Xuande

Chapter 35 Anti-Eunuch

For Cao Cao, Liu Bei only heard his name but never saw him, and he had deep envy and hatred for him.

At that time, he studied scriptures and knowledge with Lu Zhi on Goushi Mountain outside Luoyang City. It was during that time that Cao Cao beat Jian Shuo's uncle and killed him, which caused an uproar in Luoyang City.

This has nothing to do with Liu Bei. Whether it was then or now, he could not participate in the political struggles at the top of the Eastern Han Empire, nor could he get close to the deep political connections of the Cao family.

But he really didn't expect that Cao Cao would take the initiative to come to see him.

Originally, his and Cao Cao's life trajectories should be two parallel lines that do not intersect each other, but the accidental intersection occurred only because of the distortion of the troubled times.

But it's normal to think about it, because the current Liu Bei is not the original Liu Bei, and Cao Cao is still the original Cao Cao.

Cao Cao is now Yilang. Normally, he must have a very bright future. The collapse of Song's relatives will not affect his progress.

Since there is such a bright future, why did Cao Cao come to see himself?
With such doubts, Liu Bei went to meet Cao Cao himself.

Walking to the door of the house, Liu Bei saw Cao Cao.

To be honest, because of the stereotyped impression, Liu Bei thought that he could feel the domineering side of Cao Cao the moment he saw him, but no, what he saw was just an ordinary-looking young man, not tall, but his body Very strong.

I can't feel that Cao Cao has any special momentum at all.

After reacting, Liu Bei felt a little funny again, feeling that he was a bit too harsh on the future Central Plains overlord of [Nine States in the World Get Six].

After all, he is just a Yilang now, walking on the prosperous Luoyang Street, he really belongs to the kind of person who will be submerged in the vast crowd at any time.

Just as Liu Bei judged before, Cao Cao at this moment, except for his extraordinary family background, has nothing particularly outstanding. Everyone is still a rookie who has not practiced, and he is not a great warlord in the future.

So Liu Bei straightened his posture, put away all kinds of emotions in his heart, showed a decent business smile, and saluted Cao Cao.

"I don't know Mr. Cao's visit, but I'm far away from welcoming you. Please don't be offended by Mr. Cao."

"Where is this? It's Cao who didn't choose the right time to visit, which affected Liu Jun's rest. Please don't be offended by Liu Jun."

Cao Cao's voice was loud and full of energy, but he showed a completely different feeling from his own body.

He also gave Liu Bei a gift, which was well-mannered and showed a good family education.

interesting.

Liu Bei smiled.

"Where is it, Liu just didn't expect Cao Jun to come, and a famous person like Cao Jun would come to visit Liu, which really flattered Liu."

Cao Cao was a little curious.

"What makes Cao so famous? Liu Jun is the most famous person in Luoyang right now!"

"In the third year of Xiping, Mr. Cao took office as the northern captain of Luoyang. After taking office, he set up five-color sticks to punish Jian Tu severely.

Cao Cao was a little surprised when he heard this.

"Six years have passed, Liu Jun still remember?"

Liu Bei nodded.

"At that time, Liu was studying scriptures with his teacher Lu Gong on the Goushi Mountain outside Luoyang City. Hearing this, he deeply felt Cao Jun's heroic ambition of not being afraid of power."

"So that's the case, there is this origin..."

Cao Cao lowered his head and smiled, an imperceptible look of disappointment flashed in his eyes, he quickly raised his head again, and put on a cheerful smile.

"That's all in the past, it doesn't matter."

"How can you say it's not important? Mr. Cao dared to severely punish the powerful uncle Jian Shuo with his mere position as a lieutenant in the north of Luoyang. How many people dare not do this? In today's world, everyone is scolding Eunuchs, how many dare to beat eunuchs?"

Liu Bei bowed to Cao Cao: "This behavior alone is enough to make Liu admire."

Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei who was saluting complicatedly, and then stepped forward to help Liu Bei up.

"Liu Jun is over the award, Cao just did what he thought was the right thing, but... it's useless."

Liu Bei raised his head and saw the helpless smile on Cao Cao's face.

Not like a fake.

That's right, that's right, this matter was indeed a frenzied decision, not some kind of plan with the city.

Liu Bei can be sure that when Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, heard about this, he must have wanted to grab the head of his stupid son and use it as a chamber pot.

That being the case, the current Cao Cao must not be able to see the deep malice towards him under Liu Bei's business smile.

Or jealousy.

Of course, it is impossible for him to let Cao Cao know. If he is lucky, Cao Cao will never know in his whole life.

He began to praise Cao Cao.

"In any case, Mr. Cao is brave. Compared with those who just talk but don't do it, Mr. Cao is much nobler than them."

Cao Cao took a deep look at Liu Bei, and then smiled calmly.

"Liu Jun's thoughts are different from ordinary people. If he is free in the future, Cao hopes to have a drink with Liu Jun, but it's getting late today, if he doesn't leave, he will violate the curfew order."

It was only then that Liu Bei realized that he had blown up with someone at the door of the house, and he hadn't invited him in for a drink yet.

"Liu is rude! Mr. Cao, please come in."

Liu Bei stepped aside and invited Cao Cao to enter his home, but Cao Cao did not enter.

"Liu Jun, Mr. Cao came here just to ask if Liu Jun is free tomorrow and if it is convenient."

"This...tomorrow is a holiday, so it's natural to be free, and it's very convenient..."

"That's fine."

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Tomorrow, someone wants to invite Liu Jun to the mansion for a talk."

"Oh? Who?"

"Yuan Benchu, Liu Jun should be familiar with this person, right?"

"........."

Liu Bei was stunned.

Yuan Benchu?
Yuan Shao?

Liu Bei suddenly remembered that before Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, he was a real dog of the Yuan family, who followed Yuan Shao and developed insignificantly. In fact, he was equivalent to Yuan Shao's subordinates, but relatively more independent.

He wants to see me?
Liu Bei couldn't figure out why Yuan Shao invited him for a while, but he still agreed.

Everyone sincerely asked Cao Cao to invite him. If he didn't go to see him and lose face, he would be a bit disrespectful.

The Yuan family's high status in the Eastern Han Empire can be seen from the fact that they are called [Tianxia Zhong's surname].

Zhong means ranking second.

The Yuan family means that our old Yuan family is the second most surnamed under Emperor Liu's family.

It is by no means unfounded to say such a thing. Four generations and three princes, disciples and old officials are all over the world, this is the best understanding of the Yuan family.

And Yuan Shao is one of the more famous children of the new generation of this family.

However, he is not currently an official. It seems that he has lived in seclusion in Luoyang because of the death of his father and mother.

So Cao Cao and Liu Bei agreed to send a chariot to meet Liu Bei tomorrow morning, and personally take Liu Bei to Yuan Shao's mansion to meet Yuan Shao.

After the agreement, Cao Cao bid farewell to Liu Bei. Liu Bei watched Cao Cao's car drive away, then turned and entered the mansion.

"Lang Jun, who came to see you?"

Seeing Liu Bei returning to the room with a worried expression on his face, Han Ning greeted him and helped Liu Bei take off his coat.

"Cao Mengde came to see me."

Liu Bei put the greeting card in his hand on the table, and then sat down: "Cao Mengde said, Yuan Shao wants to see me."

"Yuan Shao? Yuan Benchu? That Yuan Shao from the Yuan family in Runan?"

"Yes."

Liu Bei looked at Han Ning and nodded: "He wants to see me and invite me to his house tomorrow."

"He...how could he invite Mr. Lang? The fourth and third sons of the Yuan family in Runan, the family of Fanyue, are extremely prominent."

Han Ning is obviously not a boudoir girl who doesn't know anything. During this period of time in Luoyang, she seems to know a lot of things.

"I can't figure it out either."

Liu Bei smiled: "But since the teacher can form a friendship with Yang Gong, it is not impossible for Yuan Benchu ​​and I to live in harmony. Although Yuan Benchu ​​lives in seclusion in Luoyang, he has a great reputation and a good reputation. Tomorrow, I will go Pay him a visit."

That's what he said, but Liu Bei felt that this matter was a bit interesting.

It is impossible to explain this matter from an academic point of view.

The antagonism between the ancient literature school and the modern literature school is far from the point where people from the two sides never communicate with each other.

Yuan Shao, who was born in the family of the modern literature school, would not speak ill of someone just because he was a fan of the ancient literature school.

They are opposites, but not quite opposites.

So it's not incomprehensible to value one's own reputation and try to make friends with oneself.

Liu Bei, who was traveling in the circle of scholars in Luoyang City before, heard people say that although Yuan Shao thought his parents were in mourning as a reason to live in seclusion in Luoyang, he still kept making friends with heroes from all over the world in private, and even secretly made friends with party members. .

interesting.

Yuan Shao thinks that I am also one of the heroes of the world?

Thinking of this, Liu Bei immediately felt happy.

But then again, Yuan Shao is not a stable person, or the whole Runan Yuan family is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Just making friends with party members in secret is something that can be questioned and even killed during the current period of party imprisonment. However, the four generations and three fathers of the Yuan family are relatively powerful, and the eunuch group can't catch them all.

But this does not mean that the eunuch did not want to kill Yuan Shi, just as Yuan Shi also wanted to kill the eunuch very much.

Lu Zhi once told Liu Bei that although the Yuan family was once criticized for compromising with the eunuchs, seeing the eunuchs becoming stronger and more mature and the imperial power becoming more and more comfortable under their control, the Yuan family also felt worried.

Therefore, Lu Zhi speculated that although the Yuan family did not act on the surface, judging from their private actions, they must be planning something big.

They may want to achieve the great cause that Dou Wu and Chen Fan failed to accomplish in the past.

At the beginning of Liu Hong's accession to the throne, the eunuchs were so powerful that Dou's relatives and some scholars headed by Chen Fan tried to join forces to abolish the eunuchs and massacre them all.

But because someone leaked the secret and a series of mistakes, they failed. Instead, the power of their relatives and scholars was purged by the eunuch who held the imperial power, and they were killed, which directly caused the second disaster of party imprisonment.

Thinking along this line of thought, Liu Bei suddenly felt that everything became clear.

Yuan Shao, or the Yuan family, what is the political stance of this group of guys?
Liu Bei thought about everything he knew about what might happen in the future, trying to get some useful information from it.

Then he actually got some useful information and came to his own conclusions.

Very simple, the political stance of this group of guys is against eunuchs, or in other words, they want to achieve a dictatorship of scholars.

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