On the third day, Xu You came to the Xiangyushan military camp again.

When Li Hong heard that Xu You had sent dozens of truckloads of grain and winter clothes, he was very happy and personally went out to greet him.

"Why are there no armor and weapons?" Li Hong asked with a smile, "Does Lord Wang want to let his soldiers go to the battlefield with their bare hands?" ”

Xu You said with a smile: "The Jizhou arsenal has been emptied by the adults, and the adults have forgotten?" ”

Li Hong looked at him in surprise.

"My lord led an army of 50,000 to Xiliang last year and emptied the Jizhou arsenal, how did my lord forget?" Xu You said, "At present, we can only transfer weapons from the arsenals of Luoyang and neighboring prefectures and counties, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to equip them in the short term." ”

Li Hong smiled: "Come to my senses, I did take a lot of weapons with me last time I went to Xiliang. The Jizhou arsenal was not re-equipped with weapons later? ”

"It's very small, it's not enough." Xu You said, "If you want to buy a large amount, the government does not have sufficient money, so this matter has been dragged on and has not been resolved." ”

"When are you going to solve it?" Li Hong asked.

Xu You arched his hand to Li Hong and said earnestly: "My lord, you have to understand our difficulties. Jizhou Mansion has long been unable to make ends meet for His Majesty to go home to worship his ancestors, where is there any extra money to buy weapons, so please ...... your Excellency"

"I see what you mean." Li Hong interrupted Xu You's words and said with a smile, "The military funds allocated to you by Your Majesty are in the big camp, and when the time is right, you can send someone to get it." ”

Xu Yu was overjoyed, bowed down and said, "Thank you so much, my lord." ”

He wanted to ask again when the right time was, but saw Li Hong abandon him and strode to the soldiers gathered around the convoy. Li Hong and the soldiers laughed loudly, and walked into the camp together with the grain convoy.

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That afternoon, Xiang Kai was alone, riding a small donkey, and came to visit Li Hong.

Li Hong took Li Wei and Xie Ming out to greet each other.

"How much money did Xu You give you?" Li Hong asked as he walked.

"Twenty million dollars." Li Wei smiled, "Do you want to give me a little as a gift?" ”

Li Hong glanced at him and said, "You don't marry Xiao Lan now, why should I give a congratulatory gift?" ”

"Brother Zhongyuan is in a hurry?" Xie Ming, who was walking on Li Hong's right side, quipped, "Every day in front of the beauty like flowers and jade, can Brother Zhong Yuan sleep at night?" ”

Xie Ming is less than twenty years old, handsome, white and elegant, speaks slowly, and always has a smile on the corner of his mouth. He was a disciple of Zhao Qi's sect and was famous for his superb chess skills. He and Li Wei met because of a game of chess and became friends. Li Wei thought that he was resourceful and decisive, and he was chivalrous, so he strongly recommended it to Li Hong, but Xie Ming was reluctant to serve under Li Hong's account, although he admired Li Hong's military exploits, but he was extremely disgusted by Li Hong's barbaric and bloody methods in the process of anti-corruption. After his teacher Zhao Qi heard about it, he scolded him, Zhao Qi said, what are you doing studying literature and reading the scriptures? Isn't it just to serve the country, if you don't serve in front of the army, do you still have to stay in Luoyang for a long time? Xie Ming didn't dare not listen, so he came obediently.

"Haha......" Li Wei laughed and said: "Zhizhi, I see Xiaolan every day now, and I sleep more soundly than ever, so don't worry about it." ”

"Xiao Lan agreed to marry you?" Xie Ming asked, "Didn't she say that she wouldn't marry you without the order of her parents?" ”

Li Wei smiled and shook his hand frustratedly: "Don't say it, don't say it." Then he said to Li Hong, "In the morning, Xu Ziyuan told me that as long as they can get military funds in these two days, give me another 20 million money." This guy doesn't even blink his eyelids when he speaks, as if the money is his family. ”

"Xu Ziyuan knows that your Li Zhongyuan will die soon, so if you ask him for 100 million money, he won't blink an eye." Xie Ming smiled, "Didn't he ask when the adults would leave?" ”

"I asked, I pushed it, I said that I am a villain, I don't know what adults think, let him guess."

"I see that Wang Fen didn't even show his face, he was very calm." Li Hong glanced at the two of them and said with a smile, "Song Wen blocked the road and was wronged, and he poked out his bad deeds, and he acted like he was fine." Shall we push him again? ”

"I think I'm going to push him again." Xie Ming said, "Your Excellency can temporarily pay each soldier a month's salary, and if he is still sitting in the palace as stable as Mount Tai, we will pay him another month's salary until he is forced to jump over the wall." ”

"Down, down." Li Wei shook his hand again and again, "If you do this, you won't be able to beat the dog but be bitten by the dog, it's not good." He pointed in the direction of the gate and continued, "Let's first probe into Master Xiangkai's tone and listen to what he has to say. I once heard the teacher say that Master Xiangkai's theory of governing the country is quite meritorious, so let's listen to it today. ”

"Brother Zhongyuan, do you suspect that Master Xiangkai and Wang Fen's treacherous schemes are involved?" Xie Ming asked, "You want to guess Wang Fen's plan from his statecraft, right?" ”

Li Wei nodded and said cautiously, "What is Wang Fen's true intention to kidnap the Son of Heaven?" Is it really to eradicate the eunuchs? Does he have the power? Why did the Yellow Turbans get involved in this? I thought about it, and I felt that Master Xiangkai and his Dazhitang appeared in Jizhou at this time, which was a bit of a problem. ”

"If Master Xiangkai and Dazhitang also participate in Wang Fen's treacherous scheme, Zhong Yuan's answer will come out." Xie Ming said, "Xiangkai and Zhang Jiao were both famous masters in Jizhou in the past, and they both believed in the art of Huang Lao, and it is said that the two had a deep friendship. We can be sure that the people of the Yellow Turban Army trust Xiang Kai, so only Xiang Kai can convince the Yellow Turban Army to participate in Wang Fen's treacherous scheme. So, what does Xiangkai want to do? He looked at Li Hong, smiled slightly, and whispered, "Change the world." ”

"That's why you deliberately invited Master Xiangkai?" Li Hong smiled, "Do you have any basis for suspecting Master Xiangkai's involvement in this matter?" ”

"The disciples of Dazhitang are now scattered in various counties and counties in Jizhou to set up altars to teach the Fa, what do they want to do? Just think about the horns of the Yellow Turban Army, they are demagoguery. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, this kind of altar preaching has been banned by the imperial court, but Wang Fen openly disobeyed the laws of the Han Dynasty and connived at the acquiescence of the Dazhitang scholars to act arbitrarily, what did Wang Fen want to do? Li Wei waved his hand vigorously and said, "His wolf ambition is obvious." ”

Li Hong was silent as he walked.

"What is a priest and a Taoist doing when he gets involved in national affairs?" After a while, Li Hong asked Li Wei, "They are cultivating the art of immortals, don't they know that it is a sin to destroy the living beings?" ”

"Your Excellency, then you're wrong." Li Wei said with a smile, "Participating in state affairs, if you say that it is big, it is for the country and the people, it is loyal and righteous, and you can achieve positive results." People like Xiangkai are similar to immortals in the eyes of the people, and their prestige is extremely high, and there are countless worshippers. If you look at the great sage and mentor Zhang Jiao, he rose up and shouted, and millions of people responded, and this is their power. My lord, don't underestimate it, this Xiangkai is not an ordinary alchemist. ”

"Xiangkai has a very good relationship with the party." Xie Ming also said on the side, "Back then, Emperor Xiaohuan of this dynasty invited him into the palace to refine the elixir that could give birth to children because he had no heirs. This Xiangkai pill is not refined, but he told the emperor to eradicate the traitorous eunuchs and govern the country with inaction, and also said that the party members are not guilty and asked the emperor to pardon the party members, but he was imprisoned and almost died. I heard the teacher say that his Dazhitang once rescued and hid hundreds of party members and their relatives, and even the world-famous party member He Hao hid in his Dazhitang for a while, so in the eyes of the party and many scholars, Master Xiangkai is a living immortal, if he comes forward to invite these people to help, my lord, you can imagine how much his strength will increase. ”

Li Hong looked at the two of them with suspicious eyes and asked, "Is this Xiangkai master so powerful?" ”

"Compared with Zhang Jiao, he is a little bit less proud of the world's courage." Li Wei said with a smile.

Li Hong Huoran stopped and said loudly: "Kill him." ”

Li Wei and Xie Ming were taken aback.

"Whether your suspicions are right or wrong, kill him today to prevent future troubles." Li Hong added murderously.

"Never." Xie Ming shouted excitedly.

Li Wei was shocked, and hurriedly dissuaded: "My lord, by all means." This person and Zhang Jiao, Zhang Niujiao belong to different sects, although his Dazhitang also respects Huang Lao, but more respect the Mojia doctrine, his disciples are all over the world, there are many sword warriors, and martial arts are everywhere, once he is killed, the adults will lose the hearts of the people of Jizhou, not to mention, they will be hated by the party people, especially the crazy revenge of the disciples of the Dazhitang, they will lurk around the adults like ghosts, and assassinate the adults for a lifetime. ”

Li Hong smiled coldly, pointed at the two of them and said, "If he did participate in Wang Fen's treacherous scheme, can't I kill him either?" Is that what you two mean? ”

"Exactly." Xie Ming looked at him without fear, and said, "That's what I meant. ”

The murderous aura in Li Hong's eyes skyrocketed, and the corners of his mouth twitched twice unconsciously.

"We can kill Xiangkai, but we can't kill the disciples of the Great Knowledge Hall, just like we can't kill the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army now, do you want to kill all the Fangshi in the world?" Xie Ming said in a calm tone, "The adults killed Xiangkai, purely to quench their thirst by drinking doves and killing themselves. Adults should think that there is a better way than to kill. ”

"For hundreds of years, Dazhitang has always been a very secret sect, I don't know how big their foundation is, but I know that when Emperor Guangwu was in the middle of the Han Kingdom, Dazhitang has been following Emperor Guangwu around, conquering the north and south, and has made great contributions to the revival of the Great Han Kingdom, which shows that Dazhitang is different from Zhang Jiao's Taiping Dao, it has its own merits." Xie Ming looked at Li Wei and said, "Brother Zhongyuan invited Master Xiangkai to come to the camp, he should have a more long-term idea. ”

Li Wei arched his hand at Xie Ming and said with a smile: "Zhizhi is like playing chess, sharp, you have to worry, don't provoke the adult, he will be cut by him." ”

Xie Ming patted the long sword on his waist and said confidently, "I can block him at least three times." ”

Li Wei laughed.

Li Hong's face softened a little, he looked at Xie Ming helplessly, then at Li Wei, and asked, "You invited Xiangkai here, wouldn't you want to make friends with him?" ”

Li Wei smiled and arched his hand: "Both, see the opportunity and do it." ”

Li Hong suddenly said loudly: "Zhong Yuan, Zhizhi, next time you do something, it's best to make it clear to me, don't be so vague." ”

Li Wei and Xie Ming looked at each other and smiled.

Li Wei arched his hand again and said: "Adults actually know better than anyone else in their hearts, this kind of thing, it is not clear, it can only be understood, not spoken." ”

Xie Ming smiled: "My lord, everything is constantly changing, just like a stream in the mountains, do you know what it will encounter in the next moment?" As long as the stream keeps flowing in the direction of the descending mountain, it will always flow into the river, and we are the same, as long as we are loyal to the Great Han Kingdom, we will always find a way to kill the enemy. ”

Li Hong smiled suddenly and whispered: "Zhong Yuan, you let the master calculate for you, when will you be able to marry Xiao Lan." ”

"Yes." Li Wei's eyes lit up, and he said loudly, "Brilliant idea." ”

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Li Hong warmly received Xiangkai.

Li Hong was deeply attracted by Xiangkai's erudition and conversation, and his highly contagious and incendiary language, and his seductive and unassailable rhetoric, made Li Hong and the officers in the big tent feel guilty and infatuated.

Xiangkai first started with the art of Huang Lao, he said: "Most people say that we Taoism or Taoism say that we practice the art of Huang Lao. In fact, the so-called scholarship of the Yellow Emperor, there is no special book to examine, the sage Sima Qian once said: 'The Yellow Emperor, the common art of scholars. The so-called 'Gongshu' means that the original origin of our Han culture began from the period of the Yellow Emperor, so it is called the academic of the Yellow Emperor. ”

Then he talked about the origin of Taoism, Taoism originated from the immortals in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and then he talked about the immortals, talked about the grand events of the literary scene, and talked about the quiet and inaction, and the rule of law.

"In the early years of this dynasty, the people had just experienced three or four hundred years of long-term war since the Warring States period and the harsh punishment of the Great Qin State. As a result, Emperor Gaozu adopted the doctrine of Huang and Lao Wuwei, and ruled the country with tolerance and gentleness, and the country's situation gradually improved. In the period of Emperor Wen of this dynasty, because there was chaos in the court, there were strong ministers and generals and brother kings outside, it was the time when the crisis was everywhere, but at that time the people were tired of war, and at this time, any internal and external factors were not suitable for the implementation of a fierce strategy of governing the country, therefore, Emperor Wen from his mother and the prime minister Cao Shen's proposition, the use of inaction, quiet and law-abiding, light and meager endowment, rest with the people, with the rule of law, finally made our Han country strong. ”

"Emperor Wu of this dynasty wanted to make contributions to the frontier and wash away the foreign insults and shame since Emperor Gaozu, and he was very dissatisfied with the strategy of governing the country with weakness, so he implemented the national policy of deposing the hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone, thus ending the era of ruling by inaction and abiding by the law, and replacing the rule of law with the rule of virtue."

"Governing the country by virtue was described by the imperial court as the punishment of the master of virtue." There are clear provisions and norms for criminal punishment. What is 'virtue'? Judging from the 'Spring and Autumn Prison Break' advocated by the great Confucian Dong Zhongshu, it is based on the "Spring and Autumn" written by Confucius Sage as the basis for judging the case. How can a book be the basis for adjudicating a case? According to Mr. Dong, because this book has all the content of 'virtue'. According to a book, the power of the official is great, he can say whatever he wants, so the official is corrupt and perverts the law, the law of the Han Dynasty is the same as the non-existent, and the rules and regulations of governance are all gone, and as a result, there is a 'petition', and the emperor is asked to decide everything. There was a group of ministers who were familiar with the classics and scriptures to help, and it was too easy for the emperor to find any allusion that suited his heart from the history books, so the final result of 'deposing the hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone' was that the emperor was no longer bound by any Great Han Law, and the emperor's will was the Great Han Law. ”

"At the beginning of this dynasty, the Son of Heaven and the people of the Great Han had to abide by the laws of the Great Han, but since Emperor Wu, it has not been anymore, the Great Han Law is the Great Han Law of the people of the Great Han, and the Son of Heaven can override it and do whatever he wants. The reason why the Great Han Kingdom has today's decline is to trace the root cause to the source, or the problem of respecting Confucianism's strategy of governing the country, or the problem of governing the country with virtue. If you want to revive the prestige of the Han Dynasty, you must respect Huang Lao and rule the country by law, there is no doubt about this. ”

As soon as Xiang Kai's words fell, Xie Ming in the military tent jumped out, of course he tried his best to refute Xiang Kai's remarks. Subsequently, Chen Hao, Tang Yun, Yin Si, Yu Peng, Zhao Yun, Jiang Wu, Pang De and other people successively held various views and launched fierce arguments with Xiangkai.

Li Wei gently pushed Li Hong, who was attentive to his hearing, and asked in a low voice, "My lord, do you think this Xiangkai should be killed?" ”

"Who said that?" Li Hong said with a cold face, "You can't kill it, he said it very reasonably, what do you say?" ”

Li Wei smiled lightly: "I don't know, like you, I also think it makes sense, but what will be the effect of real implementation?" Will it be as immediate as it was in the early years of this dynasty? ”

"Zhong Yuan, now it seems that he must have participated in Wang Fen's conspiracy." Li Hong leaned into Li Wei's ear and whispered, "You see Master Xiangkai's persistent appearance, he must want to use this opportunity to kidnap the Son of Heaven and coerce the Son of Heaven to implement his statecraft." ”

Li Wei nodded. He looked at Xiang Kai and suddenly found that he was no longer a master of the fairy wind bones, but a stubborn and stubborn doctor (teacher) in Taixue, a doctor who believed in Huang Laoxue, and a doctor who was very good at persuasion and debate.

The quarrels and debates continued until the next morning.

Li Hong took his subordinates to send Xiangkai off.

Xiang Kai originally thought that he had the opportunity to talk to Li Hong alone about his statecraft, and then took the opportunity to persuade Li Hong, but he never had the opportunity. Before he left, he finally found an opportunity.

"My lord, when the eunuchs are in charge today, the people are suffering, and the country is declining, your lord is now deeply favored and trusted by the Son of Heaven, and he has a heavy army, why don't you want to do something big?"

Li Hong bowed down and replied: "Master, you look at the northern and western Xinjiang today, hundreds of thousands of Hu people and Chen soldiers are on the border, eyeing the tiger, and it is possible to invade our Great Han Kingdom at any time, in this case, what is more important than fighting the invasion of the Hu people?" There is no chaos in the world. The world is in chaos, the Hu people have invaded, what should the people do? What about tens of millions of Han people? ”

Xiangkai looked at Li Hong, silent, and suddenly, he sighed, bowed, climbed on the back of the donkey, and walked away.

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