After Sima Yi, King of Langya, ascended the throne, Lu Qin, a friend of King Langya, was transferred to serve as the censor. The censor was a sixth-grade official. He was ordered by Zhongcheng, the censor, to accept matters from the ministers. The impeachment was illegal, and he had great power.
A person from a well-established and prestigious family could not take the position, so the twenty-four-year-old Lu Qin was naturally satisfied with his ambitions.
Before noon that day, Lu Qin returned from Taicheng. The Seven Cheap Things played by Huan Wen had been presented by Xi Chao, the minister of Zhongshu, to the king of Shangshu Ling to report the case. Two of the seven cheap things were of great importance. One was the system of officialdom.
Redundancy, overstaffing, it is appropriate to merge officials and provincial posts, which officials should be eliminated has a wide range of implications; the second is to read the household members and implement the land separation, which is a top priority involving the Jiangdong scholars. As the owner of slaves and children, the Lu family
, tenants, Sanwu gatekeepers with tens of thousands of members, are naturally very concerned about this——
When his father Lu Shi went to Yangzhou for business, Lu Qin wanted to discuss it with his uncle Lu Na first. When he arrived at the porter, he saw the tall and burly Ran Sheng and two strangers Wu Bian drinking. Ran Sheng saw him and turned a blind eye, not angry.
Awesome look.
Lu Qin frowned and summoned the steward to ask. He learned that his uncle was hosting a banquet for Chen Caozhi. Lu Qin was shocked and angry, so he wanted to go in and ask his uncle what he wanted. Did he really want Ruimei to marry Chen Caozhi?
Because his uncle Lu Na had no children, he had high hopes for his nephews and was strict with him. Both Lu Qin and his brother Lu Chu were afraid of his uncle Lu Na. Lu Qin did not dare to argue with his uncle in person. He hesitated for a while and thought to himself: "I want to
I witnessed with my own eyes that my uncle hosted a banquet for Chen Caozhi in his mansion, and when my father comes back, my uncle will not be able to deny it." He immediately went into the hall to pay homage to his uncle, but turned a blind eye to Chen Caozhi and humiliated him silently.
Lu Na was always frugal, so he treated Chen Caozhi to a lunch of only three liters of light wine and a penny of venison. When he saw his nephew Lu Qin coming, he knew that there was a rift between Lu Qin and Chen Caozhi, and he was worried about a conflict between the two, so he did not let him go.
The land bird was dining here, and after saying a few words, he waved his hand to the land bird to retreat. The land bird turned blue with anger and retreated in anger.
Chen Caozhi told Lu Na that the land destruction was about to begin, and Lu Na said: "Just do whatever you want to do. If Sima Huan can really treat everyone equally and enforce the law strictly, I, the Lu family, will not stand in the way of violating the ban. The Lu family belongs to
Slaves and tenants who have left their household registration will be re-entered into their household registration and will be reviewed."
Lu Na was a man of rare integrity, chastity and strictness. Sima Yu, the king of Kuaiji, was highly regarded by the minister Wang Shu. Compared with his brother Lu Shi, Lu Na was more prestigious. Lu Shi often complained about the court and thought that the north of the river was crossing the river.
The gentry had harmed the interests of the southerners and were often resentful, while Lu Na was tolerant, open-minded, and had a longer-term vision than Lu Shi.
After lunch, Chen Caozhi said goodbye to Lu Na and went back to his house. Sure enough, Lu Qin stopped him on the north bank of Hengtang and said angrily: "Chen Caozhi, what did my uncle say to you? I really want to recruit you as my son-in-law."
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Chen Caozhi looked at Lu Qin with cold eyes. Lu Shi had two sons. The eldest son, Lu Chu, was now the prime minister of Kuaiji County. He was extravagant and extravagant, but his talents were mediocre. However, the Lu Qin in front of him was not a person who could keep the family business of his ancestors. Because Lu Weirui
Chen Caozhi did not want to conflict with Lu Shi and his son, but Lu Shi was stubborn and stubborn, and Lu Qin regarded him as a thorn in his side. Chen Caozhi knew that he could not reconcile with Lu Shi and his son, so he wanted to marry Lu Weirui, and Lu Shi and his son
It was a roadblock, and he had to find a way to move it. Based on the current situation and the unwise temperaments of Lu Shi and his son, he didn't need to deliberately do anything against Lu Shi and his son, he just needed to make the best of the situation -
Seeing Chen Caozhi looking at him coldly and not replying, Lu Qin became even more angry and said angrily: "Chen Caozhi, don't think that just because my uncle treats you, you can marry Lu Weirui.
This is not the decision of my uncle alone. My father will not agree to it, and the Lu family from direct to distant relatives will not agree. You should give up this idea and find a girl from a poor family to carry on the family line as soon as possible."
Chen Caozhi was not angry and said calmly: "Lu Qin, I still say the same thing - Mr. Yu will regret betrothing the girl to you, and I will never let Mr. Lu regret it." After that, he and Mrs. Lu regretted it.
Ran Sheng left with two Xifu military officers.
Lu Qin was so angry that his head was dizzy again. Not only was Chen Caozhi arrogant, but Ran Sheng also became arrogant and cold. He said bitterly in his heart: "Chen Caozhi, don't think that you are arrogant because you have attached to Huan Wen."
, Huan Wen has a disloyal heart, and his reputation will be ruined sooner or later. When the time comes, I want to see what happens to you, Chen Caozhi!"
After leaving Hengtang, Chen Caozhi also shook his head and smiled bitterly, and secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, Lu Qian was just Wei Rui's younger brother. If he were his biological brother, he would inevitably throw a rat into a trap. It would be really difficult to deal with it. But now, in Lu Shijun's words,
Just tell me what to do.
When Chen Caozhi returned to Gu's house, he saw Gu Kaizhi talking to a Taoist priest. The Taoist man was about fifty years old, short in stature and swarthy. When he saw Chen Caozhi, he raised his head and said: "Mr. Chen, I am a poor Taoist named Li Shouyi. I am my disciple."
Immortal Master Baopu is cultivating Taoism, and following Immortal Master’s orders, he came from Luofu Mountain to see Mr. Chen——”
When Chen Caozhi heard the word "death", tears suddenly came out of his eyes, and he knelt on the ground, overwhelmed with grief. Ge Hong was over eighty years old, and sooner or later he would drive Hexi to the west. Chen Caozhi also knew that Ge Hong was recorded in official history.
Hong passed away at the age of eighty-one. He had been worried about him in his heart in the past few years. However, due to the long distance to Lingnan and the difficulty of communication, he had never received any news from Master Ge. At this time, he heard that Taoist Li Shouyi had been sent by Master Ge to come all the way to see him.
He was extremely sad in his heart. He recalled Master Ge's sincere teachings to him in Chuyang Taoist Temple. Before going to Luofu Mountain, he wanted to write a letter to Lu Na. Xu Miao recommended him. He also recalled his meeting with Master Ge by the Mingsheng Lake four years ago.
After parting, Master Ge said: "Let's face it, parting has happened since ancient times in life. You don't have to be too sad -" I didn't think that that parting would be an eternal farewell!
When Li Shou saw Chen Cao's sadness, he also said with tears: "Young master Chen, there is no need to be sad. Ge Shixia ascended to the sky and forgot his body, and he has become an immortal. We don't have to be sad like ordinary people." He unpacked the book and published a booklet and a volume.
, handed it to Chen Caozhi and said: "This is what Master Ge gave to Mr. Chen on his deathbed."
Chen Caozhi wiped away his tears and respectfully read the book and stickers first. It was the simple and vigorous wild goose tail chapter grass written by Master Ge himself. Ge Hong learned about Chen Caozhi's recent situation from Yu Yun, the governor of Guangzhou, and expressed his condolences for the death of Chen's mother Li.
I am very pleased that Chen Caozhi has gained fame through hard study over the past few years. He says that Chen Caozhi has reached the middle road in changing his destiny and should encourage him. He also says that in the next two years, there will be a great plague in the land of Sanwu.
I hope that Chen Cao’s memorial will ask someone to take appropriate measures to prevent and control it. The note concluded with:
"Zhongni said that all people have died since ancient times. Laozi said that the gods can be learned. The words of the saints are believed and valid. The Taoist theory is primitive but difficult to use. How can it be so? Confucianism is close and easy to see, and many people follow it.
Yan; the meaning of the Tao is far away and difficult to recognize, so few people have reached it. My life also has a limit, and what I seek is in the misty clouds of the fairyland?"
Chen Caozhi took the scroll again and read it. There were three seal characters written on the title page - "Lun Qi". The opening chapter read: "I heard that there is a man named Zhao Qu in the Shangdang who has been suffering from leprosy for many years and cannot be cured by all the treatments. He is dying——
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This is Ge Hong's analysis and prevention of plague due to 60 years of practicing medicine. It goes one step further than the treatment of typhoid, seasonal and febrile epidemics discussed in "Emergency Prescriptions", and adds more protection against boils (
That is, the discussion and prevention of infectious diseases such as smallpox), leprosy (leprosy), malaria, etc. are recorded in "Plague-Repelling Medicine Dry Powder", "Laojun Shenbai Powder", "Du Mias Powder", "Repelling Wenbing Powder" and many others
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Chen Cao thought in his heart: "How can thousands of volumes of mysterious words compare to Master Ge's thin volume of "The Theory of Qi"!"
Chen Caozhi put away the "Lun Qi" and asked Li Shouyi about the death of Master Ge. Li Shouyi replied that Master Ge was exhumed from his corpse on April 18th, and this calligraphy was from the day before.
The next morning, he ordered his disciples to prepare a bath in Lan Tang. He asked Li Shouyi to send the letter to Chen Cao, and then he went to preside over the Chuyang Taoist Temple in Baoshanxi Ling. He also said slowly: "I recalled that when I was a boy, I lacked paper and pen to study, and I had to cut down my salary.
He sold it to give him paper and pen, and he copied thousands of books, but his elbows were callous. He also tried to borrow a copy of "White Tiger Tongde Lun" from a wealthy family, but couldn't find it. He wandered outside the building and couldn't bear to leave. When it rained, he almost died of illness. Now I think about it.
All of them are as vivid as the present." After saying this, he sat cross-legged and passed away.
Chen Caozhi shed tears with emotion. His years of hard study were nothing compared to those of Master Ge. What reason did he have for not working hard?
At this time, the deacon of the Gu family brought in the steward of the Xie family. The steward of the Xie family presented a letter written by Xie An and invited Chen Caozhi to the dinner. He also said that guest Xi, the minister of Zhongshu, would also attend the appointment.
Xie An and Wang Xizhi are both known as the best calligraphers. They are good at cursive and correct. They are different from Zhong Yao and Wang Xizhi.
Seeing such superb calligraphy, I was filled with admiration, so I replied to the message at the banquet, saying that Master Ge shared the same sympathy with his ancestors and grandchildren, and that Master Ge was traveling to the immortal world. Although he could not mourn him according to the customary rites, he should be a vegetarian for three months to express his deep feeling of gratitude.
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Chen Caozhi knew that Xie An's banquet with him and Xi Chao was to discuss something, so he said that he would visit Xie's mansion in Wuyi Lane at the beginning of the Xu Dynasty.
After the steward of the Xie Mansion left, Li Shou said to Chen Cao: "Mr. Chen, I am going back to Chuyang Taoist Temple tomorrow. Do you have a letter from your family that I want Pindao to take back?"
Jing Nu returned to Chenjiawu with his family letter a month ago. Chen Cao had nothing important to tell his clan members, so after thinking about it, he wrote a letter to his fourth uncle Chen Xian and his sister-in-law Ding Youwei, and gave them to Taoist Li Shou.
One, said: "Senior Brother Li, Master Ge has said that there will be a great plague in Wu in the next two years. Master Ge left a good recipe to save the world and save people. We can't just sit and wait and watch. After we return to Chuyang Taoist Temple, Senior Brother
, ask the villagers to collect medicines and make dry pills according to "Plague Dry Powder", "Laojun Shenming Powder", "Du Mi Powder" and "Warm Disease Powder" in case of urgent need.
It will be borne by Chenjiawu." He also copied nearly 4,000 words of "On Qi Lun" that Master Ge had given him three thousand miles away, and asked Li Shouyi to take it back.
Li Shouyi was very moved and felt deeply that Master Ge had entrusted him with such a great job.
