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Cui Yan looked at Lu Yu and said with a little confusion: "What the Zi family talked about is Gong Chu (Liu Bei) and Hou Gongsun Yi (Gongsun Zan)?" Lu Zhi was a great scholar of the previous dynasty. He was both virtuous and talented, and was famous throughout the country. His disciples were spread all over the world, with no less than hundreds of people.

Cui Yan could also determine who Lu Yu was referring to when he was talking about "Brother Gao".

"Not bad!" Lu Yu nodded, "My father became famous for his Confucianism. Although his disciples were numerous, in terms of knowledge, Duke Chu and Duke Yi were not the best among them, but if we talk about the national weapon, it was the only two Dukes.

My father commented on Yi Hou's "Martial talent is fierce, Xiang Ben is virtuous, and loyal to defend the country. However, his temperament is rash, fierce and easy to break, and his stubbornness and self-confidence are often at its peak, which is the rise of decline.'"

After hearing Lu Zhi's comment on Gongsun Zan, Cui Yan showed a strange look on his face and was amazed.

Lu Zhi died in the second year of Chuping (194), and his comments naturally could not be later than this time, but Gongsun Zan was destroyed in the third year of Jian'an (198).

In the second year of Chuping, Gongsun Zan had just defeated Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, and dominated the entire Youzhou. His power was at its peak. Even Yuan Shao, who was the third generation of the four generations, had to avoid his edge. Under such circumstances, Lu Zhi dared to assert that Gongsun Zan would decline.

And this is true. It was from that time that Gongsun Zan fell step by step in the battle for Hebei with Yuan Shao because of his stubbornness and eventually burned himself to Yijing.

Cui Yan had served as an official under Yuan Shao for many years and was very familiar with all this, so he was even more surprised by Lu Zhi's vision.

"Zi family, how dare you hear about Duke Lu's view Duke Chu?" Cui Yan asked impatiently.

"Congratulations. Rich, trustworthy, quick, and merciful!" Lu Yu said five words.

"If you are respectful, you will not be insulted; if you are lenient, you will be able to gain the masses; if you are trustworthy, you will be able to take responsibility; if you are quick, you will be rewarded; if you are favorable, you will be enough to make others.

Those who are broad, trustworthy, agile, and capable of doing the five things in the world are benevolence!" Cui Yan murmured, marveling at Lu Zhi's use of only five words to express the greatest basis for Liu Bei's struggle for the world - benevolence.

Lu Yu nodded and said, "However, what my father valued most is that he was able to be indomitable and tolerant.

Ji Gui knew that his father was in poverty in his later years and had no place to live. However, he was always obsessed with pacifying the country and he also ran around, hoping to make the country turmoil in danger. Among his father and his disciples, most of them were appointed as county officials.

My father once searched for dozens of them, hoping that they could do their best to the great cause of the country, and that even if there were many people who responded, they could truly respond to the words and practice the actions, only Duke Chu and Duke Yi.

When his father was alive, Duke Chu could be said to be in a down-and-out situation. When his father died in the second year of Chuping, he only lived in Xiaopei, Xuzhou. He was single and lonely.

But even so, my father believed that in the future, Duke Chu would be able to soar into the sky like a dragon that emerged from the abyss, saying that "the only one among all his disciples who can inherit my ambition and restore the Han Dynasty is the only one who can do his best to restore the Han Dynasty."

I remember that at that time, my father was seriously ill. He was bedridden and waited for a doctor, but he hated that his family had no money. At that time, it was Duke Chu who sent envoys not far away from Xiaopei to give gifts to him with gold."

Lu Yu looked up at the sky and sighed, "In recent years, the reputation of Chu Gong's benevolence and virtue has become increasingly popular, so that people only know how kind and tolerant they are, but not how strong they are.

Liu Kongcai and Xu Wenxiu were confused by power and even confused. Perhaps in their opinion, the plans he and others did not fear any of the successes and losses——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

I don’t know that although there is hope for the unification of the country at present, it is only hopeful. If I slacked off, I may fail.

The disaster of civil strife is far better than external struggles. Will Chu Gongqi be careless? Besides, Liu and Xu are actually using the laws of heaven to make trouble. Don’t they know how profound the benefits of the ‘solar eclipse’ are?”

Cui Yan opened his mouth wide and said in shock: "Zi Family, are you saying... the 'solar eclipse' incident caused by Liu, Xu?" Cui Yan never thought that the 'solar eclipse' incident that caused a sensation in the government and the public was actually artificial. He just thought that Liu Zhu and Xu Jing were taking advantage of this chance opportunity.

"Have you never thought about who the Grand Historian Zhang Jin is?"

Lu Yu reminded that to this extent, it would be abnormal for Cui Yan to ignore it any longer.

"How dare they do this?" Cui Yan said in shock and angrily.

"'The heroes in the world are only Cao and the envoys'. If Cao Mengde praises this, how could Duke Chu be a Duke Xiang of Song who only knows the ignorance and kindness?" Lu Yu sighed lightly, "Once this matter is reported, Liu Kongcai and Xu Wenxiu may have taken his own death."

"..." After a moment of silence, Cui Yan said with difficulty, "Is there any room for maneuver?" Although shocked, Cui Yan had a good relationship with Liu Zhu, Xu Jing and others, so he naturally didn't want to see the worst results.

Lu Yu smiled bitterly: "Unless Liu Kongcai, Xu Wenxiu is willing to stop in time..."

Cui Yan naturally knew that this was impossible. It can be seen from Xu Jing’s previous conversation that they were full of confidence in their plans, so how could they give up on their own initiative?

The two looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time. Then, the huge study room fell into a long silence, and only the slight crackling sound of the charcoal fire burning in the brazier...

"If Duke Chu failed to see through this plan, can you, my arm help, Kong Cai, Wenxiu and others have a successful plan?" Cui Yan picked up a piece of charcoal, threw it into the brazier, and said in a pondering manner, "If the reform can be successful, Xu Yuanzhi, Pang Shiyuan and others will be resigned, perhaps as Xu Wenxiu said, triggering the adjustment of the power in the court.

Assuming that this can be used to form checks and balances in strength and avoid the situation where the Chu Gong is dominant, it may not be a good thing for the country.

The prestige of Chu became increasingly popular and its power was overwhelming. Jingyang and other states had become a situation where they "only know the Duke of Chu but not the Emperor". You must know that those who will take charge of the Han Dynasty will still be today.

If this situation continues, when the emperor becomes an adult in the future, chaos will arise. If there is some prevention at this moment, it will naturally surpass the chaos in the future."

Lu Yu raised his head and stared at Cui Yan. He said slowly when he saw the other party a little panickedly: "Ji Gui. If you really have this intention, it is best not to speak to others, otherwise you may cause trouble."

"Zi Family..." Cui Yan's expression changed slightly.

"Duke Chu is famous in the world. In addition to be kindness, he is good at identifying and employing people. Like Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and others, although they are not old, they can occupy the position of the Nine Ministers. What is the basis for?

What a person Cao Cao is? He is still very concerned about Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang and others.

Ji Gui thought about it carefully. After the past few days of court struggle, Zhuge Liang, Lu Su and others were all watching coldly. Doesn’t this explain some problems? Can you hope that one person and two people can’t see through this plan, but don’t expect that everyone can’t see through it.

"Lu Yuyu said earnestly, "Besides, what 'adjustment of the power of the court' that Xu Wenxiu mentioned just now is basically his own false words."

Lu Yu picked up four pieces of charcoal and placed them on the ground: "The officials of the current dynasty can be roughly divided into four factions - one is the ministers of Chu Gong, such as Sun Gan of the Great Honglu, Jian Yong, and others; the other is the scholars of Jingzhou.

The leader was led by Guangluxun Kuai Yue, the Grand Chief Agriculture Zhuge Liang, the Weiwei Xu Shu, the Shaofu Pang Tong and others; the third was the scholars of Yangzhou, the court guard Zhang Zhao and the Taipu Lu Su; the fourth was the scholars from Central Plains and Hebei. Like you and me, Liu Kongcai...

The Chu Gong Guan Chen faction is self-evident. It is the Jing and Yang scholars. Although there is a struggle between power between them, there is probably no difference in one thing. Perhaps what I said is not appropriate. Jing and Yang scholars are loyal to them, but Chu Gong.

Duke Chu was originally a descendant of the imperial family. In addition, he was heroic and kind, in the eyes of the scholars of Jing Yang, the only one who could represent the Han Dynasty was Duke Chu.

As long as Duke Chu is alive for one day, the scholars of Jing and Yang will not oppose each other."

Moving three pieces of charcoal aside and returning the other piece of charcoal aside, Lu Yu said with a wry smile: "The actual situation is that we are the scholars from the south who are in one camp. The other three factions are in another camp.

The so-called power adjustment. The final result can only be to force us to completely oppose the other three factions.

There is no need to say about the situation in the army. If we want to force the division of factions, it is probably the expedition of the Eastern Sect and the Western Sect. Guan Yu, the expedition of the Eastern Sect and the expedition of the Western Sect, and Zhang Fei, the expedition of the Western Sect, has far been far beyond the reach of others.

No one can control the hundreds of thousands of troops except him.

As for Guan Zhengdong and Zhang Zhengxi’s relationship with Duke Chu, there is no need to say much. Can Ji Gui still expect these two people to abandon Duke Chu and he surrender?”

Lu Yu's detailed analysis made Cui Yan completely silent.

"Liu Kongcai, Xu Wenxiu didn't know the situation, didn't know the depth, but he was too proud. The way to die, the way to die..."

"Zi Family, what should I do?" Cui Yan then realized that Lu Yu, who is usually a good man, is a truly wise man.

"If you can't participate, then just wait and see what's going on..." Lu Yuyan said.

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After lobbying Lu Yu, Xu Jing immediately went to Sikong Mansion.

"The Lu Zi family is timid and has a round relationship with each other, without any father's style. It's really not easy for Wen Xiu to move him!" Sikong Liu Zhu gently stroked his long beard and said in admiration.

"Everyone has weaknesses, and the Luzi family is no exception.

He is a filial person. As long as he starts with this, he will not worry about not being able to tell him not to move!" Xu Jing chuckled and said, "All preparations have been completed when the Luzi family are discussed tomorrow. I hope that when the court discusses tomorrow, the reform will be successful.

Taking the trial system and the meritorious system as an opportunity, it may be able to promote the revolution of the official system. Brother Kong Cai is not far from the position of Prime Minister!"

Faced with Xu Jing's compliment, Liu Zhu smiled faintly and said, "I am second to whether I can serve as the prime minister or not, but the official system must be changed.

As the general and the Grand Sima are the ministers, the generals and the government are all powerful. What is the difference between this and the emperor? How can the emperor take power in the future? The most urgent task is to separate the military and political affairs. The Grand Sima is in charge of the army and the prime minister is in charge of the government!"

Xu Jing nodded: "Everything depends on tomorrow..."

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Chapter completed!