【Meeting】

"Miss, why did you suddenly think of going to see your master?" Lilac followed and trotted up, in the eyes of the servants of the Su Mansion, the lord is a stingy, short-tempered person, usually at home, negligent servants will inevitably be scolded by the lord, and sometimes even have to move the board, so when the servants hear the name of the master, it is simply a tiger change.

"I have something I want to discuss with my father!" Su Xue said calmly.

"Ah, miss, you don't mean to talk to the master about that, do you?" As soon as Lilac heard Miss's words, she immediately became nervous, and she spoke with a little crying at this time.

"Oh, don't worry, I won't betray you!" Su Xue stopped, held Lilac's hand, and comforted her, but looking at her aggrieved face, she couldn't help but feel very funny.

"Oh!" Lilac puffed out her mouth and followed obediently with red eyes.

"Hey~" The two of them walked one after the other, but at the corner, a maid hurriedly walked over and bumped into Su Xue.

Lilac, who was quick-eyed, immediately stepped forward to help the young lady, and after the young lady stood firm, she stared at her eyes, crossed her hands on her waist, and bared her teeth and scolded: "You don't have long eyes, you walk so fast to be reincarnated, if you hurt the young lady, can you afford it, you really don't have eyesight!" ”

"I'm sorry, Miss, the slave was in a hurry just now, he didn't control himself, he bumped into Miss, please forgive Miss......" The maid kept kowtowing, and kept shouting for mercy.

"Okay, okay, look, get up, Lilac, get her up!" Su Xue glanced at Lilac.

Lilac picked up the maid, patted the dust on the ground on the maid's body, and said: "Today you are also lucky, you met a kind and kind young lady, today's young lady spoke, even if I forgive you, next time can I be so panicked!" ”

"Was it okay just now!" Su Xue took the maid's hand and asked.

"Miss, the slave is fine, Miss Xie cares!" The maid kept her head down, and her body was very uncomfortable, which showed that she was very nervous.

"There's no one else here, don't be afraid, what's your name and how old are you this year?" Su Xue stroked the ends of her hair, and when she kowtowed just now, her hair was soaked with a lot of dust.

"The minion's name is Qiu Yue, and he is fifteen years old this year!" Qiu Yue replied cautiously with her head down.

"Do you have any relatives who came to Su Mansion when did you come to Su Mansion?" Su Xue continued to ask.

"The only relatives are my mother, I have lived in Su Mansion since I was a child, my mother is a servant in the laundry room of Su Mansion, I was born in Su Mansion and has been staying until now!" At this time, Qiu Yue obviously let go of her boldness, and slowly raised her head and said.

"Oh, I see, where are you now?"

"Miss Hui, Qiu Yue is now in charge of serving tea and water in the master's living room!" Qiu Yue looked at Su Xue's eyes and said.

"Poof, you turned out to be my successor!" Lilac listened to Qiu Yue's words and immediately said with a smile.

"Sister is Sister Lilac!" Qiu Yue said with a smile.

"What a sweet mouth, how do you know my name?"

"When you work in one place, you naturally have to understand it comprehensively, including your predecessors, of course!"

"Who taught you this, have you ever read at home?" Su Xue asked curiously.

"It's not taught by others, it's what I listen to others, as for reading, in fact, I just recognize a few words, how many books I've read, Qiuyue doesn't dare to say it!" Qiu Yue and Su Xue gradually became familiar with each other at this time, and they spoke a lot.

"Then why did you run over in such a panic just now, is there something important?" Su Xue asked.

"Oops, I forgot about important things, there is a guest named Duan De in the mansion today, I have to go and serve tea!" Qiu Yue remembered at this time that she had delayed something important, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

"Then you go, walk slowly, and don't worry about delaying!" Su Xue gently patted Qiu Yue's shoulder and said.

"Poof, I was quite able to speak just now, but I didn't expect it to be a Ma Daha." Lilac said with a smile on her face.

"You, you, why were you so fierce just now, nothing happened to me!" Su Xue complained.

"Miss, if you don't be fierce to the servants, they won't know who the master is, Miss, you are kind-hearted, even if the servants offend you, you will not reprimand them, but this will make them unscrupulous and do whatever they want, just now I saw that you were almost hit by her, and the anger in my heart did not come to a place, so I thought about teaching her a lesson for Miss!" Lilac hurriedly explained aggrievedly.

"I really can't help you, let's not talk about this first, let's go and meet this person named Duan De, see what he has to do, dare to come to Sufu to propose!"

"Hey~ Miss, wait, there have been rules since ancient times, women can't casually see the person who proposes marriage, and they can only look at it secretly!" Lilac hurriedly stopped.

Su Xue listened to Lilac's words, and immediately stood still, this question stumped Su Xue, she paced back and forth, suddenly turned around and said: "It's okay, I can't care so much, anyway, I don't plan to marry him, it doesn't matter if I follow the rules or not." After Su Xue finished speaking, she walked to the living room.

Seeing that Miss insisted on this, Lilac couldn't say anything more, so she had to follow Miss silently.

Approaching the living room, Su Xue stopped, leaned outside the door, and heard the conversation between her father and Duan De in the living room.

"Haha...... Duan Gongzi can come to the cold house, he really looks up to me Su! ”

"Mr. doesn't have to see outside, he has always been in love with Ling Yuan, today should have been my father's coming, but my father is busy with official business, so let him come over on his behalf!"

"Ling Zun is the captain of the current division, it is natural to put public and then private, this is the person who Su has always admired, and it is also Su's honor to look up to the little girl!"

Su Xue, who was standing outside the door, heard that her father was so low in front of this hairy boy, charming and pitiful, she was ashamed of herself, she tried her best to calm herself down, and at this time she walked into the living room: "Shout~ There are guests at home, why didn't Dad sue me, this is too rude!" ”

Su Shuang saw his daughter suddenly come over, and the scene suddenly fell into embarrassment, at this time he said with a smile: "Xue'er, why are you here?" ”

"Daddy, this is Su Mansion, can't I come?" Su Xue sat down and said, "Unlike some people, they always like to come uninvited!" ”

Duan De, who was sitting on the side, was suddenly ashamed at this time, he stood up, bent down and arched his hand: "In Xia Duande, my father is Duan Xi, the captain of Sili, and I am fortunate to have met Miss Su today!" At the same time of greeting, Duan De couldn't help but look up and peek at Su Xue a few times, he had only heard that Miss Su Fu had fallen into the country and the city, but he had never seen it, this beautiful appearance was just a fantasy in his brain, and when he saw it today, it was really like a fairy descending to earth, from childhood to adulthood, he had never seen such a delicate and beautiful woman.

"Oh, Duan Gongzi is polite, sit down!" Su Shuang, who was on the side, saw the embarrassing scene, and hurriedly started a round, and he also glanced at Su Xue, but Su Xue pretended not to see it, which made him not know what to do, this is always the same in Su Mansion, and there is no one in the domestic servant who is not cautious in front of him, but this Su Xue He can't help it, firstly, he was spoiled when he was a child, and secondly, he also cherished his daughter.

"It turned out to be Duan Gongzi, please sit down!" Su Xue said with a smile at this time: "Duan Gongzi is also a rare guest, I don't know what you have to do when you come to my Su Mansion this time!" ”

While speaking, I saw Qiu Yue walking in cautiously holding the tea, he placed the tea next to Duan De, the master, and the young lady in turn, and then retreated without a sound.

......Facing this question, Duan De didn't know how to answer Su Xue, at this time he looked at Su Shuang on the side, and motioned for Su Shuang to help relieve the siege, Su Shuang understood and said with a smile: "Xue'er, what about this Duan De's son, he is the son of the current Sili Captain, and he has always had a ...... for you There is affection, and you are here today to discuss marriage? ”

"Oh? Why don't I know? Su Xue picked up the teacup at this time, took a sip of tea, and kept squinting downward, not looking at her father's face or Duan De's face.

"This ...... This is all Daddy's negligence, Daddy didn't have time to explain to you, Daddy originally wanted to discuss with you slowly and guide you slowly, so he never told you! Su Shuang looked at his daughter at this time and said helplessly.

"Daddy, I want to talk to this Duan Gongzi alone, is it okay?" Su Xue put down the teacup and looked at Su Shuang.

"Okay, okay, daddy, let's go, you have a good chat, anyway, it's the first time you meet, get to know each other well, just get acquainted with each other!" Su Shuang saw that his daughter had opened up so quickly, and walked out of the living room happily.

At Su Xue's suggestion, Lilac also followed the master out of the living room.

As soon as he walked to the door, Su Shuang stopped and scolded Lilac softly: "Bastard thing, Miss won't stop it if she wants to come like this!" ”

Su Shuang's turn of face frightened Lilac suddenly lost her mind, and hurriedly explained: "Master, the slave doesn't know that there are guests!" ”

"You're ......!" Su Shuang raised his hand and was about to slap her, but he thought that after slapping her, Xue'er was going to have a trouble with himself again, so he waved half of his hand, and then stopped his hand.

Lilac was in front of the old man at this time, that is, the mouse that had been silent, as if it might be eaten alive by this wild cat with teeth and claws at any time.

Su Shuang didn't care about her when he saw her like this, he tiptoed to the door and eavesdropped on the conversation between Su Xue and Duan De.

"I heard that Miss Su used to worship Lu Zhi as a teacher in Songshan, and studied there for a few years?" Duan De opened his mouth first.

"No matter how you calculate it, the teacher's rank is similar to your father's, where is your turn to call the teacher's name." Su Xue said calmly.

"Oh...... Sins, sins, sins! Duan De knew that he was rude, and he was ashamed again and again, to be honest, Duan De didn't have much of a good impression of Lu Zhi, his father Duan Xi can now be the captain of the boss, in addition to his own military exploits, it has to rely on the eunuchs of the dynasty, without Wang Fu's kind words in front of the emperor, how can he Duan Xi jump to the rank of the captain of the three sitting alone.

"Ling Zun was born in the martial arts, with great military achievements, and he shocked the north, making the border foreigners frightened, and he can be described as a generation of famous generals of the Han Dynasty."

"Where, where, to serve the imperial court, this is a matter of course, no problem!" Duan De finally heard a pleasant word from Su Xue's mouth, so he hurriedly said modestly.

"It's no wonder that he was able to be promoted so quickly, with great meritorious achievements, plus the officialdom is good, now he is a lieutenant of Sili, and in a few years, I think he will be a captain!" Su Xue said sneeringly, every word she said at this time was like a sharp sword, constantly stabbing Duan De's heart and trampling on Duan De's dignity.

"Miss Su, what do you mean by this, my father is an upright official and loyal to the country, isn't it disrespectful for you to say him in front of me like this?" Duan De said with a red face at this time.

"The hall is full of gold and jade, and Mo can keep it; Rich and arrogant, self-blame. Ling Zun's loyalty is naturally obvious to all, but Ling Zun's flattery to the eunuchs is also known to the world! Su Xue continued to sarcastically without backing down.

"You...... It's unreasonable, I didn't expect that Tang Tang Lu Zigan's students were all people who didn't know how to be polite! After speaking, he got up and walked out, and as soon as he walked out of the door, he saw Su Shuang and Lilac hiding behind the door, Duan De said angrily to Su Shuang: "Today's humiliation, I won't forget, farewell!" ”

"Oh, Duan Gongzi, Duan Gongzi stays, Duan ......" Su Shuang hurriedly chased after him, but Duan De never looked back, at this time Su Shuang drooped his head and said to himself: "What have I done!" ”

【Transfer back to Luoyang】

In the more than a year that Lu Zhi was in Lujiang County, he successively pacified the Nanban, cracked down on the local tyrants, and rectified the rule of government officials, and a series of political reforms made Lujiang County a good place for the people to live and work in peace and contentment. But with Lu Zhi's drastic reform in Lujiang County, the interests of others touched also increased, and now the power of this eunuch is borderless, which local powerful landlords, which local corrupt groups do not have anything to do with the eunuchs in the court, Lu Zhi's suppression of them instantly angered the eunuchs in the court.

Zhang Rang, the regular attendant, also ran to Emperor Liu Hong's side every day, blowing the wind in his ears.

At this time, the emperor is holding the two concubines and lingering in love, Qingqing and me, Zhang Rang is also used to this kind of scene, the old rules, the emperor plays the emperor, you have something to say.

Zhang Rang approached Liu Hong and said: "Your Majesty, I think that when Guangwu Ye relied on the powerful landlord to establish the Han world, in order to thank them, he took measures against them." Judo's attitude to governance, this is the ancestral system that has been handed down for hundreds of years, and now as soon as Lu Zhi arrives in Lujiang County, he will carry out barbaric and cruel suppression of the local powerful landlords, which is a blatant provocation of the system left by the Guangwu Ye, and then it will inevitably shake the foundation of the Han Dynasty. ”

Liu Hong listened to Zhang Rang's words, then frowned, and also knew that Lu Zhi's reform in Lujiang County moved Zhang Rang's interests, Zhang Rang was not so much for the country, but for himself, but also blamed Lu Zhi, the reform was too quick to achieve quick success, and he offended so many interest groups at once, and finally he was embattled, Liu Hong thought of this and said: "This Lu Zhi has cut off the troubles of the Southern Barbarians for the imperial court twice before and after, and there is no conclusive evidence to prove that he has a heart of disobedience, so he will be offended casually." , I'm afraid it's not good. ”

At this time, Liu Hong actually didn't want to kill Lu Zhi, because Lu Zhi helped the imperial court to quell the local rebellion twice before and after, if Lu Zhi was there, if there were unstable things in the place in the future, he could let Lu Zhi go, so that he could sit back and relax and enjoy happiness with peace of mind. However, on the issue of maintaining his ruling power, Liu Hong had to rely on the power of eunuchs, and in order to settle the situation on both sides, he could only remove Lu Zhi from his position as a county guard, and simply let him come back to write a book, and if there was a rebellion in the future, then continue to let him go. Liu Hong said undoubtedly: "Since you are worried that Lu Zhi will mess around outside, then remove him from his post, he doesn't like to write books and make articles, then let him go back to Dongguan and write books with the counselor Ma Riyan and the doctor Cai Yong." ”

After speaking, he continued to bury his head in the woman's gentle township, Zhang Rang saw that the emperor would not kill Lu Zhi, but as soon as he heard that the emperor's tone could not be changed, he had to say: "Your Majesty is wise, and the slave will let people do it." ”

In fact, as the emperor, Liu Hong also had his own difficulties.

He was only thirteen years old when he ascended the throne, and at that time, the Empress Dowager Dou was involved in politics, and as a woman, if she wanted to govern the world, she could rely on her own mother's family. Therefore, when Liu Hong was young, the Dou family's relatives leaned towards the government and the opposition, and they didn't take themselves as a little emperor in their eyes at all. Later, when he grew up, he realized the danger of his relatives to the imperial power, and who helped him kill Dou Wu and regain the power in the hands of his relatives, it was the eunuch. In order to repay them, Liu Hong has reused eunuchs since then, so the status of eunuchs is also formed by history, not because of his own favor.

Since then, the emperor and the eunuchs have almost formed a collection of interests, and only when the eunuchs have gone too far, the emperor will use knives against them; Otherwise, it would be all turning a blind eye, which is why everyone has impeached the eunuchs, and the emperor just didn't listen.

Objectively speaking, among the scholars, relatives and eunuchs, if one of the three is chosen as their own object of dependence, then the eunuch is the undoubted choice, since ancient times, whether it is the strength of the scholar class or the strength of the relatives, there may be a risk of usurpation for the emperor, Wang Mang of this dynasty is a typical example of a foreign relative usurpation, as for the usurpation of the bureaucratic class, it is countless. Relatives can be emperors, bureaucrats can also be emperors, and this eunuch alone, to put it mildly, is the lice on the emperor's body, without the emperor, he is nothing. Therefore, choosing to rely on eunuchs is the least risky and most profitable way to rule.

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At this time, Lu Zhi devoted his energy to the governance and construction of Lujiang, and he thought that since he could not make the people of the world live at ease through his own efforts, he could at least let the people of Lujiang County live a solid life through the power in his existing hands. For the benefit of the official for one term, Lu Zhi always kept in mind that the common people were afraid of the powerful landlords, and he suppressed the powerful landlords; For more than a year, the people of Lujiang no one did not talk about Lu Zhi's goodness, and Lu Zhi also had a strong feeling for the people of Lujiang, but because Lu Zhi was too good to the people and offended too many people, Lu Zhi had to go.

But despite this, when the people of Lujiang heard that Lu Zhi was leaving, they all spontaneously sat in front of Lu Zhi's mansion, and they didn't let Lu Zhi go, because Lu Zhi had been in charge for more than a year, and the life of the people of Lujiang was never happier.

Where does Lu Zhi want to go, but the holy decree has been issued, so he must go. Lu Zhi, Liu Bei, and Liu Deran were so easy to talk about, and their mouths were about to wear out, so they even coaxed and deceived them to promise their last performance, let the emperor be gracious, and allowed them to stay, and told them that it was not too early today, and asked everyone to go back first, and if they wanted to come and sit, then they could come back tomorrow. After listening to Lu Zhi's words, the common people felt that staying here for a long time would also affect Lu Zhi's rest, so they all left one after another, and when they left, they said to each other that they would come back tomorrow. Lu Zhi saw that the people were gone, so he immediately asked Liu Bei and Liu Deran to pack up their things and left Lujiang County that night.

During this time, maybe they are of the same age, maybe they have similar interests, Liu Bei and Chen Zhi have become good buddies, but they have just met this buddy, but at this time they are going to separate, say goodbye today, will they see each other in the future.

For Zhenzhi, Lu Zhi's efforts in Lujiang County, he has always seen in his eyes, in this turbulent political ecology, how happy it is to be able to work with people like Lu Zhi and do something he hopes to do. He only felt that God was so cruel, and it was rare to find someone who he was willing to serve sincerely, but he let them say goodbye in such a hurry. "Zhengong Cao, after I leave, the people of Lujiang County will be handed over to you, if they are in trouble, help them well, don't pass here."

At this time, the three of them sat in the carriage, but Lu Zhi still looked back from time to time, he was really reluctant, after all, this is the place where he spent more than a year and painstaking efforts to govern, now he can say go, where can he face this reality so simply. Is he worried that after he leaves, will the next county warden continue to implement his policy of benefiting the people? After he leaves, will the powerful landlords intensify their exploitation of the common people? Will corrupt officials and corrupt officials resurgence after they leave? Who knows, Lu Zhi may have been heartbroken at this time, and he involuntarily left tears.

"Teacher, you're crying." Liu Bei saw Lu Zhi with his eyes closed and tears flowing.

Lu Zhi sighed heavily and said: "As early as when I attacked Nanban, I knew that Sun Zhi's worries this season were not in the moment, but within the Xiao Wall. ”