Invincible special police swept the three kingdoms

Chapter 121 Appreciating Teacher Cai Yong
"Mr. Cheng, why do you want me to be friends with these scholars?" Zhao Lei asked Cheng Yu as soon as he returned to the General's Mansion.

In Zhao Lei's eyes, these scholars had nothing to curry favor with, and he was about to go to Yangzhou soon, so he had nothing to do with the imperial court at all, and it was useless to make friends with them.

"My lord, you must know that the development of a country cannot be separated from the support of those scholar-officials." Cheng Yu reminded.

Zhao Lei looked at Cheng Yu suspiciously.

"In short, did the lord believe in your subordinates?" Cheng Yu knew that if he explained to Zhao Lei, he would probably be playing the piano with the cow, so he said bluntly.

Zhao Lei nodded.

"Today, the Lord has invisibly narrowed the relationship with Shilin. Our time in Luoyang is running out. If there is a chance, I hope that the Lord can make persistent efforts and get involved with Shilin. This will be very helpful to us in the future. Yes." Cheng Yu said.

Although Zhao Lei didn't quite understand Cheng Yu's purpose, because he didn't know how to get close to these scholars.But historically speaking, Zhao Lei knew the importance of Shilin to the whole country.In fact, Shilin, like aristocratic families, is an indispensable factor in the formation of a country.A regime cannot gain a foothold in the local area without the support of scholars and aristocratic families.Here again the Shu Han can be used as an example.After Liu Bei entered Shu, he didn't know how to win over the local forces, which planted the root of disaster. As a result, the later Shu Han regime could not get the support of scholars and local families. Naturally, when Zhuge Liang wanted to implement certain policies, he would appear to be stretched.

However, it seemed that God was very kind to Zhao Lei. The next day, Cai Yong sent someone to the barracks to spread the word, inviting Zhao Lei to Cai Yong's mansion.

After Cheng Yu learned about it, he said earnestly to Zhao Lei: "Master! This is a good opportunity. If we can get closer to Cai Yong, our reputation will be greatly improved."

Zhao Lei nodded.

When they arrived at Cai Yong's mansion, Zhao Lei offered a gift, but the guard refused, "My master never accepts gifts."

Zhao Lei smiled and said, "It's okay, Master Cai will definitely accept the gift when he sees it in person."

After entering the mansion, the guard led Zhao Lei through the garden and went straight to Cai Yong's study.While walking through the garden, Zhao Lei suddenly heard the sound of a long-standing piano. Although Zhao Lei didn't know the rhythm, he couldn't help but be attracted by the beautiful sound of the piano and stopped his steps.

"General Zhao? General Zhao?" The guard saw Zhao Lei stop and called out.

"Here we come." Zhao Lei came back to his senses, and walked over with the guard.

When walking to the study, the doorman first went in and passed the pass.Then Cai Yong came out to meet Zhao Lei in person.

"Junior Zhao Lei, see Cai Yong, Master Cai." Zhao Lei saluted Cai Yong unexpectedly.

Cai Yong was also taken aback, originally he was still debating whether to salute Zhao Lei.In terms of official position, Zhao Lei's official position is higher than that of Cai Yong.But now he is not in the court, and Cai Yong is almost 60 years old. It seems unreasonable to salute someone in his 20s. Besides, Cai Yong didn't have to salute when he went to see Emperor Ling, let alone Zhao Lei.

However, Zhao Lei first put down his posture and solved this entanglement for Cai Yong, and at the same time, Cai Yong's favorability for Zhao Lei was further improved.

"Zihan, you don't need to be too polite." Cai Yong smiled and took Zhao Lei's hand into the study, looking very affectionate.

"Why did Master Cai call Zihan here today?" Zhao Lei asked.

"It's not a big deal. I just read Zihan's font yesterday, and I came back to copy a few copies in the evening, and I want Zihan to point it out." Cai Yong originally asked Zhao Lei to read the calligraphy.

"The younger generation is terrified. Master Cai is a great calligrapher. How dare Zihan give advice on Master Cai's calligraphy?" Zhao Lei said modestly.I just rely on my understanding of history to present regular script in advance, not because my handwriting is really so good, how dare I give Cai Yong any advice.

"It's okay, it's okay. Zihan just take a look." Cai Yong was obviously satisfied with Zhao Lei's previous answer, and said with a smile.

Zhao Lei took a quick look at it, and said: "My lord's calligraphy is very vigorous and full of momentum. Compared with Zihan's characters, it is really a world." Zhao Lei bragged to Cai Yong and flattered him. .

Cai Yong just smiled and didn't speak, but judging from his expression, it seemed that he regarded Zhao Lei as a confidant and forgot to make friends with him.

"By the way, my lord, I have a gift here. When I gave it to the guard, he refused to accept it, saying that my lord never accepts gifts." Zhao Lei took out the gift.

Cai Yong's expression changed, and he said, "What is Zihan doing? I never accept gifts."

Zhao Lei smiled wryly in his heart: You old man can change face faster than the sky!But think about it again, if every official in the Eastern Han Dynasty could be like Cai Yong and Lu Zhi, and would not be bribed, how could this dynasty perish?
"Master Cai misunderstood, this is actually not a gift, it's just a few words I wrote, and I want to give it to Master Cai." Zhao Lei laughed.

When Cai Yong heard that it was written by Zhao Lei, he immediately became interested. He took the gift, opened it, and saw two words "loyalty" written on it. These two words were naturally a compliment to Cai Yong.

"Good word!" Cai Yong blurted out after seeing it.

Zhao Lei was also very happy to be praised by Cai Yong. In order to write these two characters, Zhao Lei had to write them several times, and the meaning in ancient times was in traditional characters, which was relatively difficult to write, and it took Zhao Lei a lot of effort.

After reading Zhao Lei's words, Cai Yong stroked his beard and smiled, "Zihan, I would like to ask you, would you like to be my disciple?"

"This, this..." Zhao Lei was a little surprised by what Cai Yong said. Cai Yong actually wanted to accept himself as a disciple?
Seeing Zhao Lei's hesitation, Cai Yong's expression changed, and he hurriedly asked, "Could it be that Zihan already has a teacher?"

Zhao Lei hurriedly said: "There was never a teacher!"

Cai Yong's expression softened slightly, but he continued to ask: "Could it be that Zihan thinks that this old man is not worthy of being your teacher?"

When Zhao Lei heard this, he felt funny in his heart, it was an obvious aggressive method.

Shaking his head again and again, he said: "My lord, Mr. Cai misunderstood Zihan. Mr.'s talent can be said to be unparalleled in the world. He is erudite, proficient in classics and history, astronomy, and rhythm. Zihan's teacher, it's just that Zhao Lei doesn't want to, but can't!"

Only then did Cai Yong's expression slow down, and he let out a light breath.

"No? Why?" Cai Yong asked strangely.

"Zihan will go to Yangzhou in two months to serve as the governor of Yangzhou. Maybe he won't be able to return to Luoyang in the future. Even if he becomes a teacher, he won't be able to learn from Mr. Cai." Zhao Lei said.In fact, he was pretending to be polite, but his real purpose was to win Cai Yong to go to Yangzhou together. If Cai Yong followed him, would Zhao Lei be afraid that he would not get the support of scholars?

"That's not easy, I'll go to Yangzhou with you." Cai Yong laughed.

What?Did I hear you right?Zhao Lei said in surprise.Cai Yong is willing to go with him?They just met for a day?

"The students greet the teacher." Zhao Lei knelt on one knee and said without thinking.

No matter what, let's follow what Cheng Yu said first, and get closer to Shilin.

"Okay, okay. Zihan, it's my honor to have a student like you." Cai Yong helped Zhao Lei up and said with a smile.

"Teacher, thank you." Zhao Lei said modestly.

After paying homage to his teacher, Zhao Lei spent a meal at Cai Yong's and returned to the barracks.

After Zhao Lei left, Cai Yong's eyes dimmed, and someone said, "Yan'er, come out! What do you think of this person?"

Cai Yan walked in from the door and said, "Not bad."

"My Yan'er has praised him, so it should be right for Daddy to follow him." Cai Yong laughed.

Cai Yan smiled. She didn't know why when she saw Zhao Lei outside the door, she had an inexplicable impulse in her heart. She felt a little short of breath and her heart was beating non-stop.

"What??? Apprenticeship???" All the counselors said in unison, thinking it was incredible.

Zhao Lei nodded helplessly.

"My lord is so amazing that I became Cai Yong's student. You must know that Cai Yong is very strict in accepting students, not everyone is accepted. It is impossible to be his student without a certain background." Guo Jia said.

"Really?" Zhao Lei asked.

Everyone nodded, only Cheng Yu and Zhang Han sneered there.

"My lord, this old man Cai Yong has a good plan!" Cheng Yu said.

(End of this chapter)