Plan to cut off the nine states

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“Gee——” The driver drove the horse, trying to choose a quiet alley to drive.

Zhou Lu huddled in his seat, shivering, muttering, "We clearly agreed, why is he so anxious? Is it necessary to use this method to remind me?"

After all, the incident was caused by him, Lou Chu was a little embarrassed, and asked guiltily, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Lu looked at Lou Chu blankly, "That person... sent someone to my house last night." Zhou Lu shuddered, and his expression became more terrified when he mentioned this matter, "Cut off a strand of Chun Xian's hair, how big a hatred can make people do such a thing? Chun Xian fainted at the time, and now she can't eat or drink, and keeps crying..."

Zhou Lu was wearing a hat on his head, and it was impossible to see how much hair he had. Lou Chu realized that something was wrong at this time, "Chun Xian is..."

"One of my concubines, with a first-class appearance, good at singing and dancing, I bought her at a high price... The important thing is not this, someone actually cut her hair cruelly! And I was sleeping next to her, and the scissors moved a little one or two inches..." Zhou Lu trembled even more.

The lock of hair was in Lou Chu's arms at the moment. He had intended to return it to Hong Daohui or Ma Wei. When he thought that it belonged to Zhou Lu's concubine, Lou Chu was embarrassed, "It may not be the prince of Guangling..."

"Hush." ​​Zhou Lu looked around nervously, then pointed to the driver in front and whispered, "This is my father's car." Then he returned to his normal tone, "The man who cut my hair left a note, 'knowing it well', isn't this threatening me?"

"Ah." Lou Chu couldn't say much, and found that the carriage turned onto the avenue, "Are we going out of the city?"

"It's still Guangpu Temple, the place hasn't changed."

With some apologies, Lou Chu stayed in the car.

"What should I say when we get there?" Zhou Lu was flustered and had no idea at all.

Lou Chu pretended to think for a while, "Don't say anything."

"Yes, he didn't sign the note, so I pretended to be confused."

Zhou Lu knew the way and rushed to the back door of the temple before noon. The last part of the road needed to be walked, and Lou Chu followed, hoping that things here would end quickly.

Zhou Lu knocked for a long time before someone opened the door. The servant said with confusion: "So early? Didn't we agree to serve before nightfall?"

Zhou Lu recognized that this was the servant who had been to his house before, and immediately smiled and said: "Now is also before nightfall. I will follow the orders of Master Duan completely without any discount."

The servant looked behind Zhou Lu, "Is this Mr. Lou?"

"Yes, it's the real thing. He also wrote the article. If you don't believe me, just ask now."

The servant smiled and said: "How can I, a servant, understand these things? Please come in, I will go... inform the master."

This is the backyard of the temple, which is full of Zen rooms and guest rooms, but there are no monks, which seems quite empty.

Lou Chu and Zhou Lu were taken into a Zen room. The servants set up a few tea sets on the low couch. The two knelt on the futon. Just then, a few bells were heard from outside. The water vapor was misty and the tea fragrance was elegant. There was nothing else in the room. Through the half-open door, you can see the fallen leaves dancing in the wind. Lou Chu's mood suddenly calmed down.

Zhou Lu, however, could not appreciate the benefits of this. His hand holding the cup was shaking. He watched the servant leave and immediately whispered, "When Prince Duan asks about this, you know how to answer, right?"

"These are all obvious things, what's there to answer?"

"Hehe, it's fine if you say this to me, Prince Duan--" Zhou Lu glanced outside the room and lowered his voice even more, "He is a ruthless man who can send assassins for a little thing. If he really gets angry..."

Zhou Lu's arms kept trembling, so he had to put down the teacup and sighed, "I now understand that the Marquis of Dongyang, the military merits, and the ministers are no different from ordinary people when they meet the royal family. Alas, my father was short-sighted and didn't get close to the emperor. Unlike you, Our Lou family - the wife of the general and the empress dowager are sisters, and the general of the central army married a princess, which is a close relationship and a stable position..."

"Do you want to exchange identities with me?"

"Ah?"

"If possible, would you like to be the son of the Lou family and I go to the Zhou family?"

Zhou Lu laughed a few times, "To be honest, with the Lou Zhongjun, I am willing to exchange, with you... forget it, the Lou family has a thousand good things, but there is one bad thing, there are too many brothers in the family, and few are favored. Although the Zhou family is a small family with only three brothers, at least I am still favored. Mr. Lou is not married yet, right? I already have two sons."

"Everyone has their own ambitions."

"No matter how big the ambition is, can you not like your son? I don't believe it." Zhou Lu curled his lips and regained some confidence.

Lou Chu smiled and sipped his tea without saying a word.

Zhou Lu couldn't help but get up, walked to the door and looked out, "You were so anxious to send assassins yesterday, why are you not anxious today?"

Lou Chu didn't say a word.

After a full hour, the tea had cooled down, and Zhang Shiduan finally showed up.

He was a handsome young man, who looked two or three years younger than Lou Chu. He was dressed in brocade. Although his appearance was immature, he already had some arrogance of a prince.

Zhou Lu had already retreated to the couch, lowered his head to look at the teacup, and made up his mind not to participate in the question and answer.

The servant opened the door, and Zhang Shiduan stood at the door, looking at Lou Chu unceremoniously.

Lou Chu also looked at him, but did not stand up or bow.

The two looked at each other for a while, and Zhang Shiduan said: "Did you write 'Yongmin Yishi'?"

"That's right."

"Why did you lend it to others?"

"I am imprisoned, and I have no intention of competing for fame."

"There are many people who are imprisoned, but not many who have no intention of competing for fame. Well, let me ask you, do you know how many troops our Tiancheng Dynasty recruits every year? How many battles are lost? How many civil works? How many ditches? How many cities are built?"

"I don't know." Lou Chu was clear in his heart. Prince Guangling was indeed deeply influenced by the current emperor and even had the same idea.

"Hey, if you don't even know this, why do you say that this dynasty is abusing people's power?"

"If I remember correctly, there was no word 'abuse of people's power' in my article."

"There are not these four words, but it has this meaning. Otherwise, where does 'employing the people and taking advantage of the time' come from?"

"To 'abuse', if there are too many and useless, it is called 'abuse'. Although this dynasty does not spare the people's power, everything it levies, transfers, and conquers is of great use. It cannot be called 'abuse of the people's power.'"

Zhang Shiduan was slightly startled, "In this case, your suggestion of 'utilizing the people and taking advantage of the time' is redundant?"

"It is by no means redundant, so as to have a comparison. Scholars should have some experience in the classics of hundreds of schools of thought, either deeply or superficially, but who can read thousands of lines and ten thousand lines? It must be accumulated over time, painstaking, and step by step. Be able to progress from the shallower to the more advanced, and from the less to the more advanced. If you are eager to achieve success, you will need to integrate hundreds of schools of thought in one or two years, and you will inevitably end up with "learning without thinking", and the current shortcomings I am targeting when I write "Utilize the people to take advantage of the time" are not "abuse." ', but 'urgent'."

Zhang Shiduan was stunned again, "Wait for me for a while." He turned around and left with his servant.

Zhou Lu and others walked away and whispered: "If you had taught me this earlier, I wouldn't be so embarrassed."

"Soldiers will block you, water will block you, and water will cover you. I can't predict what the other party will ask, so how can I teach you how to answer in advance?"

"Hey, if you don't want to teach, you just don't want to teach. If you are willing to come this time, you are doing me a big favor. I don't care about other things."

Zhang Shiduan came back quickly and entered the room alone without his servant, still standing at the door. "I have been confused by you. I have to go back to the beginning: you know nothing about the amount of recruitment in this dynasty. How do you know what you have done?" Great use?”

"The Crown Prince asked me 'how many', I really don't know, but I have a general understanding: Conquering He Rong in the north, Ping Di Zhong in the west, and pacifying the barbarians in the south. All three are important tasks for Jingbian to protect the people, but their priorities are different. He Rong is strong and powerful. The frequent disturbances on the border are a serious problem and we have to conquer them. Since there are many tribes and barbarians who do not belong to each other, we can temporarily restrain them. This is the next step."

"Once you succeed, you will have no worries for a hundred years."

"The heroes are fighting for each other, but luckily for a while, the world is unified, and there is a perfect plan, so why be greedy for the success? Moreover, the bandit situation in the country has not been calmed down, and the Qin and Bing states have been in emergency one after another, and the troops have been dispersed. The troubles at the elbow and armpit have not been eliminated, but they are eager to It is extremely unwise to do things outside the body. As for palaces, ditches, river transportation, farming, and building cities, they are all prioritized. All of them will shake the foundation. "

"You... wait a little longer." Zhang Shiduan turned around and left.

"Is he asking for advice from others?" Zhou Lu finally saw it and regretted, "If I had brought you here earlier, I could have done this. But you won't agree. This is the most troublesome."

Zhang Shiduan came back, "I almost got deceived by you, but the problem is still the same: you don't even know the amount, and the so-called 'priority distinction' is nonsense."

Lou Chu was silent, as if he was at a loss for words, Zhou Lu became nervous again, and Zhang Shiduan had a smile on his face.

"You can tell by looking at the smallest details." Lou Chu finally spoke in a slow tone, "If everything must be discussed in advance, then military officers can replace generals, secretaries can replace ministers, and slaves can replace masters."

"Exaggeration." Zhang Shiduan said coldly.

"Your Excellency always asks about the amount, but the court has never announced the details. How can I know? Using one's own strengths to judge the weaknesses of others is tantamount to forcing everyone to remain silent. In this case, what is the so-called acceptance of remonstrance? What's the point? I don't know the specific amount, but I can still discuss current affairs, because I have a trick - Zhizhizhu: Qinzhou has only had two years of famine, but the people have been displaced, and thieves have appeared in droves. It is obvious that the local reserves are insufficient; the imperial court is preparing for an expedition to He Rong , before the army was launched, a rebellion broke out in Bingzhou, and there was also chaos in Jizhou. It was obvious that the soldiers on the border were tired of fighting; Jiangdong had been surrendered for many years, but the court still needed to send 100,000 troops to guard it, which was obviously because people's hearts had not yet completely surrendered; inside and outside Luoyang, civilians lit up lights all night and worked hard, Obviously it is difficult for the imperial court to recruit more people."

"Hey, what a smart guy. It's all trivial. It only takes a few years to solve it."

Lou Chu smiled and said: "As long as it's 'tiny', you and I still have a chance to talk here. When it's 'fixed', any discussion will be redundant. When the building has collapsed, everyone can just protect themselves."

Zhou Lu's face changed slightly, and he felt that Lou Chu's words seemed to have gone beyond the limit, implying that this dynasty would be irredeemable, which was a grave sin.

Zhang Shiduan was not angry, and thought seriously for a while, "You... wait a little longer."

As soon as Zhang Shiduan left, Zhou Lu immediately said: "You really dare to say it, but your words are very reasonable. I am convinced. I guess the same is true for Duan Shizi and his teacher. Haha, Mr. Lou is an extraordinary eloquent person, no wonder he lures students The scholar praises you behind your back."

Lou Chu sighed softly, "Only those who are willing to listen will be persuaded. If I meet those who are unwilling to listen, I am afraid that my head will fall to the ground at this moment."

"Is it that exaggerated?"

Lou Chu nodded, knowing very clearly that based on what he said just now, he was definitely no match for the emperor. This made him feel disappointed and had no pride in winning.