In later generations, Lishuipi was called Daming Lake, and because Licheng was the main city of Jinan in later generations, it was quite famous. However, at this time, it was only a water conservancy project created by the construction of Licheng to divert the moat, so it was not very famous.

...Only Jinan has been a prosperous place in the East since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. With the concentration of soldiers and civilians, it was rare to have good water on the midsummer day of the Dragon Boat Festival. General Gongsun Xun of the Wei used the land to host a banquet, which made this place go down in history for thousands of years.

On the other side, I heard that Gongsun Xun was worshiping the Dragon Boat Festival at Lishuipei and hosting a banquet for Zheng Xuan and Cao Cao's envoys. He also expressed condolences to the heroes, and he and others were also going to be among them. An old official of the Yuan family who had been under house arrest for two to three months

But they finally took a long breath, and even felt a faint sense of celebration... After all, Zheng Xuan's face is easy to use in these days. Whether it's the Yellow Turban Army or the bandits, they all walk around when they see him.

What's more, what about Gongsun Xun, who did have a master-teacher relationship? No matter how despicable General Wei was, he couldn't kill his students in front of the teacher, right?

And the old man is already sixty-five years old, and he is recognized as a Confucian sect in the world. If he was not worried that his family inheritance would be completely cut off in Licheng, why would he sacrifice his worth and set out to see Gongsun Xun?

You know, after Yuan Shao captured Qingzhou, he personally went to Gaomi to recruit his people. He just stepped in to deal with it and continued to teach in the countryside.

Therefore, it is no wonder that these people are relieved... Since the disciples of the Zheng family have to take off their clothes, the rest of them will at least be treated lightly, right? What's more, since Gongsun Xun, the one who can make the decision, has arrived in person, if he performs well, he will be appointed on the spot.

It's also possible.

They were not eligible to participate in the Dragon Boat Festival sacrificial ceremony during the day, but they were given calamus and allowed to enter the lake to change clothes and bathe. In the evening, taking advantage of the longest day of the year, after everyone had a banquet, these

The talents found some of the feeling of chatting and laughing in the past... Unexpectedly, although their position was to the side, they were not very far from Gongsun Xun, so they couldn't help but talk loudly to get attention.

However, Gongsun Xun took two boys and sat on a high platform with Zheng Xuan. There were many civilized and military figures on the left and right, with crowns like clouds in front and behind. There was a generation of Confucianism beside him, but he only talked about the gossip that should be said during the festival. Listen carefully.

, what are they all? How many years ago in Danhanshan, who was hit by an arrow, so and so, so and so. After the overall situation was decided a few days ago, he received the seal, hung the gold, and rode away alone. Before they could meet, Xia Houyuan stepped forward and offered a toast. This

General Wei just smiled and thanked the other party for being a matchmaker that day, otherwise he would have lost several children and so on...

With General Wei's posture, most people were naturally smiling and relaxed, but today's guest of honor, Zheng Xuan, Cao Cao's envoy, and many of Yuan Shao's former officials sitting outside the audience gradually became anxious.

I don't know how long it took, but I saw that the midsummer sun was not dimming much, but everyone by the lake was already half drunk. Others, as the only one who was qualified to cut off Gongsun Xun's nonsense, Zheng Xuan, for the sake of

As for my own orthodoxy, I did see some of my students who were relaxed and happy at the beginning gradually become nervous, and even made signs like begging. I couldn't bear it, but I finally took the initiative to speak with a shy face.

"General Wei." Zheng Kangcheng thought for a moment, and actually stood up to hold the cup. As soon as he stood up, the surroundings were almost silent. The name of Confucianism is by no means false. "It has been nearly four years since Dong Zhuo's chaos, and the world has been in turmoil.

, the scholars and the people were displaced, but fortunately there was a general who first defeated Dong and supported the emperor, and then defeated Hebei in a battle, so that the Han Dynasty gradually began to revive... Xuan Bucai, please congratulate the general!"

As he said this, the man was respectful, holding the cup with both hands and bowing his head.

"Shouldn't we pay tribute to Yuan Benchu ​​first?" Unexpectedly, after quietly listening to the other party's congratulations, Gongsun Xun actually seemed to be smiling but not smiling, sitting still. It was really rude.

"It's due to the old man's lack of consideration." Zheng Xuan was not angry after hearing this, but became more serious. He actually raised his head again and saluted. "No matter what, war disasters are happening one after another, and corpses are everywhere. This is a serious matter. Please pay condolences to this battle."

The casualties since Yuan Benchu ​​and below..."

"I sincerely accept condolences." Gongsun Xun also stood up solemnly, held the cup in both hands, and bowed his head in return.

Immediately, under the leadership of the two men, more than two to three hundred people in the seats by the lake stood up and drank from the bottles.

After the small episode, everyone sat down. Zheng Xuan saw that the opportunity was rare, so he took advantage of the situation and said: "I am a man from the mountains, so I shouldn't ask about General Wei's affairs without permission. But as a Qingzhou barbarian, I have many concerns about the future of this place. I don't think so."

Knowing that General Wei is coming to Jinan this time, do you feel confident?"

"Of course I got something." Gongsun Xun raised his eyebrows slightly, looked around and smiled. "After I arrived in Jinan, I took over the accounts set up by Yuan Shao, and found that there were more than 300,000 households in the six counties of old Qingzhou, with a population of 17.8 million.

Although hundreds of thousands of them have just turned into Yellow Turban bandits and sneaked into the mountains, if we use suppression and pacification together, we may be able to recover roughly... Not only that, but also the Dongjun household registration previously inspected in Liaocheng, the old Jizhou Dongwu

The county household registrations were finally settled. After Yuan Shao was overthrown, even if the two counties of Jibei and Taishan were not counted, there were four million more people! If we also count the original jurisdictions of Yongzhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou,

In all parts of Sizhou, as well as the surrendered Taihang bandits, regardless of Pingzhou or Liangzhou, under my rule, there are already two million households and a population of tens of millions! Zheng Gong, the world is divided, and I only get half of it. What do you think?

Is this considered a gain? These tens of millions of people can gather hundreds of thousands of troops. Who can stop me in the future?"

Zheng Xuan hesitated to speak, but everyone around him stood up to congratulate him.

In response to this, Gongsun Xun also raised his head and laughed, extremely proud, and even raised his hand to drink a full cup.

However, just as the crowd's congratulations faded away and General Wei raised his glass and was about to drink, there was a man not far away, near the lake, who finally couldn't bear it any longer. Then he stood up and faced each other solemnly:

"General Wei, the world is in chaos, and there have been wars for many years. Although Qingzhou has not suffered a major war, it has suffered twice from the Yellow Turbans. Since General Wei is trying to bring peace to this place for the emperor, shouldn't he ask about the customs first to save him from misery? Why is it so easy to do it as soon as he comes?

First check the household registration and calculate the gains and losses of personal power? Is this what the people of Qingzhou, and even the people of Jizhou expect?"

Everyone looked around, only to find that the person speaking was a man with handsome features, clear eyes, and a majestic appearance. He was sitting in the front row of the banquet... Many of them knew him, and he was Zheng Xuan's beloved disciple.

Qinghe Cui Yan.

"Is it Cui Jigui who is speaking?" Gongsun Xun sat cross-legged on the high platform, holding a bottle in one hand and calling out the other person's name without raising his head.

"It's Cui Yan of Qinghe." Cui Jigui replied proudly.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Gongsun Xun suddenly changed his expression and threw the wine bottle in his hand on the ground. He sternly scolded him without even looking at it. "This is just for you. If you can bear it today, I will respect you."

What's the point of letting you live on your own in front of the Master? But since you haven't changed your nature, and you are still in vain to help Zhou to abuse him, and ask for your name to buy your integrity, then today is the resurrection of Magong, and Master Lu is here in person to beg for mercy for you, and I can't get around you.

!”

The place was as quiet as a field for a moment, even Zheng Xuan was stunned on the spot, and the two boys beside him looked a little frightened.

"It's none of your business." Gongsun Xun turned around and said comforting words. "Ading will take Lu Yu back to the city first... Your father and I will return later."

Gongsun Ding reacted, bowed his head and saluted with Lu Yu, and then turned and left under the silent gaze of Zheng Xuan and others... and then followed him to protect him.

After the two boys, who were between teenagers and boys, turned around and left, everyone at the table gradually focused their attention on the three people at the center of the matter - none other than General Wei Gongsun Xun and Guandong Ancient Confucian Zheng Xuan.

, and Qinghe Cui Yan, a prisoner of war with Zheng Xuan's disciple and general guard.

To be fair, not to mention ordinary generals and officials, even the core staff of General Wei's Mansion were a little confused at this time... Gongsun Xun had been in Jinan for a few days, and Lu Fan had already made reports and communicated.

The reporter thought that even if something went wrong with the prisoners of war, it would only happen with Xu You and Guo Tu, but he never expected that it would be Cui Yan.

In fact, Xu You and Guo Tu, both prisoners of war, were quite surprised when faced with such a situation.

"I really don't know why General Wei is so prejudiced against me, and even went so far as to set up an ambush..." Cui Yan waited for a long time before speaking again, but with a high-spirited attitude and a loud voice. "What Cui said came from the public heart and was absolutely unintentional.

Inviting one’s name means buying one’s integrity…”

"Although you don't mean to buy your reputation, you have the truth!" Gongsun Xun interrupted and said sternly. "And it is precisely because of this self-righteousness that it is truly abominable and ridiculous! As for why I specifically set up an ambush for you, it was because you met Yuan that day.

Since you behaved similarly in the beginning, I can guess that your nature is hard to change!"

"But what is wrong with what I said?" Cui Yan stood up and continued to defend boldly. "On that day, I advised Yuan Chariot to collect and bury the bones beside the road. Today, I advised the general to ask about customs first, and then save the homeless..."

"This is called asking about the dead but not the living, talking about morals but not the real things!" Gongsun Xun finally went to see the other party, but he became even more angry. "The two great chaos in Qingzhou both started from the Yellow Turbans, and the so-called Qingxu Yellow Turbans are called Yellow Turbans.

In fact, the poor were so oppressed that they had no choice but to gather together as bandits and fake banners. How could this be a real rebellion? When Yuan Shao entered Qingzhou, you only asked him to collect the bones of the Yellow Turbans. Why didn't you persuade him to tolerate the Yellow Turbans and surrender their soldiers, so that he revolted today?

! And what I said this time is to appease the civil affairs and clean up the homeless. Shouldn’t we start by checking the household registration? If we don’t know the household registration and population, how can we save them from trouble?! Moreover, hundreds of thousands of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans are once again in chaos in the mountains.

, Cao Cao even took the opportunity to annex prefectures and counties. At this time, everyone is watching my behavior and movements. If I don't show my dignity, how can I surrender the Yellow Turban and scare Cao Mengde?!"

Cui Yan held it in for a moment, and everyone around him responded with awe. Xia Houyuan and Mao Jie in the audience even looked at each other.

After a moment, Zheng Xuan was about to open his mouth to persuade him, but unexpectedly, Gongsun Xun became more and more angry as he spoke. He stood up and kicked the big case in front of him, but called out to another person: "As for the customs of asking questions... Where is Han Yigong?!"

Han Dang hurriedly raised his knife and went out to bow.

"Tell him, seventeen years ago, you went with me to the west of Liaoning for the first time to study under Lu Shi Yu Feng. What did I do in Jizhou on the way?" Gongsun Xun asked Cui Yan with his finger.

"Report to the Marquis!" Han Dang replied immediately. "Seventeen years ago, the Marquis, the Guardsmen, General Zhenxi, Liu Yuzhou, Chang'an Ling and other students left from Youzhou to Henan. This was the first time they left home.

When he passed Julu on the way, he took the initiative to leave the group and check out the local villages, saying bluntly that when he went to other places to 'ask about the customs', he would eventually follow him!"

"What customs have you seen?"

"I saw abandoned babies in the ditch, strong oppression, eunuchs running rampant, officials indifferent, and... and Jia Chao. When Jia Chao just returned to his hometown, he was targeted by the powerful because he had received a reward from the king, and he had to kill people to survive. In the end,

We can only seek help from Taiping Dao to make things happen."

"I remember the county magistrate's surname was Cui?" Gongsun Xun asked coldly.

"It is Cui Min, the current governor of Zhuo County." Han Dang continued to bow his head. "Later, when the prince and the governor met Cui Min in Changping, they talked about the past... The prince asked him why he was so faint at that time and why he was so confused at this time.

Is that so? He said that at that time he was in a coma, so he was in a state of confusion. At this time, the general was clearly on top, so he was clear."

"Did you hear that?" Gongsun Xun turned to Cui Yan and scolded. "I already knew before I was crowned that I should inquire about the customs of a place when I first arrive... Why do you need you to teach me? And I have traveled all over the world, from Liaodong to

Xiliang, from Youji to Yanyu, from Heshuo to the East China Sea, I have seen the customs of various places, and I have long been familiar with them. The customs of the world are nothing more than oppression by the powerful, empty talk by the family, obsessive officials, and innocent people... How can Qingzhou be able to

Get out of this rut? You are just talking here, but you don’t know that people like you are just green in my eyes and a disgrace to customs!"

Gongsun Xun made an angry rebuke. Although it was not as angry as the emperor, who laid down millions of corpses, it was still one-third of the emperor's anger. No one doubted his power of life and death, so everyone was trembling. However, his body was shaken.

As the person involved, although Cui Yan's face turned a little red, he remained still and did not defend or refute. Only his beard and hair were quite long and were gently swept by the lake breeze.

When Gongsun Xun saw this, he immediately stopped being angry. Instead, he turned back to Zheng Xuan, who was sitting beside him, and asked with a smile: "Zheng Gong, you and I, Master Lu, belong to the same sect, and we are brothers. Everyone in the world says that you are more accomplished in Confucian classics."

He is one of them, and Confucian classics are the foundation of the world... But why in today's troubled times, when the people are suffering, and the king has no place to stand, his students are putting on the strong and tenacious to save the people from the fire and water, but your students are all here

Are you arrogantly talking and helping others to do evil? Are the students you accept all clowns, or are Master Lu's students all powerful people who only care about their personal dignity?"

As soon as Cui Yan said this, he could no longer calm down. Even the dozens of Zheng Xue disciples present stood up one after another, but then dozens of soldiers from behind the stage came out and faced each other with swords drawn.

"General Wei is overthinking." Zheng Xuan hurriedly stood up before his student and held hands with each other. "Old man and Ziqian are brothers. If it were not for his recommendation, there would be no chance of accepting the mantle of Master Ma. How could the inheritance of the two of us be relatively incompatible?

What about? In my opinion, they are complementary to each other... They are court, I am wild; they are martial, I am literary; they are strong, I am soft; they are pragmatic, I am moral... General Wei

, Although Cui Jigui made ignorant remarks, he was not deliberately hostile, but was caused by his lack of knowledge, and he still had good intentions."

Gongsun Xun immediately laughed again.

Seeing this, Zheng Xuan hurriedly said: "Actually, the general used troops first to pacify Dong and Yuan, and led with power and strength. It is naturally the right time. In the future, he will continue to pacify the Central Plains, Jingxiang, Bashu, Huaiyang,

I think I still need to continue to maintain the power. But now that the military situation has been eased, and the general has been ordered to assist the world and govern Hebei, in terms of administration, just using force may not be enough, and Cui Jigui's meaning is nothing more than this.

This is not to deliberately seek out the general... Moreover, most of these old students are incompetent. If the general really feels that they are an eyesore, or that they are not good at what they have learned, why not release them and let them study at Gaomi with me?

Woolen cloth?"
To be continued...