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There is a saying in the time: "There are pigeons in Shu, which are like spring flowers." "This Shu is not located in the Zongmu Shu country further south of Nanzheng, but a place name of the Lu country. Shu is located in the southwest of Mount Tai, in November of the second year of Lu Chenggong, the "Shu Alliance" organized by Yin Zizhong of the Chu State was held here.

Therefore, Lu country has been the origin of wild pigeons since ancient times, as early as the time of Yin Shang, it began to be domesticated as ornamental and edible pigeons, which are very different from wild pigeons.

A few years ago, the self-proclaimed "bird language" of the governor of the public and on this basis domesticated the carrier pigeon that can transmit the message, also called the "book pigeon", but whenever there is an important emergency letter, the book will be tied to the pigeon's foot, let it go, the destination is the pigeon's nest, but also in several important capitals of the Lu country to establish a pigeon tower and the pigeon management of the official.

Qufu Pigeon Tower is located in the inner city, is closely protected by the wall, outsiders can not easily enter, those who like to hold a slingshot to shoot birds and the evil boy who wanders around with a few broken bows all day is driven away, the whole Qufu only a few people can come here to receive information.

Zhang Mengtan, the actual controller of the Lu State, is one of them, these days, every day when he goes to the city to check the movement of the Qi army on the other side of the Zhusi, he will first come to the pigeon tower, and as the Zhao army returns to the Lu State, the news from the side of Liqiu and Yuncheng becomes dense.

When Zhang Mengtan walked through the yard, one of them flew over his head with gray wings, and the other pigeons were chirping, in their respective nests, trees, and more on the eaves, and the ground was sprinkled with dung. The governor discouraged keeping pigeons in cages, as this would make them impatient to fly.

With a whistling, the pigeon flock circled and turned, and the pigeon whistle sounded throughout the inner city, which has become a new scenery in Qufu.

Zhang Mengtan did not need the guidance of the pigeon officer, so he turned into the pigeon tower and began to climb, there was the sound of wings flapping and muttering above, as well as the sound of people's scolding, it was the chief of the government.

"Zhangzi, this is a letter I just received."

As soon as he went upstairs, the chief of the government, who was covered with bird feathers and a faint smell of bird droppings, solemnly handed Zhang Mengtan a letter with three red feathers inserted on it, representing the urgency of the incident!

The chief of the government is not as ambitious as his brothers and sisters, and he doesn't want to get into trouble with the military and politics, he just wants to raise birds well, so he only thinks that this letter is a hot potato.

The letter is written in a font with abbreviated strokes, which Zhao Wuxian calls "simplified characters", and although those strokes seem familiar, they will never be able to read the full text without special training.

After glancing at it and looking at it carefully, to confirm that the pocket imprints on it were correct, Zhang Mengtan received the letter into his sleeve, but there was no sadness or joy on his face, and the chief was not interested in asking, so he turned around and teased the pigeon.

"Zhangzi, what's wrong?" After going downstairs, Gong Xichi, who was waiting below, asked.

"It's the lord's army that has returned, and it has arrived in Jishui, and it will be able to reach the hinterland of Lu in a few days!"

Without waiting for Gong Xichi's surprise, Zhang Mengtan instructed again: "Zihua, you go to the drum tower in the inner city to beat the drum, and call Ziyou, Ziyou and other shogunate officials to the official office, I have something to say." ”

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Half an hour later, the shogunate officials scattered throughout Qufu Castle gathered together and chatted in the official office.

The core of the discussion is naturally the movement of tens of thousands of troops in the hinterland of Lu State, and when Zhao Wuxian will return.

"I heard that a rebellion also broke out in Cao Guo, but it was easily put down by Senior Brother Zigong, and now Cao Jun is expelled, and there is no one on the king's bed."

"It is said that Emperor Qiu was also conquered half a month ago, so it is time for the general's army to return."

"Yes, the Qi army used to come to Qufu every day to shout and make a siege posture, but they didn't come in the past few days, and I can see that they are preparing to retreat. Although Qufu is fine, the areas of Yun County and Wen County have been trampled up a lot. ”

Although Wuxian brought many people back to Jin, the Zhao Shogunate in Qufu was still full of talents: Ran Qiu was the commander of the division, commanding the soldiers of Qufu County, and trained the always weak Lu soldiers in an orderly manner, and there was no camp roar and panic when the Qi army attacked the foot of Qufu.

Gongsun Chi was the uncle of the sect, in charge of sacrifices and receiving guests, he responded reasonably, and grasped the movements of the Shiqing doctors in the city, and made great contributions in fighting the surrender group led by Ji Sunsi. Mi Buqi is also a disciple of Confucius, after the great split of Confucius, he chose to stay, although he is only in his twenties, but he also has political achievements, he does not know how to manage money, but he can mobilize the people's hearts, morale and social atmosphere, so he was promoted to the old man of Qufu County.

This is a student of Confucius, in addition, there is also a disagreement with Confucius's political views, thinking that Zhong Ni's learning is too pretending to be wrong, and will mislead the country and the people, but this "national elder" does not care about government affairs, only a false title, and has not arrived today.

In addition, there are also Xiang Guo, Gong Yike, Guan Zhou's father, etc., who have been promoted all the way from the bottom officials.

When everyone was discussing, a light cough came from the rear, and when I looked back, it was Zhang Mengtan, who walked into the official office with Wu Guoren Yan Yan one after the other - because of Zhao Wuxian's intervention, Yan Yan did not worship Confucius as in history, and when the relationship between Zhao and Wu was not as good as before, he still withstood the pressure and stayed, because he followed the order of Yanling Jizi, and had nothing to do with Fucha and Wu Zixu.

Zhang Mengtan is dressed very formally today, with a well-dressed robe, not only the seal of the shogunate on his waist, but even a sword given to him by Zhao Wuxian, who bluntly said that this sword can cut off those who do not obey the restraints, and even the unruly thieves have to bow their heads to him for three points.

In fact, even if this is not the case, the officials of the Lu State also respect this shogunate elder, and he has made friends with many of them with his personality charm, and he is like a spring breeze. He was not rigid in his own affairs, he always convened the officials to discuss, listened to opinions extensively, and then integrated into the measures, Lu Guo did not have a major change in the year that Zhao Wuxian left, thanks to Zhang Mengtan.

It is not easy to do this level as a young scholar of the Jin Kingdom......

Everyone saluted him, Zhang Mengtan responded one by one with a smile, and after pacing to the hall, he invited everyone to sit down, and said with a smile: "Panshui" has a saying, Ji Ji Duoshi, Ke Guangde heart, today the second and third sons are together, just as this poem says. ”

Everyone bowed their heads, they liked Zhang Meng to talk about this, although he was a Jin person, he actively studied the culture of the Lu State, and his attainments in many aspects even surpassed those of their Confucian disciples. What's even more surprising is that Zhang Mengtan can also take care of government affairs at the same time, which makes people have to admire his intelligence and studiousness.

Xiang Lu's father, Xiang Guo, asked, "I don't know what happened when Zhang Zi summoned us today?" ”

"There is indeed something, Ziyou is inspecting the city defenses, and it will be there later, so we will discuss it first."

Zhang Mengtan asked Yan Yan to distribute the translated news to everyone present, and after they read it, they were suddenly surprised.

"The general is really coming back!" Zhao Wuxian is not there, and the officials are like missing the backbone, and they have long been looking forward to it like looking forward to Ganlin.

Zhang Mengtan looked at everyone's happy appearance, and slowly pulled out the second letter.

"The general's return to Qufu is a happy event, but at the same time, there is also an order."

The hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone waited eagerly.

"The Qi people seem to have sensed the general's return to the east, and the soldiers who had tried to attack Qufu a few days ago had retreated to camp west of Susi, and according to the scouts, they were still packing up their booty and baggage, preparing to evacuate. The general's order was that Qufu must cooperate with the vanguard, block this group of Qi troops, and drag it until the army arrives! ”

The hall was silent for a while, everyone looked at each other, and after a long time, Guan Zhou's father stood up and said: "Zhangzi, there are 40,000 Qi troops in the hinterland of Lu State, and they are led by Guoxia. ”

Zhang Mengtan nodded: "I know." ”

"After the general took half of the people to the Jin Kingdom, there were only 5,000 guards in Qufu, at most 4,000 people could be sent out, and 4,000 people could attack 40,000......

He stopped talking, and the officials in the hall also looked embarrassed, and they all felt that this was an impossible task.

"I know that too." Zhang Mengtan got up, smiled understandingly, and after pacing a few steps with his hands behind his back in the hall, he suddenly said: "More than a hundred years ago, the Chinese Cao Di once said, 'Meat eaters are despicable, and they can't plan far'. ”

Everyone was surprised, and they didn't know what Zhang Meng was doing when he talked about this old story.

Since then, the soldiers of the country have taken the rise and fall of the country as their own responsibility, but unfortunately, the dictatorship of the three Huan, although a small number of scholars have also been promoted, most of the time they are still cronyism, and finally lead to the situation that the king is not the king, and the minister is not the minister. Lu Guozi has been repeatedly bullied by foreign countries, and even at the meeting of the Summoning Tomb, Ji Huanzi begged to lower his status, and the degree of juxtaposition with Yi and Teng was ......"

Unconsciously, everyone in the hall clenched their fists, most of them were people with the same ideals as Cao Di, and they had inherited a certain amount of knowledge. When he was young, he carried "Taishan Rock Rock, Lupin Sozhan." Dying turtles, then the great east", while watching the country of Lu sink day by day, and the pride of the country of the Duke of Zhou has long been lost, who has not been angry and heartbroken?

"This is the shame of the Lu country, the doctors of the Shiqing are not ashamed, but the scholars and the people are ashamed to be with it! Even Confucius said that those who fight for politics are not even qualified as scholars! The second and third sons can agree with this!? ”

"Master is right! The three Huan and the doctor in the court are all people who fight for baskets, so what is enough! Deeply influenced by Zhao Wuxian, Gong Xichi, who has never been interested in the nobles of the Lu State, was the first to echo it.

Zhang Mengtan showed a hint of a smile: "But now? The state of Lu stood up again, thwarted the aggression of the state of Qi many times, and even dominated Sishang, respected the king, and swept away the poverty and weakness of a hundred years. ”

"Dare to ask, who made Lu have today's ZTE?"

"It's General Zhao!" This time, everyone spoke in unison, they can proudly call themselves Lu people when they go abroad, but no one will dare to underestimate it, just because the sword of General Lu is powerful enough!

"Moreover, have the second and third sons discovered that all of the people here today have been promoted from scholars or countrymen, and no one is from a secretary or a doctor, but they are all in a high position, in charge of the functions and powers that originally belonged to the secretary and doctor."

Everyone was stunned, and after thinking about it, this was indeed the case, unconsciously, Sanhuan fell, the shogunate hollowed out the monarch and the original Lu court, and the doctors were also excluded from the decision-making circle. The priests quietly took their place and became the rulers of the country.

"The general deliberately created this situation, do you know what he called this situation?"

Without waiting for everyone to finish thinking, Zhang Mengtan said categorically: "The general said, this is called the situation of Bu Yiqing!" (To be continued.) )