Chapter 118 Zhang Rang’s Tips (Updated for the leader’s little cotton-padded jacket)
It’s unfortunate to say the least.
After Ying Qian was greedy for official position and agreed to Yang Ci's request, although the modern literature school quickly fell into decline and was taken away from the seat of the Spring and Autumn Classics by the ancient literature school, Yang Ci still kept his promise and obtained the East County for Ying Qian.
Fan Ling's position.
However, in the subsequent political struggle, Yang Ci was defeated and died shortly afterwards. The Yang family temporarily withdrew from the front-line political arena in order to maintain filial piety.
Subsequently, Ying Qian lost his support in the court, and soon lost the political struggle between Luoyang and the local government within Yanzhou, and lost his official position.
At that time, Yang did not give him any compensation, which may have been due to insufficient motivation and insufficient strength.
Ying Qian was disappointed and even more angry. He wanted to leave and return to his hometown in Runan to look for opportunities again, but at that time, he suddenly remembered something.
He recalled the legend that circulated in Luoyang City that Liu Bei waited for four months at the gate of Lu Zhi's mansion. Everyone said that the reason why Liu Bei became Lu Zhi's disciple was because of those four months of waiting.
Although he betrayed Liu Bei, the reason why he betrayed him was actually similar to what Liu Bei pursued back then. In this case, why couldn't he give more?
So Ying Qian made up his mind and traveled a long distance to Hongnong County to attend the funeral. He wore sackcloth and mourned for Yang Ci for seven or forty-nine days, and was received by Yang Biao.
Yang Biao asked him why he did this, and he replied that he had been deeply benevolent and virtuous by the Yang family. As a benefactor, it was natural for him to wear sackcloth and show mourning for his master. Even if he had to observe filial piety for him, he was willing to do so.
Yang Biao lamented this and praised Ying Qian as a conscientious person. However, the Yang family was really in a bad situation at the time and could not make a difference in politics, so Yang Biao wrote a letter of introduction and recommended Ying Qian to his colleagues.
He is the Zhang family of the Yue family in Runan County.
In this way, Ying Qian got a stepping stone from the Zhang family in Runan and became a disciple of the Zhang family.
And because he was recommended by Yang Biao, the Zhang family took a high look at him, and after testing his abilities, they offered him the position of county magistrate.
He worked in this position for another three years, just in time for the crisis in Hedong and the turmoil in Luoyang City.
The Jinwen School's forces in Luoyang City suffered heavy losses due to the Hedong crisis and were in urgent need of fresh blood. Therefore, the Jinwen School spent some resources and transferred a group of more capable local officials to supplement the losses.
Ying Yi was selected and returned to Luoyang.
Taking advantage of some time before completely breaking up with the eunuch group, the Jinwen School bought some positions from the eunuchs, including the position of City Gate School Lieutenant who should be relocated.
At that time, the person in charge of the city gate school captain system was not Dong Zhong. As a result, on the third day after Ying Qian took up his duties, the city gate school captain system was taken over by Dong Zhong.
Ying Qian was worried that he would be "optimized", so he spent some money he saved to buy gifts to bribe Dong Zhong. At that time, Dong Zhong's appetite was not big. Seeing that Ying Qian was so good, he was very optimistic about him, so he
Allow him to continue serving.
In contrast, those who were not his own who did not give gifts to Dong Zhong at that time were later "optimized" by Dong Zhong for various reasons.
Therefore, when Liu Bei, Yuan Wei, and He Jin were facing each other tit for tat, and when Luoyang mutinied on April 11, Ying Qian inexplicably followed Dong Chongli and won as a member of the Modern Literature School.
After the Luoyang Mutiny, Liu Bei became the general, and the Ancient Literature School gained great prestige. Ying Qian, as one of the few officials of the Modern Literature School who still held real power in Luoyang City and even had some military power, gained the school's attention.
And because he once betrayed Liu Bei's "advanced behavior", everyone believed that he was reliable, and he must want Liu Bei to die.
At this critical moment of life and death for the school, Ying Qian was asked to provide the school with some armor and high-quality weapons under his command, as well as long-range shooting weapons such as crossbows, to help them kill Liu Bei and re-establish the advantages of the Jinwen School.
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Regarding this request from the school, Ying Qian, who returned to Luoyang in a roundabout way, did not hesitate at all. He immediately looked for an opportunity to sneak in to see Liu Bei and inform Liu Bei.
Liu Bei was deeply moved when he heard about Ying Qian's wonderful experiences over the years.
"I once heard someone say that luck is also a part of strength. In the past, I thought this statement was exaggerated, but now it seems that it is really not the case. Ying Qian, you are a lucky person."
You should salute respectfully.
"Without the tolerance and guidance of the monarch, there would be no Qian today. So even if Qian is lucky, he is lucky enough to get a little bit of the luck of the monarch. Even if it is just a little bit, it is enough for Qian to use up."
Liu Bei smiled and shook his head.
"In that case, why did you come to report? You are now a member of the Modern Literature School. You betrayed the Ancient Literature School, and now you betray the Modern Literature School. The Ancient Literature School will not accept such a person again. On this point, you
Haven’t you thought about it?”
"This is not a betrayal, this is a commitment."
Ying Qian said respectfully: "The Lord taught Qian back then. Qian was grateful for the Lord's tolerance and generosity, so he swore that he would never do anything detrimental to the Lord in his life. What he is doing now is just to fulfill his original promise and to
There is nothing wrong with it.”
Liu Bei chuckled.
"Quietly speaking, you are really worthy of my entrustment to you. You are dedicated to yourself and not to others. There are many hypocrites in this world, but I don't see many unabashed villains like you.
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"Your Majesty, you have given me the reward."
Ying Qian wiped the sweat from his forehead and whispered: "The kindness shown to Qian by the monarch will be unforgettable for the rest of his life. Now, Qian has entrusted his life to the hands of the monarch. If the monarch punishes him severely, Qian will be killed."
If you don’t resist, you will never escape.”
Liu Bei stood up, walked around Ying Qian a few times, lowered his head and looked at his neck.
As he just said, there are many hypocrites these days who are trying to make a big name out of tiger skins. They have to give themselves a righteous name in everything they do, and use the name of Confucius to satisfy their own selfish desires. However, people like Ying Qian, who are clearly practical
There really aren't many partisans.
For rulers, there are many things that neither true gentlemen nor hypocrites are willing to do, but these things must be done, so at this time the existence of true villains is needed.
Only a true villain is willing to do things that no one else is willing to do in exchange for personal gain. If a true villain can be properly controlled, it will be of great benefit to King Tu’s hegemony.
So Liu Bei made a decision.
He took his eyes away from Ying Qian's neck, bent down, and helped Ying Qian up.
"Ying Qian, Ying Qian, although you are a real villain and good at jumping around repeatedly, I really like you."
Ying Qian raised his eyebrows.
"Repeatedly jumping horizontally... Are you still blaming Qian?"
"It's not your fault. It's human nature to jump repeatedly. People who blame you may not do better than you."
Liu Bei patted Ying Qian on the shoulder and said with a smile: "There are many people under my command, some are true gentlemen, some are hypocrites, some are fools, some are followers, and some are just following the crowd, but people like you, under my command
There are really not many, Ying Qian, I need you."
"It is Qian's blessing to be valued by kings and nobles."
Ying Qian's face was filled with joy and he whispered: "What does the Lord need to do? For example, kill all those people now? They are all huddled in the house now, waiting to assassinate the Lord."
"Don't be hasty, don't be hasty, you don't have to do this, you just need to give them everything they need."
"this……"
"Give it all to them. Don't worry, nothing will happen to me. I just need you to stand up and identify them when the time comes. As a personal witness, it will be used as a testimony that you have returned to my service. How about it?"
"The prince has an order, and he dare not disobey it!"
Liu Bei nodded and asked Ying Qian to go down and do the work.
Looking at his leaving figure, Liu Bei sighed, feeling that his heart was getting worse and worse. He had to have not only good people, but also villains and bad people around him, and they all had the same purpose. This was neither black nor white.
, is it right or wrong?
Liu Bei suddenly remembered that sentence.
As people grow up, they gradually stop caring about right and wrong, and only look at the pros and cons in everything.
If this were the case, it would be extremely lucky if a person could not grow up in his entire life.