Cai Yong's study. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

As soon as the two of them took their seats, Cai Yong asked solemnly: "Yuan Si, you shouldn't have come to Chang'an to visit me, right?" ”

Gu Yong had nothing to hide, and replied frankly: "The teacher sees it clearly." I came to Chang'an to miss my teacher, and I heard that the situation in Chang'an is very bad, and many important ministers have died unexpectedly, and my disciples are a little worried; In addition, my father-in-law admires the teacher very much and wants to visit the teacher and ask me to introduce him. ”

"You said that the Marquis of Yangdu wants to visit me? He came to Chang'an? Cai Yong was surprised.

Gu Yong nodded and said: "Yes, Jiujiang County has a bumper harvest this year, and the lord personally led a team to pay tribute to the imperial court." ”

"The Marquis of Yangdu is worthy of being a relative of the Han family, and he has the court in mind. As far as I know, since the capital was moved to Chang'an, almost no counties in Tianxia Prefecture have taken the initiative to come to pay tribute, and there are quite a few princes on one side, and even Liu Yan, the pastor of Yizhou, has done a rebellious act of killing Han envoys and cutting off traffic. He never thought that the big man would be so erosive. Cai Yong sighed.

"There is Dong Zhuo in the court to get power, and there are powerful families in the local area, I think this court is going to die." Gu Yong said tentatively.

"What did you say? The Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty is still there, and there are still many loyal ministers in the court, this court is still the court of the Han Dynasty, how can it die. Cai Yong frowned and said in a low voice.

Gu Yong smiled bitterly, it seems that this teacher really has high expectations for the current imperial court. He knew the teacher's temperament, and he didn't dwell on this issue, so he changed the topic and said: "I heard that Dong Zhuo killed a lot of courtiers for no reason, and the teacher should also take care!" ”

"Alas!" Cai Yong sighed, "Dong Zhuo's temperament is too strong, irritable, and easy to do evil, although he can occasionally listen to some advice, but it is difficult to achieve great things after all." In fact, the teacher has had the idea of retiring many times, but he has not been able to make the trip. ”

Hearing Cai Yong say that he had the idea of retiring, Gu Yong's heart moved and asked, "Does the teacher have any concerns?" ”

Cai Yong said: "At the beginning, I was forced by Dong Zhuo to return to the imperial court, and if I leave now, Dong Zhuo will definitely stop me." If he escapes quietly, he may affect his family, and Dong Zhuo is powerful, and there is no suitable place in the world to settle down as a teacher. ”

Gu Yong said: "If the teacher goes to Jiujiang with me, the master has openly run Huaxia College, and there has always been a lack of a famous gentleman like the teacher." If the teacher goes, the lord will welcome him. Of course, there is no need for the teacher to teach and lecture in person, hasn't the teacher been compiling Han history? The environment of Huaxia College could not be more suitable. Moreover, there are many rare classics in Huaxia Academy, all of which are collected by the lord, and some may not even be read by the teacher! ”

Cai Yong looked at Gu Yong, a little moved, but he didn't know what to think of, and said leisurely: "Let's talk about it." ”

Gu Yong knew that he was in a hurry, so he didn't mention it anymore.

While the teacher and student were talking, Liu Miao was following Li Ru to Dong Zhuo's mansion.

There was a love for Luoyang's gift of jade seals in the past, and Li Ru's recommendation, Dong Zhuo did not let Liu Miao eat behind closed doors.

Liu Miao politely offered the gifts he had carefully prepared, all of which were things that were not worth much to Liu Miao but were of great value in this era, including a set of beautifully bound books, a set of blue and white porcelain exchanged from the system, a sword, a set of chess carved in precious jade, and some other treasures unique to Jiujiang.

Dong Zhuo was very happy to see these novel gifts, and of course what made him even happier was Liu Miao's attitude towards him. Liu Miao, as a clan member of the Han family, is also a county taishou with a very good development, but he is respectful to Dong Zhuo, which is a feeling that Dong Zhuo can't experience in other courtiers, of course, some exceptions like Wang Yun deliberately patted him on the back.

Dong Zhuo moved his fat body forward to show his closeness, and said with a smile: "Zhiyuan, I also talked to Wen You about you yesterday, but I didn't expect you to be famous in Chang'an as soon as you came." ”

Liu Miao knew that Dong Zhuo was talking about his fame because of his enlightenment books. Long before Liu Miao came to Chang'an, he deliberately instructed people to spread enlightenment books such as "Three Character Classic" and "Enlightenment Poems" in Chang'an City. Now that it has finally worked, everyone who is well-informed knows about Liu Miao and the new book.

"The Taishi is too awarded, these things that Miao plays are just a small road, where can it be compared to the Taishi, the name of the Taishi has already spread all over the world." Liu Miao complimented.

"I'm afraid my name isn't a good name, right?" Dong Zhuo narrowed his eyes.

Liu Miao smiled and said: "Fame is only big or small, not good or bad. When the reputation is great, there are many jealous people, and there is slander, and in these people's mouths, it is a bad reputation. Now that the Taishi is a very popular minister, there are many jealous people in the world, and they all want to replace the Taishi, so they will naturally maliciously slander him. ”

"Haha!" Dong Zhuo didn't expect Liu Miao to have such a statement, and he felt funny for a while, and couldn't help laughing, "It's still good for Zhiyuan to speak." What if I want the whole world to speak good of me and not to speak against me? ”

"Actually, it's very simple, either let everyone in the world respect you, or let everyone in the world fear you, and then it will naturally be a good reputation all over the world! If it were a boy, it would be difficult to do this, but if it was a master, it would be easy. ”

"Oh?" Dong Zhuo originally asked casually, but he didn't expect to hear Liu Miao's answer, and he actually felt that there was some truth.

"Every time I see Zhiyuan, I will have a lot of gains. Last time in Luoyang, I felt that Zhiyuan had great talents, and now it seems that it is far more than that, it is better for Zhiyuan to stay in Chang'an as an official, let's assist the Son of Heaven together, why is the world unfair? ”

Liu Miao said: "The master is too serious, the kid is young and shallow, and he is just a little smart, so it is difficult to wait for the elegant hall." What's more, I'm not in Chang'an, but it has a lot of benefits for the Taishi. ”

"What benefits? Tell me about it! Dong Zhuo was curious again.

"Because I have a common enemy with Taishi, Taishi is in Chang'an, and the kid is in Yangzhou, and the internal and external alliances are greater, and the threat to the enemy is greater, isn't this a benefit?"

"Who are you talking about as a common enemy?"

"The big families and local princes, such as Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, are all our enemies."

"Brother Yuan is jealous of my current status and always wants to replace me, he is indeed my enemy, but why has he become your enemy again?"

"In my opinion, when today's rebellion, the main culprits are those families who vainly try to control the court and play tricks, especially the Yuan family of the fourth and third dukes, this is the duke; In the past, on my way to take office, I passed through Yingchuan, and was assassinated by Yuan Shu sent assassins. Both the public and private sides have decided that I can't be good with them, isn't this our common enemy? ”