Liu Hong thought in silence for a while and seemed to have come up with his own answer.
After getting the answer, Liu Hong sighed and rubbed his temples.
"Why can't this world be more stable and let me live a peaceful and comfortable life for a few days? Xuande, Xuande, please come back soon. If you don't come back, I really can't stand it!"
Liu Bei grabbed Liu Bei's hand and let out a long sigh. He looked like a harried woman who longed for her husband to come home as soon as possible to comfort her when her husband was on a business trip.
So Liu Bei got goosebumps all over his body.
However, Liu Bei thought about Liu Hong's many evaluations of life, which were full of malice, extravagance, greed and love of money, ignorance, appointing treacherous people, selling out his official position, etc., etc., but he did not say that he liked masculinity.
Liu Hong probably still likes women.
Liu Bei felt relieved a little.
Fortunately, one of the ancestral problems of the old Liu family was not highlighted by Liu Hong, which is not bad.
After that, Liu Hong discussed with Liu Bei about selling salt to make money and getting the inheritance from Lu Zhi. He wished Liu Bei that he could complete the task when he came back this time, and then go back to Liangzhou to stabilize the situation as soon as possible, and then return to Luoyang to help him as soon as possible. Deal with difficult problems.
"If you can stabilize Liangzhou and successfully end your tenure as pastor of Liangzhou and return to Luoyang, I can make you the prime minister and assistant minister in an upright and honest manner, and let you take charge of the government. In this way, I can truly be assured of being the emperor of peace! Xuande, don't You have failed to live up to my expectations, hurry up!”
The resentful expression on Liu Hong's face really made Liu unbearable.
Liu Bei could feel that Liu Hong was not trying to spread the pie.
After he experienced the various benefits of his external brain, he never wanted to go back to the previous state, and he was extremely disgusted with the many complicated and unsatisfactory affairs now.
He only wants the benefits of the ending and does not want to bear the annoyance of the process.
He needs a loyal and capable person to solve all the intermediate processes for him, directly omit everything, put the last and most delicious piece of pie into his mouth and feed it to him, and then wipe his mouth thoughtfully.
For this reason, he didn't mind putting a whole piece of serious pie into Liu Bei's mouth and forcing him to eat it.
It’s impossible not to eat.
What else could Liu Bei say?
"Since I have the trust of Your Majesty, I will go through fire and water for Your Majesty, even if I die!"
After leaving the palace, on the way back, Zhang Rang talked to Liu Bei about the news about Luoyang collected by Dongyuan during the recent period, as well as some matters concerning the salt affairs of Sanfu Land. After the two exchanged some opinions, Zhang Jean talked about Yuan's affairs.
"I got news before that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu went to the battlefield. I thought it was quite strange. Children of the Yuan family, why do they want to go to the battlefield? Even if they lie down, they can live in fine clothing and food for the rest of their lives, so why bother to go to the battlefield?"
Liu Bei frowned.
"Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu went to the battlefield?"
"Well, I heard it was arranged by Yuan Wei."
Zhang Rang said slowly: "Not long after the news of your defeat of the Xianbei people came back, Yuan Wei contacted many people and spent a lot of money to arrange Yuan Shu to the position of Tiger General. After that, Yuan Shao He accepted He Jin's invitation and became an official of He Jin's general's mansion.
This time the two of them went to the battlefield. It was arranged by He Jin. After the battle, I heard that Yuan Shu was not very capable and that running away was faster than rushing into battle. However, Yuan Shao was somewhat capable. It was said that our army was able to draw a tie with the bandit army in the previous battle. The key hero, despite the defeat, rushed into battle and turned the tide of the war.
That is to say, the battle was not won. Your Majesty meant that the merits and demerits were equal to each other, but Yuan Shu was fine. Yuan Shao was very dissatisfied when he heard that, and Yuan Wei was not happy either. During this time, he was moving around and spent a lot of money, hoping to give Yuan Shao some help. It seems quite urgent to strive for a meritorious service and promotion. "
"The Yuan family was quite stable before. Why are you so anxious all of a sudden? Are you letting two of your disciples, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, go to the battlefield?"
Liu Bei asked with some confusion: "When something goes wrong, there must be a demon. Is there anything worthy of attention in Luoyang City recently?"
"If you want to say it, there is."
Zhang Rang smiled and said: "I can't say it has nothing to do with you. Just a few days ago, Zheng Xuan submitted his resignation letter. He wanted to resign from his position as doctor and minister, and was preparing to retire and return to his hometown. Your Majesty has already persuaded him to stay. Yesterday afternoon , Zheng Xuan went to the second memorial, and His Majesty is trying to persuade him to stay for the second time."
"What? Mr. Zheng wants to resign?"
Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses, connected the previous and previous news, and came to a rough conclusion.
"If I guessed correctly, the person who succeeded Duke Zheng as the leader of the Ancient Literature School should be my teacher, right?"
Zhang Rang nodded.
"It's easy to chat with a smart person. Yes, he is your teacher. According to the information I have received, the ancient literature school should be relatively supportive of this matter.
At present, almost half of the scholars in Luoyang City should know the news. They don't have much feeling about Lu Zhi succeeding Zheng Xuan. A small number of people are talking about it, which is not interesting. "
Liu Bei was silent for a while.
If you put it this way, everything will be explained.
Zheng Xuan was about to abdicate. He no longer wanted to stay in Luoyang City, so he recommended Lu Zhi to take over as the leader of the Ancient Literature School.
This decision undoubtedly gave Yuan a great stimulus.
As the top wealthy family of the Four Generations and Three Dukes, the Yuan family has the same status as Lu Zhi in the field of Confucianism, but they are still obsessed with the concept of origin. Although Lu Zhi's status is now equal to theirs, his background is not as good as that of the Yuan family.
The fourth and third sons of the Yuan family were of noble birth. They had a father, grandfather, and great-grandfather who were the third sons. They had lived in wealthy families for many generations, but Lu Zhi had never been the father of the third sons.
Yuan might accept being on an equal footing with Lu Zhi, but Yuan would never accept Lu Zhi’s leadership and become Lu Zhi’s subordinate in an academic sense.
It was enough to be the emperor's subordinate, how could he also be Lu Zhi's subordinate?
Therefore, Yuan must take action.
As for the reason why Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu started to take the military path, Liu Bei guessed that it had a greater relationship with him.
His military exploits were so dazzling and his status was so high that he had already surpassed Dong Zhuo. Yuan felt that it might not be feasible to rely solely on Dong Zhuo. Since there were no other military experts, Yuan had no choice but to do it on his own.
Yuan Shao was a concubine and Yuan Shu was the second son. Therefore, these two were chosen as the attackers for Yuan's military breakthrough.
The eldest son Yuan Ji is still his servant.
What a calculation.
"what's on your mind?"
Zhang Rang was a little curious when he saw that Liu Bei had not spoken for a while.
Liu Bei looked at Zhang Rang and said slowly: "I'm thinking that maybe soon we won't have to insist on the balance between the Modern Literature School and the Ancient Literature School. The Modern Literature School is no longer good, and the Ancient Literature School is probably about to expand. There was a fight between the Yuan family and the Lu family.
Judging from the current situation, the modern literature school and the ancient literature school can be regarded as rivals. One suffered a heavy blow and was about to fall. The other did not want to kill the opponent immediately, so he couldn't wait to start fighting within himself. It was really a strange situation. Treat your opponent well. "
Zhang Rang blinked.
"Yuan family and Lu family? Are you saying that Yuan family doesn't intend to recognize Lu Zhi's status?"
"Those idiots in the Yuan family who have high standards care more about their background. Those who are not as good as them are all ants. My teacher is not the father of Sangong. Do you think the Yuan family can think highly of my teacher?"
Liu Bei sneered and said: "The most stupid thing in the world is to judge one's rank based on family background. Once the process of selecting talents in a country is invaded by the concept of family background, it will be a sign of national destruction. Groups that judge success or failure based on family background will eventually be destroyed." Falling into a situation that falls apart, without exception.”
(End of chapter)
