The next day, Liu Mastiff went to Situ's mansion in person.
Although Liu Mastiff has made many friends over the years, he rarely communicates with the ministers of the dynasty, and he never visits the officials, let alone Lu Zhi. However, when he learned that Liu Mastiff had
When he came, Lu Zhi was still very happy. He valued the prince very much. He believed that the most prosperous moment of the Han Dynasty would be created by this prince.
Of course, he always kept these words in his heart and never spoke to outsiders. He did not want to bring disaster to the prince. In the court, there were not a few ministers who had his thoughts. Liu Mastiff was in all aspects.
They are all extremely outstanding. He is kind and caring for the common people. He is smart and has read poetry and books since he was young. He is gentle, courteous and courteous to others.
The most important thing is that he is close to the aristocratic family. Unlike Emperor Xiaokang, he has a very good relationship with the aristocratic family. Perhaps it is because he has been under the sect of Yuan Shu since he was a child. He is close to Yuan, Xun, Zhuge and Sima.
The relationship between these aristocratic families is very close. Such an emperor is really rare. Starting from Emperor Xiaohuan, every generation of emperors began to suppress the aristocratic families.
Emperor Xiaohuan adopted the Party's control, in a way that angered the people of the world and ruined his reputation, to forcefully expel the Party forces in the court. During the period of Emperor Xiaokang, Emperor Xiaokang adopted a soft approach, increasing farmland and opening up poor families.
The official career was a disguised form of suppression of the wealthy clans, and now the emperor, alas, the furious emperor wielded his sword and wanted to fundamentally cut off the avenues for the wealthy clans to grow.
At a time like this, it is really rare to meet a prince who is friendly to a wealthy family.
However, this point also aroused the hostility of many courtiers in the court, including the new faction headed by Cao Cao. Although they are said to be new faction, in fact, most of them are composed of children from poor families. The leader, Cao Cao, came from a humble background. After the eunuch, Xing Ziang
, Guo Jia was born into a poor family, as usual, and Liu Bei, although he has the status of a clan member, but his family is poor, so he is undoubtedly from a poor family.
On Lu Zhi's side, Yuan Shao, Xun Yu, and Zhao Wen
Lu Zhi sent his only son to greet him. He originally had three sons. The first two died of illness, and only the youngest son stayed with him. Now he is still in his prime years, but he has not served as an official. He is still in Lu Zhi's house.
After entering the school, Liu Mastiff only waited at the door for a moment before he saw a young scholar come out, bowed to Liu Mastiff and said, "Meet His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the Emperor."
Liu Mastiff quickly returned the gift and asked his name.
"I'm Lu Yu, I'm from Zi's family. Your Highness can just call me my cousin."
"Haha, judging from the appearance of the family, there is no doubt that he is the legitimate son of Duke Situ!"
Lu Yu smiled and led Liu Mastiff into the mansion. Although Lu Zhi was a Situ, his mansion was still very simple. Most of the ministers in the Jianning period were like this, but Liu Mastiff still praised him in a low voice.
After a few words, there were not many servants in the mansion, only two or three old men. Lu Yu took him into the study and wanted to leave, but Lu Zhi stopped him.
"Meet Mr. Situ!"
"Your Highness, you don't have to be polite. I'm really happy that Your Highness is here. Come, Your Highness, please take a seat!" Lu Zhi is old, but he is still very capable. Although he is a great scholar who has read poetry and books, he originally studied in Beijing.
He served in the army, so he had the ability of a general. Even when he later became a prefect, Situ, he was still like this, with a straight back, a solemn expression, and a murderous aura about him.
From Liu Mastiff's point of view, Situ Gong seems to be still the commander of the Shooting School in the past. Time has not changed him. His heroic laughter does not look like the three princes in the court at all, but more like he is commanding the army and horses outside the wall.
The general was completely different from the ministers in the DPRK. He looked at Liu Mastiff in front of him and did not dare to say more. He directly asked: "Your Highness is here, I think he must have something important to do!"
Liu Mastiff simply told Lu Zhi what Liu Bei said and said seriously: "This matter is really important and of great benefit." He also told Lu Zhi what Sima Yi had reported, but he would
This method was said to be what Zhuge Liang had in mind. It was of course to protect Sima Yi. Although Sima Yi's family was powerful, he could never compare to Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang had the support of his aunt!
Even if there were dissatisfied people in the court, it would not be that easy to take action against Zhuge Liang.
Lu Zhi listened attentively and said with a smile: "Xuande has done a good job. Your Highness can just tell His Majesty, so why come to me?"
"I'm afraid in my heart that all the officials in the court will make a big fuss over the New Deal, and Mr. Liu supports the New Deal. I'm really afraid that such a beneficial policy will die because of the opposition of the ministers in the court. Situ
Mr. Gong is the head of hundreds of officials and a great Confucian who cares about the world. Mr. Liu is also a disciple of Mr. Situ. Therefore, I came to see Mr. Situ in the hope that Mr. Situ can help with this matter!"
As Liu Mastiff spoke, Lu Zhi laughed and said, "Did Xuande remember that I am his master at this time?"
"Looking for help from Situ Gong is what I want to do. Liu Gong doesn't know."
"Hey, Xuande, this guy, comes to me on weekdays, but he never mentions political affairs, and he doesn't want to ask me for help." Lu Zhi said, looked at Liu Mastiff, and said: "You don't have to worry about this matter.
Even if others don't want to do good deeds, I will definitely do it. In addition, you must report it to the emperor in person. No matter what you do, you must not hide it from the emperor. You must inform him of everything, no matter how big or small."
"Here you go!"
"Also," Lu Zhi pointed to Lu Yu in the distance and said, "This is my only son who is useless. Although he is useless, he has read a lot of books." He then said to Lu Yu, "In the future, I will spend more time with Your Highness."
contacts!"
After chatting for a long time, Liu Mastiff walked out of Situ's Mansion and walked directly towards the palace.
When the guards saw Liu Mastiff, they did not stop him and immediately let him in. Liu Mastiff came outside Houde Hall. Han Men was standing in front of the hall. When he saw Liu Mastiff coming, he walked over with a smile. After saying hello to Liu Mastiff, he
He bowed again and said with some gratitude: "Thank you for your help, Your Highness. My nephew would not have been able to enter Menzi School without Your Highness's help!"
"No need to thank you, Mr. Han's nephew is very talented and learned."
Some time ago, the Han sect approached Liu Mastiff and asked him if he had something to ask for. He had a nephew named Han Yin who was fond of studying and wanted to enter a school. However, he was unable to enter because of the Han sect. Minister
They still disliked their close relatives of eunuchs. When Liu Mastiff learned about it, he arranged for Han Yin to participate in the official school examination and let him enter the Menzi School to continue his studies.
Liu Mastiff smiled and said: "Husband Han, is father in the palace?"
"I haven't seen my father for quite some time. I'm going to pay homage to His Majesty and tell him all about what I have done during these days." Liu Mastiff looked at Han Men, who was stunned and quickly reacted and said
: "The state is in the palace, I will go and report it now!" Liu Mastiff waited for a while, and then Hanmen came out and let Liu Mastiff enter.
Liu Mastiff walked into the Hall of Houde. The emperor was sitting in front of a document. He didn't know what he was looking at. He didn't raise his head. He waved his hand and asked Liu Mastiff to sit in front of him. Then he continued to read. Liu Mastiff had been waiting for a long time.
The emperor then raised his head, looked at Liu Mastiff, threw some memorials on the document on the ground, rubbed his forehead again, and cursed: "These idiots are starting to persuade me to withdraw my troops again."
Liu Mastiff lowered his head and said nothing.
"Why are you here? Why do you want to be their lobbyist and ask me to withdraw our troops?"
"Father, I don't dare."
The emperor snorted twice and said nothing.
"My son has something important to tell my father." Liu Mastiff said, and told the emperor all the words that Liu Bei came to him, as well as Sima Yi, Lu Zhi and others. He said it clearly and clearly.
He was extremely serious. After listening to what he said, the emperor still had some hesitation on his face. He asked: "Why did you come to tell me these things?"
"Situ Gong asked me to tell my father that I shouldn't hide anything from my father!"
"Oh? Hahaha!" The emperor suddenly laughed after hearing this. He didn't know why he was so small. He shook his head, looked at Liu Mastiff in front of him, and asked: "You are honest, betraying Mr. Situ like this! What if?
When Mr. Situ learns, he will probably never order his son to interact with you again." He said, and then asked: "Then do you have anything else to hide from me?"
The emperor took out a glass of wine from under the desk, took a sip, and asked casually.
"have."
"Oh? Come and listen."
"Earlier, my uncle said that I was suitable to be the emperor and asked me to go to Imperial College to win over students."
"Pfft!!" The emperor spit out the wine in his mouth and burst into laughter, almost breaking his breath. Liu Mastiff was a little panicked and asked quickly: "Father, are you okay?"
The big fat man smiled, stood up helplessly, stretched out his hand, pulled Liu Mastiff up, and said: "Come, follow me to Qiongyuan for a walk." Liu Mastiff did not dare to refuse, and the big fat man was not in a hurry.
He went out and took a random book from the desk. The book was completely black and Liu Mastiff had never seen it before. The fat man took him out of the Hall of Houde.
"Mastiff, how long have you and I been away like this?"
"My son, I don't remember."
"I haven't taken you for a walk since you were five years old." The big fat man said with some nostalgia, and a smile appeared on his face. Liu Mastiff followed him, his face a little confused.
"Mastiff, have you hated me over the years?"
"Don't hate."
"to be honest."
"Don't hate."
The big fat man didn't speak. He started walking in the Qiong Garden and looked at the surrounding scenery. He was stunned for a long time and didn't know what he was remembering. He said, "Mastiff, when I was young, you and I
He always brought me here to play. Later, when I grew up, you never brought me here again. He was very strict with me, either beating or scolding me."
"He was very gentle to your second uncle and third uncle. Until they were nearly ten years old, he never scolded them. Except for me, I was scolded countless times every day. I once thought that my father hated him.
Me, he liked Erlang, Sanlang, and little sister. When He Yaye left, I cried very sadly. I felt that no one in the world would ever love me like that again."
The big fat man laughed, his eyes sparkling, and he said: "Until I succeeded to the throne and you passed away, I thought he hated me and hated me. Until I got you, I couldn't tell.
How did it feel to hold your newborn in my arms? I was so happy that day, even happier than the day I ascended the throne. I have never been so happy in my life. Then I began to think about my father.
Were you also so happy when you held me in your arms?"
"Later, when you grew up, I kept telling myself that I must love you well, be partial to you, and prevent you from becoming the same person I was when you were young."
"However, you have to know that you are my eldest son and the heir of the Han Dynasty. You must be very good. You must suppress those monsters and monsters and protect tens of millions of people in the country. The higher my demands on you, the angrier I will be.
I must always reprimand you and scold you to make you better, constantly motivate you, make you grow and make you better.”
The big fat man grinned, with tears shining in the corners of his eyes, "Now I understand, father, he doesn't hate me, he loves me the most."
"Mastiff, come here"
Liu Mastiff walked up to the big fat man. At some point, his eyes were filled with tears. The big fat man put the book in his hand. He smiled and said: "Mastiff, this book is
I have never shown it to anyone else. I want to give this book to you. You should study hard and don’t let me down."
"Father," Liu Mastiff was speechless. He stretched out his hand and hugged the big fat man. He cried loudly, hugged the big fat man tightly, and buried his head on the big fat man. The big fat man stretched out his hand and caressed him gently.
Touching his back, he whispered: "You can do what you want to do, but I won't stop you. There are too many thorns in this world. Please wait until I pull out these thorns before handing them over to you."
"Don't show this book to anyone, not even your mother, nor your future children. If one day, you feel that your child is mature enough to be entrusted with big things, just call him."