporarily!"
Qiao Fu was obviously surprised, and his lips were trembling as he spoke: "Wancheng! Wancheng!..." The old man said as he hurriedly ran back: "Master, His Majesty is in Wancheng! In Wancheng!"
Sun Quan had a bad premonition. In addition to Sun Ce's selfishness, there was another important reason for inviting Qiao Xuan to Lujiang. Qiao Xuan had the best official reputation among the officials still alive in the Han Dynasty. If Qiao Xuan
If you say a good word to the Sun family, scholars all over the world will come to vote for you. Sun Quan clearly knows that in a time of great strife, what is most important is talent. With people, everything else can be easily solved. That's why he persuaded Sun Ce to general
Qiao Xuan stayed in Lujiang.
Qiao Xuan stumbled while running, and Qiao Fu carefully supported him. The two old men came to the door out of breath. Qiao Xuan held his hands and said, "Who is General Long? You are so polite!"
Long Fei hurriedly stretched out his hand to help him. Qiao Xuan was a little excited and trembled when he spoke: "Your Majesty, how is he?"
Long Fei smiled: "Your Majesty, everything is well. He often mentions the old Taiwei, saying that he is the only one in the world who is the pillar of our great man!"
Qiao Xuan wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes with his sleeve: "Your Majesty still remembers me, alas! I have failed your Majesty's grace, I am so ashamed!"
"Sir, this is not the place to talk. Why don't we invite General Long and Second Young Master to talk inside?"
"Yes, yes! Come in quickly, you two!"
At this moment, Sun Quan was a little disappointed. He had worked so hard to get Qiao Xuan to Lujiang, but he had never seen the old man so excited. A few words from Long Fei actually made the old man shed tears. This matter must be handled properly.
If Qiao Xuan wanted to follow Long Fei to Wancheng, all his hard work for so long would be in vain.
As soon as a few people stepped through the gate, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the corner of the street, and a dozen cavalrymen quickly ran towards this side.
Note: Qiao Xuan, courtesy name Gongzu, was born in Suiyang, Liang State. When he was young, he served as a county meritorious official. He was famous for begging Zhou Jing, the governor of Yuzhou, to appoint him to work for the Chen State and to investigate the evil deeds of Chen Xiang Yangchang. He successively served as the Zuo Wei of Luoyang and the Prime Minister of Qi.
And Shanggu, Hanyang prefect, Situ Changshi, will be a great craftsman. In the last years of Emperor Huan, he was appointed as the general of Liao Dynasty. In the early years of Emperor Ling, he moved to Henan Yin, Shaofu, Dahonglu, Sikong, transferred to Situ, and moved to Taiwei. After Huan Ling
, Qiao Xuan saw that the country was getting weaker and weaker, so he was dismissed from office due to illness. He died in the sixth year of Guanghe at the age of seventy-five. He was an honest official, and people at the time called him a famous official. Qiao Maoshi, the prefect of Dongjun, was from Qiao Xuan's clan.
son.
It is widely rumored in later generations that Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, the beauties of Jiangdong in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, were the daughters of Qiao Xuan, the Taiwei of the Han Dynasty. This is actually a misinformation. It is said that in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Dantu gave birth to a hermit named Jiao Guang. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty sent a special messenger to invite Jiao Guang to come out of the mountain. That messenger was
Qiao Guolao. Qiao Guolao did not complete the task, but saw that the power of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty had fallen by the wayside, and the military and political power was in the hands of Cao Cao. He could not return to the capital to resume his duties, so he settled in Wuzhou Mountain, north of Dantu's Changshan Mountain and adjacent to it.
After they came down, the place where they lived was called Qiaojiamen.