After hearing what Liu Bei said, Jian Yong clasped his fingers, considered for a moment, and couldn't help but click his tongue.
"Unless he rebels, it's really difficult for Cao Mengde to die."
"That's right, so he was just transferred from Luoyang Beibu Lieutenant to Dunqiu County Magistrate and continued to serve as an official. He earned a lot of fame in vain. It's useless even if Jian Shuo hates him so much that he can't beat four hands with two fists. It is impossible for him, a small Huang family, to want the eldest son of the Cao family to die."
After Liu Bei finished speaking, he paused, pondered for a moment, and then said: "And I always suspect that the Cao family should be behind this matter. Otherwise, why would a person from a eunuch family have trouble with eunuchs? This is not a relative. Are enemies happy?"
Jian Yong also followed suit. After thinking about it, he felt that what Liu Bei said made sense.
"Eunuchs have always been regarded as turbulent by the scholars. Not to mention the scholars, we commoners also hate eunuchs. The Cao family comes from a family of eunuchs, so there is no reason to attack eunuchs?"
"That's why I felt something was wrong."
Liu Bei lost another son and said in a low voice: "When this happened, I once thought that Cao Mengde was the light of the Han Dynasty and would bring new hope to the Han Dynasty. But at that time, there were many rich people on Fengshi Mountain talking about it. , I listened to some and felt that the water involved was very deep.”
When Jian Yong heard what Liu Bei said, he immediately became happy.
"How do you always say these funny words and phrases? The water is very deep... Haha, funny, funny, hahahahaha."
Seeing Jian Yong's overjoyed look, Liu Bei shook his head helplessly.
"Don't laugh, listen to me."
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, just say it."
Jian Yong sat upright, suppressing Liu Bei's counterattack, and waiting for Liu Bei's spiel.
In fact, this matter is simple if you say it is simple, and it is really complicated if you say it is complicated.
If it is true as some rumors say, then only the Cao family can do this, and other families may not be able to learn it.
Liu Bei continued his offensive while speaking slowly.
"At that time on Fengshi Mountain, I heard an acquaintance say that when Xiaohuan was in power, eunuchs and scholars were in serious conflict and criticized each other. There were not many eunuchs who could remain friendly with scholars at that time. Cao Teng was one of them. It is said that he served many emperors and never framed anyone, so even as a eunuch, his reputation among the scholars was not bad."
Jian Yong was slightly surprised when he heard this.
"It's not easy to be able to do this as a eunuch. How can ordinary eunuchs do this?"
Liu Bei nodded.
"Yeah, so it's not easy to say that Cao Teng. The legacy he left to the Cao family is very rich, which is enough for them to use today. I heard that Cao Mengde had contacts with Yuan Shao, a descendant of the Yuan family. If it weren't for this relationship, , I feel that Cao Cao cannot have enough connections with Yuan Shao no matter what."
Jian Yong thought for a while, nodded repeatedly, and cleverly defused Liu Bei's offensive with a few words, and then changed his offensive, threatening Liu Bei's home base.
"What you say makes sense. The Yuan family of Runan is a top-notch noble family. They are the fourth generation and the third Duke. They call themselves the surname of Zhong in the world. It is unreasonable to think that the Cao family can associate with them after they become eunuchs."
Liu Bei looked at the chessboard and hesitated for a while, then struggled for a while before placing another piece.
"I think the Cao family must have something planned, and that time Cao Cao beat Jian Shuo with a stick, it was more like a sign that the third generation of the Cao family had completely turned against the eunuchs. They wanted to whitewash their origins. "
Jian Yong seemed to have listened to a wonderful drama. With a look of surprise on his face, he dropped a ball and beat the drowned dog hard.
"Is it so tortuous? Is this an effort by three generations of one sect to work together to help the family escape from the turbid current and step into the clear stream? One sect, three generations, working together, is this... really possible?"
Liu Bei smiled and continued to struggle.
"Then I don't know. How could this kind of thing be known to outsiders? Maybe this is really just an accident. Is it really just Cao Cao who was filled with righteous indignation, young and passionate, and wanted to do something that shocked the world?"
Jian Yong blinked his eyes and continued to attack with an expressionless face.
"Are you trying to say that Cao Mengde really has a pure heart, rather than that his family is manipulating his actions behind the scenes?"
"Right? You don't believe it either, right? Of course I don't believe it either, but you can't say it's impossible. After all, I haven't seen Cao Mengde with my own eyes. His family is also a wealthy family for me, and I can't step on him. The threshold of home.”
Liu Bei fell down and smiled indifferently: "Of course, it doesn't matter to me. It doesn't matter whether the Cao family wants to clear their name or Cao Cao's personal behavior. What matters is that they let I understand something."
"whats the matter?"
"Even if a high-ranking official in the dynasty has a bad family background, it still requires the concerted efforts and careful planning of three generations to solve the problem of family background. The Han Dynasty has come to this day, and it is no longer the era when the commoner ministers were equal to the dynasty. A person has an adventure You may be able to become a high-ranking official, but you will definitely not get the attention of those high-ranking families.
As long as the Han Dynasty exists, people in the world have been artificially divided into three, six, and nine grades. Each grade is determined by family status, origin, and bloodline. Innateness is the key to determining whether a person can become a high official. Others are not important at all. If you come from a bad background, even if you are talented, it will be difficult for you to turn over.
Otherwise, Hongdu sect has trained so many prefects, governors, and ministers, but there are not many people who really pursue Hongdu sect, and they all want to promote talents, filial piety, and integrity. Why? Isn’t it just for face and status? Those who came from the Hongdu sect, no matter how high their official position was, were despised, but this was not the case for those who were filial and upright. "
After listening to Liu Bei's words, Jian Yong fell silent and did not even drop his chess pieces.
After a while, Jian Yong looked at Liu Bei.
"Xuande is right. This is the case in the Han Dynasty. If you are born in an ordinary family, it will be difficult to stand up. If you are born in a wealthy family, even an unlearned person can become a high official."
"Xianhe, do you accept your fate?"
Jian Yong did not look directly into Liu Bei's eyes, but nodded silently.
"If I admit it, what will happen if I don't? I am an incompetent bastard who was expelled from the family. No matter how much I refuse to admit my fate, what will happen? Fortunately, I met you Liu Xuande before. Otherwise, I really don't know how to make a living. Otherwise, I would have to do whatever I want. Following those refugees all the way south, they were killed by strongmen and tigers in those ravines, and died without a burial place, right?"
"You admit it, I didn't."
Liu Bei grinned: "Although I haven't been in Luoyang for a long time, I still learned one thing."
"What?"
Jian Yong pinched the black spot in his hand and looked at Liu Bei blankly.
"Power can change a lot of things."
Liu Bei pinched the white child in his hand and looked at Jian Yong: "Even the Yuan family, the fourth generation and the third Duke, still have to survive under the power. Xianhe, did you know that a branch of the Yuan family also entered the palace and became eunuchs."
"Is there still this matter?"
Jian Yong was shocked and asked hurriedly: "This is a huge scandal. Where did you know about it?"
"A lot of people know it, it's an open secret."
Liu Bei chuckled: "Although the Yuan family deliberately avoided this matter, the reason why they were able to escape the thunderous wrath of Emperor Xiaohuan back then was because they paid a lot of price, learned a lot of things, and their bodies became softer.
Under the control of the Party, not many scholars could still be leisurely and at ease. How did the Yuan family become the most powerful among them? It's nothing more than paying a price that ordinary people don't expect. Even so, not everyone can pay this.
Even if you are willing to pay, you may not be able to withstand the backlash. The Yuan family has a great business and has disciples and former officials all over the world. If the Yuan family is really disgraced, how many officials in the Han Dynasty will suffer? They are of the same spirit, and of course they cannot allow Yuan's reputation to be ruined. "
Jian Yong was silent for a while, then gradually came back to his senses and placed another piece on the chessboard.
"I never thought that the family of the Four Generations and Three Dukes would also suffer this humiliation."
"The higher your status, the heavier the price you have to pay if you want to achieve your goals."
Seeing hope, Liu Bei dropped a piece on the chessboard to reverse the situation: "And in order to maintain their noble status, they are often more willing to compromise than to fight to the end. This is another truth I learned in Luoyang City."
Jian Yong was stunned and suddenly found that the situation on the chessboard had changed a lot.
He hesitated for a long time before slowly settling down.
"The Yuan family is the most powerful surname in the world, and you have to pay such a heavy price. So Xuande, if you don't accept your fate, how much price are you going to pay to go against heaven?"
Liu Bei seized the opportunity and attacked fiercely.
"Life."
Jian Yong was stunned.
The sunspot in my hand couldn't fall down.
"Life?"
"I have nothing but one life."
Liu Bei smiled coldly: "Those people's big business involves many things and they don't dare to risk their lives, but I am someone who dares to risk my life. I have been poor since I was a child, and I got what I have today because of my life! Xianhe , you see it all, and you fight for your life with me."
Thinking of the past many years ago, Jian Yong sighed deeply and sighed.
"Having said that, weren't we beaten to death in the beginning? It's not easy to fight for our lives."
Liu Bei quickly fell down.
"The Han Dynasty was a dynasty founded by the poor. The Emperor Gaozu could even take off the Confucian scholar's hat and stomp on the ground. Who gave them the courage to dare to be superior just because they have read a few books? They have learned knowledge and skills but don't use them to benefit the world. Use it in fish and meat town!
They claim to have a monopoly on knowledge. Their own knowledge is knowledge, and other people's knowledge is not knowledge. They are extremely overbearing and bastards. Any one of these people can be punished! "
Hearing this, Jian Yong looked at Liu Bei with a stern expression, slightly surprised.
But he calmed down quickly, sighed, and made another move.
"Xuande, back then you told me that your ambition was to live a prosperous life one day. Now that you have achieved your ambition, do you have other ambitions? Or are you going to just go with the flow? Do you? An official, high and mighty?"
"If I were going to go with the flow, I wouldn't be saying this to you."
Liu Bei calmed down and said slowly: "Xianhe, just watch, the world is about to undergo drastic changes. When I was young, I just wanted to live a prosperous life and be able to eat barbecue every day, but after so many years, I have more ambitions to achieve.”
"What is it?"
"You'll know."
Liu Bei raised his lips, and the last piece fell, killing the chess game.
"Even if my opponent is the sky above my head, I will still beat the sky!"
