Yu Shimingyan

Chapter 17
The ancients made friends only by knotting hearts, and today people make friends only by knotting faces.Knots can live and die together, but how can we share poverty with each other?The day of the pommel horse in Jiuqu is different, and there is no morning and evening when chasing and seeing off.The wife is generous in the seat, and the brother worships and dances while drinking.A small profit has turned against each other, and the situation is even more difficult, willing to go on a blind date?Don't you see, Yang and Zuo were known as dead friends back then, and history has passed down Gao Qiren to this day.

This poem is called "Make Friends", which is a lament that in the last days, people's hearts are thin and it is the most difficult to make friends.Usually, when we exchange wine glasses, we are like brothers and sisters; when it comes to lice, there is some interest, so I don't care about each other.The real thing is: there are thousands of brothers in wine and meat, and there is not a single one in distress.There are also Chao brothers and Mu enemies who just put down their wine glasses and bow to each other when they go out.Therefore, Tao Yuanming wanted to break up with him, Ji Shuye wanted to break up with him, and Liu Xiaobiao wrote "Guangzhou's Breaking Up with Friends", all of which were full of emotions about the world, so it was Tan Er who was angry.Now the two friends I am talking about have never met each other.Only because of a little heart-to-heart agreement, and later in adversity, life and death rescue each other, this can be regarded as a heart-to-heart friend.Exactly: Saying that Gong Yu's crown is moving, the truth is that Jing Qing's sword is cold.

It is said that during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, Guo Zhen, the prime minister on behalf of the state, was born in Wuyang, Hebei.There is a nephew, Guo Zhongxiang, who is both talented and civil.His father saw that he was too young to achieve anything, so he wrote a book, instructing him to go to Beijing to meet his uncle and ask for a place of birth.Yuan Zhen said: "A man can't be a big man, climb up to the top, and become a star. He should also be like Ban Chao and Fu Jiezi, making contributions to foreign lands in order to gain wealth. If we use the family rank as a ladder, how can we achieve greatness? "Zhongxiang Weiwei.

Shibian reported to Beijing: there was a lot of chaos in Nanzhong Cave.It turns out that on the day of Empress Wu Zetian's revolution, she wanted to buy people's hearts and submit to them. Only the barbarians in Jiuxi and eighteen caves were rewarded with a small reward every year and a big reward every three years.When Emperor Xuanzong ascended the throne, all the reward routines were abolished.For this reason, the group of barbarians rebelled temporarily and harassed the prefectures and counties.The imperial court appointed Li Meng as the governor of Yaozhou and dispatched troops to attack.After receiving the imperial decree, Li Meng went to the Prime Minister's residence to bid farewell before leaving, so he asked for advice.Guo Yuanzhen said: "In the past Zhuge Marquis Wu captured Meng Huo seven times, but he obeyed his heart, not his strength. The general should act with caution, and he will surely win. His nephew Guo Zhongxiang is quite talented, and now he is sent to accompany the general. Once the thief is broken If you make meritorious service, the common people can attach themselves to the tail and become famous." That is to say, call Zhongxiang out and meet Li Meng.Seeing that Zhongxiang's appearance is extraordinary, and the nephew of the prime minister of the court, Li Meng personally entrusted him with it, so how dare he shirk it.That is to say, Zhongxiang was appointed as a marching judge.

Zhongxiang bid farewell to his uncle and set off with Li Meng.Traveling to Jiannan, there is a fellow villager, surnamed Wu, surnamed Baoan, styled Yonggu, who met Ren Dongchuan Suizhou Fang Yiwei.Although I have never met Zhongxiang, I know him as a human being, with deep loyalty and willingness to support Jiba people.It was a revised book, which was dispatched to Yu Zhongxiang by dispatcher.Zhongxiang opened the book and read it. The book said: "Wu Baoan is unworthy. Fortunately, he was born in the same hometown as his son. Although he lacks exhibition and worship, he admires him for a long time. With his great talents, he will assist General Li to pacify the small bandits, and success will come sooner or later. Baoan has been studying for many years, but he is only an officer and a lieutenant; he is secluded outside the sword, and his hometown is dreamless. Moreover, this official is full, and the next tenure will be difficult. I am afraid that the selection of Cao Zhige will be limited. Ren Wen's step, sharing worries and difficulties, has the style of the ancients. Today's army is marching, and it is at the time of employing people. I want to read the songs of my hometown, and record them in detail, so that the security guards can carry out the work, and the tree is as big as the shogunate. The kindness of the hills and mountains, dare to forget the tie?" Zhong Xiang played with the meaning of his calligraphy and sighed. Said: "This man has never been acquainted with me, and he suddenly appointed each other with urgency. He knows me well. When a man meets a confidant and cannot contribute to him, he would rather not be ashamed?" Then he praised Wu Baoan's talent to Li Meng and begged for levy. Use it in the military.Li Dudu listened, so he posted the following post to Suizhou, and wanted to take Fang Yiwei and Wu Baoan as the manager.

Only then did the messengers get up and report to the horse: the barbarians are rampant and approaching the mainland.Li Dudu sent an order to travel in the starry night.When I came to Yaozhou, I encountered barbarians robbing property.If he didn't make preparations and was covered by the army, they would all scatter in all directions, failing to form a team, and he would be defeated completely.Li Dudu relied on his courage to attract a large army and chased him for fifty miles.When he went down to the village at night, Guo Zhongxiang remonstrated: "The barbarians are extremely greedy and deceitful. Now that the army has been defeated and fled far away, the general's prestige has been established. It is advisable for the troops to return to the state, send people to spread the mighty virtue, and recruit envoys to join them; do not go deep into the land, I'm afraid I will fall into a fraudulent scheme." Li Meng shouted loudly: "The barbarians are already discouraged, if they don't take this opportunity to clear the creek hole, when will they wait? Don't talk too much, let me break the thief!"

The next day, Bazhai capital rose.After walking for several days, they reached Wuman Realm.I saw tens of thousands of green mountains and lush vegetation, but I didn't know which way to go.Li Meng was very suspicious, and sent an order: "Temporarily retreat to the Tunza at Pingyan." While looking for natives, visit the route.Suddenly in the valley, the sound of golden drums was heard everywhere, and barbarians came from all over the mountain.The owner of the cave, named Xinuluo, held a wooden bow and arrows in his hand, with a hundred shots.Drive and lead the barbarian chieftains of the caves to cross the forest and cross the ridge, clearly like birds and beasts running, without any effort.The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were trapped in ambush, and the road was exhausted, how could they resist the enemy?Although Li Dudu is brave, there is no place for a hero.The minions looked at the end, sighed and said: "I regret not listening to Judge Guo's words, but I was insulted by dogs and sheep!" Pulled out the short knife in the boot, stabbed his throat and died.The whole army was lost in the barbarians.Later generations have a poem that says: Ma Yuan's copper pillar marks the ages, and Zhuge Banner Tai Town Jiuxi.Why are all Tang masters annihilated?The general's surname is Li and the number is odd.

There is another poem, which blames Li Dudu for not listening to Guo Zhongxiang's words, so as to defeat himself.The poem goes: It's not that the general Sudoku is strange, the hanging army is always in danger if it goes deep.At that time, if you listened to the policy of returning the teacher, there would always be a group of barbarians who would dare to peep?
At that time, Guo Zhongxiang was also taken captive.Xinuluo saw that he was very rich and divine, and asked him, and he knew that he was Guo Yuanzhen's nephew, so he gave it to the leader of the cave, Wuluo, and his subordinates.It turns out that the Nanman never had great ambitions, only greedy for Chinese property.The Han people who were plundered were all distributed to the leaders of the caves.Those who have done more will get more; those who have done less will get less.The people who get their share don't care about the virtuous and foolish, just like slaves, for him to drive: chop firewood and cut grass, feed horses and herd sheep.If there is a large population, it can be traded in different phases.When the Han people came here, nine out of ten only wanted to die rather than live.But there are barbarians guarding them, and they can't ask for death.There is such pain!

During this fight, many Han people were captured.Many of them had positions, and the barbarian chiefs tried them out one by one, and allowed him to send letters to China, asking his relatives to redeem them and earn huge profits.The person you want to be taken into captivity, who doesn't want to return home?Upon hearing this, no matter the rich family or the poor family, they all sent letters to their hometown.It's the family members who can't deal with it, so they have to just let it go; if there are relatives and relatives who can make up for it, which family doesn't want to borrow money to redeem it?The barbarian chief has the heart to be greedy for profit. If you are alone and poor, you will have to take thirty bolts of good silk before you can redeem it;Wuluo heard that Guo Zhongxiang was the nephew of the Prime Minister of the current dynasty, so he asked for a thousand pieces of silk at a high ransom price.

Zhongxiang thought: "If you want thousands of silks, unless your uncle can do it. It's just delivered across the mountain, how can you send a letter?" Suddenly thought: "Wu Baoan is my confidant. I have never met him. Seeing his few lines of words, I strongly recommended him to Li Dudu and called him to be the manager. He will forgive me for my use of feelings. Fortunately, he was late, so it is not difficult. He should have arrived in Yaozhou at this time. Sincerely ask him Wouldn't it be convenient to attach a letter to Chang'an?" It was compiled into a book and sent directly to Bao'an.In the book, there are details of bitterness and Uro's price: "If I never see abandonment, I will tell my uncle that I will come to see the redemption early, and I can still survive. Otherwise, I will be a prisoner in life and a barbarian in death. Will I be patient forever?" Those who are solid are also the word for security.There is a poem attached to the book: "Jizi is still a slave in a foreign land, and Su Qing is trapped in the early years. Knowing the king's loyalty and compassion, I am willing to leave the conquest and learn from the ancient sages." Zhongxiang finished the book, and there happened to be Yaozhou The food officer was redeemed and released.Zhongxiang then handed over the book, watching others go, unable to fly himself, with thousands of arrows in his heart, and tears pouring down like rain.Exactly: Seeing him fly high, how can he get ahead in the cage?
Don't mention the matter of Guo Zhongxiang's barbarism.Let's say that Wu Baoan has served Li Dudu's post, which is known to be recommended by Guo Zhongxiang.His wife, Mrs. Zhang, and the newborn child lived in Suizhou. One master and one servant flew on the road and rushed to Yaozhou to take up their posts.Hearing the news of Li Dudu's death in battle, he was shocked, but he didn't know where Zhongxiang was alive, so he couldn't help but stay behind to inquire.It happened that the Xieliang officer was released from the barbarian land with Zhongxiang's letter. Wu Baoan opened it and read it, so miserable.So he wrote back a letter, in which he was allowed to redeem and stay at the grain relief officer's office, and asked him to watch it and send it to Manzhong to comfort Zhongxiang's heart.Busy with my luggage, I hoped to go to Chang'an.It is more than three thousand miles from Yaozhou to Chang'an, and Dongchuan is on the way. Bao'an does not go home, and he goes to Kyoto to see Mr. Guo Yuanzhen.Unexpectedly, Yuan Zhen passed away a month ago, and everyone in the family went back with their coffin.

Wu Baoan was so disappointed that he ran out of money, so he had to sell his servants and horses for future use.He returned to Suizhou, saw his wife and children, and burst into tears.Mrs. Zhang asked why, and the security guard told about Guo Zhongxiang's fall into Nanzhong. "Now I want to redeem him, because my family is powerless and makes him hang around in a poor village, how can I feel at ease?" After speaking, he cried again.Mrs. Zhang dissuaded him, saying: "As the saying goes, a clever daughter-in-law can't cook without rice porridge. You can't do what you want now, so you have no choice but to ask for it." Ba; now he entrusts his life to me at the moment of death and life, how can I bear it? If you don’t get Guo Hui, you swear that you will not be the only one!”

So he lost all his family's possessions, and it was estimated that he would get [-] bolts of silk.So he left his wife and children and wanted to go out for business.I was also afraid that there would be letters from Manzhong from time to time, so I only operated near Yaozhou, running day and night, east and west.Wearing shabby clothes and stuttering coarse grains, even if you have a penny or a millet, you don't dare to spend it recklessly, all of it is used to buy silk.One look at ten, and ten look at a hundred. When a hundred horses are filled, they will be deposited in the Yaozhou government treasury.In his sleep and dream, he only thought of the word "Guo Zhongxiang", even his wife was forgotten.After being away for ten years, I just gathered [-] bolts of silk, which is less than a thousand.It's exactly: leaving home for thousands of miles to chase the knife, just to get to know each other and feel good.Ten years of unpaid Mandong debt, I don't know when to comfort my heart?
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