In the study room of the Military Division's Mansion, Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei spoke freely, talking about national affairs, heartily and inspiringly.

In the workshop, Huang Yueying and Ma Jun also learned from each other. Both of them are ingenious people in the world, and there are constantly sparks of inspiration colliding in the conversation, and after some discussion, there is a great sense of seeing each other and hating each other.

Time was long, and before I knew it, it was almost lunchtime, and Zhuge Liang left Jiang Wei and Ma Jun for dinner.

Huang Yueying was extremely relieved in her heart, and personally cooked a few good dishes to entertain.

She is not only proficient in hundreds of crafts, but also has the skill of cooking in the house.

Although it was just a few home-cooked dishes, Jiang Wei and Ma Jun tasted it slightly, and they almost swallowed their tongues; looked at Zhuge Liang on the main throne more than once.

After the meal, the boy served tea again.

Zhuge Liang picked up the teacup, blew away a wisp of smoke on the water, and said slowly:

"I look at Deheng to think about the changes of the silk machine, and can observe the wonder of the crossbow, which can be seen in the study of military and civilian utensils, and it is the great talent of the world."

After a pause, he smiled and invited:

"Yang Yi and Yang Wei Gong were originally Cao Peng, a soldier of the Great Sima Mansion, but the imperial court will pass through Hanzhong next, and he will be used for another time, so the post of soldier Cao Peng is about to become vacant. I don't know if Deheng is willing to deign to take over this position and do his best for the court and the people? ”

Soldier Cao Peng, rank ratio of 300 stones, although the position is not high, but the military equipment of the main country and one government has great authority; And to be able to use the talent that he is proud of to help the people and benefit one party is Ma Jun's lifelong wish.

At this moment, in the face of Zhuge Liang's unmistakable solicitation words, his blood surged up suddenly, his face turned red, and he looked at it, obviously in shock and ecstasy.

But seeing that he took a deep breath, walked in front of Zhuge Liang, solemnly made a big salute, and said loudly: "No... Don't dare to ask for ears, solid... Solid wishes too! ”

Zhuge Liang personally got up and helped him up, and laughed: "This is the luck of the court, and the blessing of the people!" ”

After that, he turned to Jiang Wei and smiled meaningfully: "Boyo's generous gift has really been sent to my heart." ”

Jiang Wei didn't know that Zhuge Liang had a misunderstanding before, but he felt that he didn't care about Ma Jun's stuttering, and he could make the best use of people, and his admiration was multiplied.

A good meeting, the guests and hosts are happy.

Jiang Wei knew that Zhuge Liang was busy with affairs, and seeing that the purpose of this trip had been achieved, he didn't want to bother anymore, so he led Ma Jun to say goodbye and leave.

Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying personally sent the two to the door.

At the time of parting, Zhuge Liang held Jiang Wei's hands, looked up and down, and said with relief:

"Jun Ben is good at soldiers, but in politics, he also has insight, and the name of Youlin is well deserved."

He took out a bamboo slip from his sleeve and handed it to Jiang Wei, with expectations on his face:

This policy "Guanzi" contains the theory of a hundred schools of thought, carrying the art of enriching the country and strengthening the army, accompanying me for many years, and there are many of my reading experiences. I will give it to Boyo today, and I hope that in addition to your diligent martial arts, you must not forget to strengthen your culture and become a pillar as soon as possible. ”

Jiang Wei knew that Zhuge Liang had always compared himself with Guan Zhong and Le Yi, and at this time, he gave him the book "Guanzi" that had been hand-rolled for many years, and the meaning of importance and optimism was naturally self-evident.

Looking at his chic and kind face, Jiang Wei had mixed feelings in his heart.

In history, since Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang suffered in danger, and resolutely supported the sky of Shu Han with his own strength, which was admired by thousands of people.

But during his tenure in power, he also carried too many expectations and pressures, and finally shed tears because of excessive hard work.

Doing his best and dying, this is Jiang Wei's inherent impression of him in his previous life.

But after many contacts, I realized that the lupine scarf, chic and handsome, celebrity and gentleman, calm, and the beautiful Zhou Gongjin are known as Yu Liang for a while-

This is the demeanor and bearing that Zhuge Liang should have.

It's just that later, the lord and his colleagues withered one after another, leaving him alone to support the situation.

Crossing Lu in May, six out of Qishan, who can tell the full heart? Who can share the burden of a thousand pounds?

That's why he became more and more stern and smiled less.

At this time, Jiang Wei looked at this fairy-like man, and suddenly felt a sense of pity in his heart.

"Well, since I'm here, there's no way I'm going to let you bear this weight alone!"

He secretly made up his mind, stretched out his hand to take the bamboo slip, and said with a fist in his fist:

"Dare not do it wholeheartedly! In the future, the military advisor will be sent, and he will go to the soup and die without giving up! ”

After speaking, he bowed deeply and strode away.

Zhuge Liang stood in front of the door, watching the figures of the two of them drift away, and couldn't help shaking his fan and smiling.

Huang Yueying's face was full of warmth, and she said softly: "Since the loss of Jingzhou, I haven't seen my husband in such a comfortable mood for a long time. ”

Zhuge Liang moved his gaze to his beloved wife, and said:

"If you lose Jingzhou, the court is like a broken arm; But now that you have Boyo, it will be like a phoenix! There are losses and gains, and blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, isn't it the truth since ancient times? ”

After a pause, he reached out and hugged his beloved wife's shoulder, and said apologetically:

"I may be busy after a while, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to stay with my wife for a while."

Huang Yueying pursed her lips and smiled:

"The husband is ambitious in the world, isn't it the husband himself who says it? Hugh is going to sell his way here. ”

The husband and wife looked at each other and laughed in unison.

******

After Jiang Wei and Ma Jun returned home, they simply recounted what they had seen and heard in Zhuge Liang's Mansion to everyone in the family.

Ma Jun has lived in Jiang's house for a long time, Jiang's mother, Yang's family, Jiang Wen, and Jiang Wu have long regarded him as a family, and they were all happy when they heard the news that he was going to be promoted, and they all came forward to congratulate him.

Jiang's mother was overjoyed, and even ordered the Yang family to go to the street to buy and prepare an extremely sumptuous dinner as a reward.

For Jiang Wei and Ma Jun, the next few days were quite calm and very busy.

The two mainly lived at home, waiting for new appointments from the imperial court.

Jiang Wei got Liu Chan's "leak", although he had some expectations, but he was generally stable; Ma Jun suffers from gains and losses every day, sometimes sleepless all night, obviously concerned and chaotic, and faintly a little impatient.

Jiang Wei knew that this kind of life was the most difficult, so he had to smile bitterly when he saw this.

In the past few days, the two of them have not been completely fine, Ma Jun has not yet come down because of the new appointment, and he still needs to perform the duties of a doctor of the Five Classics, and he still needs to do more than every day.

Jiang Wei took advantage of this free time to carefully ponder the use of the green sinking spear passed on by Zhao Yun.

The green heavy gun weighed sixty-eight pounds, and with his current martial arts strength, this weight was not unbearable, but he was used to using an eight-sided gun weighing thirty pounds, and suddenly replaced it with an iron gun - not only doubled in weight, but the material of the gun body was also very different, which made him have no way to control it freely and handy.

Even though he had received Zhao Yun's careful guidance before, he still felt that it was extremely difficult to get started when he practiced spearmanship.

For example, the place where it should be collected is often unable to be collected because of the great inertia of the gun body; When it's time to pick, it will not be able to do it because of the heavy head of the gun.

He only said that he didn't practice enough, so he didn't stop day and night, blindly practicing hard; Guan Ping, Zhang Bao, and Guan Xing, who are elder brothers, learned of this, and often accompanied him to practice tricks.

Especially Zhang Bao and Guan Xing's martial arts, after the Jingzhou War, have already become more and more sophisticated, and they are naturally best as sparring partners.

Despite this, after practicing for several days, Jiang Wei only felt that not only did he not make the slightest progress in his spear skills, but his chest was even more upset and irritable.

Guan Ping saw that he was depressed, and categorically dissuaded him, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, this way of marksmanship is not suitable for practicing at this time, you must slow down first.

Finally, he knew this truth, so he had no choice but to stop; But he was a man who couldn't be idle, so he picked up the book "Pipe" given by Zhuge Liang and began to study it carefully.

Guan Zhong is a representative figure of Legalism in the Spring and Autumn Period, erudite and knowledgeable, during the period of serving as Qi Xiang, he rectified internal affairs, enriched the country and strengthened the army, played the banner of "respecting the king and destroying the army", and finally assisted Jiang Xiaobai, the Duke of Qi Huan, to achieve the hegemony of the Spring and Autumn Period, and was known as "the pioneer of Legalism", "the teacher of the sage", and "the first phase of China".

Even Confucius had to praise the last sentence: "Micro tube Zhong, I have been sent to the left." ”

"Guanzi" is a collection of essays by Guan Zhong.

Unlike other classics of the pre-Qin period, this book does not pay attention to subtle words and meanings, but is clearly organized and extremely pragmatic.

Its content is broad and profound, Legalism, Confucianism, Taoism, Yin and Yang, famous scholars, soldiers and farmers are involved, but mainly to the Legalist law, art, and the three schools of power as the main body, mixed with Taoism, Confucian characteristics, self-contained system, is the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and even the Qin and Han dynasties of the politicians governing the country and the world, the great law, must read the book.

Jiang Wei has also read this book, but because the content is too complicated, he can't comprehend much with his knowledge, and many chapters are only like a cloud of smoke after reading them, and he has no deep understanding.

But this volume of "Guanzi" is an annotated version of Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang admires Guan Zhong's way of governing the country, so he has great respect for this book, not only carefully annotating each original sentence, but also often using later examples to corroborate, and often make divergent summaries and comments.

He is rich in learning and talented, and his annotations to the book "Guanzi" are even more meteorological and thought-provoking, so although the name of this annotated version of the book is "Guanzi", it is actually more like a fierce collision of ideas between Guan Zhong and Zhuge Liang.

Benefiting from these ubiquitous annotations, Jiang Wei re-read it this time, and suddenly felt that every sentence and every word was clear and clear, implying a profound truth about helping the people through the world.

This made him feel very excited, temporarily forgot the pain of not practicing martial arts, and gradually indulged in the dialogue between Guan Zhong and Zhuge Liang.

******

March 20 in the 25th year of Han Jian'an (220 AD), the last auspicious day of the zodiac of the month.

Early this morning, Jiang Wei practiced marksmanship again in the courtyard with Lu Shen in his hand, and after a few times, there was still no progress.

He simply calmed down, took a quick shower, and devoted himself to reading.

Not long after I picked up the bamboo slip and read it, there was a burst of joyful gongs and drums in the alley outside the house, from far and near, more and more clear to the ear, more and more noisy and lively.

At this time, Ma Jun hurriedly ran to Jiang Wei's house, couldn't take care of his breath, and asked, "Come... Here it comes? ”

Jiang Wei put down the bamboo slip and said, "It's here!" ”

In an instant, the middle door of Jiang's mansion opened, and the whole family came out to greet the envoy of the king of Hanzhong.

The sound of gongs and drums came closer and closer, and after a while, under the arch of a group of elite guards, a white-faced and beardless eunuch held two rolls of yellow silk, and the hem of his clothes fluttered.

But seeing that he had a smile on his face, he didn't have the slightest advantage of being an envoy, and walked straight to Jiang Wei, and even took the initiative to salute and said:

"General Jiang, do you remember the slave?"

His actions immediately startled the Jiang family who were waiting.

Jiang Wei looked at it carefully and recognized this person as Qu Shi, the eunuch beside Liu Chan.

During the autumn hunting last year, he and this person served Liu Chan in hunting, and they had some contact, and they were not strangers to each other.

At the moment, he hugged his fists and smiled: "It turned out to be Qu Guiren in person, and he was polite here!" ”

Qu Shi bowed slightly and said with a smile:

"General Jiang is really powerful, and when he went to hunt in the autumn of the year, he stopped his horse and killed the tiger with his bare hands; This time he went to Jingzhou and was able to kill the enemy and make great contributions, he is really capable of anything! ”

Seeing him so polite, Jiang Wei smiled and accompanied him to say a few words, and at the same time, his heart was already clear:

"The prince revealed that day that the lord was going to transfer me to serve with him. Today's Guanqu Shi looked, this matter must be eight or nine inseparable. But I don't know what kind of position the lord will pay this time? ”

ps: Zhuge Liang is completely in two states before and after Tuogu, and he feels sorry for the prime minister after Tuogu.