"Nephew, don't forget tomorrow's dinner." Kong Rong got into the carriage and said.

According to the information provided by Kong Rong, tomorrow's dinner is very important, no accident will be a big gathering of Qingliu's party, and soon Emperor Lingdi will be braided, and then He Jin and Qingliu will jointly take power, this will be his first contact with Qingliu's party and a big opportunity for him to show his face, Liu Qing has been thinking carefully about the possible situation tomorrow and his own way to deal with it all day.

The next day's dinner was set in Yuan's house, Liu Qing followed Kong Rong's carriage and horses for a while, the carriage came to a rather imposing mansion, the house was brightly lit, in front of it was a tall red wall, about two meters high, covered with black tiles, the wall head was undulating, very exquisite, the plaque of "Yuan's Mansion" hung above the vermilion lacquer gate, it still stood after years of invasion, in front of both sides of the gate, there were two majestic stone lions, there were two teams of guards holding halberds guarding the door, motionless. The black tiles and red walls, the painted carved beams, are indescribably magnificent.

There were already many people who arrived earlier than Liu Qing, and they didn't dare to talk loudly, but they lined up and handed over the famous assassins one by one. After a long time, after layers of reports, I was able to enter the house, and when I entered the house, I saw many ancient trees planted in front of the hall that Liu Qing could not name, and the little green leaves around were clear and shiny after being washed by the previous drizzle. Walk a few more steps along the path under the tree, gradually to the north, Yuan Mansion does not know how much land it occupies, although there are many pavilions are only flat and spacious, the dense wings on both sides stand next to each other, and they are hidden between the branches of the trees at night.

At night, the moonlight is sprinkled, the water surface flows, flashing line light, close your eyes and listen, there is the sound of flowing water slowly into your ears. The looming garden courtyard in the back, Liu Qingchai is the back house, a wooden arch bridge spans the back of the hall, there are lotus on the water, and under the reflection of the green trees, it looks delicate and soft, refreshing and chic.

A flower path paved with letter white stone winds its way to the main house, the huge main hall of the heavy eaves and nine ridges of this towering standing, the bucket arches are staggered, there are stone pillars standing side by side in front, each stone pillar is carved and carved, the lights in the house are brilliant, the strange fragrance is fragrant, the furnishings are luxurious, the maids, the subordinates come and go constantly.

What a fourth and third dukes! What a family in the world!

It was Yuan Feng's brother Yuan Kui who came out to greet him, who is Yuan Kui? Yuan Kui, the Taifu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was born in a famous aristocratic family of the fourth and third dukes, the uncle of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu in the late Han Dynasty. Yuan Kui ascended to the third public position earlier than his brother Yuan Feng, and served as the Taiwei and Taifu of the Later Han Dynasty, so it is not difficult to guess that the specifications of this party are not low.

The guests entered the door one by one to salute, Yuan Kui stood in front of the door to return the salute, but not everyone is worthy of Yuan Kui's salute, after he saw Kong Rong, he didn't know Liu Qing, and asked, "Who is this son?" ”

Kong Rong replied helpfully: "This is the handsome man of Lujiang, who has just been promoted to filial piety and talent, and Yuan Gong will be able to see it later." "Yuan Kui didn't take it to heart, Junjie? Every day, someone claims to be Junjie in front of him, and even the real Junjie doesn't know how much he has seen, but he just nods his head to indicate that he knows, and then goes to greet the next visitor.

Kong Rong saw that Liu Qing did not depreciate himself because Yuan Kui did not pay attention to himself, but still had the calm and calm expression when he came, and he liked this party member more and more, and comforted: "Virtuous nephew, Yuan Gong is an important minister in the court, I don't know how many talents I have seen in various counties and counties every day, your talent has not yet been shown in front of him, don't be discouraged, there are many party members in my generation today, it is your opportunity to shine, rest assured, I will recommend you to the princes." ”

Liu Qing listened, and was very grateful to Kong Rong in his heart, although what he thought in his heart was that the left and right were coming together, and the successor of this Qingliu party member was performed, but his mind was not fake, so he said: "Thank you Mingjun for your love, I don't know why it's good to thank you." ”

Kong Rong smiled: "It's okay, it's okay." This is the duty of my generation, to promote the successor, to help the world, you just need to keep in mind your own aspirations, when the time comes, and strive to live up to my heart. ”

Everyone sat down in order, Yuan Kui sat in the center of the head, and a handsome man on the left stood with a sword, he had a wide face, big ears, and a majestic temperament, looking around.

Out of nowhere, I heard a soft snort: "Humph! What is the spirit? Raised by a servant. ”

Liu Qing was shocked, this is the mansion of the third prince of the fourth world, who dares to be so presumptuous, not obeying the etiquette law, scolding when he opens his mouth, and following the voice to look over, this person is actually sitting next to him! He sat on the seat recliningly, his legs still shaking from time to time, and he had already started drinking before Yuan Kui could speak, his expression was extremely disdainful, and he sneered from time to time in his mouth, and glared at the person who was on the head after taking a sip of wine.

At this time, Yuan Kui spoke: "You are all heroes in the world, it is a great blessing and a great pleasure to gather in my house today, come, drink this cup first." Whoever dared to disobey in the seat raised their heads and toasted: "Congratulations to Yuan Gong." Congratulations to the world. ”

Yuan Kui drank it and said with satisfaction: "The purpose of this banquet in my Yuan Mansion must be guessed by everyone. If it collapses today, the wolf and the dog generation have been in power, resulting in the fall of the Quartet, for a long time, the country will not be a country, so when the chaos is in place, how can people with lofty ideals of our generation see the country in danger. Since Emperor Zhang, my Yuan family has been dedicated to the country, has gone through four generations, today's gathering, it is inevitable that there will be gossip, but what does it matter, we are loyal to the monarch and patriotic, heaven and earth can be learned! I don't know what you think of the current government and politics in this world, and at the banquet, everything is just free and straightforward. ”

Those who came were all junjie from the central government or the local government, and they all nodded yes to these words. The first to stand up was a person opposite Liu Qing, this person was Jin Xuan, the Huangmen Lang of the Central Dynasty, and after Jin Riyan, a famous minister of the Western Han Dynasty, he had just entered the office, and he just flattered him: "Thanks to Yuan Gong and the pillars of Zhu Gong, we just need to follow Yuan Gong, what Yuan Gong says we do, we will definitely be able to save the Han from fire and water." ”

There are mediocre people who dare not disobey and nod their heads behind them, but most of them still scoff, if it is like what you say, what else do you want us to do? What Yuan says, will we do it? We are not vassals of the Yuan family, each family has its own interests, and the big clan with the same name as the Yuan family naturally disagrees.

For example, Yang Biao, the representative of the Yang family who came today, is also a heavyweight. Yang Biao, the first character of Wenxian, a native of Hongnong, the son of Taiwei Yang Ci, the ancestor was Yang Chang, the prime minister of the Han Zhao Emperor and the son-in-law of Sima Qian. Yang Chang's great-great-grandson Yang Zhen was an official in the Eastern Han Dynasty, known as "Confucius of Kansai", and his sons Yang Bing, Sun Yangci, and great-grandson Yang Biao were all Taiwei, and they were called "the fourth Taiwei" and "Tokyo Famous Family". Do you think he will be happy to hear this? Our Yang family is not much inferior to your Yuan family, but Yang Ci, the pillar of the family, has died, and it is not as prosperous as the Yang family.

Yang Biao stood up, pointed at Jin Xuan and said, "Yuanji's words are ridiculous! If this is the case, Yang Gong only needs to do his own thing, why do we need people? The sage said, 'If you are a threesome, you must have my teacher.' 'Is it good not to listen to others?' When we talk about it, it's all a national affair, and if something goes wrong, how many people will suffer? Even the Son of Heaven has to listen to the opinions of hundreds of officials, let alone Yang Gonghu? ”

Jin Xuan's face flushed, and he didn't dare to speak out when he was pointed at his nose and scolded, just kidding, but the Yang family is as famous as the Yuan family, what do you have to refute, but this Yang Biao is also too careful, you don't have to rely on the big tree of the Yuan family with a prominent family, but can I be like you? can hear a few compliments, why are you so faceless.

Yuan Kui was happy to see it, and when he saw Jin Xuan's embarrassment, he immediately excused him by joking: "Wen Xian, Yuan Ji has just entered the road of official eunuchs, and his experience is still shallow, and he also freely speaks what he thinks in his heart, if he says something wrong, he will criticize, and no one here will say it." After saying that, he gave Jin Xuan a smile, and Jin Xuan only felt that his whole body was fluttering, like entering the top of the clouds, this ugly thing is worth it!

Yuan Kui is an elder and has prestige, Yang Biao didn't dare to accuse him of being too sheng, so he sat down and said: "At least think about it when you speak, say anything, you can't help but lose your identity!" You don't have an identity, and the princes here are no better than you! ”

Kong Rong also leaned over and said softly: "Virtuous nephew, this Jin Xuan is too sycophant, this person can't be deeply acquainted." Liu Qing nodded, but when he heard it by the person next door, he still looked cynical, and mocked: "Then Yang Wenxian is not a good thing, doesn't he just say that Yuan's is good, he is going to stand up and fiddle like this." ”

Then there was a righteous and outspoken person, he stood up and squeezed his eyebrows, wrinkled his nose and said: "In my opinion, the fault of the world is first castrated, and the eunuch is in power, which makes the country difficult, and the world is turned upside down. ”

Kong Rong introduced to Liu Qing: "This is the prince's division, and it is also a famous family, but he is a civil and military all-rounder, called 'Wang Zuozhicai', he just killed the little yellow door who did whatever he wanted in the local area, and then because he offended Zhang Rang, he was imprisoned twice, he is a righteous and loyal person, I still have a little friendship with him, and I will recommend you to him after the banquet." ”

Of course, Liu Qing knew who Wang Yun was, and he also knew that after Wang Yun plotted to assassinate Dong Zhuo, he took power alone, and then became more and more proud and complacent, and was defeated by Dong Zhuo's remnants Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, etc., and was defeated and executed. These clear streams are all a virtue, and when fighting with eunuchs and emperors, they use all kinds of thoughts, talking about the people, and their hearts are full of power, and when they are alone in power, no one will be restrained and they will begin to let go of themselves. Therefore, it can only be used temporarily, and it is not possible to make deep friends, but Liu Qing still thanks Kong Rong for his kindness.

As soon as these words came out, there was immediately a lot of discussion in the audience, Yuan Kui's eyes became fierce and nodded lightly, it seems that Wang Yun said that many people have a hard time, and bluntly said the center of this banquet: eunuchs.

Yuan Shao, the handsome guy beside Yuan Kui, was also quite excited, the hand holding the sword grasped the hilt of the sword, and said loudly: "The words of the master are also the words in my heart, eunuch to control the government and bewitch the Son of Heaven, how can I wait for the party to come out!" How many talented people have died at the hands of these eunuchs! How many people died in the government of eunuchs! It's hateful! Except for the eunuchs, the world is peaceful! ”

Yuan Shao looked dignified, and his voice was loud when he spoke, and many people in the audience praised his heroic appearance and praised him as the head of the successor party. The man next to him gritted his teeth, gasped, threw the wine that was put to his mouth, and said hatefully: "The servant raised it, the servant raised it!" I'm the son-in-law, what kind of majesty do you have! The head of the party? Hypocrites, hypocrites, you people can't see through it. ”

The wine shot impartially hit Liu Qing's leg, Liu Qing "hissed" in pain, and when he heard the resentment next door, he had roughly guessed who this person was. Then he thought about it, and handed him the wine, and said, "This brother, why are you so angry? ”

Yuan Shu took the wine, drank it again, and said, "It's nothing." Don't meddle in your affairs, it's easy to get angry. ”

Igniting the upper body? It is this wave of anger in your heart. Liu Qing pretended not to know and said with a smile: "I don't know who this person is, he is a talent, but what he said is a little biased." ”

As soon as Yuan Shu heard this, he hurriedly put down the chopsticks, and came to Liu Qing's side and said with a smile: "This benevolent brother, is it true that what you said was a little biased?" Please teach him how to scare him...... How to correct the words of others. ”

Liu Qing shook his head and drank a glass of wine and said, "It's better not to start a fire." ”

Yuan Shu was anxious: "Do you know who I am?" How dare you disobey? ”

Liu Qing replied: "Who do I care about you?" It's just that I saw that you were straightforward and sincere, so I chatted with you for a few words, and the person at the top said it soundly, but it was a general word, and no one here knew how to say that. ”

This is said to Yuan Shu's heart, everyone says that Yuan Shao is good, he is good-looking, filial piety and benevolence, and the enemy who is against him says that he is inferior to him all his life, and he is not as good as the hypocrite? Today, some people don't say that he Yuan Shao is not, this person is not looking at his family background and sycophants himself, but he just appreciates his own personality, and he can't get used to the hypocrite, he is really my friend!

Yuan Shu was overjoyed, his heart was overjoyed, and he immediately drank with Liu Qing and asked, "Fang is what I said wrong, and I hope my brother will teach me." ”

Liu Qing said; "Although the words of that prince are reasonable, they are unreasonable, the disaster of the eunuch is right, but what if it is except for the eunuch? Would that be good? Don't you hear about the scourge of the party? Therefore, in my opinion, it is necessary to vigorously promote the entry of our generation of party members into the court, and to uphold the righteousness of the court, so that we can help the world! ”

Yuan Shu was very happy when he heard this, smiled happily, and thanked him again and again. Before he finished speaking, he hurriedly stood up and said, "I have a word, you listen quietly." Everyone was a little surprised to see Yuan Shu, and then there were bursts of ridicule.

"Who is I? It turned out to be him, what good opinion could he have? ”

"yes, isn't it that Hita Hunt was arched in the head by a wild boar before ago?"

"Brother Yuan, the son is not as good as the younger brother!"

Some of the words were not small, and they also reached Yuan Shu's ears, he didn't expect it to be like this, his face turned red all of a sudden, and his voice became louder: "Cough." Listen! Listening! Only then did the crowd fall silent.

"Fang Cai's original words are not right or wrong. If it is true that according to the original statement, the sin lies in the eunuchs, but if it is not true that the world is stable except for the eunuchs? Definitely! Don't you hear about the scourge of the party? Therefore, in my opinion, in addition to the disaster of emasculation, we must also send many people with lofty ideals such as our generation of party members to the DPRK and the Central Committee as officials, so that we can determine the situation! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, is this still the sister-in-law of the Yuan family who is self-dictatorated? This is not unreasonable, the disaster of the party back then was not the meaning of the eunuchs, although his words faintly pointed to the Son of Heaven, everyone also chose to ignore it, after all, sending more party members into the court is a matter of great benefit to themselves. Don't say that everyone, even Yuan Kui, who was the first, wondered: "When did this kid also care about political affairs?" It is not unreasonable, although the original intention may be to suppress the original, but the idea is excellent, when it comes to protégés and former officials, who is comparable to the Yuan family, sending more party members into the court has virtually greatly increased the influence of the Yuan family, if it can succeed, this is a good thing. ”

He immediately praised: "This is a very good word! The original words are this omission, and it is good to supplement! ”