Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 14 The Way of Being a King
Early in the morning, the little fat man was woken up by a few house slaves, changed his clothes in a hurry, and then washed and dressed. Before he had eaten, he was called away by He Xiu.

The little fat man rubbed his sleepy eyes, staggered and bowed to He Xiu, He Xiu waved his hand and said, "Change your clothes, I'm going to teach you the way of being a king today!", the little fat man Taking a deep breath, he looked at He Xiu in confusion, and asked, "What does this lesson have to do with clothes?", but He Xiu didn't say anything to him, waved his hand, and a few house slaves came back with the fat man in their arms. According to He Xiu's order, he changed the little fat man into a white Confucian outfit, and the little fat man was dressed in white, like a white kicker!
"Follow me!" He Xiu waved his hand, followed by the little fat man, walking out of the Hou Mansion all the way.

When he went outside, there were only four tall and healthy servants following him. There was no carriage and no one to take care of him. The little fat man was not happy, and asked again: "I don't know where to go? There are still carriages in the mansion", why don't you He lifted up the scabbard and slapped the little fat man hard on the back, causing the little fat man to jump up in pain. He Xiu frowned and said, "Today, you are going to abandon your chariot and horse entourage, and follow me here to relieve you." Ting walked up and down, as a teacher to teach you the way to be a king!"

What he said, he didn't care about the few healthy servants behind him. Fortunately, the healthy servants didn't feel panic, or they had already learned from Liu Guanshi that the young master has a destiny!

The little fat man reluctantly followed behind He Xiu. He Xiu was also wearing a white robe. He didn't have a sword in his hand, only a scabbard. , there is an entourage without him, and he has to suffer this. After walking for a while, the little fat man became a little out of breath. He Xiu waved his hand and called him to his side. The way of the king is not in the book, but in the field, this world, you have to see it yourself, and then you will know what the world is like!"

Walking in the Jiedu Pavilion, the little fat man listened carefully and looked around from time to time. This may be the first time he watched his life seriously. There were not many people on the road, most of them were busy with spring seeds, only some Rangers wandered around, or gathered together, and quickly dispersed when they saw the old man approaching. This was because Han law forbade people from gathering together. Do you know what is the harvest of one mu of land? Do you know how the villagers farm? And how much is the tax? How much of it can go to the treasury of the Han Dynasty?"

He Xiu asked several questions, and the little fat man found that he couldn't answer any of them, so he listened more seriously.

On this day, He Xiu told the little fat man about this important matter, and walked back and forth in the Jiedu Pavilion several times. It was the first time for the little fat man to walk such a long distance, he was panting from exhaustion, his face was flushed, and he followed He Xiu with his teeth gritted. Behind him, He Xiu pointed to the surrounding land, and he was able to tell its good quality at a glance, and then called the local villagers to ask. I can only keep it in my mind. It's not that he studies so hard, it's just that the teacher will ask questions from time to time.

If he can't answer, he will be beaten up hard, the little fat man wants to cry but has no tears, and he has already scolded him bloody head for what is the way of the king.

If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have learned it. Wouldn't it be nice to be a wise king, a Tinghou?

However, how dare he say this to Shijun?
Just as he was thinking about something, he accidentally tripped and fell to the ground. The little fat man let out a cry of pain, his forehead was blue, and his servant immediately went up to help him up, but He Xiu shouted angrily: " Don't support me, don't you think my son is a fool?", this provocative method is especially useful for the little fat man, when the little fat man who was about to cry and make a fuss heard it, he immediately got up, wiped his eyes, and patted himself chest, shouted: "I am Hejian Erlang!", the servant looked at each other, but decided to listen to him.

"Look at it yourself!" He Xiu pointed to this official way.

The little fat man looked over, and saw that the official road had been in disrepair for many years, filled with countless stones, and there were no roads in many places. He Xiu asked, "Do you know?" The little fat man was taken aback, I should know What, if you say you don't know, you will definitely be criticized, so you nodded and said: "I know!", He Xiu looked at his eyes pretending to be appraiser, and it was a scabbard, "Zhuzi, what do you know?!"

"Master, don't hit me, I understand that the official way here has been in disrepair for a long time!"

He Xiu shook his head, and said: "There are two official roads here, one is the road that high officials and dignitaries often pass by, but it is very stable and new, and this one leads to the countryside, so it has fallen into disrepair. You know, the county magistrate here is a flatterer, not close to the villagers, this person cannot be reused! Seeing the big from the small is the foundation of being a king, and a king should know people!"

The little fat man suddenly realized and thought about it carefully. As expected, he quickly nodded in agreement. Afterwards, He Xiu took the little fat man to see the cultivated land, shops, and even the storehouses in the pavilion. The little fat man left most of the places in the pavilion. After watching it again, although I was very tired, I became interested after seeing many scenes that I had never seen before. After working hard all day, He Xiu brought the little fat man to the door of a hut, and someone knocked on it. At the door, there was an old man walking out slowly with a stick. When he saw He Xiu, he wanted to salute.

He Xiu cupped his hands and saluted, and said: "Old man, you don't need to salute, it's not against etiquette!" After finishing speaking, he looked at the little fat man, who was dizzy from hunger, and hurriedly saluted the old man under the cold gaze of the master. Helping the little fat man up, he smiled and invited them to enter the room. After entering the room, the little fat man felt cold all over his body. It turned out that the room was dark and cold, cold and damp, and the ground was extremely messy. The fat man almost fainted.

He Xiu said with a smile, "We came here to study and passed by here, hoping to borrow some food."

The old man listened carefully, and went back tremblingly, rummaging through a rotten wooden bucket, and filled out half a gourd of rice from it. The little fat man saw that the rice had turned black and yellow. At home, it was brown rice for dogs. The old man But he put it up very seriously, and prepared to cook tremblingly. He Xiu asked the healthy servants to do it, pulled the old man, sat down, and asked: "Why is the old man alone in the room?" The old man smiled and said Said: "The heirs in the family are all busy in spring farming. I am old and weak, so I stay at home."

He Xiu chatted with the old man for a long time, and the healthy servant said that the grain and rice were cooked and placed in front of the little fat man. The little fat man lost his appetite just by looking at the grain and rice. He looked at the old man seriously and asked: " Why eat this brown rice? Why not eat some good grain rice?"

The old man was stunned for a moment, then slowly said: "This is the only one in the family, and I have neglected the distinguished guests."

He Xiu took a sharp look at the little fat man, and said: "In the time when the country was prosperous and prosperous, the villagers also ate good food, and there was no shortage of crispy meat!" The little fat man pondered for a moment, and then suddenly realized that the villagers couldn't eat it. Starting grain rice?There are many farms in this countryside, the harvest is quite rich, and the tax in the pavilion is low, why can't we afford grain and rice?He Xiu didn't wait for the little fat man, and started to eat directly, shaking his head from time to time to praise, as if what he was eating was delicious in the world, the little fat man didn't believe in evil, so he took a sip, but he almost vomited out yesterday's food.

"Eat!" He Xiu didn't say much, the little fat man gritted his teeth, with a mournful face, he ate the most unpalatable meal in his life in great pain.

After He Xiu and the little fat man finished eating, He Xiu waved his hand, and a servant handed over the money.

The kind old man suddenly changed his face, waved the crutch in his hand, and cursed: "How can you treat the distinguished guests with this thing, why are you so humiliating?" He threw the money over and pushed He Xiu and the others Then he went out of the house, the little fat man was dumbfounded, only He Xiu, after thinking for a long time, just bowed in front of the door for a long time, put some money on the ground, and said: "It's not to humiliate the old man, but the old man still has children in his family. If you eat it for nothing, you are afraid that your offspring will be hungry, and if it is so, I hope the old man will find it strange."

After speaking, without waiting for the old man to answer, he dragged the little fat man away from here.

Walking on the road, the little fat man's brows became more and more bitter. Not only did his legs ache, but his abdomen was even more uncomfortable, and his eyes gradually became blurred.

"Return to the mansion to rest after helping the young master!"

At this time, Fang Youjian picked up the little fat man and walked towards the Hou's mansion.

(End of this chapter)