Liu Yu shook his head and said: "Stop being a quibble, just say it if you have something to say. What happened? Doesn't the imperial court always give preferential treatment to people from the north? My family just received the emperor's favor and settled down in Jingkou."
Lu Xun sneered and said: "With all due respect, Liu Yu, your ancestors have never been high-ranking officials, let alone from a distinguished family. It is good to settle down in Jingkou, but I, the Fan Yang Lu family, have been high-ranking officials for four or five generations." , since Duke Zhi, who has not been a person who can influence state affairs? If you just want to settle in Jingkou, then why come to the south?"
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "Because your eldest father died in the north. He was a high-ranking official in Shizhao, but after Shizhao was destroyed, he became the target of Murong Yan's kingdom to be eliminated. This can be regarded as surrendering in distress. You can't expect to be treated like a prince and noble when you surrender, right?"
A fierce light flashed in Lu Xun's eyes: "Even if he surrenders in trouble, he can't be an ordinary citizen. Even your father can be a county meritorious official. My father is well-read in poetry and books and is famous all over the world. How can he just stay in Beijing like this? What if I wasted my life talking? Even if it is given to the county magistrate, I will not complain."
Liu Yu sighed: "This man must be content and happy. Which family can be prosperous and prosperous forever? I think that the ancestors of my Liu family were the princes of the Han Dynasty. What a glory, wouldn't it also follow the Han Dynasty? Did you perish and become a farmer? As long as you are really capable, even if you are down for a while, you will still have a chance to recover. Since your father is talented and learned, he can go to meet those aristocratic families, there are always people who know the stuff. "
Lu Xun sneered and said: "Liu Jinu, you don't understand. Those aristocratic families may use a warrior like you, but they will never use a classics master like my father. Because no matter how powerful you are, you will only develop in the military. , can't reach the court, and can't threaten their status, but our Lu family can do it. When we were in the north, the Wang family didn't say anything, but the Xie family and the Yu family were only allowed to carry shoes for our Lu family, but now in the south, they He had taken the first step and achieved a high position, so how could he be willing to give up this power? My father had struggled his whole life to seek an official position, and he had received many looks and ridicules. But in the end, he was not sent home. Nothing accomplished?!”
Liu Yu curled his lips: "So you just joined Tianshi Dao?"
Lu Xun sneered and said: "Jinnu, do you know why I came to you? Because we are actually from the same family, and the big families will not really give us a chance to get ahead. Although the Xie family treats you well now, but really When you are likely to be in power, they will suppress you mercilessly. In their eyes, you can only be driven around and serve as slaves to these high-ranking families forever, and you cannot stand on your own."
At this point, Lu Xun paused: "Just like Huan Wen, he was used by the Yu family at first and used his military talents to control the army. However, after Huan Wen gained power, he turned around and massacred the Yu family's nephews. In the end, Wang thanked These high-ranking families joined forces to resist Huan Wen and drove them to Jingzhou. Once the Qin army's attack can be repelled this time, the liquidation of the Huan family will be a matter of time. Liu Yu and Wang Miaoyin are more powerful than Huan Wen's wife. , how about the princess of the Jin Dynasty? And how do you compare to him, a general who had three Northern Expeditions and once held power in the world? "
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "Now I am not as good as Huan Wen, but who knows what will happen in the future. Besides, there is only one Miaoyin, so there is no need to compare with anyone else."
Lu Xun was stunned for a moment, then turned to smile and said, "I didn't expect that your host slave is actually an infatuated person. It's really surprising. But let me remind you that the Xie family has divorced a married woman in the family before. Tradition, let alone you haven't married a beautiful girl yet, even if you marry her, it's not safe. Again, once your development threatens the interests of these noble families, they will turn to suppress you. "
Liu Yu asked back: "Why do we have to conflict with them? As long as we are all dedicated to the country, whoever is in power is not the same? I don't understand, what's the point of fighting for power? Being an official and not being the supreme ruler is Failure? Has your Lu family’s family tradition always been like this?”
Lu Xun gritted his teeth: "Soldiers who don't want to be generals are not good soldiers, and scholars who don't want to be prime ministers are reading in vain. Didn't Wang Gong have a famous saying, "If an official is not a prime minister, how can he develop his talents? Liu Yu, You disappoint me so much, you are not competitive at all."
Liu Yu laughed: "Can you be the leader of Tianshi Tao? Lu Yuanlong, don't forget, you also have Sun En, the eldest nephew of the current leader."
Lu Xun's face changed slightly, and he turned to smile and said: "Of course I will not fight with the senior brother, but at least within the divine sect, I have a chance. Unlike in the officialdom of the Jin Dynasty, there is no chance. Liu Yu, when it comes to this matter, you should know that the upper echelons of the Jin Dynasty are in a state of intoxication, and the aristocratic families monopolize power, turning their hands around like clouds and rain. You may not have the intention to take power, but as your status in the military increases, It will gradually pose a threat to them. They will never allow Huan Wen's incident to reappear. If you want to make achievements on the battlefield and then conquer the world, you will conflict with them sooner or later. On that day, even the Xie family will give up. you."
Liu Yu said coldly: "No need to bother with this. I, Liu Yu, know what I want and how to get it. But you, for the sake of your childhood compatriots, I would like to advise you again, put it away Those unrealistic and unfair thoughts should not harm the country and the people of the world for the sake of their own ambitions."
Lu Xun sneered and said: "Liu Jinu, you probably don't know who is harming the country and the people. They are definitely not our religious sect, but those high-ranking noble families. You have stayed in Jingkou for too long. , I don’t know what this world is like, but if you had the opportunity to go out and see it, go to Sanwu, Jiangzhou, or Yuzhou, you wouldn’t say such ridiculous things.”
Liu Yu softly said "Oh": "I know that many of these places are the territories and manors of noble families, but taking the Xie family as an example, they are quite kind to these villagers and tenants. There are Xies in our army." My tenants joined the army in Pao Ze, but they didn’t say what kind of bullying they suffered.”
Lu Xun touched his nose disdainfully: "That kind of person has no dreams, no ambitions, and is no different from a pig in life. The Xie family makes him work all day long, working as a cow and a horse all year round, working so hard that in the end he can only eat. I am grateful, and during the holidays, if the Xie family gives him three melons and two dates, his family will be willing to serve as servants for generations to come. Liu Yu, do you want to live like this?"
Liu Yu shook his head: "Of course I am not this kind of tenant farmer, but they are like this because they have no land."
Lu Xun laughed: "That's the point, why is there no land? Why is it that the Wang family and the Xie family have vast hectares of fertile land, but the tenant farmers have no land for generations, and their children and grandchildren will be slaves forever?!"
