Hearing what Liu Bei said, Jian Yong clasped his fingers, considered for a moment, and couldn't help but click his tongue.
"Unless he rebels, it is really difficult for Cao Mengde to die."
"That's right, so he was just transferred from Luoyang Beibu Lieutenant to Dunqiu County Magistrate and continued to serve as an official. He earned a lot of fame in vain. It's useless even if Jian Shuo hates him so much that he can't beat four hands with two fists.
It is impossible for him, a small Huang family, to want the eldest son of the Cao family to die."
After Liu Bei finished speaking, he paused, pondered for a moment, and then said: "And I always suspect that the Cao family should be behind this matter. Otherwise, why would a person from a eunuch family have trouble with the eunuch? This is not a relative.
Is it easy to hate an enemy?"
Jian Yong also followed suit. After thinking about it, he felt that what Liu Bei said made sense.
"Eunuchs have always been regarded as turbulent by the scholars. Not to mention the scholars, we commoners also hate eunuchs. We are from the Cao family of eunuchs, so there is no reason to attack eunuchs?"
"That's why I feel like something's wrong."
Liu Bei lost another son and said in a low voice: "When this happened, I thought Cao Mengde was the light of the Han Dynasty and would bring new hope to the Han Dynasty. But at that time, there were many rich people on Fengshi Mountain talking about it.
, I listened to some and felt that the water involved was very deep.”
When Jian Yong heard what Liu Bei said, he immediately became happy.
"How do you always say these interesting words and phrases? The water is very deep...haha, interesting, interesting, hahahahaha."
Seeing Jian Yong's overjoyed expression, Liu Bei shook his head helplessly.
"Don't laugh, listen to me."
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you, just go ahead and say it."
Jian Yong sat upright, suppressing Liu Bei's counterattack, and waiting for Liu Bei's eloquent speech.
In fact, this matter can be said to be simple or complex, but it is really complicated.
If it is true as some rumors say, then only the Cao family can do this, and other families may not be able to learn from it.
Liu Bei continued his offensive and spoke slowly.
"At that time on Fengshi Mountain, I heard an acquaintance say that when Xiaohuan was in power, the eunuchs and the scholars were in serious conflict and criticized each other. There were not many eunuchs who could remain friendly with the scholars at that time. Cao Teng was one of them.
It is said that he served many emperors and never framed anyone, so even as a eunuch, his reputation among the scholars was not bad."
Jian Yong was a little surprised when he heard this.
"It's not easy to be able to do this as a eunuch. How can ordinary eunuchs do this?"
Liu Bei nodded.
"Yeah, so it's not easy to say that Cao Teng. The legacy he left to the Cao family is very rich, which is enough for them to use today. I heard that Cao Mengde had contacts with Yuan Shao, a descendant of the Yuan family. If it weren't for this relationship,
, I feel that Cao Cao cannot have enough connections with Yuan Shao no matter what."
Jian Yong thought for a while, nodded repeatedly, and cleverly defused Liu Bei's offensive with a few words. Then he changed his offensive and threatened Liu Bei's lair.
"What you say makes sense. The Yuan family of Runan is a top-notch noble family, the fourth generation and the third Duke. They call themselves the surname of Zhong in the world. However, the Cao family can be friends with them after they become eunuchs. How do you think this is unreasonable?"
Liu Bei looked at the chessboard and hesitated for a while, then struggled for a while before placing another piece.
"I think the Cao family must have a plan, and that time Cao Cao beat Jian Shuo with a stick, it was more like a sign that the third generation of the Cao family had completely turned against the eunuchs. They wanted to whitewash their origins.
"
Jian Yong seemed to have listened to a wonderful drama. With a look of surprise on his face, he dropped a ball and beat the drowned dog hard.
"Is it so tortuous? Is this an effort by three generations of one sect to work together to help the family escape from the turbid current and step into the clear stream? One sect, three generations, working together, is this... really possible?"
Liu Bei smiled and continued to struggle.
"Then I don't know. How could this kind of thing be known to outsiders? Maybe this is really just an accident. Is it really just Cao Cao who is filled with righteous indignation, young and passionate, and wants to do something that shocks the world?"
Jian Yong blinked his eyes and continued to attack with an expressionless face.
"Are you trying to say that Cao Mengde really has a pure heart, rather than that his family is manipulating his actions behind the scenes?"
"Right? You don't believe it either, right? Of course I don't believe it either, but you can't say it's impossible. After all, I haven't seen Cao Mengde with my own eyes. His family is also a wealthy family to me, and I can't step on him.
The threshold of home.”
Liu Bei fell down and smiled indifferently: "Of course, it doesn't matter to me. It doesn't matter whether the Cao family wants to clear their name or Cao Cao's personal behavior. What matters is that they let
I understand something."
"whats the matter?"
"Even if a high-ranking official in the dynasty has a bad family background, it still requires the joint efforts of three generations and careful planning to solve the problem of family background. The Han Dynasty has come to this day, and it is no longer the era when the commoner prime ministers were equal to the dynasty. One person has an adventure
You may be able to become a high-ranking official, but you will never get the attention of those high-ranking families.
As long as the Han Dynasty exists, people in the world have been artificially divided into three, six or nine grades. Each grade is determined by family status, birth and bloodline. Innateness is the key to determining whether a person can become a high official.
Other things are not important at all. If you come from a bad background, even if you are talented, it will be difficult for you to turn around.
Otherwise, the Hongdu School has trained so many prefects, governors, and ministers, but there are not many people who really pursue the Hongdu School. They all want to promote talents, filial piety, and integrity. What is the reason? Isn’t it just that?
For the sake of face and status? Those who come from the Hongdu sect, no matter how high their official position is, are despised, but this is not the case for those who are filial and upright."
After listening to Liu Bei's words, Jian Yong fell silent and did not even drop his chess pieces.
After a while, Jian Yong looked at Liu Bei.
"It makes sense. This is the case in the Han Dynasty. If you are born in an ordinary family, it will be difficult to stand up. If you are born in a wealthy family, even an unlearned and unskilled person can become a high official."
"Xianhe, have you accepted your fate?"
Jian Yong did not look directly into Liu Bei's eyes, but nodded silently.
"If I admit it, what will happen if I don't? I am an incompetent bastard who was expelled from my family. No matter how much I refuse to admit my fate, what will happen? Fortunately, I met you Liu before, otherwise I really don't know how to make a living. Otherwise, I would have to do whatever I want.
Following those refugees all the way south, don’t you know that they were killed by strong men and tigers in those ravines and died without a burial place?”
"You admit it, I didn't."
Liu Bei grinned: "Although I haven't been in Luoyang for a long time, I still learned one thing."
"What?"
Jian Yong pinched the black spot in his hand and looked at Liu Bei blankly.
"Power can change many things."
Liu Bei pinched the white child in his hand and looked at Jian Yong: "Even the Yuan family, the fourth generation and the third Duke, still have to survive under the power. Xianhe, did you know that a branch of the Yuan family also entered the palace and became eunuchs?"
"Is there anything else?"
Jian Yong was shocked and asked quickly: "This is a huge scandal. Where did you know about it?"
"Many people know it. It's an open secret."
Liu Bei chuckled: "Although the Yuan family deliberately avoided this matter, the reason why they were able to escape the thunderous wrath of Emperor Xiaohuan back then was because they paid a lot of price, learned a lot of things, and their bodies became softer.
Under the control of the Party, there were not many scholars who could be leisurely and at ease. How did the Yuan family become the most powerful among them? It was nothing more than paying a price that ordinary people did not expect. Even so, this was not the case for everyone.
What can be given.
Even if you are willing to pay, you may not be able to withstand the backlash. The Yuan family has a great business, and its disciples and former officials are all over the world. If the Yuan family is really disgraced, how many officials in the Han Dynasty will suffer? They are in the same spirit, and of course they cannot allow the Yuan family.
His reputation will be ruined."
Jian Yong was silent for a while, then gradually came back to his senses and placed another piece on the chessboard.
"I never thought that the family of four generations and three fathers would also suffer this humiliation."
"The higher your status, the heavier the price you have to pay if you want to achieve your goals."
Seeing hope, Liu Bei dropped a piece on the chessboard to reverse the situation: "And in order to maintain their noble status, they are often more willing to compromise than to fight to the end. This is another truth I learned in Luoyang City."
Jian Yong was stunned and suddenly found that the situation on the chessboard had changed a lot.
He hesitated for a long time before slowly settling down.
"The Yuan family is the most powerful surname in the world, and you have to pay such a heavy price. So, if you don't accept your fate, how much price are you going to pay to go against heaven?"
Liu Bei seized the opportunity and attacked fiercely.
"Life."
Jian Yong was stunned.
The sunspot in my hand couldn't fall from my hand.
"Life?"
"I have nothing but one life."
Liu Bei smiled coldly: "Those people's big business involves many things and they don't dare to risk their lives, but I am someone who dares to risk my life. I have been poor since I was a child, and I got what I have today because of my life! Xianhe
, you see it all, and you fight for your life with me."
Thinking of the past many years ago, Jian Yong sighed deeply and sighed.
"Having said that, weren't we beaten to death in the beginning? It's not easy to fight for our lives."
Liu Bei quickly dropped a piece.
"The Han Dynasty was a dynasty founded by the poor. The Emperor Gaozu could even take off the Confucian scholar's hat and stomp on the ground. Who gave them the courage to dare to stand high just because they have read a few books? They have learned knowledge and skills and don't use them to benefit the world.
Used in fish and meat country!
They claim to have a monopoly on knowledge, and their own knowledge is knowledge, while other people’s knowledge is not knowledge. They are extremely overbearing and bastards. Any one of these people can be punished!"
When Jian Yong heard this, he looked at Liu Bei with a stern expression and was slightly surprised.
But he quickly calmed down, sighed, and made another move.
"Back then, you told me that your ambition was to live a prosperous life one day. Now that you have achieved your ambition, do you have other ambitions? Or do you plan to just follow the trend? Be an official.
, high and mighty?”
"If I had planned to go with the crowd, I wouldn't have said this to you."
Liu Bei calmed down and said slowly: "Xianhe, just watch, the world is about to undergo drastic changes. When I was young, I just wanted to live a prosperous life and be able to eat barbecue every day, but after so many years,
I have more ambitions that I want to achieve.”
"What is it?"
"You'll know."
Liu Bei curled up his lips, and the last piece fell, killing the chess game.
"Even if my opponent is the sky above my head, I will still beat the sky!"