Because he was in a good mood, one day when he took Liu Bei to visit Yang Biao to discuss some matters with him, Lu Zhi teased Liu Bei about this matter.
"I have known you for several years, but you have never told me that you are good at five-character poems and seven-character poems, and can write such magnificent poems. Xuande, you surprise me. Do you know how many people have been asking for your help recently? A person who takes on a disciple as a master?"
Lu Zhi saw that Liu Bei liked him more and more, and felt that this disciple brought him more and more surprises and face.
Now many people see Lu Zhi and praise Liu Bei, and also praise Lu Zhi for his good teaching, and ask Lu Zhi if he has any further ideas of recruiting disciples.
Lu Zhi just laughed at this and waved his hands repeatedly, saying that he would concentrate on handling government affairs and serving the country, and would no longer accept apprentices.
Liu Bei is a closed disciple, there is no next one.
Any family with children who have not yet become a disciple will feel sorry for this.
Liu Bei also heard about this and thought it was funny.
"Teachers teach and students learn, but they must also reflect on themselves, improve themselves, and learn as much as possible. Teachers and students learn from teachers with the idea that they are better than their masters."
Lu Zhi turned to look at Liu Bei, then laughed up to the sky, patted Liu Bei's shoulder repeatedly, and nodded to praise Liu Bei's heroic ambition.
When he arrived at the door of Yang Biao's house, Lu Zhi called the door himself and opened the door, but the concierge said that Yang Biao was not at home.
Lu Zhi felt strange.
"We clearly made an appointment with Wen Xian, why isn't he here?"
"This... villain doesn't know..."
Lu Zhi suddenly felt very depressed.
When he went to the appointment this time, he thought the weather was nice, so he deliberately didn't take a car, so he walked over anyway. He was thinking about asking for a drink of water, but Yang Biao was not at home.
So he could only look at Liu Bei helplessly.
"If Yang Wenxian doesn't have a legitimate reason, I'm afraid he will owe a good meal."
Liu Bei could only smile and set out on his way home with Lu Zhi. Before leaving, he happened to look back and saw an apricot flower in Yang Biao's mansion sticking out of the courtyard wall, blooming beautifully.
Liu Bei rolled his eyes and suddenly had an interesting idea.
He whispered a few words to Lu Zhi. Lu Zhi's eyes lit up, he laughed loudly, and repeatedly praised Liu Bei for his talent.
So within a few days, a song called "Visiting Yang Wenxian Bu Yu" spread in Luoyang City.
The poem says, "You should take pity on the green moss on the teeth of the clogs. I have detained the Zhu family for a long time and haven't returned them. The garden is full of spring scenery and I can't close it. A branch of red apricot comes out of the wall."
Liu Bei made some changes to the poem, directly renaming it "Visiting Yang Wenxian Buyu".
The first two sentences don't matter, but the last two sentences are so interesting. They not only turn the invisible spring scenery into something tangible, but even have a bit of a playful meaning, which is talked about by people.
There is no dispute that such lively, interesting and even playful poems must be the works of Liu Xuande.
The hearts of the scholars in Luoyang who had been hurt by the boring and poor poems were finally nourished by Liu Xuande's masterpiece. They felt so wonderful that they felt like drinking Dukang. They praised it repeatedly and soon spread the poem throughout Luoyang.
When Yang Biao heard this poem in the government office, he suddenly realized that he had forgotten something important. He felt very guilty and hurried to see Lu Zhi, apologized to him, and expressed his apology by inviting him to his home again. .
Lu Zhi laughed and agreed.
Of course, this time I have to bring Liu Bei with me, and the two of them will attend Yang Biao's appointment together.
This time Yang Biao was not only at home, but also went out to wait in person.
After meeting Liu Bei, Yang Biao smiled and said: "Xuande's poem will let everyone in Luoyang know that I have neglected Ziqian. Maybe even future generations will know. Xuande, you are really talented." ."
Yang Biao said this with a smile, without any intention of blaming him.
So Liu Bei smiled and said: "Yang Gong is meant to be famous in history. I will make a footnote and add a little color. Later generations will definitely find it more interesting when they look at Yang Gong again."
"Hahahahaha!"
Yang Biao laughed and saw that Liu Bei was becoming more and more pleasing to his eyes, so he welcomed Lu Zhi and Liu Bei into the mansion. There were many good wines, good food, singing, dancing and maids, showing the style of the Yang family of three generations.
Liu Bei was very happy eating and drinking, and he ate everything without knowing it. Yang Biao laughed when he saw it, and asked someone to give Liu Bei another piece of food. Liu Bei ate it all again without any courtesy.
"Happy Xuande!"
Yang Biao thinks that the food in his house tastes excellent, and the guests agree with it and are overjoyed.
After three rounds of drinking, Yang Biao asked people to remove the empty plates, serve sweet drinks and fruits, turned the singing and dancing with meals into elegant music for digestion, and talked about what happened in the court.
"Cao Jie is ill. I heard that his illness is quite serious. He has not been to the Chancery for several days."
Lu Zhi picked up the drink and took a sip, shook his head and said: "The emperor actually regards eunuchs as ministers. We didn't expect it earlier. If we don't contribute to the country, who would want to live under eunuchs?"
"After all, the Shangshutai is not a formal official office. The emperor can do whatever he wants. However, the position is important and the authority is very heavy. What can we do?"
Yang Biao sighed, shook his head and said: "It can only be said that we are incompetent. We cannot help the emperor and uphold the principles of the government. We can only let the eunuchs do mischief. There is nothing we can do. Alas..."
Lu Zhi felt very helpless for a while and sighed repeatedly.
Liu Bei buried his head in eating fruit and did not interrupt the conversation between the bosses.
Things like eunuchs being in charge of government are of course very detrimental to scholars.
Not to mention that in the Eastern Han Dynasty after the implementation of party control, the situation of scholars was very unfavorable, and the situation of eunuchs in power became more and more serious. Now even relatives were involved in eunuchs. Seeing the complete imperial power of the trinity once again making its debut, I have to say that I don't feel panic. That is impossible.
Because of this political situation, previous efforts by the eunuchs to stir up disputes between modern and ancient literature were unsuccessful. Regardless of the school of modern literature or the school of ancient literature, without sufficient interests and in the face of the threat of complete imperial power, they were still able to carry out the Qing Dynasty. of.
Judging from the current situation, the eunuchs were powerful. Emperor Liu Hong trusted the eunuchs and opened a school in Hongdu to cultivate the literati forces of the royalist eunuchs. They served as county guards, county magistrates and other officials abroad, competing for power with the scholars and officials.
At the beginning, Hongdu Menxue was just a school established by Liu Hong to satisfy his literary taste. However, as it developed, it was controlled by the eunuchs. Now it has become a way for the eunuchs to cultivate their own party members.
Moreover, with the promotion of the eunuchs, Emperor Liu Hong also held the "Hongdu Sect Selection" from time to time, selecting people from the Hongdu Sect who were satisfied with the eunuchs to serve in official positions, which to a considerable extent affected the scholars' view of administrative positions and administration. monopoly of power.
Nowadays, the power of the scholars has indeed been severely compressed by the emperor. The greatest and final advantage that the scholars can grasp is the advantage of culture and public opinion. This is also the most unsolvable dead end, and it is the part that Liu Hong cannot shake.
By holding the power to interpret Confucian scholarship, the scholars would be in an invincible position. The emperor could only suppress them but could not completely tame the scholars. Once the people died, the government would inevitably cease.
Liu Hong has a reputation of being mediocre, but in Liu Bei's view, if these things were Liu Hong's own wishes, then he is definitely not mediocre. It's just that the Eastern Han Dynasty has accumulated a lot of troubles, and the accumulated shortcomings are too serious, and he has no way to make a comeback. .
However, based on the analysis of some current situations, Liu Bei is more inclined to believe that Liu Hong is really just a mascot and lookalike supported by the eunuchs. A series of methods to suppress scholars, including the second party ban, were not his original intention.
He was only thirteen years old at the time and had not yet received a complete education in imperial studies. He had not been emperor for long, and if he could see through the crisis of imperial power so quickly and choose to unite the eunuchs against his relatives, he would be truly a genius.
Ying Zheng was not that awesome when he was thirteen years old.
And some of the things he did later for pleasure also fully demonstrated that he did not possess any superb political skills at all, and it was more like being pushed forward.
Of course, Liu Hong did not have that ability, and the two Confucian scholars here who could represent the Modern Literature School and the Ancient Literature School to a certain extent obviously did not have the consciousness to revolutionize their own lives and bring new life to the Han Dynasty.
Loyalty, loyal to what?
Is it Liu Hong, the Han Dynasty, his status as a scholar, or his life of glory and wealth.
Liu Bei didn't know.
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