Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 537
Accompanied by Huang Men, Liu Bei came to the gate of the East Palace.

The emperor ordered him to work with the crown prince on official affairs. At first, Liu Bei wondered if the emperor could not trust him and wanted the prince to monitor his behavior. After all, this official affair involved future talents, but After he inspected the configuration of the officials of the Fandong Palace, he changed his mind. The emperor wanted to sharpen the East Palace.

For His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the Emperor is really partial. The officials of the East Palace are all the best in scientific research. Even if they are thrown into the temple, they can accomplish things. Now these people all fall by the Crown Prince's side. This is also considered for Liu Bei It's a good thing, after all, Liu Bei has been busy with the affairs of government schools in various places, but generally speaking, it is not going well, and it is better in the surrounding areas near the temple.

With this group of people coming to help, I am afraid that the affairs of the official school will go smoothly, and the prince will not share the merits. The political achievements that the officials can't dream of will have no effect on the prince, even for the officials under his command. Well, as early as after they chose to come to the East Palace, everything has been settled, and they will not be promoted or reused in the near future.

Their fate is closely connected with the crown prince. When the crown prince ascends the throne, they will jump up. Perhaps the positions of the three princes and nine ministers in the country will be taken by them.

As soon as Liu Bei came to the mansion, he saw a young man who was standing guard in front of the mansion. He knew this young man. This man was called Cao Pi, and he was the second son of Duke Cao. When the man saw Liu Bei, he hurried over and looked at him. He bowed to Liu Bei and said, "Meet Uncle Liu!" Liu Bei was taken aback, and quickly helped him up, saying, "Mr. Cao knows me?"

"My uncle is my father's best friend. He often comes to my house and chats with my father all night. Of course I recognize him. My father often tells me that when I see my uncle in the future, I should pay respects to my uncle. There must be no mistake." Cao Pi smiled said.

"Hahaha" Liu Bei laughed and said, "I haven't seen Meng De for a long time, and I miss you very much. Seeing you today is like seeing an old friend. I am very happy." He took out the sword, handed it to Cao Pi, and said: "You worship me as an elder, and I will treat you as a junior. Come, take it!"

Cao Pi shook his head and said, "I dare not accept it, kid."

"I can't refuse the elder's gift. Take it. Meng De is not in the temple. If you encounter anything in the future, come and find me!" Liu Bei said, and he put the sword in Cao Pi's hand, and Cao Pi thanked him , Liu Bei asked: "Is His Royal Highness here?" Cao Pi nodded and said: "He is in the palace. The Taifu came early in the morning to give lectures for everyone, and they are all listening."

Liu Bei was taken aback, Grand Tutor Yuan Shu?Isn't this guy seriously ill, lying on the sickbed, unable to move?Why do you still come here in person to give lectures to everyone?Seeing Liu Bei's doubts, Cao Pi smiled and said, "Uncle, I don't know, Duke Yuan was seriously ill before, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince invited a famous doctor named Hua Tuo, this man rejuvenated and healed Duke Yuan's illness!"

"Oh? Great kindness!" Liu Bei nodded, and said again: "Then I will trouble you to sue for me."

Cao Pi nodded and asked Liu Bei to wait here for the time being, and he hurried in to report. Liu Bei only waited here for a while, then saw Liu Mastiff leading Cao Pi out, walked in front of Liu Bei, bowed to Liu Bei, Liu Bei hurriedly returned the obeisance , Liu Mastiff led Liu Bei into the East Palace, where Yuan Shu was sitting in the courtyard, giving lectures and solving doubts for everyone.

Yuan Shu sat in the middle, with his clothes open, in high spirits. He looked around and loudly explained the Gongyang Studies. This was not just explaining the Confucian classics, he also combined the current temple form with the Gongyang Studies, explaining together, Talking about the New Deal, he integrated the New Deal into Gongyang's Three Generations theory, preaching: "The so-called prosperity means the prosperity of the country, and the prosperity of the country means the surplus of the national treasury, the rich and powerful, or the surplus food for the people, or the lack of hunger for the despicable." kill?"

"For the first time, to enrich the treasury and enrich the treasury, we can implement benevolent government and govern the world"

"The second is the powerful people of the big family. These people look unbearable and have the act of oppressing the people, but in fact they are not. The world's talents and learned people all come from here. Jia Wenhe and Xizhou vigorously support the powerful. Why? ?Because of the reality of tyranny, you can open up the land for cultivation, you can gather the people for farming, and you can use tens of millions of land, but the people can't."

"The third is the people of the world. What I'm talking about is not those who are rich, but those who don't eat meat. Their wealth is when the world is most prosperous. When the people are rich and their families have surplus food, the world will be peaceful. will prosper, and government affairs can be carried out”

"The new government thinks that the people are rich, and the thinking is good, so it's too hasty."

When he said this, not to mention Zhou Yu, young people like Lu Su, even Liu Bei's eyes widened. He sat aside and listened carefully. Liu Bei doesn't know what He Zi's level is, but with the current theories that Yuan Shu has figured out, after a hundred years, he will be honored as Yuan Zi!
Yuan Shu was still waving his hands, and said loudly with great interest: "The tyrants are unbelievable, but looking around, among the weaving and handicrafts, only the tyrants can produce hundreds of silk weaving machines and provide a large number of products for foreign trade. Son, unemployed people like rangers have jobs to make a living. Of course, it is correct to restrict the powerful and make the people rich. You can’t completely wipe out the powerful, you only need to restrict them.”

"Cao Cao's policy is like sharing food. He distributes more food to the common people, and gives out the powerful ones. However, in my opinion, it is better to have more food so that everyone can eat enough, and the common people will naturally eat more food. You can also eat more."

When Yuan Shu finished speaking, he took a cup from the side and took a sip of tea, then Liu Bei walked up to Yuan Shu's side and bowed to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu hurriedly paid homage.

"Duke Yuan is a great talent!! Duke Yuan is virtuous!!" Liu Bei said.

Yuan Shu smiled, shook his head, and said proudly: "Mr. Liu is too well-reputed. I have just mixed up my talk and haven't sorted it out." , just now I was fascinated by it, and I have many questions, I don’t know if I can ask you?” Yuan Shu nodded, and the two chatted. Yuan Shu thought that Liu Bei was just flattering, but he didn’t expect that he raised many questions that he hadn’t paid attention to. The problem.

If we keep increasing the talents among the common people, how can we prevent these talented people from the common people from becoming local tyrants in the end?

Yuan Shu also became serious about many issues, and the two talked for a long time.

Everyone listened more seriously. Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi were both deep in thought. Originally, they had been studying hard in the Imperial Academy, but they didn't pay much attention to these rumored great Confucians, especially those like Zheng Xuan and Zhao Qi. Such a pure Confucian, they don't think the so-called classics can have any effect, but now, they all suddenly discovered that perhaps the study of classics is not useless.

In any era, one of the most excellent ideas is needed to lead everyone forward. This kind of thinking may appear extremely stupid and unreasonable to later generations, but the role he played at that time cannot be denied , can not be ignored.

The more Yuan Shu chatted with Liu Bei, the more surprised he became. He couldn't help asking: "Who is Xuande's teacher?? When did you start studying Confucian classics?" Liu Bei said with a smile: "My master is really Situ Gong."

"The disciple and grandson of Manan County?!" Yuan Shu exclaimed.

Ma Rong is a great Confucianist comparable to He Xiu. If He Xiu hadn't personally taught two generations of emperors, perhaps Ma Rong's reputation would be even higher than that of He Xiu. His disciples are all shining in the world today. Great Confucianism, after hearing about Liu Bei's mentorship, Yuan Shu put away his arrogance and chatted with Liu Bei calmly, very happily.

"Oh!" Liu Bei exclaimed, and then said: "I had a great conversation with Yuan Gong, and I almost forgot something important."

He looked at Liu Mastiff below, and quickly said: "His Royal Highness, I have come to you according to the order of the emperor. The emperor has an order to ask the officials of the East Palace to handle official affairs with me!"

He just finished speaking, and Zhou Yu was overjoyed. These days, he is always depressed, and always feels that he is confined here and has no room for development. He is older than the others, and he is more eager to make contributions. It's all the same, they looked at Liu Mastiff, Liu Mastiff smiled and said: "I would like to obey Mr. Liu's orders."

Liu Bei even said that he didn't dare, but he didn't want Yuan Shu to grab his hand and said, "You don't have to refuse, these boys look good, but in fact, they haven't done any major things at all, it's not that they have treated one or two County, just went to kill a few enemies, look at the most handsome boy, he is called Zhou Yu, these days, he has been depressed all the time and just wants to find something to do!"

When Yuan Shu said this, Zhou Yu was a little embarrassed and at a loss.

"Hey, after a few battles, I can't hold back my temper. I have been fighting for decades, and thousands of thieves died under my sword! Even so, I am not like you. Take him with you, let him see how dangerous governance is!" Yuan Shu said.

Liu Bei didn't know what to say, so he coughed, but Zhou Yu's face was red, a little embarrassed and angry. Since he arrived in the East Palace, he had never looked down on his colleagues around him. It seemed extremely immature, not to mention that he himself had been fighting abroad for a long time, and he didn't think much of these characters who stayed in the temple all day and gesticulated.

Seeing his expression, Yuan Shu laughed loudly, jumped down from the high platform, pulled out the sword from Lu Su's waist, and threw it out. He was facing Zhou Yu, who quickly reached out and caught the long sword. Yuan Shu pulled out Sun Quan's saber and walked forward. Liu Mastiff hurriedly stopped him and said, "Master, you don't have this body yet."

"Step aside!"

Yuan Shu pushed Liu Mastiff away and rushed to Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu said, "I don't want to be with the elder..."

"Noisy!" Yuan Shu yelled, and slashed down with his sword. In the surprised eyes of everyone, the long sword hit Zhou Yu's hilt, and the long sword in Zhou Yu's hand fell to the ground. Yuan Shu said disdainfully: " You can't even hold a sword, how do you fight??"

Zhou Yu's face turned even redder. He drew out the long sword at his waist and attacked Yuan Shu first.

Yuan Shu easily dodged his slashing sideways, and the sword slapped on Zhou Yu's hand sideways. Zhou Yu was in pain, but did not let go of the sword, but Yuan Shu started a strong attack. He kept approaching Zhou Yu quickly, and Zhou Yu kept retreating. Then, the long swords in the hands of the two struck together. Under Yuan Shu's sword, Zhou Yu hardly had any strength to fight back, and the clothes all over his body were constantly cut off by Yuan Shu.

Until the end, the long sword in Yuan Shu's hand touched Zhou Yu's neck.

Zhou Yu looked blankly at Yuan Shu in front of him, speechless.

Yuan Shu grinned.

"Boy, would you like to learn swordsmanship with me?"

"What kind of sword technique?"

"Ordinary swordsmanship can be used against ten people, even if it is not as strong as a hundred people, but I have a sword method that can be used against thousands or ten thousand people. Would you like to learn it?"

"The art of war?" Zhou Yu murmured.

"Hey, not too stupid!"

"Meet Master!!"

Zhou Yu paid homage to Yuan Shu.

(End of this chapter)