Chapter 416 Cooperation
How could this man do this?
Lei Yuan couldn't help laughing.
"Dispute Cao to destroy the thieves and restore the order of the Han family" was a slogan proposed by Lei Yuan. It has now become the political call of Xuande Gong to the world, but Lei Yuan himself did not really believe in this slogan. He was influenced by many years of realism. After he came to this world, what he wanted was to protect himself first and then protect the people around him. Then, he might be able to slightly change the original direction of this world on this basis.
He could see clearly that although everyone in the Xuande Gong shogunate shouted this slogan as loud as the sky, many people actually did not really believe it. Some people think that it is necessary to fight Cao and destroy the thieves, but whether the order rebuilt after Cao and destroy the thieves is still the Han order is not that important. Some people don’t even take the fight against Cao and destroy the thieves seriously, but they just cannibalize the people’s fortune and worry about others.
As for Zhang Lu... he is a charlatan. The Zhang family of Pei State has been operating for decades in recent years. Whether it is the earthly immortal country or the ascension of the body, it has nothing to do with "an attack on Cao and destroy the thieves and restore the order of the Han family." How could he say so strongly?
"Mr. Gongqi is urging us to implement the conditions that promised you as soon as possible?"
Zhang Lu's status is very embarrassing in Duke Xuande's camp. From the standpoint of the Han court, the Five Doks of Rice and the Taiping Road are the same as the Taiping Road. The title of Zhang Lu's master is like a great wise teacher, so Zhang Lu's identity is undoubtedly a demon thief. However, Duke Xuande also hopes to rely on Zhang Lu's reputation to call on the people of Hanzhong, so he will definitely not treat Zhang Lu harshly.
Finally, under Lei Yuan's persuasion, Xuande decided to place Zhang Lu in Jingzhou, and would give him a position such as Jingzhou's governance at the appropriate time, but there was no need to actually take charge of the government. Lei Yuan privately allowed Zhang Lu to spread his teachings to the southern barbarians of Jingzhou.
Jingzhou is coming, maybe Zhang Lu is eager to try it out.
After hearing Lei Yuan’s question, Zhang Lu bowed and said, “If you want to survive, you will not thank others, you will not be resentful, and you will not be able to follow the customs. Only if you truly think about the truth.”
"However, what does the true thoughts and truths at your feet have to do with the great cause of fighting against Cao and destroying the thieves?"
Zhang Lu thought for a moment and finally said, "The world's sayings of prophecies, arts, talismans, and immortals are different, but they are related to each other. Those who respect Ji as the leader of the Jiangdong, those who respect Ji as the leader of the sect, and those who advocate fasting and guide Xingwei, who have been with me for the past years. If there is any business, they will most likely give me a little bit of thin air. If the generals of the Continuation are interested, I can still focus on Jingzhou as the center..."
Lei Yuan raised his hand and pressed down, stopping Zhang Lu's story.
Zhang Lu understood his meaning very clearly. He hoped that Lei Yuan would allow him to rebuild the missionary center of the Five Dok Rice Road in Jingzhou in exchange, and promised to share channels of contact between the believers and provide assistance to the activities of Xuande Gong's troops in Jiangdong and various parts of the Central Plains. For example, Jian Xian and such lobbyists could use the identities of teachers, alchemists and other priests as cover.
Even if he was uprooted from Hanzhong, if he had the opportunity, he still wanted to start up and spread his teachings again. This indomitable spirit is admirable.
But Lei Yuan could not agree to his request.
The Han Dynasty implemented the Confucian system and governed the country with the method of benevolence and ethics, and promoted ethics and education. Although such a system has its inherent flaws, Lei Yuan was at least sure that his knowledge lasted for more than a thousand years and still had unique vitality and influence until later generations.
As for Zhang Lu's trick, at present, he cannot escape the turmoil of the strange power and chaos. Although Lei Yuan is not familiar with the content, he knows that the earthly divine kingdom has never ended well since ancient times. Therefore, Lei Yuan will never allow the second Hanning County in Jingzhou to appear.
"I once heard that the old man of the Supreme Lord said that the trees that are embraced grow from the thin blades; the nine-story platform starts from the pile of soil; a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Mr. Gongqi should first think about how to deal with those barbarians. I will send people to set up a garrison to the west of Cenping to establish a garrison for the Jingzhou administration, and come forward to invite the leaders of the Jingman tribes to become familiar with them... For other matters, please discuss them slowly."
Among the teachings of the Five Doks of Rice, there is the saying "One dispersion makes energy, and the shapes gathers into Taishang Laojun". Calling Laozi the Taishang Laojun is the invention of the Five Doks of Rice. Lei Yuan used this to refuse, with a little politeness.
Zhang Lu was not depressed at all and immediately said, "That's what it should be. Decades ago, our ancestors were dealing with the Bafeng Man tribes in the mountains of Yizhou to eliminate demons and save the people. Now, we are doing this in Jingzhou, which is in line with the power of the Zhengyi Alliance."
Lei Yuan nodded slightly: "Also..."
"In addition, we naturally need to teach the people of the Barbarians to respect the imperial court's orders. Please rest assured that guiding people to be kind is our duty." Zhang Lu said authentically.
"It's so good." Lei Yuan stood up with a smile.
He sat next to Zhang Lu without any restraint, turned sideways, poured out some of the dates in his sleeve, and distributed them to Zhang Lu: "Mr. Gongqi, I will have to work hard in the future. We will work hard in our sincere cooperation and will complement each other."
Lei Yuan deliberately showed goodwill, but Zhang Lu waved his hands repeatedly.
"General Xuzhi..." He said with a bitter face: "This is forbidden."
Lei Yuan was stunned.
Zhang Lu sighed: "Although the earth is warm here, it is in the deep mountains and is in the coldest place. General Xuzhi, have you ever thought about how these fruit trees are full of fruits and grow in this way?"
Lei Yuan frowned and stood up, drawing his sword suddenly.
The sword edge reflected the sunshine, shining brightly, illuminating the blue light between Zhang Lu's eyebrows and eyes.
Zhang Lu looked calm, waved his hand and made a gesture of asking for advice.
Lei Yuan waved his sword and pushed away the lush meadow under the fruit tree. The soil under the meadow showed a suspicious black and purple color. He used the tip of his sword to push away the loose floating soil, and a highly decayed corpse was exposed below. The corpses had many tools, either stiff or corrupt torso and limbs entangled with each other, and some held broken swords in their palms, most of which had no heads. The large area of land around the corpse was soaked with blood donation, and even after many storms, they still condensed into pieces.
Lei Yuan breathed.
He straightened his body and looked around. The situation was very clear. The meadows around the deep pool were actually places where corpses were discarded. Judging from the degree of corpses, this should be the result of the Jingzhou army two or three months ago when it attacked Yizhou along the water and land routes of the Xiajiang River.
At that time, Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Liu Feng and other generals set out from Yidu, broke through the gorge, and attacked Yufu and the surrounding fortresses. Imagine that a team of defeated soldiers fled here and were chased by the Jingzhou army. They were immediately annihilated and beheaded. The heads were cut off and their bodies were discarded, and their bodies were abandoned in place. In just a few months, they turned into fertilizer.
The two states of Jingyi seem to be always in alliance, and the deaths of these people are meaningless, as if only a few fruit trees grow lushly.
Just now, Li Zhen and other entourages climbed the trees to pick up dates and stepped on the corpses piled up everywhere.
If you see a few corpses during the war, it would be nothing to see. But at this time, Lei Yuan suddenly no longer wanted to stay here.
Chapter completed!