When Xiang Ji went south to Jiangdong, in Xiapi County, Donghai County, in a small cottage hidden in the mountains and forests, Xiang Mao, the head of the Xiang family, was pacing boredly in the courtyard.
As the youngest son of Xiang Yan, Xiang Quan has not had to bear responsibilities since he was a child. He has a father at home and his uncle takes care of it. He only needs to follow his brother Xiang Liang to be a chivalrous and righteous man. However, unlike Xiang Liang who is brave and strategic, Xiang Quan has no ability.
He is just a proud young man who bears the name of his family.
After the fall of the Chu Kingdom, the Xiang family's sky also collapsed. Their father and uncle died in battle, and Brother Zhong had no choice but to be moved to Guanzhong by the Qin people. The huge Xiang family crashed into Xiang Mao's shoulder with a bang.
For seven or eight years, Xiang Tang, with the help of his uncles in the family, managed to keep the Xiang family together. Even because of Xiang Yan's reputation, many people came to seek refuge...
Xiang Tang didn't think much about it and refused to accept anyone who came. As a result, something happened. His enemies reported that Xiang was "accommodating a fugitive and had evil intentions", which prompted the government to investigate.
Xiang Juan had no other merits, except that he valued loyalty and did not intend to make friends. During the dispute, his nephew Xiang Yu, who had been hiding at home for many years, became angry and killed several Qin officials on the spot. Xiang Yu was happy
, this has brought great disaster to the Xiang family!
Xiang Tao had no choice but to let the clan members flee in all directions. The Xiang family's disciples and former officials were all over Chu. If they went to seek refuge separately, they could at least leave some seeds for the Xiang family.
But his nephew Xiang Ji thought that since he had been arrested by the Qin government, he might as well break up and take the Xiang clan's descendants, gather young knights who were dissatisfied with Qin, and take his husband who was suffering from hard labor in the southern expedition, escape into the mountains and forests.
The fallen grass is a bandit, raising the banner of Chu against Qin!
However, considering that the rebellion in the fields of Qi was put down in three months, Xiang Juan did not listen to his nephew in the end, and arranged for him to go to Kuaiji County in the south to join Xiang Yan's generals, while Xiang Juan himself fled north, planning to
Go to Qu County to settle down.
But just halfway, they were discovered by the patrolling county soldiers. After a chase, Xiang Juan's men were killed and injured, and in the end he was the only one left to escape. Fortunately, there was a hero in Xiapi who secretly assisted Xiang Juan.
Uncle, he also placed him in this small mountain hut...
Now, three full months have passed since the Xiangxiang incident, and the rumors of arrests outside have subsided. After Xiang Juan's life was safe, he began to worry about two things. One was how his brother Zhong Xiang Liang, who was far away in Guanzhong, would be dealt with?
The second question is, has the impulsive Xiang Ji arrived safely in Jiangdong?
Contrary to him who was anxious, a middle-aged man dressed as a woodcutter threw aside his woodcutter and lay in the sun, holding the book in his hand and reading with gusto.
Xiapi Heroes accepted more than one fugitive from Xiang Tang...
"Zifang, you are able to keep your composure and still have time to study!"
Xiang Tang became angry when he saw the people living with him behaving like this. He was an old acquaintance with Zhang Liang, who was also a poor man in Tianya. After the death of Han Dynasty, Zhang Liang traveled far away to Chenjun and Huainan, and had a relationship with Xiang Tang, who was Ren Xia.
.After Chu also fell, Zhang Liang mainly moved between Qidi and Canghaijun. When they met again, he had already accomplished a major event: assassinating Qin Shi Huangdi!
What's even more strange is that after doing such a big thing, Zhang Liang was able to escape unscathed and fled to Xiapi for refuge.
Zhang Liang smiled and said: "Brother Xiang, Confucius said that a gentleman cannot fail to learn. If a person wants to keep his mind clear and sharp, he must study more, just like the iron sword of you Chu people needs to be sharpened on a whetstone.
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Xiang Juan wanted to refute, but he was speechless. In terms of speech, he could not compare with Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang refused to spare him: "You and I are both alone and fugitives. No matter how much you think about it, it won't help, let alone change the current situation. Why don't you look for a book and read it like me?"
"Can reading read Qin Shihuang to death?"
Xiang Juan muttered and looked at the book in Zhang Liang's hand: "You stare at it all day long and laugh from time to time, but what book is it that is so interesting to read?"
As he said that, he walked over, picked it up and took a look.
Zhang Liang closed the book and put it back in his sleeve: "I promised the owner of this book that only one person can read it. After memorizing it, I will burn the book and it cannot be passed around even to my descendants!"
"There's so much more to it!"
Xiang Juan's curiosity was aroused, and after questioning, Zhang Liangcai told a story that would be familiar to later generations.
"That was a year ago. When I first came to Xiapi, I was strolling at the end of the Yishui Bridge. I met an old man wearing a coarse short robe. When I passed by him, he deliberately put his straw shoes under the bridge.
He even yelled at me, 'Baby, get off your shoes!'"
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"You not only picked up the old man's shoes in brown clothes, but you also knelt down in front of him and helped him put them on?"
After a while, Xiang Juan was amused and laughed.
The Zhang Liang he knew was always arrogant, a man who fought with a sword and avenged his country, but under the orders of an old man, he swallowed his anger and did such a thing. Is this still Zhang Liang?
Zhang Liang just smiled faintly: "A man of great ambition can carry Mount Tai to cross the North Sea, and he can also reach out and break branches for the elderly."
He continued to talk about what happened next. Now Xiang Mao couldn't laugh anymore, and his expression became more and more surprised. When he heard that the old man made several appointments with Zhang Liang to meet Zhang Liang in the next five days, but he always came early.
At that time, he said:
"Extraordinary people do extraordinary things. This old man is probably a hermit!"
"Yes, he is indeed a great hermit!"
Zhang Liang smiled broadly and continued: "I was annoyed by being late twice in a row. The third time, I went to the bridge to wait in the middle of the night. After a while, the old man arrived. Seeing me waiting, he smiled and said, 'That's it.'
, so he gave me a book and said that if you read this, you can become a teacher of the king..."
Zhang Liang patted the book that was almost destroyed by him: "This is it."
Xiang Tang felt itchy in his heart, and wanted to know even more what kind of book the old man had gone to great lengths to give to Zhang Liang. After reading it, he would be able to "become the king's teacher". Isn't this bragging?
Zhang Liang couldn't resist him, and finally reported the title of the book: "Tai Gong's Golden Chamber"!
"What book is this?"
Xiang Juan said that he had never heard of it, and Zhang Liang had no choice but to educate this ignorant guy:
"Eight hundred years ago, Bochang of the Western Zhou Dynasty escaped from Youli. After returning to Xiqi, he discussed with Lu Shang how to overthrow the Shang Dynasty. Lu Shang then offered his plot to cultivate virtue. He had many military powers and clever tricks, so later generations said
The army and the Yin power of the Zhou Dynasty are all based on the Taigong."
"These art of war, plots, and talks written by Taigong are collectively called "Tai Gong" and are divided into three volumes, namely Bing, Plot, and Words. "Bing" is Taigong's Art of War, also known as "Six Tao".
This is Tian Qi's military book. After the Five Kingdoms conquered Qi, it flowed into other countries. The Xiang family should also have it."
"It seems to have."
Xiang Tang remembered that his father seemed to have asked the three brothers to learn it, but he was young and playful at that time and had forgotten all about it. However, Xiang Liang, the Zhong brother, learned the most seriously. Before he was moved to Guanzhong, he also learned this "
He taught Xiang Ji "Tai Gong's Art of War" and said that this was the "enemy of ten thousand people" that Xiang Ji wanted. However, Xiang Ji didn't learn it thoroughly, so he thought he had understood it and threw it aside.
Zhang Liang continued: ""Yin" is the "Tai Gong Yin Fu". It talks about conspiracy matters and is said to have been obtained by Gui Guzi. Su Qin once lobbied the princes, but the book was written ten times but failed. The black mink's fur was ruined and a hundred catties of gold were used up.
, with no resources at all, he went to Qin and returned. Later, he got the Yin Talisman of Taigong, which was like a treasure. After studying hard, he became the leader of the people, united the princes, wore the seal of the Five Kingdoms, and the Qi Dynasty declined.
, Yan prospered because of it..."
It's a pity that that was the last glory of the strategist.
Zhang Liang sighed and then talked about the "Words" in his hand.
"The so-called "Yan" is "Tai Gong's Golden Chamber". This book is about Tai Gong's talk, conspiracy, and military art. It is not a military strategist or arrogant. Instead, it focuses on Taoist ways of governing the country. Only by reading the Golden Chamber can we
Integrate the Yin Talisman and the art of war..."
"I see."
Xiang Juan nodded. No wonder Zhang Liang admired this book so much and felt that the old man was not an ordinary person.
"He didn't say his name? Why is there this book?"
Zhang Liang shook his head: "The elder only said that thirteen years later, the boy saw me in Jibei, and the yellow stone at the foot of Gucheng Mountain was me, so he left, and Liang was never seen again..."
After saying this, Zhang Liang smiled: "So, I call him Huang Shigong!"
"Huang Shigong?"
Xiang Mao shook his head: "I have never heard of such a person in Chu. Maybe he lives in Jibei and is from Qi?"
He didn't take it seriously, just asked, yawned, and went back indoors to sleep. The hero who protected them said that there was still a large-scale arrest of Xiang's people outside, and it was best not to go out recently. Food and clothing would be delivered on time every month.
Come.
After Xiang Juan left, Zhang Liang shook his head.
"Do you believe it?"
That was half a year before the assassination of Qin Shihuang. Zhang Liang was in Gucheng County, Jibei Province. It happened that the imperial court issued the "Laws on Holding Books". After hearing about this, the family where Zhang Liang stayed hurriedly took out the slips collected by his ancestors and burned them, for fear of something happening.
, Zhang Liang grabbed half of the out-of-print "Tai Gong's Golden Chamber" from the fire and copied it himself.
This is the true origin of this book.
Although Qi Di likes to write in the name of the ancients, and many "ancient books" are also mixed with the private goods of various schools of thought, the authenticity is not important anymore, because this book is indeed very useful to Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang has read "Six Tao" and been exposed to "Yin Fu" in the past, but there are still many things that he does not understand. Yin Fu talks about the art of conspiracy and manipulation, and the Art of War talks about how to use troops to fight. It is readable.
After the golden chamber, it suddenly became clear!
As for Huang Shigong? It was a story he had made up, and it could be regarded as a vivid study and application of "Tai Gong Yin Fu". The story was so wonderful that Xiang Tang was frightened by him.
In the original history, Xiang Bo would be fooled by Zhang Liang several more times...
Zhang Liang didn't mean to deceive, he just felt vaguely in his heart that this was fate.
"When "Tai Gong's Golden Chamber" encountered the fire of Qin, it was like a sword covered in dust, and I, Zhang Liang, may be the hero who makes it shine again."
At that time, he was focused on the assassination and did not feel too much. After the assassination in Junan, Zhang Liang's anger for revenge seemed to be thrown out with that vertebra, and the courage of the sea warrior Da Tiezhu and the countless people who revolted across the land
Death also made Zhang Liang wake up suddenly.
Studying medicine... No, being a troublemaker will not save the world!
Although the rise and fall of Qin was tied to Qin Shihuang, resisting Qin could not be achieved by simple assassination.
Zhang Liang understood that it was useless to rebel against Qin in one place.
To win the land of the six countries, we must fight together!
At present, Emperor Qin Shihuang is becoming more and more arrogant. The north and south are at war at the same time, especially in the south. Two hundred thousand people are dispatched. The Chu people are suffering, and the huge Three Chu lands are already vaguely unstable.
But you can't pin your hopes on the Qin Dynasty to commit suicide, you have to work hard yourself.
Like Tai Gong Wang, he also wanted to use the power of conspiracy and military tactics to unite the loose anti-Qin people from the six countries to plan a new round of counterattack against the Qin Dynasty!
So, like Su Qin, Zhang Liang started to temper himself with the energy of hanging a beam and stabbing his buttocks.
After getting rid of the desire for quick success and reading "The Golden Chamber", Zhang Liang suddenly realized.
"You can use conspiracy to plan against Qin and use military skills to end Qin's rule, but in the final analysis, these things cannot be used to govern the country. Only the words of Jin Gui Huang Lao and resting with the people are the best ways to govern the country..."
Zhang Liang realized that his ultimate goal was not just to avenge Han and restore the motherland, nor was it just as simple as overthrowing the Qin Dynasty...
The golden words in "The Golden Chamber" made him see further.
After destroying this greedy, tyrannical, harsh, militaristic, and destitute empire, we must assist the truly virtuous king on its ruins to build a better world!
This awakening made Zhang Liang feel as if he had an enlightening dream. Just like Zhao Yang changed his name to "Zhao Zhifu" after experiencing the ups and downs of life and realizing great enlightenment, Zhang Liang decided to give himself a new name.
In other words, the new identity hidden in the dark can be regarded as packaging for oneself. Didn't Confucius also say that you can't show off when you meet others?
If we say, Zhang Liang was originally a dagger forged by the fire of hatred.
So now, let’s hone it with the art of war and turn it into an indestructible sword!
Then use Yin Talisman to suddenly poison, causing it to see blood and seal its throat.
After using this sword to kill the violent Qin Dynasty, and then use the golden cup, which is as good as water, to wash away the dirty blood on the sword, and make the sword into a plow. After the fields are cultivated, it has completed its mission. Next, perhaps, let
The sword and plow slowly rusted, and finally turned into a piece of yellow stone under the green pine. I was leisurely and contented, bearing the frost and snow in the morning, watching the white clouds and gray dogs...
This dream is so luxurious in this cruel and cruel world.
Zhang Liang looked at the clouds in the sky that covered the sun, smiled sadly, and opened "Tai Gong's Golden Chamber" again. While reading, he whispered:
