The carriage stopped in front of Uncle Lin's house, and Uncle Lin got out of the carriage, pointed to a tiled house next to the gate and said, "We are neighbors with the Bosheng brothers, and this is the house of the Bosheng brothers." ”

The houses of Uncle Lin and Liu Xiu brothers are all white walls and black tiles, with a bucket beam frame structure, although they are not large households, they also look warm and generous. The house where Liu Xiu's brothers live is much larger, there is a wide courtyard in front of the house, and the trees in the courtyard are towering.

Opening the door, Fu Qingyun staggered to help Uncle Lin carry a few baskets full of beef from the carriage into the house. The house is small, with a hall connected to two bedrooms and a side door to the kitchen. At this time, it was already dark, Uncle Lin lit the candles, hastily cleaned up, took some beef bones from a basket, and some beef offal, and hurriedly turned around and went into the kitchen to start preparing dinner.

As soon as night fell, Lin Zhengjun jumped up and down with the Liu brothers and came in through the gate. Liu Xiu carried a bag of rice in his left hand and a lot of vegetables and radishes in his right hand. Liu Xuan carried a large pot of wine, followed behind, and shouted at the door with a loud voice: "Uncle Lin, we are here." ”

Uncle Lin's voice came from the kitchen: "Virtuous nephew, you can sit down for a while, and it will be fine immediately." ”

The Liu Xiu brothers said hello to Fu Qingyun, and Liu Xiu poured the rice into a porcelain jar in the corner, followed into the kitchen, washed the vegetables, and put them in the beef broth. Fu Qingyun saw it in his eyes and knew that the relationship between the two families was not ordinary, and they helped each other.

Liu Xiu brought two plates of cut beef liver and beef heart to the table, and Uncle Lin came up with a pot of boiling beef soup, which was full of a pot of beef offal and some green vegetables, and the house was suddenly full of fragrance.

Uncle Lin warmly beckoned everyone to sit down and poured wine for the Liu Xuan brothers, while Fu Qingyun and Lin Zhengjun replaced the wine with tea and began to feast. Looking at a few people who are hot and blowing the air, it is obvious that this kind of food is not often seen.

Several people ate violently for a while, and most of the wine was gone, and Liu Xuan asked: "Uncle Lin, I heard that the eastern capital of Luoyang has begun to limit the amount of money and grain to carry, is there such a thing?"

Uncle Lin nodded and said, "Yes, I'm afraid it will soon spread to Nanyang." Now the people of Luoyang have to register both the amount of money on the pass, and they are not allowed to live in a hotel without registration, and if they are seized by the checkpoint ferry more than the amount of money stipulated by the imperial court, the light ones will be imprisoned, and the heavy ones will be exiled, resulting in the current prison is full. What's more, the whole family sits together, degraded to slavery, men are slaves, women are slaves, and there are tragedies everywhere. ”

Liu Xiu said: "The imperial court has changed the currency system several times, and there are many currencies, which has caused great chaos in the society, and now it restricts the carrying of money and grain, which is not to drive the people such as me to a dead end." ”

Liu Xuan stretched out his fist and slammed it on the table, and said indignantly: "Wang Mang, a dog thief, thinks that he is destined for heaven and a saint who is famous for the world, and internally, 'those who are shun are promoted, and those who hate are destroyed', and kill dissidents. Externally belittled its neighbors, they were stubborn and self-serving, took the initiative to provoke wars, and rashly launched wars against the Xiongnu in the north, Goguryeo in the northeast, and Ju towns in the southwest. As the descendants of our ancestors, we must not sit idly by and ignore the banner of recklessness when we raise our arms and raise the banner of anti-recklessness!"

Uncle Lin patted Liu Xuan on the shoulder and said: "The virtuous nephew is pressing, although Wang Mang is a dog thief, but we are weak, and we can't lose our lives in vain." ”

Liu Xiu nodded and said, "What Uncle Lin said is that although the reckless thief is absurd, but now the people's hearts are not aligned, and it may be difficult to succeed!"

"Why did the fifth brother say that?" Liu Xuan said.

Liu Xiu sighed: "Since the usurpation of the throne by the reckless thief, there is first Liu Chong, the Marquis of Anzhong, Zhai Yi of Dongjun Taishou played the banner of supporting the Han family and fighting thieves for the country, and then there were Liu Kuai, Marquis of Xuxiang, Liu Du and other clansmen raised troops to raise troops, until today's chaos, and the people of Bingzhou, Wuyuan, Daijun and other places have risen up one after another, and the number of rebels is as small as thousands, tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands, but after all, it has not become a climate. The reason for this is that people's hearts are not aligned. ”

Uncle Lin said: "I want to follow Dongjun Taishou Zhai Yi, gather 100,000 people, spread the word to denounce Wang Mang, and call on the world to support the Han family, but in the end, because he fought alone, he was brutally strangled by the reckless thief. The reckless thieves killed the three clans surnamed Zhai, dug their ancestral graves, pushed the men, women and children surnamed Zhai into a big pit, and buried them alive with thorns, scorpions, centipedes, snakes, wasps, toads, etc., and died so that there were no bones left. Speaking of which, Uncle Lin showed a palpitating look on his face.

Only then did Fu Qingyun know that Uncle Lin was not as simple as he seemed in front of him, but he had been on the battlefield and seen bloody people, no wonder he was not afraid when fighting with mountain bandits.

Liu Xuan took a sip of wine and said indignantly: "Could it be that this old thief is allowed to continue to bully the people and act as a prestige, while our ancestors and descendants are indifferent. ”

Uncle Lin turned his head and asked Fu Qingyun, "Qingyun, you are a scholar, I don't know what you think?"

Fu Qingyun listened to the three of them talk about the current situation, and he already had an idea in his heart. Although he was only fifteen years old, he knew a lot about the epic ups and downs of history.

Fu Qingyun sorted out his thoughts, and said slowly: "The little nephew has lived in a closed place for a long time, his knowledge is shallow, and he doesn't know much about the situation in the Central Plains. But since Uncle Lin inquired, the younger brother could only use history as a mirror, and a little foolish opinion was only for reference. ”

Uncle Lin and Brother Liu Xiu smiled encouragingly, Fu Qingyun took a deep breath, and continued: "Junior Brother Zhizhu and Brother Xiu are both people who have the world in mind and are well aware of the people's suffering, but if you want to do big things, you must adapt to the times. The so-called current situation creates heroes, heroes make history, and rebellion against the current trend will only be short-lived in the smoke and clouds of history, although brilliant but not lasting. ”

"What does it mean to adapt to the times?" asked Liu Xuan.

Fu Qingyun said: "Adapting to the times means conforming to public opinion. When he wanted to storm Qin, the punishment was harsh and the taxes were heavy, causing the people to lose their hearts, and all the people called on the British Lord to save the people from fire and water. Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu gathered to get into trouble, and the people rushed to tell each other, and responded to every call, which was a success. However, Xiang Yu Pifu, in vain knew that he used force to convince people, poisoned the righteous emperor, killed the soldiers, and harshly treated the people, especially the cruelty of Qin, causing the people's hearts to turn back, Xiang Yu gained power and regained power, but when he was defeated, he still thought that the sky was going to kill him, but he didn't know that it was he who killed him. And my Han Gaozu, although I was born in a peasant family, mixed in the market, I know the destiny of heaven in the year of the new year, the text is not as good as Zhang Liang, the martial arts are not as good as Han Xin, but I love the people like a son, from the advice like a stream, open-minded, the famous general and the good ministers Jing followed, and the people of Li raised it together, this is homeopathy, why sigh can not be done. ”