Chapter 50: Heading to Yangzhou

【Songshan Practice】

"Fairy Qingshui, you're in tears!" Taixuan Boy said.

"Yes, senior brother, I feel sad for Xuande!" Fairy Qingshui had been meditating for a long time, and at this moment she stood up, walked out of the ovary cave, looked into the distance and said: "Xuande has experienced too much, there are few happy events, and sad things do happen one after another!" ”

"This is nothing, the road ahead is still long, all that he has experienced is preparing for his future, if people's minds are not honed and matured, the future will only be more miserable!" Taixuan Tongzi also followed out of the cave and said: "The heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically. ”

"I believe that Xuande can survive all this ordeal, he can!" Fairy Shimizu said with a smile.

"Yes, Liu Bei is not so fragile, people who have experienced life and death, often regard difficulties as a life experience, the last time he fought, he almost lost his life, his life hung by a thread, and afterwards he just laughed it off, but fortunately, you rescued him in time, and when he was in danger, he reached out and pulled him!"

"It's nothing, no matter in the past life or this life, I have a fate with him, needless to say to help him!" Su Xue turned her head and asked, "Now that the Yellow Turban Rebellion has generally calmed down, where does Senior Brother plan to let Yu Ji go?" ”

"Yu Ji's mission is complete, I let him go to Yangzhou!"

"What's the matter with going to Yangzhou?"

"Mission!"

"Do I need to do that too?"

"You don't have to, you can concentrate on cultivating first, and you can help Liu Bei, and someone will do it!"

"Understood, senior brother, there is one more thing, after all, the Zifang Cave is a place for the senior brother to burn incense and pray for blessings by the people, I plan to go back to Songshan and tidy up the previous school, Su Xue decided to cultivate there, may I ask if the senior brother can?"

"Well, it's okay, Songshan is the source of your essence after all, and it is better to go there, or if there is anything in the future, just come directly to me in the cave of the olet, you can go!" Taixuan Boy nodded in agreement.

"Senior Brother Xie agrees!"

【To Yangzhou】

Any suffering, with the passage of time, will slowly sink into the ocean of the past, maybe one day in the future, you will remember this painful past again; Maybe one day in the future, you will tell the past stories of these people to the next generation without hesitation; Maybe one day in the future, you will face the same difficulties and dangers again, but at this time, you are no longer the past you, the past you have achieved the current you, you who have experienced the Phoenix Nirvana, you can already laugh at any difficulties and dangers in the future, you can say indifferently to yourself and others: "I have experienced all of this, it's not a big deal." ”

Indeed, life is like this, Lao Tzu once said: Misfortune and blessing rely on, blessing and misfortune lurk, this is not only an interpretation of life will always be full of blessings and misfortunes, but also a warning to people to be full of hope for the future when it is difficult, not to be defeated by a moment of tribulation, when proud, do not forget the tribulations experienced in the past, to always maintain a heart of awe for the future, Liu Bei, who has experienced many setbacks and tribulations, may be temporarily defeated, but when he can regain confidence and break through the darkness, he has reinvented himself, At this time, he is no longer the past him, the past he has achieved this time, his heart will become stronger, his heart will become more mature, and his heart will become more stable.

In the sixth year of Zhongping, Liu Hong ended his chaotic rule and finally died in the Nangong Jiade Palace. When he learned the news, Liu Bei immediately went to Gongsun Zhan's residence, ready to ask him about the affairs of the world.

"Brother Bogui, Liu Bei has come to see you." Liu Bei was carrying some vegetables in his hand, because the Wang family had told him before that he could not visit Gongsun Zan empty-handed in the future, after all, he was not a child.

At this time, Gongsun Chan was not stationed in the subject country of Liaodong, since the surrender of the foreign tribes, Liu Yu reported to the imperial court to withdraw the garrison army, leaving only Gongsun Chan to command more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry stationed in Youbeiping, and then Liu Yu ordered the foreign tribes to send Zhang Chun back to the Han Dynasty, but before the foreign tribes could execute, Zhang Chun was killed by his disciple Wang Zheng and gave the head to Liu Yu. Liu Yu was awarded the post of Taiwei for his meritorious service in pacifying the nomads, and was named the Marquis of Xiangben. Liu Yu succeeded in quelling the rebellion, which also led to a further deterioration of the conflict between Gongsun Chan and Liu Yu.

"Oh, Brother Xian is here, when my brother and sister left, it was the transfer of troops, and Brother Fool really couldn't leave, so I didn't go to see you, I really can't stand you." Thinking that the fate of the junior brother in front of him was really tragic, Gongsun Chan couldn't help but feel a trace of compassion in his heart when he looked at Liu Bei.

"It's okay, my brother is busy with business, and he should put public affairs before private affairs...... Here are some vegetables I brought you, just dug up from the field, and I'll bring them to you to taste. Liu Bei put the vegetables into Gongsun Zhan's house.

Gongsun Chan saw Liu Bei talking and talking, and always felt as if he was judging two people before, for mentioning his pain and disaster, he could be calm, and his face was expressionless to the extent that it made people feel that Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and his face did not change, which also made Gongsun Chan feel the tenacity and poise that he had never had before from Liu Bei, and he couldn't help but be intimidated by it. At this time, Gongsun Chan said: "Brother Xian, come and see Brother Fool, Brother Fool's heart is already very grateful, come and sit down." ”

"Brother Bogui, now that the emperor has died, I don't know where the world will go in the future." Liu Bei sat down and said.

"The current situation is not clear, after the emperor's death, he entrusted Jian Shuo, hoping that he could help him realize his wish to abolish the elder and establish the young." Gongsun Chan stretched out his hand and motioned for Liu Bei to drink tea.

"The emperor really defended the world's condemnation and insisted on doing so." Liu Bei picked up the teacup and said.

"Yes, but the power of the He family is tilted towards the government and the opposition, how can it be so easy to say that it will be abolished. Jian Shuo was afraid of He Jin in his heart, and wrote to Zhao Zhong, Song Dian and others, saying: "The general He Jin's brother controls the government and acts arbitrarily, and now he is plotting with the party members in the world to kill the cronies of the first emperor and eliminate us. It's just that I'm in command of the forbidden army, so I'm hesitating for the time being. Now we should work together, close the palace gate, and quickly arrest He Jin and execute him. 'Zhongchang Guo Sheng and He Jin are from the same county, and Empress Dowager He and He Jin can have the status of noble pets, and he has helped a lot, so he is close to and trusts He. After Guo Sheng consulted with Zhao Zhong and others, he rejected Jian Shuo's proposal and handed Jian Shuo's letter to He Jin. ”

"These eunuchs are some wall grass, which side is more powerful he will rely on which side, now He Jin covers the sky with one hand, these eunuchs began to throw their arms to He Jin, if He Jin accepts their surrender, a few years later, when the emperor is an adult, He Jin will die at the hands of the eunuchs."

"Yes, although He Jin has no strategy, but his subordinates are all brave and resourceful people, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Chen Lin, Feng Ji, He Hao, Xun You and a large number of scholars gathered under He Jin's command, He Jin accepted their suggestion, ordered the Yellow Gate in the palace to arrest Jian Shuo, and put him to death, so he put the forbidden army under his command, and then He Jin set up his nephew Liu Wei as the emperor."

"This trick to drive the tiger and devour the wolf is used ruthlessly enough, and it is easy for them to kill each other without any effort."

Speaking of this, Gongsun Zhan changed his face with a sad face, and said with a sigh: "But not everything is satisfactory, the scholar class led by Yuan Shao tried their best to persuade He Jin to kill all the eunuchs in the palace, but He Jin was indecisive, and when he saw that Queen He did not agree, he was reluctant to do it. ”

"Kill all the eunuchs? Why do you want to kill all the eunuchs? ”

"The ten permanent servants have done evil and made the heavens angry and resentful, don't the virtuous brothers think that they should not be killed?"

"Brother Bogui misunderstood me, what the foolish brother meant, since the ten permanent servants do evil, they only need to kill the first evil, why should they kill all the eunuchs, if so, I don't think things are so simple."

"Oh? What is Brother Xian's thoughts? ”

"The reason why the eunuchs and relatives can become bigger is nothing more than the 'alliance' that the emperor cultivated in order to deal with the powerful scholar class, they were originally grasshoppers on a rope, but later they turned against each other because of differences in interests, and now Yuan Shao, the representative of the scholar class, actually instigated He Jin to kill all the eunuchs, and his intention is already obvious."

"What do you mean by that?" Gongsun Chan still didn't understand the inside story at this time, and hurriedly asked.

"I guess Yuan Shao wanted to use He Jin to completely eliminate the eunuch forces, without the eunuchs, Empress He and He Jin would lose the medium of transmitting information, and they would be isolated from each other, and then Yuan Shao would backhand He Jin and other foreign relatives, so as to establish a Han dynasty with only the scholar class."

At this time, Gongsun Zhan stared at his eyes, and suddenly said: "I see, after Liu Wei was established as the emperor, Empress Dowager He came to the court, He Jin and Taifu Yuan Kui assisted the government, and recorded Shangshushi, since Taifu Yuan Kui recorded Shangshushi, why didn't there be any movement at all, I think it's strange, maybe Yuan Kui is the behind-the-scenes manipulator behind Yuan Shao." ”

Liu Bei said firmly: "Eight or nine is not far from ten, yes, so what did He Jin do later?" ”

"Yuan Shao later gave He Jin an idea, to gather more fierce generals from all directions and a large number of heroes, so that they all brought troops to the capital and threatened the Empress Dowager He, so that he would agree to his proposal."

"I think the world is going to be in chaos, as the saying goes, it is easy to invite the Buddha to send the Buddha, and the people who hold the male soldiers are introduced into the capital, which is also good, the fire is well controlled, and the soldiers and horses from all walks of life can control each other, so that no one dares to move, but if the fire is not well controlled, the warlords enter Beijing, and the imperial power falls, and the world will be in chaos."

Speaking of this, Gongsun Zhan didn't say anything, at this time he took out a letter from the cabinet, handed it to Liu Bei, and said to him: "Brother Xian, this is the letter that the teacher asked me to transfer to you, the teacher's thoughts are very similar to yours, he knows that the act of gathering heroes from all over the world will become a trouble, so he tried his best to dissuade him, but He Jin didn't listen, but since this matter has been completed, the teacher pointed out a way for you, and now a general under He Jin, Biqiu Yi, is preparing to go to Danyang County, Yangzhou to recruit troops, and the teacher asked you to go and join him. Perhaps there is an opportunity to establish merit again. ”

Liu Bei took the letter and said to Gongsun Zhan: "Thank you, Brother Bogui." ”

"Haha, it seems that the teacher still prefers you."

"Where, the teacher is looking at Brother Bogui's good development, so he is more at ease with you, and I am still a civilian and poor, so the teacher will naturally be more uneasy about me, so he will let me go to join the army."

"Hahaha...... Virtuous Brother Teh was humble. Although Gongsun Chan said this at this time, he was still very happy in his heart.

After bidding farewell to his uncle and Gongsun Zhan, Liu Bei left Youzhou with Liu Deran, Jian Yong, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, and started their new journey with the ideals in their hearts.