Yes, the five black-clothed men walked into the main hall barefoot in the amazed eyes of everyone, followed Ning Yue, walked straight to the middle, and then shouted to Ning Yue, and saluted to the king of the Zhou family who sat on it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the late Eastern Zhou Dynasty, civilization was already highly developed, except for the wild people in the countryside who would work barefoot when working in the fields, which one of them did not wear a pair of shoes when they entered the city? Even if it's wrapped in a piece of cloth, it's fine. Or weave straw sandals, like most of the soldiers and men in this city, simple but practical, and there may be those who work hard to drag their shoes for a short time, but it is really difficult to find one who is barefoot all day, even if it is summer.

But these people just walked barefoot, or swaggered in front of the Son of Heaven, if the master or the historian is here, I am afraid that they will immediately scold.

But Zhou Bian was not surprised, after all, he had already peeped last night.

But Zhou Bian still couldn't help but be curious, so after the five people saluted, and after Ning Yue introduced, Zhou Bian smiled, "I heard that Mozi doesn't wear shoes, are all the children of your Mo family barefoot?" ”

Among these five people, they all saw it last night, and in the center was Xu Qiao, in his twenties, on both sides were a bearded, thin, fat and the goatee, except for Xu Wan, the rest looked like they were all thirty or forty years old.

Obviously, among these five people, Xu Wan was the leader, and when he heard the king ask with a smile, Xu Miao arched his hand seriously and replied, "Back to the king, my Mozi is a man of cloth, born in a workshop, and has been barefoot since childhood, so my Mo family is willing to learn from it and is proud of being barefoot." But not everyone is like this, and those who go out to be officials wear official boots. ”

It's not a brilliant answer, but there's nothing wrong with that.

So Zhou Bian immediately changed the subject, "From the perspective of your Mo family, how is this king guarding Luoyang City?" ”

"Back to the king, a certain view of this Luoyang City, there are flying stones in the far defense, bows and crossbows in the middle defense, spear hooks and golden soup in the near defense, so three layers, if the Han army wants to rush to the city, it has already gone halfway, how can it still climb the city wall again? If it is a frontal siege, this is enough, even if my Mo family defends the city, it is nothing more than that. ”

Hearing the children of the Mo family say this, all the royal family present laughed, after all, the Mo family is known for being good and guarded.

But Zhou Bian didn't laugh, but asked, "Then do you think that such a city defense can be broken?" And how to break the city? ”

Hearing the king's question, everyone present turned their eyes to Xu Wan again.

"Back to the king, as long as you don't attack the city head-on, there are still several methods, such as night attacks, but I heard that the Korean army has failed, or flooded, no one should dare to flood the royal city, or dig the ground, dig from outside the city to the city wall or inside the city wall, it is feasible, but a few days ago, it rained heavily, and digging the ground is easy to be flooded."

After shaking his head, Xu Miao continued, "If I were the enemy's commander, I would definitely not attack the east all the time, now the east is difficult to fight, and other methods are difficult to work, so I can only divide my troops to attack the other three sides." There is Luoshui in the south, there is a stream in the west, both sides are difficult to attack, only the north, although there is Minshan, but Minshan is not high, there is more than a mile away from the north city of Luoyang, if it is me, I will definitely attack the east, attract troops in the city, and then send an army to attack the north city, or can break Luoyang. ”

"That's a point." Zhou Bian nodded, "If Han Jun had done this when he first came, maybe I wouldn't be able to defend Luoyang today." But now, I have tens of thousands of troops in Luoyang, and my combat strength has been completed, and this king is no longer afraid of him doing this. ”

Everyone in the field nodded their heads again and again, and some of the guards didn't understand why the king always had to keep reserves, but they would also understand.

Xu Wan also nodded, and arched his hand and said, "I hope the king won't blame me for being arrogant when I first came to Luoyang, if I am fortunate enough to be able to be the king not to give up, Xu Wan is willing to do his best to share the king's worries." ”

"This king can be understood as, is this what you want to serve this king?" Zhou Bian looked at this Mo family disciple and smiled.

After being slightly stunned, Xu Weak gritted his teeth and nodded, "King, that's right, Xu Weak knows a little about offense and defense, and also knows some carpentry work, if the king thinks he can, Xu Weak can serve the king from now on, but I, Xu Weak, as a child of the Mo family, will always be a disciple of the Mo family, and it is inevitable to preach some Mo family doctrines in the future, I don't know if the king is willing to accept it?"

Hearing this, the people of the royal family present all showed surprise, and Ru Ning Yue and the others were already glaring at each other angrily. In fact, our Dr. Ning Yue hated the Mo family very much.

And the four people behind Xu Wan also had different expressions, some were surprised, some were puzzled, it seems that Xu Wan still failed to unify everyone's thoughts after all.

"What about the other four?" Zhou Bian did not give an immediate reply, but asked again.

"That's going to be asked of them." Xu Miao turned his head to look at his companion.

The four of them were clearly divided into two factions, the bearded man and the thin man said that they would stay and follow Xu Qiao, while the fat man and the goatee said that they would go back to serve Mozi.

So Zhou Bian looked at Xu Wan again, "Then what if this king doesn't allow you to preach the Mohist doctrine?" ”

Xu Miao thought for a while and replied, "If I don't take the initiative to publicize it, it's okay, but as a child of the Mo family, my words and deeds are based on my Mo family rules, which will inevitably affect the people around me." In the future, if I am fortunate enough to be appreciated by the king and given a high position, then the princes and countries will also know that there is a son of the Mo family in the royal family, and this is enough. ”

It seems that Xu Miao is not a stubborn person, but now he is replaced by a bearded man who looks at Xu Wan angrily. Seeing this, Ning Yue hurriedly took a step forward, leaned into Zhou Bian's ear and whispered, "King, the Mo family previously stipulated that if there was a child as an official, the Mo family doctrine must be promoted. ”

Forcibly asking his disciples to propagate their own doctrines is indeed a bit overbearing. At present, Xu Miao can say this, maybe because the Mo family has changed like Ning Yue said, or it may be just Xu Wan's own idea, and the latter can just look at the bearded man's reaction.

After thinking about it, Zhou Bian nodded.

"Well, the sea is inclusive, there is tolerance, Zhou Gong spit and feed, and the world returns to the heart. There are strong men who come from thousands of miles to vote, how can this king not accept it? It's just,"

Speaking of this, Zhou Bian paused, and provoked Xu Wan to ask, "King, just how?" ”

"It's just that if you take the liberty of sealing your high position, I'm afraid that some people in my royal family will not accept it."

"The king doesn't have to bother about this, Xu is willing to start from the bottom."

"Really? Willing to start at the bottom? ”

"Xu is willing."

"It's okay to act as a man to move bricks?" Zhou Bian asked with a smile.

The bearded man on the side glared at him again, and Ning Yue glared back, obviously Ning Yue, who was not very interested in the Mo family, still agreed with the king's idea.

Under the gaze of everyone, Xu Miao nodded slowly, "Xu Wan is willing to move bricks." ”

Hearing this answer, everyone present was stunned, including Dawang, Ning Yue and Su Rui, all of them grew their mouths, and it took a while to close them.

In fact, Zhou Bian didn't want them to retreat, but remembered the arrogance of these Mo family children when they first came to Luoyang, and the arrogance of some of them who overheard last night, Zhou Bian just wanted to vent his anger, but he didn't think that Xu Miao took this breath.

No one expected Xu Wan to nod, it was really unbelievable, but looking at the firm expression on Xu Wan's face, no one doubted it anymore.

"Do you really want to?" Zhou Bian asked.

Xu Wan nodded again, but at this time, the bearded man and others beside him also reacted, pulled Xu Wan's sleeve, saw Xu Wan turn his head, and was about to persuade him, but saw Xu Wan shook his head, seeing Xu Wan's firm gaze, the words of the bearded man and others were finally held in his mouth.

Xu Wan turned his head again, raised his head to face Zhou Bian and said, "King, most of the people in my Mo family are poor, and Mozi is still barefoot, why can't Xu Wan move bricks?" Since Xu Xiao is determined to serve the king, why not hesitate to move bricks? ”

"Okay." Zhou Bian nodded, turned his head and instructed Ning Yue, "Doctor Ning, they will be arranged by you." As he spoke, Zhou Bian secretly glanced at Ning Yue, who was as shrewd as Ning Yue and immediately understood what the king meant.

"No. Rest assured, Ning will make proper arrangements. ”

After finishing speaking, Ning Yue stretched out his hand to Xu Qiao and the others, "Here, let's go with Doctor Ben." ”

After Xu Miao and the others saluted the king, they followed Ning Yue away.

As soon as the people of the Mo family left, Su Rui couldn't help it, and arched his hand and said, "King, did you really let the children of the Mo family move bricks?" Is that really okay? ”

"He himself said yes, why not?" Zhou Bian immediately replied.

For a moment, no one in the hall spoke, and there was silence, and I didn't know what I was thinking. At this time, only the earth-shattering sound outside the hall was heard again, and it turned out that the war was still going on.

Finally, it was noon again, the sun was high, and the sun was so hot that people couldn't kick it, and the Korean army returned again in vain, leaving behind a corpse, and this time because the Korean army attacked extraordinarily fiercely, or perhaps because of the enough troops invested at one time, so that the corpses of the Korean soldiers outside the city were densely packed, and I was afraid that there were no more than 10,000.

The Han army has retreated, Zhou Bian naturally still has to go back to the palace for lunch, and Su Rui was also praised as an entourage and followed.

Unexpectedly, the Wang Jia convoy had just walked to the gate of the palace, but was stopped by a person.

It was the Taishi official Li Tu who stopped the frame, and he shouted that he wanted to meet the king.

After learning the news, Zhou Bian was a little angry, this Li Tu, you can go into the palace to say something, why stop at the palace gate, this king is not unable to listen to advice. Originally, Zhou Bian's impression of the historian Li Tu was not very good, but Zhou Bian still clearly remembered the last time he was in the library, Li Tu's statement of doing nothing.

"Let him go into the palace and talk about it." After thinking about it, Zhou Bian still gave the order.

I didn't expect the guards to report again soon, "The king, the imperial historian refused to enter the palace, saying that he wanted to talk here, and shouted that if the Han army returned defeated, the royal family would be in danger." ”

"How can this be true, the Korean army is defeated and retreated, how can the royal family be in danger?" Before the king could speak, Fan Yu, the guard under the frame, started scolding. The rest of the Imperial Forest Army soldiers and a group of guards were also indignant and shouted one after another.

Pulling up the curtain and looking around, Zhou Bian's face was also a little bad, after all, not only his own team of people at the main gate of the palace, but also some doctors and courtiers were crowded to watch the excitement, and the impact was really bad. But when he looked down and thought about it, this Li Tu's words might really have a deep meaning, so Zhou Bian opened his mouth and commanded.

"Go and tell Li Tu that this king is willing to listen to his advice, so don't block the palace gate anymore and go into the palace to say. If he still refuses to get out of the way, let the samurai arrest him and go. ”

"No!" As soon as they saw the king's order, the two guards immediately rushed forward.

It didn't take long for the palace gate to be quiet, the team began to move forward again, and Zhou Bian's royal frame was able to enter the palace smoothly.

Soon, on the Guide Hall, the young son of heaven sat directly above him with a gloomy face, and on one side of the following were doctors such as Taishi and Wang Sunman, while on the other side were the son chief Zhou Zhan and the newcomer Su Rui. The one kneeling in the center was Li Tu, the imperial historian who stopped the king's frame at the door.

"Anyway, Li Tu, what did you say to this king, but you want to stop the king?"

"Back to the king, the ministers have already said that if the Han army is defeated and returns to Xinzheng, then my royal family will be in danger." Li Tu arched his hand and replied unhurriedly.

"Why is that?"

The other ministers in the hall also bowed their heads and thought about it, Li Tu's words were indeed a little incomprehensible, but Li Tu said it so honestly, it made people have to think about it.

"My lord, my subordinates think that holding on to Luoyang and defeating the Han army is really not a blessing for my royal family, but a disaster for my royal family. Just imagine, my royal family is the orthodoxy of the world, and it is located in a corner of Luoyang, and there are only three cities, but it can resist the 100,000 Korean army, and can hit it hard, won't it cause panic among the princes of the world? You need to know that the princes of this world are not occupying the land of my royal family, once I hear that my royal family can severely damage the Han army of 100,000, how can I not worry that my royal family will find himself one day? In this case, my royal family is in danger. My ancestors have clouds, and if the wood is strong, it will be broken, and if the soldiers are strong, it will be destroyed, which is the meaning. ”

Li Tu's slow voice sounded above the main hall, until his voice landed, the hall was still quiet, and after everyone in the hall opened their eyes wide, they bowed their heads and pondered.

Indeed, this statement is very reasonable, and everyone understands this truth, and some people may have thought of it, but in the joy of victory over the Korean army again and again, no one thinks about this question anymore. But at this time, the Taishi official put this problem out again, and everyone realized that this problem was still unavoidable after all.

The hall continued to be silent, and after a while, Li Tu's voice sounded again.

"King, there is another second, if the Han army returns, it will vent its anger on my royal family, and South Korea surrounds me on all sides between Heluo, if Han Hou insists on blocking the road between my royal family and the other countries, then my Luoyang travel merchants will be reduced by half, in the long run, how can my royal family be revived? I hope the king and all of you will be worried. ”

After saying that, Li Tu bowed his hand again and saluted in all directions.

This will be the Taishi couldn't sit still, and couldn't help but straighten up and ask, "Since the Taishi has considered so much, I don't know if the Taishi has a plan and can break it?" ”

Hearing the Taishi's question, including Zhou Bian, they all looked at Li Tu, who was kneeling in the hall.