It's another year of solstice.

The winter night in Guanzhong drips into ice. Coming out of the noisy hall, a chill suddenly invaded his body, Lu Dalin couldn't help but shiver, and wrapped the cloak on his body tightly, but his mind was much clearer.

Looking up at the east, it was still dark, but it was already the second half of the night, and it should be dawn soon.

Looking back at the drunken relatives in the hall, Lu Dalin shook his head helplessly, if only his own brothers were there, it would never be like this.

But this is also a helpless thing.

Lantian Lu family is a wealthy family in Guanzhong, when it comes to the New Year's Festival, the relatives of the clan can rush back to come back to worship their ancestors, there are as many as hundreds of children surnamed Lu, plus wives and concubines, servants and maids, there are thousands of people. During this time, the Zhuangzi left by the ancestors was more lively than the bazaar.

"Why did it come out?" The person who stood in the courtyard first turned around.

"I drank too much wine and made a fuss, so the second brother didn't come out first." Lu Dalin said, looked at Lu Dajun, and asked, "What about Mr. Zheng?" Didn't he come out with the second brother? ”

"Mr. Zheng will go back and rest first." Lu Dajun turned his head towards the west side of the courtyard, Cheng Yi entered the Guanzhong to give lectures, did not return to Luoyang for a whole year, and did not return this year, after the students returned to their hometowns, they were graciously invited to live in the Lu family's old mansion, and even the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was invited to the main seat.

Lu Dajun took a few steps closer and stood side by side with his brother: "Brother Fool is out to avoid drinking, and he will go to Yanzhou in two days, so he is not in the mood to drink more." ”

"Yanzhou...... Is there really going to be a war? ”

"How can this be fake?" Lu Dajun said, "Now that there is civil strife in Western Xia, the prisoner of the mother of the country, how can I let go of the great opportunity." ”

Lu Dajun received the appointment of deputy envoy for the transfer of the Yongxing military route a month ago, and he will take up his post after the New Year. When I received the letter of appointment, I didn't know that the Liang family, the mother of the Western Xia Kingdom, had imprisoned her son, and the proposal had already been delayed in the court, and it was just an ordinary appointment. But now that the news of the civil strife in Western Xia came, Lu Dajun knew that war was inevitable, and when he took office, the errand of transferring with the army was indispensable to take a share.

"Li Ji is not easy to deal with."

"Rather kill in the dark, Mo Fengji, check ......," Lu Dajun smiled a little playfully, "Li Changqing is indeed acting harshly. But it's not a big deal, even if he is a transit envoy, the foolish brother is not afraid of him. ”

“…… Liao is a big problem. Lu Dalin was silent for a moment and said, "If you marry the princess to Bingchang, you won't sit back and watch the Xiyu be destroyed!" ”

Being in Guanzhong, and living in Zhuangzi in the countryside during this time, the Lu brothers have not received more exciting news, but this does not mean that Lu Dajun will be afraid of Liao, "In order to rescue Western Xia, how many soldiers and horses can Liaoguo send?" sent less, together with Xingqing Mansion. sent too much, and the officers and soldiers held Yinxia. If the Liao State does its best to help......" he sneered, "No need to do anything, the party will fight desperately with the Khitan reinforcements - the Western Xia State can't afford to supply many soldiers and horses from the Liao State." If you have to worry, you are worried that the Liao people will attack Hebei and besiege Wei to save Zhao...... However, in the court, although Wang Shao and Zhang Dian have gone out, there are still Guo Kui and Han Yukun among the important ministers of the army, so there will be no omissions in this matter. ”

Hearing his brother mention Han Gang, Lu Dalin suddenly fell silent.

Lu Dajun glanced at his younger brother, knew it, and sighed: "There is still a knot? ”

Lu Dalin's mouth tightened, how could he not have a knot. Because of Han Gang, Lu Dalin's reputation among Guanzhong scholars has deteriorated a lot. As soon as Han Gang sent a few letters to Guanzhong, it caused an uproar, and the letters of questioning flew like snowflakes, and some of his classmates with violent tempers even cut off relations with him directly, and at the same time, it also made it extremely difficult for Cheng Yi to lecture in Guanzhong.

“…… The heart of the little brother to the Tao has never been extinguished for a day. It took a long time for Lu Dalin to say in a deep voice, "Mr. Zihou passed away, and the younger brother had nowhere to learn and ask, so he was stunned for a while. Fortunately, there are two gentlemen, Bochun and Uncle Zheng, who have been guided and taught. Second brother, you also know the Tao, the younger brother in front of Bochun and Uncle Zheng, how did you ever say that you learned qi? It's okay if Mr. Zihou didn't teach it, as long as Mr. Zihou taught, how could the younger brother turn his back?! ”

Lu Dalin said a little excitedly, and Lu Dajun shook his head secretly.

Lu Dalin did suffer a lot of grievances, but the writing of that line was even more problematic. 'Abandon their studies and learn from them', whether it is true or false, the so-called 'for the venerable, for the elderly', forget these eight words, how can people not be angry?

Han Gang is also a disciple who respects Zhang Zai very much, and he is well-known in the world for respecting his teacher, and he is already a good temperament when he sees his brother insulting his ancestor so much, and he didn't directly draw his sword and cut him over.

But these words are not easy to say, Lu Dajun sighed lightly, and then asked: "Uncle Yu, do you know what position Han Gang is now?" ”

Lu Dalin's eyes turned cold, and his voice calmed down: "At least it's not Zaizhi." ”

"It's the right counselor and the same group of shepherds!" Lu Dajun emphatically emphasized, "It's better than the eldest brother, and the foolish brother can't be compared." ”

"Even if I become the prime minister, I am not afraid of him for a minute and a half." Lu Dalin's voice was even colder.

"That's not what foolish brother meant." Lu Dajun shook his head helplessly, his brother had a deep prejudice against Han Gang, and it was really not easy to change, "In the third year of Xining, he helped Wang Shao stabilize Gongzhou and slashed the attacking Tubo boss; In the fourth year of Xining, he kept tens of thousands of troops in Luowu City on Yanyan Road; Also in the same year, he personally entered Xianyang City and said that he had surrendered the Guangrui rebels; In the fifth year of Xining, Hehuang opened the border, and his credit was only under Wang Shao and Gao Zunyu, and even when the life and death of the two commanders of Wang and Gao pursued the enemy, he blocked two holy decrees in a row, kept the results of the battle, and did not fall into the defeat of Luo Wucheng; In the sixth year of Xining, he will not talk about the Jinshi; Seven years, the world drought, Han Gang in Baima County to settle nearly one million displaced people in Hebei, none of them died of cold, in the people of Hebei, his reputation is as good as the Buddha of ten thousand families, there were Hebei refugees who were transferred to build embankments in Luoyang, begging Han Gang to lift the labor! ”

When Lu Dajun said this, he glanced at his younger brother again, saw that he was listening with a straight face, and continued: "If it were someone else, with his merits in the past few years, it would be enough to enter the two mansions. But Han Gang didn't even sit on the waiter. He then served as the Weapons Warden, and his achievements were extraordinary. Not to mention the spaceship, the plate armor alone cost the imperial court less than 7 million guan to equip the 600,000 forbidden troops with iron armor. For the same cost, in the past, it would be nice to have 100,000 sets of iron armor! And it's nowhere near as solid and durable as plate armor. In addition, the dedication to smelting and forging has made iron popular in the world. It can be said that he is an official for one term, and his legacy is far-reaching1"

Lu Dalin's face tightened, and his gaze was projected on Lu Dajun's face without shifting, and he couldn't see any changes in his heart.

"Immediately after that, it was the battle of the Southern Expedition." Lu Dajun's voice turned low again, "The cost of destroying the country of a thousand times is so small that it can't even compare to a defeat in the northwest." At that time, Nong Zhigao was forced by Jiaozhi and was not tolerated by the country, so he raised an army to rebel, and Di Qing led the army to exterminate it, so he became a privy envoy. Zhang Dian became the privy deputy envoy, Han Gang's achievements were no less than him, it was his credit to lead the army to save Yongzhou, it was also his credit to defeat Li Changjie, and it was also his credit to instigate all the troops to attack Jiaozhi, and it was still his credit to make the southern Western Army otherwise the epidemic, these four things laid the foundation for the great victory in Jiaozhou, but Han Gang only got a Longtu Pavilion bachelor after the most reluctance, and even had to go out to serve as an official. ”

Seeing that Lu Dalin still didn't have any reaction, Lu Dajun sighed, "After that, Han Gang's achievements in Jingxi don't need to be said more, whether it is the Xianghan Cao Yun or the use of tracks, they all have an immeasurable role in China, and the whole world will be affected by it in the future, which is also enough capital to advance to the two governments." But Han Gang was cast idle and scattered. ”

"This is because he is not old enough to be qualified, not because the court rewards and punishes unfairly." Lu Dalin finally spoke.

"You also know that Han Gang is not old enough, not lack of ability and merit." Lu Dajun smiled and asked, "Then do you know how old Han Gang is now?" ”

Lu Dalin fell silent again, looked at his brother, and waited for his later words.

"Twenty-eight years old." Lu Dajun sighed again in his heart and continued: "According to Han Zhongxian's precedent of [Han Qi], Han Gang only needs to wait for another seven or eight years and don't have to do anything to be able to advance to the two mansions. It's just that luck and timing are almost there, and in another eleven or twelve years, he should be in by the time he is forty years old. But Han Gang just did a little more and made the pox method public, which inevitably made people feel like they were drawing snakes and adding branches. In other words, if it is with you, will you do it like him? ”

Lu Dalin raised his head and replied without hesitation: "Of course, even if there is such a good law, it is incumbent on the world to make it public, and the little brother will never cherish himself!" ”

"Well said!" Lu Dajun nodded in approval, he could see that his brother was sincere, "Kong said to be benevolent, Meng said to take righteousness, in benevolence and righteousness, they can't cherish the pox method by themselves." It's just that after he paused, he smiled again, "So Han Yukun made it public." But he didn't just make it public, but talked about cowpox and human pox in such detail that people knew that he had gotten the recipe for human pox ten years ago. Han Gang concealed the technique of human pox for ten years, during which countless young sons in the world died of acne diseases, even the Son of Heaven was no exception, so he couldn't help but resent the Son of Heaven and the world. Foolish brother asks again, if it were with you, uncle, would it be made public after learning about the pox? ”

Lu Dalin's face showed a look of struggle, his face changed several times, and he shook his head with difficulty, "No...... Just looking at human pox, it is already close to witchcraft, and I will never dare to use it! ”