A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 402: Tossing and turning all night to drive the king, thundering in the ears, holding on to the right path
Jingzhou, Xiangyang, Longzhong
A strong young man with a height of eight feet and a very handsome appearance was wearing a straw hat and coarse linen clothes. He tied the clothes around his waist and exposed his bare white calves. He was instructing the farmers on how to tidy up the fields.

According to him, his methods were all learned from the agricultural books written by Fan Shengzhi, a master farmer in the Western Han Dynasty, and this was the reason why the yield per mu in the Central Plains was higher than that in Jingzhou.

This method is based on solar terms or plowing the land multiple times to smooth out the mud and make the soil even; or make the soil compact by rolling, trampling by cattle and sheep, etc.

The former is called strong soil and weak soil. This method is applied when plowing hard black loam soil in spring when the earth's air is clear. The latter is called weak soil and strengthened. This method is applied when plowing weak soil when apricot flowers are in bloom.

Using his method, we can produce a lot more food than before.

In the Central Plains, many farmers knew this method, but in Jingzhou, before Liu Biao came, most Han barbarians lived together, and the cultivated land was chaotic and without laws.

"Sir, sir, someone sent you a letter." A little book boy trotted to the edge of the field.

Zhuge Liang stood up, looked at it, and said with a smile, "Oh? Who wrote it?"

The little book boy looked at the signature on the cloth and said word by word: "Brother, Xu, Shu, Shu"

"Xu Yuanzhi?" Zhuge Liang was confused. Isn't he in Xiangyang? Why write a letter? It's a waste of cloth.

I washed my hands in a wooden bucket nearby, then wiped the water stains on my clothes, took the cloth from the book boy, stood by the fields, and started reading:
"Brother Kong Ming sees words like words, please forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye. After hearing General Zuo's recruitment order, I couldn't restrain my excitement. I tossed and turned at night, and finally decided to set off the next day and join General Zuo. To realize the ambition in your heart.

The world is in turmoil today, and the people are displaced. There is no place to erect a roof or a meal to fill their stomachs. This is really a shame for us scholars.

Brother often compares himself with me about Guan Zhongleyi, and follows the example of Bai Shijunxuan, who manages the government of a country and revolutionizes the country's ruins. Today, General Zuo only has two states. Brother regards them as hidden dragons. In this case, I will be my brother's vanguard. , for my brother, I want to find out the reality of General Zuo.

If General Zuo is really a wise master and a benevolent king, I will write a letter for my brother to refer to. When the time is right, my brother will come out of the thatched cottage to make a name for the world and express his full ambition.

His younger brother Xu Shu wrote. "

After putting away Xu Shu's letter, Zhuge Liang stood silently for a while, then smiled at the confused little book boy beside him and said: "Let's go home. It seems that we can't be too leisurely recently. Otherwise, when the time comes, we will be doing it for everyone." laugh."

Although he didn't understand, the little bookboy knew that his husband was full of knowledge, knew astronomy and geography, and was familiar with the past and present. He must have his own reasons.

Five years of Jian'an
February
While Bai Lu was sitting in the attic, playing the piano, a follower went upstairs and whispered something in his ear.

"Oh? There is such a person? Interesting, really interesting."

After saying that, Bai Lu left his seat and Shi Shiran walked downstairs.

When he arrived at the hall on the first floor, Bai Lu did not go down directly. Instead, he stood on the steps and quietly watched everything that happened in the hall.

"You are so rude. We all came to serve General Zuo and may become colleagues in the future. Are you speaking so rudely?"

"Haha, rude, I am even more rude, do you want to see it?"

I saw a knight dressed as a knight, with disheveled hair, drinking wine, and holding a sword. The man who looked like an alcoholic bumped into the person who just spoke.

The man staggered after being hit, but fortunately there were many people around, and he was supported by kind people and did not fall down: "You, the people who come here are all humble gentlemen, and they all come here to serve the big man.

How come you are such a rude and rude martial artist? Doesn't it make the world say that General Zuo will accept any rotten fish or shrimp?
Maybe General Zuo just wants to accept a person like you who has no virtue, no manners, no talent and no purpose? If that's the case, I won't be able to enter General Zuo's mansion. "

"Haha, it's a joke. A gentleman should treat a polite person with courtesy, and a rude person should be treated with rudeness. How can you, the person who came to ruin General Zuo's plan, be considered a polite person?"

The man's face changed, but he still said forcefully: "What are you talking about? I don't know, waiter, how can you let such a rude and arrogant person in and not beat him out? If General Zuo's subordinates all If it’s this kind of thing, I don’t think any of us will come.”

At this time, the waiter also knew that this person was sent by Cao Cao to cause trouble, so he said with a bad face: "If you answer the ten questions in front of the door correctly, you are naturally qualified to enter the library. How can I reject the person who answered correctly?" Outside the gate, the owner of the museum did not give me such a task."

It turns out that after Liu Bei issued a recruitment order in September, Cao Cao also issued a recruitment order in October. The general idea was the same as Liu Bei's, but it was different.

Cao Cao's recruitment order did not look at a person's moral character, but only his ability. As long as he had ability, he would dare to hire even a rebellious person.

In order to compete with Liu Bei for talents, Cao Cao even sent people to Xuzhou to cause trouble, hoping to destroy Liu Bei's talent recruitment plan. After Yuan Shao heard about Liu Bei and Cao Cao's actions, not only did he not take any action, but he joked with his left and right officials that they were hungry, just like wild dogs looking for food in the countryside.

"Hmph, you are so shameless. As soon as you came in, I heard you promoting Cao Cao's recruitment order, saying that only Cao Cao's recruitment order is the real meritocracy. Compared with General Zuo's recruitment order, Cao Thief's order is indeed inferior, which shows that his sincerity is insufficient.

If you really want to come here to apply for a job, you will be resentful after being rejected. If you see something different from what you thought, you will just sneer and then walk away.

How could it be that after you entered the palace, you not only did not leave, but stayed here, communicated with others, and secretly spread the word to discredit General Zuo and subtly promoted Cao Cao. What is it if it is not a spy? "

The man seemed to have been stabbed in a sore spot, and said loudly: "You are a sissy, slander, you are slandering me. Everyone has their own comments about others. I have my mouth, so I can say whatever I want." , why are you the emperor? You have to take care of everything?"

The man dressed as a knight sarcastically said: "As expected of a talented person recruited by Cao Cao, his virtue really matches him."

"You, you, how can you slander Cao Sikong like this? In today's troubled times, the morality of favor and disgrace has long been trampled on by wars and epidemics.

Whoever has the ability to end this troubled world can be the master of the world. If we still cling to the high moral standards of the past, not only will we not be able to end the troubled times, but we will prolong the troubled times.

When the time comes, how can you, those of you who just talk, say that you are doing it for the sake of the common people in this world? Isn't it too hypocritical and selfish? "

Just when Xu Shu was still about to argue, a voice interrupted him: "Haha, what a joke, some people actually say that virtue is something that can be thrown away at will. Is it because I, the Bai family, don't think my sword is fast enough and I can't kill enough evil thieves? "

"Master Bai!" Bai Lu heard that someone was openly challenging the public order and good customs established by the Bai family in public, and challenging the Bai family's thousands of years of persistence.

If you secretly spread the word that the Bai family is beyond the reach of the whip, or that the Bai family is not strong enough to punish you, then you can openly challenge the Bai family now that the Bai family's strength is at the pinnacle of the past, and it is the time when your savings are about to exceed the limit, and you can't find an outlet. . Then Bai couldn't ignore it.

When the man saw Bai Lu coming down, he felt a little upset in his heart, but he still stiffened his neck and refused to give in.

Bai Lu looked at him and said with a smile: "As this gentleman said, the talents Cao Cao recruited are a perfect match for him."

Then, without looking at him, he looked around at the people present and said, "Gentlemen, I believe that all of you are here because of your ambition to revive the Han Dynasty and save the country and the people.

If you are simply seeking wealth and no regard for the lives of the people, then you should appear in Xudu, not Xiapi. This gentleman said that in troubled times, morality is no longer valuable.

He was right, it was indeed worthless. Otherwise, why would Cao Cao dare to slaughter the people of Xuzhou, and why would the people be so hungry that they even exchanged their sons for food? Isn't all this because of moral corruption?

Because the eunuchs had no control, Huan Ling's indulgence in moral bottom lines led to the continuous occurrence of selling off officials and seizing titles. This was the reason why the people at the bottom could not bear it and then resisted.

This is why the Yellow Turban Rebellion has not completely subsided so far. If public order and good customs still exist, officials should be honest and honest, and serve the people wholeheartedly; wealthy people should abide by Tao Zhu's laws, regard the great country as their own heart, and do not grant gifts to others for personal gain;

The noble ones uphold the virtues of their ancestors and do not act recklessly; the officials should concentrate on the work at hand, connect the past and the following, and do not do anything to make a name for themselves, deceive the good and fear the evil.

How could there be such chaos in the world? Even if something unexpected and irresistible happens, what can't be solved with a united will?

But there are some blackbirds who do evil as usual and destroy the public order and good customs in the world, causing fathers to doubt their sons, kings to doubt their ministers, sons to be unfilial, ministers to be unfaithful, friends to be untrustworthy, and husbands to be dishonest.

There are also officials who bully the people, the rich do evil, the nobles humiliate them, and the people do not educate them. If this continues, how can the world not be in chaos, and how can the country not be like this?
And if we want to restore the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, we can only reestablish the rules and restore virtues, love as a father, filial piety as a son, benevolence as a king, and loyalty as a minister.

If everyone, as this gentleman said, established the world based on small ways, then the world would not be established in the end. Even if it were established, it would be a world fighting among itself, and it would not be a world for our civilization.

Therefore, I, Mr. Bai, say that the world must be established with the right way. Only a world with this right way can be a magnificent world and inherit the world of Zhu Xia Zhengshuo. "

Bai Lu's righteous argument made everyone present feel like thunder in the spring, and they did not react for a long time.

Xu Shu was the first to react. He came to Bai Lu with a flushed face, saluted and said, "Now that I heard what Mr. Wang said, I know what the great road is."

In the end, Cao Cao's spy was so embarrassed by Bai Lu's remarks that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to burrow into, and then run away with face.

Xu Shu was also successfully introduced to Liu Bei by Bai Lu. This was the highest rated person recommended by Bai Lu since the opening of the Naxian Hall. He was appointed by Liu Bei as Qingzhou Biejia and went to Qingzhou as Bai Dian's deputy.

(End of this chapter)