I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 8 Meeting

Guan Yu held "Spring and Autumn" and read it over and over, but still couldn't think of any good solution, and then said to Liu Bei: "If eldest brother asks me to lead troops to fight, I will have no objection, but this kind of strategy is really not what I am good at. "

Zhang Fei: "Me too!"

Liu Bei was helpless, he couldn't figure it out, so he said: "Well, there is still time before we leave the Yamen. Let me go to the streets to patrol first and get to know the ruler."

Zhang Fei was very happy and was about to leave immediately, but he heard a clerk running outside and told Liu Bei that Lord He Fu had sent someone.

"Going to see Marquis Shi in the West Garden tomorrow? Please tell Mr. He Fu so that you will not miss the date."

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Luoyang City began in Chengzhou during the Western Zhou Dynasty, and underwent two expansions in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and Qin Dynasty, establishing its current general shape. In other words, at this time, Luoyang City was already a thousand-year-old city.

The urban area of ​​Luoyang is limited. The Nangong and Beigong palaces alone account for half of the city area. Add in the Yong'an Palace, Sangong Mansion, etc. outside the palace, and the remaining space is very small. It is also mostly used as residence by officials. Therefore, larger squares were developed outside Luoyang City to meet the residential and commercial requirements of civilians.

The area outside the city is about twice that of Luoyang City. Since Luoyang City is sandwiched between Mang Mountain and Luoshui to the north and south, these lanes are generally distributed on the east and west sides of Luoyang City, as is the West Garden. , located on the west side of Luoyang City.

Under Guo Sheng's arrangement, Liu Bian set out from the East View in Nangong and went out of Xuanwu Gate. The streets of Luoyang City were not all connected to the end. After turning a few turns, Liu Bian finally left the city. As the Emperor Ling's favorite place besides the palace, the West Garden was not far from the city wall.

When entering, Liu Bian noticed that there were people busy next to the gate, just like people soliciting customers at the entrance of the station. After asking Guo Sheng, he confirmed that he was indeed responsible for selling officials.

He Miao and Liu Guanzhang arrived much earlier than Liu Bian. As soon as Liu Bian got off the carriage, he saw several people coming to greet them.

Liu Bian first took a focused look at Liu Bei. His earlobes were a bit big, and his arms looked not short, but they were not as exaggerated as his ears hanging down to his shoulders and his arms hanging down to his knees.

Guan Yu is more similar to the legend, his face is a little red, his beautiful beard is not long enough for his age, and he is not wearing the iconic green robe. He and Zhang Fei became the secretaries and thieves of the Northern Lieutenant Baishi respectively, so they wore the standard official uniforms of the Han Dynasty, black on the outside and red on the inside, with seals and ribbons, which made them look very powerful.

Compared with the later use of official uniform colors to distinguish grades, Liu Bian preferred this black and red combination.

Zhang Fei is not a particularly handsome man, but he is definitely not ugly either. His biggest feature is that he speaks in a loud voice.

Relatively speaking, Liu Guan and Zhang are still relatively young and have not reached their peak.

"What a strong man!" Liu Bian praised.

Seeing Liu Guanzhang in person is indeed a unique experience.

During this period, a small episode occurred.

He Miao suggested that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei perform martial arts live for Liu Bian to show what it means to be an enemy of ten thousand people. Liu Bian understood that He Miao had no bad intentions, but he still decisively rejected him: "Yun Chang and Yide learned the skills of killing enemies on the battlefield, how can they be used for entertainment?"

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Liu Bian felt that Liu Bei was almost moved to tears after he finished speaking. In his impression, Emperor Zhaolie in history did not like to cry. Liu Bian did not have the opportunity to go to ordinary people's homes to understand the situation this time, so he turned to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei lived up to Liu Bian's expectations and told him that in recent years, there had been constant turmoil in various places. With the increase in taxes between the DPRK and China, the lives of civilians had become increasingly difficult. Liu Bian noticed that Liu Bei said that in recent years, people who originally owned land had to sell their land and become tenants because of their livelihood. This was no longer an isolated case.

There was nothing to talk about after that. Liu Bian had no use for Liu Guanzhang for the time being. After a brief meeting, today Liu, Guan, and Zhang have to return to the Northern Weifu Yamen for duty!

After the three of them left, Liu Bian said to He Miao, "Second uncle, you won't blame me for refusing to let Guan and Zhang perform martial arts, right?"

He Miao didn't expect Liu Bian to ask this. In fact, he had comforted himself a long time ago. He was able to live smoothly in the He family because of his good attitude. He replied: "I didn't think carefully. Guan Yunchang and Zhang Yide are both high-ranking people. How can I treat them like actors?"

The two of them walked along a hill in the garden, with Guo Sheng and others following behind.

"I understand that the second uncle just wants to satisfy my curiosity." As he spoke, Liu Bian changed the topic and asked, "I heard from my mother that my uncle and Guo Changshi had a very good relationship in the past, but I don't know when. When you get together with a group of scholars, your relationship will no longer be what it used to be. Does the second uncle know what the uncle thinks?"

He Miao shook his head. Seeing Guo Sheng following closely, he knew that Guo Sheng must have heard what Liu Bian said just now.

"What do you think, Mr. Guo?" Liu Bian asked Guo Sheng again.

"I thought the general was deceived by Yuan Shao and others." Guo Sheng knew that Liu Bian admired Lu Zhi, so he changed his target.

"I want to try to convince my uncle, at least don't yell at the eunuchs all day like Yuan Shao and others," Liu Bian said.

Guo Sheng was very excited when he heard this. He trotted up to Liu Bian and said, "Your Highness, please speak out for justice."

He cried again and said: "In the early years, the scholars always said that our eunuchs' family members and nephews were acting recklessly in the local area. However, we were scolded by your majesty a few years ago, and since then we have called all our family members and nephews back. Now. Now There is a problem in the local area, but the scholars still blame us, how can it be reasonable?"

"We'll talk after Mr. Guo gets up." Liu Bian only believed half of Guo Sheng's words.

It’s no longer just a day or two for eunuchs’ family members, nephews, and retainers to run rampant in the local area. The nobles even know how to fish from the lake in a sustainable way. There are still a few who are true heirs of poetry and etiquette, but the eunuch’s children are doing things like blowing up fish ponds. .

What Guo Sheng said about calling his family nephews was that after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Emperor Ling was probably shocked by the wave of uprisings across the country and began to reflect on himself. On the one hand, it was necessary to lift the party's imprisonment on a large scale to prevent party members from colluding with Zhang Jiao and others, although this was almost impossible; on the other hand, it was to question the eunuchs, because Emperor Ling found that in the face of such a large-scale rebellion, The eunuch he always relied on was useless. The real solution to the problem was Qingliu, whom the eunuch always criticized.

But after experiencing this incident, Emperor Ling probably understood that eunuchs were not that reliable, but he still couldn't help but continue to reuse Zhang Rang and others.

Now that it has been two years since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Liu Bian felt that there was a question mark as to whether the eunuch's children had caused trouble to the village again. It's a pity that he can't investigate this matter thoroughly now.

(End of this chapter)