Chapter 1027 Xiang Zhuang Sword Dance
Name…
age…
Relatives…
…
Although the form in hand felt a little strange, Pei Xiu still filled it out seriously, reviewed it carefully, and then handed it in.
The young clerk took the form, glanced at it, then seemed to pause for a moment, and then raised his head:
“Pei Xiu?”
“Huh? It’s me.”
“That Pei Xiu who was a backward leader in Hedong?”
Pei Xiu was startled and a little surprised when the other party asked him this question.
At the beginning, when he and his mother entered the Unmarried Camp, he thought that the other party was because of his reputation.
I don’t know what will happen next, it seems that I am overthinking it.
Because in the Weijuan camp, my mother and son did not receive any preferential treatment.
Grandma has to wash clothes, sew clothes, make fires to cook, and even sometimes her hands are too busy, so she has to go to the wounded barracks to boil medicine, deliver medicine, and take care of the wounded...
As for himself, he helped with the trivial matters in the army, maintained order in the shantytown, and sometimes organized refugees in a certain area to clean up the shantytown, etc.
There is no so-called excitement of people coming to ask for advice after hearing his name.
Fourteen-year-old Pei Xiu used to be able to chat with local celebrities without falling behind.
Now he can tell how many households there are and how many people live in the shantytown he is responsible for, and when the garbage in the shantytown should be cleaned up.
Months of being forced or semi-forced to work at the grassroots level made Pei Xiu not only become down-to-earth, but also very down-to-earth.
There is no other way, the Han army does not support idle people.
You can’t let Grandma earn enough food for two people by herself, right?
Food rations are already tight.
Refugees in shantytowns, apart from having to go out to work, basically have only half enough to eat.
Compared to refugees, the treatment in the Undetained Camp is already very good—if you work harder, you can even get salted fish and extra meals.
After months of hard work, Pei Xiu has almost accepted the reality that he is invisible to everyone.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, someone would suddenly mention his previous title.
For some reason, he felt excited for no reason, and then nodded sharply subconsciously:
“Yes, yes, it’s me, it’s me!”
The young scribe is not a famous person, but facing this "Hedong leader", he has arrogant self-confidence.
The reason is also very simple.
First, the big man is the winner.
Second, he was born in the Royal Academy of the Han Dynasty.
The young clerk's eyes stayed on Pei Xiu for a long time.
Pei Xiu couldn't help but look down at his body, thinking there was something wrong with him.
The clothes are a bit old, but still neat.
“Go this way and go all the way to the end. Do you see that house?”
Before Pei Xiu could see anything, the young scribe raised his hand and pointed him in a direction.
“Huh? Where?”
Pei Xiu looked in the direction he pointed and saw the guard at the end.
Then he subconsciously turned his head and looked in the other direction, which was the direction that others were walking.
He now somewhat understood why the young scribe in front of him looked at him that way just now.
Although he often had contact with the Han army these days, he was basically given some information or documents and asked to compile statistics.
Who is qualified to enter a heavily guarded place?
The sophisticated armor, shining weapons, and uncontrollable murderous aura made Pei Xiu a little trembling.
“I, this is me, I am Pei Xiu, I am...”
Pei Xiu is a fourteen-year-old boy after all.
He dared to stand up in front of the rebels, not only because of his momentary bravery, but also because of his mother.
Now that his mother is fine, he certainly doesn’t want to be hacked to death for no apparent reason.
If you don’t want to die, you don’t have the courage.
So facing the guards who seemed to faintly smell of blood and murderous intent, he was a little hesitant to move forward.
The guards were like wooden figures, motionless.
“It was the one who asked me to come over there.”
Still no movement.
“Well, then I’m going in?”
Pei Xiu pointed inside and asked cautiously.
He seemed to be unable to stand his mother-in-law, so someone finally glanced at him coldly.
Pei Xiu was so frightened that she quickly shut up, and then tentatively took a step forward.
The guard did not move.
He was like a frightened rabbit, he immediately lowered his head and trotted past.
As soon as I opened the door, I was greeted by a burst of noise.
“Has Dongcheng been drawn yet?”
"OK OK!"
“Bring it quickly! I’ve sent you.”
“Are Nancheng’s proportions wrong? Why don’t they match up? Take it and compare it again!”
…
The originally very spacious room had many tables and chairs inside, and a group of gentlemen were either sitting or standing, or simply lying on the tables, or even sitting directly on the ground.
Everyone's eyes were on the drawing in hand, and they were mumbling some weird words that Pei Xiu didn't understand.
In the inner room that was blocked by a screen, shouts could be heard from time to time, and then someone would run and bring in a large piece of paper.
Everyone was busy and didn't even bother to take a look at Pei Xiu who walked in through the door.
“Pei Langjun?”
A voice came from behind.
Pei Xiu quickly turned around and found that there was an inner door on the other side. A man in his twenties was standing at the door.
"it's me."
Pei Xiu stepped forward quickly and was about to salute.
“Pei Langjun, there is no need to be formal, please come with me.”
Young man wears narrow sleeves and long trousers, with a belt around his waist, and his waist is straight, showing a crisp and clean look.
He waved his hand, turned around and led Pei Xiu through a corridor to another room.
“Please sit down.”
Then he made Pei Xiu another cup of hot tea:
“Pei Langjun, please take a seat first. Mr. Shan is busy and won’t be here for a while.”
“Huh? Oh, okay, okay…”
Pei Xiu was still a little confused until the young man went out.
In other words, Pei Xiu has been confused from the beginning to now.
It seems that the other party's mountain leader wants to see him.
But who is the other party’s mountain chief?
Looks like he has a high status.
Why do you want to see yourself?
…
The room where Pei Xiu is located is smaller than the one outside, but it is also much larger than an ordinary room.
There is a huge map hanging on the wall opposite the door.
Pei Xiu did not take a closer look because he knew that the map must be a military secret and not accessible to ordinary people.
It was the sand table placed in the middle of the room that caught his attention.
Because he has never seen this thing before.
I looked at it curiously for a few times. It was high and low, ups and downs, and it was very strange.
But remembering the map on the wall and the things in this room that might be confidential, he forcibly took his eyes back from the sand table.
Just after I turned away, I couldn't help but feel curious.
Take another look, just take a look.
He quietly turned his head again, glanced at it, and then looked away.
Then…
The curiosity in my heart is even greater.
“That’s… that’s…”
Pei Xiu swallowed, looked at the quiet door, and finally couldn't help but look at the sand table. This time, she stretched her neck.
"this is not?"
Pei Xiu's eyes showed horror, "No wonder, no wonder, no wonder the Han army..."
As he spoke, he stretched his hand toward the sand table as if possessed, as if to confirm whether he was in a dream.
In this state, he did not hear the footsteps at the door.
“Does it look good?”
"nice!"
“Do you know where it is?”
“Hedong! Look, this must be a big river, this is the Huishui River...”
Pei Xiu, who was almost lying on the top, was frightened when he said this, and stood up in a panic.
Probably because of the panic on his face, as well as the small movement of subconsciously glancing at the sand table and then forcibly looking back, the visitor could tell what he was thinking:
"Don't panic. Just because you came here means that it's okay for you to look at these things."
Feng Jishi comforted Pei Xiu and sat down, and then he sat across from the sand table.
It took more than ten years of hard work to train students who are capable of drawing maps and making fine sand tables.
Even if Wei Guo knew that he had these two things in his army, so what?
Are they capable of learning secretly?
Given them ten years, can they train enough mapping students?
“Thank you…thank you…”
“My name is Feng Yong.”
Pei Xiu, who had just sat down, was shocked and quickly stood up again:
“Xiu has met the king.”
“No need to be polite, just sit down.”
The governor Feng, who was sitting opposite, signaled.
"Yes Yes."
This time, Pei Xiu didn't dare to be careless anymore, and sat down on his buttocks with some trepidation.
"The Difficulties of the Road to Shu" has just been published, and the world only thinks that it is a peerless article.
Who would have expected that when I read it more than ten years later, the words "wolves, jackals, and tigers, grinding their teeth to **** blood, and killing people like hemp" in the article turned out to be Feng's own narration.
Not to mention those clever words, cruelty, foresight, and unyielding retribution...
Looking at the entire Hedong, who dares to relax at all in front of the notorious Governor Feng?
Pei Xiu has a reputation as the "backward leader of Hedong", but he is just a young man, and I don't know how much of this reputation was brought about by the Pei family.
Seeing Pei Xiu's nervousness, Governor Feng smiled slightly and gestured to the sand table between the two of them:
"Like this?"
Pei Xiu could finally look at it openly again: "A little, a little curious."
“Just curious? Don’t like it?”
How could Pei Xiu dare to say he didn’t like it? He waved his hands repeatedly:
“No, no, Xiu has never seen such an exquisite thing.”
“Happy to see the hunter’s heart? Do you want to know how to make it? I’ll teach you!”
"Huh?" Pei Xiu's eyes were a little dull, "What?"
Governor Feng looked at Pei Xiu and said seriously: "I mean, you become my disciple and I will teach you how to draw maps."
As he spoke, he pointed to the huge and detailed map on the wall, "Anyone in the world who can make such a map is from my family."
"no…"
Pei Xiu was a little anxious.
Why doesn’t King Feng Gui speak human language?
No, what I mean is, why can’t I understand what King Feng Gui said?
If I like it, I have to become your disciple?
"Oh? No?" King Feng Gui narrowed his eyes slightly, "Maybe Pei Langjun has seen better maps than this one?"
impossible?
Even if you are the founder of Chinese cartography, there is no reason to come up with map drawing standards in your teens... right?
As a professional civil engineer, Feng Jishi naturally had some knowledge of cartography.
So of course he knew that Pei Xiu was called the father of Chinese scientific cartography by later generations, and the highest award in China's cartography circle was called the "Pei Xiu Award."
To commemorate his outstanding contributions, the United Nations Astronomical Organization named a crater on the front side of the moon "Peixiu Crater".
For those who have studied cartography, Pei Xiu is half the ancestor.
Now someone Feng traveled through time and actually captured the ancestor.
Then the teenage patriarch dismissed the map he drew?
Looking at King Feng Gui’s solemn expression, Pei Xiu felt pressured.
“No, no, no, no, Feng Junhou’s map is naturally the best, but show, show…”
“Oh, wouldn’t that be great? Since Mr. Pei Lang likes these sand tables and maps, and my maps are the best, then wouldn’t it make sense for Mr. Pei Lang to join me and learn from me?”
The solemnity on Governor Feng's face disappeared, and he regained his cheerfulness.
But for Pei Xiu, he felt that he had been struggling in confusion today.
I just looked at your map a few more times and what kind of sand table is there?
I want to learn this from you?
How can anyone make disciples like this?
Does anyone say anything?
He is not a son of man?
Pei Xiu refused in her heart, but when she saw the famous ghost king in front of her, he was looking at her meaningfully.
The words of rejection came to my lips and I swallowed them back.
The heavily guarded secret place, next door to where the map is being drawn, where military secrets are placed.
Wait a minute, did I watch too many things that I shouldn’t?
Pei Xiu reacted belatedly.
Governor Feng stood up:
"I won't force you, but you'd better think about this matter first. It will be of great benefit to you."
Tens of thousands of Huqi were massacred in the Jiuyuan area, as well as the wealthy families in Hedong who were bleeding like rivers.
It is enough to prove that Feng Jishi has grown into a decisive and decisive figure after so many years of fighting.
He is now in the hands of the military and political affairs, and there are many things waiting for him to make decisions. He does not have much time to waste words with a young man.
Before leaving, he left a message to Pei Xiu:
“Since you have decided to participate in the recommendation, you must have made a judgment on the current situation.”
"The world is turbulent, and today is very different from the past. The Han Dynasty and the pseudo-Wei Dynasty are in a fight to the death, and the methods of selecting officials are completely opposite."
"I know you are from a noble family, but you have to understand that the way a wealthy family used to behave will not work in the Han Dynasty. It is not an easy task to gain a foothold in the Han Dynasty."
"Not to mention, if I remember correctly, your lord is highly valued by Cao Rui and is now the minister of Wei?"
After the fall of Hedong, Xue Ti, who had only served as Wei Shangshu for less than a year, was urgently replaced by Pei Xiu's father Pei Qian for unknown reasons.
In the opinion of Governor Feng, it is possible that Cao Rui wanted to win over the people in Hedong, stabilize the people in Hedong, and prepare for the counterattack in Hedong.
With Pei Xiu’s talent, even if he doesn’t rely on himself, he might one day be able to make his mark.
But whether this day will be ten years from now, twenty years from now or even thirty years from now, it is uncertain.
The greater possibility is that because of Pei Qian's identity, Pei Xiu had no chance to stand out in the Han Dynasty.
Since Hedong is a place where aristocratic families gather, it will definitely be a key surveillance target of the Han Dynasty in the future.
Coupled with the fact that they were forced to surrender, the political status of the Hedong family in the Han Dynasty was inherently much lower than that of the Shu family.
Although the Shu family was suppressed during the Zhuge Lao Yao era, when Liu Bei entered Shu, at least a group of people had already lined up in advance.
Even the aristocratic families in Shu can't compare, let alone the Liangzhou wealthy families who support the Han Dynasty.
The Pei family wants to break the situation, and being a disciple of Feng Junhou is the best way.
Cangtou Qian Capital can suddenly become the leading arithmetic master in the Han Dynasty. Can the issue of Pei Xiu's identity still be considered a problem?
For Feng Jishi, historical feelings are one aspect of wanting to take Pei Xiu into his sect.
But this is not the most important thing, because he is now the founder of Chinese cartography on this historical line, so there is no need to be pretentious.
More importantly, he still considers the overall situation.
The conflict between Han and Wei has entered a fever pitch.
The conflict between the two countries is all-encompassing and never-ending.
A great man once said: "After the political line is determined, cadres are the decisive factor."
What Governor Feng is doing to Pei Xiu now is to discover and cultivate Han talents as quickly as possible.
No matter how Pei Xiu feels about Feng Jishi, these last words are enough to show his sincerity.
As for the third reason, that is:
The sticks on the Hedong family are finished, and now there should be a sweet jujube.
Pei Xiu came out to set an example, which could calm the panic of the Hedong family.
If possible, it is also a good thing to take out some more money and food from some people to help you survive this cold winter better.
This is a win-win, no, it should be called a win-win story.
As for why it must be Pei Xiu, of course it is because of Pei Qian, the minister of Wei, and the Pei family in Hedong - choose Han or Wei?
The emperor of the Han family was certainly magnanimous. As long as Feng Jishi dared to vouch for Pei Xiu, the little fat man would definitely dare to use Pei Xiu.
Let alone Pei Xiu, even the whole of Hedong could not affect the overall situation of the Han Dynasty.
But Wei is different.
After all, when Cao Rui's long-term illness caused him to lose energy, Shangshutai and Zhongshutai were the two centers for handling government affairs in Wei.
At the same time, it was also a means for Cao Rui to maintain the political balance of Wei.
Pei Xiu took the lead to defect to the Han and became a disciple of Feng Thief, which may not have been a big problem for Cao Rui in the past.
But with the current situation being fierce and he might die at any time, whether Cao Rui dares to continue to reuse Shangshu Ling Pei Qian and some of the Hedong aristocratic families behind him is a very critical question.
If you continue to reuse it, it may explode.
Adjusting personnel, from breaking the balance to restoring it, requires not only time, but also energy and courage.
What Cao Rui lacks most now is time and energy.
So this operation of King Feng Gui is very subtle, which can be said to be a huge move.
Killing two birds with one stone, taking into account both public and private matters, can be said to be worthy of the foresight and foresight of Feng Guiwang-Zhang Xiaosi’s personal teachings over the years, which must have contributed a lot.
The "Latter Leader of Hedong" naturally didn't know that King Feng Gui had dug so many big holes after just meeting him once.
So Pei Xiu came here in a daze, and then went back in a daze.
ˆPS:
The epidemic has recurred during this period, with signs of worsening, and updates may be unstable.
In addition, I received a booster injection a few days ago, and the reaction was stronger than the second injection. I fell asleep for more than ten hours after returning, and my arm hurt for three or four days.
The weather is getting colder, so everyone should pay more attention.
(End of this chapter)