Niu Xingyuan is nearly fifty years old. It cannot be said how young he is, but there is a certain gap between him and Li Po's imagination.
The man surnamed Niu could eat and sleep, was in good health, and was in high spirits. When he was taken out of prison, he was very unhappy and wanted to share hardships with the former Changping County Governor Lu Haoran no matter what.
This is an interesting thing. Many times, especially in these chaotic years, people regard loyalty as dirt, but occasionally, some people regard it as life.
Confucius once said that you should be loyal to your friends. Of course, this loyalty is different from the interpretation of later generations, and it covers a wider range.
The loyalty Confucius said means admonishing friends in daily life to prevent them from doing wrong things, helping friends in difficult times, learning from each other in etiquette and righteousness, etc., etc., very good
It elaborates the connotation of the famous saying that the friendship between gentlemen is as gentle as water.
Of course, this is true for friends, but also for kings, elders, officials, and common people. Therefore, it is not easy to understand Confucian righteousness, and it is even more difficult to achieve it.
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In fact, Niu Xingyuan was the first Confucian disciple Li Po met in the true sense. He emphasized living high in the temple and worrying about his people, and living far away in the rivers and lakes, worrying about his king.
In an era when powerful families are popular, people like him who strictly demand themselves and standardize their behavior based on Confucian classics are really rare animals.
Of course, this is not surprising. His uncle Niu Hong was originally a great scholar in the literary world. He was the pioneer official in the implementation of Confucian education in the Sui Dynasty. His status was similar to that of Dong Zhongshu in the Han Dynasty.
As a student of Niu Hong, one must spurn the legacy of the forest, be disgusted with the clan system, and pursue an ideal state of unification of the world, mutual respect between kings and ministers, and common people knowing etiquette.
Just looking at his experience as an official, you will understand that his talents and knowledge are far inferior to Niu Hong, and many of his actions fall into the category of scholarly spirit, which is of little benefit to others and himself.
After Li Pozhao met him once, he actually knew that this person was not a suitable candidate for the mission. When he arrived in the northwest, he might be like Su Wu, herding sheep for others. This was second to none. The most important thing was to reach the
It doesn't serve the purpose of being an envoy.
Speaking of which, Li Po also dislikes people like Niu Xingyuan, because most Confucian disciples have a pragmatic problem and like to take the moral high ground to condemn others. They just listen to it on weekdays, but when the world is in chaos, they
The shortcomings were suddenly magnified a lot.
It was destined not to be appreciated by Li Po, who started his career from the Daizhou frontier fortress. It was later that Wang Ze, the minister of rites, recommended Niu Xingyuan again that he finally found a position with Li Po.
But now, it was Lu Haoran who came to see Li Po together and aroused Li Po's interest.
Needless to say, this man was cunning. When the banditry in Changping County was at its worst, he ascended to the position of prefect and continued to lead the post of Changping Tongshou.
This man hid behind Shangdang County, suppressed the banditry continuously, and controlled the situation in Changping County. Li Yuan came and fought with Yan Zong. Seeing that the situation was not going well, he immediately defected to Li Yuan.
When Li Po sent his troops south to start a war with Li Tang, he followed Yan Zong and asked Li Po for this and that.
Then Li Po was angry and sent troops eastward. Yan Zong was immediately outraged. This man did not hesitate much and immediately asked for surrender and brought his family to Jinyang to plead guilty.
He was able to take but dare not give up, a standard warlord in troubled times. Compared with him, Yan Zong, the prefect of Shangdang County, was as stupid as a person who had no brain.
Therefore, now Yan Zong's head is floating in the city of Shangdang County, but the governor of Changping County is still alive and kicking, and he can also deceive the governor of the mansion to live and die with him. He is really a character.
After meeting Li Po, he paid homage and Li Po was delighted. Although he was a native of Shangdang, he was very meticulous in etiquette when meeting a king.
What he said was quite interesting, "Your Majesty, I would like to thank you for not killing me."
Li Po was quite disappointed when he met Niu Xingyuan before. The man was familiar with the people and customs of various tribes in the northwest, but it was difficult for him to take on the important task. Yang Gongren was actually very suitable, but he was old. In addition to fearing that he would die on the way, he also had the newly surrendered
This is why people are so hard to trust.
The envoy was sent to Liangzhou, thousands of miles away, but it was difficult to find the envoy. This matter was really difficult.
At this moment, Li Po felt that instead of sending some ignorant people as envoys, it would be better to give up immediately. Without Zhang Butcher, would we really have to eat pigs with hair on them?
Especially after meeting the envoys from other parties, Li Po became more serious when choosing the envoys. He even felt that sending Liu Jing, Li Ya and others to Dali City before was too much.
Reckless, like a joke.
That is to say, the situation was urgent at that time, and everyone in the Turks was keeping an eye on the position of King Khan and had no time to care about it. Otherwise, those few people might have ruined the matter.
Most things have to be abandoned halfway. Without Li Gui from Liangzhou, would Master Liang dare to go south to the hinterland of Guanxi? What if Li Gui stabbed him behind?
In fact, these people in the northwest were all under the influence of the big thief Bai Yusuo, but now they are all wandering around the barren land of the northwest with their own evil intentions, and they look like they are out of place.
Generally speaking, Li Po is not in a good mood. His vision now is not as good as before. What he considers is that the civil strife in the Turks will not stop, and everyone in the south can go and play games with peace of mind for a long time.
If such a situation is a little short-sighted, it will feel very good. Without the involvement of powerful Turks, there will be fewer constraints.
But Li Po felt that the situation was a bit bad. Once everyone was stabilized and delayed for a while, when the Turks calmed down, damn, he would definitely bear the brunt here again. Even now, he would have to
Always be on guard against the intrusion from the south by the Turkic tribes in the clouds in the north.
This feeling of a sharp blade hanging above his head is always with him, so he wants to break the deadlock in a short time. As for who can benefit from it, it depends on everyone's own methods.
Long-term strategic considerations were formed in Li Po's mind after the Battle of Puban. In fact, he wanted to keep the common people safe inside and make good alliances outside, attracting people to fight against Li Tang, continue to weaken Li Tang's strength, and then take advantage of the opportunity to attack.
In short, this is already a rough outline.
It can be said that among the heroes in the world today, there are actually not a few people who have such a sense of urgency. The only person who may clearly know what he should do and be able to put in 100% effort for it is Li Po...
(It’s almost the National Day, and there are always things like this that come up. Please be patient now. After the National Day, Ah Cao will work hard to update)