In the process of imparting knowledge to the two, Liu Bei found that Guan Yu learned faster and Zhang Fei learned more slowly.

He thought that this might be the reason why Guan Yu's family has a certain cultural heritage and Guan Yu has received a certain basic education.

Guan Yu and Liu Bei said that his family was not poor, there was a bit of industry, and he barely had the meaning of farming and reading heirlooms in his hometown, and his grandfather and people had studied Zuo's Spring and Autumn Period, and it was estimated that he was also a lucky beneficiary of the academic downward movement of the ancient literature school.

Therefore, Guan Yu has studied with his grandfather, has a certain level of education, and has talents himself, so it is not difficult to learn things with Liu Bei.

On the other hand, Zhang Fei, who was born in a small portal, does not have such conditions.

In Youzhou, a hot land where people mingle with each other every day, Zhang Fei and Liu Bei's growth paths are highly consistent, and his family is similar to the early stage of the Liu clan, and can barely provide children with literacy level education.

Zhang Fei himself is not very peaceful, he is a prisoner when he is a child, he is a parasitic person, but he is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, so he likes to mix with dynamic social groups to achieve a career, and he became Liu Bei's little brother very early, and his cultural foundation is certainly not as good as Guan Yu.

But both of them can learn the knowledge that Liu Bei imparted to them, and they can also master it, and they are full of interest in it, and they even have a bit of aura, and they are not clumsy.

At the end of the crusade war, Lu Zhi asked Liu Bei to try to become the commander of the Lu family's soldiers, giving him some command power, and letting Liu Bei command a Lu family army in the final battle.

Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as the front-line commanders, and led the 500-strong Lu family soldiers to become the brightest stars in the final battle.

They broke into the enemy's formation with a strong military formation and slaughtered in all directions, shaking the opponent's central army, making the opponent's leaders feel frightened and taking the lead in fleeing, which became the most important support for Lu Zhi's victory against the enemy.

After the war, Lu Zhi hoped to apply for military merit for Liu Bei and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Liu Bei knelt on the ground, saying that everything he had was given by Lu Zhi, and he didn't dare to ask for military merits, as long as he had some material rewards, in addition, he wanted to follow Lu Zhi to study, and he didn't want to go elsewhere.

Of course, Lu Zhi knew Liu Bei's thoughts, smiled and scolded a few words, agreed to Liu Bei's request, and took him with him to teach ancient classics and military knowledge, and the master and apprentice got along with each other in Luoyang for more than a year, during which Lu Zhi also took Liu Bei to meet many of his friends.

More than a year later, there was a rebellion in Lujiang County, and the imperial court once again worshiped Lu Zhi as the Taishou of Lujiang County because of Lu Zhi's excellent achievements in Jiujiang County, and asked him to go to Lujiang County to quell the rebellion.

Liu Bei was originally going to follow, and the equipment was all ready, but at the critical time, the news that his mother was seriously ill came, and the hope of going to Lujiang to follow Lu Zhi to quell the rebellion came to naught.

He could only say goodbye to Lu Zhi with tears, and then left Guan Yu and Zhang Fei by Lu Zhi's side to listen to it, and instructed the two to protect Lu Zhi with their lives.

After Liu Bei returned to Zhuo County, he took good care of his mother, and more than a year later, his mother's body recovered, and Liu Bei also learned that the battle of Lujiang was over, and Lu Zhi received the merits and returned to Luoyang.

He was originally going to continue his journey to Luoyang at this time, but Guan Yu and Zhang Fei returned to Zhuoxian with a lot of belongings and brought a long letter from Lu Zhi.

In the letter, Lu Zhi praised Guan Yu and Zhang Fei for their courage and good fighting, praised them as Xiong Hu's talents, and had great cultivation value, and asked Liu Bei to pay attention to them.

Then, Lu Zhi explained something to Liu Bei.

He said that he had already started to operate the future for Liu Bei, and that there had been a breakthrough in the issue of filial piety, and asked Liu Bei to prepare and meet with Han Rong, the Taishou of Zhuo County.

Lu Zhi made it clear that Han Rong had basically won it on his side, and the two sides had a very pleasant conversation, as long as Liu Bei was not too strange, he would be able to give him a place of filial piety in Zhuo County.

In this regard, Liu Bei was very excited.

This matter, in fact, on the eve of Liu Bei's return to Zhuo County, Lu Zhi talked to Liu Bei.

At that time, Lu Zhi meant that the best way for Liu Bei to enter the official career was for Zhuojun Taishou to raise filial piety for him, so that he could enter the imperial court as a lang official, so that Lu Zhi could further operate the future for him.

Liu Bei thought that Lu Zhi himself could do this, but Lu Zhi told him that he couldn't do it because his authority did not involve this aspect.

"The reputation of the teacher is great, and there are many acquaintances and scholars in the court, but the qualifications of the teacher and the official are still shallow, and they cannot serve as senior officials of Jiuqing.

Therefore, although he has the right to be a teacher, he does not have a key position, and he can neither serve as a high-ranking official in the imperial court and have the qualifications to raise Maocai, nor can he serve as the Taishou of Zhuojun to raise filial piety and honesty for you, so that the two easiest paths you expect will not work. ”

Liu Bei felt that there were a lot of puzzles at that time, and he also had contacts with some scholars in Gushi Mountain, and he also knew the entry steps of some officials.

"In addition to probation, isn't it also possible to be summoned by the officials of the opening government to be officials?"

Who knew that Lu Zhi shook his head again and again when he heard Liu Bei's words.

"Summoned by the officials of the opening of the government, he is the master of your mansion, you take the official salary he gave you, not the official salary given to you by the imperial court, you are his subordinate official, not a subordinate official of the imperial court, what he does in the future, you will follow what you do, and you are almost independent in political affairs.

Unless he wants to rebel, you can not follow, the rest of the time he does, you basically have to follow, you can't go against him, he wins, you ascend to heaven, he loses, you have to prepare for the worst, even if it is a disaster.

Even if you break away from his subordinates and become a court official in the future, you are still his former official, he has a request, as long as you can do it, you can't refuse, he died, you are more likely to be used by his family, it is rare to be independent in your life, otherwise you will break the rules, such an official, do you want to be such an official? ”

Liu Bei was taken aback and shook his head again and again.

"In this way, how many people in the world can be independent?"

Lu Zhi nodded.

"Yes, so after the early years of the teacher, the reputation was very great, during which there were constantly Taishou, generals, and three dukes who tried to call the division to be subordinate officials, but they all refused for the division, and resolutely did not belong to others, until the reputation was greater, and His Majesty the Emperor personally recruited and agreed to be a teacher.

In this way, the teacher is the emperor's subordinate official, only need to do things for the emperor, obey the emperor's orders, without the shackles of protégés, no matter how high the family rank is, no matter how expensive the status is, in front of the teacher, you can't act recklessly, you can't be polite, and you don't need to grovel to them as a teacher. ”

When he said this, Lu Zhi looked proud, obviously quite satisfied with it.

It can be seen that Lu Zhi not only has arrogance, but also arrogance, and more importantly, he does have the ability, which can support his arrogance and arrogance, so that he does not need to grovel to the high-ranking families and seek a half-official position.

It is obviously a great blessing to be able to study with such a person.

"I see, the teacher is thoughtful, and the students are taught."

Liu Bei bowed deeply to Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi nodded slowly, and then said: "Xuande, if you don't want to be in a high position and grovel to the mansion master's family, and be controlled by people all your life, it's best not to take this road, bury your free body in vain, and lose your good future, although this road is indeed easier to walk than other roads." ”

After Liu Bei heard this, he understood this set of unspoken rules of officialdom of double monarchs, so Liu Bei broke off his heart to be summoned through the lord of the mansion.

Political autonomy is so important for an official who wants to make a difference that Liu Bei's political vision does not allow a mansion lord to stand on his head and give orders to him, and he has to recite the mantra from time to time.

Although it is true that this road is a little easier and less demanding.

But after this road was cut off, the regular and special departments in other probation systems such as virtuous, fangzheng, literature, and brave and brave knowledge of the art of war had various requirements, and almost all of them required certain identity restrictions, which Liu Bei could not meet.

There are only two paths left for him: Maocai and filial piety.