Chapter 66: Integrity

On this day, Cai Yong sat in the side hall, with a pen and ink in front of him, but he did not lift the pen, thoughtful. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

As the saying goes, when people are old, they are often accompanied by memories, and Cai Yong is no exception, he is thinking back on the ups and downs he has gone through in his life.

Cai Yong's life is also full of ups and downs.

The first time was during the period of Emperor Heng of the Han Dynasty, when he was recruited, Cai Yong felt that the eunuchs were too dim to control the government at that time, so he pretended to be sick halfway and returned home;

The second time he became an official was recommended by Qiao Xuan, who was an honest official, served as a subordinate of Peng, and was treated well by Qiao Xuan, and then served as the magistrate of Heping County, and was called to worship Langzhong, and was promoted to Lang Lang in the Dongguan School, and the famous Xiping Shijing was made during that period.

But after all, due to his youth and lack of experience in political struggle, he miscalculated the performance of Zhongxing displayed by Emperor Ling of Han. At that time, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was uneasy because of frequent natural disasters, and found Cai Yong to let him speak freely about the government without scruples, but Cai Yong believed it and wrote an article on the disadvantages of the times, but was resented by Cao Jie, the servant of Zhongchang, and falsely accused Cai Yong, resulting in Cai Yong being exiled to Shuofang, that is, the bitter cold land near Xianbei in the northern part of Bingzhou......

Fortunately, Cai Yong was pardoned by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and then Cai Yong wandered the rivers and lakes, lived in many places, and lived in Wudi in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time before being recruited by the imperial court again and returned to Luoyang City......

Because of his upright character when he was young, he suffered a lot of losses, but this sincere heart, although it has gone through ups and downs, has not changed, is it going to change when he is old?

Cai Yong smiled, picked up the ink block, grinded it carefully, and then lifted the pen and wrote a line of words like a fly.

When Fei Qian followed the housekeeper of Cai Mansion, he happened to see this scene.

Seeing that Fei Qian had arrived, Cai Yong put down his pen and motioned for Fei Qian to sit down.

Cai Yong looked at the disciple in front of him, although he didn't get along for a long time, but he felt friendly and gentle, which was very in tune with his own temper, and even better than his younger self in some aspects, he knew the truth and knew how to be flexible, he was indeed a rare talent, of course, it would be better if he could improve his knowledge in literature.

Cai Yong sat down and asked, "Can the left pass be recited?" ”

Fei Qian was about to get up and answer, but was stopped by Cai Yong, so he said, "It's ready to be recited." "——Reading through and reciting is the basic requirement for learning a book, and the standard of reading through is only to understand the meaning of the Chinese characters of the book, so Cai Yong's requirements are really not high.

Cai Yong nodded and said: "Fu Zuo Chuan, one is a considerable history and today, the second is all-inclusive, and the third is the way of life. ”

Fei Qian nodded yes.

Cai Yong continued: "You talked about the heavy ears a few days ago, although what you said is not bad, but the old man is already drooping, and he really doesn't want to suffer from the land of savages and the water of fertile water!" ”

Fei Qian's face couldn't help but change when he heard this, Cai Yong Cai Old Man Cai means that he doesn't want to leave?

Cai Yong's "savage land, fertile water" are two things that happened in the process of Chong'er's escape, one is that Chong'er fled to the Wulu area of the country, and did not find food, so he asked the farmer who was cultivating the wasteland for food, but the farmer did not give him food but picked up a piece of soil from the ground, saying: "If you want food, if you want to eat, eat this......"

The second thing is that when Chong'er fled to Qin, Qin Mugong gave five women to Chong'er as concubines, and Qin Mugong's daughter Huai Ying was also among them.

As a result, Qin Mugong's daughter Huaiying became angry and said: "Qin and Jin are equal powers, so do you regard me as a subordinate?" Why do you do such a rash action, do you look down on me? Chong'er under the fence was afraid, so he took off his clothes and locked himself up to apologize to Qin Mugong.

When Cai Yong was young, he offended the eunuch Cao Jie because of his outspokenness, and was framed by Cao Jie's design, from a high-ranking official of the imperial court to a prisoner, resulting in exile for 12 years. In the past 12 years, although Cai Yong said that he did not have any worries about his life, he could be regarded as having suffered a lot, and he had indeed tasted enough of the warmth and coldness of the world......

Although it is now famous all over the world, escaping may not be as bitter as when he was young before, but after all, people are old and no longer have the energy to run around......

Fei Qian wanted to persuade again, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was stopped by Cai Yong.

Cai Yong took the words he had just written on the top of the desk to Fei Qian, and motioned for Fei Qian to take a look.

Fei Qian took it, and saw a line of words written on the paper: "Thousands of miles of sand curtains, for the king, the Huns." The road is desperate, and the soldiers are ruined. ”

What does this mean? Fei Qian didn't react for a while.

Cai Yong smiled when he saw this and asked, "Ziyuan, have you read the Han book?" Hanshu is an additional extracurricular reading material that Cai Yan added to Fei Qian, of course, in addition to Hanshu, there are a large number of other books......

"Read a little." Fei Qian replied, thinking in his heart, why did the old man Cai Yong Cai suddenly ask about Hanshu?

Suddenly, Fei Qian remembered, no wonder Cai Yong asked Hanshu, it turned out that this sentence was from Hanshu, and it was a very famous character - Su Wu.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty continued to crusade against the Xiongnu, and the relationship was bad, and in the first year of the Tianhan Dynasty, and the Marquis of Yu ascended the throne, he was afraid of being attacked by the Han Dynasty, so he eased up with the Han Dynasty and returned the Han envoy who had been detained by the Xiongnu before. In order to praise Shan Yu's behavior, Emperor Wu sent Su Wu to escort some Xiongnu envoys who were detained in Han to return to China as a Zhonglang general, and gave Shan Yu gifts to thank Shan Yu.

But Su Wu arrived at the place of the Xiongnu, and found that the Xiongnu were not soft, but only a temporary delaying tactic, and it happened that the Xiongnu were not in harmony with, so he took advantage of this opportunity to assassinate Shan Yu, but unfortunately failed to be arrested, and then refused to surrender, and was exiled to Beihai to shepherd sheep.

And Li Ling, who served as the same servant as Su Wu at that time, did not have such a backbone, surrendered to the Huns, and later when Su Wu returned to the Han Dynasty, Li Ling went to see him off, and wrote these four sentences: "The path is thousands of miles away from the sand curtain, and the Huns are fighting for the king." The road is desperate, and the soldiers are ruined. ”

Li Ling's meaning is that I also traveled thousands of miles at the beginning, crossed the desert, and led troops to fight the Xiongnu for the king of the Han Dynasty. As a result, the defeat and return route were cut off, the swords and arrows were destroyed, and all the soldiers died, and I surrendered in desperation, and now my reputation has been corrupted......

This is Li Ling's heartfelt poem to excuse his surrender, and he also admires Su Wu's backbone.

Cai Yong's intention in writing these four sentences was definitely not to praise Li Ling, but to show that he also wanted to be like Su Wu and preserve his character and integrity......

Fei Qian couldn't help but be anxious, Cai Yong Cai, old man Cai, do you know that in this way, the tragedy will happen again?

How can I save you, old man Cai Yong?

How can I save you, Cai Yan and Cai Zhaoji?