I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 312 A humble gentleman
Li Ru was about the same age as Zhong Shao's father, Zhong Fu.

Facing Li Ru, Zhong Shao was very polite, but his attitude in his words was very clear.

He only holds Jinwu Cheng, but cannot represent Jinwu Cui Lie. Although today's Zhijinwu is not the same as Guangwu before, the lean camels are bigger than horses. The Tiqimen who belong to Zhijinwu are not very good at dealing with high-ranking officials, but they still have no problem dealing with merchants in their patrol areas. .

Zhong Shao came here mostly as the Zhong family of Luoyang.

However, having said that, public and private are not so easy to separate.

"Why did you say this?" Li Ru was not disappointed at all. He had succeeded in his pursuit. He never expected that Cui Lie, who had served as the Third Duke, would intervene.

Therefore, in the face of Zhong Shao's deliberate "alienation", Li Ru remained friendly to Zhong Shao: "What I do is all for the people of the Han family. How can I be selfish?"

"Since you are from Luoyang, you should know that in the spring of the third year of Jianning, when there was a severe drought in Hanoi, Henan, there was a tragic incident of couples cannibalizing each other. All I ask is to try to prevent this from happening again."

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"A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always concerned." Li Ru sighed again, "I am fearless because of my ambition. I never thought that a talented person like you would misunderstand me? Everything I do comes from a public heart! "

After sending Zhongshao away, Gao Yan respectfully asked Li Ru: "Will Zhongshao be willing to help the teacher in the future?"

The Li Ru in front of me and the Li Ru in other people's mouths are exactly the same.

"After today, I am not sure that Zhong Shao will help me when I lose power in the future, but I know that he will not add insult to injury, and that is enough."

After Zhong Shao discovered another side of Li Ru that was inconsistent with the rumors, he had the illusion that the whole world was in trouble and I was alone.

Zhong Shao had heard before that Li Ru seemed to be chatting and laughing with others, but in fact he had a knife hidden in his heart and was always thinking of plotting against the people in front of him.

Thinking of this, Zhong Shao recalled his previous dissatisfaction with Li Ru and even felt a little ashamed.

"Selling low-priced grain to Henan Yin will inevitably lead to infamy, but who can bear to sit idly by when faced with the refugees who are about to starve to death?"

When he said goodbye to Li Ru, he was a little reluctant to say goodbye.

But no matter what, this illusion helps Zhong Shao make his choice.

During the whole process, Li Ru was heartbroken.

Talking about the evaluation from the outside world, Li Ru said solemnly: "Where the Tao is, how can I spare my body!"

Paired with Li Ru's simple clothes, Zhong Shao, who has a relatively upright personality, felt that Li Ru was a doctor of Taixue after all, and his moral cultivation was not a problem.

However, considering that in history, he chose to cooperate with Ma Teng and Han Sui to avenge his father and attack Li Jue and Guo Si. As a result, he, Liu Fan, Ma Yu and others died in the battle, while Ma Teng and Han Sui escaped intact and retreated to Liang. Zhou, it is difficult for people to praise his vision of recognizing people.

Seeing is believing, Li Ru is obviously such a humble gentleman who cares about the country and the people!
Zhong Shao felt that Li Ru had suffered negative criticism that he should not have endured at his age.

Li Ru shook his head. Seeing that Gao Yan was puzzled, he explained: "If you are a good person, you will get a lot of help. If you are a bad person, you will have little help. You have a special background, so you should pay special attention to this."

In his current opinion, they are just rumors spread maliciously by some people.

It was enough for him to decide not to target the Zhong family anymore.

Gao Yan was still puzzled: "Teacher has been saying that something unexpected happened recently. Since we have expected it, why didn't we get out earlier?"

Li Ru looked at Gao Yan. The latter could be specially selected and trained by Gao Wang from among several adopted sons, and was prepared to be entrusted with the care of his children and his posthumous affairs. His conduct was quite good. He sighed: "You will know when you are as old as a teacher. Because I am a teacher, I don't want to endure it anymore."

In the Yuntai Palace, Guan Yu was sharing what he had experienced.

"When I was in Hanoi County before, I saw some scoundrels deliberately pretending to be victims of suffering and slandering officials. Some of them wanted to take the opportunity to extort money, and there were also some officials who took the opportunity to eliminate dissidents."

There is nothing new under the sun.

Liu Bian listened carefully. This is Guan Yu's experience at the grassroots level. There are bad people among the masses!
In modern times, we must always be wary of dynamic social groups. In ancient times, especially when places were very regional, the existence of protective umbrellas was almost inevitable.

Liu Bian asked: "How did Yun Chang avoid this?"

Guan Yu replied: "I have thought hard, but I have not thought of a solution. Moreover, most of the scoundrels who come out are abandoned sons who can be used to convict people. Even if they are falsely accused and rebelled, it is difficult to stop them. There is a trend of advocating knight-errants among the people. There are many people who act impulsively because of words.”

Speaking of this, Guan Yu blushed a little. When he was young, he fled to Zhuojun because he committed an offense in his hometown of Hedong County.

But Liu Bian didn't see it.

The sense of immediacy in Guan Yu's words was so full that Liu Bian suddenly thought, what kind of Eastern Han Dynasty version of Young and Dangerous is this?
Thinking back to the status of Guan Gong in later generations, what kind of magical realism is there?
Guan Yu added: "At that time, Ma Ying came up with a sound strategy, but it was somewhat inappropriate. This is because in order to solve this kind of problem, you need to know the root cause. This method not only requires capable ministers and officials, but also time."

Through Guan Yu's words, Liu Bian once again confirmed that there is indeed no easy shortcut in rectifying officialdom. All he can do now is to try to control the side effects.

Looking at Guan Yu, Liu Bian thought that next year, it would be time to release Liu Bei, Guan Yu and others to take over two thousand stones to govern the country.

Thinking of this, Liu Bian thought of Zhang Fei who was still guarding Liangzhou.

He asked: "Has Chang Yun received a letter from Yide's family recently? Is Lu Shui Zahu in Zhangye County still safe?"

Liu Bian asked like a casual conversation, and Guan Yu's answer was also casual, smiling: "Yide often goes to practice martial arts in front of the Hu people. The Hu people know that Yide is just a corps leader, so they are afraid and dare not cause trouble."

Liu Bian laughed.

With Huang Zhong and Zhang Fei here, as long as Zhang Fei didn't get drunk and cause trouble, Liu Bian couldn't imagine how Lu Shuihu would have the courage to cause trouble.

However, Liu Bian was still happy too early.

No one would have thought that the first person to have trouble in Liangzhou was not Lu Shui Zahu, but the Huang family from Jiuquan.

The Huang family initially played a negative role in Hu Zhen's journey to the Western Regions. After the new governor took office, he largely controlled the power of Jiuquan County.

But Zhang Meng, the new governor of Jiuquan, was able to stand out in the selection of Shangshutai and go to manage the lost Jiuquan County. Of course, he was not easy to deal with.

Zhang Meng is the son of Zhang Huan. After Zhang Huan moved from Dunhuang County to Hongnong County with his military exploits, Zhang Meng also became a native of Hongnong County.

Zhang Meng is different from his brothers Zhang Chang and Zhang Zhi who are good at literature and calligraphy. Zhang Meng lives up to his name, especially in terms of character, he is very fierce.

Taking advantage of Zhang Huan's reputation in Liangzhou and his status as the governor, most of the wealthy families in Jiuquan County showed close obedience to Zhang Meng, except for the Huang family in Jiuquan.

What the two sides competed for was the control of Jiuquan County. From the very beginning, the civil war gradually turned into smoke...

(End of this chapter)