Chapter 6: The Envoys (I)
Liu Kun acted resolutely, and since the plan had been decided, he would not delay. The next day, Lu Yao went to the Pingbei General Mansion to go through the relevant procedures.
The Pingbei General's Mansion is the original Bingzhou Assassin's Mansion. Yue Shigong was promoted to the general of Peking University this time, and he was the second high-ranking official, second only to Zhugong, above the Kaifu hussars. After the official position was promoted, the original annexation of the state assassin was not enough to show its prestige, and because the number of subordinates also increased, it was indeed not enough. Not to mention that when Liu and his soldiers came to the city, the four wealthy families in the city rebelled. At one point, those people invaded the Assassin's Mansion and set fire to it, destroying many courtyards and buildings.
When Lu Yao went this time, he saw from a distance that many people were busy around the mansion, piling up many logs, boulders and other building materials everywhere. The number of people has increased a lot compared to the previous few days, and building materials have continued to flow here from the four gates. It seems that Yue Shigong is determined to make a big expansion, at least to enclose the mansions on the left and right sides of the Thorn Shi Mansion, and finally make the Pingbei General's Mansion occupy the north side of the entire street, covering about one-eighth of the area of the entire Jinyang City.
Also, in the direction of the corner door on the west side, the original wall was completely torn down, leaving a large opening. Some of the exotic flowers and stones used to decorate the garden were brought in directly from here. For example, right now, Lu Yao saw a sturdy pine several feet tall being uprooted, placed horizontally on three side-by-side carts, pulled by six strong oxen, and slowly entered the general's mansion.
When Yue Shi Gong was in Luoyang in the past, he was one of the twenty-four friends of the famous Jingu Garden, and his life was indulgent and indulgent, and he was extremely beautiful. At this time, he was building a lot of buildings, could it be that he wanted to build another Golden Valley Garden in Jinyang?
Lu Yao couldn't help but shake his head, this kind of luxury was really not what he liked. But he didn't say much, so he went to Dongcao to handle the relevant matters first.
Dong Cao is an institution under the Prefecture Assassin Mansion, also known as the election of Cao, who is in charge of the removal of officials, and is the personnel department in the Assassin Mansion, with great power. Liu Kun and the above party members continued to work for Dongcao. Xu Xian is a disciple of Du Pre, well-read, highly talented and good at writing, has served as an official position of more than 2,000 stone in the state and county, and then returned home due to old illness, and usually teaches dozens of disciples, and enjoys a great name in the state. At that time, people praised him with the words "filial piety, dignity, dedication, and chastity", and he was the first-class celebrity in the state.
Hearing that Lu Yao was coming, he continued to go out to greet him. In the face of this old man, Lu Yao didn't dare to slack off, and he was deeply troubled when he was far away. Xu Xian laughed, took Lu Yao's hand inside, and introduced him to Dongcao Zuo Renyou and the king of Bingzhou, who happened to be here. Both of them are also well-known celebrities in the North. Among them, Wang is a descendant of the Taiyuan Wang family, and he is an uncle and nephew with Wang Junnai, the general of Ningbei in Youzhou. He analyzed the pros and cons for Yue Shigong before the Jinyang War, and he was particularly reused. And Ren You was praised by Yue Shigong himself as a capable subordinate who was "simple and stubborn". Lu Yao then met politely.
Lu Yao usually only messes around in the army, and rarely interacts with these civilian officials, but after all, the family history is still there, and his conversation is not vulgar. The three of them chatted a few words, but it was also pleasant.
Xu Xian and the others were instructed by Yue Shigong beforehand, and immediately called the officials to come over to handle it.
Because the steps of the expedition must inevitably investigate the family family in detail, Lu Yao was originally a little worried. Lu Yao's father, Lu Jingguan, worshiped the horse Duwei, and was defeated and killed in the fall of Eastern Wu; From his father Lu Ji and Lu Yun to Luoyang Gaomen, they were finally convicted and sentenced for being framed by villains. Such a family background seems to be very high in the eyes of ordinary civilians, but in the eyes of the Central Plains Yan Eunuch, it is just a criminal minister, which is very ugly. What's more, his hometown does not belong to the state, and the one who has the right to recommend him is Yangzhou Dazhongzheng, and it is very inappropriate for Yue Shigong to take such a move in the eyes of others.
Fortunately, perhaps the relevant officials were quite tacit and did not ask much. The paperwork was simply handled, and even the basic countermeasures were omitted.
According to the law of Jin, the Xiucai Section must carry out countermeasures, and only after all five strategies can it be worshiped as the first-level position of Langzhong. The founding emperor of this dynasty once personally formulated the policy questions for the Xiucai who took the exam; When Ji Zhan, a scholar from the south, was promoted to a showman, the imperial court also specially asked Lu Ji, a famous scholar who was also a southerner, to be responsible for the questioning, which shows the degree of attention. Lu Yao is such a rude military man, and he doesn't know whose way he went, but he actually showed off his talents, which is really disgraceful! Ridiculous! A number of officials in charge couldn't help but hate it, and looked at Lu Yao's eyes very unkindly.
I don't know who shouted loudly: "The water of Yang, not the salary; The water of Yang does not flow Chu. ”
A group of officials burst into laughter.
Lu Yao understood that this sentence was taken from the "Yang Zhishui" chapter of the Book of Poetry "Wang Feng", and the original text meant: The melodious flowing water can't wash away my firewood, and the melodious flowing water can't take away my wattles. The whole poem is a word of love and affection between husband and wife, family and family. "Mao Xu" interprets it as: ridiculing King Ping for not caring for his people and staying away from other places, causing the Zhou people to resent.
But when the gang dismantled it and used it here, they were clearly mocking themselves: What happened to the water flowing from Yangzhou? What's the matter with the rotten firewood in the water that can't be washed away? To use such words to ridicule in person can be regarded as vicious.
Lu Yao looked at the scholars with malicious smiles, and couldn't help sighing, this group of people who are looking for chapters and excerpts, when this country is in trouble, they have no ability to fight to help the world, they only take advantage of their tongues. Sure enough, it is a sour and rotten literati, and it stinks. Hehe, my Jiangdong Lu clan has Erlu, known as "Taikang Zhiying", in front of me, is it possible that Chenger and others think that I am an uneducated person, can I be insulted?
He shook his head and responded, "The water of Yang, the white stone is sparkling." Seeing the gentleman, how worried is the cloud? ”
This passage is also in Chinese in the Book of Poetry, taken from the "Yang Zhishui" article in "Tang Feng". The original intention was to illustrate the pleasant mood of meeting the sage Uncle Huan, and it was used here to counter the boring literati: the flowing water in Yangzhou was crystal clear, and the stones under the surface of the water were white and sparkling. I am a scholar who has been approved by the Lord, so what is the point of seeing me even if I am unhappy?
Lu Yao first compared himself with the clear flowing water, and then made it clear that he was a first-class gentleman, ironizing them for their ignorance and tolerance, and even laughing at these people's low status, even if they were dissatisfied, they could not do anything. Coincidentally, it is the beginning of the three characters of Yang Zhishui, which is closely related to the background of the southern scholars who landed in Yao. As soon as these words came out, the eyes of several scholars who ridiculed Lu Yao widened, and they were immediately speechless.
At this time, Wang Ju took out the official uniform of Pingbei Sima, and was embarrassed to bump into this group of people. immediately repelled them, and led Lu Yao to the side hall to change clothes. The little official took out his clothes, but Lu Yao felt that something was wrong. Seeing this praising clothes and small crowns, thinking of himself as a Scarface scribe, staggering and walking, I couldn't help but twitch the corners of my eyes.
"That's it. Now when the party is using force, although I have obtained a civilian job, it is better to serve in ordinary times. Lu Yao resigned.
Wang Ju couldn't help laughing. Xu Xian is a good self-cultivation, and he stroked his palm and praised: "On the occasion of national disaster, it is also a beautiful thing to put pen to paper!" TD's move just shows the man's vigorous style. ”
Lu Yao shook his head again and again, and then left. Out of Dongcao, go to the main hall to meet Yue Shigong.
As a representative of the new Bingzhou Assassin History, going to meet with the predecessor Bingzhou Assassin History is related to the exchanges between Jinyang and Yecheng Domains, which is of great significance and must not be ignored. Whether it's red tape or etiquette, there are naturally many things in bits and pieces, and Lu Yao is not a literati after all, so he has to learn a lot of things in a hurry. The whole day passed hecticly.
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In the past two days, I have received the care and support of many friends, but the crab hesitated for a long time and decided to put the words of thanks until tomorrow.
Yesterday, a netizen who is very respectful of crabs told me that the elders in my family are seriously ill. The crab was depressed about this. I sincerely wish the elderly health, safety and happiness. We are growing up day by day, our fathers are aging day by day, and every day they are giving us happiness, we must cherish it.
I'm really not in the mood to sell cute tickets at this time...... I ask for your forgiveness.