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chapter 2

Liu He came to his camp with Cao Cao. When he entered the camp, he saw a person sitting in the middle: he was born at least 1.8 meters tall, with wide shoulders and strong body, wearing a red scarf, a leather armored suit, a gold thread ribbon with embroidery on his waist, and a thick black cloud shoe with thick bottom. His outfit was quite solemn and elegant. When he looked at his face, he was born with a wide forehead and white face, a pair of thick and thick eyebrows straight into his temples, his eyes were bright and energetic, his nose was straight, his mouth was wide, his ears were big, his teeth were white, his lips were red, and his whiskers were slightly thin - a handsome and beautiful figure!

"Everyone is here! I will introduce a guest and friend for you. This guy was met by me by chance in hunting, and I was very close to you." Cao Cao said and pulled Liu He into the room.

Liu He hurriedly bowed and said, "Student Liu He, I have seen you all!"

"Shun it! This is Yuan Jun - Yuan Shao Yuan Benchu!" Cao Cao pointed at Yuan Shao in the middle and said.

"Liu He, Liu Shunzhi. Brother Benchu ​​is polite here." Liu He bowed again.

"This is Yuan Shu and Yuan Gaolu, Benchu's brother."

Liu He looked at Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu had a pale face and thin skin, a long face, thin eyebrows, a flat nose, a pointed mouth, and a monkey cheek. Although his clothes were the same as Yuan Shao, he sat there with a little bit of a momentum behind a famous family, which made people dislike it. The same family had such a world of difference.

However, the Yuan family in Runan is extraordinary. First, it is a family of classics who have studied the "Mengshi Yi" from generation to generation; secondly, it is the "Four Generations and Three Dukes" and "Yuan An Woxue" who are famous in later generations. This "Yuan An" is Yuan Shao's grandfather. The two brothers now live with their uncles. Now their two uncles, Yuan Feng and Yuan Wei are also very popular in the court.

"Brother Highway!"

"Yeah!" Yuan Shu nodded casually.

Having said that, Yuan Shu seemed to be really dissatisfied with Yuan Shao. When he saw Liu He saluting Yuan Shao first, he replied frivolously.

Cao Cao pointed to the person in the red clothes and said, "This virtuous brother is the son of Cui Jun and Cui Yuanping, the court guard.

Seeing that someone was tall and big, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a red face and a starry-eyed look, a bright star, and a red body from head to toe, with a martial spirit, he became even more admiring, so he bowed and said, "He is polite."

Cui Jun hurriedly returned the courtesy and said, "So it's Liu Shunzhi! Is Ling Zun good?"

"Brother Yuanping is in love. My father is in peace!"

"Benchu! I just now, Meng De brought him in and thought to me why I looked familiar with him - it turned out to be a famous scholar in the East China Sea, an elder of the royal family, and a son of Liu Bo'an's family who was well-versed in the Five Classics. My father and Liu Bo'an had discussed the Five Classics before." Cui Jun suddenly realized.

When he heard that he was a relative of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao got up enthusiastically and pulled Liu He to introduce, "This virtuous brother's surname is Xu, his name is You, his courtesy name is Ziyuan, and he is a fellow villager with me."

Liu He couldn't help but look at it carefully: Xu You was about 1.6 meters tall, wearing a bun with a square scarf, wearing a long white and thick linen, a black cloth strap, and a white and yellow cloaked cloak, and was dressed in an unsurprising manner. On his face, he looked at his sparse fleshy eyebrows, small and exquisite Yuanbao ears, a big and thick lips, which was really ugly, but he had a pair of big round and bright eyes, and his eyes were dripping around, revealing a sense of inspiration.

Liu He immediately sighed inexplicably: "Little did you know that you will fight each other in many years."

Xu You pointed to the other two and said, "This big man is Lou Gui of Nanyang, whose courtesy name is Zibo; the one who is born like a girl is Wang Ye of Runan, whose courtesy name is Ziwen. The three of us are now studying "The Book of Rites" under the Qiao Gongmen."

Although Liu He felt that his words were frivolous, he was also humorous. However, looking closely at the two people, it felt very appropriate: Lou Gui was about 1.8 meters tall, with dragon eyebrows and phoenix eyes, a croaker-haired scarf, and a crimson silk dress. He looked quite burly and elegant. Wang Jun was of medium figure, wearing a snow-white long suit, and a unique marten coat, which was particularly pretty. Looking at his face, the man had a face like a jade, white teeth, red lips, crescent moon, ears like ingots, eyes containing autumn water, looking at the gods, looking at the gods, and not letting Song Yu go astray, and not letting him lose his color than the painting, and he was darker than jade jade. He was really more beautiful than Xi Shi in the painting, and Chang'e on the screen.

"Brother Zi!"

"Brother Ziwen!"

Liu He saluted separately!

"Such as you, you're welcome. Liu Bo'an is well-versed in the Five Classics, and his master often praises you! I've admired you for a long time. If you have the chance, you can introduce it!" Wang Jun said with a smile.

"Brother Ziwen is so polite! Although I am a little younger than you, I met you today and it was my honor to meet you when you saw me. I will drink three bottles of me first to express my respect!" Liu He said and picked up the wine.

"Shunzhi is generous! I'll pour you wine!" Cao Cao picked up the wine pot and filled it with Liu He.

"It's time for Brother Meng De." Liu He drank it all in one go.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of dishes, Yuan Shao's tone became closer after some cups and cups just now: "You guys, sometimes I think, officials are so wise and protect themselves, what do scholars and officials nowadays want? I, Highway, Meng De, and Yuan Ping are all people who have served in official positions. I was appointed as the chief of Puyang, Highway was appointed as the Henan Wei, Meng De was promoted to Dunqiu Ling, and Yuan Ping was appointed as the right servant of Hu Ben."

Seeing that everyone was either meditating or drinking, Liu He raised his courage: "Although this... He has not taken office, I think he should serve the king as loyal and treat the people as kindness."

"I don't mean that. I mean, which one is more important than civil and military affairs?"

"My little brother is stupid, what do you think of me?"

Yuan Shao put down his chopsticks: "Since Emperor Guangwu's revival, the classics of our dynasty are very prosperous, even though the martial artists are still very close to Confucianism. Only discuss the generals of Yuntai: Deng Yu is good at reciting the Book of Songs and gaining career in Chang'an; Kou Xun cultivated his hometown studies and taught "Zuo Chunqiu"; Yangxiahou Feng Yitong "Zuo Zhuan" and "Sunzi"; Jiaodonghou Jiafu reads the Book of Shu" well; Geng Yan knows the way of "Laozi"; worshiping and begging for money to learn the scriptures, and throwing a pot to enjoy; Li Zhong is fond of etiquette and customs; Liu Long travels to Chang'an..."

Liu He was already impressed by the fact that he had carefully listed the deeds of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai: The person who could be famous in history has indeed had a few tricks.

"Therefore, warriors are also literary and their careers. In this way, they can also manage civil affairs and promote education. Therefore, it is crucial for warriors to practice literature. The safety of the country is the best and the honor and disgrace of the lower body. On the contrary, literati should also engage in military affairs." A reasonable and well-founded remark came to an abrupt end, but he never mentioned the use of martial arts.

"I benefited a lot from listening to my brother Benchu's argument." Liu He originally thought that Yuan Shao was elegant and was only aware of this person's extraordinary knowledge. He added, "Ma Yuan abandoned his studies and followed the army, and Ban Chao joined the army, all of whom became a hero of his generation!"

However, what Yuan Shao was considering was the matter in the court, and he changed the topic: "Meng De, you have been a counselor for a year. Although the Tailang is showing his position, he is a rank of officials... But it was too bad when you rushed. Now that the royal Xiyuan has been built, the emperor doesn't even return to the palace. Why would you give him advice if you don't see him?"

"The emperor doesn't even go back to the palace?" Liu He frowned: "That's not... Zhang Rang, did Zhao Zhong control the government? Who will the court relied on in the future?"

"Rely on us!" Cui Jun was very arrogant.

"Hehe! You think it's beautiful. The emperor now has his own people to use. My uncle said that he was planning to let those who played with him be officials. Those who sang, wrote, painted, played, and even those who fought cocks and dogs are now going to be officials. He also called it Hongdumen Xue, who wanted to be under the jurisdiction of Ren Zhi, Jia Hu, and Le Song. It's really..." Yuan Shao still showed mercy and did not dare to say bad things about the emperor.

"Is it because of years of hard work and years of military achievements, but not as good as a painting by a painter?" Liu He was a little disbelief.

"Don't be a joke. Jiang Lan, a painter from Hongdu Gate, wants him to be the attendant." Yuan Shao smiled bitterly, "My uncle has advised the emperor several times for this matter, it doesn't work! Jiang Lan and Zhang Rang have a hard relationship, and no one can resist."

It is really strange that the three masters could not defeat a painter. Liu He couldn't help but think: It seems that now it is not as good as the late emperor's actions now! Although the late emperor ignored government affairs, he would not have to impose government orders indiscriminately, but today he had a lot of bad ideas. Of course, such dissatisfaction cannot be made explicit.

"Yes." Cao Cao said, "It was just a few days ago that Wang Meiren gave birth to a child. He probably would be out of favor again. Wang Meiren gave birth to a little prince!"

Yuan Shao waved his hand and said, "It's better to talk less about the royal private matters...

"There are a change in the past! Nowadays, not to mention memorials, it is hard to even see the emperor. I have a group of eunuchs dealing with errands all day long. To be honest, I am not a straightforward minister. Our Cao family is not from Qingliu! We always think that everything is acceptable... But there are some things that are really hard to overcome! Seeing this in and out... alas..." Cao Cao sighed.

"Our emperor... is naughty..." Yuan Shao used such a bad word, and saw that everyone had no objection, so he continued to say, "At the time of twelve, he went to the palace alone and went through a major change. The clan destroyed the Bohai King, killed the Song family, and eliminated Quan eunuch Wang Fu without hesitation. He also knew poetry, essays, calligraphy, painting and classics of all dynasties. What kind of things he had not experienced? What kind of truth could he not understand? How many of the ancestors of my dynasty had such talents?"

Yuan Shu, Liu He, Xu You and others looked at each other, but they had to admit that these were all practical things. In the second year of Guanghe, an edict was issued to execute Wang Fu. No one expected that after he executed Wang Fu, he turned over and executed hard-line ministers such as Liu He, Chen Qiu, and Yang Qiu. At this moment, Liu Hong was no longer the cowardly little emperor. Through a series of political struggles, he had stepped on all the forces of the royal family, party members, relatives, eunuchs, and powerful ministers. No one dared to openly challenge his imperial power in the future! He began to make arbitrary decision, pushing his confidant eunuch Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and the hard-working Hongdumen confidant to the front. A round of political purge was completed silently...

Cao Cao took the conversation: "But his mind is all about whitewashing the peace, building a palace and expeditioning to Xianbei, so he doesn't think about the consequences of such a waste of money. He doesn't listen to good words and doesn't want the advice of ministers. He only wants Xu Yan, Liang Hu, and others who are just orderly and never talk much. Although he is smart, he insists on governing the world too simply... Nowadays, disasters are everywhere, the people are angry, and the power of Taiping Tao is becoming increasingly powerful. However, the emperor is incompetent, the officials are greedy, and the harem is messy, and they have no intention of awakening at all. As the saying goes, extreme happiness leads to sorrow, and the great disaster is probably coming in front of you!"

"A few days ago, Yang Situ wrote a memorial to the court to curb the Taiping Road, but he was kept at the end of the Communist Party of China." Yuan Shu suddenly said.

"If there is any change in the world, what can we do to take charge of?" Liu He said.

"What do you think?" Xu You looked at Liu He.

"If you laugh, then I will show my ugly words." Liu He cleared his throat: "Although He is a relative of the Han Dynasty, he is not a well-known scholar in the cave, he is afraid that he will be a fool in the country. He wants to be a county magistrate, like to be a political and religious figure, and establish reputation so that the people of the world know it. He admires Wei and Huo's achievements, and then he wants to make meritorious contributions for the country to fight against thieves, and wants to be appointed as a general of the four towns. Then he writes the tomb and says, "The tomb of Liu Hou, the former general of Zhenbei of Han. Our scholars should "establish a mind for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the people, inherit their unique knowledge for the past saints, and open peace for all generations."

"I'm a good person to 'build peace for all ages'! I occupied the river in the south, blocked Yan in the north, and joined the people of Rong and Di, headed south to determine the world, and then promoted the Han Dynasty." Yuan Shao said with a drink.

Cui Jun, Xu You, Wang Jun and Lou Gui also expressed their ambitions.

Cao Cao thought for a while: "I am responsible for the intelligence of the world and use the Tao to control it, and I cannot do anything."

"Haha! You Cao Mengde? Mengde, you are drunk." Yuan Shu looked like he was talking nonsense after drinking: "By the way! Follow the words, I know from my uncle that Ling Zun may be appointed as the governor of Youzhou in the next few days and handle the affairs of Youzhou."
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