Xuande

Chapter 47 Who are the heroes of the world?
Everything went according to Liu Bei's plan, and nothing exceeded Liu Bei's expectation.

More and more people attended the banquet, and the debate conference became more and more lively, so Yuan Shao's banquet had the same status as the traditional venue for the debate conference in a sense.

Yuan Shao's status has become different from before, and the name Yuan Shao has become more resounding, and he has a faint posture of becoming the number one firepower exporter of the Yuan family in Runan.

This made Yuan Shao very happy, and made Cao Cao admire Liu Bei very much.

"I used to plan to attract more people to join us to fight against the eunuchs, but the eunuchs were so cruel that many scholars did not dare to participate, so we could not fight against the eunuchs, but after Xuande's plan, the It revitalized the fight against eunuchs."

Cao Cao invited Liu Bei to dinner in private, raised his glass to Liu Bei, and admired Liu Bei's planning and organizational skills.

Liu Bei raised his glass in return, then smiled and shook his head.

"In spite of this, there are still a small number of people who are really willing to join us to fight against the eunuchs. Most of them just come here for fame. If something happens, don't even think about counting on them to charge forward. It is debatable to raise the flag and shout."

"Hahahahahaha, Xuande's witty words are directly aimed at people's hearts."

Cao Cao laughed, then put down his glass and sighed.

"It's something that everyone knows, but you don't need to say too much. Those who are willing to come here are all for the sake of fame. They come here for the reputation of the fourth generation and third prince Yuan. Even if it's you and me, could it be..."

"Same, for the fame of Yuan Shi, the fourth generation and third father."

Liu Bei ate a piece of roasted mutton with spices. The smell of the mutton was well neutralized by the spices, and the umami taste of the mutton was greatly stimulated, and the taste was quite good.

Otherwise, why did the ancients regard fish and sheep as fresh?

"Xuande is honest!"

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Then if we are targeted by the eunuchs and make things difficult for us, we must be driven out and killed. What should Xuande do?"

"What will Mengde do?"

Liu Bei swallowed the mutton in his mouth and looked at Cao Cao with a smile.

"You can't fight hard, you can only stay away from the river and the sea."

Cao Cao smiled and said: "Back then, I was very high-spirited, and I always wanted to wash away the shame on my body. For this reason, I first entered Zhang Rang's house privately to make some troubles, and then beat Uncle Jian Shuo with a stick. How much I took on.

Now I understand that even if I am not afraid, I still have to consider my family and clan members. Once the eunuch decides to attack, he will not only kill himself, but also his family members. How many party members and those who provided shelter for the party members have been exterminated? .

So now I don't dare to continue to brazenly fight with him, so I can only hide under the Yuan family's wings and make suggestions. If the eunuch really comes after Yuan family, I can only go to Luoyang in the starry night and stay away from the river and sea. Can't chase very far. "

"Meng De, have you ever thought about why the eunuchs have won so many times against the scholars that the scholars cannot confront them head-on?"

Liu Bei ate another piece of mutton and looked at Cao Cao with interest.

He wanted to test Cao Cao's political awareness, and also wanted to test whether the current Cao Cao had opened his heart to him.

Facts have proved that Cao Cao is a very honest person now, and he has also opened his heart to Liu Bei.

"Of course, the Son of Heaven stands behind the eunuch. We seem to be against the eunuch, but we are actually against the power in the hands of the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven is the master of the world. We are all ministers. How can we be good if we use ministers to violate the emperor? What's next?"

Cao Cao told the truth.

Liu Bei nodded.

"In that case, why are you still resisting the eunuch?"

"Of course it's because they've gone too far. It's fine for these eunuchs to exercise power in the central government by themselves. The family members rely on their power to exercise power in the local area. They bully men and women and do all kinds of evil. I don't know how many families have lost their wives. How can I tolerate it!"

Cao Cao slammed his fist on the table, filled with righteous indignation, full of anger.

Liu Bei remained calm.

He knew that Cao Cao wasn't telling the truth, or that he wasn't completely telling the truth.

But it doesn't matter.

"However, in my hometown, Zhuojun, there are no eunuchs and families who do evil, but there are also people who exercise power, bully men and women, and do all kinds of evil. I don't know how many families have lost their wives...Meng De, I lost my father when I was young, and my mother took me to weave mats and sell shoes for a living , in those years, I have seen many such things.”

Cao Cao was stunned.

He stared blankly at Liu Bei, not knowing how to answer his words.

Although he has also suffered, it is more of an unrecognized mental distress than a physical pain that cannot be turned over.

His physical life should not be too comfortable. He has freedom of barbecue, spices, wine, and all the material freedoms he should have. He was born without knowing what hunger is.

And this kind of pain was experienced by Liu Bei, and he was detached.

"Xuande, you..."

"Meng De, I have struggled since I was seven years old to drink and chat with you. It took me 13 years. What do you think I have experienced in these 13 years?"

Liu Bei smiled and raised his wine glass to respect Cao Cao.

"In my opinion, it is the same whether there are eunuchs or not. The competition between scholars and eunuchs is not for justice, but for the qualification to do whatever they want to bully men and women."

Cao Cao didn't raise his wine glass, but looked at Liu Bei in surprise.

Seeing this, Liu Bei drank the wine by himself, and then laughed softly: "In fact, everyone knows it in their hearts, but they just don't want to tell the outside world. Things are ugly, but words must be beautiful, right?"

Cao Cao blinked his eyes, finally came back to his senses, took a few breaths, smiled and nodded.

"Xuande's words... are very frank."

As he spoke, Cao Cao raised his wine glass and raised his head to drink the wine in the glass.

Then he put down his wine glass and looked at Liu Bei with a complicated expression.

"Don't Xuande hate eunuchs?"

Cao Cao hated his eunuch family background to death, so he hated the house and the black, and hated the eunuchs terribly. Although he could not become a scholar, he was already a scholar spiritually, and he could be called a spiritual scholar.

Liu Bei just smiled when he heard this.

"Instead of saying this, I might as well ask Meng De, does Meng De think that the world will be better after the eunuchs are exterminated?"

Liu Bei's inquiry left Cao Cao speechless.

Cao Cao might have answered this way, because in his previous opinion, eunuchs were the main reason for the decline of the world and the rampant corruption of officials.

As long as the eunuchs are removed and the court is full of prosperity, the atmosphere of the world will naturally return to simplicity and honesty, and the decline of the Han society will naturally be changed.

But he heard Liu Bei talking about Zhuojun again, which made him doubt his past cognition.

If there are people who bully men and women and do all kinds of evil in places where there are no eunuchs, and if the situation in the world does not get better after getting rid of eunuchs, then what should we do?

What is the problem?
In this time and space, in the fourth year of Guanghe, the 26-year-old Cao Cao is not the hero who loves drinking and singing, he is cheating, and his blood is not cold.

In this time and space, in the four years of Guanghe, the 20-year-old Liu Bei has completed the seemingly impossible two-level leap from the commoner to the powerful, and then from the powerful to the scholar, and his heart is as cold as iron.

Who is the opponent of the heroes in the world?
Cao Cao probably didn't realize it.

But Liu Bei has clearly realized it.

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PS: There is no water in a large area near my residential area, and I am desperate to find toilets everywhere. Two public toilets are closed, and I almost lost my dignity as a human being...

(End of this chapter)