Xuande

Chapter 339 Building a Bridge

After Liu Bei finished speaking, Zhang Rang froze for a moment, and then sneered all over his face.

"What you said can be regarded as a heart-breaking statement. We in the Great Han Kingdom choose talents, and we still have to look at their backgrounds. People in the world care more about their backgrounds than other things.

According to what you mean, do you mean that the great Han state is in danger of subjugation?Liu Xuande, you are a clan member of the Han family, you are not afraid of saying such things to the foundation of the Han family, I am even afraid. "

"I am not the only one who thinks this way. Everyone thinks this way in their hearts, and I am the only one who dares to say it."

Liu Bei shook his head: "That's why, as a clan member of the Han Dynasty, I will work so hard and do my best to prevent the foundation of my ancestors from being ruined by a group of insects. Otherwise, Lao Zhang, dare you say that the big man has no worries about being overthrown ?”

Zhang Rang lowered his head and didn't say anything, but he always felt that he was being scolded by Liu Bei.

Is it an illusion?

After Liu Bei left the palace, he didn't go to Lu Zhi's place immediately, but rushed to Zheng Xuan's mansion to meet Zheng Xuan.

Zheng Xuan's family knew Liu Bei, and when he saw Liu Bei coming, he was shocked.

"Junhou? Why are you here? Aren't you in Liangzhou?"

"I'm back to report on my work. Is Mr. Zheng there?"

"Yes, I... I'm going to pass it on!"

"No, I'll go by myself."

Liu Bei entered Zheng Xuan's mansion as he spoke, the gatekeeper dared not neglect, rushed in quickly, and informed Liu Bei of his arrival.

Zheng Xuan was telling his family to pack up their belongings and prepare to leave Luoyang. When he heard that Liu Bei had arrived, he was surprised.

I heard from Lu Zhi that Liu Bei was coming back to report on his duties, and he planned to stay and wait until he saw Liu Bei again. He didn't expect Liu Bei to come back so fast, and the process of his three resignations and three concessions has not yet been completed.

So after seeing Liu Bei, Zheng Xuan laughed and joked.

"I also planned to wait for Xuande for a while, and see each other again. I didn't expect Xuande to come back so soon without me waiting."

"Duke Zheng, do you really want to leave?"

Liu Bei didn't joke with him, and got straight to the point.

Zheng Xuan also restrained his smile.

"Well, I really have to go."

"You don't care about the matter of the ancient literature school?"

"I didn't need to care about it. They just needed me to sit here. The difference between having me and not me is not as big as imagined."

Zheng Xuan smiled faintly: "So, Xuande, you should let me go back to retire and continue to sit here. I think I won't have a good life for a few years. If I go back to my hometown and live in seclusion, I can live for a few more years. "

"Duke Zheng..."

Liu Bei sighed and said with a wry smile: "If you want to leave, no one will stop you. I just... just hope that you can live a better life."

"When people get old, they miss their hometown, and being able to return to their hometown is the best thing."

Zheng Xuan smiled and patted Liu Bei's arm: "Xuande, you are a person who can do great things, but I hope that in the future when I hear the great things you do in my hometown, I will feel sincere joy instead of hatred."

Liu Bei was silent for a while, then nodded slowly.

"Bei will try to do things that don't make Zheng Gong feel resentful."

"Very good."

Zheng Xuan smiled: "Go find Zigan, your teacher should have been waiting for you for a long time."

"only."

Liu Bei bid farewell to Zheng Xuan, ending their last meeting in Luoyang City.

Liu Bei didn't know when he would meet Zheng Xuan next time, and Zheng Xuan didn't know when he would meet Liu Bei next time.

When Liu Bei came to Lu Zhi's mansion, it was already afternoon, and it was almost dusk. Lu Zhi stood at the gate of the mansion and waited for Liu Bei.

"Xuande!!!"

"teacher!"

Liu Bei got off his horse from a long distance away, stepped forward on foot, and stood in front of Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi also stepped forward, holding Liu Bei's arms tightly with both hands.

"You're thinner, darker, and your beard has grown. It's completely different from before. Xuande, you suffered a lot in Liangzhou, right?"

"As a shepherd of Liangzhou, you should suffer whatever you suffer."

Liu Bei said with a smile: "It's the teacher, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you look a little older. Didn't you have a good rest recently?"

"Everything is complicated and there are too many things to do."

Lu Zhi laughed and said, "Come, come, I've prepared a banquet. You've come back from Liangzhou, and you've been exhausted. You should have a good meal."

"That's a must!"

Liu Bei followed Lu Zhi into the mansion with a smile, and then he had a big meal.

Needless to say, although the salt used by Lu Zhi's family is not as good as Liangzhou salt, the fineness of the food, the type of food, and the cook's understanding of cooking skills are incomparable in Liangzhou.

After all, Luoyang is the most economically prosperous region. The more prosperous the economy, the more particular about food. The original ecological green and healthy diet in Liangzhou is not a bit worse than the refined diet in Luoyang City.

Liu Bei's main food in Liangzhou was pancakes and mutton. Occasionally, he could also eat some dog or horse meat, mainly meat. Vegetables and fruits were available, but very few.

The land is mainly used to grow food. Vegetables and fruits are rare in Liangzhou. They are more expensive than meat. Most people can't eat them at all. Vitamins are difficult to supplement, so severe malnutrition will greatly affect people. lifespan.

But for a person at Liu Bei's level, as long as he wants to, even if there are starvation and death outside, he can still eat a meal of Yellow River carp baked noodles in Liangzhou in a disaster year.

It's just that he wants to advocate frugality and take the lead in reducing government food expenditures, so he eats very little vegetables and fruits, mainly pancakes and meat.

It was okay at first, and the food was very satisfying, but then I gradually got tired of eating it, and I missed Luoyang's relatively fine and varied diet more and more.

After dinner, when we were taking a walk to digest food together, the master and apprentice began to talk about business.

"You know about Zheng Gong leaving, right?"

"Well, before coming here, I rushed to see Zheng Gong. Zheng Gong was very calm and didn't have too many worries, so he left as soon as he said."

"Duke Zheng, how free and easy it is."

Lu Zhi sighed: "On the contrary, it seems that we care too much about fame and fortune, so that we don't even want the dignity of scholars. Now that Zheng Gong is gone, I don't know how the scholars in Luoyang will speculate on us."

"Zheng Gongzhi is not here, asking Zheng Gong to stay is nothing but increasing Zheng Gong's pain."

Liu Bei said slowly: "You are now one of the three lords, and you can take up this responsibility no matter what, and it is expected by everyone. Zheng Gong's departure will not have a big impact on the school."

Lu Zhi nodded silently.

"It happened because of me, not because of Mr. Zheng. Mr. Zheng has been in Luoyang for several years. It's time..."

Saying this, Lu Zhi stopped, turned his head to look at Liu Bei, and smiled slightly.

"Since the teacher is already on the front line, there is no reason for his best disciples to hide in the back. Xuande, promise to inherit the "Zuoshi Chunqiu" with you, and I will be with you."

Liu Bei stood where he was, watching Lu Zhi for a long time.

"The disciple will do his best to maximize the value of this inheritance."

Lu Zhi took a deep breath.

"Xuande, are you planning to open a school in Liangzhou to teach apprentices?"

"Yes."

Liu Bei nodded and said: "Liangzhou and the Luoyang court have been separated for a long time, but Liangzhou is of great significance to the Han Dynasty. Otherwise, Emperor Xiaowu and Huo Huqi would not have tried their best to compete with the Huns for this place. Liangzhou must not be lost. The Luoyang court's prejudice against Liangzhou did not happen in a day or two.

The disciple pondered for a long time. If he wanted to make Liangzhou truly never leave the great man, he had to open a museum in Liangzhou to teach apprentices, give Liangzhou people the road to heaven through the inheritance of "Zuoshi Chunqiu", and set up Liangzhou as a disciple. This is the only and best way to build a bridge between the state and the Luoyang court. "

(End of this chapter)