Xuande

Chapter 598 I Really Like You

Unlucky to say.

Back then, Yingqian was greedy for an official position and agreed to Yang Ci's request. Although the modern literature school quickly fell into decline and was taken away from the seat of the Spring and Autumn Classics by the ancient literature school, Yang Ci still kept his promise and gave Yingqian the Dongjun Fan Ling's position.

But in the subsequent political struggle, Yang Ci was defeated, and died of joy not long after. The Yang family temporarily withdrew from the front-line political arena in order to keep their filial piety.

Subsequently, Ying Qian lost his backer in the court, and soon lost his official position in the political struggle between Luoyang and the local government in Yanzhou.

At that time, Yang didn't give him any compensation, probably because he had more than enough energy.

Ying Qian was very disappointed and even angrier. He wanted to leave and return to his hometown in Runan to look for opportunities, but at that time, he suddenly remembered something.

He remembered the legend that Liu Bei waited for four months at the gate of Lu Zhi's mansion in Luoyang City. Everyone said that the reason why Liu Bei was able to become Lu Zhi's disciple was because of the four months of waiting.

Although he betrayed Liu Bei, the reason why he betrayed him was actually similar to what Liu Bei pursued back then. In this case, why couldn't he give more?

So Yingqian made up his mind and traveled long distances to Hongnong County to attend the funeral. He wore hemp and mourning for Yang Ci for seven to 49 days, and was received by Yang Biao.

Yang Biao asked him why he acted like this, and he replied that he had received great kindness from the Yang family, and it was only natural for him to wear filial piety for his benefactor and master, and he would be willing to keep his filial piety even for him.

Yang Biao sighed for this, and praised Ying Qian as a conscientious person, but the Yang family was really in a bad situation at that time and could not make a difference in politics, so Yang Biao wrote a letter of introduction, recommending Ying Qian to his colleagues. It is the Zhang family of the Yue family in Runan County.

In this way, Ying Qian got the stepping stone of the Zhang family in Runan and became a disciple of the Zhang family.

And because he was recommended by Yang Biao, the Zhang family took a high look at him, tested his ability, and found him a post of county magistrate.

He worked in this position for another three years, just in time for the crisis in the east of the river, and the city of Luoyang was turbulent.

The Jinwen School's forces in Luoyang City suffered heavy losses due to the Hedong crisis, and urgently needed fresh blood. Therefore, the Jinwen School spent some resources and transferred a group of capable local officials to make up for the losses.

Ying Qian was selected and returned to Luoyang.

Taking advantage of the time before they completely broke with the eunuch group, the Jinwen School bought some positions from the eunuchs, including the position of the city gate captain who should be moved.

At that time, Dong Zhong was not the person who was in charge of the Chengmen school captain system. As a result, Dong Zhong took over the city gate school captain system on the third day after Yingqian took up his duties.

Ying Qian was worried that he would be "optimized", so he bought gifts with some of the money he had saved to bribe Dong Zhong. At that time, Dong Zhong didn't have much appetite. allow him to continue in office.

In contrast, those who did not give gifts to Dong Zhong at that time were all "optimized" by Dong Zhong with various reasons.

Therefore, when Liu Bei was facing each other with Yuan Wei and He Jin, and during the Luoyang Mutiny on April [-], Ying Qian inexplicably followed Dong Chonglie as a member of the Modern Literature School and won.

After the Luoyang mutiny, Liu Bei became a general, and the ancient literature school was greatly revered. Ying Qian, as one of the few officials of the modern literature school who still held real power and even a little military power in Luoyang city, was valued by the school.

And because he once betrayed Liu Bei's "advanced behavior", everyone thinks he is reliable, and he must want Liu Bei to die.

At the critical moment of the school's life and death, Yingqian was asked to provide the school with some armor and high-quality weapons belonging to him, as well as long-range shooting weapons in the bow and crossbow, to help them kill Liu Bei and re-establish the advantages of the Jinwen school .

Regarding this request of the school, Ying Qian, who went around and returned to Luoyang, did not hesitate at all, and immediately looked for an opportunity to secretly meet Liu Bei and inform Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was overwhelmed with emotion when he heard about Ying Qian's wonderful experiences over the years.

"I have heard people say that luck is also a part of strength. In the past, I thought this sentence was exaggerated, but now it seems that this is really not the case. Ying Qian, you are a lucky person."

Yingqian saluted respectfully.

"Without Junhou's tolerance and teaching, there would be no Qian today, so even if Qian is lucky, he is lucky to get a little bit of Junhou's luck. Even if it is just a little bit, it is enough for Qian to be inexhaustible."

Liu Bei smiled and shook his head.

"In this case, why did you come to inform me? You are now a member of the Modern Literature School. You once betrayed the Ancient Literature School, and now you betray the Modern Literature School. The Ancient Literature School will not accept such a person again. This point, you Never thought about it?"

"It's not a betrayal, it's a promise."

Yingqian respectfully said: "At the beginning Junhou taught Qian, and Qian was grateful for Junhou's tolerance, so he swore that he would never do anything that would be unfavorable to Junhou in his life. What he is doing now is to fulfill his original promise, There's nothing wrong with it."

Liu Bei chuckled lightly.

"Smart words, you are really worthy of my entrustment to you back then, and you are only for yourself, not for others. There are many hypocrites in this world, but I don't see many undisguised real villains like you. "

"Your Majesty has won the prize."

Ying Qian wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty's kindness to Qian will be unforgettable for the rest of your life. Now, Qian entrusts his life to the Marquis. If the Marquis wants to punish him severely, Qian will never forget it." Don't fight back, don't run away."

Liu Bei stood up, walked around Ying Qian a few times, and looked down at his neck.

Just like what he said just now, these days there are many hypocrites who pull big banners and make tiger skins. They have to give themselves a righteous name in everything they do, and use the name of Confucius to satisfy their own selfish desires, but Yingqian is so clear and practical. Christians, not many.

For rulers, there are many things that true gentlemen and hypocrites are unwilling to do, and these things must be done, so the existence of real villains is needed at this time.

Only a real villain is willing to do things that others are not willing to do in exchange for personal benefits. If a real villain can be properly controlled, it will be of great benefit to Wang Tu's hegemony.

So Liu Bei made a decision.

He took his eyes away from Ying Qian's neck, bent down, and helped Ying Qian up.

"Yingqian, Yingqian, although you are a real villain and good at jumping around repeatedly, I really like you."

Ying Qian raised his eyebrows.

"Jumping repeatedly... Is Junhou still blaming Qian?"

"It's not your fault. It's the nature of human beings to jump repeatedly. Those who blame you may not do better than you."

Liu Bei patted Ying Qian on the shoulder and said with a smile: "There are many people under my command, some are real gentlemen, some are hypocrites, some are foolish, some are followers, and some are just drifters. There are really not many, Ying Qian, I need you."

"It is a blessing to be valued by the monarch and marquis."

Yingqian showed joy, and said in a low voice: "What does Junhou need to do? For example, kill all those people now? They are all huddled in the mansion now, waiting to assassinate Junhou."

"No rush, no rush, you don't need to do this, you just need to give them everything they need."

"This……"

"Give it all to them, don't worry, I'll be fine, but when the time comes, you need to stand up and identify them, as a personal certificate, as a testimony of your return to my command, how about it?"

"Your Majesty has an order, and you dare not disobey it!"

Liu Bei nodded and let Ying Qian go down to work.

Looking at the back of him leaving, Liu Bei sighed, feeling that his heart is getting worse and worse, not only should there be good people around him, but also villains, and bad people, and they should be used in the same way. This is not black and white. , is it right or wrong?
Liu Bei suddenly remembered that sentence.

When people grow up, they gradually stop asking about right and wrong, and only look at the pros and cons in everything.

If this is the case, it would be great luck if a person can live a lifetime without growing up.

But who can live a lifetime without growing up?

(End of this chapter)