Chapter 516: What is Home and Country?
Nine-year-old Lu Yu stood quietly on the side and watched his uncles, who were fighting openly and secretly. Lu Yu knew that he couldn't stop standing up, just saying that anyone present was older than him, and besides, Lu Yu had not yet won the crown, and whether everyone accepted his opinion was one thing.
Therefore, the only thing Lu Yu can do is to wait and see.
Lu Li stopped the quarrel between his son and his three nephews, and Zhengse said, "Okay, you don't need to continue arguing. Even if our family's private soldiers can defeat several Yuan Chang's soldiers in one piece, what is the use? Youzhou is a territory under Yuan Chang's jurisdiction, with tens of thousands of armored soldiers under his command, and even the elite cavalry white horse righteous servants left by Gongsun Zhan, do you think that with the family's private soldiers, they can beat Yuan Chang's soldiers and horses?"
Lu Li said this, and the audience was silent.
Just as Lu Li said, Fan Yang Lu's private soldiers are only a few thousand, plus young and strong tenants, there are no more than 10,000, just with these manpower, can they really expect to confront Yuan Chang's soldiers and horses? Now that Yuan Chang has sent no more than 1,000 soldiers and horses to Fan Yang, it has already made Fan Yang Lu's family anxious like ants on a hot pot, and if tens of thousands of soldiers and horses are dispatched, I am afraid that Fan Yang's Lu clan will come to naught in a blink of an eye.
Lu Yi twisted the three-inch white beard on his chin, and pretended to be profound: "What the third brother said is true, Yuan Chang has many soldiers and horses, and if our family fights by force, it will naturally be no match for Yuan Chang." In this case, the only way to outwit is to be the best policy!"
"That's exactly what my father said!"
"The words of the father are really the actions of the wise, and the child admires them!"
When Lu Yi's three sons heard Lu Yi's words, they immediately threw out of their mouths without money, only to hear Lu Yi's smiling face, Lu Li saw that his own brother was so proud, and he was naturally unhappy. Seeing this, Lu Yu couldn't help but shake his head in his heart. Now that it is time for the life and death of the family, his two uncles are still fighting, and several uncles are also jumping up and down. If the family pinned all their hopes on them, it was better to choose to show favor to Yuan Chang directly.
Lu Li couldn't get used to Lu Yi's face, so he immediately interrupted Lu Yi, who was immersed in the smug atmosphere, and said, "What the fourth brother said is good. If we want to keep our family, we can only outwit. Yuan Chang is a disciple of the Yuan clan in Runan, and Yuan Chang was able to sit in Youzhou, mostly by virtue of his brother Jizhou Mu Yuan's original strength. If there was no Yuan Benchu's help, how could Yuan Chang'er have today's status? We can borrow the hand of Jizhou Mu to let Yuan Chang Xiao'er retreat in difficulty, and our Fan Yang Lu clan is not something he can touch. ”
Before Lu Yi could speak, Lu Hu's son had already jumped out, looked at Lu Li with a slightly mocking gaze, and said without respect: "Third uncle, our family has nothing to do with Jizhou Mu, how can he help our family?
Lu Li chuckled and looked at Lu Yi teasingly. seems to be laughing at Lu Yi for giving birth to a good son. Similarly, Lu Bin, Lu Jun, Lu Jiang, and Lu Hai all looked at Lu Hu with foolish eyes, as if they couldn't understand how such a stupid person could be from the same family as them.
Lu Yi was already with a green face, and he couldn't wait to beat this stupid son who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, and run rampant in the market.
"Bastard, for how the Father taught you on weekdays. Do you still have etiquette in your eyes, and you don't know how to have etiquette when talking to your elders?" Lu Yi scolded angrily, but instead of scolding Lu Hu for his stupidity, he avoided the important and pointed out that Lu Hu did not treat Lu Li with courtesy. "Have you forgotten that your third brother is now the military advisor of Jizhou Mu. It is highly valued by Jizhou Mu. If your third brother came forward, how could Jizhou Mu not give your third brother a little face and stop Yuan Chang'er's behavior. ”
Lu Hu was taught by Lu Yi, and finally remembered that he had a third brother who was Lu Zhi. The reason why Lu Hu forgot about Lu Zhi's existence was mostly because Lu Zhi was basically not in the family, so they let a group of people do the wind and rain. It seems that it doesn't matter if there is such a person as Lu Zhi or not. Of course, being scolded by Lu Yi, Lu Hu did not reflect on his mistakes, but instead blamed Lu Zhi and Lu Yu's father and son, blaming them for not having any sense of guilt, so that he made such a mistake, so that he became the laughing stock of others.
Not to mention that Lu Li and Lu Yi were ready to ask Lu Zhi to come forward and ask Yuan Shao to make a move, Lu Yu felt extremely disappointed in his heart for the two uncles and several uncles.
After arguing for a long time, you only came up with such a stupid idea?
Lu Li and Lu Yi were right, Yuan Chang was able to have today's status, thanks to Yuan Shao's help. If it weren't for Yuan Shao's help, he Yuan Chang would indeed not be able to get to this point today, or if he wanted to get to this point, it would take more time. At least, with Yuan Shao's help, Yuan Chang was able to first serve as the commander of Dongping County, and then be promoted to the Taishou of Bohai County, using Bohai County as a springboard for the development of forces, strengthening his own power, and finally having the qualifications to dialogue with Yuan Shao on an equal footing, and then he could go to Youzhou with Yuan Shao, and finally sit on the land of Youzhou. Yuan Chang has the ability and strength, what he lacks is an opportunity, an east wind, and Yuan Shao is the man who gave him the opportunity and the east wind, Yuan Chang can have today's achievements, and Yuan Shao's credit can be said to account for ten. Others don't say it, Yuan Chang actually remembers this in his heart, and sooner or later he will naturally repay Yuan Shao.
Of course, Yuan Shao's help to Yuan Chang is one thing, and whether Yuan Chang, who has enough power now, will completely obey Yuan Shao's orders is another matter.
When Yuan Chang was still the commander of Dongping County, in order to be able to develop and strengthen himself, he had to look forward to Yuan Shaowei. Therefore, such an obedient Yuan Chang was able to become the Taishou of Bohai County in a short period of time. Then, when Yuan Chang became the Taishou of Bohai County, he had enough strength to make Bohai County independent of the entire Jizhou and have the qualifications to dialogue with Yuan Shao on an equal footing. Yuan Chang, who is now the governor of a state, still needs to listen to Yuan Shao's words? What's more, the reform and reform of the law is for the sake of all the people in the world, and in order to enable the people to live a better life, how can Yuan Chang change his will because of Yuan Shao's help? This is obviously impossible, and Lu Yu is naturally able to understand Yuan Chang's thoughts, and it is simply impossible to make Yuan Chang obey Yuan Shao's orders.
His two uncles and several uncles were bent on fighting for power and profit, and they couldn't even think of any simple things, and Lu Yu felt very helpless. Although Lu Yu figured it out, he didn't plan to stand up and persuade him, one was that his two uncles and several uncles would not necessarily obey, and the other was that Lu Yu already had a plan in his heart. So, let his uncles and uncles fend for themselves!
After Lu Yi finished teaching Lu Hu, Lu Li's gaze swept over everyone, and Zhengse said: "Now we want to ask Zigan to speak in front of Jizhou Mu." One person needs to go to Jizhou and inform Yu Zigan of this matter, who of you is willing to go and complete this for the family?"
Lu Li finished speaking. The scene fell silent again.
Lu Zhi has always been resolute and has a reputation for being strict with anyone. Even in the face of Lu Li and Lu Yi's two uncles, they did not give up. Therefore, Lu Li and Lu Yi's sons have never been able to please Lu Zhi in front of him. Therefore, it is best not to see Lu Zhi if you can. Of course, this is one of the reasons, and another reason, which is that they are all afraid of death. In this era, wars are frequent and thieves are rampant. After many children of the big families went out, they were beheaded by thieves, and even the corpse capital could not be found, so it was unnecessary. No one wants to go out, so it's best to be at home. Therefore, everyone who had been arguing actively just now was quiet. After a while, everyone's eyes began to shift, and finally fixed on Lu Yu's body.
Lu Li showed a gentle and charitable smile, looked at Lu Yu and said, "Xiao Yu'er (, Xiao Yu'er), now that the family is in danger, there is one thing that you need to complete. Are you willing to contribute to the family?"
Lu Yi, Lu Bin, Lu Jun and others all looked at Lu Yu with smiling faces, and the expressions on their faces were as gentle as they were. I'm afraid that Lu Yu doesn't know that they are a group of hypocritical elders. Of course, in their eyes, Lu Yu is just a nine-year-old kid, what can they know? It's just that what they don't know is that Lu Yu is a genius with an IQ of 12. They are clear about their actions and thoughts, but they don't know Lu Yu's thoughts.
Of course, in fact, there was no need for Lu Li to ask, Lu Yu also wanted to go to Jizhou and discuss with his father. The reason why they didn't take the initiative just now was because they were afraid that Lu Li and they would perceive their thoughts, so they didn't say anything, but let Lu Li and them take the initiative to ask, so Lu Yu naturally had nothing to worry about. No matter how smart and genius Lu Yu is, after all, he is only a nine-year-old child, if Lu Li and Lu Yi have any thoughts, as long as they send any subordinate, they can solve Lu Yu.
Lu Yu pretended to be a little adult and straightened his chest, and said loudly: "Since the third uncle said it, Yu'er naturally obeyed everything. ”
"Well, that's good, Xiao Yu'er is so good!" Lu Li touched Lu Yu's little head with satisfaction, and then said: "Xiao Yu'er, now that you are going to Jizhou, for the sake of your safety, Uncle Ancestor will send ten family members to you as guards, you must be careful when you go to Jizhou, Uncle Ancestor will write a letter later, and you can give this letter to your father." ”
"Yu'er remember her uncle's orders!"
The person who sent the letter had already been decided, Lu Li and Lu Yi gave another order, and everyone dispersed. And Lu Yu returned to Lu Zhi's house, instructed the sister-in-law and several nephews and nieces left by the two brothers, then returned to his house to pack some things, and when the guards sent by Lu Li were in place, he rushed directly to Jizhou.
Lu Yu and ten guards traveled lightly, all the way to the horse, traveling more than 100 miles a day, but they arrived at Yecheng in five days. The ten guards are all in the prime of life, so it is natural to be in such a hurry, and Lu Yu is only nine years old, and in the next life, they are still flowers studying in school, and they are well cared for, so why work so hard. Thanks to Lu Yu's perseverance and tenacity, he persevered, and after arriving in Yecheng, he didn't even care about resting, so he rushed directly to the mansion arranged by Yuan Shao for Lu Zhi.
"Father!"
Standing in front of Lu Zhi's sickbed, Lu Yu looked at his father, who was getting older and older, although his eyes were already red, he stopped his tears. Since he was a child, Lu Zhi taught him that men should be resolute and not cry lightly. Therefore, although Lu Yu was sad, he still couldn't help crying.
"Yu'er, you're finally here, seeing your haggard face, it's hard to come here and hurry. ”
Although Lu Zhi is seriously ill and his voice is extremely weak, he has not lost his spirit, like a green pine, although he is old, he is still standing. Although the father and son have not seen each other for a long time, they did not show a warm picture of father and son filial piety when they met at this moment, but like strangers, one said "hello", and the other replied "hello". However, behind this simplicity, there is infinite truth, and at this time, silence is better than sound.
"Father, do you know that the child is coming?" Hearing Lu Zhi's words, Lu Yu asked in some surprise.
"Being a father is just old, not stupid. Lu Zhi had a rare cold humor, coughed lightly, and then continued: "Youzhou Mu has made such a big move in Youzhou, reformed and changed the law, nationalized the land, implemented new taxes, and all kinds of practices, how can my father not know." I think you came to Yecheng this time, it was ordered to you by your father's two uncles, they must have a letter for you to hand over to your father, you don't need to read the content of the letter, your father also knows what to say, it's nothing more than to ask your father to ask Jizhou Mu to come forward and stop Youzhou Mu's behavior, cough cough!"
Lu Zhi whispered, and there was a look of wisdom beads on his face, only to hear Lu Yu's face shine, and his eyes showed extremely admiring gaze.
"That's what my father said, that's what my uncle and grandfather thought. ”
Lu Zhi nodded lightly, looked at Lu Yu and said, "Yu'er, you have been smart since you were a child, what do you think of what Youzhou Mu did?"
Of course, Lu Zhi knew Lu Yu's cleverness very well, so he didn't say much else, but directly asked Lu Yu what he thought of Yuan Chang.
Lu Yu frowned and pondered for a moment, and said: "Youzhou Mu's trip is beneficial to the people and harmful to the family!"
Lu Zhi nodded slightly, he knew that his son was smart and could see the pros and cons of Yuan Chang's reform and change. However, Lu Zhi did not express his opinion, and continued to ask: "Yu'er, since you see the pros and cons of Youzhou's pastoral reform, what do you think in your heart?"
"Father, the child only hopes that the family will not be harmed. ”
Rarely, Lu Zhi shook his head in disappointment and asked, "Yu'er, do you know what a home is and what a country is?"
Lu Yu looked at his father a little blankly, although Lu Yu was smart, he was still only nine years old. He didn't have much experience, he was born in a family since he was a child, and he naturally thought that his family would not be hurt. Like many children, once another child slanders or abuses his parents, he will argue with them or defend his parents. Lu Yu's current mood is like this, just to protect his family from being harmed, but as for other ideas, he has no other thoughts. (To be continued.) )xh:.74.240.212