Wang Mi on the stage held a roster in his hand, raised it to the audience, and said loudly: "Everyone, please take a good look, this batch of prisoners, most of them are from Guanzhong, and they are the elite of the Qin State. Whoever wants to buy someone, can now bid. ”

A yellow-faced, long-bearded, thirty-five- or six-year-old boy stood up and said with a smile: "I want all of these more than 200 people." ”

Everyone let out a cry of amazement, and many people said: "It turned out to be the famous man Yuan Song Yuan Qiaosun, hey, why did you come to participate in this auction?" ”

"More than 200 people, Yuan Gongzi, you don't seem to have an official status now, can you buy it?"

The name of Yuan Song, is today's celebrity, Chen County Yangxia is his ancestral hometown, his parents and grandparents are in a high position, and Yuan Song was famous for his talent when he was a teenager, a song "Difficult to Travel", spread all over the north and south of the river, all the people who heard it were in tears, and the singing music of Yang Tan, Huan Yi's Fuqin, and for the three uniques of the world. But he is a noble person, likes to travel in mountains and rivers, and has not been recruited by the imperial court several times, so he has no official status now, and it is no wonder that some people question it.

Wang Mi cleared his throat on the stage and said: "Everyone, Yuan Gong is a celebrity today, he likes to travel, sometimes he will encounter thieves who occupy the mountains as kings and fall grass as cowards. This is a holy edict, and you need not doubt it. ”

Most people stopped talking, but there were still some people who were still dissatisfied: "I am the children of the family, there are officials and knights, and there are only 180 people to buy the quota, why Yuan Song has no official and no power, he can buy more than 200 at a time, this is not fair!" ”

Yuan Song's gaze slowly swept over the audience, cleared his throat, and said, "Everyone, your family's slaves, do you all rely on today's auction to buy?" ”

No one spoke now, the children of the family who came, there were already hundreds of servants in the family, and they came to buy it today, just to find some strong thugs for the big bargain of 4,000 yuan.

Yuan Song saw that everyone was speechless, and sneered: "I Yuan Song has no official and no position, so the family is only three or five servants, usually you swagger through the market, are all servants gathered, front and back, I Yuan Song for the chanting of poetry, travel all over the famous mountains and rivers, in distress and thieves is not uncommon, several times almost gave my life, this time the Holy Edict, specially gave me more than 200 guards, lead to the left, I don't know which son offended." ”

In the pergola in front, Xie Xuan smiled slightly: "It seems that the emperor is going to reuse this Yuan Song." ”

Wang Gong was surprised: "No, this Yuan Song Yuan Qiaosun, although he is famous all over the world, he doesn't like to be an official, and he hasn't come out after several conscriptions in the past, which is something that everyone in the world knows." ”

Xie Xuan smiled and shook his head: "Back then, Lord Xianggong also lived in seclusion in Dongshan before the age of forty, and he couldn't lie down, no different from this Yuan Song now, but now?" ”

Liu Gaozhi frowned: "Lord, Lord Xianggong's talent is not at the same level as Yuan Song, Yuan Song is a man of literature, and he has no military talent, even I know this." ”

Xie Xuan put away his smile, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes: "However, he is a Confucian student." ”

As soon as these words came out, Wang Gong and Liu Gaozhi's faces changed, and they stopped talking. Liu Jingxuan blinked his eyes and said strangely: "What's wrong with Confucianism?" ”

Xie Xuan sighed and said: "Since Cao Wei, Wei Wu Cao Cao, the art of heavy punishment and fame, for the scholars and doctors who criticize him, it is a real killing, such as You Heng and Yang Xiu, they all died from punishment, so the seven sons of Jian'an, the famous people represented by the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, did not dare to criticize the government anymore, but turned to the mountains and forests, and let go of the wreckage, this is the so-called Wei and Jin Dynasty romance, and metaphysics also arose because of it. ”

"Since the beginning of the Western Dynasty, my Great Jin Dynasty has gradually become the mainstream of celebrities who advocate metaphysics, which is also combined with the weakening of imperial power and the power of the family. Confucianism is to respect the emperor alone, and metaphysics is biased towards the way of Lao Zhuang, talking about things like the universe, naturally opposite to the imperial power, so, since the south of the current dynasty, if you want to enter the upper circle, you must enter the Xuan only by the scriptures (Confucianism is generally called the scriptures after the Eastern Han Dynasty), think I Xie family ancestors, famous for the masters of the scriptures, but after crossing the river, an official is hard to find, and finally by the passage into the Xuan, only to rank among the eight reaches of the left of the river, only to have the opportunity to lead the Northern Expedition. ”

Wang Gong nodded: "Indeed, scripture emphasizes the great unification of Confucianism, while metaphysics emphasizes quiet and inaction. At that time, my father and grandparents were also masters of metaphysics, so it was inevitable to ask the immortals and get out of the world. But I think this Yuan Song is also doing some things like traveling in the mountains and forests, seeking Taoism and visiting friends, is he a Confucian student? ”

Xie Xuan smiled slightly: "This is called Yangwang, just like my father-in-law, when I was in my twenties, the imperial court would recruit scholars because of the titles of my father's ancestors, but at this time, when I came out to be an official, I could only be a small official such as a secretary and a rafter, as long as the family did not lack that little bit of money or small power and small profits, many people were unable to resign, and if they could be famous in terms of article and talent, after the age of thirty or forty, they could do important positions such as state and county governors, which was real power." Yuan Song is now famous, if the emperor asks him to come out to serve as a guard, I don't think he will refuse. This time, he was allowed to recruit more than 200 people, thinking that he would be guarded left and right, and I think it would never be to prevent robbers when he was touring the mountains and rivers. ”

Liu Gaozhi nodded thoughtfully: "Is this to prevent him from stabbing the history of the office and not being able to control the scene?" More than 200 people, plus the soldiers and horses allocated by the imperial court, this is enough to have a scale of thousands of people, compared with the last time Diao Kui went out of the town of Jingkou, it is not small, it seems that he is going to give him a Zhongzhou, or a large county of thorn history, too guarded. ”

Xie Xuan's gaze fell on Yuan Song's body, and the corners of his mouth hooked: "Recently, His Majesty the Emperor has been very close to Yuan Song and Fan Ning, who are famous people who are inclined to learn scriptures, it seems that he and King Huiji are not monolithic, even if our Xie family relinquishes the central power, after the Northern Expedition, he also wants to use some of his own people to hold power to restrain King Huiji and Wang Guobao." In Jiankang City, a new round of power distribution is about to begin, let's hurry up and prepare for the Northern Expedition, and avoid these disturbances of right and wrong, it is the best policy! ”

Liu Gaozhi nodded: "Then Lu Zongzhi, do you want to fight for your humble position?" This time, Yuan Song wants to buy these people in their entirety, and we will bid again, is it not to give him face? ”

Xie Xuan hooked the corners of his mouth: "You're right, you don't have to come forward, as for the slave, don't worry about him, it's okay for young people to break through and rush, Yuan Song still has the bearing, and he shouldn't hate him because of this." ”

Speaking of this, Xie Xuan smiled slightly and looked in the direction of Huan Xuan: "Moreover, that person will also make a move." ”