The strife in the world will never end, and the words are even more worrying to the west.

In the city of Liyang in the east, Wu Zhenchang launched a mutiny, but in the city of Xiangyang in the west, there were new and old forces fighting in secret.

This is a worse era than rotten, depending on who is a little slower and less rotten.

Let's say that after Chen Hongyi returned to the dynasty, he was worshiped as the general and Sima, and was named the Duke of Anguo, the head of the ministers. Naturally, it attracted the jealousy and difficulty of the upstarts such as Shen Yuanhao, after all, the disciples of Nanyang Academy would have to compete with the generals under Chen Hongyi for territory in the future.

After all, Chen Hongyi is Liu Jian's mentor, and these people can't directly talk bad about Chen Hongyi to Liu Jian, only to limit Chen Hongyi's power.

But the problem is that Chen Hongyi is only interested in leading troops to fight, and does not covet other financial and personnel rights, etc., and getting along with Shen Yuanhao, Chen Zhengnan and others is also polite.

However, in the end, a reader is a reader, and Shen Yuanhao still found Chen Hongyi's weakness in the end, and this weakness is that Chen Hongyi can't find fault at all.

Shen Yuanhao has to give Liu Jian a lecture for an hour every day, and during this time, he will talk about the virtuous ministers of all dynasties. Starting from Jiang Ziya, and then Guan Zhong, Wu Qi, Le Yi, Zhang Liang, Xiao He, and Zhuge Liang, every day is to talk about the virtuous ability of these sages.

Liu Jian listened a lot, so he asked Yuan Hao: "This ancient person, really have such a virtuous ability, can clarify that Yunai Kuangfu monarch has achieved a great thing?" How can I hear that many things are deliberately exaggerated? ”

"Your Majesty is gifted and intelligent, and he has come to the essence of the problem at once!" Shen Yuanhao's lecture began to have an effect

"Mr. Shen doesn't have to praise him so much, since I am listening to Mr. Talk, I naturally want to listen to the truth! Please tell me honestly! Liu Jian also knew that Shen Yuanhao naturally had a purpose in talking about these virtuous ministers all day long, so he simply made his words clear

"Your Majesty, please think about it, what if these virtuous ministers meet monarchs like Ji Xuan and Qin II, Han Dynasty Huan Ling Second Emperor, and Jin Hui Emperor? Even under a tyrant like Ji Xuan, there are loyal ministers and good generals! Even if it is an emperor like Emperor Hui of Jin, doesn't there also a loyal minister like Ji Shao? Qin II and Emperor Huan Ling have many virtuous ministers and capable ministers! It can be seen that there are virtuous ministers in all dynasties, but Mingjun is not in all dynasties! Shen Yuanhao immediately changed the topic from the virtuous minister to the discussion of the relationship between the monarch and the minister

"What Mr. Shen means is that whether the virtuous minister can be useful or not depends on the king of this country? The emperor is a Ming monarch, and the virtuous ministers can make great achievements! If you are a faint king, you can only sigh that you are born at the wrong time! Liu Jian thought that he had guessed what Shen Yuanhao meant, and Shen Yuanhao was just trying to persuade him to be a Ming Jun

Unexpectedly, Juan Yuanhao said amazingly: "Your Majesty was deceived by the historian, how many people who can be emperors are ordinary metrics?" Your Majesty has also served several generations of the first emperors, can't you see that the first emperors also wanted to make great efforts to govern the Zhongxing Liang? ”

Liu Jian was a little surprised, and looked at Shen Yuanhao: "What Mr. said does make some sense, so it is difficult to be a Ming Jun."

Shen Yuanhao smiled and shook his head: "Your Majesty, you are talented, intelligent, both civil and military, but you are not familiar with the art of the emperor!" The minister dared to ask His Majesty, is this Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty a Ming monarch or a faint monarch? ”

Liu Jian smiled: "Naturally, it's Mingjun, Mr. asked like this, does he want me to follow the example of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty?" ”

"No, I want to say that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has many capable ministers, but there are no virtuous ministers, it's not that there are really no virtuous ministers, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is arbitrary, and there were thirteen prime ministers during his reign! He will not allow the appearance of virtuous ministers! ”

Liu Jian was a little confused: "However, the current situation is very different from that of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and I can't follow Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!" ”

"No, the minister is just guiding His Majesty to see through some truths. The so-called virtuous ministers are to let the emperor do what they want, and if they do a good job, they are virtuous ministers. However, as an emperor, many things are concerned with the stability of the people of the world and the entire court, rather than the personal reputation. The virtuous ministers are different, what they do is nothing more than to declare to the world that they are virtuous and loyal ministers who govern the country! But if this virtuous minister is not controlled by the emperor, it will subvert the society of the country. Yi Yin of the Shang Dynasty was exiled to Taijia, and Huo Guang, Wang Mang, Dong Zhuo, and Cao Cao of the Han Dynasty were not talented? Sima Yi was also a virtuous person of the Wei State back then! Your Majesty wants to rule the world in the future, and this way of the emperor must be learned! ”

"Mr. Shen has good intentions, I have thanked him, and today, I still have to try to improve myself first and recover the mountains and rivers. This imperial technique can be learned slowly," Liu Jian finally knew what Shen Yuanhao was going to say

Seeing that it had some effect, Shen Yuanhao didn't say more, he had to let Liu Jian think about something by himself.

After Shen Yuanhao left, Liu Jian really asked the inner supervisor beside him: "Tell me, in today's world, are there any virtuous ministers who can be compared with the ancients?" ”

"Your Majesty, isn't General Chen of Anguo Gong a virtuous minister? He is His Majesty's master, but he is never arrogant, and he is also cautious. He has won many battles in his life, and the soldiers and the people have supported him, I see, this old General Chen is His Majesty's Zhuge Liang" The inner supervisor thought that Liu Jian would be very happy when he said this, so he gushed endlessly

Liu Jian sighed and asked: "This old General Chen is Zhuge Liang and my master, so won't I become Liu Adou?" ”

The inner prisoner hurriedly knelt down and slapped his mouth: "The slave didn't think of this, the slave is a capital crime, a capital crime"

"Haha, get up, get up, I don't blame you, there are virtuous ministers in this court, but it's a good thing!" Liu Jian let the inner prison get up, but she began to think about her teacher's various experiences over the years.

However, Liu Jian thought about it carefully, and felt that it was unnecessary for him to worry, Chen Hongyi only had a daughter, his son was killed in his early years, and he taught Liu Jian as his own son over the years, Liu Jian thought of this and slapped himself a few times.

Seeing that Chinese New Year's Eve was approaching, Liu Jian set up an altar in the east of the city to worship the ancestors and ancestors, and led his subordinates to bow down in the snow for half a day. When returning to the city, Chen Zhengnan proposed that he should also worship a sage, Liu Jian asked him who he was, and Chen Zhengnan said respectfully: "Zhuge Kongming, the prime minister of Shu Han!" ”

Chen Hongyi reacted first: "Your Majesty, this Zhuge Kongming lived in Xiangyang back then, and the west of Xiangyang City is Longzhong!" Back then, Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty met Zhuge Kongming, and he had three points of the world! ”

Liu Jian nodded: "Okay, let's go to Longzhong to worship the ancestor Zhuge Kongming!" Now that I have the land of Jingzhou and Yizhou, I will be able to dominate the world as Longzhong said in the future! ”

The group rode to Longzhong, Murong Ling opened the way in front, Taichang Siqing led a group of people to the city to buy sacrifices, and Guanglu Siqing also hurriedly followed Murong Ling to Longzhong to buy meals.

Liu Jian took the minister of civil and military affairs to ride slowly to Longzhong, and talked about Zhuge Liang along the way.

Shen Yuanhao had been prepared, but he didn't speak, just waiting for others to speak first. This Xun Gongtai was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, this Zhuge Kongming Cheng has been working hard for many years and then died, and he is really a model for us to be courtiers." Your Majesty is now taking the ministers to worship the sages, and in the future, Your Majesty's reputation of valuing talents and seeking talents is bound to be admired by all generations! ”

Liu Jian was very proud, although it was a sycophant, but it did sound comfortable: "Doctor Xun, I am not pretentious, I chose to pay tribute to the ancestors on this snowy day, so that everyone understands that as long as our monarchs and ministers are united, we will be able to recreate the prosperous era of Liang and save the people of the world."

As he spoke, five men huddled on the side of the road, and the soldiers went up to investigate, only to find that they were too cold to speak.

This time it is very embarrassing, I was talking about saving the people of the world, but now there are really people who need to be saved.

Before Liu Jian could give an order, Chen Hongyi and Chen Kuan dismounted and walked over, took out dry food from their bodies and gave them dry food, and took off their cloaks to cover them from the wind.

Chen Hongyi saw that the faces of the five people turned a little dark, so he turned to Liu Jian and said, "Your Majesty, can you let the Imperial Forest Army take these people to the nearby people to warm up on the fire?" ”

Liu Jian stretched out his hand on the horse and signaled: "It's all my people, save them quickly, go to five people to settle them, they must not freeze!" ”

The five Guards went to pick up the five men and carry them to the horses, and slowly dragged them to the search house.

The rescued five people kowtowed to Liu Jian on the horse, and Liu Jian waved his hand: "Excuse yourself from these false courtesies, go quickly!" ”

Shen Yuanhao spoke at this time: "Your Majesty is benevolent and loves the people, and it is really a generation of Ming monarchs, and the ministers are proud to be able to follow Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Jian immediately smiled: "Mr. Shen has passed, this is just the conscience that a human being should have", and after speaking, he looked at Chen Hongyi, wanting to hear what Chen Hongyi said

Chen Hongyi looked at the backs of the five people who were rescued: "Changtai rested to hide his tears, mourning the difficulties of people's livelihood. At the foot of this Xiangyang City, there are also people who are cold and hungry, and it is our dereliction of duty as courtiers."

This undoubtedly poured a scoop of cold water on everyone, Liu Jian understood very well at the moment that even Xiangyang at the foot of the Son of Heaven had hungry people, which fully showed that the officials of Jingzhao Mansion were derelict in their duties, and Lang Zhongling, who was in charge of conscription under the Wubing Shangshu Mansion, was also derelict in his duties.

The governor of this Jingzhao Mansion is Chen Zhengnan, and Lang Zhongling, who is conscripted, is also a disciple of Nanyang Academy.

Chen Zhengnan was a little embarrassed at this time, after all, he had mentioned to the emperor that today's Xiangyang City had solved the problem of food and clothing under the governance of Jingzhao Mansion, and in the blink of an eye, there were people who were cold and hungry.

Liu Jian looked at Chen Zhengnan and hoped that he would give an explanation. Judging Yuanhao is worthy of being the dean of Nanyang Academy, he is not shocked by the changes, and he can also excuse himself: "The homeless people outside the city are haunted from time to time, and it is difficult for the soldiers patrolling the city to cover everything, after all, the snow has been very heavy these days!" ”

These words pushed the problem to the person in charge of patrolling the city, it happened to be Chen Kuan's subordinate Yan Shouyi, and Yan Shouyi was not qualified to follow him to pay tribute. But Chen Kuan was here, so Liu Jian looked at Chen Kuan again.

Before Chen Kuan could speak, Chen Hongyi spoke first: "In short, it is our dereliction of duty as a courtier, this strict guard is too slow to guard in the east, Your Majesty has arrived outside the West City, and he can't come to patrol the city in advance!" ”

These words were beautiful, and they were not aimed at the people of the academy, but they clearly reminded Liu Jian that Yan Shouyi was in charge of guarding the periphery of the altar in the east of the city, and he had to wait for the emperor and ministers to leave, and Yan Shouyi could gather a team to patrol the city to the west.

Judging Yuanhao is erudite in the end, and immediately changed his words: "Your Majesty and An Guogong don't have to blame themselves for this, just do their best in the future." Back then, Zhuge Kong ruled Shu, didn't there still be a saying that there were dishes through its wild people? What's more, we are far inferior to Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng! ”

These words were originally intended to make a round for everyone, but unexpectedly annoyed Chen Hongyi.

"Shang Shuling slandered the sages like this, I am afraid it is not the work of a righteous man and a gentleman! Zhuge Kongming loved the people and the people all his life, was loyal to the monarch and patriotic, in Shang Shuling's heart, was it just this sentence that others said nonsense, and the wild people had a dish? The old man disagrees! Chen Hongyi said that he was full of anger, and even some crows in the distance were startled, and the horses under the crotches of many people shook a few times.