It's sunny after the rain, and the air in the countryside of Shifang County, Guanghan County, Yizhou is filled with a light earthy fragrance.
Along the Shiting River, which winds eastward from the Minshan Mountains, there are sparse fences and a trail of mountain trails leading deep into sparse mulberry forests.
As you walk along the path, you will see light and shadow flowing all the way, and the branches and buds will be green. After a hundred steps, you will suddenly become enlightened.
I saw that this place is surrounded by low mountains on three sides, and a trickling stream flows in front of it. More than ten houses are located in sequence. Looking around, I can see children in the leisure courtyard chasing the birds singing in the green sky; I can also see where the blue sky is washing, there are
The smoke from the cooking pots competes with the white clouds.
Some peach trees were planted at random in front of the house. They were scorching when they were young, and the residual fragrance after the rain fell to the ground as spring mud. It was quite a scene of trees with fallen flowers that had not yet turned into shade, and the openness of the mountains and the tranquility of the water were light.
It is just a place to escape to the mountains and rivers.
This is the villa of the Zheng family in Shifang, and it is also Zheng Du's seclusion.
In his early years, Zheng Du was known in the prefectures and counties for his talents and knowledge, and served as a herdsman for the prefecture under Liu Zhang. However, due to his upright temperament and elegant temperament, his official position was never displayed.
At the beginning, Liu Zhang killed his mother and brother because of Zhang Lu's arrogance, and they became enemies and attacked each other.
Also in the 16th year of Jian'an, I heard from afar that Prime Minister Cao Cao was going to send Zhong Yao and other generals to attack Hanzhong. He thought it was for his own benefit, and he was afraid. He listened to Zhang Song's words and sent Fa Zheng to welcome the late lord Liu Bei into Shu, and attacked Zhang Lu first.
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When the First Lord Liu Bei came to Jiameng, he cultivated kindness to win the hearts of the people, led his troops south to seize Shu, and occupied Fu County in Guanghan.
Liu Zhang was afraid, so he gathered all the officials to discuss, and Zheng Du offered his advice, saying: "General Zuo's county army attacked us, with less than 10,000 soldiers, and no soldiers attached. The wild valleys are resources, and the army has no baggage. His plan is to drive away all the Brazilians, and the people of Zitong can flood the river."
To the west, all the warehouses, wild valleys, and valleys have been burned, and there are high forts and deep ditches, waiting for them quietly. When they come, please fight, but don't agree. They will have no resources for a long time. In less than a hundred days, they will surely move on their own. If you attack them when they move, you will be sure.
Bird ears."
When the late Lord Liu Bei heard about it, he was very angry.
However, Liu Zhang did not use any clever strategies and said to his subordinates: "I have heard that resisting the enemy is to calm the people, but I have not heard of moving the people to avoid the enemy."
He was also accused of being unkind, dismissed Zheng Du from his official position, and sent him back to his hometown.
Later, Liu Zhang was defeated and surrendered, and was moved to Jingzhou Nanjun Public Security Bureau.
After the former lord Liu Bei gained control of Shu, he took charge of Yizhou as a pastoralist, and recruited many of the old officials from Bashu to appease people's hearts.
With the help of the officials, Zheng Du had the ability to plan and persuaded the late lord to invite him.
The late Lord Liu Bei believed this deeply.
He sent a small official to Shifang to restore him to his old official position. He also ordered Liu Zhang to leave Liu Xun, the son of Shu, to come and persuade him, and then personally invited him with the letter. He was treated with great courtesy and generous rewards.
Zheng Du refused to accept the offer.
He claimed that he had no intention of pursuing an official career and wished to die in the countryside.
At that time, there was a transition of power, and the power of counties and counties, as well as the military and horsemen, were re-attributed to the control. Zheng Du repeatedly disobeyed the former master Liu Bei and recruited him. He was afraid that some sycophants would frame the crime and kill the Zheng family for his luck. Also see that after the change of ownership in Bashu, the county
The county is not peaceful anymore, and people with lofty ideals are all trying to persuade him. They are worried that the Zheng family will lose its lintel to everyone, so they use the pretext of planning for their descendants and live in seclusion to avoid disaster.
In his early years, Zheng Du married Wang Fu's sister from the Wang family in Li County, Guanghan. She died of a great epidemic and left behind her eldest son, Yan. A few years later, he took the daughter of a merchant in the county as his concubine, and she gave birth to a young son, Pu, who she raised as her second wife.
Wang Fu, who had a Qing name, served Liu Zhang as the prefecture secretary, and was later appointed Mianzhu Ling by the late Lord Liu Bei.
Zheng Yan, courtesy name Ziyan.
Born in the first year of Xingping (AD 194), he was sent by his father when he was young and studied under Qin Mi, a famous scholar in the same county.
Although he is not as talented as his father, he is kind-hearted and extremely filial. He is always able to remember people's good deeds and forget their faults. He praises the county for his virtues. Before he reached the rank of weak, he was appointed as a disciple by the county.
Serve as director.
After serving for several years, he is very hands-on and has a good reputation.
When his father Zheng Du was deposed by Liu Zhang, Zheng Yan wanted to resign his official position and return home to farm and study to fulfill his filial piety, but his father refused. Later, when Liu Bei appointed Shu, the prefect of Guanghan changed his position, and Zheng Yan, who was a servant, was dismissed and returned home.
He was exactly twenty years old.
The new governor was called Xiahou Zuan.
He was a subordinate of the late lord Liu Bei, and he started accompanying him in the third year of Jian'an.
He is modest and respectful, has a kind personality, loves literature and studies, and especially likes to be close to famous scholars and scholars.
After he took office, he invited Qin Mi, a famous scholar from Guanghan, to offer wine to his mentor and friend, lead the county's five officials, and called him "Father Zhong". He was extremely admired.
Therefore, when I heard that Zheng Yan had a good reputation as an assistant in the past and that he had studied under Qin Mi, I felt friendly towards him.
Seeing that Zheng Du should not be the first to lead the conquest, he wanted to appease the local area and made Zheng Yan his subordinate, hoping to award him with merit. Although Zheng Yan was young, the elders in his family still did not dare to be good at it.
Special, go back to the mulberry garden to inquire.
Zheng Du was delighted when he heard it.
Not only do I feel relieved that my descendants can continue their career, but I also feel at ease that the Zheng family will not be implicated because of me.
He ordered Zheng Yan to respond and told him to work diligently and not to damage the reputation of the family. He also invited the clan and his wife's brother Wang Fu to observe the ceremony, and asked his eldest son Yan to inherit his deceased brother's blood, divide the family property into two, and take his wife with him.
The son came to live in seclusion in the mulberry forest outside the city.
By dividing the property, the eldest son Yan was allowed to start his own business. Zheng Du returned to the mulberry garden to live in seclusion and study, indulged in the mountains and rivers, and no longer cared about the world.
At that time, his youngest son Pu was only nine years old.
Zheng Du taught himself his studies.
Shifang County produces good tea and has salt wells. The west of the city is located in the northwest mountainous area of Shu County (later renamed Wenshan County). Wenshan Qiang (barbarians) often come with the caravans here to sell their game furs or herbs in the market.
I often find my way into the mulberry orchard by mistake.
At the beginning, I saw that Zheng Du's demeanor was not that of an ordinary person, so I didn't dare to disturb him.
Later, seeing that Zheng Du did not despise the Han people, the Qiang people often used the mulberry garden as a resting place and came to ask for help to earn some food during the busy farming season.
The Qiang people have little literature since ancient times, and some of them admire the Han family.
As the two sides became more familiar with each other day by day, the bolder ones brought prey and prepared money as gifts, and came to implore Zheng Dutong to teach his nephew.
Zheng Du was surprised, and thought that he would live in the mountains and have nothing to do, so he agreed.
However, it is forbidden for all Qiang disciples and nephews to treat each other as masters and disciples, and they are not allowed to teach and practice, and are allowed to observe at will.
Immediately, word of mouth spread, and news spread from the countryside. The surrounding Han people in Guizhou Province, who were poor and had no place to learn from scholars, also sent their children to come for education.
There are children with different teeth. Some are eleven or twelve years old, while others are seven or eight years old. None of them have ever been enlightened.
Upon seeing this, Zheng Du thought that his youngest son Pu had already started enlightenment at the age of six, so he set up a primary school to enlighten all the children every morning, and then found time to teach the younger children privately.
So the villagers praised him, and the prefectures and counties spread his reputation.
During this period, a daughter, Nv Yan, was born.
This lasted until the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an.
In the spring, when he was suffering from cold, ailments and bed illness, his youngest son Pu, who was fourteen years old, taught him on his behalf.
In autumn, I was bedridden. Knowing that my end was approaching, I gave my youngest son a crown gift and gave him the title Zijin.
Not long after, he died.
The eldest son Zheng Yan went to the funeral, and he and his youngest son Pu carried the coffin and were buried on the bank of the Mianjiang River.
On the day of the burial, nearly a thousand people spontaneously gathered for the burial. There were scholars from Chengen's nephews and scholars, and scholars from Bashu came to admire his integrity, such as Du Wei, a great scholar from the county, Qin Mi, a famous scholar, and Zhang from Wuyang, Jianwei County, who was the governor of Guanghan at that time.
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This is because after the former lord Liu Bei established Shu, many of his former officials who were subordinate to Liu Zhang were demoted, and few of them kept the rules.
However, when he was engaged in Zhang Ren in his hometown, he was defeated and captured. He said sternly, "I will never serve the two masters again," and he was slaughtered for his loyalty. Now Zheng Du will not waver in his integrity and will not serve his late master Liu Bei for the rest of his life.
Therefore, people in the world admire him.
Zhang Wu's second year.
When one is full of filial piety, he will eliminate his obedience and cut off his decline.
The prefectures and counties considered Zheng Yan to be diligent in his work in the past, and had a good reputation as a high-ranking official, so he tried to guard Hande County, Zitong County.
The second son Pu, who had been a filial piety, was physically weak. Because he had been mourning for a long time, he did not eat meat. For a while, he was greedy for the beauty of fat. He ate a lot and became seriously ill. He was bedridden for more than a month, and his breath was like a thread. People at the time did not know why, but they praised him for his filial piety.
Later, he recovered.
However, his behavior is different from ordinary people.
As everyone knows, this Zheng Pu is no longer that Zheng Pu!
