In the first month of the third year of Chuping, the weather was still extremely cold. The chariot general Huangfu Song finished his court meeting in Wuyang Palace. Seeing that it was getting late, he stayed in the palace for many more days, so he said goodbye to the minister's desk and left the palace. At that time
At dusk, he took an ox cart with eight soldiers to escort him out of Taichang Street, detoured north to the north of Cross Chi Road, first went to the market and bought seven hens, and then headed west toward home. It's clearing up after the snow, and the roads in Chang'an are covered with snow. Residents in the city have just cleared out a road that can be passed by cars. Because there is too much snow, the cleared road can only be used by two cars, and it is winding.
Toward Zhi City Gate, and about eighty steps east of Zhi City Gate, is the residence of the Chariot and Cavalry General.
The mansion where Huangfu Song lives is not big. It has one entrance and three entrances. It is basically still wrapped in a blanket of white snow. There are only a few sparse footprints dotted on it and there is no one around. In order to prevent snow, Huangfu Song and
The soldiers all wore deerskin boots and crunched across the snow. When they arrived at the door of the mansion, Cang Tou opened the door. Huangfu Song asked the guards to go to the fire with Cang Tou, and asked Cang Tou to stew the chicken. Tonight
After drinking some chicken soup in the house, he went to the leather rug in the main hall, took off his boots and sword, and his wife changed into a cashmere robe, and then he walked to the study.
A charcoal fire was lit on the floor in the study for warmth. His only son, Huangfu Jianshou, was wearing a coarse cloth and holding a scroll by the fire pot with a tired look on his face.
The windows are all open, and you can look out at the fire-colored smoke and clouds outside.
Huangfu Song walked in, and both of them stood up to salute him. Huangfu Song looked at the book in Huangfu Jianshou's hand, but it was a copy of "Zhuangzi". Looking at the text copied by Huangfu Li, it turned out to be Zhang Heng's "Guitian Fu". Huangfu Song
Seeing this, he admonished them and said: "You have time to wander around here, so you might as well take people out first and sweep away the snow at the door. When I come back, the only snow on my house along the road that has not been cleared, I'm afraid the neighbors around
Everyone will criticize my tutor!"
Unexpectedly, Huangfu Li said: "Uncle, forgive me, this was my idea." It turned out that Huangfu Song knew that he had been out of the limelight, so he had been hiding his power and biding his time this year. Not only did he live in seclusion, but his son Huangfu Jianshou and nephew Huangfu Li also resigned.
He won an official position in the court and was idle at home.
But after all, he held a high position, and there were still a lot of people coming to try to make friends. It was Huangfu Song's resolute attitude that made the number of people come less. When the New Year came, some people came to the house to give gifts, but Huangfu Li simply didn't.
Sweeping away the snow to show the attitude of not welcoming guests. The effect was surprisingly good. Except for the in-laws and She's family who came to pay their respects, no one came to visit again.
After hearing Huangfu Li's words, Huangfu Song was silent for a long time, and then sighed: "You are right, but you don't have to be so blunt in dealing with others. What I did was to prevent Dong Zhuo's suspicion, not to be unkind."
Huangfu Li was quite dissatisfied with his uncle's actions and said, "How can you avoid suspicion when you are in such a position?" Huangfu Song knew that he hated the status quo, but did not hear anything. He asked Huangfu Jianshou again and said:
What kind of gift came from my family, and when I learned that it was a hundred stones of rice grain, Huangfu Song made arrangements and said: "There are not many people in our family, and the rice grain alone is more than enough for my salary. You can just transport it outside the city in the next two days and take a ride."
Don’t use the banner of our family when giving out porridge in the porridge shed."
Huangfu Jianshou responded, put down his book, put on his leather boots, and went out with Huangfu Li. Huangfu Song looked at their retreating figures and couldn't help but sigh. He knew that his position had brought huge consequences to his descendants.
There is pressure, but there is no way. In troubled times, many things are beyond our control.
He sat by the charcoal fire for a while, picked up his son's book, and turned to "Autumn Water" where Zhuangzi and Huizi were debating about the joy of fish swimming. He thought, if people can really know the joy of others, they can also know it.
He thought about the suffering of others, but he didn't know how much he wanted to pour out. He thought for a moment, and suddenly recited the curse of his married daughter. Then he remembered that he had not returned the gift to his in-laws, so he went to find his wife to discuss the matter.
Send some silks, buy some jewelry for your daughter, and ask her how she is doing recently.
After a while, the food at home was cooked, and eight members of Huangfu's family gathered together to have dinner. At this time, Cangtou suddenly came to report: "Sir, Wang Situ has come to congratulate you." Huangfu Song was surprised when he heard this and immediately immediately
Asked: "How many people did Situ bring?"
"There are seven people. Except for Lord Situ, the rest are all young people. They should all be juniors in the clan."
Huangfusong breathed a sigh of relief. As a charioteer and Wang Yun as a disciple, they both played important roles in the court. I don't know how many people watched. If Wang Yun came to see him secretly, Huangfusong would immediately refuse, but
Now that Wang Yun can bring the children of the clan here, he will not say anything shameful. If he refuses, it will seem a bit unkind.
So he put on a sheepskin cloak and led the men in the mansion to meet Wang Yun in front of the mansion. Wang Yun, wearing a gray long coat, turned his head and admonished the younger generation behind him, saying: "Chariots and riders are the pillars of the country and good ministers who serve the country."
, you come with me, you must strictly observe the etiquette, and don’t lose the dignity of the Taiyuan Wang family.”
He turned his head and saw Huangfu Song coming over. His original stern face immediately changed into a smile, and he said, "Yizhen, don't take offense to the trouble in the New Year."
Huangfu Song said, "Where is that?" and quickly brought them into the house to keep warm. The two exchanged pleasantries. Wang Yun saw that there were still food on the table in the room, and couldn't help but smile and said, "It's just an unlucky time that I came here." Seeing many of them.
They were vegetarian dishes, and the most luxurious thing was just a bowl of chicken soup. He quickly sighed and said: "The rider is rich and wealthy, but the drink is so simple. He is really a role model for us."
Huangfu Song laughed and said: "Compared to the Yang Prefect who hangs fish, I'm far behind!" Both of them laughed, and then Wang Yun introduced Huangfu Song to his children one by one, namely his son Wang Jing, Wang
Ding, his brothers Wang Chen, Wang Xiu, and the rising talents of the clan Wang Hong and Wang Yi. They greeted Huangfu Song one by one and presented them with New Year gifts. The gifts were not expensive, but they were obviously carefully selected.
For example, what Wang Jing presented was a jar of ointment. It is said that he got it from Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in Nanyang, the year before last. It has a miraculous effect on wounds caused by arrow clusters. Huangfu Song was exposed to arrow rain all year round, which naturally left many scars. During the rainy season,
He was very happy to see the cramps and pain, but he also knew that he and Wang Yun did not have such a deep friendship, so he couldn't help but said to Wang Yun: "Master, how can I bear this?"
Wang Yun smiled and said: "Yizhen will be reused soon, so what if I give you some gifts?"
Huangfusong was puzzled by these words. He couldn't help but wonder: "I just came home from the palace today, why didn't I hear the news?"
Wang Yun blinked twice and said slowly: "When you left, the Grand Master came to ask me, saying that Xu Rong would return to Beijing soon to receive a reward, but the war could not be put aside. He planned to organize another expedition to Nanyang, but last year
During the First Battle of Guangcheng, he was deeply impressed by the Jing people's fighting prowess and wondered who to choose as general. We discussed it privately and felt that this was a great opportunity. We immediately recommended you to the Grand Master to take charge of this matter. The Grand Master also thought it was good, and it is estimated that he will be the emperor soon.
The edict will be issued!"
As soon as Wang Yun finished speaking, Huangfu Song's expression changed on the spot, and he felt a chill all over his body. Especially when he heard the two sentences "We will discuss privately" and "The Emperor will issue an edict", his hair stood on end. But
He never told his family that Wang Yun said he was against Dong. Huangfu Li and others were very happy when they heard about it and congratulated him on the spot. He could only force a smile and said: "Zi Shigao thinks highly of me. The so-called success or failure of the war."
, it is not about the battle in the temple, it is not about the soldiers but not the generals, it is not about the morale but the tricks. Although I have a little reputation, these three are not up to me, how dare I win? Tomorrow I will report to the Grand Master and let him choose another general.
Stop."
After saying this, Wang Yun's expression changed, and he asked: "It's a big business, do you really want to ride on it?"
Huangfu Song nodded slightly, and the other descendants also heard that something was wrong, but they didn't know the reason, so they could only pretend that nothing happened. For the rest of the time, everyone was absent-minded and could only end the banquet hastily. Wang Yun was leaving.
Before that, he whispered to Huangfu Song: "We have many men in the army. If the chariots and cavalry are gone, the Han Dynasty will surely flourish. I hope the chariots and cavalry will give it more consideration."
Huangfu Song didn't say a word. He just thought in his heart that the world was changing and people were changing. Not to mention asking for a close friend, he didn't have much time left to talk freely with one person. After Wang Yun left, Huangfu
Li came to him again and said: "My lord, the world is hanging upside down. The only people who can stabilize the situation are you and Dong Zhuo'er. Now that there is a rare day of freedom, we can still restore the country. Why are you looking forward and backward?"
Huangfu Song was already covered in cold sweat, and he immediately rebuked his nephew and said: "Now that the world is falling apart, how can we expect to kill one person and bring peace to the world? There are countless people today who love chaos and enjoy misfortune. If I do this, I will do it for you."
If they attack in groups, it's hard to end well. It's better to huddle in a city and let them fight!" At the end of the sentence, he was so weak that he waved his hand and said, "Don't tell others what you said."
The next day was the meeting of the imperial court, and General Xu Rong of Jianwei returned to Chang'an from Shangjun to resign. Grand Master Dong Zhuo asked Xu Rong what the situation was like when annexing the state, and how many troops could be left to defend it. Xu Rong replied: "Shangjun and Liu Chen are at loggerheads.
, Don’t worry, Puban and Fenyin have built outer cities, and only ten thousand people can hold them.”
So Dong Zhuo pondered for a moment and told the court his plan. He planned to mobilize 40,000 people from Xu Rong's army and 20,000 people from Hongnong to form a new army to attack Nanyang from Wu Guandong. When it came to the army commander, he took it seriously.
Looking at Huangfu Song, he asked him: "I plan to make Yizhen my commander. I wonder what Yizhen's opinion is?"
Everyone looked over, and Huangfu Song felt a chill in his heart. He secretly looked at Situ Wang Yun. Wang Yun's expression was as usual, so he had no choice but to refuse and said: "Master, the battle is about life and death when the soldiers and generals know each other, and the superiors and subordinates are united."
, and Song has been away from the army for a long time, so he is really unable to hold this position."
Dong Zhuo said "Oh" and did not force anything. Instead, he promoted Li Jue and Guo Si, who had performed well in the Battle of Yuanshui, as generals. They each had 30,000 troops and went south to fight together. But after the meeting, Huangfu Song
I clearly feel that Liangren, both above and below, are alienated from me.