Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 62 Zhang Deyi invites Kong Wenju (seeking recommendation)

The most famous academy in Beihai City is Six Arts Academy (it is fictional, any similarity is purely coincidental).The Six Arts Academy teaches the Six Arts. There are many famous Confucian scholars in the academy, but the two are the most famous.

One person's name is Guan Ning, and his style name is You'an. He is not yet 30 years old today, but his talent and name far exceed many great Confucian scholars.Guan Ning was unwilling to be an official, and the court recruited him many times, but Guan Ning tried his best to shirk it, and just stayed in the Six Arts Academy as a leisurely academician.And the more this is the case, the greater the reputation of Guan Ning. According to folklore, Guan Ning has the "talent of Wang Fu".

The other person is more famous, and this person is Kong Rong and Kong Wenju.

Kong Rong is the twentieth grandson of Confucius. In the first year of Zhongping, he was promoted to serve as a censor. However, because of discord with Zhongcheng, Kong Rong resigned and went home. He stayed at home for half a year. For many months, I had nothing to do, so I came to Beihai Six Arts Academy to teach and learn from other great Confucians.

Zhang De had heard of the names of these two people, and knew that they were very capable in internal affairs, so he wanted to ask them to help.

At this time, Kong Rong and Guan Ning were playing chess in the small pavilion behind the academy, and the little boy came to report: "You two gentlemen, the new Beihai prefect, Mr. Zhang De, has sent a post to ask for your visit. He is waiting outside the door now!"

Guan Ning just nodded, but Kong Rong frowned.

Kong Rong hated eunuchs very much.Kong Rong is the second son of Kong Zhou. It turns out that Kong Rong also has an elder brother named Kong Bao. The relationship between the two brothers is very good. Kong Rong loves his elder brother very much. The big pear was given to his elder brother Kong Bao.

Later, Kong Rong’s father, Kong Zhou, died, and the two brothers depended on each other. At that time, Kong Rong was still young, so Kong Bao was both his elder brother and his father to help Kong Rong grow up. Therefore, in Kong Rong’s heart, his elder brother Kong Bao was the most important thing to him. people.

But when Kong Rong was 15 years old, something happened.Kong Bao had a good friend named Zhang Jian, who was framed for exposing the crimes committed by the eunuch Hou Lan and his family members in power, and the government wanted to arrest him and punish him.Zhang Jian ran to Kong's house to seek asylum, but it happened that Kong Bao was not at home, so Zhang Jian didn't explain why he came. Kong Rong didn't know why, so he took Zhang Jian in.

Later, someone reported that the Kong family was hiding fugitives, and the government arrested Kong Bao and Kong Rong. In order to protect his younger brother, Kong Bao pleaded guilty and was finally convicted and beheaded.

This incident has always made Kong Rong live in endless self-blame. At the same time, because Zhang Jian was the eunuch who offended, Kong Rong blamed his brother's death on the eunuch, so Kong Rong hated all the eunuchs from then on.Hearing Zhang De's visit at this time, Kong Rong naturally knew that Zhang De was the son of Zhang Rang, the largest eunuch in the Han Dynasty, so Kong Rong immediately frowned.

Guan Ning saw that Kong Rong was frowning and he was undecided. He knew that Kong Rong was thinking of his dead brother Kong Bao again, so he said, "Mr. is in a mess today. Let's play this game tomorrow. It's just that Mr. Taishou is To see or not to see?" Kong Rong was a few years older than Guan Ning, the so-called elders respected, so Guan Ning called Kong Rong "Sir".

"Hmph! The eunuch's son, what are you doing seeing him, don't see him!" Kong Rong said sharply.

Guan Ning sighed and said: "Being self-serving and ignoring others, you will be far from resentful!"

This sentence comes from "The Analects of Confucius·Wei Linggong", which means that to be a person, especially a gentleman, it is important to strictly demand and blame yourself, while adopting a tolerant attitude towards others, and to blame and criticize others. Time should be as gentle and generous as possible, so that it will naturally not cause resentment.

Kong Rong naturally knew that Guan Ning was admonishing himself at this time, and sighed: "Brother You'an, I also know, but after so many years, every time I think of my brother, my heart hurts!"

"Sir, I've heard a little bit about what happened back then, but since it's completely in accordance with the etiquette for people to pay their respects, if we don't see you, it's not reasonable. The so-called gentleman is magnanimous, so why not meet him?" Guan Ning said.

Kong Rong suddenly said: "Thanks to Brother You'an's reminder, no matter what, I just saw this Zhang De, come, let this Zhang De wait in the hall."

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Zhang De waited outside for a long time, finally someone led him into the hall and offered fragrant tea.Soon, two scribes came to the hall, one was younger and the other was younger.Zhang De knew at a guess that the older one must be Kong Rong, and the younger one must be Guan Ning.

Zhang De hurriedly got up and said, "Zhang De has seen the two gentlemen!"

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the status of literati was very high, especially those of the Confucian level such as Kong Rong and Guan Ning. Generally, the governors had to be respectful when they met!So when they saw Zhang De, they just hugged each other as a greeting.

After the guests and hosts were seated, Guan Ning first asked, "I don't know what the prefect is talking about?"

Zhang De said: "I'm here for the first time, and I'm here to pay a visit to the two gentlemen. In addition, I also have something to ask the two gentlemen for advice. Please give me your advice!"

"Don't dare to teach me, I don't know what's wrong with the prefect?" Guan Ning asked.

"Now that the Yellow Turban has just been flattened, Beihai is waiting to be lifted, but now there are countless refugees in Qingzhou, and the remnants of the Yellow Turban are raging. Zhang De is a warrior, and he can lead troops to fight, but I am afraid that he has enough energy to govern the place, so he came here specially. Ask the two gentlemen for advice on how to govern the people!" Zhang De said.

Seeing that Zhang De came here for this matter, Guan Ning and Kong Rong didn't want to make things difficult. They just heard Kong Rong say, "Lighten corvees, reduce taxes, and let the people recuperate. It will take less than three years to calm the bandits outside and cultivate benevolent government inside. There must be great rule!"

Seeing Kong Rong's words, Zhang De immediately said while the iron was hot: "Since you are a great talent, why don't you come out of the official position to help me, so as to benefit the common people!"

Kong Rong was not happy when he heard that, and he said that you, the son of an eunuch, wanted me out of the mountain. I was willing to tell you these words just now, which is enough to save you face. The more I think about it, the more angry I will get .

Seeing Guan Ning next to him, he hurriedly smoothed things over and said: "Thank you for your kindness, the prefect. We are all people who are idle clouds and wild cranes. We just want to farm in the fields and become an official. Don't mention it again."

Zhang De said urgently: "Mr. Don't you know that you worry about the world's worries first, and enjoy the world's joy later. Now is the time when the people need two gentlemen, how can you turn a blind eye to them!"

Kong Rong and Guan Ning were startled when they heard this, and said, "Worry about the world's worries first, and enjoy the world's joys later."It's so good, I didn't expect this Zhang De to have a lot of literary talents. Could it be that Zhang De is really a person who cares about the country and the people!Could it be that among the eunuchs there are people who serve the country and the people.

Seeing the two people looking at him in surprise, Zhang De realized that he had stolen Fan Zhongyan's words just now, his old face blushed, and he was speechless for a while.

Finally, Guan Ning looked at the mouth first and said, "Master Zhang, I'm really sorry!"

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oops!For this chapter, I checked "The Analects of Confucius" several times. I used to think that I had read a lot of books, and I was very proud!It's true that when the book is used, there will be less hate!By the way, I would like to recommend it to everyone!There will be another chapter later!
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