Xuande

Chapter 74
When it comes to fundamental matters, Liu Bei has always been very cautious.

He first wrote a letter to Jian Yong, who was far away in his hometown in Youzhou, and asked Jian Yong to take Guan Yu, Ji Jian and others to increase the training of Liu's private soldiers and conduct more real military exercises. has been taught to them.

And if possible, try to accept as many young and strong wanderers from other places as possible, enrich the number and combat effectiveness of Liu's private soldiers, find ways to buy horses as much as possible, buy horses with family savings, and expand the number of cavalry in Liu's private soldiers .

Then it is necessary to forge armor and shields in private, collect war equipment such as bows and crossbows, and start to collect a large amount of war materials such as grain, grass, salt, etc. from now on, and store them all properly.

Of course, the imperial court does not allow private ownership of these weapons of war these days, but if the powerful local landlords say that they really don’t have any stocks in hand, then the eunuchs in Luoyang City probably won’t believe it, but they all hide them. , do not take it out.

During the Battle of the Yellow Turban, Youzhou was also affected by the war. A considerable number of troops from the Yellow Turban Army invaded Youzhou. It is unknown whether his hometown Zhuojun is safe.

In order to ensure the safety of the family, Liu Bei asked the family to prepare early, not to destroy the enemy, but to repel the invading enemy with strong force.

This order is very important. Liu Bei called Zhang Fei back, who was in the Changshui cavalry, and asked him to return to Zhuo County to deliver the letter.

There is no doubt that Zhang Fei, after receiving Liu Bei's order, packed up and rode on the road.

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Fei's leaving back, and some thoughts came to his mind.

During his stay in Luoyang, Zhang Fei first faithfully fulfilled his duties as Liu Bei's personal bodyguard, and later learned orthodox cavalry tactics in the Changshui Cavalry, and the learning effect was good.

Liu Bei also took care of and cultivated him as a brother, and taught Zhang Fei the art of war that Lu Zhi had taught him, and asked Zhang Fei to study hard.

Zhang Fei is different from Guan Yu.

Guan Yu learned some culture from his father in his hometown. He has a good cultural background, no obstacles to reading, and is relatively easy to learn, but Zhang Fei does not.

Liu Bei always felt that Guan Yu was able to guard Jingzhou alone and was powerful in China, but Zhang Fei died in the hands of villains. It is not without reason.

And this gap in life realm may be due to the difference in their learning attitudes.

Guan Yu loves learning. Liu Bei taught him the art of war, and he kept it in his heart.

When Liu Bei taught Zhang Fei the art of war, Zhang Fei seemed in great pain. Asking him to learn a few more chapters is like forcing people who can't eat coriander to eat coriander. It is an unhappiness and resistance from the genetic level.

Therefore, Liu Bei adopted a guided education for Guan Yu, thinking that Guan Yu could maintain a certain amount of time for self-study.

As for Zhang Fei, it was a force-feeding style of teaching, let him learn the knowledge first anyway, and how to use it in the future depends on his ability. Anyway, military strategists are not force-feeding, military strategists are basically geniuses, Those who fill out can only be counted as officers.

In fact, since Liu Bei came into contact with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, his understanding of the world and his understanding of the world have changed.

A long time ago, he also felt that generals are born, no matter who they are, as long as they are famous in history, they are born to be great, and all the ability values ​​​​are the same as in the game. As long as the loyalty is full, everything is absolute.

However, after knowing Guan Yu and Zhang Fei for many years, Liu Bei realized that even a true genius has to go through the tempering and testing of time before he can finally become a powerful star.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are definitely not born famous generals.

When they first followed Liu Bei, these two were senior thugs who were braver and stronger than ordinary people. They only cared about themselves and ignored others in fights.

The number of times these two people have bruised noses and swollen faces is about the same as anyone under Liu Bei's hands, and it's about the same as Liu Bei. They both grew up eating fists.

Sometimes there are too many enemies, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are lying on the bed unable to get up.

Liu Bei was taken aback at the time, thinking that these two people were impostors, but later he came back to it. Without experience and growth, most people cannot shine.

Both Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were not born [Bear and Tiger Generals].

So he passed on his street fighting experience to them, told them how to fight and coordinate, and pulled them to practice coordinate fighting with his former younger brothers.

Gradually, they learned to fight and cooperate with other "comrades in arms", and because of their tall stature, great strength, and strong innate advantages, they gradually became the number one and number two thugs around Liu Bei.

Another reason why they can stand out is that they are more capable and tenacious.

Many of the thugs who followed Liu Bei in the early days fell behind for various reasons in the process of Liu Bei's achievement of the title of Street Fighter.

Such as dying of illness, such as dying from an injury that cannot be cured, or being arrested by the government and running away, etc., they are all left behind.

But Guan Yu and Zhang Fei survived various disasters, recovered from illnesses, recovered from injuries, and were not arrested by the government, and stayed until the end.

Except for geniuses, the so-called talents are not the strongest from the beginning, but are lucky to survive from the beginning to the end.

So Liu Bei understood why Liu Bang's soldiers from Pei County were all awesome, why Cao Cao's soldiers from Cao's family were so awesome, why Zhu Yuanzhang's Huaixi old troops were so awesome, and why these people were all fellow villagers.

It's not that they are very good at the beginning, but that they are constantly accumulating experience on the battlefield and living until the end, a process in which quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes.

Surviving on the battlefield of troubled times is a kind of ability in itself, and those who practice this kind of ability to the extreme will definitely not be inferior professionally.

Liu Bei didn't know if he could fill up the survival skills like Uncle Liu Huang, but he knew that he was completely different from Uncle Liu Huang.

So the current Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are also different from Guan Yu and Zhang Fei under Liu Huangshu's command.

They stopped taking wild paths to develop their own models, and began to receive formal education. They grew up through the combination of formal education and practice, and achieved satisfactory results for Liu Bei.

So, this time, how far can everyone including myself go?

Liu Bei didn't know.

Liu Bei only knows that after July of the fifth year of Guanghe, his life is still as fast-paced and demanding as ever.

When he was an official, he continued to maintain his personality as a classic debater and a great Han poetry sage, and continued to push his reputation to a higher place.

The School of Classical Classics respected Liu Bei as always, regarded Liu Bei as the leader of young scholars, believed that Liu Bei had the qualities to take on this responsibility, and believed that he would surely achieve a great cause.

Jinwen Confucian School also stopped criticizing Liu Bei for the time being because Liu Bei singled out the two eunuchs. Although there are some people who are unhappy with him, under the background of the disaster of the party, Liu Bei's existence is undoubtedly a part of the scholars. benchmark.

Even so, in the process of in-depth contact with the noble family, Liu Bei was keenly aware of some changes.

According to the phenomenon observed by Liu Bei, the private dissatisfaction of scholars with the current political ecology has shifted from dissatisfaction with eunuchs to dissatisfaction with the emperor.

The scholars seem to have realized that the emperor was too tolerant and indulgent to the eunuchs, but he was very harsh on the scholars.

No matter how stupid a person is, he should realize where the emperor stands in the power struggle between scholars and eunuchs.

No matter how stupid a person is, he should have a faint feeling that Jinshang is different from the former emperor Liu Zhi. Jinshang does not seem to be standing on a relatively neutral position, but is completely biased towards eunuchs.

This incident dilutes the joy of the scholars for winning the victory, and even further deepens the worries of the scholars.

And finally some people began to openly express their belief that the emperor might stick to the party policy for a long time and even turn it into a national policy.

In Liu Bei's view, this is definitely not a good thing.

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PPPS: A lot of things happened this year. Overall, I feel pretty bad. It was definitely not a good year. The first half of the year was fine. I'm sorry, after going back and forth between the hospital and nursing home for three months, I still left at the end of October. So far, all four elderly people in my family have left.

At the end of the year, the control was released, and everyone became positive. I couldn’t prevent it even if I tried my best. After more than ten days, it was also positive. It’s still very uncomfortable, although I don’t know what will happen next year. How about it, but I still hope that in the coming year, everyone will have a better life, suffer less suffering, and have a few more comfortable days. After all, we ordinary people have nothing to ask for, nothing more than peace and safety without illness or disaster.

Therefore, I sincerely wish you all a safe and sound New Year, no sickness or disaster, good health, and delicious food~

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