Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 205 Mi's Married Daughter
The Mi family is a wealthy family in Xuzhou, and they also have a mansion in Haixi, Guangling, not much worse than Tancheng.

When Mi Zhu returned to the mansion, there were nearly a hundred servants guarding the gate. At that time, the world was in chaos and the people were struggling to live. As long as they could have enough to eat, there were countless young and strong people who voluntarily became slaves to the rich.

So Mi Zhu said that the Mi family had two thousand servants in Haixi, which is absolutely not a lie.

As soon as Mi Zhu entered the door, he approached Mi Fang to discuss the matter of betrothing Mi Zhen.

When Mi Fang heard that Mi Zhu wanted to marry Mi Zhen to Liu Bei, the boss was not happy, and said: "Liu Yuzhou is already thirty-five, my younger sister is young, isn't the age difference too big?"

Mi Zhu sighed: "It's not that you don't know the status of our business. Liu Yuzhou is at least one of the feudal lords, and he is also a relative of the Han family. If he becomes the king in the future, it will be too late for us to cling to him."

"You said that the younger sister can marry better?"

After hearing this, Mi Fang lowered her head in thought and hesitated.

He was moved, raised his head and said: "I heard that Liu Yuzhou's main wife was lost in Xiapi, he married his younger sister as his main wife so soon, isn't he afraid of criticism from all over the world?"

Mi Zhu heard this, and said: "Liu Yuzhou also said the same, so what he meant was that he took my younger sister as a concubine."

When Mi Fang heard this, her complexion changed drastically, she slammed the table and said angrily, "No!"

"Even if my Mi family is not a noble family, it is a good family from generation to generation. If I marry my daughter-in-law to someone else as a concubine, will my brother be worthy of my dead parents?"

Mi Zhu heard this, and sighed: "Second brother, have you ever thought about what should my Mi family do if the lord fails?"

"Businessmen like us who have money but no roots, would Yuan Shu and Cao Cao treat us like honored guests?"

"It would be nice not to copy our house!"

"Think about it, how many people are there in the world who are as benevolent as the lord?"

After hearing this, Mi Fang murmured: "What benevolence and righteousness, I think it's also a pervert."

"After the lord accepted the Gan family last year, he pampered her exclusively. Didn't he also have fun every day?"

"It's fine if my younger sister is a regular wife, but if she becomes a concubine, will she really want to compete with a lowly girl like the Gan family?"

Mi Zhu's complexion changed: "You can shut up, Mrs. Gan acts justly, and now the lord's inner house is all handled by her, and she may not be able to correct her in the future. If she offends her, the younger sister will have a hard time in the future. "

Mi Fang became more and more angry, "Brother is determined to make little sister a concubine?"

"Isn't this life a life of a slave?"

"Since that's the case, why not marry her to Yuan's family back then, as a concubine for the lord of a state, isn't it better than being the lord's concubine?"

Seeing that Mi Fang was getting more and more excited, Mi Zhu got up and said, "I won't tell you anymore, I'm here today just to let you know."

"Now I am the head of the family, and I am the one who decides for the younger sister's marriage."

"I think the second brother had a quarrel with Guan Yunchang before, so he contradicted him like this?"

"Don't drag the Mi family into a dilemma for personal likes and dislikes!"

When Mi Fang heard this, her face turned blue and white, and she got up angrily and left the table.

Before leaving, he said: "My dignified Mi family, it is the biggest joke in the world that I need to sell my little sister in exchange for safety and wealth!"

Seeing that Mi Fang didn't understand him, Mi Zhu sighed inwardly. Mi's family looked rich and extravagant, but in fact they had to hand out huge amounts of goods to various forces every year to buy peace, otherwise they would have been annexed long ago.

A joke or something, as long as there is someone pressing on the head, who is not a joke?

Mi Zhu thought of Liu Bei's two brothers, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. The two were so close to the lord that no one else could get in their way. Some nobles with lofty aspirations must be dissatisfied with this, just like Chen Qun who took the opportunity to join Cao Cao.

But Mi Zhu is very open, he just wants to continue the Mi family, and now marrying off the younger sister is the only way for the Mi family to have an intimate relationship with Liu Bei.

Another mansion in the city was Zhang Fei's residence. As soon as Guan Yu entered, he smelled a strong smell of alcohol.

He frowned slightly, walked into the hall, and saw Zhang Fei lying on the long table with a wine jar slipping in front of him.

Zhang Fei raised his head drunk and saw Guan Yu coming in. He raised the wine jar and shouted, "Second brother, you're here!"

"Drink with me, drink a few glasses!"

Guan Yu shook his head, snatched the wine jar and put it aside, sat down opposite Zhang Fei, and said, "Third brother, it's a mistake to drink. If you are seen like this, what will others think of you?"

Zhang Fei was already very drunk, and said angrily, "Who dares to talk nonsense, let me kill him!"

Guan Yu's face turned cold: "Third Brother, can you still kill everyone in the world?"

"I'm not talking about you, this time you lost the daughter of my sister-in-law's eldest brother, are you right for my elder brother?"

Zhang Fei's face like the bottom of a pot turned black and red, and he hesitated: "I, how could I expect such a thing to happen!"

"It's all my fault. It's a big deal. I'll repay my elder brother with my death!"

Guan Yu shouted: "What are you talking about? When the three of us became sworn brothers, we wanted to die in the same year and on the same day. Do you want us to accompany you to commit suicide?"

Zhang Fei was speechless after hearing this, and muttered: "Anyway, I'm not as good as the elder brother and the second brother. I can't do anything right. I'm a waste."

Guan Yu sighed: "Third brother, you have some problems, you really need to correct them."

"Drinking and making mistakes while in battle is a violation of military law, that is, everyone tolerates you for the sake of big brother."

"I won't mention it here. Can you change your bad temper? If you speak so badly, it's possible that everyone has problems, but you don't?"

"Do you want to offend everyone?"

After hearing this, Zhang Fei stammered, "I admit that I have faults, but what I'm telling is the truth, and they have faults too."

"Just like when I sold meat back then, everyone is like the cut meat, either fat or thin, or short of weight, or with bones. How can there be no faulty meat?"

After hearing this, Guan Yu sneered, "What about you?"

"I see that you have not only bones, but also pig skin and hair!"

After hearing this, Zhang Fei argued, "I'm a butcher, not meat!"

"It's only natural for a butcher to pick on meat, how can there be a fault in picking on a butcher?"

Seeing Zhang Fei's unreasonable words, Guan Yu was so angry that he jumped up, "Third brother, think about how to make up for it. Xuzhou is so big, there are only a few cities left!"

Zhang Fei stared blankly at Guan Yu's leaving back, lifted the wine jar and took a big gulp of wine, and suddenly burst into tears.

"How can something be so difficult!"

"It's still easy to sell meat, who dares to choose fat and thin, I will kill his mother with a knife!"

When Yuan Xi was in Yecheng to reorganize the army, news about Xuzhou came one by one.

Liu Bei lost Tancheng, was defeated in Guangling, and was forced to flee to Haixi. The remaining troops were only a few thousand. The four counties had already lost the two richest counties. He also sent people to Jizhou for help several times, but Yuan Shao sent this The matter was handed over to Yuan Shang, and the Yuan family had no further news.

After discussing, Yuan Xi and Guo Jia believed that Yuan Shang would not save Liu Bei.

Because Guo Jia speculated based on various signs that Yuan Shang was very likely to make friends with Cao Cao in private.

And now that Cao Jun is approaching Tancheng and confronting Sun Ce, Yuan is happy to see them fighting each other.

Yuan Xi and Guo Jia discussed the advantages and disadvantages of leading troops to rescue Xuzhou, but they have not reached a consensus so far. This matter is too risky, because the opponent is Sun Ce, the little bully, and Yuan Shu is behind him, and there may be a surprise attack by Cao Cao.

Yuan Xi was undecided and depressed, so he went to look for Zhen Mi, but the maid said that she went to look for Cai Zhaoji in the study.

He thought it was all right, so he walked all the way to the study, and when he reached the door, he saw Zhen Mi practicing calligraphy on the bamboo slips with a brush under Cai Zhaoji's guidance, Cao Xian and Cao Jie were watching.

When everyone saw him coming, they were about to get up, Yuan Xi said: "You are busy, don't worry about me."

Seeing that Zhen Mi wrote official script on the bamboo slips, the handwriting was correct and beautiful, and he praised: "This word has a charm."

Zhen Mi blushed slightly, and said, "It's still far from Sister Zhaoji."

When Zhen Mi said this, no one felt that she was being self-effacing, including Yuan Xi.

Because this is indeed the truth.

Official script originated very early, even earlier than Xiaozhuan. According to legend, Cheng Miao was the ancestor of official script. Later, after official script developed and matured, it was also called Bafenshu in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. It flourished during the Han Dynasty, so it is also called Han Li.

But strictly speaking, official script has gone through three stages, ancient official script, Han official script, and modern official script.

Gu Li is the original Qin Li, Han Li is the master of the development of Li Shu, and Cai Yong is the master of the so-called Han Li.

Zhang Huaiguan in the Tang Dynasty divided the levels of famous calligraphers in history into the first supernatural level, the second wonderful level, and the third capable level.

For the mature Han Li, that is, Bafenshu, Cai Yong is the only calligrapher selected as a god.

At the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, regular script began to appear. At this time, the regular script was called Jinli. The first person to promote it was Zhong Yao, an important minister of Cao Wei. Therefore, Zhong Yao was also revered as the ancestor of modern regular script.

And Zhong Yao's calligraphy teacher is Cai Wenji of later generations.

At this time, Cai's calligraphy was the best in the world, so Zhen Mi said so.

Cai Zhaoji said with a smile: "Although Madam has not learned much, she already has a bit of charm in it. Given time, she will surely achieve something."

Yuan Xi thought to himself that this is the benefit of having a good teacher. When it comes to teaching calligraphy, Cai Zhaoji, who can teach students like Zhong Yao, naturally understands much better than ordinary people.

He poked his head over and saw that what Zhen Mi had copied stroke by stroke was the Xiping Stone Classic.

This is the inscription of Confucian classics officially approved by the Han court. Emperor Ling of Han ordered to revise the classics of Confucianism. "Yili" and "The Analects of Confucius") were copied and carved into stone books.

It took a total of eight years to engrave it, with a total of 46 steles and 25 characters. After the engraving, it was erected at the location of Luoyang Taixue outside Kaiyang Gate of Luoyang City in the Han and Wei Dynasties, so people also called this book Taixue Shijing.

Yuan Xi looked at the bamboo slips in front of Zhen Mi, which were all written by Cai Zhaoji, and asked in surprise, "Have you memorized all this scripture?"

Cai Zhaoji smiled and said, "How is it possible."

"As long as you remember the essentials of the subtle words, you can comprehend the essence inside, and when you write silently, you can also be inseparable."

"Even if there are errors or omissions in individual words, it will not affect the meaning of the scriptures."

After Yuan Xi heard it, if he realized something, wouldn't this be to get rid of the superfluous and keep the truth?

He vaguely felt that there was a reason for this, which had something to do with the decision he had made before him. While he was thinking about it, Sun Li came to report that someone from Xuzhou wanted to visit Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi was quite surprised when he saw the name on the name thorn.

(End of this chapter)