"You go back to Youzhou." Zhang Jiao opened his eyes and looked indifferently at Zhang Ming who was lying in front of him. Zhang Ming sweated like rain, stiffened for a moment, kowtowed, knelt back a few steps, kowtowed again, got up and left. Yang Feng and the others, who were waiting outside, knew the result as soon as they saw his face, and they didn't dare to ask again, so they hugged him out of the door, and went north without looking back.

Zhang Jiao pondered alone for a long time, and asked people to call Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang. "I'm going to Luoyang, you stay in Julu, be careful, don't cause trouble."

Zhang Bao nodded silently in agreement, but Zhang Liang was a little unconvinced: "Brother, who do you plan to let take over the affairs of Luoyang?" ”

Zhang Jiao glanced at him and hesitated: "Luoyang is where the Son of Heaven is, no matter how much we support it, it is impossible for us to develop casually." Our roots are not in Luoyang, do you understand? ”

"In that case, then what are you going to do in Luoyang, just let it be left to the Heavenly Master." Zhang Liang said unrelentingly. He originally thought that after Ma Qiang and Zhang Ming made mistakes one after another, Zhang Jiao would hand over the affairs of Luoyang to their brothers, but he didn't expect Zhang Jiao to take them into account.

Zhang Jiao frowned slightly, his face was displeased, he was very dissatisfied with Zhang Liang's stubbornness. "Third brother, do you have an opinion about me?"

Zhang Liang hesitated a little, but he still couldn't figure it out, and was about to say it again, when Zhang Bao gently pulled him: "Third brother, our foundation is in Julu, the eldest brother handed over such an important matter to us, we should fully support him." ”

Zhang Liang didn't say anything, don't look over, Gu Zi sulked.

Zhang Jiao sighed secretly, arranged some more things, and then took a few Taoist children to Luoyang.

…… Liu Xiu set up a banquet to entertain Zhang Jiao and Lu Shi on the Lingtai, and at the same time attended by Wu Yan, Shangshu Han Shuo, Shan Yang and others who presided over the Lingtai. In recent years, there have been natural disasters almost every year, and many people say that it is a warning of the heavens, and the fire of the Han Dynasty will be extinguished. Whether it is providential or not, we can't just talk nonsense, I want to ask all the people of the Tao to say why. Some of you are experienced experts who have presided over the stargazing work of the Lingtai for many years, and some are Taoist priests with excellent Taoism, but each has its own words, I am afraid that it may not be able to be unified, and who explains the will of heaven is the real providence, we must be clear, so I invite you to focus on the discussion, hoping to get a more accurate result in the end.

Liu Xiu then said, the Son of Heaven said, in the end, if anyone can convince everyone with his Taoist skills, the court will officially give him a reward, add an official to the knighthood, and let everyone in the world know your name. The significance of your discussion of Taoism this time is no less than that of Baihuguan's lectures, and it can even be compared with the Dongguan school book, because since Emperor Xiaowu monopolized Confucianism, the Taoist school represented by Huang Laodao has become a non-governmental organization, and has no status in the real academic world at all.

Liu Xiu smiled and said to Zhang Jiao: "Master Zhang, at this point, you have an innate advantage, no matter how advanced Master Lu's Taoist skills are, she can't be an official, at most she can only be an official of the inner court, a waiter in the palace, because she is a woman, and I have no precedent for a woman to be an official of the outer court." You are different, as long as you can prove your ability, you will have the opportunity to be an official, have the opportunity to use your Taoism to assist the Son of Heaven, build immortal achievements, and realize your great wish for peace in the world. ”

Zhang Jiao smiled slightly, glanced at the Lu family opposite, bowed down and said: "Inheriting Liu Junji's words, I am willing to learn from the people of the world and benefit each other." Master Lu was taught under the Heavenly Master with me back then, and now it is a great blessing to be able to talk on the same stage again. ”

Lu Shi turned his head and did not answer his words. Zhang Jiao's face was a little gloomy, and he raised his glass and took a sip of wine, snorted, and retreated.

Liu Xiu looked at it and was a little puzzled. Zhang Jiao turned out to be a person from the Heavenly Master Dao, but he has now set up his own door, and it is said that Zhang Heng, the heir of the Heavenly Master Dao, was defeated by him and died of serious injuries, the Lu family should hate him to the core, and Zhang Jiao should also understand the attitude of the Heavenly Master Dao towards him.

Liu Xiu didn't gossip any further, and he then roughly talked about several processes of the Dao. This time it's not for you to take turns on the stage to talk nonsense, we have to do something to be able to distinguish the high and low, distinguish the true from the false, he asked everyone here to explain their strengths first, and then determine the content of the first stage of the Tao as the way of heaven, that is, the understanding of the world, the main content is the stars in the sky, but don't talk about any unclear topics, you just focus on the operation of the moon and stars, the spiritual platform has an armillary sphere made by Zhang Heng, and there are various tools for stargazing, whether you are divining or calculating, Whoever matches the actual nature the most will be the winner.

Listening to Liu Xiu's arrangement, Zhang Jiao and Lu Shi both had a headache, although they also knew some astronomy, but to this extent, they were definitely not the opponents of these experts in Lingtai.

"It's okay, if you're not good at the Heavenly Dao, then you can compete in the Tunnel." Liu Xiu introduced Kong Rong, who had been sitting on the side drinking and looking at these Taoist people with cold eyes, said: "This is Sikong Peng Kong Wenju, the twentieth grandson of Kong Sage, erudite and talented, worthy of reading ten thousand books, he is now Sasuke Sikong Lord to clean up the world's water conservancy, in order to solve the drought and work tirelessly, there are many people in your Taoist sect who have traveled the world and are well-informed, which can be described as traveling thousands of miles, and the ten thousand books of Confucius are corroborated, if you can give advice to Sikong Mansion, it is also a great achievement." ”

Zhang Jiao was very surprised, he noticed this Confucian who was sitting next to him drinking silently, and the disdain on his face, thinking that it was a self-righteous madman, but he didn't expect it to be Kong Rong, who was appreciated by Li Ying and skipped the dragon gate. Although Zhang Jiao is now a great sage and good teacher of Taiping Dao, he was educated in Confucianism and has an innate reverence for the Confucian saint.

"It turned out to be a descendant of a saint, and I have admired it for a long time."

The corners of Kong Rong's mouth were crooked, he put down the wine glass, and looked at Zhang Jiao with three points of pride: "Since you are known as the Taiping Dao, and you want to make the world peaceful, I want to ask, do you know the Taiping Sutra?" ”

Zhang Jiao was a little embarrassed, but he didn't expect Kong Rong to ask about his knowledge in front of so many people. He pondered for a moment: "What are you talking about, but the clear book that Yu Ji got back then?" ”

"Yes." Kong Rong put down the wine glass and chuckled: "You can still know the Qing Lingshu, it seems that you still have some knowledge." Then let me ask you, do you know why this Qing Ling Shu is called Qing Ling Shu, and what scriptures and meanings do you say? ”

Zhang Jiao hadn't seen it at all, but when he was questioned by Kong Rong in person, how could he easily bow his head and admit defeat, he smiled lightly and asked: "Since the Qing Lingshu was dedicated to the palace by Gong Chong, it has never been spread outside, and I have no chance to see it for the common people." Confucius is highly educated, and he must have read it when he entered and exited the palace? Why don't you tell us a word or two, so that we can open our eyes and see the Tao of Kong Sheng. ”

Kong Rong rolled his eyes, he had read the "Taiping Sutra" hidden in the palace once, but he had only read it, he could not do what he said, if he wanted to talk about Taoism, where was he Zhang Jiao's opponent. If you don't want to answer, the words have already reached this point, and it seems that you can't answer it.

Liu Xiu looked at Kong Rong, whose eyes were rolling wildly, and Zhang Jiao, who was approaching step by step, and couldn't help but want to laugh in his heart. He recruited Heavenly Master Dao and Taiping Dao to Luoyang together, just to use them to stimulate and stimulate Confucianism. Kong Rong is the most obsessed type of Confucian scholars, they regard the Confucian classics as the only learning in the world, and ignore the others. This time, if it weren't for the pretense of letting the Taoists talk about the water conservancy in the world, it would be ordered by Sikong Yang Ci, Kong Rong would not have ignored his invitation at all.

It's a good sign, and I pinched it from the beginning. Liu Xiu sat firmly on the fishing platform and watched them debate. Of course, Kong Rong's eloquence didn't say, when he was the chief writer of "Minbao", even Lu Zhi didn't dare to take it lightly, but Zhang Jiao could fool hundreds of thousands of followers, how could he ignore him? The fierceness of the confrontation between the two can be imagined.

Kong Rong finally became angry and walked away.

...... "Said Kong Rong ran away?" The Son of Heaven blinked in surprise and couldn't help laughing.

"Run, this great sage and good teacher is eloquent and very eloquent." Liu Xiu fiddled with the horsewhip in his hand, said with a smile, and followed behind the Son of Heaven unhurriedly, half a step behind.

"Just talking?" The Son of Heaven sensitively grasped the meaning of Liu Xiu's words, and turned his head to look at Liu Xiu: "Do you think they are just talking empty words?" ”

"Your Majesty, I didn't say that." Liu Xiu vigilantly counterattacked, if this word reached the ears of Kong Rong and Zhang Jiao, would he still have an Ansheng son?

The Son of Heaven smiled weirdly: "Then what do you mean?" ”

"I'm just saying that what they're saying can't be proven right or wrong." Liu Xiu's eyes blinked, and he said slyly: "I remember that Yuan Gusheng and Huang Sheng discussed similar topics in front of Emperor Xiaojing, and in the end, even Emperor Xiaojing said that there was no way to judge this, so they had to leave it alone. ”

"Presumptuous!" The Son of Heaven reprimanded, and continued to walk forward for a while, not knowing what to think, and after a while, he asked again: "Deran, you said that if you re-respect Huang Lao Dao, can you reproduce the prosperous era of Wenjing?" ”

Liu Xiu didn't answer him immediately, but thought carefully for a while before he said solemnly: "Minister...... I don't know. ”

"Don't know?" The Son of Heaven was very dissatisfied with his answer, raised his delicate eyebrows, and said with a smile: "This is not your habit. Do you think that I am not a talent in Zhongxing, and I can't follow the story of Empress Xiaowen and Emperor Xiaojing. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister really doesn't know." Liu Xiu bowed and said sincerely: "At this time, at that time, even if Emperor Xiaowen and Emperor Xiaowu are reborn, they may not be able to prosper." ”

When the Son of Heaven heard this, he was also a little gloomy. He is not stupid, he doesn't know that now and the time of Wenjing are fundamentally different situations. At that time, although the Han was worried about internal and external troubles, but the world was peaceful, the Han was like a teenager, although it was not strong enough, but it was full of vitality, and he could grow stronger when he encountered some blows, but now the Han is like an old man in the twilight, he is already seriously ill, faltering, no matter how hard he tries, it is difficult to come back to life, maybe he will toss to death, and live a few years less.

"Deran, what I'm most worried about now is Northern Xinjiang." The Son of Heaven stopped, leaned on the railing, and looked at the bright moon hanging in the night sky, and the lush woods under the moonlight, "I can't afford to fight, but I can't help fighting, advance is death, retreat is death, I am in a dilemma." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that in addition to fighting and not fighting, it can be maintained." Liu Xiu comforted softly: "Immigrating to the Tunbian, restraining the Xianbei people's sitting, and using Hu to control Hu can give the Han a chance to breathe." ”

"But I don't have the money to immigrate to the garrison now." The Son of Heaven slapped the railing depressedly, "Money, money, money, a gentleman doesn't say anything, but without money, he can't do anything." He looked at the stars and lights in the distance, and said with emotion: "Deran, if all the scholars in the world are like you, who are not afraid of words and profits, but can be a gentleman who loves money and takes it in a good way." ”

Liu Xiu smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, the minister is also so poor now, Luo Fu Noodle Restaurant and Tai Chi Dao Hall are the eldest princess's, and the minister now has nothing to do except for Yu Lu." I said, Your Majesty, did you send me my money first? ”

"How can you talk about money, you're not human?" The Son of Heaven glared at him angrily.

"Your Majesty, you are a full man, but you don't know that a hungry man is hungry. Brother Cao Jie is dead, Your Majesty has made a lot of money, what about the minister? The minister didn't catch anything, but lost a lot of money. Your Majesty, you can't be unreasonable. ”

"I'm unreasonable?" The Son of Heaven turned around and raised his leg to kick him, but his face couldn't hide the smugness. Liu Xiu took a step back and muttered aggrievedly. Jian Shuo listened from a distance, his face expressionless, but he secretly sighed. Probably only Liu Xiu dared to say to his face that the Son of Heaven was unreasonable, and the Son of Heaven was not angry.

"Train the troops well, if the autumn reading can satisfy me, I will reward you with the courtyard of Cao Jie."

Liu Xiu shrugged his shoulders and responded weakly: "Only!" After a while, he said, "Your Majesty, in a few days, the minister is going to go and rob." ”

"Robbery?" The Son of Heaven thought about it for a long time, but he didn't understand who Liu Xiu wanted to rob. "Who do you fancy again?"

"The House of Appointments." Liu Xiu said with a smile: "Your Majesty asked the minister to lead the troops, and the minister can't even have a personal guard battalion." The minister plans to go to the house of Huiren to rob a few people, and His Majesty asks Wang Yue to accompany the minister to go on a trip, with him, the first swordsman of the Beijing division and the imperial guard, the chances of the minister winning are even greater. ”

"I know your idea of beating Wang Yue again." The Son of Heaven said disdainfully: "Okay, okay, when do you want to go, I asked Yang Biao to assist you, and it won't be a day before he wants to get rid of those Huiren families." I am also a little strange, who is behind this Hui Ren family, and even Yang Biao does not dare to touch it easily. ”

"It's simple, when the ministers sweep the house of Huiren, and throw all the people into Luoyang Prison, they must be able to recruit them." He paused, and then said, "The minister estimates that there are only a few people who can have such great energy in Dahan." ”

The Son of Heaven glanced at him and couldn't help but smile: "You can clean your hands and feet, don't leave trouble, I don't want to wear soft armor when I go out in the future." ”

"It's okay, there are two masters of Jian Shuo and Wang Yue by His Majesty's side, who else can move His Majesty in the slightest." Liu Xiu glanced at Jian Shuo in the distance, and said with a smile: "Master Jian's childlike skills are amazing." ”

Jian Shuo's pale face suddenly turned red. The Son of Heaven couldn't help but laugh out loud.

…… In the Houguan Temple in the Northern Army, Liu Xiu sat in the middle, looked at the five lieutenants and five Sima who were standing on the board, and found an acquaintance who surprised him: He Hao. He wore Sima's official uniform and stood beside Yuan Feng, the captain of the Tun Cavalry.

"He Boqiu, when did you become a member of the Northern Army?"

He Hao smiled slightly: "I heard that the lord is in charge of the Northern Army, and he is here to serve." ”

Liu Xiu laughed twice, and said in his heart, you are not here to serve me, you are here to give me eye medicine. Yuan Shao hid behind the scenes and commanded, you charged into battle, and you cooperated very tacitly. However, Lao Tzu is not afraid of you, you are willing to jump under my hands, I can't ask for it. He said modestly: "What you said is not right, the Northern Army is the forbidden army of the Son of Heaven, and it serves the Son of Heaven, not me." ”

He Hao nodded: "It's a gaffe, please forgive me." ”

Liu Xiu waved his hand, and he really had a headache. None of these five captains is a fuel-efficient lamp, except for Yuan Feng, the captain of the Tun cavalry, who is a member of the Yuan family, and Wang Yu, the captain of the infantry, is Wang Chu's father; Captain Ma Yueyan is a member of the Fufeng Ma family and a subordinate of Ma Lun; Zhao Xuan, the captain of Changshui, is a well-known Jianxiao, and it is said that he is a distant brother of Zhao Zhong, who is often servant of Zhongchang, and he is one of the people whom Cai Yong criticized by name; The captain of Yue Qi turned out to be Cao Poshi, Cao Poshi was killed by Wang Yue inexplicably, and now it is Chun Yuqiong. Chun Yuqiong is a native of Yingchuan and has a very good relationship with Yuan Shao.

To put it simply, three of the five schools of the Northern Army are related to the Yuan family.

"This ......" Liu Xiu rubbed his hands, invited everyone to take a seat, and then opened his mouth very easily, neither respectful in front of the elders, nor any official authority, in He Hao's words, this is a typical villain's appearance. I think you also know that before I led the Northern Army, I received the palace order. Do you know about Miyagichi? ”

Yuan Feng and the others lowered their eyelids, pretending not to hear, Wang Yu was very embarrassed, and also felt that this son-in-law was a little embarrassed, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like an official, don't take it out and mention the little you did when you did the palace and market order, the city in the palace is also a city, what do you think is a proud achievement to recruit a group of homeless people to Shanglin Yuan, plant some vegetables and fruits, catch some fish, and then sell them to the palace?

Chun Yuqiong's mouth was crooked, and he opened his mouth with a smile: "I know, the adults have meritorious service in governing the city, so Your Majesty asked you to lead the Northern Army." Do you want to govern the North Palace by governing the palace city, or do you want to recruit some more homeless people to enrich the Northern Army? ”

Liu Xiu glanced at him, not angry but happy: "Are you from Yingchuan?" ”

Chun Yuqiong nodded with a smile.

"You produce talents, as expected." Liu Xiu praised him. Yuan Feng and the others didn't know if he was telling the truth or the opposite, so they couldn't figure out the situation for a while, looked at each other, and continued to remain silent, waiting to hear Liu Xiu's next words. Liu Xiu sneered in his heart, knowing that these people were waiting to see his jokes. Even if Wang Yu wanted to help, he didn't have much confidence in front of these people, and as for Zhao Xuan, he was probably about the same as Yuan Feng and the others.

"Your Majesty started to run the palace market, why didn't it succeed?" Liu Xiu ignored the hint in Wang Yu's eyes, and then continued: "Because whether it is a palace maid or a eunuch, they don't need to profit from the transaction of the palace market, whether there is a palace market or not, it doesn't matter to them, the palace market is more like a carnival for them, so the palace market ended up being a chaotic market." ”

Liu Xiu fiddled with the official documents on the case casually, and continued unhurriedly: "Now, I have recruited displaced people to cultivate vegetables in the palace, and they need these fruits in exchange for food for survival, so they are very attentive, and they take care of those vegetables and fruits every day, just like taking care of their children." They carefully calculate the cost, try to make as much money as possible, and not be too messy, because if the price is too outrageous, he will not be able to sell the goods in his hand, but will lose more. ”

He Hao frowned slightly, he only knew that the Son of Heaven made a mess in the palace experiment, and later changed Liu Xiu to do the palace market, Liu Xiu moved the palace market to Pingle Pavilion, it is said that it was very impressive, but he never knew what Liu Xiu had done. Now listening to Liu Xiu's own explanation, I know that he recruited some people from the homeless people in Luoyang to cultivate vegetables in the royal forest garden, or contracted the task of taking care of the garden, picking fruits in the forest, collecting fish in the water, and selling them to the palace food supervisor in the form of market transactions, and later expanded the scope to clothing and ornaments, and the tributes that were originally directly paid tribute from all over the country were transferred to the palace market for trading, and then entered the palace.

He didn't know if this was in line with the sage's scriptures, but Liu Xiu did something that was originally a mess of the Son of Heaven like that, at least there was some truth in it. It's just that Liu Xiu brought this matter here, what is his intention? It's not just about boasting about your own merits.

"If you can't do anything, you can't do it, this is the truth, not only for Miyagi, but also for the Northern Army." Liu Xiu quickly clarified his intentions, he put away his smile and looked at the ten people in front of him seriously: "I know that today's Northern Army is no longer the country's strong cadres and weak branches, and the current Northern Army officers and soldiers are not the elite recruited from all over the country, and the Northern Army is now a place for retirement in the eyes of some people, rather than a guarantee of national security." It's okay for them to scare the people, but if they really want to go to the battlefield, I'm afraid they will spill all the feces and urine in the crotch of their pants. ”

"The country is troubled, and the Son of Heaven cannot tolerate this kind of thing to happen again." Liu Xiu glanced at everyone and said word by word: "Your Majesty has an edict that the Northern Army will hold a big parade at the end of October, and then go to Northern Xinjiang to fight against the Xianbei people." ”

Yuan Feng and the others were suddenly shocked and looked at each other.

(To be continued)