Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 171

Quanling City, Prefect's Mansion.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang came from Jiangling. At this time, Cao Cao was attacking Xinye, and it was the time when the battle was fierce. If Lantian hadn't said something important, they should have stayed in Jiangling City and kept an eye on the situation in the north.

Liu Bei met Lai Gong from Jiaozhou here. The two of them had friendship in Xiangyang.

It turns out that when Liu Bei first arrived in Jingzhou, he was Liu Biao's guest, and Lai Gong was the general under him. I haven't seen everyone's status changed in the past few years, but because of Lai Gong's poor ability, if it wasn't for Lan Tian's help, he would not At that time, the control of Jiaozhou had been lost.

Because Lantian was low-key and kept secret, Lai Gong never knew about his relationship with Liu Bei. After Liu Qi passed away, he was reused by Liu Bei again, which made him look at General Jingnan with admiration.

Because of major changes in Jiaozhou, Lai Gong came to Quanling to ask to see Lantian, hoping to get more support.

Although Lantian guards Jingnan, Liu Bei is the real master of Jingzhou. He feels that it is necessary to invite Liu Bei to let Lai Gong meet the real god behind him.

Lai Gong waited in Quanling for a few days, when Liu Bei received the news from Gan Ning, he went south with Zhuge Liang, leaving Xu Shu, Huang Zhong and others to guard Jiangling.

After the meeting, we greeted each other briefly, Liu Bei sat on the main seat, Zhuge Liang and Lan Tian were on the left, Lai Gong was on the right, and there was no one else in the hall, and then the special dishes were put on the table one after another.

Lai Gong said with emotion: "I haven't seen you for several years, so you finally come out of the shallow water. Congratulations."

Liu Bei smiled and said: "It's all thanks to Ziyu, Kong Ming and others who tried their best to assist, otherwise Bei would not be where he is today."

Lai Gong didn't know Zhuge Liang's abilities, but he had been neighbors with Lan Tian for two years, and felt how powerful this man was. From what happened to Shi'an before to when Gan Ning subdued Yu Lin for him, he never saw through Lan Tian.

Before Liu Bei came to Quanling, Lai Gong thought that Lantian was the same as Huang Zu. With Gao Shun's powerful trapping camp, Liu Bei had no choice but to let him guard Jingnan. But from the behavior and expression of the meeting just now, he knew that Lantian was actually Liu Bei. confidant.

Lai Gong sighed: "If it wasn't for General Lan's help, Gong might have died in Jiaozhou."

"You and General Wu went out of Jingzhou together, what makes you irreconcilable?" Liu Bei asked suspiciously.

"It's hard to say." Lai Gong shook his head.

Conflicts are inseparable from conflicts of interest. Jiaozhou is remote and barren with few people and little land. After Lai Gong and Wu Ju came to Jiaozhou to take office, the scholars took over the appointment of Cao Cao and carried out double calculations. Lai and Wu fought in the north of Jiaozhou. Then he was reaping the benefits of being a fisherman in the south of Jiaozhou. Because of his poor ability, Lai Gong was reluctant to bring up embarrassing things.

Liu Bei was far away and didn't know much about the situation in Jiaozhou. He asked, "Could it be that General Wu came to invade again? I remember that Ziyu left a garrison in Yulin."

"Wu Ju has never invaded Yulin since he defeated Bushan last time, but recently I received news that Jiangdong Buzhi led troops into the South China Sea of ​​Jiaozhou. On the surface, he wanted to resolve the conflict between Wu Ju and me. Only frequent contact with Wu Ju, please be sure to take care of him.”

Lai Gong originally wanted to mention his past friendship, but after much deliberation, during his stay in Xiangyang, it was just eating and drinking, and the relationship between Liu Bei and Wu Ju seemed to be better than his own.

I just sneaked up on the big tree of Lantian. Wu Ju secretly contacted Jiangdong Sun Quan so quickly. Zhou Yu is a general who can defeat even Cao Cao. In Lai Gong's opinion, Sun Quan is three points stronger than Liu Bei, so at this time he is better than Liu Bei. Everyone panicked.

"This..." Liu Bei was a little embarrassed when he heard this. After all, he had agreed with Sun Quan that he would not be involved in the battle for Jiaozhou. Now that Bu Zhi entered Jiaozhou, he clearly came to collect the fruits of victory in the Battle of Chibi.

"Mr. Laifu, after all, Jiaozhou is not under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou. My lord is still an alliance with Jiangdong. If there is friction in Jiaozhou, it may affect the plan to fight against Cao. Why don't we just look at the status quo? Maybe Bu Zhi is really here to persuade " Zhuge Liang said.

Lai Gongxin said, how could anyone bring troops to persuade them to make peace?It was clearly the helper Wu Ju had found.

Seeing Lai Gong's sincerity, Liu Bei couldn't bear it, so he asked Lan Tian, ​​"What can Ziyu do?"

"Lai Inspector's words are serious. Even if Bu Zhi and Wu Ju make changes, Lu Tie's garrison can support it for a period of time. As long as the information is clear, reinforcements will arrive in a few days. However, Xingba is currently supervising the construction of fortifications at the mouth of the Youjiang River. Discuss with him again, and the support of the navy is still indispensable for going to Jiaozhou."

Lantian has hidden lines in Jiaozhou. He knows very well that Wu Ju and Bu Zhi secretly communicated the song. In history, Wu Ju was lured and killed by Bu Zhi, and then directly took control of Jiaozhou. Now because of his own intervention, the situation in Jiaozhou has become complicated. , he doesn't know which direction the situation will develop, but keeping Lai Gong is his bottom line.

"Ziyu, I have an agreement with Zhongmou, Jiaozhou can't be blatant." Liu Bei reminded.

Lan Tian didn't say anything after hearing this, Lai Gong immediately panicked when he saw it, the delicacies before the case were tasteless, he walked out of his seat, then bowed down to Liu Bei and said: "Gong is unable to rule Jiaozhou, it is the old master Confidence only shows that I am the governor, and I have been incompetent since I was appointed, and now I see that the envoy is willing to submit the whole state to his subordinates."

Lai Gong directly showed his trump card. When he was waiting for Liu Bei in Quanling these days, he wandered around the street and found that it was very different from the past. The people here lived and worked in peace and contentment.

Lai Gong's actions stunned Zhuge Liang and Lan Tian. Liu Bei may really have the demeanor of a king, but he seemed very calm in the face of this situation. Seeing this, he quickly walked down the steps, helped Lai Gong up with both hands, and comforted him: "General Lai, why did you come here?" this"

"Although Jiaozhou is remote and barren, it is close to the sea and has abundant resources. It must not be transferred to Jiangdong. Gong knows that he is not capable enough, so he is willing to give up the position of governor. Please send capable people to govern it." Lai Gong directly recognized the master, and Liu Bei did not refuse Chance.

"Military division, Ziyu, look at this." Liu Bei looked helpless.

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "General Lai is sincere, my lord must not disappoint him."

Liu Bei nodded, "Jiaozhou is adjacent to Lingling County, so Ziyu and you will be in charge together. As for the new governor of Jiaozhou."

"My lord, no." Lan Tian said hastily.

"Why?" Liu Bei was puzzled.

Lan Tian explained: "I'll settle the matter of Jiaozhou, it's better to let General Lai be the governor."

Liu Bei was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered that Lantian liked to do things with a shield, and then replied with a smile: "This Jiaozhou matter is up to you to do it cheaply."

"Wei." Lan Tian bowed his hands in response.

"My lord, General Lan, Lai Gong is sincerely giving in, don't worry about my feelings"

Liu Bei took Lai Gong's hand and said with a smile: "Ziyu said it can be solved, so you can be the governor of Jiaozhou at ease, and I will send someone to replace you if you get tired later."

Seeing that Liu Bei was so enthusiastic, Lai Gong couldn't refuse the position of governor, but after all these years in Jiaozhou, he was really tired.

The matter in Jiaozhou was settled, and several people continued to have a feast and talk freely. Most of the dishes on the table were cooked with seafood from Jiaozhou.

Lai Gong picked up a piece of sea fish, and after tasting it, his face changed suddenly: "I often eat this kind of sea fish in Jiaozhou, but it is always hard to swallow because of the fishy taste, but the taste of Quanling is different. Could it be that the fish also has the saying of orange in the south and orange in the north? ?”

Liu Bei laughed: "No, the so-called same fish has different taste, the key is to see who cooks it, and Ziyu is a good one."

"General Lan is good at cooking?" Lai Gong asked in surprise.

Zhuge Liang added: "The delicacy in General Lai's case is basically created by Ziyu."

Lai Gong swallowed his saliva, "It's really amazing."

Liu Bei said meaningfully: "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. This sentence is vividly demonstrated in Ziyu."

Lai Gong thought about it for a reason. After all, his skills are a bit mediocre. If Lantian were to manage Jiaozhou, how could he be suppressed by Wu Ju? It really depends on who cooks the same ingredients.

As his name suggests, Lai Gong is kind and courteous. Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, and Lan Tian all have a good impression of him, and they exchanged toasts at the banquet as if they were friends with deep friendship.

It was still early after the banquet, and Liu Bei wanted to go to Quanling Academy to take a look. Last time Lantian went to Yicun for disaster relief, he recruited hundreds of craftsmen and apprentices from the school and workshop, and the finally built houses were beautiful and stable. He went to inspect them several times Look, the local people are full of praise.

The matter of disaster relief and building houses for the common people, through the intentional promotion of Zhuge Liang and others, has greatly helped to win the hearts of Jingzhou people, so Liu Bei is very optimistic about the model of schools and workshops.

As soon as they walked out of the hall, they found Gao Shun waiting outside the hall gate.

"Is something wrong with Boping?" Lan Tian asked suspiciously.

"Yuan'er and the others have made progress in their studies in the past few days, and they want to ask you to tell them a story, so I'm waiting here." Gao Shun said.

Lan Tian frowned. Considering that Lan Yuan and Lan Ji were growing up, and A Dou was also in Quanling, he knew that learning should be done early.

Before finding a suitable enlightenment teacher, Lantian relied on his own memory to silently write the thousand-character essays of later generations. He taught his disciple Deng Fan first, and then asked him to take a few children to learn. There are many allusions in the text, and Lan Tian promises to tell them stories if he recites them well.

"Fan Er only taught them for two days, and I'll take the exam after a few more days. Knowing how to recite more than ten words is not a skill." Lan Tian frowned, thinking that now he would accompany the leader to inspect the work.

"I remember that Ziyu's two sons are only three or four years old, so they were enlightened so early?" Zhuge Liang married for several years and had no children, so he has no experience in raising children.

"Learning is endless. If you are interested, you can teach it earlier, and if you are not interested, you can teach it later. Those children are very easy to learn," Lan Tian replied.

"How is Ah Dou?" Liu Bei also became interested. Every parent hopes that their son will become a dragon, and he doesn't want his son to be left behind.

"Uh, I'm busy these days, Boping, tell me about it." Lan Tian asked Gao Shun to talk.

Gao Shun answered truthfully: "After two days of study, Yuan'er can recite ten sentences, Ji'er can recite six sentences, and Mr. Adou can recite four sentences."

Liu Bei frowned when he heard this, it made sense that Lan Yuan was one year older, and A Dou was two months older than Lan Ji, so why did he memorize half less than him.

"Ziyu, we won't be going to the school today, let's go and see Ah Dou and the others, are you usually reluctant to discipline?" Liu Bei asked seriously.

Lan Tianxin said Lao Gao, don't be so serious, he said awkwardly: "I am usually busy, and Deng Fan is in charge of my studies. After all, these children are still young."

"It must be that you didn't delegate power to Deng Fan. I'll tell him later." Liu Bei turned to the back hall after speaking.

Lan Tian hurriedly followed with Gao Shun, while Zhuge Liang and Lai Gong came to the end.

Seeing that Liu Bei and Lan Tian were very close, Lai Gong whispered in Zhuge Liang's ear, "Military Master, the Lord and General Lan seem to be very unusual, it seems that the young master lives in the eunuch's mansion?"

Zhuge Liang smiled without saying anything, "General Lai will find out in a while."

As soon as Liu Bei walked out of the courtyard, he stopped, and the people behind him also stopped behind him. At this time, there were a few childish voices in the courtyard.

"The heaven and the earth are dark and yellow, the universe is prehistoric. The sun and the moon are in full bloom, and the days and nights are arranged. The cold comes and the summer goes, and the autumn harvests and winter hides. The leap is a year, and the law. The law."

"Lu Lu Tiaoyang."

"Oh yes yes yes, Lu Lu Tiaoyang."

"Your Majesty, you are a little unfamiliar with memorizing"

"I'll let my elder brother recite it alone. If my father is happy, maybe he will tell us a story."

"I still don't want it, I can't hide it from my uncle."

A few children were discussing countermeasures in the yard, and Liu Bei was a little disappointed when he heard it at first, because the half-baked one was A Dou, but Liu Bei was relieved by his honesty later.

Lan Tian and Gao Shun looked at each other, and said to themselves that Lan Ji was such a good monkey, that he actually acted as a dog-headed military advisor for everyone.

Everyone followed Liu Bei into the courtyard, and the children found the adults coming, and they all stood beside Deng Fan in a proper manner.

"Father."

"Uncle."

"uncle."

"gentlemen."

The four children shouted to each other, and Liu Bei called A Dou to his side: "Father, I heard you reciting the article just now, and now recite it again in front of me."

Liu Chan then shook his head and said, "The heaven and the earth are dark and yellow, and the universe is prehistoric. The sun and the moon are full, and the sun and the sky are arranged. The cold comes and the summer goes, and the autumn harvests and winter hides. The leap is more than a year, and the law and the sun are tuned."

"Is that all?" Liu Bei asked.

"Yes." Liu Chan nodded honestly.

Liu Bei beckoned to the two brothers Lan Yuan and Lan Ji again. He stroked Lan Ji's head and asked, "Ji'er is carrying a back too?"

Lan Ji looked at Lan Tian, ​​saw his father's expression was calm, and then sang sonorously: "The sky and the earth are dark and yellow, and the universe is prehistoric. .Clouds cause rain, and dew turns into frost. Gold produces Lishui, and jade comes out of Kungang."

Liu Bei nodded, "Ji'er has a loud voice, speaks words clearly, and recites them completely, how much will Yuan'er recite?"

"I'm similar to A Dou and the others, so I don't need to show my ugliness anymore. If my uncle wants to hear everything, let my brother recite it for you." Lan Yuan scratched his head, then pointed at Deng Fan and counted with a smile.

Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei both looked at Lantian after hearing this, and said to themselves that your son will be very difficult in the future.

"It's fine if you don't memorize it. Tonight, I will explain to you in detail the phrase 'Clouds rise to rain, and dew turns to frost'. The best kindness is like water, and water will often change in the world." Lan Tian said happily.

As soon as Lan Tian finished speaking, the children all showed joy.

Liu Bei originally wanted to tell Deng Fan to be stricter, but thinking of bringing Adou back to Jiangling, there was no need for that.

Liu Wan and Lan Yuan made a baby kiss, and Liu Bei fell in love with this little guy more and more, "Yuaner, how do you usually play?"

"Playing tops, riding wooden horses, climbing trees, and catching ants." Lan Yuan answered truthfully.

"We still have martial arts training." Lan Ji said.

"Still setting up the formation to play chess." A Dou also added.

Liu Bei was startled when he heard that, Lu Lingqi is good at martial arts, it is true to teach a few children to practice martial arts, but can these three or four-year-old children play chess?

Lan Tian explained with a smile: "It's a simple chess game, Fan Er will show it to the lord."

"only."

Deng Fan brought out a wooden chessboard from the room. It was the fighting beast chess that Lantian asked someone to process in the wood workshop. On the chessboard were squares, rivers, lions, tigers, leopards and other chess pieces, which were distinguished by Yin engraving and Yang engraving.

"This beast chess. How is it played?" Liu Bei looked puzzled.

Lan Tian laughed and said, "Ji'er, show your uncles some fun."

"Oh good." Lan Ji then asked Adou to play chess.

A Dou was not as good as the two brothers Lan Ji in reciting, but he was good at fighting beast chess. They all watched and played with great interest.

"Interesting. How did you come up with the idea of ​​fighting beast chess like a formation?"

Zhuge Liang watched in amazement. Beast Fighting Chess is simpler than chess and Go, easy to play and not lacking in fun.

Lan Tian scratched his head, thinking that this is my childhood toy, there is no other meaning.

Liu Bei also nodded and said: "It is necessary to consider both offense and defense. You can even use the mouse to sneak attack on the bishop. It seems that it can be used for deduction. Ziyu can make more chess pieces. Let's use them on the sand table."

At this time, A Dou had won against Lan Ji, and he said excitedly, "Father, have you seen that I have won three chess pieces from brother Ji, this tiger is so powerful."

"Be good, Ah Dou." Liu Bei touched Ah Dou's forehead and encouraged him.

Seeing A Dou happy in Quanling, and thinking about taking him back to Jiangling soon, Liu Bei suddenly felt a little melancholy, so he put down his airs and played Beast Chess with his son.

Zhuge Liang borrowed the "textbook" from Deng Fan, and read aloud: "The heaven and earth are mysterious and yellow, and the universe is prehistoric. The sun and the moon are full and the sun and the moon are full, and the stars are listed."

Thousand-Character Essay covers astronomy, geography, nature, society, history and other aspects of knowledge. It was compiled by Sanqi Shilang of Liang Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties and Zhou Xingsi of Qishizhong. The full text is four-character sentence antithesis and neat rhyme. .

There are no punctuation marks in ancient Chinese, and modal particles such as xi, yan, zai, etc. are used to end sentences, and there are also simple symbols to break sentences.

The way for the ancients to understand the meaning of the text is to judge the sentence by relying on the ability of "discriminating the will from the scriptures" mastered since childhood. They would have deviations in understanding the meaning of the sentence because they did not read the sentence.

Although the Han Dynasty already had sentence reading, it was not widely popularized and applied, and the punctuation marks were not standardized.

Thousand-character text is used between every four characters.Zhuge Liang can read it easily and easily. This simple way of punctuating sentences allowed him to open the door to a new world.

Zhuge Liang walked up to Lan Tian with the thousand-character prose, and said excitedly, "Ziyu, this...is it your invention of Judu?"

"Uh, maybe." Lan Tian scratched his head in embarrassment.

"This article is easy to read and easy to read. Ziyu's talent is immeasurable. All scholars in the world can be enlightened by this article. As for this sentence, it is even more eye-catching." Zhuge Liang praised.

Everyone stayed in the backyard for a while, and Lan Tian couldn't stand being praised, so he took Liu Bei and others to visit Quanling Academy.

As soon as Lan Tian and Liu Bei left the gate of the prefect's mansion, Lai Gong seized the opportunity to ask Zhuge Liang: "Master, I see that my lord loves General Lan's son very much. Do they have any relationship by marriage?"

Zhuge Liang smiled: "Ziyu is the lord's brother-in-law, and their children are also betrothed."

"This relationship is really solid." Lai Gong was surprised.

"When the lord was in Xuzhou, he accepted Ziyu's righteous sister, and Ziyu was like a close friend in the lord's heart." Zhuge Liang continued.

Lai Gong was dumbfounded when he heard that, when Liu Qi was the prefect of Lingling, Lan Tian and Liu Bei were related by marriage, Liu Bei could have the current status, Lan Tian must be helping in secret, thinking of this, Lai Gong's original little worries disappeared.

Now that he has such a strong backer, even if Wu Ju and Bu Zhi are hooked up, Lai Gong will not be afraid.

Because of the clear employment direction, all seven subjects of Quanling Academy are now fully recruited, and thousands of agricultural technology apprentices and craftsman apprentices can be trained every year.

Liu Bei came for the second time and was shocked by the lively scene in front of him, but still asked with some concern: "I really didn't expect that Ziyu would open this school in such a short period of time, can the military workshop continue to add people? "

"Don't worry, my lord, I will control the number of people at any time." Lan Tian said.

"It's good that you know it in your heart, but with so many students, can you, the prefect of Lingling, manage it? I think you are usually busy enough, and you have to supervise the children's studies. If you can't, find a sacrificial wine to help you manage it." If you can't find someone in Lingling, you can go to Jiangling to pick someone up." Liu Bei made a suggestion.

Lan Tian smiled leisurely, "I have already invited the sacrificial wine, here, he is here."

Liu Bei saw that the person who came was very handsome, and he was a few years younger than Zhuge Liang in terms of appearance.

Lan Tian took Jiang Wan's hand and introduced to everyone: "My lord, military advisor, this is Jiang Wan, Jiang Gongyan, a famous talent in Xiangxiang, Lingling."

"Don't dare dare." Jiang Wan cupped his hands in return.

After Lantian was granted the title of General Jingnan, Jiang Wan was recruited by Lantian on the recommendation of officials in the county. At that time, the number of students in Quanling Academy surged, and Lantian asked him to serve as a sacrificial wine here. Organized.

Lan Tian doesn't recommend him very often, and those who are formally introduced like this are basically talented people, so Liu Bei nodded very politely and said with a smile: "Help General Lan well, and the future will be bright."

"Thank you, my lord."

After visiting the school, taking advantage of the gap between Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wan, Liu Bei and Lan Tian came under the old tree again, and said with relief: "I was a little worried at first, but I was relieved when I saw Jiang Gongyan. Ziyu really did what he did. cautious."

Lan Tian looked at Liu Bei in bewilderment, "Brother-in-law, what are you talking about?"

Liu Bei whispered: "Ziyu was born in a farmer's family in the head of Guizhou. In the past few years, he has raised the people in Jingnan. Yanzhou was almost unable to stand up, you should take it as a warning, and you have figured out how to reuse Jiang Gongyan?"

Lan Tian shook his head, "The power of the gentry is a double-edged sword. Brother-in-law should use it carefully. It is best not to use it if you can. Those rumors and rumors are nothing to fear. Whether it is Huang Hansheng or Jiang Gongyan, I am a meritocracy."

Liu Bei sighed: "It's easier said than done without the gentry? Regardless of the imperial court or Jingzhou, all aspects have influence. Jingnan is still a quiet place for you."

"I have a way to restrict the gentry, but I have to figure it out slowly and develop it by boiling frogs in warm water."

Boiling frogs in warm water?Liu Bei was full of doubts.

Lan Tian continued: "I plan to run a school in Lingling, and then gradually spread in the four counties of Jingnan."

"Running a school? Didn't you run Quanling Academy?" Liu Bei was puzzled.

"Quanling Academy only has agriculture and craftsmanship, and I plan to add Confucianism, so I can teach Thousand Characters first." Lan Tian said confidently.

Liu Bei was shocked: "Ziyu wants to teach ordinary people how to read and write?"

Lan Tian nodded: "Of course."

(End of this chapter)