Chapter Thirty-Eight Killing Can Be Known as Shilin
Liu Zhou felt a little dizzy at the moment, his face was a little red, and he obviously had signs of high blood pressure.
But he still persisted and filled the lacquer bowl with water himself to let the messenger moisten his throat. Then he asked the messenger to tell him what he knew about the battle report on the front line.
The post envoy coughed twice, and then in front of all the powerful men, he recounted the battle on the front line in detail like a storyteller...
Going back half a year:
Lu Zhi was appointed as Beizhonglang General by Liu Hong, and Xia Yu and Zang Min, who were reactivated by the imperial court, arrived at Yanmen. At the same time, they summoned Daijun, Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Shanggu, Yuyang, Guangyang, Zhuojun, and the right
The garrison soldiers from the two prefectures in Beiping, together with the captains and serving officers of each county, organized their troops in Daijun and Shanggu.
Liu Jian was Cao Zuoshi, a soldier in Zhuo County, so he was naturally recommended to serve on the front line.
At the same time, Gongsun Zan was also moved to the front line to serve as Sima of the other division of Bi Qianshi because he had greeted Taiwei Liu Kuan in advance.
After some recruitment and appointment, the Han army's camp heading north this time finally began to show its scale.
Ren Beizhonglang General, Lu Zhijiajie, who is currently the most trusted by the emperor, has the highest status in the three armies, but his foundation in the northern army is weak.
The most powerful people in the Northern Expedition belonged to the Liangzhou clan, including Dong Zhuo, Xia Yu, Tian Yan, etc., who were all in high positions.
Although Duan Jiong, the biggest backer, was lost, once the Han Dynasty had an important military operation, it was these generals from the Liangzhou clan who were always remembered by the court.
There is no way, the people of Liangzhou will not fall into the eyes of the Kanto gentry, but they can fight. Once there is a big war on the border, most of the famous scholars can only stare. If they can use the scriptures to curse the Xianbei people to death, they will have no problem.
, the question scripture has not yet developed this function.
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Lu Zhi is a minister and a great Confucian of the time. No matter how high his ideological consciousness is, he is still a courtier above the court. But any courtier of a big Han Dynasty will have the most basic thoughts in his heart after becoming an official.
Political literacy means knowing your own faction.
Especially for celebrities of the Qing Dynasty, this thing is absolutely distinct and no one can blur it.
Academically, he was a great Confucian tutor in the Ancient Classics. In the court, he was the mainstay of the Qingliu celebrities. Now on the battlefield, he also subconsciously assigned himself to an important camp - the soldiers of the Youzhou faction.
Although everyone's goal is to defeat Xianbei, if there are no confidants of his own faction, this will be quite a constraint for Lu Zhi.
At this moment, the advantage of having many disciples and old officials comes to the fore.
Mr. Lu also has friends in the Youzhou officialdom, and I also have disciples in the army! No matter how many people from the Liangzhou faction there is, they can’t drown me!
Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei, Liu Jian, these are all my students!
To be honest, these children were not unusual in Lu Zhi's teaching career. Looking at the high schools in all the counties of the Han Dynasty, there were not even a thousand people studying with Lu Zhi in Fengshi Mountain, but maybe eight hundred.
These few are incomparable to those in terms of family background and every aspect.
But as it happens, a few of them are needed now.
Under this premise, Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei, Liu Jian and others were transferred to Lu Zhi's army.
No matter what their abilities are, they are still our own people, so they can use them easily.
Unexpectedly, after the three of them arrived in Lu Zhi's army, Liu Jian was the first to take the initiative to ask Lu Zhi to resign, saying that he was carrying a serious crime and was not suitable to stay with General Zhonglang, for fear of causing trouble to General Zhonglang.
Lu Zhi only recruited them to serve as spare tires in the army, but he didn't expect that they would be rejected.
Isn't this a joke?
When Liu Jian studied under him, he was only twelve or thirteen years old, and he really didn't take the child seriously at that time.
Now that I have grown up, these wings seem to have become stronger!
Okay, let's hear his reasons.
So Lu Zhi asked Liu Jian what crimes he had committed that made him unfit to stay in the Chinese army.
Liu Jian's answer was: murder.
Killing? How many have you killed?
Not much, just that my brothers and I slaughtered a whole family.
At this moment, Lu Zhi completely treated this young apprentice in a different light.
You are so awesome, little kid. How did I know you had such great ability in the first place?
It shouldn’t be. When we were at Fengshi Mountain, this young apprentice was usually taciturn. I didn’t realize that this guy was such a beast!
So Lu Zhi asked carefully.
Tell me, why do you kill a whole family?
Liu Jian immediately began to narrate:
After meeting Dong Zhuo the previous time, the Five Tigers of Zhuo County went to Jiexian County in Hedong to inquire about the situation of the Zheng family. As expected, what fellow Guan Yu said was true.
The Zheng family really had no regard for human life and used shooting and hunting of living people as their daily entertainment.
As long as such a person survives for one day, it will be a huge disaster to other innocent people!
Therefore, the righteous Liu Jian, together with his four younger brothers, found an opportunity to kill the father and son of the Zheng family who had done many evil things. This time the Zheng family was completely free of heirs.
Normally, after killing someone, he would just leave, but Guan Yu had a loud voice. After killing someone, he had to stand at the door and yell to express his feelings.
"Tell the neighbors that the murderer is Hedongguan Changsheng!"
With this voice, Guan Changsheng's name suddenly resounded throughout Jie County.
More than a thousand years later, when Shi Naian wrote Wu Song's blood splattered in Yuanyang Tower, he probably referred to Guan Changsheng's deeds.
Zhang Fei was extremely excited when he saw Guan Yu's arrogance. He was eager to shout, "Zhang Fei from Yan is here!"
But in the end, Liu Bei held him tightly and refused to let him report to his family.
In this way, the murder case was registered in the county office as, 'The murderer Guan Changsheng and his four subordinates.'
As for who these four subordinates are, they have not yet been found out. Guan Changsheng also fled and is missing.
This case involved Cao Jie to some extent, and it happened in an important area east of Hedong, so Lu Zhi had heard about it a little bit.
But he really didn't expect that it was his apprentice who did it.
After Lu Zhi heard this, he became furious on the spot and cursed: "What a beast!"
Liu Jian hurriedly said: "Teacher, forgive me, but the student did it as a last resort."
But Lu Zhi was very gentle: "Deran, you misunderstood. I didn't scold you. I scolded the Zheng family. They are really beasts."
In fact, when Liu Jian told Lu Zhi about this matter, Lu Zhi was not angry at all, and seemed to be a little happy. He repeatedly praised his little apprentice for his good work. He was worthy of being taught by Lu Zhi.
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The only thing that makes Lu Zhi dissatisfied is that Guan Changsheng knows that after killing someone, he shouts to leave a name. What do you Liu Jian and Liu Bei do for food? Why don't you even leave a name after killing someone? My name is Lu.
Disciple, let a knight-errant overshadow him - how shameful!
But the shortcomings do not hide the good points. Overall, Lu Zhi is still very happy.
Lu Zhi even compared his good disciple Liu Jian to Zhang Jian, one of the Eight Talents.
Murder in the Han Dynasty was indeed a violation of Han law and a proper crime, but you also have to look at who killed and who was killed.
Some people kill people and are called criminals.
But some people kill people, and when the white knife pierces them, what comes out is not blood, but a great reputation!
The Zhang Jian mentioned by Lu Zhi was also the murderer of Zhongchang Shihou Lan and his family to bring trouble to their hometown.
Due to Zhang Jian's official position at the time, he was not qualified to make the decision on this matter, but Zhang Jian killed Hou Lan's mother without hesitation and killed his clan guests, which was praised by people all over the world.
Of course, this is also because Zhang Jian himself is a Qingliu person and one of the Eight Heroes. Especially because his behavior later indirectly implicated the party prison, so this matter was placed on him, which caused a wave of praise among the scholars.
praise.
To put it bluntly, as long as you kill someone who is related to the eunuch, the Qingliu scholars of the Han Dynasty will give you a thumbs up.
Take a closer look at the behavior of Liu Jian and others now. How is it different from Zhang Jian's behavior back then?
Liu Jian was also a scholar himself, and he killed the evil leader!
The most important thing is that the person Liu Jian killed was a relative of the great eunuch Cao Jie, the leader of the eunuchs who was hated by all the famous people in the world.
Yes, it should be killed, stabbed to death!
Therefore, if Lu Zhi does not treat Liu Jian differently at this moment, then he is not Lu Zhi.
Lu Zhi praised Liu Jian and assured him that with him, Master Lu, this matter would not be a big deal at all!
Not only did he want to protect Liu Jian, but he also wanted to publicize Liu Jian's murder of an eunuch as a thief among the scholars in the future.
This is really a beautiful thing to do, but most people don’t dare!
Such great propaganda deeds must have been done by my apprentice, Mr. Lu.
Anyway, Cao Jie's eunuch won't live long, so he is not afraid of his revenge.
When Lu Zhi left Beijing, he heard that Cao Jie was seriously ill. He heard from the imperial doctor that he was almost terminally ill and had no cure, and that he would not be able to live for more than a few months.
In fact, the reason why Liu Jian was able to tell this matter in front of Lu Zhi today was also because of this.
He knew that Cao Jie died less than a year after Duan Qiu, Yang Qiu and others died, and he couldn't take revenge even if he wanted to.
At this juncture, telling the matter in front of Lu Zhi will not only win Lu Zhi's admiration... the most important thing is that it will be spread to Shilin through Lu Zhi's mouth. In the future, the deeds of the Liu brothers will be revealed.
It is enough to be praised among scholars.
Lu Zhi praised Liu Jian for a long time, and then praised Liu Bei in passing. He thought he was also very good. It was very rare for him to be able to defy the powerful at critical moments and perform such heroic deeds with Liu Jian.
At the same time, Lu Zhi also said that he hoped that Liu Bei could continue to make progress in the future, buy less clothes, buy less dogs, race cars and horses with others, and try to use his energy in the right place, so that he would be able to do great things.
Although the training was more than the praise, Liu Bei was still overjoyed and quickly thanked him.
Later, Lu Zhi personally mentioned a new word for Guan Yu: Yunchang!
What Lu Zhi means is that although you are right to kill, the national law is ruthless and the Han law cannot be abolished. That Guan Changsheng screamed after killing the person. The three characters of Guan Changsheng are currently too well-known in Hedong. Everyone privately
It's okay to praise him, but you still have to be a little cautious as a person. I won't use his nickname for now. I will give him a new nickname for him, called Yunchang. I hope he will not forget this. Ren Tiangao
The clouds are long and soaring, you ask him if he likes it.
If he is unwilling to change, it is also for his own good that you try to persuade him more.
After this incident, Liu Jian's status in Lu Zhi's heart changed completely.
But if Liu Jian really made Lu Zhi take him seriously, it was during the subsequent battle between the Han army and Xianbei.