Xuande

Chapter 750 Zheng Xuan seems to have seen through everything

As soon as Liu Bei said this, Lu Zhi instantly forgot what he wanted to say next.

He frowned first, feeling puzzled, then suddenly realized that he understood everything, and then, was shocked.

He is not a political amateur, he quickly understood most of what Liu Bei said.

Just a little doubt.

"Xuande, what do you mean by saying that you once wanted to be emperor?"

"It means literally. I used to think that if I want to change the status quo of the great Han's decline, I can only solve these problems smoothly by letting me be the emperor and vigorously promote various policies. After all, I am a clan member of the Han Dynasty, even if I am the emperor. It's no big deal."

Liu Bei smiled and said: "But I soon discovered that there is no need to be an emperor. It is better to do some practical things instead of fighting for power and gain. Moreover, the late emperor really trusted me. I don't want to live up to his trust, so I plan to support him. His son became emperor.

I am a general, I am in power, I can change everything I want to change, I can also make a big man better and stronger than before, so from the sixth year of Zhongping to now, I have never thought about being an emperor ,This is real. "

"I believe that you will not deceive me."

Lu Zhi nodded solemnly: "But now?"

"I can't stop being emperor."

Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said: "Teacher, Zheng Tai is a complete idiot, but if he can be a little more rational and take a good look at the current situation, he will not spread such rumors and let the whole Luoyang know that the harm of this rumor is not me , is today.

My influence is too great, there are too many people who follow me, and too many people rely on my power and status to become officials and exist. They are all watching me and working for me. They are actually me. The courtiers of the emperor, not the courtiers of the emperor.

Teacher, if one day I return the government to the emperor, then let alone the army, the Tianzi Association, have the prestige and ability to order the 30 troops trained by me to be loyal to him?Would he himself believe that this army would be loyal to him? "

Lu Zhi trembled slightly.

He pursed his lips, unable to speak for a long time.

Liu Bei didn't need to talk about any more problems, only this one problem, Lu Zhi knew that this was a problem that the emperor could not solve, but Liu Bei could solve this problem very well as the emperor.

The Tianzixie has no prestige to lead this powerful army. This army obeys and only obeys Liu Bei. It is impossible for any other person to completely unify this army.

Not that prestige.

The emperor will only trust the army that belongs to him completely, and everything in this army is built by Liu Bei. The officers and soldiers are all trained and recruited by Liu Bei, and they will only be loyal to Liu Bei.

So when the time comes, how to solve this problem?
Is it to rebuild an army?
What about the original army?

How did the original generals deal with it?

Will they accept dismissal, suspicion, and possibly death?
Or will they trust the emperor's promise to properly accommodate them and preserve their interests?
Whenever there is a problem in a small link, a round of war will be triggered. The generals will lead troops into Luoyang, into the palace, and try their best to destroy everything.

The chaotic situation in the world that Liu Bei tried his best to restore may reappear.

Lu Zhi is a rational person, he has excellent reason, he knows what kind of consequences all this will lead to, and can draw the best conclusion from it.

It's just that besides rationality, there are still some emotional problems. If you can't convince yourself, you won't be able to overcome this hurdle.

"Xuande, if you want to be the emperor, I believe you can do it, you can do it now, but... the late emperor trusted you very much."

Lu Zhi looked at Liu Bei, wanting to see what Liu Bei thought.

In his opinion, no matter from which point of view, Liu Hong trusted Liu Bei and gave him the greatest trust and support, so he believed that Liu Bei should not have taken his son's throne.

"I know that the late Emperor trusted me a lot, so I dismissed such thoughts for a while."

Liu Bei looked at Lu Zhi, shook his head and said, "It's just that now that Zheng Tai has done this, I found that the best way to solve the problem is the way I'm least willing to use, teacher, do you have a better way to solve the problem?

If there is, if there is a way that will not let the big man fall apart, I am willing to try, but if not, I have no other way. Compared with disappointing the late emperor, I cannot accept it. It is the situation I have worked so hard to create Destroyed once.

Furthermore, if I do nothing and let the situation go on like this, then teacher, do you think the emperor will be able to save his own life in the future?If he clashes with the generals, who is more likely to survive? ,

If I become the emperor, I can restrain the generals and the army, I can control the situation, and I can make Xie live a prosperous life without worrying about food and clothing, but if I don't become the emperor, how long can he live? "

Lu Zhi hesitated for a long time, unable to speak.

He couldn't find a better way, he didn't know what a better way was, and there was only so much he could do.

When things came to an end, he realized that he was so weak and powerless.

He didn't even know how to answer Liu Bei's question.

Liu Bei was asking him the solution, but he wanted to question Liu Bei with emotion, it felt like he was making trouble out of no reason, Lu Zhi couldn't accept this reality, so he could only keep silent.

The master and apprentice faced each other in silence. After a long time, Liu Bei reached out and took Lu Zhi's hand.

"Teacher, at the moment, the only thing I can promise you is that a big man is still a big man, and the blood of the emperor's heir is still the blood of the great ancestor. This will not change."

Lu Zhi looked at Liu Bei, but said nothing.

After a long time, he sighed, turned and left Liu Bei's General's Mansion.

After Lu Zhi left, he did not return to his mansion, but walked for a while and came to visit Zheng Xuan's mansion.

Zheng Xuan didn't seem surprised by Lu Zhi's sudden arrival.

When Lu Zhi arrived, he was still immersed in reading the newly revised "Han Law" and continued to add bricks and tiles to the "Han Law". .

He entertained Lu Zhi to drink rose apple wine, eat rose apples, chat and laugh happily with him, as if he was never disturbed by everything outside.

Lu Zhi was surprised by this.

"Don't you still not know about this outside thing?"

"I know."

Zheng Xuan smiled: "It's just that I won't be bothered by it at all, so I can still live the life I want and do what I want to do. Why, Zigan, do you still feel troubled by this?"

"I……"

Lu Zhi was silent for a moment, then sighed: "I actually know the best solution to this matter, but..."

"It's just that the hurdle in my heart can't be overcome, right?"

Zheng Xuan looked at Lu Zhi with a smile, shook his head and said, "You are a full-fledged general on the battlefield, decisive and wise, so you shouldn't come to court, you should stay on the battlefield and be a general.

But you are also good at handling government affairs, so you are so entangled, Ziqian, and you are an indecisive person when you leave the battlefield. When it is time to make a decision, you look forward and backward and cannot make a decision.

When you shouldn't make decisions, you can make some less correct decisions. If you can devote half of your decisiveness on the battlefield to government affairs, you won't be left far behind by your disciples. "

Lu Zhi's complexion collapsed.

"Duke Zheng, I..."

"Don't say you don't admit it, how much achievements have you Lu Zigan made in government affairs?"

Zheng Xuan smiled and said, "How many of the things Xuande has accomplished, how many of them can you accomplish as a teacher? With Xuande's current status given to you, can you do what he has done? Can you pull up 30 Wan Dajun? Can you rectify the imperial court? Can you complete so many innovations?"

Lu Zhi seriously thought about Zheng Xuan's question.

Then he answered with a wry smile.

"It can't be done, nothing can be done. I can't imagine how Xuande has done so far, but he succeeded, so I also think that I, as a teacher, , far inferior to his disciple in this respect."

"It's pretty sensible."

Zheng Xuan laughed: "So, what are you still struggling with? Your disciple thinks far more than you think. He can make the best decision for the entire Han Kingdom, so what do you have to worry about?" What? We are getting old, and many things can no longer be done. If we don’t leave it to the disciples to do it, what else can we do?”

Hearing what Zheng Xuan said, Lu Zhi was a little depressed and helpless at first, and felt very depressed, but the more he heard it, the more he felt something was wrong.

"Duke Zheng, are you really so open-minded?"

"What can't I think about? No matter who is the emperor, a big man or a big man, I am still a Han minister, and the country is still the Han family. What's the difference?"

"Is there really... no difference?"

"Not much difference."

Zheng Xuan smiled and said: "At least there will be no problem of changing dynasties. At most, it can be regarded as another repeat of Guangwu Zhongxing. What Emperor Guangwu could do back then, what can Xuande, as a clan member of the Han Dynasty, not do? It's all Liu It's just a different branch."

Lu Zhi felt that what Zheng Xuan said made sense, but after thinking about it, he felt something was wrong.

"I still don't believe you can think about it that way. You... Did you know it a long time ago? You... No, it's only happened a few days ago. How could you know it long ago?"

Zheng Xuan chuckled.

"Did you see it? Indeed, I did know it a long time ago, but it was not because of this matter, but because of other things, so I knew it a long time ago, about five years ago in Guanghe, at that time, I knew that Xuande was not a simple character."

"what?!"

Lu Zhi turned pale with shock: "Guanghe five years? At that time... when was that time? Did Xuande at that time..."

Lu Zhi suddenly stopped, and suddenly remembered what Liu Bei had said to him before.

Earlier Liu Bei had the idea of ​​becoming emperor to change everything, so... was it at that time that Zheng Xuan noticed?

"It was at that time. Xuande was still very young at that time."

Zheng Xuan showed a look of reminiscence: "At that time, I took a fancy to Xuande's talent in Confucian classics, and I thought he would be able to make great academic achievements, so I asked him if he would like to become a master. The road is admired by future generations.

But Xuande didn't agree to me, he said, he couldn't see the way ahead, he felt that the world was shrouded in black mist, the sky was dim, and he couldn't accept being a master in such a world.

At that time, the chaos in the world had not yet appeared. I really thought that Xuande was going to do something terrible, but later I realized that he might have discovered something in advance, so my ambition was not here.

You also know what happened afterwards. I once thought that Xuande was going to do something big when he returned to Luoyang, but after that, I found that his style of handling things was much softer, not as sharp-edged as before. At that time, I thought he had changed. own ideas.

But now I find that everything is not as simple as I thought. The higher Xuande's status, greater power, and more subordinates, the less he can follow his own will. Today, I think, Xuande De has no choice. "

In front of Zheng Xuan, Lu Zhi was silent for a long time.

Then, he raised his head and stared at Zheng Xuan.

"Duke Zheng, do you think this is acceptable?"

"A big man is still a big man, and the royal family is still of the blood of the ancestors. What is unacceptable? I think this is very good."

Zheng Xuan smiled and said: "Gaozu has so many bloodlines, logically speaking, everyone is qualified to be an emperor, but some people are wise and capable, and some are fatuous and incompetent. It is better to let some wise and incompetent people be emperors." Isn't it good that a capable person becomes emperor?"

Zheng Xuan's words made Lu Zhi speechless.

Finally, Lu Zhi let out a long sigh.

"Zheng Tai, Zheng Tai, how stupid are you?"

Zheng Xuan chuckled.

"Not to mention how stupid he is, Zigan, wouldn't you, the future emperor teacher, be happy? That is your disciple, the emperor you taught by yourself, and you will definitely leave a very special place in the future history books." An important reputation, maybe even more famous than mine, aren't you happy?"

"I can't be happy."

Lu Zhi sighed: "Maybe it's the best choice for me to wait for this matter to resign from office and go back to seclusion. I...forget it, let's solve Dutian first. If Dutian is not resolved, wouldn't all the years of hard work be in vain? gone?"

"That's true."

Zheng Xuan smiled and said: "Anyway, I still feel that there are some things to do now. When Xuande sorts out these things and the dust settles, I am going to submit a form to him to completely end the Spring and Autumn Prison Judgment and let the Han Law "He will be happy to return to the orthodox position at that time."

"This……"

Lu Zhi looked at Zheng Xuan unexpectedly: "Mr. Zheng, aren't you worried that someone will comment on this?"

"What are you talking about? Are you talking about me being a traitor to Confucianism and a secret writer of Legalism?"

Zheng Xuan laughed and said: "If someone wants to say it, just say it. I never think that I must be a scholar of any school. I respect which school is right. No school is always right, but there is always One family is right. If the "Han Law" is completed, it will be better than the Spring and Autumn Period.

And this matter, as long as the two of you master and apprentice agree, it will definitely be resolved, Zigan, don't tell me that you are very greedy for the position of the master of the book, let me tell you, Xuan Dezhi is not here, if you Persist, you two, master and apprentice, will definitely have conflicts in the future. "

"I……"

Just as Lu Zhi thought of something, he suddenly recalled it, and hurriedly said, "Mr. Zheng, is it because you have expected something long ago, that's why you have been unwilling to let the Zheng family become the family of the family?"

"No, I just simply don't want to get involved in this kind of thing."

Zheng Xuan said with a smile: "It's just that sometimes, if a person's luck improves, it will always improve. In other words, if you don't want to be strong, I don't want anything, so I won't commit those things caused by greed. mistake."

Looking at Zheng Xuan's smug expression, Lu Zhi suddenly felt that the old man seemed to have seen everything through.

See more thoroughly than yourself.

As for myself, do you want to pursue too many things, too complicated?

If you can't be a pure person, how can you maintain yourself in such a troubled world and stick to the original idea?
Lu Zhi sighed deeply and thought deeply, but he was still unable to show a free and easy smile like Zheng Xuan.

(End of this chapter)