Han Dang came to vote. Although it was unexpected, it was reasonable.
The two-hundred-stone barrier officer was already a standout for a border ranger with a commoner background, but for Han Dang, it was a dead end. Because he was a man who was willing to fight for his future, and he was as capable as him.
What he said was all on the knife in his hand. Once he took up this position, he could live a stable life in Lingzhi City, but his future was sealed.
More importantly, after this incident, Han Dang, who was only in his early twenties, sensitively and angrily realized one thing, that is, in this world, although the world is big, most of the real superiors are not willing to
Leave a channel for people with low status to rise. No matter what they do or whom they use, they must first ask about their surname and weigh their origins... In this case, Gongsun Xun stands out because of his origins.
He is very good and has a great future. More importantly, people are willing to ignore their background and value themselves!
Giving up Sezhanwei and choosing Gongsun Xun is just a step back from a dead end and looking for a way out.
Of course, there is some additional emotional recognition involved.
For example, that night, this man from an aristocratic family who had never met before actually chose to fight side by side with him and engage the enemy hand-to-hand; another example was that after he decided to give up the position of Seizhanwei, he once felt that he was too embarrassed to meet Gongsun Xun, the 'master'.
At that time, he was planning to distribute the rewarded goods to the homes of the soldiers who died in the night raid, and then fly away. However, he did not expect to find out at the homes of those cavalry soldiers that not only Aunt Gongsun had arranged it properly, but also Gongsun Xun.
I even came here in person when it snowed during the Chinese New Year... So, Han Dang felt grateful and finally decided to seize the candidate who was right in front of him instead of venturing to the unknown south.
Of course, Han Dang didn't say anything about these things, and Gongsun Xun didn't ask. The status of both parties has been decided, so why say more?
The convoy rested for one night at Gongsun Zhao's residence in Tuyin City, and was inevitably given a ride by Cheng Puxiang. After that, they had no worries anymore and traveled day and night. Although the road was muddy and slippery, they arrived in time within a few days.
Arrive at the Lu Mansion in Fanyang City, Zhuo County.
It is said that Lu Zhi is a famous Confucian in China. In his early years, he set up a school in his hometown to recruit students. Now he was recruited by the imperial court to become a doctor. He continued to run a school in Fengshi Mountain in the southern suburbs of Luoyang. Basically, the scholars in Youzhou and northern Jizhou were regarded as able to follow him.
He was proud to study the classics, and like his teacher Ma Rong and his junior brother Zheng Xuan, he was able to teach everyone in name only.
Of course, it is only in name that there is no distinction between education and distinction. Now the difference in expenses between studying in Luoyang and studying in Zhuojun in the past is not as big as usual. This is invisibly using the students' family assets.
Eliminated. In addition, Lu Zhi is now a high official of the two thousand stone court. In addition to the children from his hometown in Zhuo County, if you want to get started, people from other counties must have a recommendation letter from someone who is also a two thousand stone official.
Hands, right? This is another invisible elimination due to birth.
As for those paupers who are really ambitious, the kind of people who carry dry food on their backs and wear straw sandals and walk thousands of miles at a time, to be honest, they would rather go to Beihai, Qingzhou, to listen to the lectures of Zheng Xuan, the 'God of Scripture'
, why don’t you go to Luoyang, where rice is so expensive, to find Lu Zhi?
As a result, although the area around Fanyang Lu Mansion was bustling with activity, and the passing motorcades even turned the freshly snowed roads into soup...but in fact, the real owners of this trip were those who had recommendations and were preparing to do so this year.
There were only about twenty young scholars who officially went to Luo to study the classics.
But these twenty or so people suddenly staged a series of discrimination based on region and origin in the Lu Mansion.
People in Jizhou look down on those in Youzhou, saying they think Youzhou is remote;
People in Youzhou also look down on people in Jizhou, because Lu Zhi himself is from Youzhou after all;
Among the people of Youzhou proper, people from Zhuo County and Guangyang County look down on the scholars from other counties, because the other counties in Youzhou are border counties and the people from border counties are too vulgar;
And the scholars in the border counties looked down on all other scholars, thinking that those people were weak in humanities;
Then, generations of officials naturally look down on those 'powerful' people who are from a humble background and have never produced a high-ranking official with two thousand shi;
And the powerful families looked down on the paupers from Zhuojun who had basically fallen into ruin;
The local paupers in Zhuo County, in turn, shared the same hatred and looked down on those families who obviously had a family background of two thousand dan, but they lowered their prices to do business for profit. Specifically, the three brothers Gongsun and Zhen Yizhen Dayin from the Zhen family in Zhongshan;
Moreover, those born as legitimate sons must look down on those born as concubines. People like Gongsun Zan, who was raised by a maid (not a curse) and who got here by climbing up the high branches of the prefect, will naturally be poked in the back;
In the end, Gongsun Xun even vaguely realized that the adult sons of Lu Zhi who stayed in Fan Yang's Lu family seemed to be well-mannered, but in fact they generally looked down on everyone!
No matter what, they come from a family of Confucian scholars, and their father is already a high-ranking official with a salary of two thousand shi, and he is also the senior brother of these people. In every aspect, he is naturally at the top of the chain of discrimination.
In fact, in the past few days when Lu Mansion and others were together, Gongsun Zan, who had become the boss of the border school scholars, also noticed this. He secretly told Gongsun Xun that he would become a general and hold power in the future.
We must give these duplicitous people named Lu a good look!
Although he had known for a long time that his eldest brother had a twisted personality and was unhappy with people with better backgrounds than him, Gongsun Xun was a little scared at the time - not to mention that his superficial skills were not bad.
No, this is your teacher’s son too, right?! As for that?
These days, it is important to be a teacher for a lifetime and a father for the rest of your life!
Of course, this kind of chaotic and collapsed days for Gongsun Xun soon ended. Not only because the scholars finally arrived, and then the group officially set off for Luoyang. More importantly,
, a naughty kid that Gongsun Xun cared about finally officially joined the team the day before departure.
Then along the way, Gongsun Xun could not help but observe this person secretly.
This naughty kid has big ears, long arms, and the clothes he wears are relatively simple. Judging from his age, he probably has barely tied his hair, which means he looks like he is about fourteen or fifteen years old. He hasn't even grown up in stature, and he has a beard.
There was no trace.
Maybe this kid had his hair tied in advance just to catch up with his trip to Luoyang.
We have only been gone for seven or eight days. Every time in the evening, when everyone stays overnight at a nearby Haoyou family, as soon as this naughty kid jumps out of the car, he will definitely become the focus of everyone, and all the scholars will also look at it.
Smiling at him.
In fact, the local powerful people like to entertain these young scholars to stay, and they are not short of this entertainment fee. Moreover, these scholars are all from very high backgrounds and will have great prospects in the future. Today, they know each other.
A name may be of great use in the future.
But the premise is that everyone must know each other's names and origins seriously.
"The Wuji Zhen family of Zhongshan? Oh, I have admired you for a long time. The family of Taibao Zhen Han, a famous family with two thousand shi of officialdom, is in the neighboring county. How can I, the people of Anping State, not know about it? Your uncle is in charge of Jinwu in the court.
The official role is to be the king of the king! I guess you have already been crowned with the courtesy name Da Yin, which is a good calligraphy... Have you ever married a wife? To be honest with you, there is a daughter in the family, she is only fifteen years old, and she is as beautiful as a flower...
You already have two children? What a pity!”
"The Gongsun family...which place is the Gongsun family? Bohai Gongsun or Guangyang Gongsun, or... the Gongsun family of the Lingzhi family in western Liaoning? Oh, I have admired it for a long time. Of course I know this. It is also a famous family with two thousand stones from generation to generation.
Well, I had bought a horse from Amway among the nobles before, so I had some contacts... This crowned young gentleman is also married? Or is she the daughter of the prefect? This is really... Oh, the uncrowned one next to him
Is this Shaodong from Amway? Nice to meet you!"
"Guangyang Tian family...your father is now the order of Quanzhou (today's Jinwuqing)?"
"Anpingguo... Oh, aren't you the Qilin'er of the Han family? You were going to Luoyang, so you missed the direction of your home, right? Even so, you are half the master. Come here and entertain you for me.
Fellow disciple."
"Changshan Liu...a descendant of the clan?!"
"Zhuojun Liu, Liu Deran, are also members of the clan? Oh, my father was once the county magistrate, I understand."
"Who is this young master from? What is his surname?" The host finally focused on the last and youngest naughty boy, and the fellow scholars also curled their lips.
"I am the Queen of Prince Jing of Zhongshan, and so is Liu Bei of Zhuo County!" The naughty boy held his head high, his legs trembling, but he seemed a little complacent.
"Uh, who is Prince Jing of Zhongshan?" The host was confused. "When was feudalism established? There is only Zhongshan County in this dynasty?"
"He is the son of Emperor Jing of the former Han Dynasty." The naughty boy was still confident. "Feudal in Zhongshan Kingdom."
From Zhen Yi, the son of the 2,000-stone family in Zhongshan County, to everyone below, everyone snickered. The host also laughed, and there was a joyful atmosphere in front of the door.
However, upon closer inspection, there were three people with obviously different expressions. Among them, Gongsun Zan, who came from western Liaoning, frowned slightly, seeming to be quite dissatisfied with everyone laughing at others because of their origins, while Liu Deran, who was from the same clan as Liu Bei, was blushing.
It's quite shameful that there is also Gongsun Xun. This man's face is calm, making it difficult to tell whether he is happy or angry.
Of course, Liu Bei himself still straightened his back and looked confident.
"That's it, that's it. I've admired it for a long time, I've admired it for a long time."
In a happy atmosphere, the host quickly nodded perfunctorily, and then began to take the scholars to the banquet. At the same time, he asked his family to take these people's maids and cronies to find a place to live. He also did not forget to ask his own servants to provide accommodation.
The servants stationed in the open space outside the house cooked hot soup.
Liu Bei was also relieved and strode to keep up with the team of scholars, and even pushed his way to the front without any ceremony.
In this chaotic scene, Gongsun Xun finally spoke to his only confidant at the moment: "Brother Yi Gong, what do you think of Liu Bei's 'Queen Jing of Zhongshan'?"
In other words, although their identity has been decided, Gongsun Xun is still very polite and respectful to Han Dang.
"I'm a rough guy." Han Dang shook his head repeatedly. "How can I criticize people and origins? But..."
"But what?"
"But I can somewhat understand his behavior." Han Dang said with emotion. "Of the more than 20 people traveling with us, this man is the youngest, the poorest in his family, and has the lowest background. He is also a playful young man and has a rogue temperament. This
I haven't seen him studying in the motorcade for a few days. He just likes to stare at our horses spinning around. He can't take his eyes away when he sees other people's nice cars and nice clothes. And I heard that Liu Deran complaining that this person can only come here because of him.
It’s just financial support from the family... So, if he wants to gain a foothold in this team, the person he can use is probably the Empress Jing of Zhongshan. If he can’t straighten his chest and say this to others, what else can he say?
This is just like me, Han Dang. The only thing I could do in Lulongsai that day was the knife in my hand. If I couldn't fight to the death, what else could I do?"
"That's true." Gongsun Xun sighed slightly. "In this way, he has some merits. Moreover, he is still just a young man after all. If he has this kind of character, there are some things that he doesn't have now.
There may not be one in the future... Brother Yi Gong, please go pick out one of our best horses, and ask Aunt Jin to pick out some belongings and clothes. I will give them to him personally after dinner."
"Here!" Han Dang immediately handed him over and left.
As they spoke, they had already reached the hall and seemed to have begun to take their seats. Everyone began to talk and laugh again, but Gongsun Xun stood outside the hall looking at the sunset thoughtfully... Liu Bei was still young after all. What will happen to him in the future can be slow.
Take it slow, you can relax for the time being. But if you walk for a day or two, you will probably reach Julu. The Zhangjiao and his peace path that your mother mentioned must be taken a closer look no matter what.
How could a group of gangsters and a few Taoist priests overthrow this big man who was full of joy? Could it be that this Taiping Dao is really somewhat magical?
"Liu Bei, courtesy name Xuande, was born in Zhuo County, Zhuo County. He was the son of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty and came after Liu Sheng, Prince Jing of Zhongshan... He was not very fond of reading. He liked dogs, horses, music, and beautiful clothes. All members of the same family were ashamed, but Taizu was very different from him.
Friends." - "Jiu Yan Shu". Volume 28. The Third Family
