Lu Xun wanted to be close to the city guard, but the city guard always had a cold face along the way, and led Lu Xun and his party straight into a tall palace. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Lu Xun looked up, but saw that above the palace, which was two zhang high, there were three big characters written in the square hall, which was a little different from the font he had seen before, and it seemed to be smoother.

"These are Jiangdong envoys." Just as Lu Xun was looking at the plaque, the city guards said to the guards guarding the palace: "Take them to see the governor of the Ministry of Rites." ”

"Everyone, please come with me." The doorman glanced at Lu Xun and the others, nodded, and stretched out his hand, not as cold as the city guard, especially in the comparison of the previous city guard, the current doorman simply made people feel like a spring breeze.

"This brother is much more sensible than the man before." Lu Xun looked at Gu Shao and said, deliberately raising his voice a little, he had touched a nail at the city guard before, but this time he didn't take the initiative to ask, but told Gu Shao first, see what the doorman's reaction was, he didn't want to touch the nail again.

"This gentleman doesn't know that the city guards are safe in Chang'an, and nothing is allowed to be favoritism, so during the official duties on weekdays, they will never chat with anyone, and if there is a target for the execution of a certain city guard's family during the official period, the city guard is not allowed to enforce the law." The doorman smiled.

"I have heard for a long time that the hussar general has promoted the Legalist, and it seems that it has been quite effective, but in the long run, I am afraid that there will be problems with the personality, right?" Gu Shao sneered, Confucianism pays attention to the rule of virtue, and the Legalists use the law to restrain is equivalent to suppressing human nature, although there is no psychological medicine in this period, but anyone with some common sense knows that if human nature is suppressed for a long time, there will definitely be problems.

"Generally not, the city guards are changed every month, a group of city guards will be forced to take a holiday after being on duty for a month, you can go home to plow the fields, you can also do business, you can also take the employment of some traders, but the distance can not be too far, after March, and then come back to continue on duty, of course, there will be an assessment every year, the total number of city guards is only 12,000 people, but every year assessment, if the martial arts and physical strength cannot be qualified, they will be kicked out of the city guards, and the strongest in other armies will make up for it, all armies are the same, If you can't even pass the assessment of the local army, you will be removed from the army. The doorman laughed.

Lu Xun and Gu Shao glanced at each other, and they could see the horror in each other's eyes, if Lu Bu's army was eliminated like this from top to bottom, plus he went out to fight in the jungle from time to time to earn commissions, then how strong would Lu Bu's troops be?

"Aren't you afraid of being bought?" Gu Shaoqiang said with a smile, this is a very important question, what should I do if the army goes out and is bought?

"Under the rule of the lord, all the children of soldiers have the right to receive free education, their families can enjoy honors, any government policy to benefit the people, all to the families of military personnel, the most important thing is that only the city guards accept employment, only allow the use of the flag of the hussar house, so the employment price will be extremely high, if there is no flag of the hussar house, even if it is a retired soldier of the city guard, the employment price will be reduced by eighty, if it is a gentleman, how to choose?" The doorman shook his head and laughed.

It is really impossible to refuse, the bandits on the Silk Road only recognize the sign of the city guard, which is also the reason why everyone is willing to hire the city guard at a high price, not to mention this, just to say that the preferential treatment of the families of the soldiers, I am afraid that no one refuses.

"This little brother leaked so many secrets, isn't he afraid of trouble coming out of his mouth?" Gu Shao looked at the doorman, his eyes moved, and he said with a smile.

"Confidential?" The doorman glanced at the two of them suspiciously, shook his head, and a touch of disdain flashed in his eyes: "This is a secret that anyone can access, and every foreign envoy will know that the real secret, let alone below, is the lord of this Quartet Hall, the Governor of the Ministry of Rites, has no right to contact it." ”

"Governor of the Ministry of Rites?" Lu Xun and Gu Shao were dumbfounded, what kind of official position is this?

"It's the highest official who is specially responsible for receiving envoys from various countries, Yang Fu, Lord Yang, he has been an envoy to Jiangdong, don't you know?" The doorman looked at Lu Xun and Gu Shao suspiciously.

I don't know how many times I've been looked at with this kind of ignorance, the two have become numb, but there is good news that I met an acquaintance, Yang Fu was an envoy to Jiangdong back then, and he had contacts with all ethnic groups in Jiangdong, and both of them were children of the family, so they naturally knew each other.

However, the guard's words made a thought flash in the hearts of the two of them, the governor of the Ministry of Rites, this should be Lu Bu's private official position, right? However, at present, the Han Dynasty is in decline, and it is not surprising to think about it, don't there are many similar official positions in Jiangdong?

"Who are those?" Lu Xun curiously pointed to a long queue, most of them were colored people, all dressed in jewelry, but in the face of the Han people who came and went, they were groveling, even the waiters would be courteous to these people.

"These are envoys from small countries on or outside the Silk Road, who came to offer gifts, wanting to establish diplomatic relations with us and open up a new Silk Road. The doorman casually looked over there.

"Don't worry, Jiangdong and our army belong to the same Han family, so you don't need to queue up, you can go directly to see your lordship." The doorman laughed.

Lu Xun and Gu Shao suddenly felt a little bitter, Xu Du, Jingzhou, and Jiangdong actually have similar places, but they are generally full of doors, to put it mildly, the place where they greet foreign envoys is basically a place to raise idlers, and then look at Lu Bu's side, people have to queue up to give gifts, Yang Fu can judge life and death in one word, and it is clearly the real power yamen.

Such a comparison makes people feel a little discouraged.

And Lu Xun also keenly discovered that here, even some maids walk with their heads up, but those Fanbang envoys are quite polite to these maids, although they are maids, but it is obvious that the temperament of the maids here is definitely not something that can be cultivated in the Central Plains, and there is a faint arrogance and self-confidence on the body.

Those Fanbang envoys were so polite? Of course not, just looking at the obscene gazes of many envoys behind the maids, you know that these Fanbang envoys are also inevitably inferior in their bones, but they don't dare, why? The reasons go without saying.

"Everyone, it's here." The doorman led them to a spacious chamber and said, "Please let me go later." ”

Gu Shao nodded with a complicated expression, watched the doorman leave, and suddenly smiled bitterly.

"Why is Hyoze laughing?" Lu Xun turned his head and looked at Gu Shao puzzled.

"Today we know what it means to be arrogant!" Gu Shao looked at the direction in which the doorman left, and said in a complicated manner: "Everyone in the world says that Lu Bu is brave and unscrupulous, vulgar and rude, but look at Chang'an today, and compare it to Jianye, it's really funny." ”

Lu Xun nodded, at least in terms of rules and etiquette, it is not unreasonable for Chang'an to have today's prosperity, but if you explore the depths through this appearance, I am afraid that it has nothing to do with Lu Bu's vigorous promotion of Legalism, but also advocates the contention of a hundred schools, and uses Legalism to customize the law to regulate the people, even the illiterate people know what the law is.

Confucianism's advocacy of rule by virtue seems to be contrary to the legal system advocated by Legalism, but in fact it is not without similarities, the rule of virtue is to ask everyone to be a moral saint, and everyone is a moral saint, and naturally there is no such thing as committing adultery.

But in reality, is it possible?

It's impossible, everyone has selfish desires, and it doesn't actually work to ask people how to do it purely in morality, and the big families know this, because there is intrigue between the families, and they are all intrigued, and it is a bit nonsense to say that the rule of virtue is a bit nonsense.

But the legal system is different, the biggest role of the legal system is to standardize a bottom line for people, in fact, since the beginning of Qin, the rule of law has existed, but Qin II died, the world said that the rule of law can not be done, but in fact, the Han Dynasty, how much influenced by the Qin law, but many times, because of many interests compromised, the rule of law can not be implemented thoroughly, and the execution is far less than the Qin law, after the yellow scarf, the etiquette collapsed, in fact, it is not the complete collapse of the rule of law, in the war years, people are dying every day, how can anyone go to avenge the people, And many times, the princes and families are the makers of grievances, is it difficult to cut themselves down?

Lu Bu has maintained external stability over the years, but internally he has vigorously promoted the rule of law and constantly improved the law.

Although it is not at the feet of the Son of Heaven, this Chang'an City is more magnificent than the feet of the Son of Heaven.

"Bo Yan, when you return to Jiangdong this time, you and I should strongly recommend the lord, and you must not ally with Lu Bu." Gu Shao said solemnly, the current Lu Bu is too terrifying, just for the things that the doorman said before, just above the soldiers, Lu Bu is afraid that he has surpassed any of the princes all the way, plus what is the real secret? It's scary to think about.

If the princes still have to intrigue and calculate each other at this time, what if Jiangdong occupies Jingxiang?

"Hmm." Lu Xun nodded silently.

"The two virtuous nephews have not seen each other for several years, but now their demeanor is better than in the past." While the two were talking, they saw Yang Fu wearing a Confucian robe and appeared in front of the two.

"I've seen Lord Yang." Gu Shao and Lu Xun hurriedly bowed and said.

"No need to be polite." Yang Fu helped the two of them up and said: "I heard that the Jiangdong envoy will come, I don't want it to be so soon, I have ordered someone to prepare a place for you to stay, and the two virtuous nephews will go to wash up first, and tonight, I will take the wind and wash the dust for the two virtuous nephews." ”

"My lord, it doesn't have to be like this, I still want to enjoy the scenery of Chang'an." Lu Xun said with a smile.

"Oh?" Hearing this, Yang Fu looked at the team behind the two, nodded and said: "It's okay, let the people rest first, it's a coincidence that the two of them came, just in time for the last day of the bowing competition, come to my Chang'an, if you miss the bowing competition, it's a big pity." ”

"Strike?" (To be continued.) )