This stone stele, one point four meters high, sixty centimeters wide, bluestone as the base, each word engraved on it is outlined in black ink, standing sideways on the edge of the open space in front of the house, in the surrounding hanging trees in the shade, you really can't find it if you are not careful.

Xun Yu muttered dissatisfiedly: "Who dares to make such a rebellious statement? The Confucian way of governing the country emphasizes 'monarchs, ministers, fathers, fathers, sons', and 'all people are equal'? Where is the prince of heaven and earth? It is forbidden to say, 'If it is not of my race, its heart will be different,' and what is the word of the saint......"

The scholars of the Eastern Han Dynasty all loved whether Pi was in the current politics or not, and talked about high theories, and Xun Yu was more or less infected with this problem. He was about to continue chattering, when the officer who was escorting the team suddenly interjected: "Lord Xun is the minister appointed by the lord himself, you should be respectful and not unreasonable." ”

Xun Yu was startled, raised his eyes and looked around, the candidates who accompanied the team were at a loss, the old man on the recliner had already stood up, stared at Xun Yu with wide eyes, his lips trembled, his fists were clenched, and the accompanying guards not only did not stop the old man's unreasonable actions, but instead pressed their swords and glared angrily, with a devouring fierce light in their eyes.

"A bunch of Diao people!" Xun Yu secretly calculated that the folk customs of Qingzhou were really fierce, and they had to divert their attention quickly.

"Well, let's rest here." Xun. After Yu said softly, he entered the hall without looking back. The guards stared angrily at his back for a long time before they scattered under the escort of the officers.

After Pingyuan County returned to Liu Bei, it was located in Huang. The lower reaches of the river are fertile and easy to cultivate, and the grain production is very high. The people who had fled Pingyuan County had moved back, and there were also some mercenaries and veterans among the returnees, and most of them obtained the position of sheriff under the recommendation of the retired soldiers' organization, and the managers of the counties in Pingyuan were all retired officers in Liu Beijun's army, and they were also willing to hire the former robes, and then, the county security personnel were filled with former soldiers.

These guards are more or less recorded in the army. Recorded, contaminated with the fierce and aggressive habits of the Qingzhou soldiers, he only served Liu Bei alone in his life, and the officer brought out Liu Bei's name, although the guards were dissatisfied with Xun Yu, they did not dare to attack.

When everyone calmed down, Xun Yu quietly called the officer and whispered. Ask: "What's the matter with the stele?" Why is there such a lot of emotion? ”

The officer looked at Xun Yuyi coldly. eye, with a dull tone not salty and indifferent answer: "This inscription is the great pope personally handwritten" Guangrao oath ", the original inscription is much larger than this, placed in the Guangrao Martyrs' Shrine, the martyrs' bereaved family likes to copy this inscription, standing on the side of the house, if it is not convenient to go to the Guangrao Martyrs' Shrine in person, they will send their relatives here.

Lord Xun, this inscription is related to the authority of the Great Pope and the respect of the Lord. The will of the strict and heroic martyrs is also the most sacred aspiration and fighting spirit in the hearts of all soldiers, and it should not be taken lightly. Thank you for your understanding. ”

The officer saluted to himself. As soon as he left, he dropped a sentence lightly: "There are two sentences behind the inscription that are handwritten by the lord himself......"

Xun Yu was stunned for a while, couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, held the teacup, pretended to pace leisurely, and turned to the back of the stele. Under the shadow of the trees, the sunlight hit the stone tablet through the gaps in the trees, and two lines of red characters came into Xun Yu's eyes: gods only help those who help themselves, and the truth exists within the range of the bow and arrow.

Xun Yu suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, these two sentences, the previous sentence requires the people to defend their rights and fight for their future, full of good and seductive teachings; The latter sentence is a murderous instigation. On the one hand, it demands the use of force to guarantee the existence of truth, and on the other hand, it is a clear implication: those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish.

What the hell is going on with this Liu Bei? This sentence is clearly domineering, but he wants to hide it on the back of the inscription, no one reminds him, who will pay attention to these two sentences behind the inscription, is this Liu Bei's consistent character, always like to hide his true intentions?

"What's going on with this Liu Bei?" On the west side of Chang'an City, Dong Zhuo frowned, holding a watch seal sent by Liu Bei in an urgent manner for 800 miles, and asked his adviser Li Ru.

In the seal, Liu Bei cried with snot and tears, and told that he took the guards to the left Xiongnu to negotiate, but was attacked by the whole Xiongnu tribe, and the right Xiongnu mobilized all the tribesmen who could fight and besieged him for ten days and ten nights (that is?). ）。 The Zuo Xiongnu mobilized the sorcerers of the royal court to bury infected horses and sick cattle on the west bank of the Fen River (which were later reconnoitred and discovered), in a vain attempt to lure him deeper, and then attack him with witchcraft and spells.

In the seal, Liu Bei stated aggrievedly like a disgruntled little daughter-in-law: Fortunately, thanks to the blessing of the gods, our army did not cross the Fen River, and triggered the ambush of the right Huns in advance. Otherwise, the left Huns will attack in front, and the right Huns will cut off my back road, and if there is another epidemic in the army, I am afraid that I will not be able to return to the east bank of the Fen River.

Liu Bei then described his embarrassment and misery when he broke through the siege, and with a twist of his pen, he angrily asked the Han court to allow him to attack the Huns, to avenge the divine horse under his crotch, and to avenge his soldiers.

The last few sentences at the end of this seemingly respectful letter exposed Liu Bei's brazenness: "Since the day this letter was delivered, there has been no reply within ten days, and I regard it as the imperial court has acquiesced, and then, I will order Zhang He to attack the Xiongnu Zhonglang general near Jinyang. ”

The left part of the Southern Xiongnu was a naturalized alien race of the Han court, and was nominally controlled by the Han court, which is why Yu Fuluo cried to the emperor of the Han Dynasty after losing the throne. Subsequently, among the Wuhu in Chaohua, the Southern Xiongnu were also the only alien tribe that was closer to the Han court, and Yu Fuluo's children and grandchildren dared to pretend to be surnamed Liu, which also reflected this intimate relationship.

Now, the Qiang and Qi tribes rebelled in Liangzhou, Han Sui and Ma Teng had just accepted the appeasement, Han Sui was the general of Zhenxi, and Ma Teng was the general of Zhengxi, and led his troops to return to his hometown to guard the west and resist the Qiang and other foreign races. At the same time, Xianbei was in rebellion in Youzhou, and he had not received news from Gongsun Zhan, and Liu Bei planned to attack the Huns, which was equivalent to the rebellion of the Han Dynasty on four and five days, which was by no means a good thing for the stormy Han court.

"Congratulations, congratulations." Li Ru finished reading Liu Bei's seal and congratulated Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo was not stupid, after a little thought, he understood what Li Ru meant, grinned widely, shook the fat all over his body, and laughed: "It is indeed a happy event." ”

After Liu Bei annexed Jizhou, began to help the local people, the grain accumulated in Qingzhou was consumed by millions of Jizhou people in the abandoned agricultural time, if this winter is delayed, next year's spring, the big granary of the north Jizhou began to sow seeds, to the end of autumn, Liu Bei, who led the two states of Qinghai and Hebei, will leap to the top of the north. Dong Zhuo is worried about this.

It is not an easy task to feed one million Jizhou people with one million Qingzhou people, and it is necessary to feed them until the end of next autumn. And at this time, Liu Bei made a new strong enemy, and used the Qingzhou soldiers who were tired of fighting for a long time to face the vicious Hun soldiers, who won and who lost, it is difficult to predict. I thought that the Han Dynasty challenged the Xiongnu with seventy years of savings, and in the end the national strength was exhausted. In the past, Huo Hussar (Huo Quai) led 50,000 foot soldiers and 20,000 cavalry, and fought with the Xiongnu, with the army to transport supplies of 300,000 people, General Wei (Wei Qing) led 30,000 cavalry to attack the Xiongnu, accompanied by 120,000 infantry transporting grain and grass. Liu Bei wanted to defeat the Xiongnu with the strength of the two states, and he had no time to look west for at least ten years. It's a great joy.

"Who is it bad for the Huns to provoke? But provoked Liu Bei, who is Liu Bei? Take a bite and enter the wood for three points, haha, it's just right, I approve Liu Bei's recital, let them tear it up. Dong Zhuo smiled happily, the flesh on his body trembled happily, and the seat squeaked: "However, tell Liu Bei that you must not use this as an excuse to reduce the tribute." ”

Li Ru rummaged through Liu Bei's seal, and said with a sneer: "Liu Bei went to Xihe to negotiate? What to negotiate? Why didn't he say it? How did I smell the smell of conspiracy here, in my opinion, the Huns must have fallen for Liu Bei, bullied Liu Bei with few soldiers, launched a surprise attack, but repeatedly failed to attack, and Liu Bei escaped.

Conspiracy, but there is a conspiracy here. The land of Xihe Meiji is a good pasture for raising war horses, and it is not a problem to feed millions of people in this place (more than 6 million people were fed here in later generations), my lord, do you think we are making some trouble for Liu Bei? He wanted to attack the Xiongnu, but we didn't allow it, and only sent an edict to rebuke the Xiongnu. ”

Dong Zhuo stopped laughing and asked, "What if Liu Bei stops and endures this breath?" ”

Li Ru replied: "The lord also said just now that Liu Bei is extremely vindictive, and he bites someone and goes into the wood for three points. We don't allow Liu Bei to attack, is he really going to stop there? I am afraid that now his army has begun to attack the headquarters of the Xiongnu Zhonglang General. ”

Dong Zhuo shook his head and asked disapprerovingly: "Do you think that with the strength of the two states of Qinghai and Hebei, you can defeat the Xiongnu?" ”

Li Ru tilted his head and pondered for a long time, and replied slowly: "If it were someone else, I would answer without hesitation: Impossible, but Liu Bei, I guess, or there will be two percent certainty." ”

Dong Zhuo nodded and said, "I'm afraid that Liu Bei will also understand this, so I will go down the slope and get off the donkey, so I can't give him this step, let them go." ”

Xun Yu silently strolled through the streets of Guangrao, and the conversation between the great Confucian Guan Ning and him just now echoed in his mind: "What 'monarchs, ministers, fathers, sons, fathers, sons' Dong Zhongshu is corrupt and corrupt, and he distorts the Confucian classics with his own likes and dislikes, which is a great crime.

I advise you to read the "Oath of Guangrao" written by Guo Yuan, which explains in detail the process of the birth of the oath of Guangrao, the difference between great benevolence and small benevolence, and the ethics of those who are officials must seek benefits for the people.

The people of Qingzhou are complicated, that is, there are farmers from Sanhan, there are also herdsmen from the western Liaoning, the Yellow Turban Descending Department, Xuzhou Jingzhou merchants, and so on. Not only are there differences in religious concepts, but also in terms of moral values and academic affiliations, and the values they pursue are also very different. Concepts and concepts are often incompatible with each other, or even incompatible.

However, these people with different outlooks on life and values, or even opposing values, must live in the same society and accept the rule of the same Qingzhou government. In this way, the question begs: do we have a consensus on mutual recognition?

Xuande solved this problem, and Qingzhou has been able to prosper so far, and this consensus is: fairness.

Fairness is the foundation of justice, and justice is nothing more than fairness. The Contract Act and the Fair Trade Act are designed to uphold the fairness of commercial transactions. On this basis, the whole of Qingzhou is under a large social contract, and the social contract unanimously recognized by all ethnic groups in Qingzhou is fairness. The principle of fairness in the social contract is that all beings are equal.

Let me tell you why the corrupt Confucians dare not speak up: the principle of business is fair trade, and by extension, this principle is the principle of reciprocity, which is the principle of fairness. The principle of equality is extended to everything in the world, as well as in the way of kings and ministers and the way of officials.

Mencius was a saint and a disciple, he said: The king regards the minister as a sibling, and the minister regards the king as the heart; The monarch regards the minister as a dog and a horse, and the minister regards the monarch as a countryman; The king regards his ministers as mustard, and the ministers regard him as an enemy. This is the embodiment of the principle of reciprocity in business in the relationship between the monarch and the subject.

The corrupt Confucians did not dare to speak out for profit, because they were afraid that the principle of reciprocity would affect the people, so that they could not be greedy and blasphemous in the future......"

Xun Yu was thinking about it, a sudden scolding interrupted his train of thought, looked up, and unconsciously, he walked to the edge of a special residential area. This residential area is composed of small long second floors, no courtyard walls, no fruit groves on the roadside, and each dwelling is far apart, in front of the small buildings is an empty green meadow, occasionally dotted with a few awnings, and some tables, chairs and benches are placed under the shed.

Another scolding came, Xun Yu raised his eyes and swept away, several strong men wearing short knives at their waists, dressed in civilian clothes, wandering around this residence were staring at Xun Yu viciously. Inside the houses on the side of the road, the residents were alarmed by the shouts, and the cold light of arrows flickered faintly in the windows.

Xun Yu didn't hear the other party's words clearly, and didn't know how to answer, so in a hurry, he followed the example of others and played with a badge on the placket. This badge was given to him by Guan Ning, saying that Kong Rong threw it at Guan Ning, as a county guard, Kong Rong and Xun Yu have the same status. Xun Yu used this badge to temporarily replace it, and it was not considered to have insulted himself.

"However, you hurry up and make your own family badge, in Qingzhou, there are many conveniences for people with rank badges." Guan Ning said at the time.

As Xun Yu's fingers fiddled with the placket of his clothes, several strong men noticed the badge on his chest, bowed slightly, and got out of the way. With the strong man's wave, the cold light of the arrows in the window on the side of the road disappeared.

Xun Yu wiped a handful of cold sweat, hurriedly bypassed the strong man, walked inside, and when he passed by a strong man, he heard the strong man muttering in a low voice: "How can I see, this badge is like the badge of Kong Taishou, who often comes to eat and drink, and it is a big crime to make a badge privately." ”

The strong man was hesitating, and his son Fu Hu ran out of it and saw Xun Yu bowing down to say hello.

When Liu Bei left, he ordered Qingzhou to start establishing a sound intelligence agency, and Fu Hu was one of the capable generals of the newly established military intelligence department. Xun Yu had seen the frustration in the Governor's Mansion.

Xun Yu asked, "Is there any news from Xuande Gong?" ”

"According to the latest report: My lord, he has broken out of the encirclement. It is estimated that in the next few days, he will contact us. Frustrated Hu said simply.

Several strong men behind Xun Yu heard their questions and scattered. Xun Yu faintly heard them talking in a low voice: I'll just say, with the courage of adults, how can you be trapped by people?