After Liu Bei finished speaking, Zhang Rang was stunned for a moment, and then his face was filled with a sneer.
"What you said is a heart-wrenching remark. In our country of Han, when we select talents, we still have to look at their origins. People in the world care more about their origins and don't care about other things.
What do you mean, do you mean that the Han Dynasty is on the verge of collapse? Liu Xuande, you are a clan member of the Han Dynasty. If you say such words to the foundation of the Han Dynasty, I am afraid whether you are or not. "
"I'm not the only one who thinks this way. Everyone thinks this way, but I am the only one who dares to say it."
Liu Bei shook his head: "That's why, as a clan member of the Han Dynasty, I will work so hard and do my best to prevent my ancestors' foundation from being ruined by a group of insects. Otherwise, Lao Zhang, you dare to say that the Han Dynasty has no worries about overthrowing. ?”
Zhang Rang lowered his head and said nothing, but he always felt as if he had been scolded by Liu Bei.
Is it an illusion?
After Liu Bei left the palace, he did not go to Lu Zhi immediately. Instead, he rushed to Zheng Xuan's mansion to see Zheng Xuan.
Zheng Xuan's disciple knew Liu Bei and was shocked when he saw Liu Bei coming.
"Junhou? Why are you here? Aren't you in Liangzhou?"
"I'm back to report my work. Is Mr. Zheng here?"
"Here, I...I'll go pass the message!"
"No, I'll go by myself."
Liu Bei entered Zheng Xuan's mansion as he spoke. The disciples did not dare to neglect and rushed in quickly to inform Liu Bei of his arrival.
Zheng Xuan was asking his family to pack up their belongings and prepare to leave Luoyang. When he heard that Liu Bei was coming, he was surprised.
Lu Zhi had previously heard that Liu Bei was coming back to report on his duties, and he planned to stay and wait to see Liu Bei again. He didn't expect Liu Bei to come back so quickly. He hadn't finished the process of making three concessions and three concessions.
So after meeting Liu Bei, Zheng Xuan laughed and joked.
"I planned to wait for Xuande for a while and see him again, but I didn't expect that Xuande would be back so quickly without me waiting."
"Mr. Zheng, do you really want to leave?"
Liu Bei didn't joke with him and went straight to the point.
Zheng Xuan also suppressed his smile.
"Well, I really have to leave."
"You don't care about the ancient literature school?"
"Originally, they didn't need me to take care of them. They just needed me to sit here and sit here. The difference between me and my absence is not as big as imagined."
Zheng Xuan smiled faintly: "So, Xuande, you'd better let me go back to my old age and continue to sit here. I think I don't have a few more years to live. If I go back to my hometown and live in seclusion, I can live a few more years." "
"Mr. Zheng..."
Liu Bei sighed and smiled bitterly: "If you want to leave, no one will stop you. I just... I just hope you can live a better life."
"When people get old, they miss their hometown. Being able to go back to your hometown is the best thing."
Zheng Xuan smiled and patted Liu Bei's arm: "Xuande, you are a person who can do great things, but I hope that when I hear the great things you do in my hometown in the future, I will feel sincere joy instead of hatred."
Liu Bei was silent for a while, then nodded slowly.
"The Preparatory Committee will try its best to do things that will not make Mr. Zheng feel hated."
"Very good."
Zheng Xuan smiled: "Go find Zigan, your teacher should have been waiting for you for a long time."
"only."
Liu Bei said goodbye to Zheng Xuan, ending their last meeting in Luoyang City.
Liu Bei didn't know when he would meet Zheng Xuan next, and Zheng Xuan didn't know when he would meet Liu Bei next.
When Liu Bei arrived at Lu Zhi's house, it was already afternoon and almost dusk. Lu Zhi was standing at the door of the house waiting for Liu Bei. The elder saw Liu Bei coming on horseback and greeted him personally.
"Xuande!!!"
"teacher!"
Liu Bei dismounted from his horse and walked forward, standing in front of Lu Zhi.
Lu Zhi also stepped forward and held Liu Bei's arms tightly with both hands.
"I have lost weight, become darker, and my beard has grown longer. It is completely different from the past. Xuande, you suffered a lot in Liangzhou, right?"
"As a Liangzhou shepherd, you deserve to suffer whatever hardships you have to endure."
Liu Bei smiled and said, "Teacher, I haven't seen you for a long time. You look a little older. Have you not had a good rest recently?"
“Everything is complicated and there are too many things to do.”
Lu Zhi chuckled and said, "Come on, come on, I've prepared a banquet. You come back from Liangzhou and have a long journey. You should have a good meal."
"Absolutely!"
Liu Bei followed Lu Zhi into the house with a smile, and then had a feast.
Needless to say, although the salt used in Lu Zhi's home is not as good as the salt in Liangzhou, the fineness of the food, the types of food, and the chef's understanding of cooking skills are incomparable to those in Liangzhou.
After all, Luoyang is the most economically prosperous region. The more prosperous the economy, the more particular about food. Liangzhou's original green and healthy diet is not even inferior to the sophisticated diet in Luoyang City.
Liu Bei's main food in Liangzhou was pancakes and mutton. Occasionally, he could eat some dog meat or horse meat. It was mainly meat. He could eat fruits and vegetables, but very few.
The land is mainly used to grow food. Fruits and vegetables are rare commodities in Liangzhou. They are more expensive than meat and cannot be eaten by ordinary people. It is difficult to supplement vitamins and the like, so severe malnutrition will greatly affect people. life span.
But for a person of Liu Bei's level, as long as he wanted to, even if the fields were full of hunger and death in the year of disaster, he could still have a meal of Yellow River carp baked noodles in Liangzhou.
It's just that he advocates frugality and takes the lead in reducing government food expenditures, so he eats very little fruits and vegetables, mainly pancakes and meat.
It was okay at first and I enjoyed eating it, but then I gradually got tired of it, and I missed Luoyang’s relatively sophisticated and varied diet more and more.
After the meal, while taking a walk to eat together, the master and the apprentice began to talk about business.
"You know that Mr. Zheng is leaving, right?"
"Well, before I came here, I rushed to see Mr. Zheng. Mr. Zheng was very calm and didn't have too many worries. He just left."
"Mr. Zheng, you are so free and easy."
Lu Zhi sighed: "On the contrary, it seems that we care too much about fame and fortune, so much so that we don't even care about the dignity of scholars. Now that Zheng Gong leaves, I don't know what the Luoyang scholars will think about us."
"Zheng Gongzhi is not here. Asking Gong Zheng to stay will only increase Gong Zheng's pain."
Liu Bei said slowly: "You are now ranked among the three Dukes. You can shoulder this responsibility no matter what, and you are highly regarded by the public. The departure of Duke Zheng will not have a big impact on the school."
Lu Zhi nodded silently.
"This happened because of me, not because of Duke Zheng. Duke Zheng has been in Luoyang for several years. It's time..."
Saying this, Lu Zhi stopped, turned his head and looked at Liu Bei, smiling slightly.
"Since the teacher is already on the front line, there is no reason for his best disciple to hide at the end. Xuande, if I promise to pass on the "Zuo Family Spring and Autumn" to you, I will share it with you."
Liu Bei stood there and looked at Lu Zhi for a long time.
"Disciples will do their best to maximize the value of this inheritance."
Lu Zhi took a deep breath.
"Xuande, do you plan to open a school in Liangzhou to teach students?"
"yes."
Liu Bei nodded and said: "Liangzhou and the Luoyang court have been separated for a long time, but Liangzhou is of great significance to the Han Dynasty, otherwise Emperor Xiaowu and Huo Qiaoqi would not have tried their best to compete with the Xiongnu for this place. Liangzhou cannot be lost, and The Luoyang court's prejudice against Liangzhou was not a matter of one day or two.
The disciple has thought hard for a long time. If he wants Liangzhou to truly never leave the Han Dynasty, the only way is for the disciple to open a school in Liangzhou to teach disciples, give the people of Liangzhou the road to heaven through the inheritance of "Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals", and use the body of a disciple to set up Liangzhou. This is the only and best way to build a bridge between the state and the Luoyang court. "
(End of chapter)
