Liu Bei and his troops arrived in Luoyang in September 204, and Ouyang Xuan returned to Luoyang half a month earlier than him. Cao Cao was under the pressure of Ouyang Xuan's army, and had no choice but to send Guo Jia to Chengdu, and the troops went out of the Golden Bull Road, and almost did not encounter any decent resistance at Jianmen Pass to be easily taken by Xiahou Yuan, Guo Jia and Liu Zhang's negotiation effect was also good, and now Liu Zhang is also embattled, and it is not bad to have a strong hand like Cao Cao to support him, so he agreed to Cao Cao's request to borrow the road, according to the agreement, Cao Cao garrisoned Brazil and Padang counties, and stifled the northern passage into Shu. Ouyang Xuan learned that Cao Cao was heading south to Shu through Tanma, so he was not in a hurry to attack. It wasn't until Cao Ren and Yan Liangwen Chou retreated into Jianmen Pass, and Ouyang Xuan's soldiers took Hanzhong County bloodlessly, and after stabilization, they transferred some food to support Hanzhong County, which was looted by Cao Cao, and appointed Zou Heng as the Taishou of Hanzhong, with a garrison of 100,000, that he returned to Luoyang with the generals.

And Sun Ce is still running Jiangdong, and Bing Feng even pointed to the Jiangdu and Hailing lines in Jiangbei. And Liu Bei still used his crying skills when he arrived in Luoyang, and he also cried when he saw Liu Xie, narrating the friendship with Liu Xie, and playing the clan card, Liu Xie confirmed Liu Bei's clan identity after inquiry, and recognized Liu Bei as the emperor's uncle and named the king of Nanyang. Zhuge Liang is the minister of Nanyang, Guan Yu is the governor of Nanyang, and Zhang Fei is the governor of Nanjun. This is also the result of Tang De's operation, and restricting Cao Cao and Sun Ce through Liu Bei is also a superior strategy. At the same time, Liu Xie issued an edict abolishing the state pastor and implementing the "Law of Conscription", which stipulated that the county guards would no longer command the army, and the county governors would recruit conscripts to maintain the localities. The soldiers and horses were all under the management of the imperial court, and the generals led the soldiers and horses in various places. The soldiers and horses of the imperial court are called government soldiers, and there are people who are recruited and transferred to military service in each county, and the government soldiers can return to the local service after five years, and they can enjoy the treatment of entering the people's lord after serving for ten years. At the same time, the private soldiers were abolished, and those who possessed private soldiers were equivalent to rebellion, and the three clans were punished, and the private forts and private customs were dismantled.

At the end of this order, the first to oppose were those wealthy families, and there were countless rebels, but they were all suppressed by the soldiers and horses sent by Ouyang Xuan, and the number of wealthy families in the Zhu clan reached more than 1,000, and even more than 100 families in the DPRK and China were confiscated. This time, under Ouyang Xuan's strong intervention, the wealthy family of the Han family reshuffled the cards again. The opponents of the reformers in the DPRK and China, especially Kong Rong, reprimanded Tang De in court on the grounds that the ancestral system could not be violated, and was beaten out of the court by the angry Liu Xie and demoted to the common people. Since Kong Rong was expelled from the court, wealthy families who believed in Confucianism in various places wanted to push Liu Biao, who opposed the withdrawal of pastures, as the new emperor and prepared to rebel. Things are far from being as simple as imagined, and the forces of all parties in the DPRK and China are also constantly making small moves, and there have even been many assassinations of Liu Xie and Ouyang Xuan, all of which have failed, and under Ouyang Xuan's strong intervention, thousands of people in Luoyang City have been sentenced to death. Looking at the increasingly chaotic and complicated Han Land, Ouyang Xuan really had a plan to quit.

There will always be a bloody storm between breaking and standing, and Ouyang Xuan is tired of it. Since returning to Luoyang, Ouyang Xuan, who has never been to the court, has also participated in the court meeting for the first time as the king of Xia. There was still a fierce quarrel in the court for the sake of restructuring, but Ouyang Xuan still didn't say a word, and sat there quietly listening to everyone deceiving me. Ouyang Xuan found that Zhuge Liang was also against the reform and advocated the use of the old Guangwu system, Liu Bei was silent, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei failed to go to the palace because of their identity.

Seeing that they had been arguing for a long time and didn't come up with a reason, Ouyang Xuan, who was in an irritable mood, slapped the case and broke the case. "How good is the old system? Why is the world becoming more and more chaotic, and the wealthy families are supporting their own troops and forcing the common people to rebel? Why? If the old system is not changed, and the family is not removed, how can the world be peaceful? ”

"King Xia's words are wrong, the system of the sages is a contract with the sky, how can there be a reason for change? Changing the ancient system is a contract to change the sky. Guangwu Ding, the world's families are all contributing, so what's wrong with having power because of merit? It was none other than Zhuge Liang who spoke.

Ouyang Xuan was about to speak, when he saw Tang De get up and said loudly: "Kong Ming's words are very false. The ancient system is determined by the time and the situation, and now the times have changed dramatically, and the ancient system is not enough to stabilize the world, and then it will not change, is it not to be changed by the wealthy family such as Wang Mang? ”。

Everyone else looked at the two people in the temple and was silent. Zhuge Liang didn't expect Tang De to have such a blow, thought for a while, and said: "The sages and sages have made it well-thought. The system of light and martial arts has been running for a hundred years without troubled times, and today's troubled times are all caused by the first emperor's favor and spoiling eunuchs, what does it have to do with the ancient system? And the family has soldiers to ensure the safety of one party, and the homeless grass is a gift from God, where does the system come from? If the Yellow Turban Rebellion did not have the private soldiers of the wealthy family, how could it be broken? The chaos after the Yellow Turban was caused by Dong Zhuo's chaotic government, what does it have to do with the ancient system? ”。

"Haha, Zhuge Xiang, do you know that dry firewood and fire oil can be cared for if there is no external cause? No matter how much oil or firewood, if there is no spark to lure, it is still only for oil and firewood. The system and the current situation are like firewood and oil mixed together, if there is no external cause, it will not be sudden, if it encounters external causes, the fire will be rapid. Whether the ancient system is suitable for the present or not is up to the common people, not the wealthy families. The people who raise people are also ordinary people, if there are no people, how can they come to the family and the wealthy family? It's just dung. If the people are strong, the country will be strong, and if the people are rich, the country will be rich, and even if the people are strong, it is only one family, and it is not related to the strength of the country. Why? It is also the greedy for selfish gain. The core of Confucianism is just to promote officials and make fortunes for the sake of the top, officials and wealth are connected, corruption is born, I don't know if Kong Ming can have objections? ”。

"Tang Sima said that the way of Confucianism is poor, the way of Confucianism is benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith, governing the country with benevolence, teaching people with righteousness, treating people with courtesy, intellectualizing the people, and knowing people with faith. The study of Gewu used in the country of the Xia King is just a way of Confucianism, Confucianism has always emphasized righteousness over profit, benevolence and righteousness are great, how can Tang Sima come to Confucianism to re-promote officials and make fortunes? ”

"De Bucai, I have also spent the book of Confucius and Mencius, and my king has also personally beheaded the Dong family. I remember that the sages of Confucius and Mencius have always emphasized righteousness over profit, officials over business, and Confucianism and benevolence, which is to do good deeds from above to below, not to civilians, and morality can be said to be wrong? When the sages of Confucius and Mencius were dying, they did not forget to be martyred, can they be benevolent? Business can enrich the people, why light? And heavy officials? Don't you only focus on promotion and making money? ”。

Zhuge Liang thought for a longer time, and while he was still thinking, Tang De continued: "Even if Your Majesty comes to the dynasty in person in the troubled times, you should establish the country with a new system to protect the Han Dynasty for three hundred years."

"What Da Sima said is very true, there is no need to say much about this matter, if there is any more talk, it will be punished as the crime of rebellion. Uncle Huang also returned to the feudal country as soon as possible, and on behalf of me to crusade against the non-ministers, the necessary soldiers and horses were recruited by themselves, and the troops were sent immediately after being approved by the Great Sima." Liu Xie spoke at the right time.

Ouyang Xuan couldn't smile bitterly after listening to it, this "Law of Conscription" was abolished, and he was just about to speak, when he saw Tang De giving him a look, it was just that, and Liu Bei was happy to receive the order. Ouyang Xuan estimated that Liu Xie's will was also Zhuge Liang's idea for Liu Bei, and then he cried in front of Liu Xie, showing his loyalty, and by the way, he said the advantages and disadvantages of crusading against Liu Biao, and this matter was decided, and the law just promulgated was nothing. If Liu Bei hadn't gotten Zhuge Liang before, Ouyang Xuan might not have cared about Liu Bei, but now that Zhuge Liang is assisted, it will be like a tiger with wings, and if he is released, he may not come back. The occupation of Jingzhou can justifiably form a division with Jiangdong Sun Ce, Yizhou Liu Zhang, and Cao Cao. And Liu Zhang will die in the hands of Cao Cao sooner or later, and now the Three Kingdoms are completely chaotic.

Before Liu Bei left, Ouyang Xuan invited Liu Bei to Luoyang's original Cao Cao's mansion to drink and talk, which made Liu Bei a little frightened, not for anything else, now Ouyang Xuan is the actual ruler of the Han Dynasty, holding the power of life and death, and it is difficult to refuse, so he had to bring Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to the banquet. The original Prime Minister's Mansion is now temporarily occupied by Ouyang Xuan, and he did not let Liu Xie go to get a new mansion, and Ouyang Xuan did not plan to live permanently. Today, the entire courtyard except for the guards is Ouyang Xuan himself, and the guards stand according to the direction and communicate with each other with communication headsets. From the moment Liu Bei and the others entered the mansion, they felt the difference, the guards were all dressed in jet-black jacket-style combat uniforms, with pistols and long and short magazines they didn't know hanging from their waists, carrying a meteorite black-faced long knife behind their backs, holding a black assault rifle in both hands, wearing a black peaked cap, and wearing an infinite communication headset on the left side of their face. When Liu Bei entered the door, all the guards stood with guns and saluted, giving people a kind of majesty, if later generations saw this scene, they must think that this was the future. Ouyang Xuan sat leisurely in the pavilion, flipping the barbecue on the shelf, the fragrance permeated the entire garden, and various delicacies from all over China were placed on the table.

Reminded by the guards around him, Ouyang Xuan noticed that Liu Bei and the others had entered the garden, and hurriedly handed over the work in his hand to the cook next to him, and got up accordingly. After a polite manner, everyone should enter the pavilion and sit down as guests. "Here, congratulations to Xuande Gong on his promotion to Jingzhou, and specially prepare Chinese delicacies to share with you." Ouyang Xuan said with a smile.

"It is rumored that the food of King Xia is unparalleled in the world, and it is indeed the case today. It has been a few years since the last Tiger Prison was closed, and King Xia's face is still the same, and it seems that the rumors are true." Liu Bei clenched his fists and said.

"It is rumored that he is also a lonely attendant who has been passed down among the people for more than 300 years, and Xuande cannot be taken seriously."

"If Emperor Qin gets the King of Xia, what will happen today?" , Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said with a smile.

"It's still the same, and there won't be much change. How is Emperor Wu? It's not that it's still ancient, if it weren't for copying my villa back then, and being too delusional, today's Han Wu may still be in the world." Ouyang Xuan said with the same smile.

"The art of immortality, any emperor and general is unwanted. Why can only King Xia get it? Liu Bei interjected.

"The immortals in this world are not alone, and the lonely guards seem to be less than the weak crown, and they are all more than three hundred years old. Tang Sima was also a lone soldier, and now he has followed Lone for four hundred years. The Han Dynasty Lieutenant Gong and the pre-Qin Guiguzi are also still alive now, and the Yan Emperor Shennong is still alive, but you have never had a chance. Lonely's fate is that God will do this, so that there is today", Ouyang Xuan said while pouring wine for everyone.

He put down the flask, raised his glass and said, "The weather is still good today, come and drink this cup for the stability of the world." After speaking, he drank all the wine in the cup.

Liu Bei was very honest, and when he saw that Ouyang Xuan was dry, he also drank it all very boldly, but then he did cough constantly. "Haha, if you haven't drunk this wine before, you need to drink it slowly, it is easy to hurt the esophagus if you drink it quickly, and drinking a bowl of yogurt quickly can solve this problem", Ouyang Xuan pointed to the white yogurt in front of everyone and said.

Liu Bei hurriedly picked up the tea bowl and drank it slowly, the burning sensation of the liquor just now dissipated instantly, and the cold yogurt went down the esophagus, which also brought a very cool feeling.

"Everyone, drink it", Ouyang Xuan made a gesture of please.

Zhang Fei was not polite, picked up the wine in the cup and drank it all, smacked his lips, and said, "Good wine, good wine." There are few wines of this kind in the world."

"General Zhang is too modest, this kind of wine can be drunk by all Chinese civilians in China." Before the words were finished, Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang also drank the wine in their cups. Ouyang Xuan saw that everyone had finished drinking, and asked the guards to replace the wine pot and wine utensils, and re-put on a jar of wine and wine utensils. Ouyang Xuan opened the mud seal of the wine jar, and the aroma of wine overflowed in an instant, and the fragrance was refreshing. Ouyang Xuan poured the wine into a glass wine jug and filled it again for each person, all of which were small transparent green pottery money cups.

Ouyang Xuan raised his glass and drank it first, and placed it on the desk. He made another gesture of please, "This kind of wine is the supreme treasure, please taste it slowly." This is a century-old brew made with Tianshan spring water and high-quality buckwheat."

Zhang Fei stared at the wine in the cup, his eyes widened, as if he wanted to melt the wine on the table. As soon as Ouyang Xuan's words fell, Zhang Fei picked up the cup, tilted his neck, and toasted the glass of wine with the overflowing aroma of wine. After drinking, he smacked his lips, savoring the fragrance. Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were more elegant and tasted the cups, and Guan Yu stared at the cups with that arrogant look and didn't move for a long time.

"General Guan is not afraid that this wine is poisonous?"

"No, this kind of wine, it is a pity to drink it, and it is better to thank you."

"Haha, General Guan is loyal. Jun Shanggu has already given him several jars of this wine and hid it in the secret room of the deep palace."

"Why haven't you seen Tang Sima?" , Zhuge Liang interjected.

"Wen Shang does not live in the mansion, but has another house next to the East Market. Lone here is also a temporary residence, wait for a while to the east to turn Qingzhou, deal with the aftermath, such as today's initial decision, assisted by Er and so on, this Han family can be prosperous, Lone will rest assured, will go to Chang'an to worship the second emperor of Jingwu in the near future." Just as Ouyang Xuan spoke, the beef and mutton that had been roasted was also served on the table, and Ouyang Xuan cut the barbecue very skillfully with the knife in his hand, and said while cutting: "The Han land has become a place of Huyi, a wild place, and today it will be treated with the courtesy of Huyi."

Ouyang Xuan talked endlessly about the ways and methods of nomads eating meat, and described the life and scenery of the grassland in more detail, so that everyone present was full of yearning for that kind of grassland life. Especially Zhang Fei, drinking wine in a big bowl and eating meat in large pieces, that is the life he wants.

The banquet lasted until the end of the month, Ouyang Xuan talked with everyone at the wine table, starting from the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, and then told about the Northern Expedition to the Xiongnu, the Western Regions, and also talked about joining hands with Liu Xiu to fight Kunyang City. Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were also deeply in awe of this legendary Xia King.

Looking at the crescent moon in the sky and the mottled moonlight with the shadows of the trees, Ouyang Xuan felt a kind of sadness inexplicably. Ordered the guards to take the pen and paper drawing case, drank a pot of wine in one breath, with the strength of the wine that has not yet dissipated, started to paint, a "Moonlight of the Ancient Country" jumped on the paper, the mountains are stacked, the river is murmuring, a round of crescent moon hangs high in the air, thatched huts and grass huts, there seems to be the light of the lamp, the three hunting dogs in the courtyard woke up and looked out of the door, and each other was on guard against each other, and the master was in the courtyard to drink and have fun with the bright moon, and the painting must, and inscribed a poem on the side: Toad Gui remnants shine on the dome, want to compete with the golden crow for the bright potential; Yin and yang do not judge the dog, and the waning moon is ashamed of the full morning day. A poem is written heartily, and the pen is very vigorous and sharp. When the time falls, the name is inscribed. put the pen on the ground, drank another pot of wine, and exhaled three times in a row.

Liu Bei Zhuge Liang watched Ouyang Xuan painting from the side, and when he finally saw Ouyang Xuan's inscription, his face was a little gloomy. The three dogs, looking at the direction, are they not the three families of Sun Liu Cao, and the person who is greedy for the cup of the moon is not talking about Liu Xie. Ouyang Xuan turned around and ordered someone to send the painting to the backyard to find the guards, and the soldiers who often framed calligraphy and paintings for Ouyang Xuan would frame the painting.

"It's not early, we don't dare to disturb King Xia for a long time, so we will retire." Liu Bei got up with a solemn face, hugged his fists and saluted.

"Xuande sits, don't lose your interest. Come and play a song for you to help today's prosperity."

Soon the guards put the qin case in place, Ouyang Xuan stroked the qin in his hand, thought for a moment, raised his hand to play, and sang with the voice: "Lang Gu on the blood-stained battlefield, look forward to the return of the son under the moonlight." For whom to fight and what to gain! Cease! Cease! , all generations are because of power, fame and fortune, how many families are in a foreign land. It's hard to be born, and it's hard to be different. The general ordered to urge, and it will be difficult to return tomorrow's meal. The general ordered, on the side of the ancient road, holding hands to see him off with tears. The ancient sword is soft, and the soldiers are difficult. The remnant sun is like blood, the battlefield is still the same, the horse leather shroud is not seen, what is the dependence of the wife and children? The conquest is ruthless, the king has no faith, the grass people are like walking, where is the country? It is not my wish for the mountains and rivers to be broken, just because of the strong and greedy. Wrong, wrong, wrong, why did the ancient conquests come to war? The homeland and the country are difficult to break.

The tune is faint, it can even touch people's hearts, Liu Bei's crying problem can't be changed, and he immediately shed tears, Ouyang Xuan suspected that he had a precursor to cerebral thrombosis. After the song was played, Ouyang Xuan's interest was undiminished, and the heroic "Man Jianghong" was even more vivid. After curling the bullet, Ouyang Xuan looked at Liu Bei, who was teary-eyed, and said: "Xuande will go to the land of Jingxiang in a few days, come and come, and congratulate the hero", after speaking, he raised his glass and drank it again. Everyone also followed the same example and drank the wine in the glass, Zhang Fei said loudly with the strength of the wine: "It is rumored in the world that King Xia has the ability to be ten thousand enemies, I don't know if I can show it, let me see you again, the heroism of beheading Lu Bu under the Tiger Prison back then."

"Haha, General Zhang has won the award. However, they are all superficial martial arts, and if the general wants to see real battlefield weapons, he can be demonstrated by the lone guard." After speaking, Ouyang Xuan called the commander of the guards and whispered a few words.

In a short time, more than 100 wooden stakes were exerted at a distance of 100 steps, and the lights suddenly turned on, illuminating the garden as if it were daytime, and five guards entered the field with assault rifles, and under the orders of the guards, they were doing all kinds of difficult tactical drills. This was followed by directional shooting, and as the gunshots rang out continuously, the wooden stake a hundred paces away broke in response.

After the guards finished the exercise, Ouyang Xuan walked into the field, took an assault rifle, and shot skillfully with the gun according to the posture of the previous training, breaking the remaining wooden stakes. Only then did he return to the desk and said to Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei who were in a daze: "This kind of weapon is the king of the battlefield." Not people, the Han land was also assembled three hundred years ago, and it was destroyed because of Dong Zhongshu's Confucian policy."

"Hey, it's all the fault of the old system of ancient rites", Zhuge Liang said gloomily.

Liu Bei got up again to say goodbye, and Ouyang Xuan didn't stay and personally sent him out of the mansion.

This banquet with Liu Bei had a profound impact on Liu Bei's group, and after returning to Jingzhou, he began to vigorously study various military weapons and technologies, laying a solid foundation for him to defeat Cao Cao.

On the second day after the banquet, Ouyang Xuan quietly left Luoyang, and only Ouyang Guihe's guards knew where he went.

In December 204, Liu Bei was called to recruit Liu Biao, where Liu Biao was the opponent of Liu Bei, who was strong and strong, Liu Biao surrendered within three months, and died of illness on the way back to Luoyang, and Cai Mao Zhang Yun also died of illness inexplicably. Liu Bei completely controlled the Jingxiang area, and vigorously suppressed the wealthy families in the Jingzhou area in accordance with the will of the imperial court, and completely made Jingzhou Liu Bei's world. And Cao Cao, as Ouyang Xuan expected, found a small excuse to raise troops to attack Liu Zhang, and finally Liu Zhang shouted three times on the city wall of Chengdu: "Regret should not be", and fell to the city with a sword. After Cao Cao took Yizhou, he couldn't suppress Haoqiang like Liu Bei, there was no way, because they had a private appointment, and Zhang Song and others were sealed with official positions at all levels.

In 205 AD, Liu Xie changed the name of the era to Anding, and in September of this year, a very unexpected thing happened, so that Ouyang Xuan had to rush back to Chang'an from South America.