Sun Chuo doesn't have an official status now. Liu Yan sent 100 sergeants but didn't send officials. In terms of Chinese tradition, it's not how polite to treat Wang Xizhi, but now it's a reality that the situation is stronger than people, and it really can't tolerate more hypocrisy.
Kuaiji was incorporated into the territory of the Han Dynasty in the Western Han Dynasty. It has been the land of Wu and Yue for a long time. It has not been well developed. Wang wants to go out of Shanyin by water.
Due to the dense water network in the south of the Yangtze River, Kuaiji is a mountainous area. There are too many mountains, and because the roads are underdeveloped, it is really more convenient to go boating on waterways than by land.
Wang Shao selected more than 20 Wang's heroes. In addition to the most famous Wang Xizhi, the current Wang's second generation is selected, but all some talents are selected. The third generation is those who do the crown ceremony. Without the crown ceremony, they represent minors. According to the current saying, they are children, so they are not brought.
Shanyin is in the southeast of Yangzhou, which is near the sea. They go boating to Xiling, which is actually a town near the sea in the southeast of Yangzhou.
Before the demise of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Han army landed in the East and southeast of Yangzhou from the sea. Xiling established a harbor after the demise of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. When they came here, they wanted to take a boat and go by sea from the East China Sea to the estuary of the Yangtze River.
Not every one of the convenient water networks can sail boats, but there is absolutely no problem with boating. Wang's 20 or so people, together with sun Chuo and 100 Han Army sergeants, add up to more than 120 people, and the number of boats used has reached 17.
Seventeen boats sailing together is not enough to attract attention, but there are hundreds of sergeants in the team, so people have to pay attention.
"Those people..." Zhu Liang is a subsidiary of a small family in the south. He came to Jishan to collect medicinal materials: "are you from the Wang family?"
The style of writing in the south is very prosperous. It is not surprising that people wearing scholar robes appear. The demise of the small imperial court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty is only a matter of recent years. The social norms and habits formed for a long time will not disappear in a moment and a half. Of course, the taboo of the nine grade system has been preserved.
Zhu Lianghui thought that it was Wang's person at a glance, which had something to do with what kind of person should wear and what clothes were stipulated in the nine grade Zhongzheng system. The reason why he was surprised was that he saw the sergeant of the Han Army walking with members of the Wang family.
A good person guessed: "is it something that happened and was escorted out of the mountain?"
"Ha ha!" Zhu Liang didn't talk to people who didn't know anything, but said to himself, "the escort can be regarded as an escort. It's really blind."
There are many mountains in Kuaiji. Few flat lands can farm, but you always have to eat food alive. Then try your best to sort out acres of land where you can reclaim. It is not long after spring ploughing. There are many farmers taking care of the fields on the hillside and in the wilderness, mainly pulling out weeds and so on.
Because there are enough mountains and many places are uninhabited, nature can always have a lot of feedback. There are also a lot of teams picking herbs in the mountains while the flowers bloom in spring, which gives more people to the originally uninhabited mountains and forests.
The boating team goes downstream. The boatman holds a long bamboo pole and will row or support it from time to time, mainly to control the direction of boating.
"Good mountain, good water and good scenery." Sun Chuo originally wanted to brew poems. Seeing Wang Xizhi staring at the clear water, he thought Wang Xizhi was depressed, so he smiled and said, "Yi Shao, you can write a poem about this mountain and this water?"
Wang Xizhi didn't look up and said, "how are your Majesty's poems and Fu?"
"..." Sun Chuo was a stunned God, but he had to recall it carefully and smiled bitterly: "the king pays more attention to war than the beauty of poetry and Fu."
"The king fought again, but Hu Lu retreated and the Han family stood up again." Wang Xizhi was definitely not flattering. He looked up at Sun Chuo and said with a bitter smile, "the beauty of poetry and Fu is not enough to protect the family and defend the country. There is no way to resist the sharp blade."
"You can't do that." Sun Chuo was really afraid of Wang Xizhi's resentment. He was afraid of giving a moth when he met the king of Han. He nervously persuaded: "when the king of Han summoned, Yi Shao should know the importance."
"Xizhi has no resentment." Wang Xizhi said calmly, "just looking back, the style of writing in the south of the Yangtze River attaches great importance to the Central Plains. There are countless poets and Fu Writers, but they have gone into a misunderstanding."
Sun Chuo was stunned. He also had a similar reflection. He thought about what it would be like if he could recite poetry and Fu again. Didn't they become the loser because they couldn't settle the country with literature and settle the country with martial arts?
"I heard that science and education are not popular in the Central Plains. There are many people who don't agree with each other. Illiterate people are everywhere?" Wang Xizhi seems to be making a summary: "the Great Han Dynasty expelled the tartar prisoners and restored China. Lu Shen in the Central Plains has had a heavy Hu wind for decades. The king intends to recruit scholars in the south of the Yangtze River. He should pay equal attention to both civil and military affairs."
Sun Chuo didn't think so much. As soon as he heard Wang Xizhi's remarks, he immediately nodded: "the Central Plains has been occupied for a long time, and the culture is in the south of the Yangtze River."
That's really the case. The rebellion in Yongjia collapsed the Central Plains. After Hu Lu took advantage of the situation, there was a "journey south". Too many families fled to the south of the Yangtze River with a large number of ancient books. The families left in the central plains were plagued by Hu Lu again and again. The Central Plains was dominated by Hu Lu, and some cultures were indeed devastated by surprise.
The war to destroy Yan has started. Liu Yan has a sense of urgency. A nation can't forget force, but it can't worship force too much. When he wants to pay attention to cultural education, he finds that the culture of the Central Plains has really become barren, so he can only turn his eyes to the south of the Yangtze River.
Huanwen has been cleaning in the south. Fifty six out of ten aristocratic families have not survived, and most of those who have not been destroyed have been greatly weakened because of land redemption. Liu Yan is not sure about the attitude of those cultural people in the south towards himself. He can only summon those people with great reputation by name as a test.
Wang Xizhi was not the only one summoned this time. Many well-known people were among those summoned. If there were anyone who refused to be summoned, Huanwen would have to work again.
When Liu Yan arrived in Jiankang, sun Chuo happened to be there. Liu Yan went to the places of interest in Jiankang city and saw sun Chuo's poem. When he asked, he knew that sun Chuo was at the scene. When summoned, the two met.
What happened at that time was no longer important, but some dialogues made sun Chuo see hope. When Liu Yan wanted to summon Wang Xizhi, sun Chuo summoned great courage to take the job.
It takes more than 120 Li to get out of the mountain Yin to Xiling. Wang needs to make a show so that more people can see it. Of course, sun Chuo tries his best to help and stops all the way. Everyone who should know that Wang has been treated by the king of Han knows it.
No one will laugh at Wang's lack of reserve. Any family will never talk about face in the face of life and death and rise and fall. Wang desperately needed a tiger skin to stop the suffering of many families. There was no better tiger skin than the king of the Han Dynasty summoned Wang Xizhi.
"There is really a fleet waiting!" Wang Hui was no stranger to ships. Whether it was the traditional building ship system or the new hull of the Han Dynasty, he was surprised that sun Chuo was right. The king of the Han Dynasty really paid attention to Wang Xizhi. He turned to Wang Shao and said, "it would be great if the king could appreciate Yi Shao."
Wang's life is very difficult now, not only because the family's property and shops have been reduced too much, but also because of the influence of politics. They were the main force to resist the Han Army going south. If they failed, they must be liquidated. The official liquidation did not kill them all, but with the official liquidation, they would be bullied by civilian forces. The tiger fell flat and the sun was bullied by dogs.
There were only three ships sent by Liu Yan. The ships didn't look big. They were used to carry 100 accompanying sergeants. Sun Chuo came forward to discuss with others. Wang's members took one ship alone, and most sergeants were assigned to the other two.
Just as we were about to arrange to board the ship, there was news that there was a strong wind outside the East China Sea. I'm afraid we can't take another sea route.
The so-called strong winds are hurricanes formed at sea. Such things do happen at this time of the year, that is, hurricanes come earlier this year.
"I don't know how long the storm will last." Wang Shao looked worried: "although there is no fixed time limit for the king to summon, he can't let the king wait more."
Sun Chuo immediately looked at the accompanying Han army officers and asked, "sea is not feasible. Can we take land?"
The officer, a very young village chief, said indifferently, "we only shoulder the guard and do not interfere in how we go."
In fact, even if there are hurricanes, as long as they are not too big hurricanes, that is, waiting for more than three or two days, there are risks in maritime navigation under the storm, but the rain does not hinder it. Wang Shao proposed to take the land route to let more people know that Liu Yan sent someone to invite Wang Xizhi.
"Uncle, rest here and wait for the wind to leave." Wang Xizhi actually knew what Wang Shao was doing. He waited for Wang Shao to go to no one's place and said, "too much is better than too much."
Liu Yan not only summoned Wang Xizhi, but also famous poets, calligraphers and thinkers in the south.
Wang Xizhi knew that Wang needed to pull the tiger's skin, but he thought it was too obvious and bad, and it might disgust Liu Yanxin who knew later, which was unfavorable to Wang.
Some words didn't need to be so clear. Wang Shao immediately smiled bitterly: "it's my uncle's thoughtlessness.", He was more surprised by Wang Xizhi's change.
In the past, Wang Xizhi seldom got involved in anything. He mostly focused on calligraphy, which means "he doesn't hear things outside the window and reads only the books of sages". Now he has become more "human" and will at least consider for the family.
After waiting for seven days, sun Chuo was anxious. Wang Shao was also a little frightened. It was Wang Xizhi who found that the Han army was not in any hurry to persuade the anxious people.
Now, of course, no one will name the hurricane. The unknown hurricane did not land directly from Xiling. It just swept the periphery of Xiling and went to the Yangtze River Estuary. Xiling only rained for two days and would wait for seven days. Even if they went to sea, they had to enter the Yangtze River estuary.
After boarding, the three ships took two days to reach the estuary of the Yangtze River.
Looking at the two sides from the boat, we can see the mess after the hurricane. Many trees have been uprooted, and more of them are directly tilted. Many places are filled with rain to form depressions.
"The grain production of Yangzhou will be reduced again this year." When Wang Xizhi saw sun Chuo looking at him in amazement, he smiled and asked, "why does Xinggong look like this?"
Sun Chuo had to be amazed. When did these people really pay attention to farming? In addition to singing poetry and having fun, they were a series of banquets, or they got together to talk about current politics. It's strange that they were not surprised to see Wang Xizhi talking about grain production reduction sadly.
"Wang is no longer the Wang of yesterday. I have to go to the ground to produce in Shanyin." Wang Xizhi's "surplus" is a self deprecating self assertion of the literati. What he said is that the Wang family has no slaves. Many families have fallen into poverty and do not sell food. Of course, the children of the family have to farm by themselves: "only when there is income from work can we know what we have done in the past."
Sun Chuo has found that Wang Xizhi is different in recent days. It doesn't sound like Wang Xizhi's self pity and self love, but it's like a spiritual sublimation. I don't know why I feel some envy.
People with knowledge are great, but knowledge alone is not enough. Creating literary works can convey future generations and make more cultural heritage, but many literati... Especially those in the Wei and Jin Dynasties only use their own articles as a kind of catharsis. Their articles can be handed down to future generations, but in the contemporary era, especially in the Central Plains, they are rampant for Hu prisoners, and they are unable to recover the lost land, which really doesn't play a role.
After entering the Yangtze River waterway, two days later, the ship landed at the ferry in the west of Jiankang city. As soon as it landed, it immediately met an old acquaintance. Under greetings, it was learned that they were all summoned. At that time, there were all kinds of feelings.
But all those who can be famous in the south are the "top-grade" made by the nine grades, that is, the children of high school. No matter what the country is like, they always need good clothes and food and someone to serve them. Over time, some people are not affected much, but some people become very frustrated.
"Eh!?" Sun Chuo seemed to see something wonderful, made a move he shouldn't have done, and stretched out his hand to pull Wang Xizhi's sleeve: "this man... How is he Jiankang?"
Wang Xizhi looked over and saw a man wearing a gray Salmonella robe. He asked sun Chuo somewhat puzzled, "who is it?"
"A member of the Wei family of Changshan, he is a Buddhist in Yecheng." Sun Chuo said that the middle-aged monk dressed up as a monk, Shi Daoan, was puzzled and said, "Salmonella shouldn't come to join the fun?"
Salmonella may have developed rapidly when Shijie Zhao was the overlord of the Central Plains, but there was no way to develop after the rise of the Han state. Of course, the reason is that Hu Jin advocated killing all the Jin people in the central plains without being banned from preaching or being killed wantonly.
Wang Xizhi laughed it off and didn't pay attention to why Salmonella came. It seems that the scale is not small. He came back after leaving Jiankang for two years. The Jiankang he saw was still the same Jiankang. It seemed that there was no great change in the people he traveled with. He could find that there were no fresh clothes, angry horses and gorgeous cars.
When the Han army went south, Jiankang did not go through any bloody war. The city wall looked intact. Even if some buildings were damaged, they should be rebuilt or repaired after two years.
In the same place, because the banners of the Han army were inserted at the head of the city, Wang Xizhi had the illusion of being separated from the world.