At that time, Empress Cai was pregnant, and the emperor was overjoyed and granted amnesty to the whole world, except for Dong's favor and rebellion against the party.
Liu Mastiff was sitting in Taiyuan College, surrounded by a large number of students. The students were describing their ideas on governing the country and their views on various measures. Liu Mastiff sat among them, listening carefully, and occasionally They would also ask questions, which made the students even more happy. In the past, no one would care about their opinions. Only Emperor Xiaokang once asked the students to write political commentaries directly, submit them to him, and then comment on them personally.
Liu Mastiff was chatting happily with everyone, and then a guard came over, walked behind Liu Mastiff, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, there are distinguished guests coming to visit, will Your Highness return home?"
Liu Mastiff shook his head, did not reply, and continued to listen to the students' discussion.
The guard was helpless and then said: "Your Highness, it is Sinong who is here. It seems that he has important matters to discuss. Mr. Yuan asked Your Highness to go back quickly."
Liu Mastiff then raised his head, looked at him, and said loudly: "What about Sinong? Isn't it possible that what the wise men here said is not important? They are all the future pillars of the Han Dynasty, the future Sangong and Jiuqing. They are all here! I am here to discuss important matters with them, how can I leave halfway???"
The guard was speechless now. He could only look at Liu Mastiff blankly, and then at the other students. The surrounding students also noticed the situation here and asked quickly: "Your Highness, what do you want? thing?"
Liu Mastiff smiled and said: "No problem, Sinong is here to visit, you can continue talking."
The students looked at each other, unable to contain the excitement on their faces. They stood up, bowed to Liu Mastiff, and said: "Your Highness, Da Sinong is here. It seems that there are important matters related to the country. Please hurry up." Go back home!"
"The discussion of political affairs by talented people is also a major matter related to the family and the country. How could I leave halfway?"
"Your Highness!!!"
"Your Highness, we can choose a day for our affairs. It is better to ask Your Highness to return home!!" The students bowed one after another. Liu Mastiff stood up and looked at them with some embarrassment, with a hesitant look on his face. The students bowed again, and Liu Mastiff stood up and looked at them with some embarrassment. Mastiff had no choice but to bid farewell to the students and left with the guards. When he left, the students sighed with emotion. They had not received such attention for an unknown period of time.
His Highness's regard for him really moved them and made them speechless.
After following the guard out of Taiyuan University, Liu Mastiff asked: "Isn't Da Sinong busy with official studies? Why are you in Luoyang?" The guard shook his head and said, "I don't know, he was already there. He came to see His Highness at some time, but His Highness never came back, so he kept waiting. Only then did Mr. Yuan order me to bring His Highness back."
Liu Mastiff nodded and quickened his pace.
After returning to the mansion, he quickly went to the study, knocked on the door, and called: "Master, I'm here."
"Come in!"
Liu Mastiff then pushed open the door and entered. Yuan Shu was sitting in the upper seat, and sitting next to him was a middle-aged man, dressed simply and with a gentle face. Liu Mastiff hurriedly paid homage to Yuan Shu and looked at this man, who immediately stood up. , he was about to bow to Liu Mastiff. Liu Mastiff bowed first and said: "How dare you accept the elder's courtesy? This little mastiff pays homage to Mr. Liu!"
"Your Highness, how can you salute me? Please get up, please get up."
"I have heard before that Liu Gong, a man of great virtue and talent, governed the east and prospered the east, governed Ningzhou and prospered the city, and settled in agriculture. However, he had the world in mind, running around, setting up official schools, and enlightening millions of children. Liu Gong's merits should be passed down for thousands of years and remembered by future generations. What merits do I have to be able to accept Liu Gong's courtesy?" Liu Mastiff said with some excitement, looking at Liu Bei with a look of respect.
Liu Bei also hurriedly said: "Your Highness's reputation for benevolence and righteousness is known all over the world. Your Highness is willing to do good things, help the people, and treat virtuous officials. He has many virtuous names and is admirable. Your Highness is also the emperor. How can I be honored by His Highness?"
"Liu Gong is also a member of the clan, and I am an elder. How can I accept the courtesy of my elders?" Liu Mastiff stepped forward and held Liu Bei's hand, with tears in his eyes. Liu Bei did the same, holding Liu Mastiff's hand tightly, full of tears.
With a touch of emotion on his face, he shook his head and said again: "Your Highness, you don't have to be polite, Your Highness is."
"That's enough!!!" Yuan Shu immediately interrupted Liu Bei. The two of them turned their heads and looked at him at the same time. Yuan Shu's face was livid, he stood up and said, "I feel unwell suddenly. If there is anything, please talk to yourselves."
, I'm going to rest first!!" After saying that, he walked out of the study without waiting for them to speak. Liu Mastiff and Liu Bei quickly saw him off respectfully.
After Yuan Shu left, the two sat facing each other and started talking.
"I have long wanted to pay homage to Mr. Liu, but unfortunately, Mr. Liu was not able to go to pay homage due to his busy schedule. When I saw him today, I was so happy that it is hard to express. I have always admired Mr. Liu for his talent and virtue. I am so lucky to have such an elder in the clan. I am so lucky.
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"I have long wanted to visit His Highness. Due to my busy schedule, I was able to return to Luoyang yesterday and came to talk to His Highness."
The two of them chatted for a long time, and then Liu Bei said: "Your Highness, I don't know, but I came here to ask for a request from Your Highness." Liu Mastiff was stunned and said, "It's all Duke Liu gives you."
"I went out to Yanzhou, Yu, Xu, Qing, Yi, and six states. In these six places, I went to various counties and counties to supervise the achievements of the official schools here. Alas, it is not difficult to build official schools. The county
There is plenty of open space, and it does not cost much money to build official schools. The only difficulty is that there are not enough official schools to teach students. There are too few teachers and many students."
Liu Bei's face looked a little tired, and he continued: "I thought that the number of people in the Etherology, Menzi, and North and South schools were enough to teach young children all over the world, but I didn't expect that the students were focused on academic examinations and had no thoughts to do so.
Go to counties and counties to teach students, especially those in frontier areas such as You, Ning, Jing, Liang and other places. No students are willing to go there."
"I looked for Cai Gong and Zheng Gong, but they were both helpless. With their own prestige, they could indeed mobilize many students, but they felt that these students were very good and should spend their time studying.
"I really have no choice but to participate in the assessment. Later I heard from Cai Gong that His Highness has a high prestige in the two universities, and students are willing to listen to His Highness and come to visit."
When Liu Bei finished speaking, Liu Mastiff understood. He nodded and said: "Liu Gong is a great virtuous man. Enlightenment of millions of young children will become the pillars of my great man in the future. This matter is very important. I will definitely help you with this matter."
Liu Gong is at ease!" Liu Bei was overjoyed. He did not expect that Liu Mastiff would agree so quickly. After Liu Mastiff entered Taixue and Menzi School, Liu Bei saw his plan.
He is trying to win over the ministers in the future. These students will definitely be ministers in the country in the future, ranging from the three princes to the county magistrates. Being able to win over these people will be of great benefit to Liu Mastiff. However, if these people come
Going up to the local level, Liu Mastiff's interests are much smaller. There is a huge difference between recruiting a group of future ministers and recruiting a group of academic institutions to offer wine.
However, he didn't even hesitate and agreed quickly.
The two people continued to talk, getting closer and closer, and it was too late to meet each other.
They talked all night long, holding a candle and falling asleep together.
On the next day, Liu Bei said goodbye to Liu Mastiff and left the mansion. Both of them were a little reluctant to leave. After a day of chatting, they got along very well. With a huge age gap, they had the same views on many things.
Surprisingly, Liu Bei has many good friends, but he has never met such a close confidant. Now that he met Liu Mastiff, he was so excited that he almost shed tears.
Liu Mastiff is not like that. He is so close to everyone and can have a great time chatting with anyone. However, this time, he is sincere.
After seeing off Liu Bei, Liu Mastiff immediately ordered his guards to call Sima Yi, Zhuge Liang, and Yuan Shang. He waited in the front yard. Not long after, the three of them arrived. At this time, Liu Mastiff was always happy that he could be there.
Studying in the Yuan Mansion, if this was not the case, how could he get the help of so many talented people if he was trapped in the palace all day?
Sima Yi came first, paid homage to Liu Mastiff, and sat down to wait together.
Zhuge Liang and Yuan Shang arrived later, and the four of them visited each other. Liu Mastiff then took them into the study and told them what Liu Bei said. The three of them listened carefully. Yuan Shang was the first to speak:
"Your Highness, this is not an easy matter. Great scholars such as Cai Gong and Zheng Gong did not help him. Why should Your Highness help him? Isn't it detrimental to our friendship to mobilize students so recklessly?"
"It took so long for His Highness to gain the love of the students. If Your Highness allows them to travel to various places, I'm afraid it will damage His Highness's relationship with them."
As Yuan Shang spoke, Liu Mastiff frowned and said, "This matter is of great benefit to the family and the country. How can we delay state affairs because of personal affairs?"
Yuan Shang was speechless, sighed, and looked at Sima Yi aside. Sima Yi smiled and said: "This matter is not difficult. What students care about is just the examination of academic performance. As long as we can formulate measures
, during the academic performance assessment, we will provide discounts to students who voluntarily go to various places, and the emperor will personally praise them. We are not afraid that they will not go. Those who go to the most difficult areas will benefit more. In this way, the matter can be solved."
"In addition, we can also set a time limit for them. It only takes two years. Those students who have completed their studies and are worthy of reference will be sent for two years, and then the next batch of students will be replaced."
Hearing what Sima Yi said, Yuan Shang was overjoyed and thought this was feasible. Liu Mastiff also nodded and looked at Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang frowned and said: "This matter is not difficult, but" he looked at Liu Mastiff and said: "The key lies with Liu Bei."
"Oh? What do you mean, uncle?"
"Your Highness needs to know that Liu Bei is associated with Cao Cao, which has made all the officials in the court displeased. Cai Gong and Zheng Gong are unwilling to help him. It is also because of this reason. Your Highness is now standing in Situ Gong's line.
Those led by Duke Cao, Duke Xing, Duke Liu, and Duke Guo are all enemies of His Highness. If Your Highness helps Liu Bei, I am afraid that he will harm these ministers headed by Duke Situ."
Liu Mastiff stood up, shook his head, and said: "This matter is of great benefit to my family and country. I will not refuse it. Even if I am not loved by the ministers because of it, I have no complaints!"
Zhuge Liang had long thought that Liu Mastiff would speak like this. He thought for a moment and said: "In this case, His Highness will go to Situ Gong and tell him the pros and cons and ask him to help with this matter."
"Ah? Isn't Liu Bei not good to him? Will he help?"
Yuan Shang asked suspiciously.
Liu Mastiff smiled and said: "Situ Gong is a wise minister, how can he miss important matters because of personal affairs?"
ps: Brothers, I have been staying up late recently and have been feeling unwell, so I missed one chapter yesterday. I still haven’t recovered well today, but I will continue to update. There will be another chapter later.