Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

In December of the first year of Jianxing, Cao Wei surrendered, and news of the reunification of the Han Dynasty spread throughout the world.

Except for the fact that Liaodong was too remote and didn't know about it, even Wuhuan and Xianbei in Youzhou knew about these things, and reported to the Han Dynasty one after another.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, Wuhuan was conquered by Cao Cao, and most of them moved to Guannei, where they mixed with the Han people and gradually merged into a herding and farming nation.

Their leaders and tribes gradually became the officials and local administrative regions of Cao Wei, and the Wuhuan people also became the Wei people, so there are fewer and fewer records of the Wuhuan people in the history books.

On the contrary, there are a lot of records about the Xianbei people, and the Xianbei people are one of the main forces in Wuhuranhuali.Now the two biggest leaders of Xianbei, one is Budugen and the other is Kirbineng.

The two learned that Cao Wei had been wiped out, and that the original tribe had continued to invade the people on the border of Youzhou. Now they are in a hurry to submit a petition to the Luoyang court, hoping to get an imperial seal.

It's not that they are weak, but they know that even when Cao Wei was weak, they were all beaten into a panic by Tian Yu Yanrou and others, and ran away with their heads in their arms. They didn't dare to fight until Tian Yu, Yanrou and others were transferred to the south to fight. Come out rampant.

Now even Tian Yu, Yan Rou, and others who beat them have surrendered to the big man, and the mighty Cao Wei collapsed. The big man who is stronger than Cao Wei, let alone Bu Dugen and Ke Bineng, even the whole Xianbei is useless .

Therefore, judging the situation, the two, as the leaders of the largest tribe in Xianbei at this time, expressed their willingness to submit to the great Han and become a barrier for the great Han outside the Great Wall to protect the land of Youzhou from foreign invasion.

It has to be said that this is an extremely ironic thing.

One of the chief culprits of the Five Disorderly Chinas in history has now become a barrier for the Han people, helping them resist the harassment of other nomadic peoples outside the Great Wall and Mobei.

But that's the reality.

This is how the world is.

The weak eat the strong.

Big fist is the last word.

When the Huns were strong, Liu Bang was forced to marry.

When the big man recuperates and develops, that is, he will seal the wolf and live in the Xu, and swallow the stone.

Therefore, in the era when Xianbei was declining, the northern Huns fled far away from Mobei, the southern Huns surrendered, and the Qiang, Di, and Wuhuan were subdued, the Hu people should lower their eyebrows and obey their eyes, and they have to lower their eyebrows and obey their eyes.

On December [-]th, Shen Chen went south alone.

Zhuge Liang was supposed to return to the imperial court as a teacher, but Hebei had just been pacified, the people needed to be appeased, some aristocratic families had not yet been settled, and the Hu people in the north had surrendered, so he stayed in Yecheng to clean up the remnants and fill in Cao Wei After the disappearance of the power, the power of the government is vacant.

In the middle of this year, the forces of Cao and Wei were completely driven out of Henan, and the Southern Great Han sent a large number of officials to accept them. Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and Gyeonggi Sili slowly resumed governance, and local order was also stabilized.

However, Hebei is still in chaos. The cities in various places have lost their official functions, and the law and order have dropped sharply. There are also some rebels from Cao Wei who are doing evil. Zhuge Liang needs to put the whole of Hebei under military control immediately before the officials sent by the imperial court take on the responsibility of governing the place. , and then maintain law and order, quell rebellion and so on.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have already returned to Luoyang first. Now that the world has just settled down, Liu Chan has announced to the world that a great court meeting will be held at the beginning of next year. Both civil and military officials will participate. Shen Chen plans to go back to reunite with his family first, and wait until the next year Think about things later.

But when passing through Shanyang County from Hanoi County, Shen Chen went to visit the mansion of the Duke of Shanyang.

Sanyang County, Hanoi was the fiefdom of Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

After Cao Wei usurped the Han Dynasty, Liu Xie was granted the title of Shanyang Duke. This Shanyang Duke was not Shanyang County in Yanzhou, but a county, located in the south of Taihang Mountain, probably in the Shanyang District of Jiaozuo City, Henan Province in later generations.

Before Zhuge Liang fought Hanoi County, Hanoi County was the territory of Cao Wei, so the Han Dynasty had not contacted Liu Xie at that time.

When Sima Yi withdrew his troops from Tianjingguan and retreated all the way to Dangyin, Zhuge Liang led his troops northward. When passing by Shanyang County, he even went to visit Liu Xie. Unfortunately, Liu Xie had left Shanyang County at that time and went north. Went to Yuntai Mountain, the remaining line of Taihang.

Now that Hebei has been pacified and the world is unified, Liu Chan sent an edict to Zhuge Liang under the reminder of Xu Shu, Pang Tong and others, asking him to go to Shanyang to welcome Emperor Xian back in person.

It's just that Zhuge Liang had something to do, and it happened that Shen Chen was going back to Luoyang to return to his command, so this job fell on him.

At this moment, on the official road to the east of Shanyang County, a group of cavalry slowly came.

There are countryside on both sides of the official road, and Cao Wei and the Han fought in Hanoi County, so that the army was in turmoil and chaos everywhere, counties withered, cities were dilapidated, and village pavilions were all abandoned.

But what I didn't expect was that Shanyang County was quite peaceful.

The cavalry passed a small hill, and from a distance, they saw endless fertile fields not far away. It was the winter wheat planting period, and the green ears of wheat were blowing in the cold wind. Some people in the field were cultivating, weeding and fertilizing such as.

The sudden appearance of Shen Chen with hundreds of cavalry guards broke the tranquility. When many people saw them, they stood in the field for a moment and did not dare to act rashly. Some even turned around and ran away.

Now the general trend of the world has been set, but the people at the bottom still don't know the current situation, they think they are in a period of war, so they are naturally afraid of the scourge of soldiers and bandits.

The cavalry of the Han army didn't care, and continued to advance along the official road, and a city could already be seen standing on the horizon ahead.

Just as they passed by Xiangting, a few old men walked slowly on Ting Street, bowing their hands and saluting to them.

"I've seen the general."

"Are you the three elders of the village?"

Shen Chen got off his horse and returned a salute.

Seeing that he was more polite, the third elder boldly asked, "Yes, I wonder what the general's purpose is?"

Shen Chen said: "Now that the world has been settled, the great Han will prosper three times. The emperor ordered me to come and find Emperor Xiaomin."

Although Liu Xie's posthumous title in history was Han Xiandi, and his title during his lifetime was Shanyang Gong, the southern great Han did not recognize Cao Wei's orthodox identity, so naturally he did not recognize the titles of Han Xiandi and Shanyang Gong.

But how to call Liu Xie in this case is another problem. After thinking about it, Shen Chen can only call him Emperor Xiaomin.

Because when Liu Xie surrendered, Liu Bei thought that Liu Xie was killed by Cao Pi, so he gave him this posthumous title. Although it seems a bit disrespectful to call him a posthumous title before his death, it is also a side effect of the new big man's admission The identity of Emperor Liu Xie.

Just hearing Shen Chen's words, the villagers looked at each other and hesitated a little, and then one of them said: "Big amount, Emperor Xiaomin doesn't live in Shanyang County now."

"Oh?"

Shen Chen wondered, "Where does he live?"

The old man said: "I don't know, Emperor Xiaomin often disappears, often goes to the depths of Yuntai Mountain to collect herbs, and may not come back for three or five months."

missing?

Shen Chen frowned.

He remembered what Zhuge Liang had said to him before. The last time Zhuge Liang came over, although he didn't see Liu Xie, he asked a lot of things.

It turns out that Liu Xiechang has been imprisoned in the deep palace. He has no power and cannot handle government affairs. He is like a puppet doing nothing every day, so he gradually learns medical skills from the imperial physician in the palace.

After being forced to the Zen position, Liu Xie came to Shanyang County and lived in seclusion in the mountains with his queen Cao Jie.

The local villagers are so grateful to him that they don't even call him Lord Shanyang, but respectfully call him Sir, no matter they are men, women or children.

Although "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" records that the emperor, prince, family, hero, elder, virtuous, adult, leader of a minority, parents and uncles are all called adults.

But Liu Xie's throne was abolished, not Duke Cao Wei, people still call him an adult, which shows respect for him.

It's just that even if you go to the mountains to collect herbs, it's impossible to go there for so long. Last time Zhuge Liang came over, he didn't see Liu Xie. Could it be that he was avoiding them on purpose?

Shen Chen thought for a while, and suddenly saw a few old men's eyes flickering, and immediately understood, he said with a smile: "You don't think we are going to harm Emperor Xiaomin, do you?"

"Don't dare."

Several village elders were overwhelmed and shook their heads in horror. These days, they can mess with anyone and must not mess with the army.

However, Shen Chen pointed at himself and said, "I am Shen Chen, have you heard of it?"

Shen Chen?

There are many big men with the surname Shen or Chen, but there is only one who can be called Shen Chen.

The villagers were surprised immediately, then cupped their hands and said, "It's actually General Shen!"

Shen Chen nodded and said: "It's me. The great Han is now unified. Your Majesty will hold a grand court meeting at the beginning of next year. At the same time, he will sacrifice to the heavens and the ancestors, and pray to God. We are not trying to harm Emperor Xiaomin, but we hope that he can join us. Go to worship the ancestors and comfort the Taimiao."

"Yes."

Disciple Jiang Wei who went back with Shen Chen said: "At the beginning, the late emperor was given the posthumous title of Emperor Xiaomin, and he also thought that His Majesty was killed by Cao bandits, but now knowing that His Majesty did not die, I naturally hope that His Majesty can go back."

The villagers looked at each other, some looked at each other, and after a while, one of them gritted his teeth and said, "But there is no second day, since Emperor Xiaomin is still alive, wouldn't the Son of Heaven not?"

Shen Chen said with a smile: "In the past, Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling lost the world, and the feudal lords were in chaos. Although Emperor Xiaomin was the Son of Heaven, he was displaced, and was finally usurped by Cao Wei. After usurping the Han, the old Han died and the new Han was established. It's just the difference between the old emperor and the new emperor, so what's the big deal, please be at ease, this time, inviting Emperor Xiaomin to go is just to comfort the ancestors, and it will never be against him."

"This"

A few people were still hesitant. They concealed his whereabouts for Liu Xie precisely because Liu Xie was benevolent to Shanyang County, and the people of Shanyang County were all grateful to him, so even if Shen Chen made a promise, they still hesitated.

Shen Chen looked at them seriously and said: "Everyone is righteous, but don't you even believe me?"

"We have heard that a general promise is worth a thousand gold. The general is not only famous all over the world, but also a great Confucianist in the world. I have also read "Zhuziyan", "Shen's Jingji" and "Humanism", and the reading is so vast. , It makes people wake up, and it can be used to listen to the holy words."

An old man bowed his hands and said, "We are willing to trust the general."

Apart from being a general, Shen Chen is also a famous Confucian who is famous all over the world. Many of his disciples and those who have read his articles already feel that his realm is not much different from that of Confucius. People often say that he He is the second sage of Confucianism.

You must know that Confucius was already revered as a saint in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but later saints like Mencius, the next saint, Xunzi, the saint, Yan Hui, Zengzi, etc., were not recognized until the Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties. Canonized.

Therefore, Confucius is the only sage in Confucianism at present.

Now that Confucian scholars all over the world have faintly respected Shen Chen as the second sage, we can know how much influence he has brought to the world by establishing a sect, writing books and biography.

With the blessing of the great Confucianist's reputation, everyone in the world knows that he has great faith, so naturally they will not doubt his credibility.

At that time, the villagers summoned some young men in their prime and took them into the mountain.

It turned out that Liu Xie did not live in Shanyang Gongfu, but lived in seclusion near the foot of Yuntai Mountain. In order to protect Liu Xie, if outsiders came to him, they would say that he went to the mountains to collect medicines. Tell the other party Liu Xie's real address.

Led by the locals, they crossed the fields, followed the country road all the way to the north, crossed two streams, and climbed up the gentle slopes of the mountains. They walked for about an hour before they arrived at the place.

I saw that this is a valley under the Yuntai Mountains. On the left side of the valley, there are streams and rivers flowing along the cliffs, and on the right side are mountains and dense forests.

Looking at the valley again, there are exotic flowers and plants in the valley, lush trees, weeds everywhere, flower stamens, butterflies and bees flying. The creeks on the left converge into a creek.

There are two houses standing by the stream below the cliff. There are large vegetable fields and newly cultivated fields around the houses. There are about a dozen people working in the fields. In addition, there are houses and fields in the distance. It's a bit like a peach blossom garden.

"It's pretty quiet here."

Shen Chen glanced around.

Now it is December winter, which is already January according to the Gregorian calendar, which is close to the beginning of spring, but the cold still exists.

Obviously, the Taihang Mountains in the north have isolated most of Siberia's cold air, making it like spring all year round. Even in winter, it is warmer than the outside world.

"General, we are here."

Qing Zhuang who led the way pointed to the thatched hut and said, "That's where the adults live."

"Ah."

Shen Chen nodded, got off his horse, untied his sword, and let the rest of the soldiers stay where they were, taking Jiang Wei alone.

When we got to the thatched hut, we saw more than ten people waiting in the open space outside the hut.

After a while, the door of the thatched cottage opened, and a man was helped out by his family, followed by another middle-aged man, holding a bundle of medicine in his hand and exhorting: "Remember, take this medicine once in the morning and evening, and you must not stop it. There is no medicine left." Come find me again."

"Thank you sir."

The sick man's face was pale, but even so he braced his body and bowed to the middle-aged man.

"Master."

Jiang Wei said to Shen Chen: "Then"

"Don't bother him."

Shen Chen waved his hand.

Soon the man was sent away, and someone among the waiting people came over and said, "My lord, it's my turn."

"come in."

The middle-aged man glanced at Shen Chen and Jiang Wei. They were not actually wearing military uniforms, but they were all silk long gowns. They were graceful and luxurious. They were definitely not ordinary people's attire, but they were obviously high-ranking officials.

Shen Chen and Jiang Wei bowed to him from a distance, and the middle-aged man nodded in response, and continued to treat the common people's illness.

Soon one by one the common people lined up for medical treatment in an orderly manner.

It wasn't until the afternoon when all the people left that Shen Chen and Jiang Wei went up to the man and said, "Shen Chen (Jiang Wei) has seen His Majesty."