Xuande

Chapter 817 Lu Zhi's Last Dance in Luoyang Chaotang

Regarding the next liquidation plan proposed by Liu Bei, some people in the court think that enough is enough.

Du Tianling has been successful, and Liu Bei has already achieved what Emperor Guangwu could not do. If it continues, it will not necessarily bring more victories to Liu Bei, but may bring great troubles instead.

Therefore, some officials from the old official faction suggested that Liu Bei stop when enough is enough.

But at this juncture, Lu Zhi, who also belonged to the faction of old officials, stood up and firmly supported Liu Bei's strategy of liquidating to the end, and supported Liu Bei's launch of settlement after the end of the war to further liquidate those dirty families.

Not only those guys who took the initiative to stand up, but those behind them also have to dig out, pull out the radish and bring out the mud, and wipe out those bastards, allowing the Second Empire of the Great Han to accumulate more than a hundred years of evil Once cleared.

Lu Zhi's reason is very simple, to eliminate evil and do everything.

Now that the fight has started, since it is already a bloody war, and Liu Bei even won, then he should enjoy the power that the winner should have.

There is no reason to apologize to others after winning a battle.

Since they did not choose to use political means to solve the problem with Liu Bei, but chose military means, then after the defeat, they must swallow all the bitterness, no matter what the winners do, otherwise-they can choose to rebel again, It's a big deal for everyone to see who can win.

Lu Zhi knew very well that blaming all problems on military issues was the stupidest mistake made by the enemy, but it was Liu Bei's greatest advantage, because Liu Bei did prefer and was better at military means than political means.

Once any problem needs to be solved by military means, then the opponent can prepare for his own funeral in advance.

There are quite a few people who know this fact, but when things come to an end, there are still so many people who choose this option, that is pure courting of death, the winner never needs to pity the loser.

Lu Zhi's support caused a lot of controversy in the court.

Because Lu Zhi's image has always been low-key and introverted, as a result, during the Dutian Order period, Lu Zhi was uncharacteristically active and participated in it. As a Taiwei, he visited the Privy Council many times in person to counsel the war situation in various places, and discussed with the staff The battle situation, and even refuted Xun You's views many times, and the discussion was a joy.

Liu Bei didn't seem to shy away from the occurrence of this situation, and allowed Lu Zhi to go to the Privy Council to counsel the military plane to learn about the latest developments in the war situation, and discussed with Lu Zhi many details of the Dutian Order, and followed Lu Zhi's suggestions.

Even a series of incidents that happened after that, many of which were Lu Zhi's shadow, including Liu Bei's liquidation of the old clan of the Second Empire. Lu Zhi was also an insider and expressed support for Liu Bei's actions.

Liu Bei knew why Lu Zhi supported him in this way, so he assured Lu Zhi to be uncharacteristically active and promising during this period of time, as if letting a firework set off enthusiastically, blooming the most dazzling brilliance.

Liu Bei had a premonition that this was probably his teacher Lu Zhi's last dance in Luoyang Chaotang.

Faced with the controversy, Lu Zhi's beard and hair were all stretched out, his eyes were round and round, and he looked like Zhang Fei. He pointed at the old officials who opposed him and yelled at them, scolding them for harboring evil intentions. If they don't support them, they will get out of the court. A small insect eats an extra bite!
His tough posture made many people dumbfounded, as if they had never known Lu Zhi before, and wondered if Lu Zhi had some serious illness, and whether he needed a few needles from the doctor in the palace to treat him.

But Lu Zhi was really not sick, he was just too excited and happy.

Once the long-cherished wish of many years is fulfilled, the greatest wish will be realized right in front of his eyes, and it has been realized so beautifully, how can he not be excited?

Therefore, for Liu Bei's continued liquidation policy, he also maintained the maximum support, helped Liu Bei to fight against the Confucians, and finally passed this decision in the court. It is absolutely impossible for the imperial court to simply let go of the place.

Liu Bei will never stop until the old ecological network is completely torn apart.

Grandpa wants to expand!
The largest and most necessary political storm since the establishment of the Third Reich blew violently after the military storm, sweeping away the centuries-old malpractice accumulated in the local area.

After the court meeting, Liu Bei invited Lu Zhi to talk in the study. The teacher and the student sat opposite each other, and Liu Bei poured tea for Lu Zhi as before.

"Teacher, the disciple has already fulfilled more than half of your wish. It only takes a little more time. All the shortcomings accumulated since the revival of the big man can be solved by the disciple. The big man can go into battle lightly.

In the future, the disciples will find a new path for Dahan, so that the people of Dahan no longer have to be trapped in this three-thirds of an acre of land fighting for each other and fighting each other. They should go to more distant and fertile places to open up new things. "

Liu Bei smiled and offered a cup of tea to Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi took the cup of tea and smiled too.

"Xuande, as a teacher, I know that you can definitely do it. Sooner or later, you can definitely do it. Whether it is internal or external, you can definitely do it."

After taking a sip of tea, Lu Zhi put down the teacup and sighed slightly.

"The teacher is incompetent, but I want this disciple to do my best to help the teacher fulfill my wish, but the teacher can't do anything by himself. He can only watch you charge forward and fight desperately. If you are not careful, you will be ruined. There is no end in sight, my teacher...is quite a failure."

Saying this, Lu Zhi's eyes suddenly turned red.

He reached out and rubbed his eyes.

"Fortunately, it's done. This thing has finally been done. There are thousands of difficulties and dangers. We have survived no matter how much suffering. It's done. What Emperor Guangwu couldn't do, we've finished. Xuande, you really appreciate it." Well, having a disciple like you is the greatest pride of my life, Lu Zhi."

Liu Bei smiled.

"I am content to receive such an evaluation from you, and this life as your disciple is considered complete."

"Yes, it's complete."

Lu Zhi smiled, and said slowly: "So, I, an old fellow, should abdicate, leave Luoyang and go back to my hometown. Xuande, I think it's time for me to go back to my hometown."

As he spoke, Lu Zhi reached out and took out a memorial book from his pocket, and handed it to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei hesitated for a moment, then stretched out his hand to take it, and opened it to see that it was a begging bone list.

Lu Zhi, who was not yet [-] years old, asked Liu Bei to beg for the bones. He wanted to leave Luoyang, resign all his positions, and return to his hometown in Zhuojun, Youzhou, to take care of himself and spend the rest of his life.

In order to express his gratitude to the imperial court and Liu Bei himself, he specifically hoped that the imperial court would not give him too much bone-begging welfare, especially that he would not need to give him so much according to the Taiwei's specifications. There is too much food and clothing for him, and he is worried that future generations will live a luxurious life, so as to forget the pain of the predecessors in starting a business.

For his request, Liu Bei was deeply moved.

In another timeline, his teacher Lu Zhi should have died three years ago.

At that time, Lu Zhi probably passed away with deep loss, worry, and resentment. He died in depression after failing to restore the collapse of the Han Dynasty. Even before his death, he should not be able to let go of such a situation.

But at this moment, Lu Zhi probably made this request with a deep sense of satisfaction. He has already satisfied, and he feels that there are no regrets in his life.

His greatest wish has come true, and the regrets of the past are nothing. Dahan’s future is limitless, and the future is bright. He thinks it is enough. He is about 60 years old, and he has nothing more to think about.

He is tired, very tired, he just wants to go back to his hometown where he has not been back for a long time, spend his whole life in the place where he was born and grew up, and maybe he can use the rest of his life to educate his children and grandchildren, so as not to let them go astray in the future , become useless insects.

Therefore, Lu Zhi was very satisfied to make a request to Liu Bei.

For this kind of request, Liu Bei has no reason not to agree.

After being silent for a long time, Liu Bei sighed and accepted the bone begging form.

"Teacher, in fact, I really want to keep you, but I also understand you deeply. Therefore, teachers and students will stop talking about those three words and three concessions. I agree, I will reply to your request soon."

"So good."

Lu Zhi showed a relieved smile as if he was relieved, picked up the teacup, and took a sip.

"I don't know how long it will be for the rest of my life, but I think I can enjoy the peaceful years. Xuande, you should continue to be the emperor, the wise king, the holy king, and let me enjoy the peaceful years. , I have been too busy in this life, and in my twilight years, I just want to rest and nothing else."

Hearing this, Liu Bei smiled wryly.

"The teacher's journey is over, but the disciple's journey has just begun. Teacher, I am so envious of you."

"You should really envy me because I have such an excellent disciple, but you don't."

Lu Zhi chuckled, pointed at Liu Bei and said, "This outstanding disciple has fulfilled my greatest wish and relieved my greatest worry, allowing me to return to my hometown without any worries and enjoy peace, and what about you, Xuande, You don't have such an excellent disciple who can let you return to your hometown to enjoy peace, right? Hahahahahaha..."

Lu Zhi smiled and laughed out loud, very happy and happy.

Liu Bei couldn't laugh or cry, there was nothing he could do about Lu Zhi who suddenly became cheerful.

Lu Zhi was right, he had such an excellent disciple, but he, Liu, was not so lucky. There were quite a few excellent disciples, but there really wasn't such an outstanding one.

He still needs to worry about this country and all the troubles of this country, and he needs to pay decades of sweatshop-like labor for this, so that the empire he created can go along with his expectations.

From this point of view, Lu Zhi is really lucky.

And he, Liu, may be, in a sense, the most unfortunate person in the entire Han Empire.

Three days after this meeting, Liu Bei announced Lu Zhi's bone begging list, and allowed Lu Zhi's list, allowing him to retire peacefully according to his request, resign all positions, and return to his hometown.

Despite this, Liu Bei went against Lu Zhi's wishes and gave him the title of Grand Master, allowing him to retire with honor as a Grand Master, return to his hometown, and enjoy his old age peacefully, jumping out of the Three Realms and not among the Five Elements.

Because Lu Zhi does not actually hold any real power, his departure has no impact on the power ecology of the Luoyang court.

But because of his great status and influence, his departure has more or less affected people's hearts.

At least for Liu Bei, the impact was quite large.

Two days after Liu Bei allowed him to leave, Lu Zhi took care of everything, bid farewell to all his old friends and got drunk, then packed his luggage, and bid farewell to Luo Yang in a very chic way.

Instead of seeing him off with his old friends, Liu Bei came to the bank of the Yellow River Ferry in the north of Luoyang City alone to see Lu Zhi off.

"If you still want to see me in the future, just ask me to come to Luoyang. I am gone, but I am not dead. You are a manly man, why do you need to act like a child?"

Lu Zhi held Liu Bei's hand and showed a very open-minded attitude toward him.

The two confronted each other for a long time, and there was no more words. Finally, under Liu Bei's relentless gaze, Lu Zhi boarded the ferry, stood at the bow of the ferry, looked at Liu Bei, and slowly drifted away with the boat until he could no longer see Liu Bei's face clearly. So far.

Liu Bei also stood on the shore and kept watching Lu Zhi's disappearing figure until he could no longer see him, and he never moved.

Zhang Rang, who was by Liu Bei's side, looked at the sky and couldn't help but stepped forward to remind Liu Bei.

"Your Majesty, there will be a Dutian meeting to be held later, it's time for you to go back."

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Rang and nodded slowly.

"I know, I just want to take another look, the teacher is old, this farewell, I don't know when we will see each other again, and it is even possible that we will never see each other again in this life, life is impermanent, no one knows what will happen in the next moment, I The only thing we can do is to make every parting more memorable."

Zhang Rang pursed his lips, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, it's normal for you to be reluctant to part with Lu Gong, but life has to go on. You are the king of a country, Son of Heaven, you can only go on."

Liu Bei smiled.

"Yes, I am the king of a country, the son of heaven. The teacher's journey has come to an end, but mine still has a long way to go."

With that said, Liu Bei stepped forward and walked the way he had come and gone.

As he was walking, he suddenly stopped again.

Zhang Rang, who followed him, was puzzled for a while.

But I saw Liu Bei looking ahead, his eyes wandering.

"But Lao Zhang, do you know? This is the first time I have experienced such a formal parting. Just now, I have a feeling, a very strange feeling. I feel that from now on, I will experience it many times. There have been so many farewells that I don't like, even...forever."

Zhang Rang blinked.

"Your Majesty, you..."

"I feel it, suddenly I feel it. After all, I am also in my 30s, and I am no longer a young man. Many people have died at my age, and I am still alive. This is great luck. "

Liu Bei rubbed his eyes, turned his head and looked at Zhang Rang: "Fortunately, you will always stay by my side, Lao Zhang, I saved your life, so from now on, without my permission, you can't Leave at will, you have to be by my side to serve me all the time, understand?"

Zhang Rang was taken aback for a moment.

Then he smiled.

"That's natural. This old slave is honored to serve His Majesty. Even if he dies, he must die beside His Majesty. Even if His Majesty chases him away, this old slave will never leave. This old slave must promise His Majesty!"

"Then you must do what you say."

Liu Bei smiled, turned his head away from him, and walked straight forward.

In the future, he will have to go on his own for decades, and there will be no teacher to accompany him or guide him.

(End of this chapter)