Lu Zhi came to Yecheng, where Liu Jian was located, on his way to take office, and was invited to enter Liu Jian's mansion.

Liu Jian arranged a banquet to entertain Lu Zhi, and asked Tian Feng, Fu Zhu, and Judge to accompany him.

Lu Zhihai is expected to be a talented person like Tian Feng and Fu Zhu, and he is also very admired by him, and he frequently toasts.

Lu Zhi is still the same as before, and he doesn't like this kind of banquet scene very much.

The teacher only symbolically drank a few knights with the officials of Jizhou's pastoral family, and after talking about some miscellaneous things, he went to the back hall to rest on the pretext of drunkenness.

Liu Jian also knew his teacher's temper, so he ended the banquet early. Then go to the back hall to meet the teacher.

At this moment, Lu Zhi actually didn't drink too much, he was just too lazy to deal with the banquet.

At this moment, he was staying where he was, looking at something that was placed on a shelf in Liu Jian's back hall.

It was the axe that the first emperor Liu Hong rewarded Liu Jian with, representing the right granted by the first emperor to him to fake the axe.

As if recalling the past, Lu Zhi couldn't help but shake his head with a sigh.

"Teacher, what are you thinking?"

Liu Jian came to the back of the teacher and looked at him with respect.

Lu Zhi seemed to react.

He turned around and looked at Liu Jian behind him.

"In a blink of an eye, you are already so mature, even the fake festival is for you, think about it carefully, you are really old as a teacher."

"I think when you first came to the Wushi Mountain to study the scriptures, you were still a child who couldn't hold back the feces and urine during class...... Now in a blink of an eye, it is already so mature. ”

Liu Jian's face was a little embarrassed: "Teacher, the young man you said couldn't hold back the feces and urine is the second child of the Niyang Wang family, the little fat man, not me." ”

Lu Zhi was slightly stunned when he heard this: "Really?" Are you sure it's because the teacher is misremembering, not because you're misremembering? ”

Liu Jian gently wiped the sweat from his forehead.

The teacher didn't think he was a little pressed after drinking, could I remember this wrong?

I don't know if I pull my pants pocket?

Looking at Liu Jian's embarrassed expression, Lu Zhi self-examined his mistakes.

"Well, yes, it should be a mistake for the teacher, but don't blame the teacher, there are too many protégés who study the scriptures, how can you remember them one by one?"

"How dare the students blame the teacher, the teacher's words are heavy, heavy."

Lu Zhi sighed lightly and said, "Over the years, the old man has seen you grow step by step, and he is very happy in his heart. ”

"Although the teacher is old now, he can be a state pastor and be your neighbor, which is also a blessing for the teacher."

"From now on, how to govern Jizhou, the old man will all listen to your arrangements and guidance, what about you, govern the people and the army well. For the Han Dynasty to guard the north wall, for the teacher to listen to your arrangement, I rely on you to provide for me. ”

Liu Jian hurriedly saluted: "How dare students dispatch teachers? Never. ”

Lu Zhi shook his head: "There is nothing to do, according to the teacher, your ability and ability have already surpassed the teacher, at least if you let the teacher come to Yecheng, you will not be able to do such a political achievement......"

"Appeasing the displaced people, opening up the tuntian, and stabilizing the people's livelihood are things that the teacher cannot do no matter what."

When he said this, he saw Lu Zhi suddenly stretch out his hands, and the two palms that were already old and rough fell heavily on Liu Jian's shoulders.

"In Shenzhou, in terms of the richness of the country, I am the most extensive Han, in terms of the prosperity of talents, I am the most prosperous, but when it comes to internal affairs and people's livelihood, my Han is the most chaotic!"

"Deran, you are a clan relative, and you are the best among the next generation of my Han dynasty, and the burden of revitalizing the Han Dynasty is none other than you in the eyes of the teacher! As long as you can push you along the road and send you on a long journey, even if you give up this old life for the teacher, what can you do? ”

"Just looking at your governance of Jizhou, you have a feeling as a teacher, maybe after a few decades, the person who can make the Han Dynasty turn from decline to prosperity is you!"

"Although the mandate of heaven cannot be violated, it can finally be manifested through manpower, and the teacher believes that the person who can compete with the mandate of heaven is you!"

Liu Jian was a little frightened by Lu Zhi's words, and he hurriedly asked, "Teacher, are you drunk?" ”

Lu Zhi shook his head with a smile and said, "If the teacher said this because he was drunk, then the teacher would rather be drunk all the time!" ”

Lu Zhi's words made Liu Jian very moved and relieved at the same time.

Although his teacher was a scholar and a defender, he was not pedantic, he was pragmatic, and he was able to do things without admiring vanity, but focusing on the actual situation in front of him.

It may sound simple, but in this day and age, it's a rare quality.

"Teacher, since the teacher has given the student a heavy responsibility, the student really has to point fingers at the teacher."

Lu Zhi said with a smile: "I'm afraid that you won't point fingers at the teacher, let's say, what should the old man do after he arrives in northern Hebei?" ”

Liu Jianyan said: "In my way, in the name of the Pastoral Department, invite more Hanmen Shu people to enter the Hebei Business Association, the Zhen family of Zhongshan is now my confidant, the teacher can recruit Zhen Yi's son as a helper, and then for the local Wang clan and the Hanmen Shu clan, back and forth checks and balances are reused with each other, but we must let the Pastoral Department obtain all the administrative voice decision-making power, Tuntian's policy, the teacher must also copy the whole past." ”

Lu Zhi nodded lightly, and said while nodding: "With your experience, it will be much easier to act for the division when you want to, but there is only one point, for the local noble clan, there are no strong soldiers for the division to deter at present, so it is quite a bit constrained." ”

Liu Jianyan said: "I have 20,000 elites under my command. ”

When Lu Zhi heard this, he stroked his beard, nodded and said: "If you have 20,000 elites, it can form a deterrent, but it is not enough to completely deter all the wang clans in Jizhou." ”

Liu Jian laughed and said: "I want to recruit tens of thousands of more people to form a strong army in the world, so that no one in the whole Hebei will dare to have a heart of disobedience, but the people in the DPRK and China, most of them are sinister, but they do not dare to expand their armaments in vain, so I am afraid of being targeted by the people of the DPRK and China, and once they are impeached, I am afraid that it will be disadvantageous." ”

Lu Zhiqi said: "You and Yuan Shiji are close friends, can't he guarantee you yet?" ”

Liu Jian shook his head and said: "It's because of him that I need to be more careful, the teacher doesn't know, this year the yuan was changed, and the state side has a new assassin Zhang Yi, and Wu Meng is engaged in Zhang Yang, and Ding Yuan, the cavalry commander stationed in Hebei, are all from the Yuan family." ”

"A history of assassination, two people who lead the army? ...... in Nguyen and Hanoi in Bingzhou"

Lu Zhi frowned: "This is trying to stare at you?" ”

Liu Jian smiled and pointed to the axe on the shelf of the high hall, which was enshrined by him, and said: "The first emperor gave me this thing, because he had the intention to let me help the Han, I know this, but the timing of the reward is not right, originally I wanted to hide and shrink my head and govern the state and the people with peace of mind, but now, this fake festival almost made me fall into the land of public targets, if it weren't for Xuande in Beijing, I am afraid that I have now let the Yuan family be targeted." ”

Lu Zhi stroked his beard and said: "The heavenly generals are in charge of the people, they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skin, and empty their bodies, you don't have to blame the first emperor, this axe is in your hands, after all, there are more benefits than disadvantages." ”

Liu Jian hurriedly said: "How can I be virtuous, how dare I blame the first emperor." ”

Lu Zhi groaned slightly, and said: "Right now, you don't want to recruit too many generals and control the number of soldiers and horses, so as not to be targeted by the people in Luoyang, this is right, but it may not be impossible to secretly develop the army." ”

"According to the division, although you only have 20,000 soldiers and horses under your rule now, if you want to expand to more than 50,000 overnight, it is within reach."

Liu Jian said in surprise when he heard this: "I also ask the teacher for advice, how can I expand the soldiers and horses to several times overnight, what do I need to rely on?" ”

Lu Zhi smiled and stretched out his hand to point to the axe: "Naturally, you have to rely on him." ”

Liu Jian looked thoughtfully at the axe and knotted device, revealing an expression of sudden realization.

But I heard Lu Zhi say lightly: "Your teacher has also been a soldier for many years, although he can't be called everyone, but he is also proficient in military affairs, I have led soldiers over the years, and the most clear point is that soldiers and horses do not necessarily have to be in your hands to be considered yours, secretly in charge of military control, in the name of others to recruit soldiers for you, there are not a few examples in my Han Dynasty." ”

Liu Jian pondered for a moment, and suddenly said to Lu Zhi: "How about asking the teacher to temporarily rest in Yecheng for a month before going to work?" ”

Lu Zhi raised his eyebrows: "What are you going to do?" ”

"I think, in the name of the teacher and me, the two state pastors, we invite Liu Yi, the king of Hejian, Liu Wei, the king of Changshan, Liu Xu, the king of Anping, Liu Zhong, the king of Ganling, and Liu Yu, the king of Zhao, to come to Yecheng to discuss state affairs."

Lu Zhi laughed when he heard this.

"Are you really good, it's not enough for one person to summon them, but also to drag them as teachers? Alas, okay, I gave you the idea, and you can't run if you want to. ”