Three Kingdoms: Jiuyuan Tiger

Chapter 538 Meeting Cai Yu by chance and making a rescue out of righteousness

"Query results: Pang Tong: Force 62, Commander 99, Intelligence 107, Politics 99."

The intelligence is 107, and the commander and politics are nearly [-]. Lu Bu is very satisfied with these statistics.

What Pang Tong lacked at this time was nothing more than actual combat experience. As long as he added time, his data would definitely be improved to a higher level.

After returning to the place where he was staying, Lu Bu asked Lu Fang to set up a sumptuous banquet, as a way to clean up Pang Tong.

Lu Bu and Pang Tong chatted happily until midnight.

Although Pang Tong's drinking capacity was good, he was still not Lu Bu's opponent. When Lu Bu was a little drunk, Pang Tong was already drunk.

Lu Bu shook his head and smiled, then helped Pang Tong back to the room to rest, and covered Pang Tong with a quilt to prevent him from catching cold in the night cold.

……

The next day, Lu Bu, who had just won Pang Tong, was in a good mood, so he planned to go shopping again, and bought some local specialties as gifts for his wife and children.

This time, Pang Tong didn't follow when he went to the street, because he and Lu Bu drank a lot last night, and they haven't woken up yet.

Therefore, Lu Bu took the three scratching brothers, Cao Shaoqin, and a group of shadow guards into the street. Lu Fang sent someone to take care of Pang Tong, so there was no need for Lu Bu to worry.

But before Lu Bu had been shopping for a long time, there was a quarrel in front of him.

Everyone is willing to watch the excitement, and Lu Bu, an ordinary person, is not immune.

Seeing that their lord wanted to watch the fun, Dian Wei, Xu Chu and Zhou Tai took on the task of clearing the way. The crowd of onlookers was squeezed up and down. When their waistlines were growing, they decisively chose to shut up.

Taking a closer look, Lu Bu smiled, it turned out to be an acquaintance!

I saw that Cai Yu was leading a group of servants to quarrel with more than a dozen barbarians, both sides were blushing, and Cai Yu's turbulence was shaking violently with his breathing, almost blinding the eyes of the surrounding audience.

After listening for a while, Lu Bu learned the ins and outs of the matter.

It turned out that Cai Yu bought a valuable jade from them yesterday, but when he got home, he found that the jade had been dropped, so Cai Yu came here early this morning with his servants to ask for an explanation.

Unexpectedly, these barbarians did not admit to this matter, but instead said that Cai Yu was bullying and framing others.

With Cai Yu's temperament, how could he swallow this breath?
But these barbarians were all Wuxi barbarians, and their leader, Shamoke, was brave and good at fighting, and even Liu Biao was unwilling to offend. Cai Mao had already told Cai Yu about this, so Cai Yu didn't let his servants beat them.

These Wuxi barbarians also knew that Cai Yu's identity was not simple, so they didn't dare to act hastily, lest they poke the basket.

In this way, the two sides quarreled endlessly, and all kinds of cordial "greetings" emerged one after another, but neither of them had any plans to do anything.

Looking at the domineering barbarians, Lu Bu couldn't help snorting coldly.

If it wasn't for the inconvenience of revealing his identity, Lu Bu would have asked Dian Wei and others to teach these reckless things a long time ago!
But in fact, it doesn't matter if it is exposed, it will just be more troublesome.

Not to mention anything else, when Liu Biao learned that Lv Bu was coming to Jingzhou, he would definitely entertain Lv Bu. Will Lv Bu go or not?
It's not that Lu Bu was worried about Liu Biao setting up a Hongmen banquet, because Liu Biao didn't have the guts to do so.

Even Liu Bei and Liu Biao are unwilling to tear themselves apart, so where does Liu Biao have the guts to be an enemy of Lu Bu?

But Liu Biao hosted a banquet, and Lu Bu and Liu Biao were not familiar with each other, and they didn't have much in common, so drinking the wine was rather embarrassing, which was why Lu Bu didn't want to go.

But whether Huang Chengyan will tell Liu Biao his identity, this Lu Bu is not sure, after all, Liu Biao is Huang Chengyan's brother-in-law, and the two are real relatives.

So it doesn't matter whether Lu Bu's identity will be exposed, the worst is to eat a few more meals and receive some gifts.

Looking around the world, there is no prince who dares to blatantly make an enemy of Lu Bu. One hundred thousand cavalry is no joke.

Regarding alien races, Lu Bu has always expressed the view that "people who are not of my race must have different hearts".

As for what was often said in later generations, "Those who belong to the barbarians and the Chinese are from the Chinese; those who are from the Chinese to the barbarians are from the barbarians", Lu Bu sneered at this very much.

This is not what Confucius said. The original words of Confucius are: "When the barbarians enter China, the Chinese will come; when China enters the barbarians, the barbarians will follow."

Although there is not much difference between the two sentences, the central idea is quite different.

The words that are regarded as classics by people in later generations are only the products of Yongzheng's tampering.

Yongzheng said in "Dayi Jue Milu": "Since ancient times, the emperors have the world, and they can't help protecting the people. They are kind like the world, and they are the fate of God. Han Yu said: 'China is barbarian, and barbarians are barbarians; barbarians are barbarians. And China is also China's'."

Han Yu said: "I never said that, I won't take the blame for it."

The original words in Han Yu's "Original Dao" are: "Confucius's "Spring and Autumn" is also, the princes use barbarian rituals to barbarize them, and enter China to China."

But Yongzheng's tampering completely changed the meaning of this sentence, and the applicable objects of the two are not the same subject at all.

The applicable object that Han Yu wants to express is people of Chinese descent, and the princes who use the barbarian rituals are regarded as barbarians, and the princes who use Chinese rituals are regarded as China.

Han Yu did not say that "Yi and Di" entered China, but Yongzheng tampered with Han Yu's thoughts, and very cleverly added "Yi and Di are China, and China is China".

Why did Yongzheng do this?

The reason is very simple. Yongzheng's move was to demonstrate the legitimacy of the Manchu rule and make the subjects more obedient to accept the Manchu rule.

In addition, Hao Jing, a pseudo-Confucian and traitor of the Jin Kingdom who was born under the rule of Jurchen, proposed to discuss the legitimacy of the Mongolian Yuan regime: "Today, if you can employ scholars and practice the Chinese way, you will be the master of China."

Confucius and Mencius never said such a thing, all of this was done by Hao Jing.

Hao Jing broke the racial boundaries of this discourse, which theoretically provided a reasonable basis for Yi Di to rule China.

Regardless of Confucius and Mencius or the sages of the past dynasties, they all adhere to the same principle, that is, China's firm lineage theory.

Zhouli culture is a management order based on the Huaxia nation. This civilization system can assimilate other nations, but it is not for the integration of surrounding ethnic groups into this nation.

Bloodline is not something that can be changed by being civilized and polite.

The distinction between Hua and Barbarians is that China is inside and Barbarians are outside, and Barbarians and Di are noble and inferior to China.

The center of this system is the Chinese nation with Yanhuang blood. The basis of the system is strong material and military power. It uses Chinese etiquette and justice to the surrounding ethnic groups to achieve "turning Xia into barbarians", making the four barbarians submit and serve China with loyalty.

Although Lu Bu's thoughts are like this, Lu Bu has not imposed his own ideas on others, at least not yet.

After all, this is a matter for the beholder to see benevolence and the wise to see wisdom. You may disagree with other people's views, but there is no need to deny them.

At least at this stage, Lu Bu will not deny other people's views, but if one day Lu Bu takes that position, then Lu Bu will definitely tell all his subjects what he really thinks in his heart, so that they will remember it in their hearts.

　The second watch arrives!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)