Chapter 112 The truth of saving the country
The next day after Wu Haogu almost ate Pan Qiaolian into his mouth, on the north bank of the Huaihe River, along the official road north of the Yanhe River, there were thirty or forty riders. These people and horses were dressed as dusty merchants, carrying straight bows and arrows, and their faces were thick, which seemed to be caused by rushing on the road regardless of hard work.
And among the thirty or forty riders, the first one, if Wu Haogu and Pan Qiaolian saw him, would definitely be shocked.
It turns out that this gentleman is Pan Qiaolian's legitimate brother, Dongweng, who is in the Pan family's gold, silver and silk shop, and is the official of Bingyilang. In the Japanese army, there is also a commander-in-chief Pan, and a great official!
He was always pampered and would fall down when riding a horse, but now he is suffering so much. He rode his horse all the way, his fair face was tanned and a little bit cracked by the wind.
However, his equestrian skills have obviously improved a lot. He sat steadily on the horse temple, controlling the reins with one hand, and seemed at ease.
It seems that he was riding horses all the way and finally got his hands done.
"Commander," a middle-aged man who looked quite strong, rode his horse to the side of President Pan and said loudly, "There is a hotel ahead, but you have to go in and rest for a day?"
Upon hearing this, Mr. Pan glared at him on the back of the horse and cursed: "My thief, let's not take a break! If I stop my uncle from being the one, I will see if I don't send you to beat the Western thief!"
The person who spoke was Chen Xizhen, who was also a miscellaneous military official of the Imperial Guard. He had good skills. He had been with Pan Xiao'an for ten years. This was the first time he saw Pan Xiao'an, a young man, how could he endure hardship?
For ten days, people didn't take off their clothes, horses didn't take off their saddles, and they fought for their lives... This spirit was comparable to Pan Mei, the ancestor of the Pan family.
However, it is normal for Pan Xiao'an to be so hard-working, because his sister Pan Qiaolian was attracted by Duan Zhao Ji. She had already asked for the ancient painting of Wu Hao's "Photo of Pan Qiaolian" and copied it all day long. More than ten days ago, she also proposed to meet Pan Qiaolian...
This is probably because he is attracted by Pan Qiaolian and wants to marry her to become the official concubine. Pan Qiaolian has the identity of her, so she can only become the official concubine when she enters the Duan Palace!
I will be the queen in the future!
Now Pan Xiao'an can no longer sit still. His girl is with Wu Haogu's little face. If Wu Haogu is letting him sleep... the queen will be gone!
So Pan Xiao'an summoned his confidant that night and left Kaifeng Mansion the next day. He went day and night to break up the couple...
If you don’t have to enter the restaurant, you still have to eat food and the horses have to feed them, otherwise you won’t have the energy to continue rushing.
"Let's rest here, eat some food, and feed the horses too." Pan Xiao'an pulled the reins, stopped the horse under his crotch, then turned over, and threw the reins to Chen Xizhen.
"Chen Dalang, go and tell my brothers that when he arrives in Haizhou, he will control me. Whoever dares to talk too much? When you return to Kaifeng Mansion, you will beat me up with the Western thieves!"
"Here!" Chen Xizhen answered loudly, but then thought that something was wrong and asked again, "Command, what are you going to let your brothers say?"
"It's true that the matter between Shiba and Duan Wang!" Pan Xiaoan gritted his teeth, "Don't say a word!"
"Oh." Chen Xi really thought about it, "But what if someone asks, what should I say?"
Pan Xiao'an was right when he thought about it. His girl was very fierce and a bit rebellious. In her opinion, she was just like that - she and Wu Haogu are not very poor couples. They have money and are tough in the backstage. What's wrong with life like a fairy couple? Why bother to dive into the Song Dynasty Palace, which doesn't even spit out bones?
However, for Pan Xiao'an, if his girl becomes the queen, he will become the uncle in one step! His official position will soon jump from the eighth-rank Bingyilang to the fourth-rank governor, and he will become older than Wang Shu. He will be able to obtain official position with his sons.
His room will be prosperous in the future!
So it's up to him, and he is determined to win!
He thought for a moment and said sternly: "Just say someone in the mansion is chewing! Don't say anything else, do you understand?"
"I know, I'll go and give me instructions." Chen Xizhen responded repeatedly and turned around.
Pan Xiao'an breathed a sigh of relief and felt that the bones all over his body were hurting. He suffered a lot along the way. Now it depends on whether the girl Jin Ping'er's work is effective.
If the Wu surnamed Pan Qiaolian slept and then slept with rice, then everything would be yellow!
No, I can't wait any longer.
This kind of dry firewood is a little more dangerous if you wait for one more night!
Thinking of this, Pan Xiao'an took out the dry food and ate it a few sips, drank some cold water, and stood up and shouted, "Brothers, get up, keep on going. We must go to Panjiazhuang, Haizhou tonight! I will be rewarded with a lot!"
"Here!"
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"Brother Ma, are Confucian scholars like you who are very good at learning?"
Wu Haogu didn't expect that the green clouds were gathering on his head at this time. He was watching the sea with Ma Zhi, Mi Youren, and Ximen Qing on Tingtao Xuan in Panjia Manor, tasting tea and exploring life ideals.
Although I have known Ma Zhi for a short time, Wu Haogu has admired this "Second Brother Ma".
They are talented people!
He is both literary and martial, and has a lot of strategy.
Although he is a clown in history books, he made great efforts to destroy the Liao Dynasty, and Yan Yun was basically recovered by him. If the Song army had not had the poor combat effectiveness, the Song Dynasty would have fulfilled its ambition for more than 160 years with him!
Moreover, Wu Haogu also knew that in the end of the Liao Dynasty, there was a radiant Confucian scholar - Dashi Linya and Yelu Dashi!
A horse art subverted the beautiful country of the Great Liao Dynasty, and a Dashi also developed the Western Liao Empire that dominated Central Asia with the remnants of Khitan Army, and defeated the Seljuk Turkic Empire, which was at its peak in the West!
Among these two characters alone, how many people can compare among the Confucian scholars of the Northern Song Dynasty in the same era?
Judging from the later souls of Wu Haogu, this is the success of Confucian education in the Northern Dynasties and the failure of Confucianism in the Song Dynasty!
You should know that the number of Song Confucians is a hundred times that of Liao Confucians. If one could produce 100 Yelu Dashi and one hundred horses, how could there be a shame of Jingkang?
So Wu Haogu asked about what books Ma Zhi read?
"Learn the Six Arts, learn the Six Arts of a Gentleman." Ma Zhi asked with a smile, "Dalang and Xiao Yi are both scholars, should you know the Six Arts of a Gentleman?"
"The Six Arts of Gentleman" Wu Haogu, of course, knows that it is six skills such as "ritual", "music", "shooting", "logging", "book", and "numbering".
The "ritual" in it does not mean entirely the meaning of etiquette, but also includes the contents of system, law and military. For example, the "military ritual" in the "Five Etiquette" talks about military rules.
"Shooting" and "Yu" are also related to military affairs, one is archery, and the other is driving a car and chariot war - now there is no chariot war, so naturally there is riding a horse and chariot war.
In other words, a considerable part of the six arts of gentlemen is very practical military knowledge. The art of "number" and "book" are basically practical learning.
If we use later generations, "Liao Confucianism" like Ma Zhi mainly studied practical learning, while Song Confucianism of the same period paid too much attention to moral articles and despised the knowledge of doing things and fighting.
Of course, Song Ru's emphasis on articles was mainly deliberately guided by the officials of the Song Dynasty!
People like Ma Zhi and Yelu Dashi are powerful, but they are really dangerous. One of them has a joint Jin to destroy Liao, and the other also kills the generals and seizes the army to open up the Western Liao Dynasty. In fact, they are not good people...
Ma Zhi then said, "When Dalang went north to Yanyun, how about a visit to Yanshan Academy where he had been studying for more than ten years?"
"Okay, one word is certain!"
Wu Haogu vaguely felt that he would soon find the "truth of saving the country". Just as he was about to inquire about Yanshan Academy further, Guo Jing's shout suddenly came.
Chapter completed!