Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 512 Liu Bei Liu Mastiff
The 15th year of Xiping, September
At that time, Empress Cai was pregnant, the emperor was overjoyed, and gave amnesty to the whole world, except Dong Chong who rebelled against the party.

Liu Mastiff was sitting in the Imperial College, surrounded by a large number of students. The students were talking about their ideas of governing the country and their views on various measures. Liu Mastiff was sitting among them, listening carefully, occasionally They will also ask about one or two, which makes the students even more happy. In the past, no one would pay attention to their opinions, and only Emperor Xiaokang once asked the Tai students to directly write political comments, submit them to him, and then personally comment on them.

Liu Mastiff was chatting with everyone, and was having a good chat, then a guard came over, walked behind Liu Mastiff, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, there is a distinguished visitor, is Your Highness going home?"

Liu Mastiff shook his head, did not reply, and continued to listen to the students' discussion.

The guard was helpless, and then said: "Your Highness, it is Si Nong who came here, and it seems that he has something important to discuss. Mr. Yuan asked His Highness to go back quickly."

Liu Mastiff then raised his head, looked at him, and said loudly: "What about Sinong? Could it be that what the sages here said is not important? They are all the future pillars of the great man, the future three gongs and nine ministers, It's all here! I'm here to discuss important matters with them, how can I leave halfway???"

The guard was speechless now, and could only look at Liu Mastiff blankly, and then at the other students. The surrounding Tai students also noticed the situation here, and quickly asked, "Your Highness, what do you want?" thing?"

Liu Mastiff smiled and said, "No problem, Si Nong is here to visit, you can continue talking."

The students looked at each other, the excitement on their faces couldn't be restrained, they stood up, bowed to Liu Mastiff, and said: "Your Highness, the visit of the chief minister is probably related to important matters related to the country, and please hurry up." Go home!"

"A virtuous person's discussion of state affairs is also a major matter related to the family and the country. How can I leave halfway?"

"Your Highness!!!"

"Your Highness, we can choose another day for our business, please go back to your residence!" The students bowed one after another, Liu Mastiff got up, looked at them with some embarrassment, his face was a little hesitant, the students bowed again, Liu Mastiff Mastiff had no choice but to bid farewell to the students and left with the guards. When he left, the students felt emotional. They hadn't received such attention for some time.

His Highness valued them so much that they were really moved, and they were a little speechless.

Following the guards out of the Imperial Academy, Liu Mastiff asked: "Isn't Da Sinong busy with official affairs? Why is he in Luoyang?" The guard shook his head and said, "I don't know, he already I came to look for His Highness some time later, but His Highness never came back, so he kept waiting, and Yuan Gong asked me to bring His Highness back."

Liu Mastiff nodded and quickened his pace.

After returning to the mansion, he hurriedly went to the study room, knocked on the door, and shouted: "Master, I'm here."

"Come in!"

Only then did Liu Mastiff open the door and enter. Yuan Shu was sitting on the top seat, and beside him was a middle-aged man, dressed plainly and with a gentle face. Liu Mastiff hurriedly greeted Yuan Shu and looked at this person, who immediately stood up , so he wanted to bow to Liu Mastiff, Liu Mastiff bowed first, and said: "How dare you accept the gift from the elders, the boy Mastiff pays homage to Liu Gong!"

"Your Highness is honorable, how can you salute me, please rise, please rise"

"I heard earlier that Mr. Liu is a virtuous and virtuous talent. When he governs Dongmai, Dongmi prospers. When he governs Ningzhou, Ningzhou prospers. He is a farmer, but he has the world in his heart. He travels around, sets up a large government school, and enlightens millions of young children. Liu Gong’s achievements should be handed down for thousands of years to be remembered by future generations, what merits do I have to be honored by Liu Gong?” Liu Mastiff said a little excitedly, looking at Liu Bei with respect in his eyes.

Liu Bei also quickly said: "Your Highness's name of benevolence and righteousness is well known in the world. Your Highness is willing to do good and help the people. He is respectful to the virtuous and corporal. There are many virtuous names that are admirable. Your Highness is the emperor. How can I be worshiped by His Highness?"

"Liu Gong is also a clan, and I am an elder, how can I accept the elder's gift?" Liu Mastiff stepped forward, holding Liu Bei's hand, with tears in his eyes, and Liu Bei did the same, holding Liu Mastiff's hand tightly, full of tears His face was moved, he shook his head, and said again: "Your Highness, don't be Rui, Your Highness is"

"That's enough!!!" Yuan Shu immediately interrupted Liu Bei. The two turned their heads at the same time and looked at him. Yuan Shu stood up with a livid face and said, "I suddenly feel unwell. , I'm going to rest first!!" After finishing speaking, without waiting for them to speak, he walked out of the study room, and Liu Mastiff and Liu Bei hurriedly sent him away respectfully.

After Yuan Shu left, the two sat facing each other and started talking.

"I have long wanted to pay my respects to Mr. Liu, but why, Mr. Liu was busy with important events, so he was unable to visit him. When I saw him today, I was overjoyed, beyond words. I have always admired Mr. Liu's talents and virtues. It is very fortunate that the clan has such an elder. Fortunately!"

"I also wanted to visit His Highness for a long time, because I was busy with various things, I was able to return to Luoyang yesterday, so I came to talk to His Highness."

The two exchanged pleasantries for a long time, and then Liu Bei said: "Your Highness, I don't know, but I came here to ask for Your Highness." Liu Mastiff was stunned, and said, "Your Highness can just order."

"I went out to Yanzhou, Henan, Xu, Qing, Yi, and six prefectures. In these six places, I went to various counties and counties to supervise the achievements of official schools here. Alas, it is not difficult to build official schools. There is plenty of open space, and the money needed to build the official school is not much, the only difficulty is that there is not enough official school to teach the students, there are too few teachers, but there are many students."

Liu Bei's face was a little tired, and he said: "I thought that the number of ether school, menzi school, and the second school in the north and south would be enough to teach children all over the world, but I didn't expect that the students were all focused on the academic performance examination, and they didn't have the heart to be able to do it. To teach students in counties and counties, especially those frontier areas, such as You, Ning, Jing, Liang and other places, no students are willing to go there at all.”

"I found Mr. Cai and Mr. Zheng, but both of them were helpless. With their own prestige, they could indeed mobilize many students, but they felt that these students were very good, and they should use their time to study. Come on, I really have no choice but to participate in the assessment. Later, I heard Cai Gong said that His Highness is very prestigious in the two universities, and students are willing to listen to His Highness's reason and come to visit."

When Liu Bei finished speaking, Liu Mastiff understood, he nodded, and said: "Grandfather Liu, thousands of young children are enlightened, and they will all be the pillars of my great man in the future. This matter is very important. I will definitely help you with this matter. Liu Gong is concerned!", Liu Bei was overjoyed, he did not expect that Liu Mastiff would agree so quickly, after Liu Mastiff entered Taixue and Menzixue, Liu Bei saw his plan.

He is trying to win over the ministers in the future. These students will definitely be ministers of all sizes in the country in the future. Going up from place to place, Liu Mastiff's interests are much smaller. There is a big difference between attracting a group of future ministers and attracting a group of universities to offer wine.

However, he didn't even hesitate, and simply agreed.

The two continued to talk, getting closer and closer, and hated each other.

I kept talking about it at night, holding a candle for a long time, and sleeping together.

The next day, Liu Bei bid farewell to Liu Mastiff and left the mansion. Both of them were a little bit reluctant. After a day of talking, they got along very well. The age gap between them is huge, and they have different opinions on many things. Surprisingly, Liu Bei has many friends, but he has never met such a close confidant. Now that he met Liu Mastiff, he was so excited that he almost shed tears.

Liu Mastiff is not like this, he is so close to everyone, he can chat with everyone very happily, but only this time, he is sincere.
After Liu Bei was sent away, Liu Mastiff immediately ordered the guards to call Sima Yi, Zhuge Liang, and Yuan Shang, and he waited in the front yard. Not long after, the three of them rushed over. At this time, Liu Mastiff was always lucky that he was able to Studying in the Yuan Mansion, if it wasn't like this, I'm afraid he was trapped in the palace all day, how could he get the help of so many talents?
Sima Yi came first, met Liu Mastiff, and sat down to wait together.

Zhuge Liang and Yuan Shang came later, the four of them paid respects to each other, Liu Mastiff then dragged them into the study, and told them what Liu Bei said, the three listened carefully, Yuan Shang spoke first: "Your Highness, this matter is not easy. Cai Gong, Zheng Gong and other great scholars did not help him. Why did His Highness help? Isn't it detrimental to mobilize students so recklessly?"

"It took His Highness such a long time to gain the love of the students. If His Highness lets them go to different places, I'm afraid it will damage His Highness's relationship with them."

As Yuan Shang said, Liu Mastiff frowned and said: "This matter is of great benefit to the family and the country, how can it delay the state affairs because of private affairs?"

Yuan Shang was speechless, sighed, and looked at Sima Yi, who smiled, and said, "This matter is not difficult, what the students care about is just the matter of scientific merit assessment, as long as we can formulate measures , in the examination of scientific merit, provide discounts to students who voluntarily go to various places, and the emperor personally praises them. I am not afraid that they will not go. Those who go to the most difficult areas will benefit more. In this way, this matter can be resolved. "

"In addition, you can also set a deadline for them. It only takes two years. Those students who have completed their studies and are good enough for reference will go to another group of students after two years."

Hearing what Sima Yi said, Yuan Shang was overjoyed, thinking that this move was feasible, Liu Mastiff also nodded and looked at Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang frowned, and said, "It's not difficult, but." He looked at Liu Mastiff, and said, "The key is with Liu Bei."

"Oh? What does uncle mean?"

"Your Highness, you should know that Liu Bei is in the company of Cao Cao, which makes all the officials in the court displeased. Cai Gong and Zheng Gong don't want to help him. Duke Cao, Duke Xing, Duke Liu, and Duke Guo should all be His Highness’s enemies. If His Highness helps Liu Bei, I’m afraid they will hate the ministers headed by Situ Gong.”

Liu Mastiff stood up, shook his head, and said: "This matter is of great benefit to the family and the country, I will not refuse, even if I am not loved by the officials because of this, I have no complaints!"

Zhuge Liang had long thought that Liu Mastiff would speak like this, he thought for a moment, and said: "Since this is the case, Your Highness will go to Situ Gong, tell him the pros and cons, and ask him to help with this matter."

"Ah? Isn't Liu Bei not friendly with him? Will he help?"

Yuan Shang asked suspiciously.

Liu Mastiff smiled, and said: "Situ Gong is a good minister, how could he miss a big deal because of personal affairs."

ps: Brothers, I have been staying up all night lately and feeling unwell recently, so I missed a chapter yesterday, and I still haven’t recovered very well today, but I will still insist on updating, and there will be another chapter later.

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