Mi Han

Chapter 90 The Prince's Four Friends
Fifteen miles north of Chengdu City, there is a mountain named Sheshan.

This mountain is towering and densely forested, among which there are countless wild beasts and strange beasts.

Since Liu Bei became the King of Hanzhong this year, he has become more and more powerful and deeply feels the importance of his successor to the great cause.

Therefore, this year after he appointed his son Liu Chan as the crown prince, in order to cultivate Liu Chan's talent and increase his knowledge, he asked Liu Chan to study "Shenzi", "Han Feizi", "Guanzi" and "Six Secret Teachings".

And Zhuge Liang, whom he relied on most, taught Liu Chan these books himself.

Not only that, Liu Bei also asked Liu Chan to learn riding and archery, trying to train Liu Chan to be a successor with both civil and military skills.

In order to help Liu Chan learn riding and archery, Liu Bei specially used a mountain with many wild animals outside Chengdu as a training ground for Liu Chan to practice archery, and named the mountain Sheshan.

But although Liu Bei often brought Liu Chan to Sheshan to practice archery, he did not completely classify Sheshan as government property as proposed by many Yizhou ministers.

In order to prevent the people near Sheshan from losing their livelihoods, Liu Bei made a special edict:

"All the common people in Chengdu can go to Sheshan to hunt for food for their families."

It's just that when Liu Bei brought Liu Chan to the Sheshan Mountain to practice archery, the palace guards would temporarily block the surrounding area of ​​the Sheshan Mountain.

But at this time, under the cold weather in Chengdu City, at the foot of Sheshan Mountain, there are many meritorious children of aristocratic families wearing brocade and holding good bows.

On the outskirts of Sheshan, there are thousands of palace guards under the command of Captain Huben Mi Wei, who guard Sheshan tightly, preventing any idlers from approaching.

And the king's flag fluttering in the wind among the thousands of guards also announces to those outside the periphery who is here at Sheshan.

At this time, in the inner circle of the heavily guarded Sheshan Mountain, many well-armed descendants of noble families in Chengdu are eager to raise their bows and want to shoot.

However, the many descendants of noble families did not start to act for a while.

Because at this moment, their eyes were all focused on a young man.

I saw that young man with a handsome appearance and a generous complexion.

Wearing a Hu suit, he was sitting on a horse, aiming intently at an archery target erected fifty paces away.

A moment later, an arrow shining with cold light shot out from the young man's hand, heading straight for the target fifty paces away.

And not long after the sharp arrow flew out, the arrow shot by the young man hit the bull's-eye of the target fifty paces away.

Watching this scene, bursts of applause broke out in the audience.

In fact, under the current martial arts atmosphere, for an archer to hit the target after fifty steps in a static state, it can only be regarded as an entry skill, not something worthy of applause.

But he couldn't stand the extraordinary status of the young man in front of him, the young man in front of him was Liu Chan, Prince of Hanzhong.

Most of the children of these aristocratic families who erupted in applause in the field now belong to the local gentry in Yizhou.

They erupted in applause, and they were just trying to curry favor with Liu Chan.

After all, they are not as good as the Liu Beiyuan Cong faction and the Jingzhou faction. The elders have powerful meritorious deeds to support them.

If they want to gain a place as soon as possible in the thriving Liu Bei's forces, it is a good shortcut to please the Crown Prince Liu Chan.

Not far away, an old man wearing a black royal suit and a crown on his head also showed a little smile on his generous face like that young man after seeing this scene.

This old man is the king of Hanzhong, Liu Bei, who is now so powerful in the world, and his reputation is as close as that of Wei Wang Cao Cao.

Liu Bei said to an old man beside him, "Wen Xiu, Gong Si is getting better at shooting."

"Gu used to worry that the heir would be too weak, but now he doesn't have that worry."

Although Liu Chan's performance today is not outstanding among the disciples of military generals.

But compared with his previous performance, that is already too much progress.

Because of Liu Chan's progress, Liu Bei, as an old father, was also very relieved.

He felt that everything he had done was not in vain.

And at the moment beside Liu Bei, the old man whom Liu Bei affectionately calls Wenxiu is Xu Jing, a well-known celebrity in the world.

Xu Jing was born in Pingyu County, Runan County. In his early years, he and his cousin Xu Shao were famous all over the world for appraising famous people in the world.

Later, because of the war in the world, Xu Jing had defected to many princes, such as Kong Ni, Chen Yi, Xu Gong, Wang Lang, Shi Bian and others.

In the end, he was invited by Yizhou Shepherd Liu Zhang, and successively became the prefect of Bajun, Guanghan, and Shujun.

It can be said that his footprints were almost all over the south of the Han Dynasty.

During his tenure as the prefect of Shu County, Liu Bei attacked Shu.

After Liu Bei surrounded Chengdu, Xu Jing wanted to jump over the city wall and surrender to Liu Bei, but Liu Zhang in the city noticed this.

At that time, Liu Zhang had already intended to surrender to Liu Bei, and he was afraid of Xu Jing's reputation, so he did not execute Xu Jing.

Later, after Liu Bei captured Chengdu, Liu Bei felt that Xu Jing's name did not match his reality, so he wanted to abandon him.

But at the suggestion of his confidant Fazheng, Liu Beicai appointed Xu Jing as the chief history of General Zuo.

This year, Liu Bei ascended the throne as Queen of Hanzhong. Because Xu Jing had a great reputation in the world, he worshiped Xu Jing as the king of Hanzhong.

Xu Jing, who had a rough life, watched Liu Bei disregard past suspicions, and confessed his worries about his son to him, a courtier who was not a confidant, and Xu Jing was moved in his heart.

It's trust.

Maybe Liu Bei disliked him at first and didn't want to use him.

But after Liu Bei untied his heart knot and appointed him, Liu Bei was like the ancient sage, trusting him and treating him generously and preferentially.

Facing Liu Bei's worries, Xu Jing bowed to Liu Bei and said, "The prince is young, and he has never been in battle since he was a child, so it is very common for him to have a softer temperament."

"When the prince grows up, His Highness will arrange some virtuous ministers to assist him.

The prince has the style of a king, and he will grow up quickly. "

Hearing what Xu Jing said, Liu Bei was noncommittal.

He is good at knowing people, how could he not know what kind of material his son is?

He doesn't expect Liu Chan to have the ability to expand the territory, but only hopes that he can inherit his character of treating people with sincerity and be a conservative king.

After hearing Xu Jing's mention of arranging some virtuous ministers to assist Liu Chan, Liu Bei, who was in a good mood today, asked Xu Jing:
"Wen Xiu was famous for being good at judging talents in his early years.

In today's Chengdu, there are rumors of the prince's four friends, and Wen Xiu can judge them alone. "

The term "Four Friends of the Prince" is a title that has only gradually spread in Chengdu this year.

It is about four friends of Liu Chan, Prince of Hanzhong, who are:

Guan Xing, the second son of former general Guan Yu, Zhang Bao, the eldest son of Zhang Fei, the right general, Zhao Tong, the eldest son of General Yijun, and Mi Yang, the first son of Nanjun Taishou Mi Fang.

These four are not much different in age from Liu Chan, and the elders are all the Yuan Cong faction that Liu Bei relies on most.

In addition, these four were always taught by Liu Bei and grew up with Liu Chan, so people at the time collectively referred to these four as the four friends of the prince.

(End of this chapter)