Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 96 Zhuge Xuan is critically ill

In the late spring afternoon, under the tree in front of the court, Shen Chen sat alone.

Sometimes he looked up to see the clouds in the sky, and sometimes he looked down to see ants walking and insects walking.

Everything is changing, and he needs to change too.

In the academy in the morning, listening to the teachers and teachers of the academy teaching him with their backward and decadent values, it made people want to wash their ears.

It's just that although he feels uncomfortable, he can't fight back forcefully, which is basically cutting himself off from Shilin.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the atmosphere of impermanence of teachers has emerged. People can have multiple teachers, but if you openly resist the authority of the teacher and deceive the teacher and destroy the ancestors, your reputation will be bad.

This is much more serious than cannibalism and massacre of the city, because in the eyes of people at that time, cannibalism and massacre of the city was not regarded as social death, but disobedience to parents, disrespect to teachers, and disloyalty to the emperor were called social death.

So Shen Chen could only bear with it, forcefully reasoned with them, and didn't dare to tell everyone that Cao Cao was not "serving the emperor to beg his subjects", but "coercing the emperor to order the princes".

If it is true, the saliva of Jingzhou Shilin can drown him.

Therefore, judging from the current situation, politically, even when Liu Biao was present, the road to resisting Cao Cao in Jingzhou would not work, and the capitulation faction covered the sky with one hand, and their power was too great.

He could only find another way, and he could not continue his activities under the slogan of being an enemy of Cao Cao. At the same time, he had to consider how to continue to mess around in Jingzhou.

First of all, Liu Biao's support must be obtained.

There are many capitulation factions in Jingzhou, but Liu Biao is the only one who has the heart of usurping. After pacifying Zhang Xian, he began to sacrifice to heaven and earth, traveling like an emperor.

Therefore, he must be on the opposite side of the capitulation faction, and if he can get his support, at least he has a place in Jingzhou.

Secondly, it is necessary to verbally express respect for the court and the emperor. Even if it is against Cao Cao, it should not be too obvious, but should imply that Cao Cao is a traitor and controls the emperor.

After the Clothes Belt Edict, the situation should be much better.At that time, you can clearly publicize the issue of Cao Cao's bullying of the emperor, and endorse it with an imperial edict.

But it is still a drop in the bucket. After all, eight years after the Yidai Zhao incident, Jingzhou Shilin should surrender.

And these are just political positions.

In other battlefields, it is also necessary to open up a path of its own.

Like real war.

Taking Nanyang as the base, we fought with Cao Cao back and forth in Guandu to prevent him from winning the battle of Guandu as he wished.

There are also culture and scriptures, which must also obtain their own interpretation rights.

In this era, the power of cultural interpretation is always in the hands of the aristocratic family, so it doesn't matter what they do to suit the interests of their family.

Because in their mouths, dirty things will also become aboveboard.Even if the people at the bottom are deceived, they have no place to reason.

Just like the deeds of some protagonists in the 24 filial piety pictures, in the eyes of later generations, they look like a group of bewildered people and crazy people.

In a sense, these things are concocted by the ruling class and upper-level dignitaries in the ancient feudal society to fool the common people, making them turn the traditional filial piety into a blind foolish filial piety.

Does this approach look familiar to future generations?

Some are like the white leftists in later generations of Western countries, anti-intellectual, anti-development, and anti-economic. They only care about political correctness and ignore the feelings of most people.

Some of the stories in 24 Xiaotu and other fabricated lies are the tools used by the ruling class who have the right to interpret culture to turn the people into ignorant and bewildered people.

In the eyes of later generations, the ancient life was beautiful, the ancients were kind and simple, and the so-called Jian'an style, Wei and Jin legacy, literati and refined scholars, and suave style are all nonsense.

That's the life of the upper class, and it's none of the business of the lower class?
Mr. Lu Xun once said that when you open the thick history books, there are two words written all over the book: "cannibalism".The great man once said that feudalism is dark, decadent, and backward, and it is a mountain that weighs on the people.

For ancient society, what is recorded in history is always the stories of the upper class dignitaries.Apart from being enslaved by them like cattle and sheep, the common people will basically not even leave their names.

So feudalism is full of dross everywhere, just like the teachers and colleagues in Xianshan Academy, these values ​​have been established since childhood, and it is difficult to change.

Although Shen Chen intends to reform, in the era when Mr. and the great man lived, there was already a wave of revolutionary thoughts around the world. A large number of progressive young people can realize the dangers of feudalism, and only then can feudalism be overthrown and a new era be ushered in.

And what about him?
He is the only progressive youth.

The dross thinking of feudalism is deeply rooted.

Wanting to overthrow this mountain is like a mayfly shaking a tree, how easy is it?

Therefore, he must consider that he can only choose to follow the game rules and values ​​of this world for the time being, until he gradually masters the rules and has the rules, and then finds a way to change the rules.

To put it simply, it is to seize power first, wait for oneself to reach a high position, and then carry out ideological and cultural transformation from top to bottom, slowly destroying this dark and decaying mountain.

Therefore, in the future, Shen Chen must find a suitable method in politics, war, and culture, temporarily adapt to this era, first follow the tide of the times, then gradually stand at the top of the trend of the times, and finally change this era.

I just said that, but everything is difficult at the beginning, and he has no clue at the moment, his mind is just a mess, he can't think of anything, and he doesn't know what to do now, which is very annoying.

"It's annoying."

Shen Chen scratched his head vigorously, he didn't know whether it was because he was thinking too much or because he felt that there was no purpose, his heart was disorganized and he couldn't calm down for a moment.

"Maybe I should find someone to talk to, maybe change my mind, and someone can help me with an idea."

He raised his head and looked at the sky, with a lot of thoughts in his heart, and muttered to himself.

Since returning to Huangmen Pavilion during the annual vacation at the end of last year and saying goodbye to Zhuge Liang by the river, there has been no news of Zhuge Liang for more than three months.

I just came back from Nanyang today, originally I wanted to go back to the academy first, and then go to Longzhong in two days, but now it seems that I can go to Liu Xian's mansion first in the afternoon to ask about Zhou Buyi, and then I can go directly to Longzhong in the evening.

Having made up her mind, she was thinking about it when Cai called out from the door: "Ah Chen, let's eat first."

"it is good."

Shen Chen called Zhou Buyi, and first went to the hall in the front yard to have dinner.

After eating, he took Zhou Buyu out to Liu Xian's mansion.

Liu Xian and Deng Hong are colleagues, and they are both employed by Liu Biao. It should be working time now, but they will be off work soon, so they go to the mansion to wait.

Unexpectedly, after arriving at Liu Xian's mansion, Zhou Buyi's mother was there. It turned out that Zhou Buyi's father died of illness. Liu Xian took his sister and nephew to Xiangyang because he was afraid that there would be no one to take care of them in Lingling.

Seeing Mother Zhou, Shen Chen cupped his hands and said, "Auntie."

Seeing Zhou Buyi coming back, Zhou's mother was surprised and said, "Buyi, why are you back?"

Zhou Buyi said: "I don't want to study in the academy anymore, I want to study with brother Ah Chen, his knowledge is better than the teacher's."

Zhou's mother's complexion suddenly darkened, and she was about to teach him a lesson, when the sound of a carriage outside the mansion sounded, Liu Xian actually got off work early, and hurriedly got off the carriage, seeing Shen Chen and Zhou Buyi, she also wondered: "Ah Chen, No doubt, what are you doing here?"

Shen Chen smiled bitterly: "Master said that my knowledge has surpassed his, so he let me go down the mountain."

"Oh."

Liu Xian thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid you offended that guy by fighting Cao Cao in Nanyang."

Compared with the Jingzhou capitulation faction such as Song Zhong, Wang Can, Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, although Liu Xian was also Cao Wei Shang Shuling later, he belonged to the kind of person who would be loyal to whomever he was under.

For example, Liu Biao later sent him to Xuchang to meet Cao Cao. At that time, Cao Cao had already won a complete victory in the Battle of Guandu and almost gained the entire north.

After Cao Cao met Liu Xian, he blamed and insulted Liu Biao, which made Liu Xian very angry. In the public, he sternly refuted Cao Cao's criticism of Liu Biao.

Now there are countless surrender factions in Jingzhou, and those who support Liu Biao like him are also a minority.But perhaps because of this, Liu Biao valued him. Others like Deng Yi and Han Song were punished by Liu Biao.

Seeing that Liu Xian had guessed the reason, Shen Chen nodded and said, "Everyone has their own ambitions. Master and they think that Cao Cao is Zhou Gong or Huo Guang, who can restore the Han Dynasty, but I think Cao Cao is Wang Mang or Dong Zhuo. He is just a man who manipulates power." , so there are some differences. By the way, Mr. Shizong, why is it so early today?"

Liu Xian slapped his forehead and said: "Yes, I have to hurry up, let's not talk about it, your uncle is still waiting for me, I will go back and pack some clothes, it may take a few days before I come back."

"what happened?"

Shen Chen wondered, it seemed that Liu Xian was going on a business trip with his uncle?

Liu Xian walked home and said: "Yinyi is critically ill, the situation may not be good, you Shuo and I will go to Longzhong first to have a look."

After all, he entered the house.

Shen Chen was taken aback, Zhuge Xuan was critically ill?

When did it happen, why haven't I heard of it before?
It was only in a trance that I remembered that Zhuge Xuan died of illness this year, and then the 16-year-old Zhuge Liang and his younger brother went to Nanyang in person.

Communication is very inconvenient in this era, he went to Nanyang for three months, but he didn't know that Zhuge Xuan had been in poor health since the beginning of this year.

The last time Deng Hong came back to report the battle situation in Nanyang to Liu Biao, Zhuge Xuan kept coughing, and now more than half a month has passed, and his health has not improved.

Due to the particularity of the times, once a person gets sick, he does not know whether he will be able to recover. Therefore, when the illness is serious, the family members will be notified as soon as possible to see them for the last time.

Among the many bamboo slips unearthed in Dunhuang in later generations, there are many family letters of Dunhuang officials and soldiers, which are basically letters notifying distant relatives of family members' illnesses. Often, people die before the letters are sent.

So Zhuge Xuan didn't feel very good about himself now, so he sent someone to notify his good friends Deng Hong and Liu Xian. Besides, he also sent someone to notify Zhuge Liang's two older sisters.

Although Shen Chen and Zhuge Xuan had a good relationship, he was a junior after all, and he had no direct relatives. Zhuge Liang was a relatively strong person, and he would ask his friends for help when he encountered setbacks, so no one informed him.

But even without notice, he had to go.

So after hearing about this, he entrusted Zhou Buyi to Zhou's mother, and immediately got into the carriage and asked his servant to take him to Longzhong.

(End of this chapter)