The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 372
The guard knocked on the door a few times, the door opened from the inside, and a man with the appearance of a servant poked his head out.

Seeing a group of soldiers standing outside the door surrounded by two people who looked like generals, the servant asked with a look of astonishment: "May I ask who you are?"

"May I ask if this is the residence of the former Danyang Governor Liu?" Pang Tong took two steps forward and asked the servant.

"My master was indeed a prefect in Danyang, and his surname is indeed Liu." Facing the man in armor, the servant was obviously a little nervous: "I don't know everyone..."

"Please tell Mr. Liu that Pang Tong, under the Marquis of Chu's command, is here to ask for an audience." Pang Tong said to the servant.

When Yuan Tan entered Mount Tai, Pang Tong had already become famous after several battles.

He announced his name, and the servant hurriedly replied: "General Pang, please wait a moment, I will report to the master right away."

Pang Tong did not propose to wait at the gate, but waited outside the gate with Sun Guan and others.

The servant reported that Liu Hong had gone, and Sun Guan asked Pang Tong in a low voice, "Why doesn't the general go in first? We stand here and wait, and it doesn't look like we are seen by people in the market."

"The Marquis of Chu wants us to invite Liu Hong, so he must be of great use." Pang Tong replied, "People like Liu Hong are capable, and the more capable a person is, the weirder his temper is. Once you annoy him, it's hard to say anything later."

"It's already here, why are you afraid that he won't go to see Marquis Chu?" Sun Guan said, "If he really doesn't want to go, I'll take someone to rush in and tie him up."

"General Sun doesn't dare to be reckless." Pang Tong said: "Once he is tied up, don't say whether Chuhou will blame him, even if Chuhou doesn't blame the general, Liu Hong will definitely not cooperate when he arrives in Pengcheng. If Chuhou is broken You and I can't afford to take care of such a big event."

After Pang Tong said this, Sun Guancai sighed and replied: "General Pang is right. If he is really temperamental and he doesn't respond to what the Marquis of Chu says, then it will be troublesome."

"That's why we just wait here." Pang Tong replied without saying anything more.

Not long after the servant left, the door was completely opened, and an old man who seemed to be 80 or [-] years old walked out from inside.

He came to the door and bowed to Pang Tong and others with a big gift: "How can Liu Hong be so troublesome that General Pang came to the house in person. If the general has something to do, please send someone to let me know. Just wait for me to go."

Pang Tong stepped forward with a smile on his face, bowed his hands to Liu Hong and said, "Prefect Liu is a sage whom even the Marquis of Chu admires. It is only proper for me to visit in person."

Then he looked at Sun Guan next to him and said, "General Sun is with me."

Sun Guan stepped forward, cupped his hands towards Liu Hong and said, "Sun Guan, the Marquis of Chu, has met the prefect Liu!"

"It turns out that not only General Pang came, but even General Sun came to the humble house together." Liu Hong stepped aside and said to Pang Tong and Sun Guan, "Two generals, please come in and talk."

Pang Tong and Sun Guan thanked each other, and followed Liu Hong into the house.

After entering the house, Pang Tong looked left and right, and saw a lot of flowers and trees planted here.

He said to Liu Hong: "Earlier, I sent people to Danyang and learned that the prefect had retired and returned home. I thought the prefect was really old, but now I see that it is not the case."

"It's past the seventies." Liu Hong smiled and waved his hands: "It's really old..."

"If you're really old enough to have no interest in government affairs, why did the prefect have the thought to tidy up the courtyard so elegantly?" Pang Tong said to Liu Hong, "But I have a word, I don't know if I should say it or not."

"General Pang is a rare and distinguished guest. If you have anything to say, just say it." Liu Hong said, "Does the general think that the humble house is not spacious enough?"

"It's not that it's not spacious enough." Pang Tong replied: "The eunuch chooses to live here, probably with the idea of ​​hiding in the city. It's just that I heard that the eunuch has always been obsessed with arithmetic. Since he is proficient in arithmetic, he should choose one. It's in a secluded place. I'm afraid it's not suitable for a prefect to live in a busy city."

"General Pang is really right." Liu Hong replied with a smile: "When I retired from my old age and returned to my hometown, I really thought that it would be more convenient to live in the market. But I didn't expect that there would be endless noise in the market every day. It makes it difficult to concentrate on studying arithmetic, and now I want to buy another house, but I didn't save much money when I was a prefect earlier..."

"For a person like Liu Taishou, how can he spend his own money to buy a house?" Pang Tong said with a smile: "What is the prefect looking for? I'll let someone build a house."

"Then why?" Liu Hong waved his hands again and again: "General Pang's words really frightened me too much."

Leading Pang Tong and others to the front hall, Liu Hong stood by the door and said to him and Sun Guan, "You two generals, please enter the front hall."

Pang Tong and Sun Guan did not refuse, they entered the room one after the other.

Liu Hong walked in after him, and ordered the servants to have tea.

After entering the front hall, Liu Hong said to Pang Tong: "General Pang, please take a seat!"

"I am a guest, and the eunuch is the host. How can there be any reason for a guest to take the seat?" Pang Tong declined and said, "Please also invite the eunuch to take the seat."

"Let's not say that I have retired and returned home. Even if I haven't, the two generals are higher than me in terms of official positions." Liu Hong said: "How can there be any reason for a lower official to sit on the top seat?"

"General Sun and I came to see the prefect, but we didn't think about discussing the ranking of ranks." Pang Tong replied with a smile: "Come here today, there are only masters and guests, and there is absolutely no mention of ranks."

Pang Tong insisted on refusing to take the seat, but Liu Hong refused, so he had to say, "That's overstepping!"

After the three sat down, Liu Hong asked Pang Tong, "I wonder if the two generals have come to the humble house, what do you want to say?"

"We actually came here at the order of the Marquis of Chu." Pang Tong said to Liu Hong: "The Marquis of Chu has been suffering from the construction of a school recently and no one is teaching. I would like to go to Pengcheng and pass on what I have learned all my life to others.”

"Open a school?" Liu Hong asked in surprise: "What kind of school is the Marquis of Chu going to open? Why is there such a thing as teaching arithmetic?"

It's no wonder that Liu Hong was surprised. In this era, few people are interested in arithmetic.

Even if some people like to read books, they all read some strategic strategy and military strategy, trying to change their destiny through familiarity with strategic strategy and military art, and become a powerful disciple. How can anyone deliberately learn arithmetic?
Not to mention setting up a school to teach arithmetic, even if Liu Hong told the world that he planned to recruit apprentices and only teach arithmetic as a course, few people would be willing to learn it.

"Others may not pay attention to arithmetic, but Chuhou is different." Pang Tong said: "Chuhou knows the importance of arithmetic to the world, so he wants to open a school and recruit some scholars who are interested in arithmetic, but he suffers from the fact that there is no one to teach him. , so I thought of Taishou Liu..."

When speaking, he deliberately observed Liu Hong's face.

The expression on Liu Hong's face was extremely complicated. From his expression, Pang Tong could see that he was experiencing an extremely intense ideological struggle.

Seeing that Liu Hong was silent, Sun Guan, who was sitting beside Pang Tong, interjected, "As long as the prefect is willing to go to Pengcheng, the Marquis of Chu will definitely prepare all the needs. The mansion and official position, the Marquis of Chu has already prepared for it." The prefect is ready."

"I don't care much about mansions and official positions." Liu Hong finally spoke: "The two generals don't know something. Over the years, I can be said to be very fascinated by arithmetic. I also made notes for the nine chapters of arithmetic earlier. It's a pity that people in the world don't understand, and even my children and grandchildren think that learning arithmetic is useless. Seeing that the abilities in my stomach will disappear with my death..."

"What the prefect is worried about is exactly what the Marquis of Chu doesn't want to see." Pang Tong said: "People in the world are dull, and a capable person like the prefect is really upset because he is obsessed with arithmetic and cannot be understood. In fact, I also think So, if the prefect thinks about arithmetic alone, it is better to just teach apprentices and start classes, and he can pass on what he has learned all his life to more students, and better benefit the world in the future."

"I don't know why the Marquis of Chu suddenly thought of opening a school and asking someone to teach him the way of arithmetic?" Liu Hong still felt a little confused about Lu Bu's invitation.

Pang Tong replied: "Chu Hou believes that everything in the world is inseparable from following the trajectory, just like arithmetic. No matter how you calculate, you always have to follow some trajectory. Since the world is so similar to arithmetic, why not pursue the source and let more people learn to calculate. Instead, seek results from other aspects, so many more detours?"

In fact, Pang Tong also knew some arithmetic, but he was not as proficient as Cao Hong, so when he spoke, what he said was what Liu Hong loved and could hear.

After hearing what Pang Tong said, Liu Hong couldn't help nodding.

But he did not immediately agree to go to Pengcheng with Pang Tong and Sun Guan.

Seeing that Liu Hong still had concerns, Pang Tong asked, "May I ask the prefect what other concerns do you have?"

"I don't have any worries." Liu Hong replied, "It's just that I'm old. Even if I go to Pengcheng, I'm afraid I won't be able to help Chu Hou..."

"Since the Marquis of Chu wants me and General Sun to come to invite me, he must think that the prefect Liu can share his worries." Pang Tong said: "The Marquis of Chu sent me a letter earlier, and the general idea of ​​the letter was to say things in the world. It is fundamental, but everything we can see is inseparable from the way of arithmetic. I will not lie to the prefect Liu. Scholars who learn arithmetic will be arranged by Chuhou to learn other skills in the future. Chuhou employs people under his rule. , will definitely not be the same as in the past, only focusing on strategy, art of war, and the way of governing the world. Instead, we must combine all kinds of talents in one place, and only by using this method can we promote the transformation of everything in the world."

"What Chuhou said is actually correct." Liu Hong replied: "I have studied arithmetic for many years, and I have long discovered that many things in the world can be deduced by arithmetic. It's just that people in the world think that arithmetic is complicated, and most of them are unwilling to do it with heart. Learning. Even some well-educated people are mostly just learning strategy and art of war, and they sneer at arithmetic."

"Liu Taishou's thoughts, I am very considerate." Pang Tong replied: "It's as if I didn't meet Chuhou back then, no matter who I served under, I would not be reused. I didn't feel it was true until I met Chuhou. I met the Lord Ming. The Marquis of Chu has always been eclectic in employing people, and only he can really appoint people like prefects to important places."

"Although what General Pang said is reasonable, I am too old after all." Liu Hong sighed and said, "It's a pity that I didn't live a few years later..."

Liu Hong's words made Pang Tong laugh.

Looking at Pang Tong in astonishment, Liu Hong asked, "What is General Pang laughing at?"

"I'm not laughing at anything else, but that the prefect really doesn't understand." Pang Tong said: "King Wen of Zhou was looking for virtuous people everywhere, and when he met Jiang Ziya, Jiang Ziya was already over eighty years old. Liu Taishou might as well think about it, like Jiang Ziya A person who is about to die can still get 800 years of inheritance for King Wen, and the prefect is only a few years old this year, so how can he speak old words?"

"Jiang Ziya is a legendary figure after all." Liu Hong said, "Who can tell what he looked like a thousand years ago?"

"Although it is more than a thousand years away, the rumors in the world always have some truth." Pang Tong said: "If the prefect is unwilling to open his heart to serve the Ming Lord as he is now, what he has learned in this life will really be wasted and forgotten. "

Staring at Pang Tong, the expression on Liu Hong's face was more complicated than before.

He really wanted to agree to Pang Tong and go to Pengcheng with him, but Lu Bu's reputation was not very good at the beginning, and Liu Hong felt that it was not safe to join such a person...

Seeing the hesitation on Liu Hong's face, Pang Tong said: "Prefect Liu might as well tell the real troubles in his heart, and I will explain the prefect's doubts. If he still refuses to go to serve the Marquis of Chu, I will tell him back." .”

"Since General Pang is asking, I will tell the truth." Liu Hong said: "I heard rumors earlier that the Marquis of Chu did not have a good reputation. He first killed Ding Yuan and then Dong Zhuo. It is also true that he took refuge in Yuan Shao. He turned against Yuan Shao. Going to Xuzhou, he actually took Xuzhou from Liu Xuande. When he was attacking Yuan Shu, he voted for Cao Cao, and recently he and Cao Cao attacked each other for some reason..."

Before Liu Hong could finish speaking, Pang Tong laughed: "What should I do? It turns out that Governor Liu is worried about these things."

"Aren't these things worth worrying about?" Pang Tong smiled brightly, and Liu Hong said with a look of astonishment: "How can you ask people to trust and work for a capricious person?"

When Liu Hong mentioned Lu Bu's capriciousness, Sun Guan's expression changed.

He was about to lose his temper when Pang Tong winked at him.

Seeing Pang Tong's wink, Sun Guan had no choice but to suppress his anger.

Pang Tong said to Liu Hong: "The things that the prefect has heard are true, but I don't know if they have thought about whether those who were once betrayed by Chuhou have done anything against the master's family? Don't talk about others, just say Liu Xuande, since the Yellow Turban chaos, how many people has he voted for? How many people he has voted for have really benefited from him? Governor Liu may wish to recall, those people who Liu Xuande voted for, most of them lost something end?"

(End of this chapter)