One day in 139 BC, several shepherds drove their flock to Ganquan County in search of quality pastures and encountered a group of prisoners who were escorted to rest.
As he passed by, a bald-headed prisoner stared at the face of one of the sheep-herding teenagers intently, and then he said to the teenager: Little brother, you are poor now, and you should be able to become a nobleman and become a functional marquis in the future.
The young man in tattered clothes laughed when he heard this: "I am still a slave who herds sheep, what wealth can I have in the future?" ”
The bald man insisted, "I know how to look at people's faces, and you can't be wrong with your faces!" ”
The young man sighed and said, "I have been a slave in my life, and I can endure suffering and being poor, and the greatest enjoyment is not to be beaten and scolded. Fenghou, huh, what do you think? ”
Having said that, he drove the sheep on their way.
Speaking of the identities of the teenager and the few people who herded sheep together, he was the son of zheng ji of the main family, but he was just an illegitimate child.
Zheng Ji was a small official of the Marquis of Pingyang, and when he went to work, a servant of the Marquis of Pingyang, Wei Shi, secretly got along, and later gave birth to this child.
Zheng Ji has a wife and children in the family, Wei is a widow, she herself has a son and three daughters, this child is a little redundant at birth.
Zheng Ji was afraid of his wife at home and did not dare to take the child home, Wei Shi had the heart to raise this child, but his own children were enough for her to be a maid. Wei Raised this child to the age of 5 or 6, and there was really no way to support it, so he had to send the child to Zheng Ji's house.
Although Zheng Ji admitted his son, the wife of the family was jealous and hateful, although he could not drive this bastard away, but it would not make him feel better.
So let this child live with the next person in the family and follow the next person to herd sheep.
The Zheng family's half-siblings who were with him also treated him as a person, scolding and scolding him.
Sending people to the fence, how much suffering they have suffered is only clear to themselves. I am lucky to be alive, and what kind of wealth can I talk about?
After a few more years, Zheng Qing was fifteen or sixteen years old, and he really couldn't stand living like a slave in the Zheng family, so he left the Zheng family and found his own mother, Wei Shi, to find a way.
Wei Found his master Princess Pingyang, the princess let Zheng Qing come in for an interview, and when she saw that this young man was tall and handsome and handsome, she looked dignified, and immediately let him be his own riding slave - whenever the princess traveled, he rode with him.
Although he was still a slave, he was treated differently than being a slave in his own home. And in the end, the big family is well-informed, and he has also made several good friends with some status.
After two years as a riding slave, his good friend Gongsun Ao was introduced by Gongsun Ao and others and transferred to Jianzhang Palace as an errand boy.
And the situation of his mother's Wei family has slowly changed dramatically. His three older sisters were also married separately, the eldest sister was married to gongsun He, the prince of the prince, and Huo Zhongru, a minor official of the Pingyang Hou family, although she did not hold a ceremony, but lived together and had a little nephew; the third sister was selected into the palace by the singer of the Pingyang Hou family.
Zheng Qing remembered that he was a brother of the Zheng family, and he had no feelings for himself, so it was better to change his mother's surname and break off his family relationship with the Zheng family, so he said that his surname was Wei and took a table word of his own, called Zhongqing.
Therefore, the people in Jianzhang Palace called him Wei Qing.
The Jianzhang Palace, where Wei Qing was located, was the palace that Emperor Wudi of Han was able to cultivate in Shanglin Garden for his own hunting. At that time, Emperor Wudi of Han was also in his early 20s, and he was playing with a group of young people.
One day Wei Qing was working at Jianzhang Palace, and suddenly the emperor's aunt, Princess Guantao, now called Lord Dou, sent a group of people who couldn't help but say that they were bound to behead him inexplicably.
Fortunately, a few good friends Gongsun Ao and others gathered the knights and rushed to the rescue and took Wei Qing back.
How could Princess Guantao, who was high above, not get along with Wei Qing, who lived at the bottom? It turned out that Wei Qing's third sister Wei Zifu was related.
When Liu Che, the tenth son of Emperor Jingdi of Han, was able to become emperor, his aunt Princess Guantao, the sister of Emperor Jingdi of Han, did not contribute less, and one of the conditions in exchange was that Liu Che wanted to marry chen Ajiao, the woman of the princess.
After Liu Che became emperor, he was very kind to Chen Ajiao, but unfortunately Chen Ajiao did not have children for many years.
At this time, Wei Zifu, the singer given to him by Princess Pingyang, the sister of Emperor Wu of Han, had already given birth to a daughter to Emperor Wu of Han.
In the palace, Princess Tao's mother and daughter could not clean up Wei Zifu, so they came up with a stupid way to retaliate against Wei Zifu outside the palace - to kill her brother Wei Qing.
I didn't expect this to complete Wei Qing.
Several young people in Jianzhang Palace reported the fact that Guan Tao Gong had killed Wei Qing, and at that time Emperor Wu of Han was favoring Wei Zifu and was furious.
He summoned Wei Qing and promoted him to the position of Jianzhang Supervisor in person.
Soon Emperor Wu of Han made Wei Zifu his wife, and Wei Qing was also promoted to the rank of Grand Master. Even Gongsun Ao, who rescued Wei Qing, was also invited to be specially rewarded and served as a doctor in the middle school.
Later, the Xiongnu invaded, and Emperor Wu of Han ordered Wei Qing to lead his troops to battle, and from then on Wei Qing began his own life.
In addition, after Wei Qing's sister Wei Zifu gave birth to three daughters to Emperor Wu of Han, she gave birth to the first son of Emperor Wu of Han, which made Emperor Wu of Han look at the Wei family even more differently.
In 115 BC, Princess Pingyang, who had lost her husband again, wanted to remarry. She asked who was the right person for herself? His men said that the only person who could match her was the great general Marquis Weiqing of Ping.
At that time, Wei Qing, who was only in his 20s, had already been given the title of Marquis, and his three sons were also given the title of Marquis, plus his nephew Huo Went ill.
Later, Wei Qing married Emperor Wu of Han's sister, princess Pingyang, who had been his former master.
Due to his experience of poverty as a child, although Wei Qing had made remarkable achievements in battle, he was low-key, benevolent, peaceful, and humble.
Sima Qian said: "The great general is benevolent and gives in, and he is gentle and self-flattering, but the world has not been praised." ”
Such a good man, why didn't people in society praise him at that time? "Gentle and self-flattering" means that as a great general, he never dared to oppose Emperor Wudi of Han and had a flattering attitude in front of Emperor Wudi of Han.
This is related to his childhood experience.
