Liu Jian was dumbfounded by Zheng Ci. It was just a delay of a few days. How could it be such a big deal?
"Okay, sister, please don't think so much. Husbands are somewhat familiar with the rules of the Han Dynasty. Those who are promoted as filial and honest will be appointed as husbands in the capital. Although there are travel restrictions, the requirements are not so strict after all.
After all, there are more than 100 counties in the Han Dynasty, and there are no less than 200 people who come to Beijing to serve as Langguan every year. If everyone rushes slowly along the way, there will be some problems."
"There may be thieves, refugees blocking the road, or the road being blocked by flash floods, or people getting lost. Even if there are people who are sick like my sister, there are still a lot of them. Every year, I don’t know how many people are unable to make sure they meet their schedule. Ah
Sister, don’t worry about me."
"Ahem, cough! However, I can't worry about my husband, but I drag him down for no reason. It's really... cough!"
Zheng Ci coughed in a low voice and her face flushed. Liu Jian hurriedly stretched out his hand to test and found that her forehead was very hot.
"Okay, don't talk anymore, listen to me, find another inn, and wait until you get better!"
Zheng Ci's eyes were filled with grievances and self-blame. Liu Jian laid her down on the bed and comforted her softly.
After a while, Zheng Ci, who was ill, fell asleep holding Liu Jian's arm.
Liu Jian then gently pulled out his arm, stood up and came to the door, shouting at the door: "Big Eye! Big Eye! Li Big Eye!"
After an unknown amount of time, Li Damu, the leader of the thieves recommended by Guan Yu, came to Liu Jian with broad steps.
"Young Master, call me?"
"Big Eyes, my wife is sick, please hurry up and find out where the next inn is and how far it is? Let's get on the road immediately tomorrow morning and ask a doctor to treat my wife near the inn!"
The name "Big Eye" was specially used by Liu Jian to call Li Dayu. Both sides have similar meanings to the name he uses now, and it feels more friendly when called.
Li Damu felt a little awkward at first, but over time he got used to it.
Now when others call him Li Dayan, he feels uncomfortable all over. But Liu Jian calls him Li Dayan, which makes him feel comfortable.
Liu Jian defined Li Damu's behavior as a cheap person.
"Here!"
Li Damu accepted the order and hurried out.
Liu Jian then returned to the room, sat down at the table, wrote down a word and then wrote a letter.
Then, he turned out the door again, and Zhao Yu came here.
When he was young, Yu Ze came, and Liu Jian handed him the letter and words.
"This is……?"
"Brother Yu, please go to Luoyang first, give this poem to my mentor Lu Gong, and tell him that I may arrive in Luoyang later. Then I will tell the teacher why my wife is unable to walk because of the cold, and ask the teacher to cover it up for me.
hidden."
Yu Ze was quite puzzled by this matter.
"There have always been a lot of people who have been Xiaolian when they came to Beijing and delayed their appointment due to the delay in traveling. Why did Shaojun do this specially?"
Liu Jian smiled and said: "For others to come to Beijing, a few nights will be fine for them, but for me, the matter may be a bit difficult to handle. Brother Yu knows that since I married my wife,
The name of Zheng Xuan's son-in-law has been spread in the capital. I estimate that there will be many people in the capital who want to take advantage of me at this moment, and there will also be enemies who want to hinder me, so I'd better take precautions and make some preparations first.
safe."
Yu Ze said in confusion: "Shaojun's reputation is well known throughout the capital. I can understand if someone wants to take advantage of Shaojun, but where does this enemy come from? Shaojun has never been to Luoyang before, right?"
Liu Jian turned his head to look to the west and murmured: "I did some things, but as time went by, I forgot them, but others may not forget them."
…
Yu Ze held Liu Jian's handwriting and went to Luoyang to meet Lu Zhi at starry night.
Lu Zhi arrived in Luoyang two months before Liu Jian, and has been waiting for him since then. According to the time agreed in advance, he thought Liu Jian would arrive in the next few days, but he never expected that instead of welcoming Liu Jian, he welcomed Yu Ze
.
Lu Zhi got Liu Jian's handwriting and listened to Yu Ze's message, and he laughed on the spot.
"Thanks to him for being sensible, he didn't get carried away after all. He knew that there were people in Luoyang City who couldn't tolerate him."
Yu Ze frowned when he heard this, then clasped his fists and said: "My young master is a sincere man, and he has never been to Luoyang. Who on earth doesn't want to tolerate him?"
"Haha, don't forget that before he went to fight in Saibei, he had wiped out a whole family named Zheng in Hedong. The Zheng family and the Cao family were brothers-in-law. Although Cao Jie, the great eunuch, is dead, his younger brother Cao Paishi is still alive.
, how can they not avenge this? As long as there is a chance, those eunuchs will not let it go."
"this……"
"Okay, I'm free to do these things. Don't worry about it! Go back and tell your young master, or you won't postpone it. If you have to postpone it, then postpone it for a longer time."
"Here!"
…
Ten days later, in Luoyang City, whether among the Imperial Academy, among the officials of the three departments, or on the streets, a poem and a story that had just been introduced to the people began to spread.
The name of that poem is "The Song of the Common People in the Cold Land".
The ground is not scorched by fire, and the call is made in the middle of the night.
Where does the cold arrow come from, the thorny needle is coquettish.
The frost blows through the walls, and the pain is inescapable.
The eunuchs beat bells and drink, and when they arrive at dawn, they cook firecrackers.
Those who are cold are willing to be moths and burn the ointment to death.
…
However, in the original poem, this poem mainly expresses the hardship of life of the poor people. It depicts the disparity in living conditions between the poor people and the rich people on a cold night. It is a clear class opposition between the poor and the rich people.
But Liu Jian rewrote a word in the poem. He changed the original word "beating the bell and drinking in the high hall" to "beating the bell and drinking in the eunuch's family".
In this way, it is tantamount to playing a marginal role and changing the specific object of class antagonism.
In fact, the princes and nobles in Luoyang City, including the eunuchs' families, are all on the opposite side. However, Liu Jian narrowed the scope of his criticism this time and directly targeted the eunuchs by name, and included some things that he did not want to do for the time being.
Those who offend are thrown away.
In fact, this is not because he has any good impression of the high-ranking nobles. In his opinion, compared to the eunuchs, the noble families of the Han Dynasty are even worse than them, and they all stand opposite to the people at the lowest level.
To put it more evolved, parallel exploitation of labor is the primary human right of capital.
For the people at the lowest level, no one is a good thing, including nobles, eunuchs and slaves. Of course, if you honestly think it is true, the gate of the clan has played a great role in the accumulation of human knowledge and the inheritance of history.
functional.
As for the eunuchs, apart from seizing power, in a sense they played no role at all.
Liu Jian is the son-in-law of the Zheng family and a member of the Zheng family. He cannot directly attack the high family at the moment because these people are currently the ones he wants to use.
If nothing unexpected happens to the eunuch, we will not have any good interactions with each other, especially the Cao family's brother-in-law and his family died in his own hands.
Although only the name Guan Changsheng was left in Hedong, Liu Jian felt that with the energy of the Cao family, it was impossible not to find out.
But after all, the great eunuch Cao Jie died of illness, and the Cao family's local power was greatly reduced, posing no threat to themselves.
But when I come to Luoyang, I'm afraid the result will be different.
Since there is no turning back between us, let's take advantage of the eunuch's big ears and slap him.
Later, Liu Jian kept delaying his appointment as scheduled. Even after Zheng Ci's illness almost recovered, he was still delaying.
As Lu Zhi said, you either don't be late. If you are late, then put it off as hard as you can.
With the help of Lu Zhi, this poem began to spread in Beijing. Although there were many parts in the poem that did not conform to the current mainstream rhythm, eunuchs and scholars were competing with each other and eunuchs continued to take the initiative.
Next, for scholars, this poem is like the sound of nature.
Especially the sufferings suffered by the poor people in the poem, in the eyes of the scholars, these sufferings are what they are also experiencing, and all of them are caused by the eunuchs.
Later, Liu Jian, the author of the poem, was unable to go to Beijing as scheduled to take up his post because his wife was ill, and he won wide praise from students in Luoyang.
The name of his son-in-law of the Zheng family was discovered, and soon his achievements in killing Helian were also discovered, which greatly amazed all the students in Luoyang City.
I heard that this man became Zheng Xuan’s son-in-law before he was imprisoned by the party. This shows that this man regards fame and wealth as nothing!
Although in the hearts of Han scholars, they generally still long to be able to cling to the powerful and become a dragon or a phoenix, but in terms of public opinion, people like Liu Jian who regard fame as dirt still need to be vigorously praised!
Why?
Do nothing, because this is the mainstream of scholarly public opinion!
For a time, before Liu Jian entered Luoyang, he had already become a prominent figure in Luoyang City, and his popularity was unprecedented.
From the nobles to the common people, everyone praised and praised his actions!
The biggest star in Luoyang City this year and the main topic of conversation after dinner is none other than Liu Jian!
And for such a popular figure, many pairs of eyes have begun to stare at him in Luoyang City.