Since visiting Tian Feng and Fu Zhi to return home, Liu He decided to bid farewell to his teacher Lu Zhi, who had studied too much.

Lu Zhizi is a native of Zhuo County, Zhuo County, when he was young, he worshiped the great Confucian Ma as a teacher, and recommended Zheng Xuan as a fellow disciple. Since then, the state and county have been repeatedly requisitioned, and he should not have been. It wasn't until the Jianning period that he was recruited as a doctor and taught Taixue, and he began to enter the official career. Later, he twice worshiped Jiujiang Taishou to quell the rebellion, and was recognized by the imperial court as a minister of both civil and military affairs. He also participated in the Taixue organization activities of the "Xiping Stone Classic" and the continuation of the work of "Dongguan Hanji".

He is currently a waiter and a scholar.

Regarding Lu Zhi, in fact, Liu He begged his father Liu Yu to introduce him to his disciples, not because of Lu Zhi's knowledge, but because of his two disciples, Liu Bei and Gongsun Zhan. When Lu Zhi's name was mentioned in later generations, most people knew him, in the final analysis, because of these two students, although these two people seemed to have little knowledge.

However, the embarrassing thing is that Liu He was asking about Liu Bei and Gongsun Zhan, and Lu Zhi said that he had a little impression of Gongsun Boqi, but Liu Xuande was only vague, but he couldn't remember this person; Later, his son Lu Yu told him that Liu Bei was not his father's disciple but his protégé.

The Eastern Han Dynasty attached great importance to birth and honor. Scholars are also proud of worshipping famous teachers, worshipping a good teacher, it is equivalent to holding a golden job, this truth Liu He also understands, although the previous life has canceled the system of passing on the torch between master and apprentice, but the master's and doctoral students can have a famous mentor is also a very long-faced thing, which is very beneficial to the future competition.

However, there is also a distinction between this apprentice - "the person who teaches the practitioner is the disciple, and the person who turns to the recipient is the disciple", the disciple is the teacher's personal transmission, and the protégé is the second disciple. A person's energy is limited, especially for the elderly, when there are many disciples, they cannot teach each of them in person, so they can only have their disciples teach on their behalf.

"Haha! The emperor of Shu is actually my junior brother, although he worships early, but he is not a personal disciple. "When Liu He kept coming up with the idea of middle school two along the way, he had arrived at the door of Lu Zhi's house before he knew it.

The mansion of Lu Zhi's family is very large, with three entrances before and after. The courtyard gate is the top of the hanging mountain, the main ridge is towering, the two sides are slope-like slopes, the eaves extend outward, and the tile of the cloud pattern is paved.

Liu He stood in front of the door and raised his hand to knock on the door.

Soon, someone opened the door, dressed in brown, and it was the little slave of the Lu family. He looked up and saw that it was Liu He, with a smile on his face, and said, "Liu Jun is here!" Did you come to my master? Come in, please. ”

Liu He used to follow Liu Yu to visit Lu Zhi often and discuss Confucian classics together, so he was very familiar with the Lu family, smiled and entered the courtyard.

On the right side of the door is a rectangular stone trough, and on both sides of the courtyard are stables, which are also of the hanging mountain type, symmetrical on the left and right. To the left of the door is opposite the stable, and next to the wall there are two rooms, where the janitor and the horse breeder live. The front yard is not small, but other than that, there are no buildings. There is a stone path facing the gate, which is wide enough for horse-drawn carriages to pass and stretches out to the middle courtyard. The stone pavement is lined with solid ground on both sides.

Walk along the stone path, pass through the middle gate, and face a pavilion. To the left of the pavilion is an attic and to the right is a high platform, connected by a cloister. The attic is three storeys high, steep and steep, and the roof is a hilltop with four corners upturned. On each end of the top ridge is decorated with a bird, which is relatively recumbent. The building is snow-white, and the doors and windows are reddish-brown. Outside the building, there are stairs leading into the building, and there are verandas on each floor. On days when the weather is good, you can stand on the top and overlook the scenery by the railing; When it rains and snows, because there is a waist eaves on the balcony, it is enough to shelter from the wind and rain, and you can also gather three or five friends and drink in the stove.

This attic is where the Lu family lives; The high platform on the right is where Lu Zhi teaches his students.

"Liu Jun, the head of the family is drinking in the pavilion, do you want the little slave to report it?"

Following the direction of the little slave, Liu He saw that in the pavilion in the courtyard, was there someone drinking under the pavilion? He said, "No, I just did." The slave retreated to the front yard and guarded the door.

The pavilion is a four-cornered roof, with a platform and a built-in couch. Surrounded by bamboo flowers. Now in late summer, the flowers are mostly withered, there are not many bamboos, sparse and sparse, but they are scattered, some bamboo leaves are still green, and some have turned yellow.

At this time, a person greeted him: this person was about seven or eight meters tall, with a face like a crown of jade, a handsome posture, wearing a free scarf and a soapcloth robe, exuding a graceful and elegant charm.

I saw that he was not in a hurry or impatient: "It came with it." ”

"I've seen my brother." Liu and Shili.

He is Lu Zhi's son Lu Yu. [Note 1]

"Father is in the inner hall, you come with me." As he spoke, he pulled Liu He and led him into his house, please go to the hall first.

The room is not too big, the window is bright and clean, an old man sits on the couch, facing the door, his back to the window, is writing in front of the desk, maybe his eyes are not very good, he bows his head, very close to the desk, hears the sound of footsteps, raises his face, his face is vicissitudes, and his beard is sparse.

After a visit, Liu He hurried to the door of the hall, served Lu Zhi with Lu Yu, took off his shoes, and carried him to the hall. Lu Zhi sat on the throne and said, "You can sit down too." ”

Liu He and Lu Yu knelt on the side seats.

"I've heard about your father. Are you going to go with him to Youzhou? ”

Liu Hegang sat down, and when he heard the words, he immediately got up, bowed down from the table, and said respectfully: "Yes." ......, and since entering the Taixue, all the people who have served have been in office, but this land is round, and the knowledge is shallow. There is a way to read thousands of books, when you travel thousands of miles, you will eventually feel shallow on paper, and you will never know that you have to bow to it. If you go to Youzhou with your father today, with the hope of the clan, you will suddenly ascend to the right of the county, what can you do about it? Today, I ask to see the master, and I hope to get the guidance and guidance of the master. ”

Lu Zhi took a sip of tea and said slowly: "You have been in Taixue for three years, although you are not a gifted student, but you are diligent and study hard, so as not to fall into your father's reputation; He does not know the scriptures and Confucianism, but he loves the Legalists and soldiers, is good at shooting and hand-to-hand combat, and has the style of the former Han Dynasty. You can know the words of the ancient sages, 'humility, the handle of virtue'. In the future, you must rely on the reputation of the clan, and you must not be complacent. ”

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Liu He was afraid that he heard what he said, and Lu Zhi was beating him, so as not to get carried away because of the reputation of the clan after he became an official, so he followed his meaning and said: "My father also often admonishes me to 'be full of losses, humble and profitable, and the time is the way of heaven'." Although Zhizhi is a cool official of Emperor Xiaojing, he is an official who is strong and upright, arguing right and wrong, stationed on the frontier, and the Huns are fleeing. Therefore, where the sage is, he has broken thousands of miles, believes in the sharp weapon of the country, and worships the reason for it. Students must guard against arrogance and rashness! ”

Lu Zhi nodded and said, "You can know this, it's not in vain that you are my disciple." ”

Then he called Lu Yu to the front of the case, motioned to pick up the words he had just written, and said to Liu He, "I don't know when you and I will see each other again after many years. ”

The characters are written on silk. Lu Yu handed it over to Liu He. Liu He unfolded his view, saw the quaint seal text above, and wrote a sentence, which was exactly the sentence he said at the right time, "full of losses, humble benefits". This seems to be just a picture, but Liu He knows that the meaning of the representation is too great.

If you can get the encouragement of Lu Zhi, a contemporary celebrity, your reputation in the scholar clan will be raised to a higher level, which will be conducive to recruiting talents in the future.

"I have two more words for you."

"And Gong Wen Shizun's teachings."

"The first word: love the people."

"Yes."

"What does it mean to love the people? Zi said: 'The country of a thousand times, respect and believe, use the festival to love people, and make the people time'. This is love for the people.

"Why do you love the people? In recent years, natural and man-made disasters have made it difficult for the people. Since you have eaten the country's fortune and been reused by the imperial court, you should share your worries for the Son of Heaven and the history of the assassination. This is one of them.

"Second, you are a child of the clan, and since the filial piety dynasty, there are not a few people in the clan who have become officials. Your great-grandfather Jia was Guangluxun, your grandfather Shu was Danyang Taishou, and your father was filial piety and incorruptible. In addition, many of the fathers of your clan have served as county magistrates, and all of them have honest and virtuous names. Fame is hard-won. Now that you are also out of office, you must always follow their high virtue as an example, remember the name of the clan, love the people sparingly, treat the people as if they were hurt, and do not harsh the government and disturb the people. ”

"Yes."

"Second sentence: Be cautious."

"Yes."

"Why should you be cautious? Since the filial piety and the dynasty, the relatives have been in power, the eunuchs have abused their power, and the monarch's power has fallen. After the first emperor killed Liang Ji, he used the clan in order to consolidate the monarchy. The emperor wanted to balance the power of the clan, relatives, and eunuchs. The use of the clan is not to let them replace their relatives and eunuchs and put them in an autocratic position, but to contain their relatives and eunuchs, so as to reverse the situation of alternate arbitrary power of relatives and eunuchs and the extreme weakening of the monarchy. Therefore, once the emperor felt that the threat to the monarchy from relatives and eunuchs no longer existed, the use of the clan would be stopped, and the restrictions on the clan would be raised to prevent the clan from appearing again. Similarly, the emperor also adopted a policy of both use and restriction for his relatives and eunuchs, although the degree of use and restriction varied from time to time. In short, the emperor basically tried to balance the power of the clan, relatives, and eunuchs, and contain each other, so as to strengthen the power of the monarchy. But now the eunuch is not only unharmed, but is still in power in the court! They're keeping an eye on us all the time! So tell you to be cautious. Zi said: 'The state has a way, it is not abolished, and the state has no way, and it is free from torture and killing', you have to be such a person. ”

"Yes."

Lu Zhi talked for a long time, a little thirsty. Lu Yu walked to the couch where he was sitting and knelt down to serve tea. He took it, took a sip, and said with a serious expression: "When you go to Youzhou, you must be cautious in all affairs and abide by the law." Speech and demeanor, advance and retreat, must strictly abide by the rules of the imperial court, and do not give others excuses. ”

"Yes."

"That's all I can tell you, and I've written the rest in this letter to your father." As he spoke, he asked Lu Yu to hand the letter to Liu He.

"And you must remember the teachings of the master." Liu He took the letter.

"You're kind of affectionate, and you're a cautious person. Remember these two words of mine, love the people, and be cautious in words and deeds. What else do you have to ask? ”

"There is one thing I would like to ask you at the last time, how can you master so many skills at the same time, you are so knowledgeable, you know the scriptures, you can interpret the rhythm, you can resign, and you can work on calligraphy and painting?"

"This is actually nothing," Lu Zhi smiled, "The so-called touch bypass, as long as one subject is proficient, then it is not difficult to understand the general situation of other knowledge." The poem has a Fu Bixing, the text has a beginning and a turn, and the sound has a palace and a businessman's horn and a feather. As long as all knowledge is in general, the rest is just heart. ”

"What about the use of troops and politics?"

"Well...... The time, the place, and the people are not solid, and the line is changing rapidly, and it seems that there is only one way to respond to all changes or to adapt to changes. It seems to be the "Three Strategies" mentioned in the "Three Strategies" that 'due to the change of the enemy, not in advance, and often with each other.' As for politics, there are clouds in the "Book of Shang", although there are five elements, five things, three virtues, eight politics, etc., but they are all only seen in their arguments but not in their shapes. It's hard! However, according to the rhythm, it is necessary to change the tune if the piano is not tuned. The most important thing you have to remember - love the people. ”

Liu Hecheng nodded convincingly: "Improvisation... Change the course... Well said by the teacher! Everything can't go as planned, only constant random adaptation is the main truth. ”

[Note 1] Lu Yu (183-257), a native of Zhuo County, Zhuo County (Zhuozhou City, Hebei). He was a politician of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period and the youngest son of Lu Zhi, a great Confucian of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Because Lu Zhi's previous two sons were killed by thieves, for the sake of the plot, Lu Yu appeared in advance.