I don't know when, the interest orientation between Liu Bei and Lu Zhi is no longer completely consistent.

Liu Bei was keenly aware of this key point.

However, he thought that perhaps the fundamental interests of himself and Lu Zhi have always been completely different, but in a special historical period, he and Lu Zhi came together, and at that time, their interests were basically the same.

But now, it's not.

He has his way, Lu Zhi also has Lu Zhi's path, and in terms of political vision, the two are bound to drift apart.

What Liu Bei pursues and what Lu Zhi pursues is not at the same level at all, and perhaps in the end, it is impossible to even understand each other.

So he looked at Lu Zhi and shook his head slowly.

"Teacher, for now, the disciple obviously feels that staying in Luoyang has a greater meaning than staying away from Luoyang, the disciple can not only think about himself, but also for those who follow the disciple to the north, and the disciple cannot live up to their expectations."

Lu Zhi was stunned.

After a while, Lu Zhi suddenly realized that this disciple of his was no longer the simple student who had no reputation and no power of his own.

At this point, Lu Zhi could suddenly feel that this disciple of his had more direct means and demands than himself.

He remembered the people who had flocked to the north with him before Liu Bei left Luoyang.

Those are all for Liu Bei.

Lu Zhi found that this disciple of his seemed to be better at managing power than himself.

Compared with this disciple, he was busy with the career of the ancient literature school and neglected the business of the family's growth.

On the contrary, he is the one who is not good at building his own power team.

It's not that no one chooses to get closer to him and hopes to get his support, there are many such people, but during that time, he really didn't put his mind on these things.

Years of working alone have made him develop some habits, and he is more accustomed to solving problems by himself and taking them to heart, rather than facing people who have various interests for him and discussing problems with them.

One or two is okay, a group, it's a little difficult.

Compared with these, he felt that it was easier to lead soldiers to fight, because the needs of soldiers were always highly unified and simple, and they were easy to meet.

And when he didn't realize it, Liu Bei, his disciple, had already initially formed a team of political forces revolving around him.

In terms of politics, Lu Zhi even felt that he didn't have much experience to pass on to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei did better in politics than in military.

Liu Bei seems to be a natural leader, a leader born with leadership ability and cohesion, and he seems to have been born to be surrounded by everyone.

Lu Zhi had nothing to say about it.

He couldn't refuse a young eagle's request to take off, especially when the eagle was no longer a young eagle and already had its own feathers, it was inevitable for him to fly high.

After a long sigh, Lu Zhi smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Xuande, I think it should be possible to give you a little bit of inheritance, and when you can really serve as a high-ranking official of the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries, I will take the inheritance as a congratulatory gift to you."

Liu Bei looked at Lu Zhi unexpectedly.

"Thank you, Master."

"I'm really not shy about it."

Lu Zhi smiled dumbly: "Don't even shirk your resignation?" ”

"If the teacher is willing to give, the disciple is willing to take it, and the excuse is too hypocritical."

Liu Bei smiled: "Compared with the coy attitude of reverberation and resignation, the disciple is more willing to be a sincere person." ”

"That's right."

Lu Zhi smiled and nodded.

Yes, be a sincere person.

Liu Bei, he prefers to be a sincere person.

It's just that a lot of times, he can't do it.

Lu Zhi didn't continue to dwell on these things, he was not a person who liked to feel sorry for himself, things passed when they passed, and he preferred to look forward.

"Jizhou pastor is a position with great powers, and I also know what the imperial court thinks when it uses me as Jizhou pastor."

Lu Zhi smiled bitterly: "It's nothing more than worrying that there will be a famine in Jizhou that has missed the agricultural time, too many people will die, and more people will be revolted, so let me be the pastor of Jizhou, give me full power, and let me be responsible, so that once something happens, the court can be held accountable." ”

"Can't the teacher solve this problem?"

Liu Bei asked: "There will definitely be a famine in Jizhou this year, but if you prepare in advance, the scale should not be very large, and with the teacher's ability, it should not be difficult." ”

"It's hard."

Lu Zhi nodded: "But it's not completely impossible, as long as the imperial court can allow Jizhou to be exempted from taxes for one year, it can let the people of Jizhou get a respite and relax in one breath, so that they will not be cornered, it is nothing more than a full meal of hunger, not starvation to death." ”

yes, not to starve to death.

As long as the peasants do not starve to death, they will not make trouble.

What a humble request.

But such a humble request cannot be satisfied, and the desires of the ruler are always unsatisfied, so people will desperately regard the god stick as the last hope.

Liu Bei's mood was very heavy.

Lu Zhi didn't look easy.

"Dahan can finally put down the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Thieves, but Xuande, I don't know why, I always have a hunch."

Liu Bei looked at Lu Zhi.

"Premonition?"

"Well, a hunch, a strange hunch."

Lu Zhi looked at Liu Bei and said: "Xuande, what you said is right, solving the problem of the person who raised the problem without solving it will not last long, the problem is still there, so there will inevitably be more people who will be tortured by this problem to the point that they cannot survive, and at that time, there will be a civil uprising." ”

Liu Bei was silent for a while.

That's right.

It is true that there will be other wars to be fought in the Han Dynasty, internal, external, simply persecuted rebellions, and active and ambitious rebellions.

The Yellow Turban Army was not so easily pacified, and if he hadn't assassinated the three Zhang Jiao brothers, the fate of the old empire would not have improved at all.

Because this counterinsurgency war itself is to solve the problem of the person who raised the problem, not to solve the problem, the person is gone, the problem is still there, and the turmoil will definitely happen.

It's just that Liu Bei was suddenly a little curious.

"Teacher, in that case, how do you think we can solve the problem? Or rather, what's the problem? ”

Lu Zhi poured himself a glass of water, held it in his hand, and laughed.

"Xuande, I am a teacher, you are a disciple, if this is the case, it should belong to the teacher's test of the student, so shouldn't I ask and you answer?"

Liu Bei also laughed.

"The disciple really doesn't know how to answer these questions, so I hope the teacher can answer them and solve the doubts for the disciple."

How to solve this problem.

Students ask questions, and teachers are expected to answer them.

So Lu Zhi gave an answer.

"Xuande, I think that the root of this war is still in the land."

Liu Bei's heart moved.

"Teacher, what's wrong with the land?"

"The tiller has no land."

Lu Zhi sighed and said: "The cultivators have no land, and the land is obtained by the officials and the families of the powerful, and the land of the officials and the powerful is often tens of thousands of acres, but the farmers of Lishu have no place to stand.

No land, no production, no food for the stomach, and no rebellion as a last resort, this kind of thing was expected, but none of the princes of the Manchu Dynasty were willing to face it, and there were more and more problems, which eventually led to the Taiping Rebellion. ”

"So teacher, now that you know the problem, how does the teacher think the problem should be solved?"

Liu Bei followed up and asked.

Lu Zhi was silent for a moment and gave his own answer.

"Dutian."

(End of chapter)