Lu Dynasty

Chapter 250 Xun You

Just when Liu Bei rushed to rescue Beihai, I also found a great talent here.But it's a pity that this great talent doesn't seem to be very optimistic about me.Tian Feng is in charge of military discipline, military law, public security and other affairs in Chang'an City under my order, which is equivalent to the post of Ting Wei.So I asked Tian Feng to work in Tingwei's mansion, and deal with the accumulated cases in Tingwei's yamen by the way, so as to avoid people who were imprisoned because of unjust, false and wrong cases.

Tian Feng worked in Tingwei Mansion for a few days, when suddenly a familiar name came into his eyes.Tian Feng was shocked when he saw it, so he hurried to me and said, "My lord, I found a great talent in Tingwei's prison. If my lord can persuade him, it will be of great benefit to my great cause."

I smiled and said, "Yuan Hao! Why is the great talent in the prison of Ting Wei Mansion? Could it be that he lives comfortably there?"

"My lord, don't be joking, this man is really a rare genius in the world!" Tian Feng said solemnly, "My lord, have you heard of the eight dragons of the Xun family?"

I laughed and said, "How can I not have heard of the eight dragons of the Xun family, but in my opinion, except for Xun Yu, uncle and nephew Xun You, the rest of the eight dragons of the Xun family are people who exaggerate for fame."

Tian Feng said with a smile: "The great talent I found in prison is Xun You!"

"What!" I stood up and asked, "How did Xun You end up in the prison of Ting Wei Mansion?"

Tian Feng said: "My lord doesn't know something. This Xun You once planned to assassinate Dong Zhuo with Yilang Zheng Tai, He Yong, Shizhong Zhongji, Yueqi School Captain Wu Qiong, etc., but Dong Zhuo knew about it because he didn't keep it secret. Because Dong Zhuo was afraid of the power of the Xun family, he did not kill him, and was temporarily detained in the prison cell. It happened that Dong Zhuo was killed at this time, and he was forgotten in the prison."

"Go! Take me to meet him. If he is willing to be loyal to me, accept him. If he is not willing, kill him!" I said, "This Xun You and Xun Gongda are rare schemers in the world. Helping others will surely become a serious problem for me in the future!"

Tian Feng nodded and led me to the prison of Tingwei Mansion. I saw Xun You in ragged clothes and asked, "Gongda, are you here?"

Xun You looked up at me and said, "Lu Feng, Lu Baxian! Why are you here? Didn't you say that after Lu Bu got rid of Dong Zhuo, you brothers disappeared because of Li Jue and Guo Si's invasion of Chang'an?"

"Can't you see the truth with Gongda's wisdom?" I smiled and said, "Liu Xie is so ambitious, how can I be willing to be loyal to this kind of person? What's more, he is ruthless and unjust, Wang Situ's kind of loyal Man, if it is under my command, I can't let him go to death, but Liu Xie's son actually tied him in front of the battle!"

"It's not yours yet!" Xun You said, "How could His Majesty do such a thing if you didn't force him? You are Hanchens and should be loyal to His Majesty, but what have you done?"

"I thought that Xun You and Xun Gongda, who were extremely wise and scheming, could say something different, but it turned out that it was just a way of being loyal to the emperor! Wang Yun also told me so, but he couldn't answer my question. I don't know if Gongda can help me out?" I asked.

"If I answer, I wonder if you can let me resign and go back to hiding?" Xun You asked.

"Now it seems that I am Daozu, you are a fish!" I said with a smile: "But forget it, who told you that Xun You is also a great talent! I have always respected talented people. But if you answer If you don’t come up, so what?”

Xun You hesitated, he gritted his teeth and said: "If I can't answer, then I will work under your command until I find the answer! And even if I answer but don't want to serve you, you will kill me! "

I said noncommittally: "Stop thinking about it, listen to me! I guarantee that you won't be able to answer. Why do you want me to be loyal to His Majesty?"

Xun You blinked and said, "This is another question? This country belongs to the Liu family, and His Majesty is the descendant of the Liu family. Naturally, we must be loyal to His Majesty?"

"According to what you said, why was Liu Bang not loyal to Qin Shihuang?" I wondered: "From this point of view, we should be loyal to the descendants of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, why should we be loyal to his Liu family?"

Xun You blinked his eyes. He was older than Xun Yu and had experienced many things.And he didn't have the idealized ideas of Xun Yu.Xun Yu wanted Cao to be the Duke of Zhou, but Yi Yin didn't take Cao's feelings into account, so Xun Yu died.But Xun You knew that was impossible, so Cao valued that Xun You lived well.Xun You was speechless to my question. In fact, Confucianism, Confucius and Dong Zhongshu are very different.There are many contradictions between Dong Zhongshu's theory and Confucius' theory.

I looked at the speechless Xun You and said: "The ancients, as monarchs, were all based on their talents and virtues. Later, Dayu's son lived in the world, which led to the fact that the imperial power has always been in the hands of one family and one surname. No matter how incompetent the future generations are! Is this good for the country and the people of China? Let’s talk about Liu Xie, a ten-year-old child ascended the throne as emperor, what can he accomplish? He should be at the age of learning and playing now, not Falling into court struggle, intrigue!"

"But you can't say that His Majesty won't be a good emperor when he grows up!" Xun You said.

"What kind of a good emperor can a child who grows up in such an environment be?" I said, "Full of scheming and lies. Is the Great Han Dynasty a good environment? What do you need to be an emperor? Knowledge, methods of governing the people, and a sense of responsibility! After Liu Xie’s failure, he pushed all the blame on Wang Yun, and you can see his character! He It's the emperor, if he really doesn't call Wang Yun out, would Li Jue and Guo Si dare to kill him? But he didn't dare to gamble for his own life, how could the world be entrusted to such a person! In a child, it is better to find a talented person to rule the world!"

"Then what do you want?" Xun You asked, "Usurp the throne and become the emperor? Be careful that everyone in the world will punish you! Even if Dong Zhuo is as tyrannical, he didn't dare to usurp the throne!"

I laughed and said, "Do you think I'm an idiot like Dong Zhuo? Dong Zhuo didn't figure out who was against him until his death! It's just a big family! I treat people kindly. If there are big families who dare to oppose and make changes, I will kill them all. Aren’t the powerful families in the world just those few? I will confiscate all the land of the families in my territory, and kill those who dare to resist. I don’t care about other things, such as property or business I will treat them kindly as long as I do things in accordance with my laws. I haven’t thought about usurping the throne yet, because I have the former emperor of the Han Dynasty under my command, the young emperor Liu Bian!"

(End of this chapter)