Who is Yuan Feng? Yuan Feng, whose courtesy name is Zhou Yang, is the biological father of Yuan Ji, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu. He is the biological brother of Yuan Wei, the father-in-law of Yang Biao, the head of the family of the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, and the most recent emperor named Zhong.
'The 'Second Emperor' in the rumors is still the leader of the royal family in the court, and the saying that his disciples and former officials are all over the world is really not an exaggeration.
In fact, according to rumors, someone from the Xun family in Yingchuan has already secretly prepared mourning clothes. It is said that as soon as the Duke Yuan dies, there will be big news about observing mourning for three years!
Of course, back in Luoyang, Yuan Feng was not dead yet, just paralyzed. Then...then he couldn't speak, but kept drooling. He could only barely blink his eyes, and the right half of his body was completely numb.
I can't move, and I can only make some movements with my left hand...
In this situation, even if the emperor sent an order from the imperial physician, he could only respond with silence.
In fact, if you think about it, if you suffer from a stroke and become paralyzed these days, what else can you do? And how old is Yuan Zhouyang? According to the average life span of the Han Dynasty, how long can he live without paralysis?
Besides, with Yuan Feng's pride, I'm afraid he would be more sad than to die, right? All he can do now is to hold on with a little strength, and use his left hand that can barely be used to give his brother three more
The son just told the family secrets and funeral affairs.
However, for people in Luozhong, what is most talked about is the reason why Yuan Feng became paralyzed.
Because no matter what, Yuan Feng collapsed in front of the gate after saying a few words to his own in-laws, Yang Ci, the third generation of the three princes, in full view of everyone, and there was no way to argue!
Therefore, not to mention Yuan Zhouyang's own physical condition and the embarrassment of previous rumors, the first person responsible for this is always him, Yang Ci, can't he run away?!
Therefore, there was a rumor in Luozhong that Yuan Yang was about to break up and turn against each other.
Of course, some people also faintly reported that after Yuan Feng was carried back home, he immediately used his left hand on the sand table in front of his brother, son, and Yang Ci and others after waking up.
When writing, he said something like, "The emperor will kill me and have nothing to do with public affairs. Only if Yuan and Yang are in harmony can we survive for a long time." Of course, it is inevitable to say these words in a lower voice.
But no matter what, Gongsun Xun has been feeling a little panicked these days. No matter how you think about it, Yuan Feng's paralysis has something to do with the rumors about the 'Emperor surnamed Zhong' that he created, right? Otherwise, the Emperor will be here today.
Because of rumors, he and his chamberlain were filmed questioning each other. The next day, Yang Ci came out of Beigong and collapsed after saying a few words to him?!
To be honest, if the emperor and the Yuan family are really held accountable, they may not be able to resist, and the Yang family may not really turn against each other. But if someone like himself is found out, under the thunderous wrath of the Yuan family,
Are you afraid that you will be ground into dregs? Not to mention anything else, if Yuan Benchu really led seven or eight hundred people to chop himself into meat paste on Tongtuo Street, and then eat it with a group of Yuan family disciples and former officials,
That must be a show of filial piety that shines upon the world...30,000 people rushed to beg for mercy, right?
It was so pitiful that Gongsun Xun became even more helpless when he thought about this incident. On the surface, what he did at that time was all aimed at the Yuan family, but in fact, the real killing move was mostly to deal with Cao Jie, to force the old eunuch to hand over his
Military power... As for the Yuan family, I just hope that the Yuan family will be troubled by these things for a while and be unable to use them.
But how come Cao Jie was still able to sit at home at such an age after taking over the post of Changqiu, while Yuan Feng suddenly collapsed?
However, I don't know if Wang Yun is tight-lipped, or if there is another reason. Anyway, Yuan just wanted to seek medical advice, but there was nothing superfluous.
And not long after, Gongsun Xun had no time to worry anymore... In other words, because Yuan Feng's political life was lost, the Yuan family's political control was also paralyzed, and the court also lost the last buffer slope.
Everyone has lost the last layer of scruples, which makes the political tide roll in and the situation completely collapses!
In late February, someone anonymously wrote a letter falsely accusing Cai Yong of forming a party. The emperor issued an edict to ask the minister to question him. Cai Yong immediately defended himself through the minister... But unlike Cai Yong, who could only defend himself through letters to the minister, Cai Bojie had previously
Most of those who were named and attacked were the emperor's close ministers. These people swarmed up and directly attacked and framed the emperor with words. In addition, Cai Yong's letter was filled with sorrow and anger, which seemed to resent the emperor's inability to distinguish between loyal and traitorous people, so it directly angered the emperor today.
!
At the end of February, Cai Yong and his uncle Cai Zhi were sent to prison directly to face death!
Of course, Cai Bozhe was famous all over the world. Needless to say, after the news came out, there were always people who rushed to write letters to plead for mercy. Even Gongsun Xun started to get active, preparing to save people for the sake of the thousands of volumes of books.
However, Gongsun Xun didn't need to bother at all. The emperor had a regular eunuch named Lu Qiang who was recognized by the court as a rare and excellent eunuch. This person insisted on defending Cai Yong and believed that he could not be punished because of an anonymous letter.
Killed one of the nine ministers of the imperial court and a famous person in the world!
The emperor came to his senses and didn't bother to care, so he laughed it off and directly changed the situation to exile the whole family to Shuofangbian County.
Well, this verdict is a relief. After all, for a famous person like Cai Yong, being exiled... is not supported by people. Maybe if he goes slower, he can be amnesty, and then the whole family can happily travel to the state for half a year.
However, Cai Yong's incident was just the first appetizer after the political dispute between the DPRK and China got out of control, and people were ripping off their masks without restraint. The next incident of Empress Song was the most shocking...
By the way, at the great court meeting at the end of February, as the court officially decided to change the Yuan Dynasty from the first day of March to Guanghe, Luoyang once again suffered a slight earthquake. However, within one month, it once again enjoyed a solar eclipse and an earthquake at the same time.
It was just a matter of haste in the place of Sangong, and even if it was Zhang Hao, the younger brother of Zhang Feng, who was promoted to the rank of captain this time, the ministers of the court did not have much thought to consider this matter.
Because, it was on this day that the emperor, based on Wang Fu's investigation results, officially ordered the abolition of the queen, and ordered the entire Song family to be executed and abandoned in the city!
The ministers swarmed up to him, saying that he was too hasty and the punishment was too serious, and begged for a reduced sentence.
However, unlike Cai Yong's case, the emperor, who was already in power, chose to get up and return to the North Palace directly, abandoning a group of barefoot ministers in the Nangong court!
On the same day, the emperor transferred Yang Qiu, a notorious official in the world, to this post on the grounds that it had been vacant since the previous Sili Xiaowei was dismissed.
Everyone was speechless.
One day later, on the first day of March, Dahan officially changed its name to Yuan Guanghe and entered the first year of Guanghe!
On this day, Gongsun Xun asked Liu Tao for leave early, so after dinner, he took a few attendants with him and rode on a white horse, and then he carried himself and kept it for more than half a month. After it sprouted, it was about to wither.
The fallen willow branch was lightly trampled by horse hooves all the way to the outside of Luoyang City... It was not a picnic, but a farewell to Cai Yong and Cai Bozhe, whose family was exiled to Shuofang.
You know, Cai Bojie is a famous person in the world, his uncle is one of the nine ministers, and their family has been a powerful family in Chenliu for generations. Therefore, even if the whole family is exiled, there are still so many people coming to see him off, and there are pavilions ten miles outside the city.
Outside the gate of the house, it looks like a market... However, the recent situation in the DPRK is very bad. The emperor's performance really disappointed everyone, and then he sent people into exile, so no one in the market dared to laugh, but instead
Everyone had a sad look on their face, and even everyone couldn't help crying when they opened their mouths!
Gongsun Xun was of low status. After a group of ministers, elders, two thousand stones in the capital, and their fellow villagers, in-laws and relatives came up one by one to greet and say goodbye, then he took the dry willow branch with no leaves and went up to break it with him.
Farewell to willows'...Yes, breaking willows to bid farewell is a custom that emerged in the Han Dynasty.
By the way, Cai Bozhe had been crying with many relatives and friends before. At this time, he finally stopped crying and his face was gentle. But when he looked up at Gongsun Xun, he couldn't help but his face turned red and tears were flowing:
"Is Wen Qi trying to mock me with this?"
Gongsun Xun, who was about to bow and salute, was stunned. He immediately asked in shock: "What did Mr. Cai say? I came here sincerely to send you off today, why did I just come to mock you?"
"You didn't come to mock me, why did you give me a dead branch without leaves?" Cai Yong was sad and angry at the same time. "It was in vain that I thought that if something unexpected happened, I would entrust my wife and daughter to him.
You, who would have thought that you would be so ruthless and expose your shortcomings in person!"
Gongsun Xun naturally knew that this dead branch without a single leaf was a bit inappropriate, but he was really confused by the word 'exposed in person', so he had to look at the figure sitting on a horse beside Cai Yong - Cai Yong's old friend and chief Qiao Xuan.
Qiao Xuan rolled up his sleeves and said nothing.
However, behind Qiao Xuan, a short young man with narrow eyes couldn't help but lowered his head and coughed dryly, and then reminded him softly: "Dr. Gongsun, Cai Gong is sentenced to exile..."
Gongsun Xun suddenly understood, and then he couldn't help but look back at the large turban on Cai Yong's forehead that stood out.
"Does Wen Qi really not know?" Cai Yong rarely felt a little calmer. "But even if he doesn't know this, he shouldn't make fun of such dead branches, right?"
"Hey!" Gongsun Xun sighed and quickly explained. "Gong Cai misunderstood. You see, since the last time you asked me to go to your home to entrust the collection of thousands of books, don't you and I both know that sooner or later you will be in trouble today?"
Have you? So, after the willow tree sprouted and branched on the Chancellor's desk, I was filled with emotion. I broke off a branch and kept it in a pottery vase at home, waiting to be sent to you today. To show that "Keeping" Cai Gong meant to send it to you.
With sincerity, rather than perfunctory remarks according to the situation.”
This explanation made sense, so Cai Yong sighed slightly, then said that the other party was interested, and took the dead branch over.
However, as soon as he got the dead branches, Cai Bojie couldn't help but open his mouth and nose again, and then couldn't stop the tears from flowing down.
"Why is this?" Gongsun Xun was furious and became more and more speechless.
"I was thinking." Cai Yong managed to stop his tears and answered with all his strength. "Wen Qi cut off a willow and gave it to him. Although there was no disgust but good intention, the willow branches, leaves and buds were all gone and withered and lifeless...
Wen Qi, you need to know that I am forty-seven years old this year. I am already old and decrepit. I have neither heirs nor a wife. Now I am still being sentenced to death and sent to Shuofang. The so-called nine-death life, how does it look like a willow branch?! This is
If it wasn’t God’s will that told me through Wen Qi’s hand, there would be no bones left when I leave!”
At this point, Cai Bojie couldn't bear it any longer. He hugged the dead branch and cried so hard that he even beat his chest and stamped his feet, howling uncontrollably!
After hearing Cai Yong's explanation, the hundreds of exiled members of the Cai family, both men and women, burst into tears together. Even Cai Yan, the most talented person in charge, was at a loss and grabbed the hem of his mother's clothes and cried.
endlessly.
It wasn't over yet. The entire Cai family was crying when they saw it. Among those who came to see them off, the in-laws and disciples of the Cai family also began to cry together... For a time, the entire pavilion outside Luoyang City
During the scene, the sound of crying shook the field. Not to mention the busy farmers in the fields, all the farmers stopped in a daze, all the pedestrians on the road stopped, and even the water birds on the nearby river were so frightened that they flew up.
In response to this, the instigator Gongsun Xun could only stand speechless and embarrassed.
However, the situation in front of him was not something that could be avoided by pretending to be stupid. Not long after, Qiao Xuan, who had been sitting on the horse and had not moved, suddenly reached out his hand and directly tugged Gongsun Xun's sleeve. The latter looked helplessly.
I went there, but all I saw was an old face that looked extremely disgusted.
Of course Gongsun Xun understood what Mr. Qiao meant - you are responsible for the trouble you caused. Not to mention that the sound of so many people crying together is so unpleasant. If you continue to cry like this, you will lose your temper and suffer a stroke...
Whose?
This principle didn't apply that day. Didn't you see the lessons learned by Yuan Feng and Yang Ci?
Therefore, even if he was extremely helpless, Gongsun Xun could only take a long breath, then muster up the courage to step forward and pull off Cai Bojie's scarf!
At this moment, the half-bald celebrity in the world stopped crying immediately. Everyone around him was also shocked. Even Qiao Xuan, who had previously encouraged Gongsun Xun to stop crying, also became a little confused.
"arts……"
"Cry, cry, cry, what's the use of crying?!" However, before anyone could react, Gongsun Xun threw the scarf to the ground, and then asked sternly, "Does the world-famous Cai Bojie have this much ambition?
That day in the East Pavilion of your house, you laughed and said that you had written a letter to denounce the eunuchs in the court, knowing that you would not be spared, and then entrusted me with thousands of books. Why are you so unbearable today?! How dare you, a man alive,
Don’t you dare to do it?!”
This questioning really made all the officials and officials outside the pavilion stunned and speechless.
Even Cai Yong had no choice but to hand over his hand and accuse him: "It's not that I, Uncle Cai, dare to do it, but I don't dare to do it. In fact, I think that I am already forty-seven years old, decrepit, and childless. The so-called uniqueness...
…”
"It would be even more ridiculous and sad to cry because of this!" Gongsun Xun became angry and became more and more angry. "I just ask you, when you, Cai Bojie, were crying, did you ever glance at Mr. Qiao who was sitting next to you?
?!"
Everyone looked at Qiao Xuan, only to see Qiao Xuan sitting calmly aside, his expression unchanged, just stroking his beard slightly... But everyone reacted with something in their clothes.
"Cai Gong!" Gongsun Xun continued to scold loudly. "You said that you are old and decrepit and everything is unbearable... I ask you what exactly is unbearable?"
"I..." Cai Yong was speechless.
However, before Cai Yong could reply, Gongsun Xun took the initiative to ask and answer his own questions: "In terms of punishment and denigration, don't you know that Mr. Qiao also once served as a Cheng Dan? And you only did it once, while Mr. Qiao rose and fell three times.
!As for children, don’t you know that Mr. Qiao still has a young son at the age of sixty? You are only forty-seven years old, you have enough concubines at home, and you already have a daughter. After working so hard for thirteen years, who knows what will happen in the future?
Having both children? As for being old and decrepit, it’s even more ridiculous!”
After saying this, Gongsun Xun stopped looking at Cai Yong, who was blushing. Instead, he turned his head to the various ministers with sad faces behind him. The famous scholar said: "Look at Mr. Qiao.
He is nearly seventy years old, but he is still the foundation of the imperial court and the backbone of the scholars. No matter how bad the situation is, I have never seen him show the slightest sadness... Now this Cai Bojie is only forty-seven years old, and he is here sighing.
Tears are streaming down my face! It’s fine if you don’t learn from Qiao Gong and don’t change his face, but why do you keep crying with a person like Cai Bojie?! I said at Cai’s house that day that the more serious the situation becomes,
It’s difficult, but we have to strive for self-improvement and work hard! Is it because I’m young, so you just ignore these principles?!”
After saying this, others didn't care, but Cai Bojie behind him repeatedly handed over his words, claiming that he was wrong.
Hearing this, Gongsun Xun quickly changed his expression. He turned around and helped the other party up, then picked up the scarf on the ground and wrapped it with his own hands, covering the half-bald head of the other party. Then he joined hands and explained:
"It's not that I look down on Mr. Cai, nor am I deliberately arrogant. It's just that I have been taught by my widowed mother since I was a child that I should not give up easily. She has had many... many words of encouragement. Mr. Cai, although this willow branch is a
It is a dead branch, but if you insert it into the soil, who can know that it will not sprout new shoots and eventually become a giant tree in the sky?"
Cai Yongyang sighed: "I didn't expect that today I met Wen Qi's full of ambition again! If we talk about the indomitable solar terms, then of course half of the world's solar terms belong to Qiao Gong; and if we talk about this unremitting ambition of self-improvement, I'm afraid it is also
Half of the world’s ambitions are dedicated to Wen Qi!”
After saying that, the two of them joined hands to insert the dead branch into the river beside the road. Then, Gongsun Xun called two more Yi Cong guards, saying that they were from Yanmen Wuzhou and happened to be returning home. He asked them to escort a group of people along the way.
Two... and shook hands and whispered in private that if there was any inconvenience in Shuofang, the governor Dong Zhuo would not tell him, and the other party would recognize him, but Yanmen Prefect Guo Jian could tell him the name of Gongsun Xun. And if he met a bandit on the road,
If there is a rebel army or something, you might as well flee to Yanmen Pingcheng. If you go there to find a man named Cheng Pu, you can always take shelter for a while.
In fact, when we got here, the farewell ceremony that was interrupted by crying was over, and Gongsun Xun breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to leave and watch.
Unexpectedly, Cai Yong, who was reprimanded in public, refused to let go. I don’t know if he was being petty: “Last time I asked Wen Qi to write a short poem with ambition for me, but you said that you had no ambition in your chest at that time.
, It really can’t be done. Today, you are so ambitious that you have taught me so much that I feel ashamed. You are obviously full of ambition, so why don’t you have any poems?"
Gongsun Xun's scalp was numb, so he could only try to explain: "My mother often said that poetry, prose, and poetry are all trivial matters. If you can't do it when you are away from home, don't do it..."
However, no matter how hard it was, Cai Bojie was unwilling to let go. Gongsun Xun was forced to do nothing, so he could only turn to look at Qiao Xuan, asking him to help him because he had praised him for so long. However, as the person with the highest status here,
Mr. Qiao Xuan Qiao, from the beginning to the end, his expression was as expressionless as a wooden sculpture. He didn't even look at him... How could he have the slightest intention of helping?
So, in desperation, Gongsun Xun had no choice but to nod: "There is only one unknown old poem, which was written by someone else in the past, but it was also used to suit the occasion..."
"No matter what, please come and chant to help me!" Cai Bozhe puffed up his nose, folded his sleeves with his hands, and looked forward to it.
Gongsun Xun raised his head and sighed: "Listen up, Mr. Cai... The yellow clouds are thousands of miles away and the sun is shining brightly. The north wind is blowing the wild geese and the snow is falling. Don't worry about the road ahead without any friends. Who in the world doesn't know you?"
In other words, Gongsun Xun was a little perfunctory when he recited this poem at first, but by the end of it, he couldn't help but feel a huge lump in his chest.
After finishing the poem, the surrounding officials and celebrities were silent and thinking. Even Qiao Xuan couldn't help but look at Gongsun Xun slightly before continuing to sit with his eyelids drooped.
"Thank you very much Wenqi!" Cai Yong thought about it again and again, and suddenly bowed and bowed to him. "Today Wenqi's ambition has been conveyed to my heart from a willow branch and two poems! Dear relatives and friends, today I, Cai Bojie,
I am already satisfied, so there is no need to trouble others to see each other off one by one... Excuse me, gentlemen, let's set off quickly!"
By the way, Cai Yong actually took the initiative to go on the road after listening to a poem?!
How could the escorting officials and officials dare to show off in front of so many distinguished officials? So they started working like domestic servants and actually escorted more than a hundred members of the Cai family along the official road to the north in search of a ferry.
Gongsun Xun was caught in the crowd and watched the other party go away. He breathed a sigh of relief but also had mixed feelings.
"I have admired Gongsun Wenqi for a long time as the White Horse Medalist. The battle with Huoshaobanhan was heart-wrenching. However, when I saw him today, I didn't expect that the doctor was actually both civil and military!" Just when Gongsun Xun was secretly sighing, the man who followed Qiao Xuan before was revealed.
The short young man with big eyes suddenly came over.
Gongsun Xun quickly returned the favor with his hands in hand: "This wise brother has misunderstood. This poem is really not written by me. It is a fragmented poem from the past, just borrowed flowers to indicate..."
"Why are you trying to scare me, Dr. Gongsun?" The man immediately squinted his eyes and smiled. "'Thousands of miles of yellow clouds and white sun', isn't this the scene of Luoyang today? 'North wind blows wild geese and snowfall', isn't it talking about the scenery of Shuofang Border County?
Is it? There is also the saying, 'Who in the world does not know the king'? Who else but Cai Gong can take this sentence seriously? No wonder Cai Gong was full of ambition after hearing these words, and his expression changed from sadness!"
"The scenery in Shuofang is not like this." Gongsun Xun recalled the beautiful scenery of Hetao he had witnessed but couldn't help but smile bitterly and shake his head.
Before the two men could continue talking, Gongsun Xun suddenly noticed something, and ran out quickly before he could care about the man, and then went straight to Qiao Xuan, who was about to get on the car: "Please stay, Mr. Qiao, I have something to say!"
The man raised his shoulders with a smile and followed back with a meaningless expression.
"Gongsun Wenqi, are you here to see Cai Bozhe off today or are you here to see me?" Qiao Xuan turned around in the car and asked indifferently.
For a person like this, there is no need to talk nonsense, so Gongsun Xun immediately bowed to the end: "Not only to see him off, but also to come to see Mr. Qiao... To be honest with Mr. Qiao, everything is ready now, except that Mr. Qiao is the minister!"
"
Qiao Xuan couldn't help but smile knowingly: "That's it. No wonder you flatter me so much in public today."
Gongsun Xun couldn't help but feel embarrassed: "Just do it based on the situation!"
"But... I am old and frail, and I don't want to be a minister!" After saying that, Qiao Xuan got into the car directly, and then motioned to the servant to drive the car. "Go and find someone else!"
Gongsun Xun stood on the spot stunned.
But at this moment, the short man narrowed his eyes, that is, the young man who went to talk to Gongsun Xun. He had already followed him. Then this man ignored the etiquette and actually got into Qiao Xuan's car.
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"Mengde, get out and ride!" Following an angry shout from inside the car, Gongsun Xun was even more confused.
————————I am the dividing line between dead branches and leaves——————
"In the first year of Guanghe of Han Dynasty, the famous scholar Cai Yong and his family were demoted to Shuofang. On the eve of Yanwu, he broke willows and kept them in bottles to be given to others the next day. However, the willow branches withered overnight, the leaves fell and the buds withered. Everyone on the left and right thought it was an ominous sign and advised them to
Geng Zhi. Yan Wu said: "The difference between broken willows lies in the heart. If you see a withered branch and break it, you are deceiving yourself and others." He held the dead branch to each other and told the truth. Yong sighed and said: "I am forty years old."
There are seven unique people, and they go to Shuofang with their families under Kun Xing. They are like branches with no leaves or buds. Isn't this not God's will? There should be no corpses left in this trip!" Yan Wu said to him, "What's the need to worry about God's will? People should strengthen themselves, how can they know it?
"A dead branch cannot become a tree?" Yong felt what he meant. He cheered up and walked away. Before leaving, he planted a willow branch by the river, and new buds sprouted overnight. Over the years, the fruit on the riverside has grown into a tree. Over the past hundred years, the tree has grown as beautiful as a crown, and it remains the same.
Still here, there are many miracles. People on both sides of the Cai clan worship him, and they do so at all times. Everyone in the world calls them 'Cai Liu'!" - "Sou Shen Ji"
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