In the late spring afternoon, under the tree in front of the court, Shen Chen sat alone.

Sometimes he looked up at the sky and the clouds were rolling, and sometimes he looked down to see the ants walking and the insects walking.

Everything is changing, and he needs to change too.

In the morning, in the academy, listening to the teachers of the academy and educating him with their backward and decadent values, it made people want to wash their ears.

It's just that although he feels uncomfortable, he can't force himself back, which is basically self-isolation from Shilin.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, an atmosphere of impermanence had emerged, and people could have more than one teacher, but if you openly rebelled against the authority of the teacher and deceived the teacher to destroy the ancestors, your reputation would be stinky.

This is much more serious than cannibalism and slaughtering the city, because in the eyes of people at that time, eating people and slaughtering the city was not considered social death, and unfilial piety to parents, disrespect to teachers, and disloyalty to the Son of Heaven was called social death, and the entire Shilin would spurn you, and your reputation would be rotten.

Therefore, Shen Chen could only endure it and forcibly reason with them, and he didn't dare to tell everyone that Cao Cao was not "serving the Son of Heaven to beg for ministers", but "blackmailing the Son of Heaven to order the princes".

If he really said that, the saliva of Jingzhou Shilin could drown him.

Therefore, judging from the current situation, politically, even when Liu Biao was there, the road of anti-Cao in Jingzhou could not be followed, and the surrender faction covered the sky with one hand, and the power was too great.

He could only find another way, and could not continue his activities under the slogan of being an enemy of Cao Cao, and at the same time had to consider how to continue to mix in Jingzhou. Eight Chinese Net

First of all, it is necessary to obtain Liu Biao's support.

Jingzhou surrendered everywhere, but Liu Biao had the heart of usurpation, and began to sacrifice heaven and earth after pacifying Zhang Xian, and traveled the same as the emperor.

Therefore, he must be on the opposite side of the capitulation faction, and if he can get his support, he will at least have a place in Jingzhou.

The second is that verbally we must express our respect for the court and the Son of Heaven, even if it is anti-Cao Cao, it should not be too obvious, but should imply that Cao Cao is a traitor and controls the Son of Heaven.

After the edict, the situation should be much better. At that time, you can clearly publicize the problem of Cao Cao's bullying of the Son of Heaven, and endorse it with the edict of clothes.

But it's still a drop in the bucket, after all, eight years after the incident of the edict, Jingzhou Shilin should have surrendered or surrendered, and only a very small number of people defected to Liu Biao because of the edict, which would not have much impact because of this incident.

And these are just political positions.

In other battlefields, it is also necessary to carve out a path of its own.

For example, real war.

With Nanyang as the base, he fought behind the enemy lines with Cao Cao before and after Guandu, so that he could not win the battle of Guandu smoothly.

There is also culture and scriptures, and they must also get their own interpretation rights.

In this era, the power to interpret culture is always in the hands of the big families, so it doesn't matter what they do that is in the interests of their families.

Because in their mouths, dirty things will also become above board. Even if the people at the bottom are deceived, there is no place to reason.

Just like the deeds of some of the protagonists in the twenty-four filial piety pictures, in the eyes of later generations, they are like a group of demons and people with neuropathy.

In a sense, these things are a way concocted by the ruling class and the upper elites of ancient feudal society to fool the people, so that the people can turn the traditional filial piety into blind filial piety.

Doesn't this approach look familiar to future generations?

Some of them, like the white leftists in Western countries in later generations, are anti-intellectual, anti-development, and anti-economic, and only care about political correctness while ignoring the feelings of most people.

Some of the stories and other fabricated lies in the 24 filial piety pictures are the tools used by the ruling class, which has the power to interpret culture, to turn the people into ignorant demons.

In the eyes of later generations, what ancient life is beautiful, the ancients are kind and simple, the so-called Jian'an style, Wei and Jin relics, literati, and graceful are all nonsense.

That's all the life of the upper class, and it's all about the people at the bottom?

Mr. Lu Xun once said that when he opened the thick history book, there were two words written all over the book that were "cannibalism". The great man also once said that feudalism is dark, decadent, backward, and a mountain that weighs on the people.

For ancient societies, the history is always the story of the elite. Except for being enslaved by them like cattle and sheep, the people basically did not even leave a name.

Therefore, feudalism is full of dross, just like the teachers and fellow disciples in the Da Shan Academy, these values have been established since childhood, and it is difficult to change.

Although Shen Chen was interested in reform, the era in which Mr. and the great man lived had already set off a revolutionary trend of thought around the world, and a large number of progressive young people were able to realize the harm of feudalism, so that they could finally overthrow feudalism and create a new era.

And what about him?

He is the only progressive youth.

The dregs of feudalism are deeply rooted.

How easy is it to topple this mountain like a grasshopper shaking a tree?

Therefore, he must consider that for the time being, he can only choose to follow the rules and values of the game, until he slowly grasps the rules and has the rules, and then finds a way to change the rules.

To put it simply, it is to seize power first, wait for oneself to reach a high position, and then carry out ideological and cultural transformation from top to bottom, and slowly destroy this dark and decaying mountain.

Therefore, Shen Chen must find a suitable method in politics, war, and culture in the future, temporarily adapt to this era, first follow the tide of the times, then gradually stand at the top of the trend of the times, and finally change this era.

It's just that....... That's what he said, but everything is difficult at the beginning, and he doesn't have a clue at the moment, and he only feels like a mess in his head, and he can't think of anything, and he doesn't know what to do now, which is boring.

"It's annoying."

Shen Chen scratched his head vigorously, not knowing if he had too many thoughts or felt that he didn't have any purpose, his heart was disorganized, and he couldn't calm down for a moment.

"Maybe I should talk to someone, maybe I should think differently and someone can help me come up with ideas."

He looked up at the sky, his thoughts in his heart, and his mouth muttered to himself.

Since returning to Huangmen Pavilion on annual vacation at the end of last year, after saying goodbye to Zhuge Liang Riverside, there has been no news of Zhuge Liang for more than three months.

I just came back from Nanyang today, and I originally wanted to go back to the academy first, and then go to Longzhong in two days, but now it seems that I can go to Liu Xian's mansion in the afternoon to ask Zhou Budo about it, and then I can go directly to Longzhong in the evening.

I made up my mind in my heart, and while I was thinking about it, Cai Shi shouted at the door: "Ah Chen, let's eat first." ”

"Okay."

Shen Chen called Zhou Budo and went to the front yard hall to eat first.

After eating, he took Zhou Budo out to Liu Xian's mansion.

Liu Xian and Deng Hong are colleagues, both of them are Liu Biao's other drivers, and now they should be at work, but they are about to get off work, so they will go to the house and wait first.

Unexpectedly, after arriving at Liu Xian's mansion, Zhou Budo's mother was there, it turned out that Zhou Budo's father died of illness, and Liu Xian was afraid that his sister and nephew would have no one to take care of them in Lingling, so he took them to Xiangyang.

Seeing Mother Zhou, Shen Chen arched his hand and said, "Aunt." ”

Mother Zhou saw Zhou Budo come back, and said in surprise: "No, why did you come back?" ”

Zhou Budo said: "I don't want to study in the academy anymore, I want to study with Brother A Chen, his knowledge is better than that of the teacher." ”

Zhou's mother's face suddenly sank, and she was about to teach him a lesson, when the sound of the carriage outside the mansion sounded, Liu Xian actually got off work early, hurriedly got off the carriage, and when she saw Shen Chen and Zhou Budo, she also wondered: "Ah Chen, don't doubt it, what are you doing here?" ”

Shen Chen smiled bitterly: "Shijun said that my knowledge has surpassed him, so let me go down the mountain." ”

"Oh."

Liu Xian thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid that you fought with Cao Cao in Nanyang and angered that guy." ”

Compared with Song Zhong, Wang Cang, Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and other Jingzhou surrender factions, although Liu Xian was also Cao Wei Shangshu Ling, he belonged to the kind of person who was loyal to whomever he was under him.

For example, later Liu Biao sent him to Xuchang to meet Cao Cao, and at that time Cao Cao had already won a complete victory in the Battle of Guandu, and almost the entire north was obtained.

After Cao Cao saw Liu Xian, he blamed Liu Biao and insulted Liu Biao, which made Liu Xian very angry.

Now there are countless surrendering factions in Jingzhou, and those who support Liu Biao like him are also a minority. But maybe because of this, Liu Biao values him, and others, like Deng Yi and Han Song, have been rectified by Liu Biao.

Seeing that Liu Xian guessed the reason, Shen Chen did not hide it, nodded and said: "Everyone has their own ambitions, Shijun and they think that Cao Cao is the Duke of Zhou is Huo Guang and can restore the Han Dynasty, but I think that Cao Cao is Wang Mang is Dong Zhuo, and he is just a man who manipulates the powerful, so there are some differences." By the way, Mr. Shizong, why is it worth dispersing so early today? ”

Liu Xianyi patted his head and said: "Yes, I have to hurry up, let's not talk about it for now, your uncle is still waiting for me, I'll go back and pack a few clothes first, it may take a few days to come back." ”

"What's wrong?"

Shen Chen wondered, it seemed that Liu Xian was going on a business trip with his uncle?

Liu Xian said as he walked home: "Yinyi is critically ill, the situation may not be good, I will go to Longzhong with Youshuo first." ”

With that, he had already entered the house.

Shen Chen was taken aback, Zhuge Xuan was critically ill?

When did you hear about it, why hadn't you heard of it before?

In a trance, I remembered that Zhuge Xuan died of illness this year, and then the sixteen-year-old Zhuge Liang and his younger brother bowed to Nanyang.

Communication was very inconvenient in this era, and he went to Nanyang for three months, but he didn't know that Zhuge Xuan had not been in good health since the beginning of this year.

The last time Deng Hong came back to report the battle situation in Nanyang to Liu Biao, Zhuge Xuan kept coughing, and now more than half a month has passed, and his health has not improved.

Due to the particularity of the age, once a person is sick, he does not know whether he can be cured, so when the illness is serious, he will notify his family as soon as possible and come to see him for the last time.

Among the many Han Janes unearthed in Dunhuang in later generations, there are many family letters from Dunhuang officials, which are basically letters from family members who are sick and notify distant relatives, often before the letter arrives, the person has died.

Therefore, Zhuge Xuan didn't feel very good about himself now, so he sent someone to inform his friends Deng Hong and Liu Xian, and in addition, he also sent someone to inform Zhuge Liang's two sisters.

And although Shen Chen and Zhuge Xuan have a good relationship, he is a junior after all, and he has no direct relatives, and Zhuge Liang is relatively strong, and he will not ask for help from friends when he encounters setbacks, so no one informed him.

But even if no one informs him, he has to go.

So after hearing about this, he entrusted Zhou Budo to Zhou's mother, and he immediately got into the carriage and asked the slave to send him to Longzhong.

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.