After Mi Huang returned to Beijing, he never saw Sima Yue because he fell ill.

He didn't know what caused the illness, and Mi Huang didn't dare to guess. Anyway, Situ's health had not been good in the past two years and was getting worse. It was normal to be sick.

But the rumors spreading wildly made him unable to help but speculate.

When I thought about it in the end, I just sighed.

He couldn't help but recall the scene seven years ago.

At that time, he was just a supervisor, supervising and training the first troops for Sikong, and Shao Xun was just a senior officer.

Seven years have passed, and the world has been turbulent and dizzying.

What has happened in these seven years may be even more shocking than in the past twenty or thirty years.

It's as if something suddenly sped up, making people extremely uncomfortable, and then they subconsciously wanted to do something, but the results got worse and worse, and finally reached the point where they are today.

"Is the Jin Dynasty going to die?" Mi Huang sighed helplessly.

Well, in fact, he is not that concerned about the demise of the Jin Dynasty. He just wants to change someone to be the emperor. But he is more concerned about his benefactor. After all, he is a member of the Sima family. How can the eggs be intact when the nest is overthrown?

?

Shao Xun should not care much about the Sima family, unless it is a woman named Sima...

Mi Huang grinned, looking very ugly.

"Grandpa." Mi Zhi walked over and saluted.

Mi Huang looked at his eldest son and saw that there were more than twenty people outside the door.

Some came from Hongnong and were old subordinates he met when he was the prefect of Hongnong.

Some of them were from Luoyang, small officers who defected after the Forbidden Army was purged.

There are also a group of people who came from their hometown in Donghai, the backbone of the family tribe.

"Go and go back to Songshan." Mi Huang waved his hand and said, "There are refugees everywhere now. It's easy for you to make a living."

"Thankfully, I listened to the advice and planted wheat last autumn." Mi Zhi said with emotion: "If it rains this autumn, I have to plant it to avoid next year's locust plague."

"You have an idea. I'm very pleased. Go ahead. Don't go back to Luoyang if you have nothing to do. Practice your skills as a banker." Mi Huang waved his hand and said.

"Yes." Mi Zhi bowed and left with his subordinates.

There are more than 1,300 households in Songshan Wubao, which can produce 2,000 young people.

It was not easy for them to farm and practice in the mountains and cope with the current situation.

But where is it easy nowadays?

No matter how hard it is in the mountains, it is still safer than Luoyang.

Furthermore, when Luoyang fell into a war, Songshanwu could also be used as a garrison point for Shao Xun.

Yes, it is for Shao Xun.

Mi Huang had despaired of the Forbidden Army.

The Forbidden Army, which had gone through the Great Purge, no longer had the strength to actively attack the Xiongnu, and could only defend around Luoyang.

Even if they were to fight the Xiongnu in the field, they would definitely be fighting against the city, and it would be impossible to go on an expedition.

He once talked freely about military affairs with Shao Xun.

Shao Xun believes that the first-class army can attack deep into the enemy's territory, the second-class army can attack within one's own territory, the third-class army can defend the city within the enemy's territory, and the third-class army can only defend within one's own territory.

The most inferior army.

Offense and defense have completely different requirements for the quality of the army.

Today's Forbidden Army is probably between the third and fourth levels, and they are deteriorating a bit quickly.

From now on, they will most likely have to be passively beaten and defend the city.

And the situation in Luoyang will definitely be unsustainable until the end.

It’s difficult.

****

Mi Huang stayed in Beijing until mid-June before receiving permission to see Situ.

On June 16, he hurried to Situ Mansion.

"See you, Princess." When he saw Mr. Pei, Mi Huang bowed and saluted.

Concubine Pei returned the gift, and then said softly: "Don't worry, Zihui. Wang Taiwei, Pan and Liu are all here. Just be careful what you say."

"Thank you, Princess, for the tip."

Concubine Pei drifted away.

Mi Huang sighed.

After learning that Situ was seriously ill, the princess took the prince back to the capital and took care of him personally.

Mi Huang didn't know what to say.

After walking quietly to the bedroom, he saw Sima Yue half-leaning on the couch with a desolate expression, quietly listening to Wang Yan's words.

Mi Huang glanced quietly and almost shed tears.

Situ was already emaciated, and after a serious illness, he became so thin that his cheekbones protruded.

His eyes were also a little cloudy and no longer as bright as before.

It seems that the cessation of Luoshui River had a huge impact on him.

"Situ." Mi Huang saluted.

Sima Yue turned his head and looked at Mi Huang, his eyes flickering and very complicated.

"Sit down." Sima Yue weakly raised his hand and said.

Mi Huang sat down, lowered his head and said nothing.

Wang Yan continued to speak: "The theory of prophecies flourished in the Later Han Dynasty. At that time, the Five Classics could not be revised. In order to advance, Confucian scholars continued to modify the scriptures, and the theories of gods and ghosts were constantly introduced. There were many believers, but there were also many mythical theories."

"Yifu is saying that the prophecies were created by Confucian scholars interpreting scriptures. Isn't that credible?" Sima Yue asked.

Wang Yan stroked his beard and did not answer the question directly. He just said: "In the early Han Dynasty, there were nine chapters of "He Tu" and six chapters of "Luo Shu", which are texts from the Yellow Emperor to King Wen of Zhou Dynasty. There are also thirty chapters.

, from the beginning to Confucius, the Nine Sages have been added to expand its meaning. For example, "Hetu Chifu Fu", "Hetu Di Lanxi", "Luoshu Zhen Yaodu", "Luoshu Excerpts"

Pi", "Confucius Heluo Prophecy", etc."

"These prophecies and scriptures from the Han Dynasty were actually left behind by the previous dynasties. Over the past thousand years, countless people have handled prophecies and scriptures, and they all had their own purposes. There were many people with ulterior motives who wrote prophecies and scriptures indiscriminately in order to achieve ulterior motives."

Speaking of which, he gave several examples.

Sima Yue listened very intently, and his solemn expression became slightly relieved.

Wang Yan had been quietly observing Sima Yue's expression, and upon seeing this, he gradually felt at ease.

He did not completely deny the theory of prophecy and wei, but first started with the large number of prophecy and wei books, pointing out that the content of prophecy and wei books was very complex, and that people in all dynasties had added private information, and even contradicted each other as they evolved.

This is a classic rhetorical device. Even if 99.9% of the content of a book is correct, as long as 0.1% is problematic, then you can use this point to hunt down, confuse the public, completely deny the book, and give

People create a fixed impression.

Sima Yue was obviously hooked.

"After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed hundreds of schools of thought and only respected Confucianism, Confucian classics became an official school. However, the affairs of the world are all-encompassing, so how can the classics from hundreds of years ago cover everything? Therefore, Confucian scholars used prophecies to elaborate on the classics to prevent others from criticizing the Confucian classics.

The perfect 'warp' can only be perfected by the 'weft'." Wang Yan added.

"In the late Han Dynasty, in order to usurp power, Wang Mang concocted a large number of prophecies. At that time, the theory of prophecies was extremely widespread. Wang Mang not only did not ban it, but condoned and even rewarded it. However, after Wang Mang usurped the throne, he immediately ordered a ban on prophecies, which can be seen from this.

"

Sima Yue nodded slightly after hearing this.

Mi Huang couldn't help but nodded. He felt that he was almost convinced.

"Every servant who heard about the wise kings dismissed the theory of prophecy." Wang Yan observed the words and continued: "Guangwu of the Han Dynasty once issued a prophecy to the world to shape the prophecy and curb its development."

"Emperor Wu of the Wei Dynasty once banned internal learning and destroyed the theory of prophecy."

"The Emperor Wu of the country also banned the study of star energy and prophecy."

"Therefore, it is not credible to say so. Don't worry, Situ."

Wang Mang once madly concocted the theory of prophecy in order to ascend to power, and immediately issued an edict to ban it after he ascended to power.

After Liu Xiu brought peace to the world, he promulgated the Prophecy in the first year of the Zhongyuan Dynasty (56 AD), which actually stipulated the format of prophecies. The final interpretation right belongs to the official version. In fact, it was to curb the development of prophecies.

However, this official behavior also made prophecy and wei become a prominent theory. By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the prophecy and wei theory was very prosperous, and Confucian scholars also used it extensively, even to the point where longitude and latitude were indistinguishable.

Even though suppression began in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, this theory had already taken root and could not be suppressed in a short period of time. At this time, it was still one of the must-learn subjects for the children of wealthy families.

Wang Yan has said so much, and seems to not believe in prophecies, but if you ask him why he is always at home alone studying prophecies and even fortune-telling?

"What Yi Fu said seems to make some sense." Sima Yue's face looked much better. Then he looked at Pan Tao and Liu Yu and asked, "What do you two think?"
To be continued...