Chapter 230: Meeting with Luoyang Palace

At noon the next day, the sun was shining.

Liu Kan took Liu Xin away from the barracks and went straight to Xingyang City.

Although the officials arranged Liu Kan outside the city, there was no intention of not letting him enter the city. Xingyang City was a famous city south of the Dahe River, in the hinterland of the Central Plains, along with Daliang and Luoyang. Of course, the reason why Daliang and Luoyang are famous all over the world is more because of their history. Luoyang was the capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, while Daliang was the capital of the Wei Kingdom, and it was very famous in the Central Plains.

But Xingyang is more famous for its military status.

It is close to the river, connected to Chenggao, and is close to the mountains, facing the east... The Chu River and Han boundaries in later Chinese chess came from Xingyang City.

After several years of governance, Xingyang City was very prosperous.

When you walk into the city gate, you will see streets with latitudes and latitudes.

There were people coming and going on the street, noisy and bustling. From the moment Liu Xin entered the city, he was blinded by the bustling scene.

Liu Kan didn't care much about the prosperity in front of her.

He took Liu Xin straight to the government office, and without giving him a name, he walked in directly. Li You and Ying Zhuang lived in the Xingyang government office. Because these two people had a very high status, the magistrate of Xingyang County simply vacated the government office.

Liu Kan often visits and leaves here during the past few days.

The government office also knew the young general, but no one stood up to stop him.

Ying Zhuang was talking to Li You in the courtyard. When Liu Kan came in, both of them stood up and greeted him with a smile on their faces.

"Wife Liu, why did he come here early in the morning?"

The person who said this must be Li You.

Because Ying Zhuang could not be so polite to him, he would call Liu Kan by name, or call him "A Kan" intimately, instead of Liu Kan's official position. Although Li You and Liu Kan have met twice and have a little friendship, in fact, the two of them are not as familiar as that.

Liu Kan stepped forward to greet him and explained his purpose.

"Go to Daliang?"

Ying Zhuang frowned, "It's great, why don't you wait here to go to Daliang to do it? Akan, you are not an ordinary minor official now, you can act at will. This time you are ordered to wait for the journey, and every move is in the eyes of others. Going to Daliang... I'm afraid it's not appropriate!"

Liu Kan also guessed such a result and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Li You smiled and said, "There is no need to be so serious in the county magistrate. It is normal for A Kan to be young and active. Although there are many people in Xingyang City, A Kan only knows you and me a few people. If it were me, she would feel frustrated and wanted to go out for a walk."

As he spoke, he signaled Liu Kan to sit down.

"But Wei Du, it's really hard for you to walk away now."

"oh?"

Liu Kan could hear that Li You had something in his words, so he calmed down and listened to the rest.

Sure enough, after Li You asked someone to serve Liu Kan, he put away his smile and said in a deep voice: "I received the news at the time of Mao that Your Majesty has arrived in Gucheng and is expected to come to Luoyang the next day. Your Majesty sent someone to deliver the letter and ordered me and Liu Duwei to go to Luoyang City first."

"ah?"

Liu Kan was startled, "What are you going to Luoyang?"

"How do I know?" Li You smiled, "Your Majesty may be going to meet you and me first in Luoyang, so he sent someone to inform you.

I was about to send someone to talk about this matter to you, but you came.

OK, you go back to the barracks and prepare immediately... Let's set off at noon and head to Luoyang... Oh, there is no need to follow our troops, just wait for a dozen personal guards. The rest will stay in Xingyang for the time being. Anyway, after some time, you will have to come back and forth without having to run back and forth.

Thank you for your hard work in the county magistrate!”

The meaning of this is very obvious. During the period when Liu Kan went to Luoyang, his 200 cavalry were temporarily led by Ying Zhuang. But Liu Kan thought a little too much... Is this considered a depriving my military power? Could it be that the things I did in my early years were exposed?

No wonder Liu Kan had such an idea.

The First Emperor summoned Li You because Li You was the son-in-law of Emperor Ying Zheng and the son of Prime Minister Li Si. It was no wonder.

But what about Liu Kan?

It's just a small Sishui Chief Commander!

Although he is also a senior official with a salary of 2,000 s. However, in Xingyang City, there are more than a dozen senior officials with a salary of 2,000 s. Among them, there are royal clan members like Ying Zhuang. The Sishui Chief Commander sounds amazing. But in comparison, it is insignificant.

The First Emperor actually wanted to summon him in advance?

And he was not allowed to lead troops, and he also handed over the troops to Ying Zhuang...

For a moment, Liu Kan felt uneasy.

In the eyes of Li You and Ying Zhuang, Liu Kan's uneasiness seemed to be reasonable.

Who is not afraid of the hero of the First Emperor? Who is not afraid of it?

Thinking back to the beginning, even when Li You was summoned by the First Emperor for the first time, he was trembling, not much different from Liu Kan's current appearance.

So he smiled and said, "Person Liu, don't panic!

Your Majesty has always liked brave people. Not to mention your great achievements in the northern border, the eldest son and general have often praised you in front of His Majesty in the past two years. Last year, you broke the Three Fields Rebellion again. It is normal for Your Majesty to see you, so don’t be too panicked.

Okay, go back and prepare soon.

At noon, I will be in the marquis of the Ten Miles outside the city, so don’t waste the time.”

Li You comforted Liu Kan more or less relieved her fear.

He responded, then hurried back to the barracks with Liu Xin. As soon as he entered the military tent, he asked someone to find Jia Shao.

Explain the story.

Liu Kan smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Shao, it seems that I can't go to pay homage to that wise man."

This time, Your Majesty summoned me to Luoyang, so you stay and guard the barracks for me. If you have any questions, go to the governor of Zhuang County to take charge of the... Well, if you can have some leisure time, you can go to Daliang for me. As we said before, first, meet the wise man. When this matter is over, you and I will go to Daliang together. It is best to invite him out of the mountain at that time. If you can't ask him out, you can also listen to some teachings."

Jia Shao responded and took the tiger talisman from Liu Kan.

Calculate the time, it's almost done...

Liu Kan did not dare to delay any more, so he immediately lit up twenty personal guards and hurriedly left the barracks with Liu Xin. With Liu Xin's temper, if Liu Kan was not here, I'm afraid even Ying Zhuang would not be able to see him, let alone Jia Shao, a weak scholar.

The red rabbit horse gallops on the official road.

The fiery red mane emits a ray of fire like light under the sunlight.

Liu Xin and Xue Ou and others followed closely behind. Just after noon, they arrived at Shili Pavilion outside Xingyang City.

Li You had changed his clothes and dressed up in military uniform. He didn't bring many entourages. Apart from twenty or thirty entourages, there were only a dozen of his personal guards.

After meeting Liu Kan, Li You didn't say much.

"We can catch up while it's still early. Maybe we can arrive in Chenggao before dark."

"As long as the county magistrate said."

The two of them left without saying a word. The followers followed quickly, and dozens of war horses stormed the official road. About before dark, the group came to Chenggao, which was the Hulao Pass where the three heroes fought against Lu Bu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

After washing and having a meal, Li You and Liu Kan came to chat.

In the past, Liu Kan had talked to Li You. However, most of the time, there were people around him, so he couldn't enjoy it. This time, there was no disturbance from others, and Li You also lacked many concerns. When he spoke, he talked endlessly, showing his outstanding eloquence.

Liu Kan has to admit that Li You is indeed knowledgeable.

According to Li You, his knowledge all comes from his father Li Si. Liu Kan always thought that he was a member of the Legal school, but in fact, Li Si studied at Xunzi in the Jixia Academy and was a genuine Confucian scholar. In fact, in the late Warring States Period, the Confucian scholars in the Qin Dynasty were not like the later generations who only knew empty talk and did not understand the warmth and coldness of the world.

The Confucian school was not highly valued in this era, so Confucian scholars would use various methods to change randomly in order to achieve future fame.

Li Si is one of them.

Overall, Confucian scholarship in Chinese history has gone through four stages.

Confucian scholars in the Qin and Han dynasties struggled hard because Confucianism did not prosper, so they tried to find a living space for Confucianism. During this period, Confucian scholars were able to learn from others' strengths, not care about academic schools, and could adapt to the situation. Until Dong Zhongshu abolished all schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone.

Then the prosperous Tang Dynasty!

After 422 years of the Han Dynasty, although they experienced the turmoil of the Five Barbarians invading China, in the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Confucian scholars had a broad mind and a spirit of being the only one in the world. Therefore, Confucian scholars in the Tang Dynasty had the greatest spirit, thus giving birth to figures like Li Bai and Du Fu.

Confucian scholars in the Song Dynasty were worried about the decline of the Song Dynasty, and on the other hand, they were proud of the prosperity of civilization.

During this period, Confucian scholars always had a mentality of both inferiority and pride. Under the guidance of this ambivalent psychology, Mindism stood out.

As for Confucianism after the Tang and Song dynasties, the Ming and Qing dynasties...

In short, when Li You talked to Liu Kan, Liu Kan could not feel the corrupt spirit of Li You.

However, from Li You's tone, he seemed to hear some other meanings. In terms of knowledge, Li You admired his father Li Si. However, he did not seem to agree with Li Si's approach. Especially in recent years, after Li Si became the prime minister, he seemed to have lost his enterprising spirit and had more utilitarian ideas. In many things, Li Si's actions made Li You very dissatisfied.

Of course, Li You couldn't say directly about Li Si.

Some things even Liu Kan understood: it was not Li Si's inaction, but the increasingly stubborn temperament of the First Emperor, which made Li Si dare not act.

Moreover, Liu Kan could hear that Li You had great expectations for Fusu.

It was vaguely noticed that Li You released his true intention of kindness to him. Almost all officials in Xianyang Palace knew that Liu Kan was Ying Fusu's person. Fusu was steady in nature and never had too many connections with the officials in Xianyang except for the Meng brothers.

Of course, this is also to prevent the First Emperor from having doubts.

Liu Kan is from Fusu!

At this point, Fusu does not have much concealment.

Li You hopes to use Liu Kan's line to get a relationship with Fusu.
To be continued...