I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 38

Liu Zhou was a little dizzy at the moment, his face was flushed, and there were obvious signs of high blood pressure.

But he still insisted on not pouring it, and filled the lacquer bowl with water himself to moisten the throat of the postman, and then asked the other party to tell him about the front-line battle reports he knew.

The postman coughed heavily, and then, in front of all the lords, he told the big guys about the battle on the front line in detail like a storyteller...

Back in time half a year ago:

Lu Zhi was appointed by Liu Hong as Beizhong Langjiang, and Xia Yu and Zang Min, who had been reactivated by the court, arrived in Yanmen. At the same time, they called Daijun, Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Shanggu, Yuyang, Guangyang, Zhuojun and Youjun The soldiers of the two prefectures of Beiping, the captains of the counties and the serving officers were assembled in Daijun and Shanggu.

As Cao Zuoshi, a soldier in Zhuojun County, Liu Jian was naturally recommended to serve on the front line.

At the same time, Gongsun Zan was also moved to the front line to serve as the Sima of the other department than Qianshi because he had greeted Taiwei Liu Kuan in advance.

After a lot of recruitment and appointment, the final scale of the Han army camp that went northward this time has begun to show.

Ren Beizhong Lang, currently the most trusted by the emperor, Lu Zhi's fake festival army has the highest status, but his foundation in the Northern Army is relatively weak.

The most powerful in the Northern Expedition Army belonged to the Liangzhou clan, including Dong Zhuo, Xia Yu, Tian Yan, etc., all in high positions.

Although Duan Jiong, the biggest backer, was lost, once the Han Dynasty had an important military operation, these Liangzhou generals were always remembered by the court.

There is no way, the people of Liangzhou are no longer in the eyes of the Kwantung gentry, but they can fight. Once there is a big battle in the frontier, most of the Confucian scholars can only stare blankly. If they can curse the Xianbei people to death with scriptures, they will have no problem , the scriptures in question have not yet developed this function.

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Lu Zhi is a Shangshu and a great Confucianist in the world, no matter how high his ideological awareness is, he is still a courtier above the court, but any courtier of a big man will have the most basic principle in his heart after he becomes an official. Political literacy, that is, figuring out your affiliation.

Especially for Qingliu celebrities, this thing is absolutely distinct, and no one can be confused.

Academically, he is a great Confucian teacher of the ancient Chinese classics. In the court, he is the mainstay of Qingliu celebrities. Now on the battlefield, he has also subconsciously assigned himself to an important camp - the soldiers of the Youzhou faction.

Although everyone's goal was to defeat Xianbei, it would be quite a hindrance for Lu Zhi if he didn't have a confidant of his own faction.

And at this moment, the advantage of having many disciples and old officials is manifested.

Lu also has friends in Youzhou official circles, and I also have students in the army!No amount of people from Liangzhou can drown me!
Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei, Liu Jian, these are all my students!
To be honest, these children are not rare in Lu Zhi's teaching career. Looking at the Gaomen and Goushi Mountains of the Han counties, there are not a thousand, but eight hundred people who have studied the scriptures with Lu Zhi over the years.

These few are incomparable with those in terms of family background and all aspects.

But it just so happened that a few of them are needed now.

Under this premise, Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei, Liu Jian and others were transferred to Lu Zhi's army.

No matter what their abilities are, after all, they are their own people, and they can use them easily.

Unexpectedly, after the three of them arrived in Lu Zhi's army, Liu Jian was the first to take the initiative to resign from Lu Zhi, saying that he had committed a serious crime and was not suitable to stay with General Zhong Lang, fearing that he would cause trouble to General Zhong Lang.

Lu Zhi just transferred them to the army as spare tires, but he didn't expect to be rejected.

Isn't this a joke?
This Liu Jian was only twelve or thirteen years old when he was studying scriptures under him, and he really didn't take this child seriously at that time.

Now that he has grown up, the wings seem to be hardened!
Well, let's hear his reasons.

Therefore, Lu Zhi asked Liu Jian what crime he committed and was not suitable for staying in the Chinese army.

Liu Jian's answer was: kill people.

kill?How many did you kill?
Not much, just slaughtered a family with my brothers.

This time, Lu Zhi completely treated this little apprentice differently.

You are really powerful, little brat, how did the old man see that you have such great ability.

It shouldn't be, when he was in Gou's Mountain, this little apprentice was usually taciturn, so he didn't realize that Zhuzi was such a beast!

So Lu Zhi asked carefully.

Tell me, why do you slaughter a family?
Liu Jian then began to narrate:
After seeing Dong Zhuo in the previous episode, the five tigers of Zhuo County went to Jie County, Hedong to inquire about the situation of Zheng's family.

The Zheng family really disregarded human life and used shooting and hunting living people as a way of entertainment on weekdays.

As long as such a person lives for a day, it will be a great disaster for other innocent people!

Therefore, Liu Jian, who valued righteousness, together with his four younger brothers, found an opportunity to kill the father and son of the Zheng family who had committed many crimes. This time, the Zheng family was completely hopeless.

Under normal circumstances, after killing someone, one would just leave, but Guan Yu had a loud voice. After killing someone, he insisted on standing at the door and yelling to express his feelings.

"Tell the neighbors that the murderer is the Changsheng of Hedong Guan!"

With this voice, Guan Changsheng's name resounded throughout Xie County.

More than 1000 years later, when Shi Naian wrote Wu Song's Blood Splattered Mandarin Duck Tower, he probably referred to Guan Changsheng's deeds.

Seeing Guan Yu's pride, Zhang Fei was also extremely excited. He was eager to try and shouted, "Zhang Fei, the man of Yan, is here"!
But in the end, he was still held back by Liu Bei, and he was not allowed to report to the house.

In this way, the registration of this murder case in the county office is, "The murderer Guan Changsheng and his four subordinates." '

As for who the four subordinates are, it has not been found out yet, and Guan Changsheng also fled and disappeared.

This case involved Cao Jie to some extent, and it still happened in an important place in the east of the river, so Lu Zhi had heard of it a little bit.

But he really didn't expect that it was his apprentice who did it.

After Lu Zhi heard it, he was furious on the spot and cursed, "What a beast!"

Liu Jian hurriedly said: "The teacher forgives the sin, but the student has no choice but to do it."

Lu Zhi was very gentle: "Deran, you misunderstood. I didn't scold you as a teacher. I scolded the Zheng family. They are really beasts."

In fact, after Liu Jian finished talking about this to Lu Zhi, Lu Zhi was not angry at all, and seemed a little happy, praising his little apprentice for doing a good job. .

The only thing that makes Lu Zhi dissatisfied is that Guan Changsheng knows that after killing someone, he shouts out his name to leave a name. What are you Liu Jian and Liu Bei doing? Why don't you even keep your name after killing someone?I, Lu's apprentice, actually let a knight-errant overshadow the limelight-what a shame!

However, the flaws do not conceal the advantages. Generally speaking, Lu Zhi is still very happy.

Lu Zhi even compared his good apprentice Liu Jian to Zhang Jian, one of the eight handsome men.

Murder was indeed a violation of the Han law in the Han Dynasty, and it was a proper crime, but you also have to look at who killed the person and who was killed.

Someone who kills someone is called a criminal.

But when some people kill people, when the white knife goes in, what comes out is not blood, but a great reputation!
The Zhang Jian in Lu Zhi's mouth also killed people because Zhongchang servant Hou Lan and his family caused disasters to the village.

With Zhang Jian's official position at that time, he was not qualified to be the master of this matter, but Zhang Jian killed Hou Lan's mother without hesitation, and the case of his party's guests was praised by the world.

Of course, this is also because Zhang Jian himself is Qingliu and one of the Eight Talents, especially because his behavior later indirectly involved the party, so this matter was placed on him, which caused a wave of praise among scholars praise.

To put it bluntly, as long as you kill someone related to the eunuch, the Qingliu scholars of the big Han will give you a thumbs up.

Taking a closer look at the present, how is the behavior of Liu Jian and others different from Zhang Jian's behavior at the beginning?

Liu Jian himself is also a scholar, and he killed the evil leader who committed crimes!

Most importantly, the person Liu Jian killed was a partial relative of the great eunuch Cao Jie, the head of the eunuch who was hated by all the celebrities in the world.

Yes, he should be killed, stabbed to death!
Therefore, if Lu Zhi doesn't treat Liu Jian differently at this moment, then it's not Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi praised Liu Jian well, and assured him that with Master Lu around, this matter would not be a problem at all!
Not only did he want to protect Liu Jian, but he also wanted to publicize the fact that Liu Jian killed the eunuch's family as a thief among the scholars in the future.

This thing is really beautiful, most people dare not!
Such a great publicity story must be done by my apprentice, someone from Lu.

Anyway, the eunuch Cao Jie will not live long, so he is not afraid of revenge.

When Lu Zhi left Beijing, he heard that Cao Jie was seriously ill. According to the order of the imperial physician, he was almost terminally ill and there was no cure for it. At worst, he would live for a few more months.

In fact, the reason why Liu Jian was able to tell this matter in front of Lu Zhi today is also because of this.

He knew that Cao Jie died less than a year after Duan Jiong, Yang Qiu and others died, and he couldn't take revenge even if he wanted to.

At this juncture, telling the story in front of Lu Zhi will not only get Lu Zhi's admiration... the most important thing is to pass it on to Shilin through Lu Zhi's mouth. In the future, the deeds of his Liu brothers will be known. It is enough to be praised among scholars.

Lu Zhi praised Liu Jian for a long time, and then praised Liu Bei by the way, thinking that he is also very good. It is very rare to be able to do such a heroic deed with Liu Jian without fear of the powerful at the critical moment.

At the same time, Lu Zhi also expressed the hope that Liu Bei can continue to improve in the future, buy less clothes, less dogs, less racing with people, and try to use his energy in the right place, so that he will definitely be able to make great achievements.

Although he trained more than he praised, Liu Bei was still overjoyed, so he hurriedly thanked him.

Afterwards, Lu Zhi personally mentioned another word for Guan Yu: Yun Chang!

What Lu Zhi meant was that although you are right to kill people, the laws of the country are ruthless and the laws of the Han Dynasty cannot be abolished. That Guan Changsheng screamed after killing someone. The word Guan Changsheng is a bit too well-known in Hedong at present. Everyone privately It’s okay to praise him, but you still have to be a bit scruples about being a human being. Don’t use his nickname for now. I’ll give him a new nickname as a teacher, called Yun Chang. I hope he won’t forget this heart, Ren Tiangao The clouds are long and flying, you ask him if he likes it or not.

If he is unwilling to change, you can persuade him more, it is also for his own good.

After this incident, Liu Jian's position in Lu Zhi's heart changed completely.

But if Liu Jian really made Lu Zhi value him, it was in the ensuing battle between the Han army and Xianbei.

(End of this chapter)