Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 807 The Prince's Teacher
Ten years of Yankang, at the end of the year

The envoys from many countries in the poisonous land rushed to Luoyang angrily, and they came fiercely. Deng Zhi, the servant of the foreign government, came to meet them in person. Although most of these countries were small countries, except for Guishuang, most of them were even Guishuang However, the big man is a state of etiquette after all, and he still needs to receive them with a high standard. Deng Zhi made them arrange them at the post station.

Deng Zhi had a special translator under his command, and the next day, he took the translator to visit these envoys.

When Deng Zhi walked into the inn, these people looked excited and said something loudly. Deng Zhi ignored them. After paying respects to them, they sat down. Deng Zhi smiled and asked: "You are so hurried I see, I don’t know what it is for?” Many small countries looked at Guishuang, this time, they came here to ask for guilt, but they didn’t have the courage, so they could only hope that Guishuang could come forward.

The Guishuang envoy was actually flustered in his heart. After all, the big man had already taught them a lesson, but this time, they were indeed on the right side. The Guishuang envoy got up and spoke excitedly. When he finished speaking, the people on the side The translator just said: "This time I came here to ask the big man for an explanation. Previously, the big man invited a lot of Buddha statues, and some wise men who had attained the Tao came to the big man."

"But in Liangzhou, they encountered a brutal murder. The Liangzhou nobleman Zhong Changtong of the Han Dynasty brutally killed these wise men, destroyed the Buddha, attacked innocent people for no reason, polluted the gods, and Hope the big man can tell, why is this?"

After the translator finished speaking, he looked at Deng Zhi.

Deng Zhi's eyes widened, and he asked: "Is there such a thing?? No, the big Han Liangzhou Mu called Mao Jie, how could he be Zhong Changtong?"

The translator hastily translated.

Guishuang's envoy said angrily: "Anyway, the people we sent did die in Liangzhou, and no one survived. In addition, these people are all wanted by you yourself. You said you wanted to set up a temple. As a result, our As soon as someone was dispatched, he died tragically in Liangzhou. What is this? As for whether the murderer was Zhong Changtong or Mao Jie, this requires a big man to give us an explanation."

Deng Zhi listened to the translator's words, stood up, and said solemnly: "Please rest assured, we will investigate this situation thoroughly. Give me three days. Within three days, I will definitely investigate clearly. I hope everyone Don't blame the Lord, just rest here." Deng Zhi comforted these people, just left the inn, just walked out of the inn, Deng Zhi smiled wryly.

If people from Guishuang said that other people killed alchemists indiscriminately, Deng Zhi would not believe it, but if it was said that it was Zhong Changtong, he would believe it. He is very courageous and does not hesitate to do things. He governed Zhangye, and within a few years, Zhangye's cultivated land, household registration, and other aspects have been greatly developed, and Zhangye has become the richest county in Liangzhou.

The problem is, this person hates alchemists extremely. Of course, among the scholar-bureaucrats, there are quite a few who hate alchemists. They think that these alchemists will confuse the emperor. , only this Zhong Changtong, and what is even more exasperating is that this person completely ignored the etiquette and ancestral system, and repeatedly played to the emperor in an attempt to change the national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business.

Among the big fellows, most people thought he was a lunatic, and there were some people who thought he was a genius.

Deng Zhi has always been reluctant to comment too much on others, and he has no opinion about Zhong Changtong, everyone has his own ambitions, maybe it's just that he can't understand him, but this time, he really caused a big problem, Xuzhou, There are not many people who believe in the Buddha. Since the White Horse Temple, there have been more and more believers in the Buddha. In Xuzhou, there has been a powerful man named Ruo Rong.

This one is terrible. On the one hand, he bribed local officials, governors, and even personally wrote a letter to Emperor Yizong Xiaoxian, using the mouth of the Buddha to praise Emperor Yizong Xiaoxian, and said his merits. And rewards, with these, the local officials dared not rule him anymore, so he used the powerful influence of his family to promote the Buddha religion in Xuzhou.

Built more than a dozen temples, recruited more than 5000 monks, amassed money crazily, deceived people, insulted women, forced six or seven people to death, seized farmland, and made many poor people starve to death under the pretext of building temples. However, this person was extraordinarily kind and cautious in front of the officials. Many officials wanted to punish him, but were killed by the dead, because he was a country tyrant, and the temple didn't know about these things.

Such a person who commits all kinds of crimes and should be punished by heaven and earth has deceived many people. He even set up a so-called Buddha's Birthday in Xuzhou, called the Bathing Buddha Festival. It hurts nature and reason, so the belief in the Buddha in Xuzhou has spread very strongly. Of course, Ruo Rong is gone now.

His life was not good. At a bathing Buddha meeting, a young man asked him about the Buddha knowledge in public, but deliberately humiliated him. When Ruo Rong was in a state of desperation, the young man chopped Ruo Rong into several pieces in public. Rong died in pain, which shocked the whole Xuzhou, and the young man who stabbed Ruo Rong in public, no, he killed Ruo Rong directly, was called Zhong Changtong.

At that time, Zhong Changtong was only eighteen years old.

After killing Ruo Rong, this person smashed most of the temples in Xuzhou, even the temples worshiped by the emperor, and fled all the way. Wherever he fled, he smashed the ghost temples there and killed the wanderers Fang Warlock, Emperor Xiaoxian sent many capable ministers to hunt him down repeatedly, and after a year, he was successfully captured.

However, Zhuge Liang and others who caught him cherished his talent and were unwilling to kill him, so they recommended him to Emperor Xiaoxian. In the end, he became a servant of the current emperor and finally served as an official.

It's a pity that the temples in Xuzhou can be destroyed by Zhong Changtong, but the temples in the hearts of the people are not so easy to be destroyed.

The notoriety of Zhong Changtong is still spreading in many counties and counties in the north of the Central Plains, and the common people hate it.

Deng Zhi hurried to the palace and entered Houde Hall.

When they walked to Houde Hall, the emperor was arguing with Guo Jia, and it was obvious that both of them were a little excited, but when Deng Zhi walked in, the two stopped arguing suddenly, the emperor frowned and waved his hand. He waved his hand and asked Deng Zhi to sit in front of him, and then asked: "Mr. Deng, but I have asked clearly. What is the reason for so many envoys coming here suddenly?"

"Your Majesty, I have asked clearly. According to what they said, the envoys and statues they sent for the Xuzhou Bathing Buddha Association were all intercepted by Zhong Changtong."

"Ah!" Liu Xi said helplessly, "Then give the order to Zhong Changtong and let him go!"

"Your Majesty, Zhongjun has already killed those people."

"What?? Killed?!", Liu Xi jumped up suddenly, his face was red, and he shouted: "He is so brave, he killed them all?? According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, if you kill someone, you have to ask the temple. Has he asked? Did he start killing indiscriminately with the power in his hands? What evil did those people do?"

Deng Zhi lowered his head and said: "It's true that I have never done any evil. They are some famous wise men in Guishuang who have been enlightening and saving people all their lives. The excuse of bewitching the common people is that they were all thrown away." Hearing Deng Zhi's words, Liu Xi was so angry that he couldn't speak, he gritted his teeth, sat on his seat, and covered his forehead.

Guo Jia thought for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be so excited about this matter. There are too many temples, which will indeed occupy the farmland. In addition, monks do not do production. I think there must be reasons for Guishuang's weakness. , although Zhong Changtong did things a little too radically, but it's nothing, anyway, I agree with it."

"How about Guishuang?"

"It's okay if you don't admit it, but since a person died in Liangzhou, it seems inappropriate to deny it." Guo Jia said, looking at Deng Zhi who was aside, Deng Zhi said immediately: "Your Majesty, then We can only find a death row prisoner to pay for Zhongjun's affairs. Just say that Zhongjun didn't know about it, and then find another death row prisoner to pay for the crime, saying that he was a person under Zhongjun's command, and he was greedy for merit, so he killed him, and that's fine."

Liu Xi nodded and said, "Forget it, this is the only way to do things, and I will leave this matter to Mr. Deng for you to deal with."

Deng Zhi nodded, and bid farewell to the emperor.

After he left, Liu Xi and Guo Jia continued their previous quarrel, "Guo Jun, I trust you to let you teach the eldest son of the emperor. What an honor, why don't you? Could it be that you are Do you look down on my son?"

"Your Majesty, I also have my own difficulties. As a teacher, I must be stricter, but the head of the country came to me earlier, saying that if I dared to fight or scold the eldest son of the emperor, he would come to me to argue with me. What can I do?" Do it, if Your Majesty can protect the minister, the minister can teach." Guo Jia said, Liu Xi gradually became speechless.

"Hmph, a loving grandpa has many losers. Tell me, who can teach the eldest son of the emperor without being afraid of the head of the country?"

"There are a few in the temple who can be the emperor's eldest son and are not afraid of being threatened by the head of the state." Guo Jia thought about it seriously, and then said: "First of all, you can let Man Chong teach, Man Chong will never Fearing the head of the state, he acts justly and reads a lot, enough to be a teacher for the prince."

"Fully favored?", Liu Xi thought to himself, this person's talent and character are very good, but unfortunately, he is too fair and has no city. If he comes to teach the eldest son of the emperor, he is afraid that he will teach someone who is too fair and upright. The eldest son of the emperor, such a character is very good for a minister, but it will not be very good for the future emperor.

"Anymore?"

"Zhang Fei who is serving Zhongtai, he can do it too."

Liu Xi shook his head and asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Cui Yan."

"Oh? Cui Yan from Taixue?"

"That's right, this man's family background is clean, although his words are dull, he has great wisdom. What's more, he likes fencing and admires martial arts. He once worshiped the great Confucian Zheng Xuan as his teacher, and later he ruled Gongyang. He was obsessed with this way. This person can be said to be a gentleman in the world, his friend died young, he took over his friend's child and raised him as his own child, he is upright and upright, he will not tolerate the slightest injustice in his eyes."

"This person is now the leader of Gongyang Confucianism after Yuan Zi."

(End of this chapter)