Father Han Gaozu

Pei County, Qiao County.

Although most of the feet in winter have already stepped forward, the climate here is still very warm. The sun is shining brightly, and the light leaves spots on the travelers. The travelers block the dazzling light with their hands and hurry on the road. We are all standing in the suburbs at this moment, at a loss.

Officials in Pei County have always been very arrogant, not because of anything else, but because this is the ancestral land of the great Han. Even if there is a Xinfeng in Guanzhong, it is still the hometown of the emperor and the others. It is not just the officials who are arrogant. Even the common people are extremely arrogant.

Because most of them can have something to do with the emperor, even if they don't have anything to do with the emperor, they can also have something to do with the big shots who founded the country. During the period when Emperor Gao just took the throne, here His arrogance is out of control.

There was even a case where Peijun people were thieves outside, and the officials from other places did not dare to judge them after they caught them, because these people kept saying that they were distant relatives of the emperor, Marquis Ruyin, and Marquis Bing’s wife. One is more bluffing than the other.

In the end, it was Xiao He who deliberately issued an order: as a relative of the emperor, whoever breaks the law and is a relative of the emperor, the punishment will be increased by one level.

Those who were still shouting about who they were related to so and so suddenly cried and shouted: I don't even know each other! !

This method is very effective in solving the problems in the early days of the founding of the country, but it still cannot cover up the atmosphere here, but at this moment, these officials who are usually arrogant and domineering are all standing cautiously in the suburban land with their heads down. , I dare not breathe.

The county magistrate here is a young man. He looks less than 30 years old. He is thin-skinned and tender, and he is also from a wealthy family. Although he is not a top-notch dignitary, he is also extremely prestigious in the local area. He wiped the sweat from his forehead , staring at the old man who was busy in the dirt in the distance.

"Watch closely, watch closely, if this old... Mister falls here, we will lose our heads."

Standing beside him was also a young magistrate, but he looked rougher, and at the moment he also had a sad expression on his face, "Magistrate Gao, the old man doesn't allow us to approach."

"You said that the territory of the big man is so large, and there are countless county magistrates and county magistrates, why can't he get through with us??"

County magistrate Gao shook his head bitterly, "How do I know, maybe the old man has any grudges against the man surnamed Gao??"

This county magistrate is also surnamed Gao. Of course, the two are not of the same family, and they did not know each other in the past. It was just a coincidence.

"Since this old man came to Qiao County, I have never dared to relax. I have been watching him all day, for fear that something might happen to him. At his age, my elder father has to be polite when he sees him. Calling Father Zhong, what do you think he is doing running out?"

"It's okay to run out, but I'm still digging into the ground all day long. It's muddy here again. If he slips, our heads will fall to the ground...Why bother?"

The two young people were extremely sad. They never thought that they would encounter such a bad thing just after taking office.

This old man, he is not an ordinary person, his name is Xia Wuqi, he is the Imperial Physician Order in the palace, who is responsible for taking care of His Majesty, and his name is also widely spread among the people. When Jing Ke assassinated King Qin, the rebels from all over the world Extremely excited, but also saddened by Jing Ke's failure. …

Of course, the specific circumstances of Jing Ke's assassination also spread out, and the doctor who participated in the assassination process became famous because of this. Many people knew him. In the past, many people were very hostile to him, but now, the Qin State is destroyed. It's been so many years, and no one cares about it.

However, this still does not change that he is a famous big shot.

This Xia Wuqi is quite old, he is not staying in Chang'an, but he wants to come out and harm the local officials everywhere. Wherever he goes, the local officials have to get up their spirits and send someone to watch, lest he be in their own eyes. What accident happened in the territory, they are too familiar with His Majesty's temper, if something happens to this old man, they can't even sit still? ?

While the two were complaining, Xia Wuqiu slapped the mud on his body and walked out safely. The two of them hurriedly put on smiling faces and stepped forward to greet him with a smile.

"Xiagong, what do you think?"

"finish watching!"

"good!"

County magistrate Gao was overjoyed immediately, "Okay, you just finished reading it, when are you planning to go on a field trip? I can prepare the best cars and horses for you!! There are also doctors, oh, you don't need this..."

"Your place is very good, very suitable for planting medicinal materials."

"I've decided. I won't leave in the future. I'll stay with you and expand the planting of medicinal materials here. I'll use your place as the first experimental site."

The smile on Gao County Magistrate's face froze immediately.

"Actually, we're not that good here..."

"No, your place is very good, let me build a hut here, and I will live here with my disciples in the future. In addition, you don't have to bother me in the future, go to your own business."

Xia Wuqiu waved his hand with an unquestionable look.

Gao Xianling and Gao Xiancheng looked at each other, the county magistrate pursed his lips, wanted to speak several times, but couldn't speak, but the county magistrate couldn't help but said: "Mr. Xia, at your age , how can you stand the toss, we will prepare a house for you in the county, and we will send someone to send you here later.”

"No, it's better to live here more comfortably."

"Duke Xia, why are you doing this? Why don't you send someone to do these things? You should serve His Majesty in Chang'an, why come here to suffer, this should be what young people do."

Xia Wujue glared at him, but hesitated to speak, he said with a straight face: "It is my job as a doctor to help the world, although I am old, but I have never reached the point where I can't walk, I am busy here In a few years, the medical center here will have enough medicinal materials in the future, how many people can this save?"

"How can I give up such a big thing and not do it because I am afraid of hardship?"

Xia Wuqiu said it firmly, but the two young people were stunned at the moment.

"We are also worried about your safety. And His Majesty attaches so much importance to you that he often sends people to ask about your situation..."

County magistrate Gao said helplessly, this is the reason why officials from all over the country are afraid. They don't know why this old man is so favored by the emperor. No matter where he goes, people sent by the emperor will come to ask him He also kindly asked him when he would return to Chang'an, and cared about him very much.

The officials everywhere were terrified. This old man is in the heart of the emperor. His Majesty cares about him so much. If something happens to this man, is it okay? ? …

Therefore, officials from all over the country will be in a mess and follow him around.

Hearing his words, Xia Wuqie's face turned pale, and he hurriedly said: "If I don't go back, the medicinal materials here haven't been made yet, how can I go back to enjoy the blessings? After the medicinal materials are prepared here, I will recruit more disciples, Give them the method of cultivating medicinal materials. At the beginning, Confucius accepted 2000 disciples. I am not as good as him, so I have to accept [-] disciples, right?"

"After I have finished the work here and cultivated more than 2000 disciples, and I have nothing to worry about, I will return to Chang'an and meet His Majesty face to face."

These words really bluffed the younger generation.

They stared dumbfounded at the old man in front of him. At this moment, the image of this man became so tall, they didn't say anything more, just paid respects.

When leaving, Gao Xiancheng looked at the county magistrate, and said again: "Although he is a bit stubborn, this Duke Xia is really a respectable person."

"Yeah, I've never seen such a selfless person like him, who would rather give up his glory and wealth in Chang'an, and fulfill his ambition of saving the world in this mud."

Magistrate Gao said with emotion: "This can explain why His Majesty attaches so much importance to him. No wonder His Majesty always sends people to inquire about his situation. Probably because of his noble character, even Your Majesty cannot help but be impressed by him."

"Hey, the big man has such a wise king, with such selfless virtuousness... no wonder he is so powerful."

"Gao Cheng. We usually only care about political achievements, isn't there something wrong?"

"We should also follow the example of this Duke Xia!"

"right!!!"

The blood of the two young men was so excited that they encouraged each other to move towards the city.
Walking, but Xia Wuqiu was sitting on the edge of the ground, wiping the sweat from his forehead, his face full of helplessness.

It's been a long time, His Majesty is still thinking about it.

I really don't know how long he will remember this slap. If he keeps remembering it, he will not be able to return to Chang'an if he dies. What a crime.

Xia Wuqiu is actually a very utilitarian person. He ran away before the fall of the Qin State. Since then, he has been treating the powerful in various places, concentrating on making friends with the powerful, and seeking opportunities to be valued again. He and Chunyu Yi are the same On the contrary, Chunyu Yi is wholeheartedly treating the poor, while he is wholeheartedly treating the rich and powerful.

And he knows how to be a man, so he was able to thrive after the fall of the Qin State, and he was not implicated in any way. He even lived a happy life as a centenarian in history, and he was listed alongside Zhang Cang and Zhao Tuo. The three birthday stars in the early Han Dynasty.

He himself is very keen on prosperity and wealth, and he never hides this point. According to his understanding, a man lives in the world, and if he doesn't pursue glory and wealth, why should he be a beggar? !

He is also very careful in doing things, he does not dare to prescribe strong medicines to patients like Chunyu Yi, especially for the powerful, he tries to take some very very mild medicines that are guaranteed to have no problems, although they may not have much effect on the condition help…

Such a matter of abandoning wealth and wealth and looking for crimes in the mud should be something Chunyu Yi should do, it is not his style at all.

Why did I slap that slap?His Majesty is already awake, so why bother? …

Xia Wuqi lowered his head, sighed again, and his heart became more and more desperate. With His Majesty's vengeful character, if he returned to Chang'an this time, he might not be able to be promoted to any official position, just let him I can't stand even a slap in the face.

If I can accomplish something here, I will say a few good words in front of His Majesty, flatter me, and show him this achievement, maybe he will be able to forget about it.

Xia Wuqi has been friends with the dignitaries for so long, and has already worked out a set of self-protection methods. He also understands His Majesty's character quite well. His Majesty is arrogant and eager for quick success. He likes results very much, even if it is like Zhou Chang, Such a person who points at the emperor every day and yells at him, as long as he can do something, he can still call you Zhongfu with a smile.

But if you can't get things done... that's hard to say.

This is the last chance, finish the affairs here, use this to go to Chang'an, and continue your glory and wealth!
Xia Wuqiu couldn't help grinning, just when he was about to get up, he suddenly heard a sound, turned around, and saw seven or eight people running towards him, panting, in front of Xia Wuqiu , They hurriedly saluted and saw each other.

"Who are you?"

"Dare to ask, but Xia Gong?"

"Exactly."

These people's clothes are very ordinary, their faces are earthy, they don't look like some powerful family, Xia Wuqiu's attitude is naturally a bit colder, but when they heard that the person in front of them is Xia Wuqiu, their expressions are different Extremely excited, they hurriedly saluted again.

The leader is an elderly man, of course, compared to Xia Wuqie, he is just a doll, this person hurriedly said: "Xia Gong, we are all doctors here, it is ashamed to say that, because the salary of the hospital is It's not high, we've always been walking around in places..."

"We heard that Duke Xia came to our place to cultivate medicinal materials. Your reputation is known to everyone in the world, and your behavior makes us ashamed. We refuse to work in the medical center for the sake of small profits. At your age, you take the initiative to refuse the officials and nobles of Chang'an to come to work here."

"We have thought about it. In the future, we will come to help you with things. We dare not expect you to accept us as disciples. We only hope that you will allow us to follow you and take care of this place for you without letting you Fei Li, most of today's doctors are paid and famous, there are really not many like you."

"We heard that you have been walking around these days, cultivating medicinal materials in various places, teaching disciples, teaching without discrimination, working hard, not taking money, and serving the people wholeheartedly..."

"You are a well-deserved medical sage...please allow us to follow by your side..."

Several people

What he said was very sincere, but Xia Wuqiu's eyes were a little hesitant. His number of disciples was limited. As a person close to the emperor, the prostitutes he accepted were often well-connected, especially when he was a doctor who was accepted by Liu. After Angai put on a layer of doctor's skin, he could also receive many disciples from powerful families.

He used to not even look at this kind of people.

However, nowadays, with so many medicinal materials... He thought about it, and agreed. After all, what these people said was quite useful to him.

"Okay, then you all stay here, but I want to tell you in advance that you can stay, but if anyone dares to steal the medicinal materials here... it will be a death penalty."...

The face of the leader changed drastically, and he said seriously: "We are all local people. Now you come here to plant for people who have nothing to do with you. If we go to steal, aren't we like animals? Please rest assured, if someone If I do this, I will kill it for the elders of the village first!"

Although Xia Wuqiu's words were somewhat disrespectful, the people who came to seek refuge didn't care.

Xia Wuqiu also accepted them immediately, and then more and more people came to join him, even many scholars appeared, many of these people did not know medical skills, and they came to join Xia Wuqiu The reason is also very simple, just want to help him accomplish great things.

These people were all moved by Xia Wuqiu's reputation and came here voluntarily.

During these days after leaving Chang'an, Xia Wuqiu went to many places and did a lot of things, which made him famous, and there are countless people who come to join him and want to learn medicine from him , Xia Wuqi experienced such a scene for the first time.

This surprised him a little.

In the past, in order to get such praise and respect, he made friends with many dignitaries, walked through many paths, and once climbed to such a high position, but in the end he did not get much respect. Now he puts all these aside and returns to the In the mud, he was respected by so many people.

This is simply incomprehensible.

Could it be that the imperial doctor's order beside the emperor is not as good as an old man who can't get up in the mud?

Xia Wuqiu stood by the edge of the medicinal herb garden, thought for a long time, he raised his head again, and the medicinal herb garden in the distance was crowded with all kinds of people, old and young, they were all working hard That said, planting herbs and farming are two completely different things.

The cultivation of medicinal materials obviously requires more energy. This thing is very fragile, a little change may change its medicinal properties, and Xia Wuqiu also thought about whether it is possible to change the medicinal properties artificially, which is extremely difficult However, the work of recording alone requires several people to observe and write records day and night.

The record notebooks have already filled an entire room.

Xia Wuqiu was in a daze, when someone came up, holding the book in his hand, and said with a smile: "Xia Gong, we have opened up two more plots of land, and the people there heard that you wanted to use them to grow medicinal materials, so they gave them away directly. I gave it to us, but I don’t want any money... I chased after it and wanted to send it to the door, but the head of the household scolded me, saying that I humiliated him.”

With a wry smile, he handed the money bag back to Xia Wuqie.

Xia Wuqie nodded, and then said: "From tomorrow onwards, let the people here learn medical skills from me, let them take turns to learn, try not to fall behind..."

"what???"

"But Duke Xia, the people here are so..."

"It's okay, just let them come!"

"only!!"

The man quickly ran away, Xia Wuqiu said to himself: "I need to recruit more disciples and train some talents for the medical center, which can be regarded as my political achievements. If I have more political achievements, I can go back to Chang'an."

At night, when Xia Wuqie came out of the hut and was about to explain the medical skills to the people outside, he was stunned. The hut was full of densely packed people, and there was no end in sight. It was a sea of ​​people.

Xia Wuqiu was stunned, and then looked angrily at the disciples beside him, "Did you spread the news about my teaching?? Why are there so many people? There are also half-grown children?? There are also women ??What does it mean??"

"Teacher, these are not here to learn medicine from you, they are all local people, they know about you,
I came here specially to thank you...they also brought a lot of gifts.”

Xia Wuju looked at the crowd in a daze. At that moment, the people surrounding the thatched cottage bowed and bowed, "Thank you, Duke Xia!!!"

Xia Wuqie opened his mouth and was dazed for a long time.

He covered his face and walked back to the hut.

However, the sound waves outside did not stop because of this.