Xuande

Chapter 21 Xuande, why should you take yourself lightly?
For this wedding, Liu Bei is very satisfied.

If he insisted on picking out one point of dissatisfaction from the satisfaction, it might be that Lu Zhi failed to come back to attend his wedding.

In fact, Lu Zhi originally planned to return to Zhuo County to attend Liu Bei's wedding, and by the way, relieve the pain of homesickness after being away from home for many years.

These years of fighting in the South and the North were exhausting, and he also wanted to take a good rest, spend some time in his hometown, and relax.

As a result, Emperor Liu Hong seemed to have some urgent matter that needed Lu Zhi to deal with, so he didn't give Lu Zhi the false approval, and insisted on keeping Lu Zhi by his side to help him with his affairs, so Lu Zhi failed to return home.

Lu Zhi was quite sorry for this.

But there is no way, he can only entrust his family to deliver the wedding gift prepared for Liu Bei, and wish Liu Bei a happy wedding.

A happy wedding is certain, but it's a pity that the teacher didn't come to support the scene.

But regrets are regrets, to be able to marry such a beautiful woman as Han Ning, and also give a high-quality gift Han Xiaodie, Liu Bei is really happy.

When they were newly married, they didn't care about anything. They took Han Ning and Han Xiaodie to play around, barbecue, and went out for barbecue with the female family members of Gongsun Zan's family. They officially became good friends with Gongsun Zan, and their relationship has further developed. promote.

In addition, when he is married, Liu Bei will not treat his younger brothers who have been with him for a long time harshly.

He spent some time talking about his marriage with his younger brothers. With his status in Zhuo County and Zhuo County and his future prospects, he successfully helped Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ji Jian and Jian Yong to talk about their marriage. A middle-level family with quite some strength.

Cheng Dazhi had just joined the group, and he already had a wife, and his children were old enough to join a vibrant social group, so there was no need for Liu Bei to worry.

Guan Yu and the other four were quite happy about this.

They also got married one after another more than a month after Liu Bei got married, and then they also started to follow Liu Bei's old path.

They also began to get tired of being together with their wives until they ran out of ammunition and food. Sometimes Liu Bei couldn't shirk when he invited them over for dinner and drink, which showed the nature of ignorance.

In this regard, Liu Bei is happy to see it succeed.

Not long after the wedding, Liu Bei will be officially promoted as Xiaolian, and will go to Luoyang to accept the re-examination by the government within the year.

If there are no problems, by the end of the third year of Guanghe, Liu Bei will become a glorious official of the Han Dynasty, and he will embark on a completely different life from then on.

In this regard, Liu Bei's father-in-law Han Rong still has some words to tell him.

One day before Ju Xiaolian's political work began, Han Rong called Liu Bei and his wife to the county guard's mansion, and took Liu Bei to eat a meal and drink a little wine under the pretext of their young couple going back to the house twice. Then he took Liu Bei and talked for a while in the backyard of the Sheriff's Mansion.

"After promoting Xiaolian for you this time, if you go to Luoyang, you will definitely be able to pass the re-examination of the government to become a Langguan Guanzheng. After that... have you considered whether to enter Luoyang's central court as an official, or to go to the local government to become an official? Woolen cloth?"

Liu Bei followed Han Rong and thought for a while.

"If you can stay in Luoyang, Luoyang should be the first."

"Oh? Why? Luo Yang, that's a public servant who walks everywhere. If he is not careful, he will block the way of others and become a thorn in the side of others. This life is definitely not easy. Why don't you choose a place? It doesn't matter if it is a county. It's still a county, and I can get a little freedom."

Han Rong looked at Liu Bei with a smile, and seemed very interested in his answer.

Liu Bei smiled back.

"Having said that, Luoyang is one of the most outstanding people in the world. At the feet of the emperor, what you can see and learn is something that you can't see or learn in any place. It’s time to learn something from the seniors in Luoyang’s officialdom.”

Han Rong took a few steps forward.

"Learn something? Xuande, sometimes, the latecomers are the nightmare of the pioneers. Aren't you afraid of becoming a thorn in the side of others?"

"Bei's background and family status are not enough to be a thorn in the side of the high-ranking officials, but he is just a small person."

"Xuande, why do you take yourself lightly?"

Han Rong sighed, reached out and patted Liu Bei's shoulder, and said, "Although you don't come from a wealthy family, you have a teacher who is a great Confucian in the country, and what your teacher can bring to you far surpasses yours." imagine.

If I had such a teacher back then, why would I have wasted most of my life, and was just a border county prefect with two thousand shi?If you decide to stay in Luoyang, your teacher can recommend and operate for you after the official Lang.

At that time, you will either enter Shangshutai, be a servant, Lingshi, accumulate qualifications and finally become Shangshu, or enter Yushitai and become a servant of Yushi. After accumulating some years, you can also become a high-ranking official in Yushitai. If you have good achievements during the period .

At that time, your teacher will operate for you, and basically let you follow his steps. Whatever position he achieves, he will definitely promote you to a later position. In the end, if you are appreciated by the emperor, you will become a The possibility of waiting. "

It's not a big deal to be in a general position in Luoyang, it's normal, and it's not easy to get ahead.

But being a servant is different.

The servants in the Han Dynasty were different from the servants in the Qin Dynasty. They could serve the emperor, go in and out of the court, and hear about the government. They gradually became trusted and valuable positions.

As we all know, any official position that is closest to the real emperor is a trusted and valuable official position, regardless of whether this position has become a fixed position in the court.

The emperors of all dynasties liked to use the tactics of low position and power to create some positions and powers that did not exist. The position was low, but the power was great, so as to promote some people as their own power tentacles to defend the imperial power and suppress the power of the prime minister.

The struggle between imperial power and ministerial power runs through the entire history of Chinese dynasties. The two have ebbed and flowed in the long river of history, but the general trend is still towards the trend of increasing imperial power and weakening ministerial power.

It's like Shangshutai was originally just the emperor's secretarial department. It was not a big deal at the beginning of its establishment, but today it has become the decision-making department of the central court.

The central power of the entire Eastern Han Dynasty has been transferred to Shangshutai in essence, so the Sangong has become a fake, without actual power, and the position of servant, who was originally just an errand, has now become a position of relatives and nobles, only the star of tomorrow to be responsible.

Later, during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the servant even once had the power of the prime minister.

In the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, being able to add officials and servants to the central court is equivalent to being a famous celebrity around the emperor. Generally, if you do this, you are the prepared Sangong Jiuqing, and then you are the real high-ranking officials of the Sangong Jiuqing .

That's why Han Rong followed Lu Zhi's suggestion so much and made a deal with Liu Bei for his important political resources.

Not only because of the background of the ancient literature school, but also because he thinks that Lu Zhi has the potential to become a high-ranking official in the future. He feels that Lu Zhi has a bright future, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with building a good relationship with him.

As an official of the local system, he can certainly become a governor in the future, but it will be very difficult to go up to the central government to take over the power of the world.

Back then, why wasn't he unable to stay in the central system because the relationship was not strong enough?

Therefore, he hopes to catch the express train of Lu Zhi through Liu Bei's relationship, and seek to enter the central government for further development and rejuvenate his career in the future.

At that time, with the help of Lu Zhi, he will step up to the high position of the Sangong Jiuqing and truly become a member of the core ruling group of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei is very clear about this, he knows Han Rong's real purpose.

But he felt that if Han Rong relied on Lu Zhi, he might not succeed.

It's better to count on someone Liu.

So Liu Bei behaved very modestly.

"The servant is too far away from Bei. To be able to get a position after Luo Yang became a Lang Guan, Bei is already satisfied and dare not ask for too much."

But Han Rong didn't think so.

"You came from a dilapidated clan, and you lived with your mother weaving mats and selling shoes since childhood. If you don't dare to ask too much, how can you become my son-in-law? If you don't dare to ask too much, how can you follow Duke Lu to quell the rebellion, even if you don't care about your own life?" Save Duke Lu?"

(End of this chapter)