"My lord!" The captain of the Jingzhou soldiers who escorted Liu Mang immediately bowed down when he saw the person coming. The person who came was the lord of Jingzhou. Today there are already sixty-two Uncle Liu Huang of Jingzhou, Liu Biao.
"His Royal Highness the King of Shu came to Xiangyang, the whole Xiangyang is full of splendor, and the old man has been waiting here for a long time!" Before Liu Mang could speak, Liu Biao greeted him first. Mang was forced to go to Jingzhou to negotiate, but the etiquette cannot be abolished. Anyway, Liu Mang is also a prince, so Liu Biao also received Liu Mang with the etiquette of princes and kings.
"Why is this the emperor's uncle!" Liu Biao was polite to Liu Mang, but Liu Mang couldn't put on airs, because after all, this time he wanted something from others, so Liu Biao called Liu Mang His Royal Highness the King of Shu, and Liu Biao called him His Royal Highness. Mang called Liu Biao according to his seniority. Liu Mang’s title of king of Shu was given by Emperor Han according to his seniority. Although according to his title, he can be regarded as the biggest person in the world except Emperor Han. But in terms of seniority, Emperor Han is considered Liu Biao's nephew, so Liu Biao is also Liu Huangshu, the three great emperor uncles of the Han Dynasty, Liu Biao, Liu Zhang and Liu Bei, so Liu Mang called him an emperor because of his junior qualifications.
"Come, come, Your Highness the King of Shu, this is my subordinate, Kuai Yue Kuai Yidu!" Liu Biao pointed to a handsome middle-aged scribe and introduced to Liu Mang.
Kuai Yue? Liu Mang's eyes lit up immediately, "Mr. Mang's name, Mang has heard about it a long time ago. It is a great honor to see him today!" Jingzhou was able to become the economic center at that time even after Liu Biao was old. credit.
"How dare, how dare!" Kuai Yue subconsciously kept a distance from Liu Mang, not because he didn't want to get close to Liu Mang, but because Kuai Yue knew that His Royal Highness King Shu had offended quite a few people. He dared not get involved. Kuai Yue was so indifferent to Liu Mang, and Liu Mang didn't care too much about it. What's the difference between the old fox and Jia Xu behind Liu Mang now!
"As for this one, I will accept my Jingzhou military advisors, Cai Mao and Cai Degui!"
"Junshi Cai? I have long admired. I have admired for a long time!" Liu Mang could be more polite to Kuai Yue, but he didn't have much reaction to Cai Mao. General! Hehe, to put it bluntly, the third-rate generals are much stronger than him, the ones who can give their lives to others. Liu Mang didn't need to be too polite.
"Huh!" Cai Mao didn't take much notice of Liu Mang at first, he just wanted to be polite, and he didn't expect Liu Mang to be more polite to him. After all, he planned Liu Mang first, but he saw Liu Mang treating Kuai Yue the same My own attitude is completely two attitudes, and I am immediately upset. He Kuai Yue and Cai Mao are almost equal in status. Why, you are so polite to Kuai Yue and call him Mr. Cai Mao, but you are directly Cai Junshi to him. And he didn't even bother to say polite words, just just two words for a long time.
Liu Biao looked upset at Cai Mao, but also covered it up with a laugh. Even if you are unhappy today, you have to show enthusiasm.
Liu Biao introduced a bunch of Jingzhou literati and generals to Liu Mang one after another, and Liu Mang also remembered some of them in his heart, and some of them didn't even look at them. There was one person who was an acquaintance, Kuai Yue's younger brother, Kuai Liang smiled at Liu Mang and offered kindness, Liu Mang also responded politely, after that Liu Mang was looking for someone.
A black fat man, unfortunately, Liu Mang was a little disappointed that he couldn't find it in the end.
"Let's go. His Royal Highness Shu, the old man has already set up a banquet for His Highness Shu in the state pastoral mansion. I hope His Royal Highness can move to the mansion. You and I have a drink! Clean up the dust for His Royal Highness." Liu Biao is old, always Standing at the gate of this city, I couldn't take it anymore, and immediately wanted to invite Liu Mang into the city to have a good time.
The group of people seemed to be enjoying themselves on the surface, but they were actually calculating each other. Cai Mao, Lumen Academy, and Huang's children are all hostile to Liu Mang, while Kuai Liang's side is kind, and Kuai Yue's side is neutral.
A group of people soon came to the mansion of Zhou Mu. Liu Biao has already prepared the banquet, and the banquet is about to begin. Jingzhou is indeed a wealthy state. Liu Mang didn't calculate carefully during the several hours of banquet, but there were nearly a hundred dishes.
In the middle of the wine, "Come, come, Your Highness the King of Shu, this old man represents the civil and military affairs of Jingzhou, and I would like to present a glass to His Highness the King of Shu!" Liu Biao raised his wine glass and said.
"How dare, how dare, the emperor's uncle is too polite to Mang! As early as in Yangzhou, Mang had heard what his father-in-law said. There are three heroes in this world that make his father-in-law ashamed. One of them is Zheng Xuanye, a great scholar!" Liu Liu Talk recklessly.
"Zheng Xuan understands the classics, understands Confucianism, reads ancient and modern times, and applies learning to the world." The Zheng Xuan mentioned by Liu Mang is Zheng Kangcheng, the representative of Confucianism in the Han Dynasty. There are several major Confucianists in the Han Dynasty. For example, Qiao Xuan and Lu Zhi, although they can be called great Confucianists, they are only contemporary Confucianists, but Zheng Xuan is different, he is one of the few great Confucianists in the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, and he can compete with the Confucians. Dong Zhongshu, on a par, was even named Zheng Zi.
"When Zheng Zi was young, he was not happy to learn from officials. When he was in his prime, he went to the country to study in Kansai. He practiced and created his own Zheng Xue. When he was old, he kept the chastity and lived in seclusion to teach apprentices. Although there are not three thousand disciples, there should be one. Eight hundred! This person can be called a hero!" Liu Mang's words made everyone present nod in unison.
The scribes had always paid great attention to Zheng Xuan's blessings. Even if the generals didn't understand, Zheng Xuan's reputation was still there, and they all nodded along with the scribes.
"Zheng Zi should be a hero!" Liu Biao also spoke appropriately, this Zheng Xuan is even more famous than Duke Pang De of Jingzhou.
"It's a pity, Zheng Zi. In the year when Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's army fought at Guandu in the year when he was devastated and exhausted in his later years. Yuan Shao wanted to gain momentum and win the hearts and popularity of the people. He asked Yuan Tan to force Zheng Xuan to join the army. Zheng Xuan had no choice but to go with his illness. When he came to Yuancheng, his condition worsened and he could not go any more. He died in the county in June of the same year. When he was seriously ill and dying, he was still annotating "Book of Changes".
Hearing the news of Zheng Zi's death, the scribes below fell silent.
Everyone was silent, and Liu Mang continued to speak to break the silence, "The second hero my father-in-law admired in his life is Cao Cao and Cao Mengde!" When Liu Mang said a word, there was an uproar on the spot, Cao Cao? Perhaps in Xudu in Yanzhou, Xuzhou or even now in Jizhou, all common people and literati think Cao Cao is Ming Gong, but in other places, Cao Cao has only one pronoun, which is Cao thief, and now Cao Cao is taken out as a hero, of course there is an uproar .
"Cao's Mencius is also a Cao thief! An Neng can be a hero!" Some scribes began to choke.
"Yes, yes, Cao Bandit can also become a hero. Sure enough, Lu Fengxian and Cao Bandit are of the same breed!"
Liu Mang listened to the discussions around him, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, Cao Cao is a Cao thief? So what are you scribes? Don't you see, when Cao Cao took Jingzhou on the previous track, those gentry were shy and hoped that Cao Cao could meet them, and now they are showing their personal sentiments here. ,
"Cao's mengde, although he was stubborn in his youth, he still understood right and wrong, and the five-color stick. How many Luoyang dudes and crying fathers and mothers have been beaten, and how many cases of injustice have been saved in Luoyang?! The Yellow Turban Uprising broke out in the next year. Cao Cao was worshiped as the captain of cavalry, and was ordered to join forces with Huangfusong and others to attack the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan. As a result, the Yellow Turban Army was defeated and tens of thousands of heads were beheaded. Emperor Ling died, Dong Zhuo was ambitious, and lived in the Han Court. Menghu prison pass, how many people in this world really want to be king, and how many people really fight to the end?" Liu Mang sneered, "That is him, Cao Mengde, who brought Chen Liu thousands of soldiers and horses almost The whole army was annihilated and returned, and I almost died among the rebellious army!" Liu Mang talked about beating Dong Zhuo, and everyone present really couldn't refute it, after all, Liu Biao did not participate in the alliance.
"Cao Cao, although he is an enemy of my father-in-law, he admires my father-in-law. He is respectful and virtuous, and he is stricter than the law, and he is also a hero!"
Liu Mang’s words were all boasting about Cao Cao. In fact, there are things like Cao Cao massacring the city and the Son of Heaven so that the princes didn’t say anything. No one is perfect. "His Royal Highness, this Cao Cao is the eunuch!" An uncomfortable voice came over.
"Cao's Cao thief, after the eunuchs, our great Han world is so divided. They are all eunuchs. How can this Cao thief be called a hero?! No wonder, the three-surnamed house slave An understands the heroes of the world!" A young man The scholar stood up and said coldly to Liu Mang.
"How dare you address this gentleman?!" Liu Mang did not rush to answer the scribe's question, but asked his name.
"Sir, I don't dare to do it. The Pang family's mountain people are also added as Liu Jingzhou's writing order!" The young scribe said his name.
"Pang Shanmin?!" Pang's children? Although Liu Mang didn't know who this Pang Shanmin was, as long as he knew that he was a child of the Pang family, Pang Huoji didn't dare to come out to meet people, so he sent such a child of the Pang family
Liu Mang didn't know that Pang Shanmin's status was actually higher than Pang Tong's.
Liu Mang was not interested in the Pang family, since you ran out, naturally Liu Mang would not let go of such an opportunity to slap him in the face.
"Mr. Pang Shanmin! I don't know if you have read books!" Liu Mang asked Pang Shanmin very calmly.
"Huh?!" When Pang Shanmin heard this, he immediately became angry. What does Liu Mang mean? The Pang family in Jingzhou and the Lumen Academy are simply two representative things, representing literati and knowledge. It can be said that no one who enters Lumen Academy is not well-educated. Now that Liu Mang has arrived, Directly asking if you have read the book, this is questioning Lumen Academy, and even mocking the entire Pang family. "Although Pang Shanmin is not familiar with ancient and modern times, he should be able to read and write!"
"Since you know how to read books, why do you have to say such rebellious words!" Liu Mang also snapped down the wine glass in his hand and scolded!