When Cao Cao came to Zi, Liu Bei came back from the front line and went to greet him personally. As soon as he entered the city, it instantly became a star-chasing scene.

As the state pastor supported by the military and civilians of Qingzhou and the most respected virtuous man in the world, Liu Bei just showed up, and the people flocked to him, surrounded him, and presented him with various gifts.

As a result, the traffic was temporarily jammed, and people with vehicles coming and going inside and outside the city had to take detours. The police officers who managed the streets came out one after another to maintain order.

Don’t think that the ancients didn’t chase stars. Pan An received tons of gifts every time he went out. Wei Jie was surrounded by fans every day when he walked on the street. Xie Lingyun was a fan of Cao Zhi, and Li Bai was also a fan of Xie Lingyun. At the same time, he was not familiar with Meng Haoran.

Chu, only Du Fu is sour all day long and eats lemons.

Therefore, in the ancient society with underdeveloped information, once a certain mass admirer appeared, it would be much more fanatical than the so-called Weibo star-chasing in later generations. Not only would it be sought after by everyone, but it would also be easy for a large number of literary works to be produced to fill the gaps in art.

Of course, poetry is not popular nowadays, so no one writes poems for Liu Bei, Chen Mu and others.

But who knows that thousands of years later, someone will write a masterpiece like "Qin Emperor and Han Dynasty, slightly inferior to literary talents, Shizu Zhaolie, slightly inferior to coquettish, are all gone. To count the famous figures, we still have to look at the present day".

Surrounded by everyone, Liu Bei had no choice but to start moving with difficulty to the Prefecture Mufu.

Fortunately, there were guards and many government officials around to maintain order. Otherwise, they might have been trampled. They waited until they entered the mansion and then dispersed after a while.

The group entered the vestibule. Cao Cao looked around and saw that Liu Bei's governor's residence was just an ordinary small courtyard. He couldn't help but feel secretly surprised.

Although it is considered good compared to ordinary people's homes, with three entrances and three exits, it is at most like a wealthy family and does not look like a state pastor's mansion at all.

You know, in today's troubled times, many powerful people will immediately become extravagant once they have a position.

For example, Tao Qian's mansion in Xuzhou is very luxurious. It covers an area of ​​seven or eight acres, has red gates, high walls, and houses connected with each other. It is extremely exquisite. There is also the Mi Zhu family, a wealthy family in Xuzhou, with tens of thousands of servants alone. You can imagine how big his house is.

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Even Zuo Rong, who only occupied a piece of land in Guangling, built a house that was comparable to a palace, with countless pavilions and pavilions in the high-gate courtyard, and countless plundered wealth was hidden inside.

In comparison, Liu Bei's home seems much more friendly to the people.

The front courtyard is only five or six feet wide and seven or eight feet long, which is almost 240 square meters. Then there are the front hall, the middle hall, and the backyard, with three entrances and three exits. Together they occupy less than an acre of land.

Although a house with one acre of land can be said to be a big mansion in later generations, you must know that this is the Eastern Han Dynasty.

What is the population of the Eastern Han Dynasty?

The per capita area is 31 times that of later generations.

It can be said that the idiom "vast land and sparsely populated" comes from "Hanshu" and is the most realistic adjective at that time.

Ordinary people may not be so particular about it, but during the Qin and Han Dynasties, the buildings of wealthy families were all considered magnificent. Many powerful people's houses in the city started with two or three acres, and their manors outside the city even occupied several hectares.

Therefore, looking at it this way, Liu Bei's family is as poor as beggars compared with those powerful people.

"Brother Meng De laughed."

Seeing Cao Cao looking around in the courtyard, Liu Bei pointed to a centuries-old banyan tree in the courtyard, and said in a Versailles-like manner: "This was originally the governor's residence. When Yuan Ligong was the governor of Qingzhou, he didn't like it.

Because of his extravagance, he chose a shabby tile-roofed house as the governor's residence. At that time, the entire house only had this front hall and this courtyard. Duke Yuanli often worked under the trees in this courtyard to deal with Qingzhou affairs.

"Later, when great sages such as Duke Changxuan, Duke Deqian, and Duke Ziyan were in office, they did not build new palaces because they always admired Duke Yuan Li's virtue. When my fourth brother was appointed governor, he found that the houses were really simple.

, it expanded to what it is now, and later I became the state pastor. People often advised me to renovate the mansion and expand it."

"But when I saw the towering tree and the umbrella-like canopy, I was always filled with emotion, as if I had seen with my own eyes the demeanor of Duke Yuan Li who served the people impartially, so I did not renovate the mansion. I don't want Brother Meng De to come today.

It makes Brother Meng De laugh."

As he spoke, Liu Bei showed an embarrassed smile, and there was a hint of pride in this smile.

This is the house where Li Ying, a model in the world and the leader of the Eight Talents, lived.

Xun Shuang, the most famous among the Eight Dragons of the Xun Family, felt proud that Li Ying had passed the car, but he lived directly in the house where Yuan Ligong once lived. This honor was much greater than that of Xun Shuang.

Chen Mu, who had returned from a stroll nearby, saw through the big brother's little showoff. After hearing his words, he couldn't help but look at Liu Bei with interest.

Yo.

Canopy like an umbrella?

Is Big Brother recalling the lofty ambition of his childhood to "build a chariot"?

Okay, you big-eared thief, you still said you don’t want to be the emperor?

It's exposed.

certainly.

He was just thinking casually in his mind.

Many people read this section of "Three Kingdoms" and thought that Liu Bei had dreamed of becoming an emperor and rebelling since he was a child.

But in fact, the "Yubao covered carriage" is not exclusive to the emperor. Yu Bao is the umbrella cover used by the emperor's honor guard when traveling, and is made of various bird feathers.

Including the canopy-like umbrella Liu Bei just mentioned, which is essentially the same thing as Yubao.

Although the umbrella cover and feather are said to be used by the emperor most of the time, the three princes and generals are also qualified to use them.

For example, when Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty held a military parade in history, he built two high platforms, one big platform and one small platform. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty stood on the big platform with a big umbrella canopy. He Jin stood on the small platform.

, use a small umbrella cover.

Including those who attend major events or envoys who are ordered to go on missions, they can use Yu Bao to cover their carriages.

Therefore, from this point of view, it does not prove that Liu Bei planned to rebel and become emperor from an early age. It can only be said that he had high ambitions and wanted to get ahead.

"I see."

When Cao Cao heard Liu Bei's words, he didn't hear the underlying meaning, and his initial surprise turned into envy.

If it were an ordinary house, there would be nothing to say, and it would really make people laugh.

But it is even more different if it is the house of a historical celebrity, especially a recent celebrity like Li Ying who died just over 20 years ago and is still very influential.

Isn’t it this aspect that things like cultural heritage are highlighted in?

The guards were outside, and Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Chen Mu, Guo Jia and the others entered the front hall. Since it was a meeting with old friends, Xun Yu Jushou and the others did not need to come over, so there were not many people present and the room did not seem crowded.

Li Ying only had one room in the front hall back then, but now that it has been slightly expanded, it can be used as a normal living room. Everyone sat in rows, with Liu Bei at the top.

After they were seated, the attendants came to the banquet. Liu Bei picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Brother Mengde, please allow me to do my duty as a landlord, please!"

"please!"

Several people raised their glasses and drank in one gulp.

Soon the banquet got warm. Everyone talked and laughed, and recalled the past, from the Yellow Turban Rebellion to Dong Zhuo's political chaos. We were filled with emotions and seemed to have endless things to say.

Mainly Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Chen Mu were talking. Guo Jia was not familiar with Liu Bei, so he just kept watching with a smile.

Brother Liu, Cao and Chen have known each other for twelve years. From the first year of Zhongping, that is, 184 AD, to the third year of Xingwu, which is now 196 AD, in these twelve years, from the time when they challenged General Dong to the same dynasty, they

Officials, and now local princes, can be regarded as sharing weal and woe and having revolutionary friendship.

Especially Chen Mu, he was born in the first year of Yongkang, that is, 167 AD. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he debuted at the age of seventeen. Now in a few months, he will turn twenty-nine and will soon go to the third place.

For those who are ten years old, less than half of their lives have passed.

But this troubled world seems to be endless and has not subsided yet. It made him feel very emotional, as if he had drunk too much. He drank one cup after another, his face turned red, and he drunkenly kept asking Cao Cao to drink.

"Brother Meng De, I recall that year when the world was in chaos. My eldest brother, second brother, and third brother Taoyuan and I formed a sworn alliance and began to crusade against the Yellow Turbans."

Chen Mu was drinking, with runny nose and tears. He hugged Cao Cao and cried bitterly: "At that time, we were only five hundred young men. We fought in the north and south, and suffered countless casualties. Only then did we finally win the appreciation of the emperor and enter Luoyang and Hongdu Gate.

After studying, he came out of Qingzhou to govern the local area, and then returned to Luoyang to serve as a minister."

"At that time, when I served as Emperor Kangdi, I thought I could show off my talent and create a peaceful and prosperous age. Unexpectedly, Emperor Kangdi died hastily, leaving many troubles and making it difficult for the court to maintain itself. The empress dowagers of the two palaces fought for power, and the generals and eunuchs killed each other."

"Yuan Shao led his troops to cut off the eunuchs and put an end to the chaos in the palace. Who would have thought that Dong Zhuo would rebel again and the late emperor would be in trouble. Later, he attacked Dong Zhuo, but the world at this time was no longer what it was before."

"Those princes did not want to serve the country, but instead called themselves kings, divided the territory and divided the country, and harbored the intention of usurpation, which ultimately made the Han Dynasty become what it is today."

"I can't stop or rectify all these things. They are all the sins of our ministers. They are pitiful and deplorable."

After finishing speaking, Chen Mu seemed to be filled with sadness and drank another glass of wine.

Cao Cao saw that his sapphire blue silk clothes were stained with tears and snot, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, wanting to push him away.

But for the sake of his great cause, he still had to swallow his anger. While pouring wine for Chen Mu, he comforted him: "Originally, the world has been peaceful. If it weren't for Dong Zhuo's atrocities, why would it be like this? This is not Zi Gui's fault, Zi Gui still deserved it.

Cheer up, regain your old ways, and serve the court. Come, have a drink and don't think about these sad things."

"Yes, fourth brother, don't think about these sad things anymore, drink!"

Liu Bei also raised his wine glass high. He likes three or five close friends to drink and talk together. It's a pity that his second brother, third brother and Gongsun Zan are not here, otherwise this scene would be even happier.

Everyone had another drink, and the atmosphere became even more heated.

"I am still happy with my eldest brother, Brother Meng De."

Chen Mu drank another drink happily.

For a time, the two brothers were in a lively conversation, talking about their family, country, and the world, and they seemed to have endless things to say.

It's just that the wine in Qingzhou is not ordinary wine, it is rice wine brewed from rice. The rice wine does not seem to have a high alcohol content, but it has a lot of stamina. After more than ten cups in a row, Chen Mu's face soon turned red and he was on the verge of collapse.

After three drinks and five dishes, Cao Cao saw that Chen Mu was ready, so he winked at Guo Jia. Guo Jia understood and poured Chen Mu two more glasses.

After two glasses of water and wine, Chen Mu looked at the two of them and suddenly smiled evilly. Then he fell down on the table under the slightly horrified eyes of Cao Cao and Guo Jia, and soon fell asleep and fell unconscious.

Drunk and smiling weirdly?
To be continued...