Chapter 6 Envoys (Part 1)
Liu Kun acted decisively and since the plan had been decided, he would not delay it. The next day, Lu Yao went to the General's Mansion of Pingbei to go through the relevant procedures.
The General's Mansion of Pingbei was the former Bingzhou Governor's Mansion. Yue Shigong was promoted to the General of Pingbei. This time, he was promoted to the General of Pingbei. He was second only to the Dukes, and was above the Cavalry of Kaifu. After the official position was promoted, the original Bingzhou Governor's Mansion was not enough to show his majesty. In addition, the number of subordinates also increased, so it was not suitable for use. Not to mention that when Liu He was at the city, the four noble families in the city rebelled. The group of people once attacked the governor's Mansion and set fire to the fire, destroying the courtyards and buildings.
When Lu Yao went there, he saw many civilians busy around the mansion, piled up with many logs, huge stones and other building materials everywhere. The number of civilians increased a lot compared to the previous few days, and the building materials continued to gather here from the four gates. It seemed that the Duke of Yue Shi was determined to expand the major issues, and at least the houses on the left and right sides of the governor's mansion would be included, and eventually the General's Mansion of Pingbei occupied the north side of the entire street, covering about one-eighth of the entire Jinyang City.
In addition, in the direction of the corner gate on the west side, the original wall was completely pushed down, leaving a large mouth. Some strange flowers and stones used to decorate the courtyard were transported directly from here. For example, at present, Lu Yao saw a vigorous pine several meters high up and uprooted, placed horizontally on three large trucks side by side, and pulled them with six strong cows, slowly entering the General's Mansion.
When Yue Shigong was in Luoyang, he was one of the 24 friends of the famous Jingu Garden. He lived indulgently and had the best of his feelings and beauty. At this time, he built a large-scale construction. Could it be that he wanted to build another Jingu Garden in Jinyang?
Lu Yao couldn't help but shake his head. Such luxurious enjoyment was not something he liked. But he was not convenient to say too much, so he went to Dongcao first to handle related matters.
Dongcao was an institution under the Bingzhou Governor's Office, also known as Selection Cao, and was in charge of officials and was a personnel department in the Governor's Office, with great power. Liu Kun and above party members worked as Dongcao. Xu Xian was a disciple of Du Yu, and was well-versed in many words and was good at literary theory. He served as an official position of more than 2,000 stone in the prefectures and counties. Later, he returned home due to old age and illness. He often taught dozens of disciples and enjoyed a great reputation in Bingzhou. At that time, people praised him for his eight characters "filial piety, honest, righteous, and zhensu". He was the first-class famous scholar in Bingzhou.
Hearing that Lu Yao came, Xu Xian came out to greet him. Facing this old age, Lu Yao did not dare to be negligent, and bowed deeply about a meter away. Xu Xian laughed loudly, held Lu Yao's hand and introduced him to Dong Cao Zuoren You and Bingzhou Biejia Wang Ju, who happened to be here. These two were also famous northern celebrities. Among them, Wang Ju was a legitimate son of the Wang family in Taiyuan and was an uncle and nephew of Wang Jun, the general of Ningbei in Youzhou. Before the Jinyang War, he analyzed the pros and cons for Yue Shigong, and was particularly valued. Ren You was praised by Yue Shigong as a capable subordinate who was "simple and strong in his responsibilities, and firm in his heart". Lu Yao then saw him politely.
Lu Yao usually only hangs out in the army and rarely interacts with these civil servants, but after all, his family still has his roots and his conversation is not too vulgar. It is pleasant to have a few conversations between the three of them.
Xu Xian and others received the orders of Duke Shi of Yue in advance, and immediately called the minor official to come and handle the matter.
Because the steps of the enlistment must be carefully checked, Lu Yao was originally a little worried. Lu Yao's father, Lu Jing, was appointed as the son-in-law of the Duwei, and was defeated and died in the war when the Eastern Wu was destroyed. His father Lu Ji and Lu Yun were between the Gaomen of Luoyang, and were finally punished and executed for framed by villains. Such a family background seems to be very high in the eyes of ordinary civilians, but in the eyes of Yanhuan in the Central Plains, he is just a criminal minister, and he is very despicable. More importantly, his hometown does not belong to Bingzhou, and the one who has the right to recommend him is Yangzhou Dazhongzheng. It is a big inappropriate thing for Duke Yue Shi to take such measures to others.
Fortunately, the relevant officials may have a tacit understanding and did not ask any more questions. They simply handled the documents and even missed the basic countermeasures.
According to the Jin Dynasty, scholars must conduct countermeasures, and only after all five strategies can they be appointed as doctors. Emperor Wu of this dynasty once personally formulated questions for scholars who took the exam; when Ji Zhan, a scholar from the southern world, was named a scholar, the court specially ordered Lu Ji, a famous scholar who was also a southerner, to be responsible for the question, which shows the degree of attention. Lu Yao was so rude that he had gone through whom he had taken the lead, but he actually got a scholar with his hands. It was really a prudent! Absurd! The several assistants in charge couldn't help but feel very angry, and looked at Lu Yao with a particularly bad eye.
I don’t know who said loudly: “The water that rises will not flow away from the firewood; the water that rises will not flow away from the Chu.”
Then a group of assistant officials burst into laughter.
Lu Yao could understand that this sentence was taken from the "Yangzhi Water" chapter of the Book of Songs "Wang Feng". The original meaning is: The melodious flowing water cannot rush away my firewood, and the melodious flowing water cannot take away my thorns. The whole poem is a word of husband and wife, family love and affection. Mao Xu interprets it as: ridiculing King Ping for not polite his people and garrisoning others from other places, which leads to the resentment of the Zhou people.
But the group of people dismantled it and used it here clearly mocked themselves: What's the water flowing from Yangzhou? What's the matter with the rotten firewood in the water that can't rinse away? It's so vicious to use such words to mock it in person.
Lu Yao looked at the scholars with malicious smiles and couldn't help but sigh. When this country was in trouble, he did not have the ability to save the world, but only to show off his words. It was indeed a slander and stinking literati. Hehe, I, the Lu family in Jiangdong, has two Lu, who is known as the "Hero of Taikang", before. Could you think I am an unstudy person and let me be insulted?
He shook his head and responded: "The water of the rising water is sparkling with white stones. How worried is it when you see a gentleman?"
This passage is also a passage in the Book of Songs, taken from the article "Yangzhishui" in "Tang Feng". The original meaning is to explain the joyful mood of seeing the wise man Huan Shu. Here it is to fight back against the boring literati: the flowing water in Yangzhou is clear and the stones under the water are white and white. I am a scholar recognized by the Lord. Even if you feel uneasy when you see me, what is the point?
Lu Yao first compared himself with the clear flowing water, and then he made it clear that he was a top-notch gentleman. He mocked the wisdom of the ignorant and tolerant of others, and even mocked these people for being humble and dissatisfied with their own status. Even if they were dissatisfied, they could not do anything. Coincidentally, they both started with the three words Yang Zhishui, closely following the background of Lu Yao's southern scholars. As soon as these words came out, the Shu Zuo who had just ridiculed Lu Yao's eyes widened and he was speechless.
Wang Ju took out the Sima official uniform of Pingbei at this time, and was embarrassed by the group of people. He immediately repelled them and led Lu Yao to the side hall to change his clothes. The minor official brought out the clothes, but Lu Yao felt that it was inappropriate. Seeing the robe and belt, the little crown and high shoes, he thought of himself transforming into a scarface scribe and walking swaying, and his eyes twitched.
"Forget it. Now that I am about to use my martial arts, even though I have obtained a civil service, it is better to be uniformed in military uniforms in normal times." Lu Yao refused seriously.
Wang Ju couldn't help laughing. Xu Xian was very kind to cultivate and praised him, "In the midst of the national crisis, it is also a good thing to join the army! It is clear that this move just shows the heroic spirit of a man."
Lu Yao shook his head repeatedly and said goodbye. He left Dongcao and went to the main hall to pay homage to Duke Shi of Yue.
As the representative of the new Bingzhou Governor, he went to the former Bingzhou Governor, which was of great significance to the exchanges between the two vassals of Jinyang and Yecheng. It must not be ignored. Whether it is red tape or etiquette, there are naturally many things. Lu Yao was not a serious literati after all, so he had to learn a lot of things in this regard. He spent the whole day busy.
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The past two days have received the care and support of many friends, but Crab hesitated for a long time and decided to put the words of thanks to them until tomorrow to speak slowly.
Yesterday, a netizen who respected crab told me that the elders in my family were seriously ill. The crab was quite depressed about it. I sincerely wished the elderly health, safety and happiness. We grow up day by day, and our parents grow old day by day. Every day they are here, we give us happiness, and we must cherish it.
Chapter completed!