Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 764 Lumen Mountain

Hanzhong.

Minghou Mansion.

In the front yard of the mansion, there are two departments and thirteen Caos, officials of the yamen come in and out, they are very busy, especially the lord is now fighting outside, and he dare not relax a little bit inside, everyone is tense.

"My lord has captured Xiangyang!"

In Zhaoming Hall, Hu Zhao had already received the first-hand news. At the same time, he also understood that at this moment, the plan to enter the Southwest had already started, and taking down Xiangyang was the signal to attack.

"This kid, breaking the city by deceitful death is dangerous and dangerous. It is really not the work of a lord!"

Cai Yong replaced Mu Jing in Minghou's mansion during this period of time, so he still has a deterrent force, at least able to oppress the nobles in Hanzhong, even Hu Zhao and Liu Jin have to agree with this point.

Looking at the battlefield analysis sent back by Jing Wusi, he couldn't help sighing.

"My lord is good at dangerous chess, and wins by taking risks!"

Hu Zhao said in a deep voice: "But this method is indispensable. After this incident, I hope that Cai Gong will warn the lord for us. After all, the lord is the lord. We are ministers. Admonitions are acceptable, and reprimands will lose their purpose. point!"

He also disagrees with Mujing taking such risks. It is wrong to take risks for this fight. Even if he wins, he also thinks Mujing is wrong to do so.

"The old man said, can he listen?"

Cai Yong shook his head lightly, and said: "This son has achieved great power. Now that he is young and successful, he controls millions of people and sits on a hundred thousand lions. There are not many remonstrances that he can listen to. Although he is not self-willed, But there is also a little bit of conceit, even if you persuade him, it is difficult for him to listen!"

The people sitting on the left and right in the hall are silent, they dare not talk about this topic.

Cai Yong and Hu Zhao dared to say this, even Liu Jin dared not say that at this moment, if he said that, he would be disrespectful and lose his duty.

"Cai Gong, Lord Changshi, now is not the time for us to discuss this!"

Liu Jin said in a low voice: "After taking Xiangyang, the overall situation will change!"

Hearing this, Hu Zhao's eyes flickered brightly, he waved his hands, and said to everyone, "You guys will step back first, each of you will settle down to your duties, and you must ensure the stable development of the Minghou Mansion!"

"promise!"

The heads of the various ministries stood up one after another, and after bowing their hands and saluting, they left Zhaoming Hall.

There were only four people left in the hall, Hu Zhao, Cai Yong, Liu Jin, and Tan Zong, the commander of Zuo Division of Jingwu Division.

Some big things are not announced yet.

If things are not secret, it will be difficult.

"Time to move?"

Above the lobby, Cai Yong looked at the other three and asked in a low voice.

"It has to be moved!"

Hu Zhao said.

"Think about it clearly. It's not easy for the Minghou Mansion to accumulate wealth over the years. If we make a move, if we don't succeed, we will be benevolent. Hanzhong is surrounded by wolves. Once we fail, we will be bitten by wolves!" Cai Yong said.

"The arrow is on the string, and we have to go back!"

Liu Jin said: "My lord's mind cannot be changed by us, and I don't think that my lord is wrong. Hanzhong seems to be developing well, but its limitations are too big. If it goes on for a long time, it will not last long!"

"The matter has come to this, the only thing we can do is cooperate!"

Tan Zong said in a low voice.

"But before that, we have one more thing that must be dealt with first!" Liu Jin stood up, and said to a few people: "You all know the news about Nanyang, if you can't calm down, I'm afraid that Hanzhong will get into chaos first." !"

"Nanyang can't keep it!"

Hu Zhao's eyes darkened.

They defended the northern border of Hanzhong, but they didn't expect that the Guanzhong Army would appear in Nanyang, which stunned them all at once. The main force of the Mu army is in Nanjun, and they can only shoulder the expectations of the entire Minghou Mansion. It is impossible to go north. , I could only watch helplessly as Nanxiang fell, and several counties in Nanyang were captured by Hanzhong one by one.

"It's just a pity that the two official roads have just been completed!"

"Dongshan Road can't be saved, but Hanshui Road can be saved, and Wudang is still in our hands!" Liu Jin said: "It costs so much to open up the official road between Nanyang and Hanzhong, so we just give up Nanyang?"

He was a little reconciled in his heart.

"No way!" Hu Zhao said, "The overall situation is the most important thing!"

He thought for a while and said, "Although the lord has arranged for Li Yan to lead the troops to guard, the full retreat is still a bit chaotic. You go there yourself and preside over the withdrawal of the people of Nanyang into Hanzhong. How much can be withdrawn!"

"It's okay, but what about the officialdom?" Liu Jin asked: "There are quite a few merchants who are making troubles where I am now. I didn't realize that they have such influence before. Now they are making troubles, which is enough to make Hanzhong worse!"

"The official way is still there, and we can't escape. We only need to have an explanation between us and the merchants, but this matter will affect the reputation of my Minghou Mansion to some extent, so in this regard, we have to give the merchants some benefits!"

Hu Zhao said: "We are alone in this matter, we can't handle it anymore, we have to let Mingfeng Bank come forward!"

The construction of Dongshan Road and Hanshui Road, two large-scale official roads, was mostly funded by merchants, and the subsequent benefits must also belong to merchants. This is the spirit of the contract, but I did not expect things to change so suddenly.

Once Nanyang falls, it will have a great impact on the official road from Hanzhong to Nanyang.

Although not cut off.

However, it is also impossible to have caravans in groups like before, which will greatly reduce the income of road tax, which means that the investment of these merchants is in vain.

"This is just a minor problem!"

Cai Yong said: "I'm afraid that the Chang'an court will not let it go. Now that they have taken Nanyang, if they put their minds to it and press the front of the soldiers in Chen Cang, it may cause...!"

"Cai Gong means that they will attack us in the northern border of Hanzhong?"

"It's not impossible!"

"Do they have such a force?"

"Everything made you think of it, so it's not an accident. You think they don't have such a force, and I don't think they will move our northern border at this time, but who can guarantee it!" Cai Yong said: "So When we are attacking, we have to look behind!"

"I will summon Huang Shao and ask him to strengthen his defense!"

Hu Zhao nodded.

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In Xiangyang City, a heavy rain suddenly appeared.

Since the beginning of summer, this should be the heaviest heavy rain that has fallen. The heavy rain is dripping, as if it is scrubbing the land, washing away the blood stains on the streets and alleys.

This is also a sign that the rainy season has begun to approach.

The heavy rain fell fiercely and lasted for a long time. It lasted a whole day and night, which raised the water level of the surrounding rivers a lot. However, after the heavy rain, the bloody smell that enveloped Xiangyang City, It seems to have dispelled a lot.

This also made the people in Xiangyang City feel depressed, and even the world felt much clearer.

After the heavy rain, the blue sky and white clouds are clearer.

Today, Mu Jing was not in the city, and he went out of the city. He took dozens of divine guards and headed straight to the southeast suburbs.

His goal is Lumen Mountain.

If you want to settle in Jingzhou, you must first settle in Xiangyang. If you want to settle in Xiangyang, you don’t have to attack it. big trouble.

Although Mujing doesn't want Jingzhou for the time being, he has to do some work first.

On Lumen Mountain, Lumenshan Academy.

There are great sages in Lumenshan Academy.

Since the end of the Taixue, local academies have sprung up one after another. Those with famous Confucianism opened private schools to teach students, and gained prestige by emphasizing education.

In today's world, there is only Lumenshan Academy that can be compared with Yingchuan Academy.

On the Lumen Mountain Academy, there are gathered three Confucian scholars in Jingzhou, each of whom is respected by scholars all over the world.

One is Duke Pang De.

Even if the Pang family's junior ministers are not as famous as the great ministers, they are also great scholars in the scholarly circle and a model for scholars in the world.

The second is Sima Wei.

Sima Wei is a native of Yingchuan. He studied in Yingchuan, traveled all over the world, and became famous in Jingzhou.

The third is Huang Chengyan.

Huang Jiachengyan is a great Confucian in Jiangxia, and also the representative of Confucianism of the Huang family. Jiangxia Huang's generation has produced two outstanding figures, one is Huang Zu, the representative of power, and the other is Huang Chengyan, the representative of reputation.

The three of them joined forces to run a school on Lumen Mountain. This level of teachers is unmatched in the world. The Hongdumen school founded by Mujing is only a great Confucian named Cai Yong, even if it was the former Taixue or Yingchuan Academy , are not comparable.

Not only in Jingzhou, people all over the world, regardless of whether they are from aristocratic or poor families, as long as they have the opportunity, who would not like to send their children here to listen to the lectures of the three major Confucianists, learn a thing or two, and rely on their reputation to gain a foothold in the scholarly circle.

This is the prestige of great Confucianism.

Mu Jing went today, not to listen to the teaching, Confucianism can turn people into well-behaved old masters, and there is Cai Yong beside him, he is already very annoying, so naturally he will not take the initiative to come to seek abuse.

He was there to negotiate.

In this battle, he defeated Xiangyang with force and controlled the universe with killing, but he could not suppress it for a while, but he could not suppress it for a lifetime. People's hearts should not be vain, people's hearts should not be suppressed, only by obeying their hearts can they get help .

Tread Tread! ! ! ! !
Amidst the sound of horseshoes, muddy water splashed on the muddy road, and the mud kept rising.

"My lord, Lumen Mountain is ahead!"

Zhuge Xuan reined in his horse and said with cupped hands.

"This is not the mountain of Zhong Ling!" Zhang Ning beside him raised his head, glanced at it, and said in puzzlement.

"A deity makes a mountain, not its altitude!"

Mu Jing smiled indifferently: "Although Lumen Mountain is not very good, we have to respect the people on the mountain!"

With that said, he continued to ride his horse away.

When he reached the foot of the mountain, he pondered for a while, these great Confucian scholars are people who care about face-saving, so they had to walk down and up the stone steps without giving some face.

There are not many buildings on the mountain.

It’s a little crude to say the least, for example, the plaque, although it says flying dragons and phoenixes, is just an ordinary wooden plaque, and then looking into it, it looks like a college, but it’s like a small village with scattered houses, simple and very crude.

"The Master said: If you are advanced in ritual and music, you are a savage; if you are late in ritual and music, you are a gentleman. If you use it, then I will be advanced."

"The Master said: Those who follow me from Chen and Cai are all inferior!"

"The Master said: Returning is not the one who helps me, and says everything in my words."

"The Master said: Min Ziqian is filial! No one can compare to what his parents and younger brothers say!"

"..."

The sound of reading aloud echoed on the mountain.

Mujing stood at the door and looked inside. There were three or four schools, but there were not many students, only five or sixty people, sitting on the floor. Today they learned the Analects of Confucius, and they were reading aloud with the teacher in the class.

"Excuse me, is it Master Minghou?"

At this time, a little boy stepped forward, saluted, and asked questions.

"Exactly!" Mu Jing said indifferently.

"Sir, please go up the mountain!" The little boy said respectfully, pointing to the stone path next to the school.

"Zhuge Xuan Zhangning come with me!"

Mu Jing said: "You wait here, after all, this is an academy, the place of the academy, it's not suitable for swordsmanship, so we won't let our body be full of evil spirits, and defile other people's holy place for studying!"

"promise!"

Dozens of divine guards bowed to take orders.

Mu Jing took Zhuge Xuan and Zhang Ning along the stone road and climbed up the mountain. It took about two quarters of an hour before he reached the hill. There is a stone pavilion here, and you can see Xiangyang from the top.

No wonder the old guy here chose to run a school here. The scenery here is not very good, but there is a unique place, that is, climbing high and looking far.

"Junior Mujing, pay homage to the three gentlemen!"

Mu Jing walked into the stone pavilion, and bowed slightly to the three people kneeling in front of the desk.

"sit!"

The leader was a middle-aged man, wearing a Confucian robe, exuding a heavy aura. He stretched out his hand, and said softly to the vacant seat.

Mu Jing was not polite either, and knelt down.

"Wine or tea?" The man in the Confucian robe is Sima Wei, the owner of Lumen Mountain. Facing Mu Jing, he asked calmly and indifferently.

"Tea!"

Mujing replied.

There was a stove next to it, and the iron pot on the stove had already boiled a pot of water. The man in Confucian robes held a cloth towel, lifted the pot of water, made a pot of tea, and poured a cup for Mu Jing.

Mu Jing took a sip, this tea is very good, the tea of ​​this era has an unknown taste, a little less sweet, and the technique of brewing tea is also very particular.

"The Marquis of Ming came to Lumen Mountain, what's the matter?" asked a man next to him.

"Pang Gong thinks, why am I here?"

Mu Jing asked back.

This man is Lord Pang De, who is a little older than Sima Wei, but he is not as good as Sima Wei in terms of knowledge and prestige, and this academy was established by Sima Wei, so Sima Wei, who is in the right position, is just Sit sideways.

"Is Minghou not used to being aggressive?"

The man on the right looked younger, he said coldly.

This is Huang Chengyan, he is knowledgeable, he has a great collection of Confucianism and Mohism, he is a rare great Confucian in Jingzhou.

"That depends on who is right!" Mujing's mouth slightly raised a wicked smile: "For example, in front of our old man, I am very well-behaved!"

"It seems that Marquis Ming respects Duke Cai very much!"

Sima said with a slight smile.

There are not many people in the world who can make Mu Jing, a young prince holding military power, call him an old man so affectionately, except Cai Yong and Cai Bozhe, who married his daughter to Mu Jing.

"He is the only elder relative in my family, so I have to respect him!" Mu Jing sighed, "And he wants to teach me how to behave with Confucianism every day, and he keeps talking in my ears, disrespect is not acceptable!"

"Do you look down on Confucianism?" Sima Wei's eyes flickered coldly.

He is not good at power, but he is persistent in academics.

"No!"

Mu Jing said: "I didn't say that. Confucianism has merits. The 400 years of peace have proved it, but the great Han has finally fallen to the point of falling apart. This shows that it is impossible to respect Confucianism alone. Take it!"

"Isn't it your father's fault that the big man fell into such a situation!"

Huang Chengyan drank coldly.

(End of this chapter)