The next evening, Zhang Bin came to Pei Gai again. According to Pei Xiong's report later, Zhi Quliu also ran over, but he happened to see Zhang Bin entering the door from a distance, he frowned, hesitated for a while, and finally turned his horse away - Pei Xiong just went to close the door, so he saw it.

Pei should let Zhang Bin into the bedroom. Zhang Bin came in and took a look, only to see that the room was full of brochures and plates, and there was almost no place to stay. Finally, Pei should clear a small empty space and invite him to sit down, Zhang Bin opened his mouth and asked, "Pei Lang, how are these classics organized?" ”

Pei Gai smiled bitterly: "It's all scattered, sort it out...... How easy it is to say that! ”

After the Hu Han army entered Luoyang, they spread out and looted everywhere, even the Chongwen Academy, Dongguan, Shiqu Pavilion and other places that collected books were not spared, and before Liu Yao ordered the burning of the Luoyang palace, many classics were moved out by them as chopping wood and burned...... Zhang Bin happened to be passing by, and by the way, he sent someone to put it in the front yard and put it away, and brought out three truckloads of books - there was already a fire in the backyard, so he naturally refused to go over and take risks. Therefore, these given to Pei Gai are all scattered books, and more than a dozen complete bamboo slips can be picked out, and they all belong to different classics.

It took Pei Gai a whole day, completely relying on Pei Wenyue's knowledge and memory in this life, to barely complete the classification - because many articles have not been passed on to later generations, so if he purely relies on the ability of later generations, even if he studies archaeology and ancient philology, it will be difficult to do it without ten days and half a month.

These documents are not only scattered, but also generally of low value, most of them are the interpretation and interpretation of the Confucian classics by scholars in the Han and Wei dynasties, and there are no people among them, and the content is relatively simple. Instead, he found a few incomplete agricultural books, almanacs, and the "Prescription" written by Li Dangzhi, a military doctor of Cao Wei...... But those things don't understand at all, and I don't know if they really have the value of preservation.

was already depressed, but now facing Zhang Bin, Pei Gai couldn't help but sigh. Zhang Bin soothed with kind words, and finally got the opportunity to turn to the topic: "Since Pei Lang is from the Ming Gong, he should have something to offer—the Ming Gong asked me to ask, what kind of job does Pei Lang belong to?" ”

Pei Gai was still holding a plate in his hand, and he rolled his eyes slightly when he heard the words: "Please be for culture and education." ”

Zhang Bin smiled: "Is there still resentment in Pei Lang's heart? Culture and education are not the immediate priorities. ”

Pei Caiyi pouted: "How is it not urgent?" Now the generals are raging, the horses are rampant, the people are anointed with the blade, and the scholars are killed in the wilderness...... "Yiyang's version of the book in his hand - "The literature and classics have all been turned into firewood, and the words of the sages will be extinct!" If there is no rush to indoctrinate them, how can the canons be passed on? How does Li Shu raise him?! ”

With a "snap" as he spoke, he slapped the plate heavily on several cases: "Do you have to wait until the scholars are dead and the books are burned to the ground, and then we will come to restore culture and education?" It's not that I dare to be disrespectful, but in Pei's opinion, the whole Junzi camp, that is, Zhang Jun, are all uneducated! And if measured by scholars, Pei is also uneducated......"

He is telling the truth, Zhang Bin's practical ability may be the best in the world, but if you talk about the most popular scriptures in these years, he probably hasn't even entered the door - after all, he was born there, belongs to a single family, and his learning resources are very limited. Pei should say that I am a beginner myself, but the word "scholar" is not yet on my head - I am still young, how many books can I read?

So Zhang Bin didn't think he was angry, but smiled and continued to comfort Pei Gai: "As Pei Lang said, education is an important task and a big project, even if it is handed over to Pei Lang, Qing alone can't bear it." And indoctrination needs to have people, scholars, and a stable territory, and now we will not live in Xuchang for a long time, and the behavior is still undecided, so how can we talk about indoctrination? ”

Pei Cai said that he should quickly find a place to stabilize - and then stretched out his hand and pointed to the slips that filled the room: "I want to copy these articles so that they will not be scattered again during the march, but if they are still applied to bamboo and wood, I am afraid it will be inconvenient to transport them." Can Zhang Jun find some paper for me? ”

Zhang Bin shook his head and said that there was really not much paper in the army...... I heard that Jian Dao gave you a lot of paper last time, have you used it all?

Pei Gai's face was slightly red: "I didn't know how rare paper was back then, and I didn't have any foresight, it was all used to practice calligraphy and write my father's articles silently...... "I didn't know which corner to point towards: "Actually, there aren't many, they've all been used up." ”

Zhang Bin spread his hands and said that there was no way, it was impossible to give you any more paper.

Pei should bite his lip, get closer, and ask: "Paper is rare, but it may not be difficult to make, why not build a paper mill, and we will make it?" Zhang Bin shook his head and said "difficult" - "Papermaking not only requires tree bark and linen, but also requires a large amount of water, which is generally built on the waterfront." That is, in Xuchang, the east is Weishui, the west is Yingshui, and it is twenty or thirty miles away from the city, and a large amount of labor is required. Let's not say that it is impossible for us to live in Xuchang for a long time, even if we live for a long time, there are often bandits in the suburbs of the city, and there are remnants of the Jin army, who can rest assured to leave the city to start construction? ”

Pei Cai listened to him go around in a circle, and then led the conversation back, knowing what the other party was thinking, and immediately followed the conversation and said, "Since this is the case, why don't you leave quickly?" ”

"I was about to ask Pei Lang, where should I go?"

"Handan, Xiangguo, I have been talking to Zhang Jun for a long time."

"How do I get there?"

Pei Gai couldn't help but show a faint sneer on his lips, and said in his heart This is the real purpose of your visit-"I heard the day before yesterday that Gou Dao will set up a platform in Cangyuan and establish King Yuzhang as the crown prince, but is there such a thing?" ”

Zhang Bin nodded, and said that there is indeed such a thing, but-"Today, Gou Xi is no longer in Cangyuan, but going south to Mengcheng." ”

The general of the Western Jin Dynasty's expedition to the east, Kaifu Yi and the three divisions, Shizhong, and the general of Dongping County, Gou Xi, had previously competed with Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, and Sima Yue was overbearing to defeat Gou Xi. But when the news of Sima Yuexu's death reached Luoyang, Emperor Huai of Jin immediately crowned Gou Xi as a general and governor of the capital, supervising the military affairs of Qing, Xu, Yan, Henan, Jing and Yang, and asked him to hurry west to King Qin. However, Gou Xi did not move in Cangyuan, but wrote a letter, suggesting that Emperor Huai give up Luoyang and move the capital to Cangyuan.

Everyone knows that Luoyang is dead-unless Wang Yan can pull the army back-so Emperor Huai is also tempted, but Henan Yin Pantao has a grudge against Gou Xi, and he can't say anything, and he angrily reprimanded: "Does Gou Dao want to be Cao Mengde?!" At that time, half of the small number of soldiers and horses in Luozhong were in Pan Tao's hands, so Emperor Huai did not dare to go against him. In this way, in the end, Luoyang fell, and Emperor Huai was also taken prisoner, and only Sima Duan, the king of Yuzhang, and others escaped from Luoyang one step ahead of schedule and went to attach Gou Xi. So Gou Xi supported Sima Duan as the crown prince and called on the world's soldiers and horses to gather in Henan to protect the crown prince and then recover Luoyang.

The problem is that when the emperor called for King Qin, including you General Gou, no one really dared to respond, and now a newly established crown prince, others may not recognize it, who will listen to your Gou Xi's words? In fact, before Gou Xi garrisoned Cangyuan, he had been defeated by Wang Mi's general Cao Wei, and the soldiers were scattered, and there was no one of the five, and now his strength was even weaker, so he was busy setting up the prince and calling all the departments, not so much to ask them to protect the prince, but to ask them to protect themselves......

And he felt that Cangyuan City was small and low, and it was not old and reliable, so he simply led the army south and changed to Tunmeng City.

For these things, Pei should naturally be clear, but he still has to pretend that he doesn't know, and he has to wait for Zhang Bin to say it first, Gou Xi is no longer in Cangyuan, and now he is in Mengcheng. Then Pei Gai pretended to frown, but said in his mouth: "In this case, things are easier to hear." When the lord sketched the seal together, sent to Mengcheng, expressed his willingness to carry the Han from the Jin, and served the king of Yuzhang as the main, you can ask Gou Dao to let the road open, and take Handan and Xiangguo directly. ”

Zhang Bin's face sank: "Pei Langxiu wants to joke!" "Are you still thinking about persuading Shi Le to return to Jin after you have come here? The emperor of the Jin Dynasty has already asked Liu Yao to send someone to Pingyang!

Pei Gai rolled his eyes: "If you don't want to surrender, why should you come to ask me!" "You ask how to go to Handan and Xiangguo, do you have to kill all the way there? Does it make sense for you to ask this question, and do you blame me for making jokes?

Zhang Bin raised his eyebrows, couldn't help laughing, and then said: "Today, Gou Xi is in Mengcheng, and the king is sent to praise Yangxia, just east of us." Pei Lang once said to Ming Gong 'to the east', but if he goes east, he will confront these two people, and he doesn't know what the odds are, so Ming Gong is still hesitating, and he also ordered me to come to Pei Lang to inquire, can you know these two? ”

Pei Cai thought for a while: "I had a relationship with Wang Zhengchang (Wang Zan) in the past, but as for Gou Daojiang, I have never seen ......" and then the corners of his mouth crooked: "I heard that Gou Daojiang had defeated the Gongshi Domain, Jisang, and the Lord in the past, is it because of this that he is afraid?" ”

Shi Lechu from Jisang, attached to the CD King Sima Ying's general Gongshi Domain, but immediately the Gongshi Domain was killed in Baima for Gou Xi; Ji Sang fled back to his hometown Chiping, and a year later he claimed to be a general, sent Shile and others to capture Yecheng and killed Sima Teng, the king of Xincai, but was soon defeated by Gou Xi and Wang Zan, and was beheaded by the beggar on the way to escape - the begging was originally brought out by Sima Teng from Bingzhou, so he wanted to avenge the old master. So Gou Xi is Shi Le's old opponent, Shi Le's two masters have folded in his hands, if there is no psychological shadow, it is not very likely......

Zhang Bin spread his hands and said: "Time has changed, now the Jin Dynasty is about to be destroyed, my Han Kingdom is like the sky, the Ming Duke has 200,000 people, and the soldiers are strong and strong, and the Gou Xi army has been broken, trapped in Mengcheng, there is no rescue outside, so why be afraid?" ”

Pei Gai nodded: "Although I don't understand military affairs, I know that if the commander is frustrated, the army will be defeated. Wang Zhengchang is a scholar and has a good ear, and it is expected that he will not be difficult to fight, and if Wang Zhengchang is defeated, he will inevitably be afraid, but it can be decided with one drum. And he has been a general for many years, he has been ruined, and he has killed a lot of people, and he is called 'Tu Bo', isn't the lord known as the crime of hanging the people to raise an army against Jin? Since this is the case, it is necessary to capture the Taoist generals first, and then they can complete their ambitions and win the hearts of the people - they must attack Mengcheng! ”

Zhang Bin listened and couldn't help nodding, but it seemed that he still had something to say, but he didn't know how to speak for a while. Pei Cai looked at him for a long time, and suddenly laughed: "Pei Mou is selfish, and the person the lord and Zhang Jun are worried about is not Gou Daojiang, but Wang Mi, right?" ”

Zhang Bin's eyes suddenly lit up: "Pei Langguo has a deep plan!" ”

"Where is Wang Mi?"

Zhang Bin shook his head: "It hasn't been detected yet." He then told Pei Gai that Wang Mi and Liu Yao had a very unpleasant quarrel in Luozhong that day, so in order to avoid being caught between the two and being in a dilemma, Shi Le simply played to Liu Cong, the lord of the Han Dynasty, and said that Po Luo was completely the work of Liu and Wang - you will share the credit yourself - and on this condition, asked Liu Yao for some grain and materials, and then set off south to return to Xuchang. After hearing the news, Liu Yao on the one hand escorted the Jin lord to Pingyang, and at the same time the whole army and horses, planning to take Guanzhong in the west, Hu Yanyan expressed his willingness to continue to be controlled by him, but Wang Mi directly provoked the picker, and also led the troops to leave Luoyang.

Wang Mi started between Qing and Xu, and not long ago he also sent his general Cao Wei to attack Qingzhou and defeated Gou Xi, so it is likely that he planned to return east and join forces with Cao Wei. But is he running all the way to Qingzhou, or is it possible to stay on the way? When Shi Le attacked Gou Xi and Wang Zan, would Wang Mi suddenly jump out and mix? To put it mildly, he is likely to snatch the fruits of Shile's victory and incorporate Gou Xi's defeated army; But if you talk about it......

Zhang Bin told Pei Gai that Liu Yao had already played the impeachment of Wang Mi, saying that he had left Luoyang without the commander's order, which was a clear reversal, and believed that the punishment decision of the Han lord would be issued soon. Regardless of whether Wang Mi really wanted to rebel or was forced to rebel, he was likely to take advantage of the opportunity of Shi Le leading the army to attack Gou Xi and Wang Zan and launch an attack from the flank—if so, let alone win, it is difficult to say whether Shi Le could retreat with his whole body—"It is because he asked Pei Lang, why will he go east? ”

Pei Caixin said I know where Wang Mi is, he is in Xiangguan...... But you can't tell Zhang Bin directly about this, otherwise you will become a demon who can pinch and calculate. Although it may be said that Zhang Bin and even Shi Le are quite superstitious, so they will eat this set, but the demon is not easy to be, and it may not be possible to do anything if it is nine out of ten, and if it is not allowed once, it may be able to take his own life...... So he pretended to think about it, stretched out two fingers, and analyzed to Zhang Bin:

"I expect Wang Mi to return to Qing and Xu to join forces with Cao Wei. From Luoyang to the east, there are three roads: one is to go down the river, from the north of Xuchang and Mengcheng - perhaps Gou Daojiang heard this news and hurriedly migrated south from Cangyuan to Mengcheng; the second is from Yuzhou to the east to Xuzhou, in the south of us; The third is to take the middle way, and we will inevitably walk side by side......

"If the south is the north, there is nothing to worry about, and I am afraid that it will take the middle way. If this is really the case, then the lord may as well stand still, in the hope that Wang Mi will clash with Gou Xi and Wang Zan first, and we will wait for him to follow. It is necessary to find out where Wang Mi is going as soon as possible, and then he can plan a strategy for advancing and retreating. ”

Zhang Bin stroked his palms and laughed: "What Pei Lang said is secretly in line with me!" I'll put this on to Lord Chen. As he spoke, he waved a little at Pei Cai, stood up and waited to leave. Pei Caixin said that what I said naturally coincided with you, and you don't need to come to me when you encounter this kind of thing in the future, just sign my name on what you think and report it to Shile. got up to send him off at the moment, but he couldn't help showing off, and asked casually: "Zhang Jun thinks that the Han lord will deal with Wang Mi?" ”

Zhang Binxin said, what does this have to do with you? Do you have anything else to say? Turned around and asked Pei Gai: "I don't have a fixed opinion, what does Pei Lang think?" Pei Gai smiled faintly: "I expect that the lord of Han will not only not blame Wang Mi, but on the contrary, he will also be promoted to an official rank!" ”