With Sun Jian's recommendation, Liu Bei's meeting with Zhu Jun was accomplished easily without any twists and turns.
Regarding Liu Bei's visit, Zhu Jun showed great goodwill and joy.
He went out to greet Liu Bei in person, took his hand into the living room of his house, and poured wine for Liu Bei himself.
"Hahahahahaha, no matter what, I still have to thank Xuande for finding an official position for Wentai. I don't know how to repay this kindness."
Zhu Jun raised his glass to toast Liu Bei.
Sun Jian raised his wine glass with both hands to toast Liu Bei.
"Jian is grateful for the kindness you have received from me!"
Liu Bei laughed.
"Brother Wentai and I hit it off, and finding an official position is just a piece of cake. If you can help Wentai, of course it would be best. Wentai is a brave man, and he will definitely be able to get ahead even without me. I am just the icing on the cake. "
Liu Bei raised his glass and drank it in one gulp.
Zhu Jun and Sun Jian also drank it all.
After drinking, Sun Jian put down the glass in his hand, shook his head and sighed.
"What the Lord and Marquis did was obviously to provide help in times of need. I have been in Luoyang for some time. Except for the Lord and Marquis who are willing to get close to me, the others have no such idea. After all, I am from a humble family in Jiangdong, but I still can't get into their eyes. I tried several times to meet with the general, but I couldn't find a way."
This is true.
After Sun Jian arrived in Luoyang, he also wanted to seek connections on his own many times, so he prepared gifts and went to see General He Jin. However, General He Jin's worth increased sharply after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and many people without connections wanted to meet him. Flatter him.
To put it bluntly, when a dog has a large group of people waiting in line to be his dog, there are a lot of people with better family backgrounds than Sun Jian, including Sun Jian.
He Jin is indeed somewhat proud of himself at this stage.
After the Yellow Turban War was won, as the person mainly responsible for logistics, he was considered to have made great achievements. The position of this general was temporarily secure, so people began to come to fawn on him, hoping to rely on him to rise to the top.
In this case, Sun Jian, a soldier from a poor family in Jiangdong, really had no competitive advantage in front of him.
If Liu Bei hadn't helped, Sun Jian really didn't know how long it would have been before he could find an official position and gain a foothold in Luoyang.
This is what happened, but it cannot be said like this.
Liu Bei then slowly shook his head.
"Why belittle oneself in literary circles? Heroes don't care about their origins. I never think that one's origin can determine everything. Ten years ago, I was just a mat weaver and shoe seller. I also came from a poor family. How could I have thought at that time? What about today?"
Speaking of this, Zhu Jun and Sun Jian both applauded Liu Bei.
Zhu Jun had a good impression of Liu Bei, partly because he was from a poor family, and partly because Liu Bei was generous in drinking. After Liu Bei helped Sun Jian get a position, this favorable impression deepened a lot.
"Wentai, Xuande is right. Heroes do not care about their origins. When Emperor Gaozu founded the Han Dynasty, no one in the world thought that Emperor Gaozu could defeat Xiang Yu and win in the end. But the final winner was also Emperor Gaozu. Why should we belittle ourselves?"
Zhu Jun comforted Sun Jian.
Sun Jian smiled.
"What you are saying is that with the help of Junhou, Jian can finally establish a foothold in Luoyang. Next, he must fulfill his duties and live up to your and Junhou's expectations."
"Hahahaha, Wentai is so polite."
Liu Bei laughed for a while, then turned his attention to Zhu Jun: "Has Mr. Zhu heard of the folk songs sung by the people in Luoyang recently?"
Zhu Jun thought to himself that Liu Bei had said so much, but he got to the point. He chuckled, put down the wine glass in his hand, and said with a smile: "That's natural. This ballad is sung throughout Luoyang. It's very popular when you think about it." What’s in line with people’s hearts.”
"How can ordinary people who can't read a word have the ability to make up folk songs and spread them around?"
Liu Bei calmly pierced the obvious window paper and said with a smile: "From what I see, it's just some people who are afraid of the world being unstable. Seeing that the Han Dynasty is about to be stable, they are anxious and make up these ballads. Spend a little money to spread the word."
Of course Zhu Jun understood what was going on here, but Liu Bei's statement made him very interested.
"This ballad praises Duke Lu. As a disciple of Duke Lu, isn't Xuande happy?"
"Teacher's achievements are praised by the emperor. Why do those who are afraid of the world's chaos spread the praises? What's more, pacifying the rebellion of Taiping Dao thieves was the result of the concerted efforts of all the generals. Teacher has made great contributions, but he is not the only one who fought bloody battles. .
Zhu Gong also fought bloody battles, Wentai also fought bloody battles, General Huangfu also fought bloody battles, and the great general coordinated the four directions. These people only praised my teacher, but ignored other meritorious officials. They were clearly putting my teacher on the fire. Their intentions are sinister, do I still need to thank them? "
Liu Bei made his words very straightforward, and Sun Jian agreed.
"This situation is indeed abnormal. It is obvious that someone did this deliberately and deliberately made Lu Gong the target of public criticism. The intentions are sinister and must be guarded against."
"What Wentai said is absolutely true."
Before Zhu Jun could react, Liu Bei immediately took over the conversation and looked at Zhu Jun: "Such evil-intentioned people let people sing folk songs. This is just the first step. There will definitely be many more evil-intentioned things to target the teacher, as a disciple." , I must maintain the reputation of the teacher."
Zhu Jun looked at Sun Jian helplessly, sighed secretly, and after a while he calmed down and laughed.
"Xuande has seen clearly. In this case, there is no need for me to give any advice. I originally wanted to rely on my old age to show off, but now it seems that it is unnecessary. Xuande is so talented, Lu Gong must be very happy. In this case , I can rest assured that I can entrust the literary platform to Xuande for help."
Please entrust Sun Jian to my guidance and care?
As soon as these words came out, not to mention Liu Bei was stunned, Sun Jian himself was a little surprised.
"Mr. Zhu, what are you doing?"
"I just received the news from my hometown the day before yesterday that my old mother passed away from illness. I was very upset. I was preparing to ask the court for permission to return to my hometown to handle my mother's funeral affairs and to observe my filial piety..."
Zhu Jun lowered his head, his eyes showed sadness, and he lamented repeatedly.
"My old mother was worried about my expedition to Taiping Road and worried about my injury. She was worried every day and couldn't sleep peacefully. Then she fell ill. She was ill for a long time and could not be cured by medicine, so she left.
As a son of man, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both. Not being able to serve your mother when she is sick and not being able to see your mother for the last time is really unfilial. If you can't go back now, how can you be considered a son of man?
So no matter what happened in the court, I had to go back to take care of my mother's funeral affairs, observe my filial piety for another three years, and see my mother off for the last time. "
Ah this...
Liu Bei really didn't expect this.
Looking at Sun Jian's surprised look, it was obvious that Sun Jian didn't know about this either.
Zhu Jun wants to observe filial piety for his mother?
Is he leaving the political maelstrom of Luoyang?
Admittedly, this was not Zhu Jun's intention.
For Zhu Jun, this is certainly something he doesn't want to see.
But the occurrence of this incident did give Zhu Jun a blameless opportunity to escape from the whirlpool. No one would think that Zhu Jun was intentional because of this incident.
Therefore, in the fierce battle between the ancient literature school and the modern literature school, he can be safe and sound.
However, this is not Zhu Jun's deliberate goal of jumping out of the whirlpool of mutual support. On the contrary, Zhu Jun has obviously made a choice. He recommended Sun Jian, his younger brother from Jiangdong, to Liu Bei and asked Liu Bei to take care of him. This means a lot. It's obvious.
The Koto warriors favored the Ancient Literature School over the Modern Literature School. They saw the sluggishness of the Modern Literature School and saw the vigorous vitality within the Ancient Literature School.
He recognized that the ancient literature school could ultimately prevail over the modern literature school.
Liu Bei also wanted to confirm what Zhu Jun was thinking one last time.
"What Zhu Gong said is that Bei is afraid. Bei himself is not as good as the minister Zuo Cheng, so how can he support Wen Tai? Bei is a mediocre official, and he is afraid that he will fail Zhu Gong's trust!"
Zhu Jun smiled and looked at Liu Bei with a clear face.
"Xuande came to see me today. Why?"
Liu Bei immediately understood everything and smiled.
"Zhu Gong is so frank. Bei should obey his orders. When Zhu Gong is away, Brother Wentai's affairs are Bi's business. Wherever he can help, Bei will not refuse and will do his best."
(End of chapter)
