第一章 盛世(五)
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在李旭的记忆里,已经根本不记得哥哥的模样。开皇十八年他才两岁,据娘说终日骑在哥哥的脖颈上看过兵。后来哥哥也被征入伍,再后来,记忆里只剩下了父亲的叹息和母亲的眼泪…….
县学的杨老夫在李旭眼里总是那么睿智。当他喃喃地说出自己准备辞学,替父亲跑塞外行商时,杨老夫子立刻惊叫道:“难道又要打仗了么?你连书都顾不得读?”
“先生,父命,父命难违!”李旭登时面红过耳,低着头,声音细若蚊蚋。
“也难怪,也难怪,你在家中已是独子。而令尊年近五十,若让你去做辽东枯骨,你们李家就得断了香火。唉,只可惜你一笔文章,我本来给几个旧友写了信,准备在来年明经试后,叫他们照看一二的!”杨老夫子的话语里没有任何责怪之意,只是带着股说不出的惋惜。
“多谢先生抬爱,弟子虽然福薄,这份恩情,却永不敢忘!”李旭俯下身去,长揖及地。求学这几年来,杨夫子对他颇为看顾,人后小灶不知开了多少回。从经、算诸学到诗歌策论,几乎是倾囊相受。甚至连当年追随越公杨素南征时于军旅中写下的笔记,都不禁止他这个挂名弟子翻阅。只是以李旭的年龄和见识,背诵起来可以做到滚瓜烂熟,真正理解,却十中不及一二。
杨老夫子摆了摆手,回以一声长叹。“罢了,你爹这么做,自有他的有道理。此番东征,有败无胜。升斗小民看得出,可朝廷诸公,却做了睁眼瞎子!”
“弟子受教多年,无以为报。这几坛淡酒,不值一醉!”李旭叹了口气,指着放于院外的几坛老酒说道。东征成败,与他已经无关。今日之后,他就不再算良家子弟,按汉代以来的规矩,商乃贱业,像东征这等国家大事,商人是没有资格议论的。此后,杨老夫子的家门,非有事相求,他也不能再像原来那样随便来访。否则,即便杨家老小不赶他出门,其他饱学鸿儒也要嘲笑杨老夫子交游不甚,自甘于商人为伍。
杨老夫子对于这个赖上门来,又主动请辞的弟子,向来觉得投缘。他半生沉浮,见得风浪颇多,到老时心里也没那么多羁绊。笑了笑,说道:“人家说行商是贱业,为师从来没这么看。人之贵贱在乎于心,其心贵,虽为贩夫走卒,难掩浩然之气。其心贱,纵立身于庙堂之上,亦是卑鄙龌龊,臭名远播。你的表字为我所赐,自然是我名下弟子。一日为师,终生为师。无论将来为商为盗,师门终是向你敞开!”
“多谢师父指点!”李旭撩起长衣下摆,拜了下去。自幼读的是圣贤书,各行各业的高低贵贱早已如铭文一样刻在了他的心里。所以自从昨晚得知自己难脱行商命运来,李旭一直为此耿耿于怀。杨老夫子的一句话,等同于在他头顶上开了一扇窗。让他在突然变得灰蒙蒙的天空中,瞬间看到了阳光的颜色。
“你起来吧,为师授业多年,弟子之中,你天分不算高,但胜在性子耿直,心地淳厚。”杨老夫子阅人多年,岂又听不出李旭话语中的不甘。有心再指点此子一次,语重心长地说道:“恐怕你将来吃亏,也要吃在这耿直与淳厚上!须知人生充满变数,是非善恶,俱不在表面。眼中看到的未必是事实,亲耳听到的,也未必是真相!”
看了看李旭茫然的脸,老夫子知道自己此刻说这些话,为时尚嫌太早。虽然穷人的孩子早当家,可李旭毕竟才十四岁,有些话他根本听不懂。有些话即使他能听明白,没有相应的人生波折,他也无法领悟到其中真谛。
人生就像一坛子酒,经历过岁月的酝酿,才能酿出其中甘冽味道。少年人就如一坛新焙,即便再是精粮所凝,甘泉所制,依然要带着几分摆不脱的青涩。
“弟子日后若有所得,必登门来求教!”李旭亦是心思剔透之人,笑了笑,脸上带出了几分讪讪之色。
“若能来,则早来。过了明年,恐怕为师的安稳日子也到了头,该动一动了!”杨老夫微笑着摇头。
“师父难道要去远游么?还是应朝廷之聘?”李旭不解地追问,完全没看见杨夫子笑容里透出的淡淡苦涩。
“也是为师命中该有之数吧。毕竟我曾受人之恩!”杨老夫子继续摇头,终是不愿把话说明。
“那是,师父曾经教我,受人滴水之恩,必相报以涌泉!”李旭顺着夫子的话回答。
“此语未必尽对,但人生在世,心中羁绊几人挣得脱!”老夫子大笑几声,故意把话题岔到了他处,“不提,不提。尽人力,安天命而已。趁你今日还未出我门,咱师父先论一论东征胜败之道!”
“师父是考我么?”解脱了心结的李旭笑着问。他昨晚曾经听父亲说此番朝廷为了东征下足血本。现在已经开始筹备粮草、衣甲,明年春天征集举国青壮,冬天或者后年春天才正式开拔。以他的理解,这么大个国家,耗费两年的时间来准备一场战争,断然没有战败之理。但今天在夫子口中,听到的却是截然相反的论断。
“先生莫非不看好这次东征么?我听父亲说要明春征兵,后年出发。朝廷如此充分的准备,想必是谋定而后动,怎会奈何不得一个小小高丽?”按照平日师父所教,反复推敲了大隋与高丽之间的实力差距,李旭依然得出同样的结论。“我有备,攻其无防。我军械精良,兵多将广…….”
“打仗未必凭得是人多,天时,地利,人和,哪一点能够忽视。此去辽东,天时在我么?此去辽东,地利在我么?此去辽东,表面是我大隋征讨高丽,以众击寡。实际上,靺鞨、契丹、室韦,还有辽东说不上名字来的数百部族,哪个不是与高丽唇亡齿寒。如此一来,人和又岂在我?”谈及军务,杨老夫子脸上颓废之色尽去,须发皆飞扬而起。
“可,可我大隋天朝上国,持戟何止百万!”李旭兀自强辩。虽然被迫做了逃兵,内心深处,他依然期待着大隋朝能横扫辽东,打出赫赫声威。作为一个在大隋朝长大的少年,有种荣誉感与生俱来。虽然,这个朝廷从来没给他予任何实际好处。
“持戟何须百万,如能指使如一,十万足以荡平辽东。大隋朝之危不在高丽,而在萧樯之内。一旦变生大军之后,恐怕,又是百万雄鬼不得还乡!”老夫子摇头,拍案。
临别在即,一老一小均知日后相见怕是不易。一个借着难得的好例子用心指点,一个借着最后的机会专心领会,感叹几声,大笑几声,不知不觉间,声音已经穿出了窗外。
“这老东西,前些日子就像霜打了的庄稼般。今儿个怎么又缓过了神!”窗外,杨师母纳闷道。
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