"I'm so stupid, really."
In early May, next to Shanyin City outside Mirror Lake, Liu Cheng and Wang Tanzhi held hands and said goodbye with sincere words. "I just thought that driving that monster out would make Right General Wang helpless, but I didn't expect that it would anger him. This time it is all my responsibility..."
Liu Acheng rarely bows his head to himself, but Wang Tanzhi really doesn't feel like winning at all. Not only that, he also wants to help the other party and express his gratitude, and he does so sincerely:
"Yulong is joking, if this time it can be recorded on your head, then if Northern Expedition really loses this time, won't it also be recorded on your bet with Xie Wanshi Fight? Right General Wang relies on his high status and looks down on my family. Before you came, he was not in the same city. After you came, you have done your best and even hated him for my family. I will definitely bear this in mind."
As he spoke, he shook hands with the person in front of him again and again, as if he was not scolded but had a heart-to-heart relationship with the person in the Jingkou car.
The situation on the other side is similar. As a filial son, Wang Shu was preparing to help the soul go north, so he said goodbye to everyone at the ferry. Kuaiji Everyone who came to see him off seemed to be a little ashamed, but there was no Liu Acheng is so shameless, pretending to take responsibility, but actually asking for credit... But Wang Shu himself seems magnanimous at this time, and only sincerely thanks Kuaiji celebrities one by one.
He even came over to shake hands with Liu Cheng, which made someone quite surprised.
After all, people of this level, family background and age, even Fan Wang, who is locked up by the current situation, know how to use his son to push the cylinder. Although Wang Shu is a filial son and has to bow down when he sees anyone offering condolences, he shook hands with him several times, which clearly expressed his attitude.
From now on, regardless of whether they are political enemies or not, or what their class positions are, once we have a personal relationship, if we talk about "indestructible friends" to others, we will be honest.
Of course, there is a price, Liu Acheng can no longer access Wang Xizhi's door.
But so what?
Liu Acheng had to give the fundamental reason for disposing of this psychic. It was not to reconcile the Two Wangs. As I said before, the Two Wangs broke up, which may not be a bad thing for him, but Liu Acheng couldn't get around Xi Jiabin first. If he didn't deal with this psychic, how would he face Xi Chao when he returned?
That day in class, he and Xi Yin were not playing a double act. Both parties really felt that Xi Chao's attitude should be considered.
Secondly, naturally this psychic's identity is very good. Way of the Celestial Masters's background, a local noble family in the south, is very suitable for further development...
Therefore, if you don't come to the door, you won't come to the door, making it look like it's not him Wang Xizhi who is at fault this time.
In this way, everyone watched Wang Shu's family fleet heading east along Mirror Lake, preparing to turn Cao'e River into the sea and then enter Wu Region Canal. They all sighed, and then gathered together to talk. Then Xu Xun said that he would return to tomorrow Xiaoshan Retreat, Xie An also said they wanted to return Eastern Mountain, Monk Zhi Daolin also said they wanted to return, Xi Yin all said they wanted to return Shan County, Gao Rou naturally also said they wanted to return Qiuting...
As a result, Sun Chuo and his son stood there, dumbfounded as the people who had just said goodbye to Wang Shu and his son said goodbye to the father and son one after another. It was a shame that there was no White Cloth flag behind him.
"Lord Sun." As he spoke, Liu Acheng actually came to say goodbye. "I have to leave tomorrow too, and I will go to the Orchid Pavilion's place to pack my things tonight."
"Didn't you just come to Kuaiji?" Sun Chuo said in surprise.
"Yes." Liu Cheng nodded. "But I came to Kuaiji on two separate matters: public and private. For personal matters, I need to take Jiabin's family members with me when I leave. This can only be done as a last resort. For official matters, I invite everyone to go to Jingzhou after autumn. If that doesn't work, please go to Jiankang after the summer heat has passed. is mediating for Lower Reaches. But now that everyone has left, there is only one Right General Wang in the city except you, Lord Sun, and I am not allowed to enter his house. So I definitely can't waste time in vain. I have to go to other places to make a formal invitation..."
"I don't want to visit his house now. I probably won't be able to see him since he is so busy every day." Sun Chuo waved his hands repeatedly. "The heat is getting worse, and I don't know where to go? But didn't you say that the heat has dissipated? Just go north? I will go with you then. Elder Brother and I haven't seen each other for many years. It's time to go visit Jingzhou. Jiankang may not have been there for a long time."
Yesterday, I added a Silver Ingots and a Shu brocade, and the Liu Acheng was handed over again and again. Didn't I get this KPI?
After saying these farewells, everyone agreed not to make any messy matters tomorrow and dispersed directly.
Among them, Liu Acheng, Gao Rou, and Luo You rode together through the city to the west, heading towards the Orchid Pavilion's station. They chatted some gossip along the way, but they could not avoid mentioning Wang Xizhi.
"Uncle Shi said before that Right General Wang is a generous person. I also think that this person is generous. Even if I did something like that in his home, he would not let me come to the door. How come Wang Lantian is so harsh?" Liu Acheng was the first to ask. "Look at him, he still didn't come today."
"You don't know, the reason why he is generous is because he has been on this South of the Yangtze supreme platform since he was young. He just sits on the east bed and has nothing to worry about. Most of us will never be able to touch his heels in our lives, so he is naturally willing to be generous. But Wang Lantian was not as good as him at the beginning, but gradually gradually He gradually passed over him, and even his son also passed over his own home, so naturally he was not happy." Gao Rou glanced at Luo You, and when Liu Cheng showed no expression, he spoke directly from his heart. "Besides, since he has nothing to worry about, the only thing he cares about is these disputes of spirit."
Liu Cheng nodded to express understanding.
"Don't worry, he is still generous to you, but he just won't let you come because of his face. When you come again in three to five years, it will be okay again... 'When you are far away from the rivers and lakes, you worry about your king, and when you live high in the temple, you worry about the people.' He wrote these words himself and hung them in the lobby of Kuaiji Commandery." Gao Rou further comforted him.
"It doesn't matter." Liu Cheng waved his hand. "I have already reached the stage thanks to this Right General Wang. The kindness they have shown me is here, but I have taken advantage of them for nothing, so I can't blame them.? But we have to do things quickly now... I have calculated that as soon as the summer heat dissipates in July, we should go to Jiankang first. Excluding the ten-day journey, there is only more than a month left, and there are quite a lot of things to do."
"You have to invite these people one by one." Gao Rou calculated with his fingers on the horse. "This trip is quite troublesome, and Yulong have you ever thought about it, not to mention that these people are not willing to go with you Jingzhou or Jiankang? They reluctantly agree, and they may not be willing to set off in June when the heat is still there. They will only leave after July, and at that time you will most likely have to go back to Jiankang to wait for orders, and then you have to get married. Before getting married, you still have to worry about that Manor thing... It's very troublesome!"
Liu Cheng also realized the problem, but could only nod at this time.
Luo You must have been soaking in these Kuaiji celebrities in the past few days, and has become a little dull. Hearing this, he was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but look at Liu Cheng, and then suddenly realized. "You have promised Shen Jin?"
"We are still discussing, but they are willing to marry a big Manor. I am from a small family, so naturally I am attracted." Liu Cheng said the truth. "And I am thinking of ways to replace that Manor with Jingkou, which is the Way of the Celestial Masters Manor that we first settled on when we went south."
Luo You nodded, and suddenly asked, "You don't seem to look down on others, why don't you find a Jingzhou local rich family to marry? Are you worried that Duke Huan won't tolerate it?"
Liu Cheng finally couldn't help but look into the eyes of one of the smartest people he had ever met, and stopped Gao Rou's attempt to interrupt, and began to seriously consider the answer.
Without him, he didn't believe that Master Zhai Ren was so smart that he couldn't understand the logic of his actions after observing the road for so long - the reason why he wanted to marry the South of the Yangtze wealthy family was essentially to use this marriage to obtain resources, and then in turn unite Liu Clan, and Liu Clan, including social relations such as Gao Rou and Gao Jian, are all in South of the Yangtze, so what is the problem with piling resources into South of the Yangtze?
Huan Wen won't question it either, right? He also regards himself as a part of the South of the Yangtze noble family.
But why would Luo You ask such an incredible question after seeing Liu Huzi, Liu Jili, Liu Rengong, Gao Jian, Gao Heng, and Liu Clan in Jingkou with his own eyes?
Therefore, this issue needs to be returned to Jingzhou for consideration.
Suppose you are looking for a local rich man to get married in Jingzhou, then what?
If this is the case, he must be determined to bet everything on the upcoming Northern Expedition, so how can he be worried about Huan Wen? And Huan Wen must have a specific attitude? I can't say that he is very happy, okay?
So, why don't you find a Jingzhou taxi owner? This is also a way!
It also fits my Northern Migrant Shan Family character who likes gambling!
Liu Clan of Jingkou, it can definitely be sorted out a few years later, after Northern Expedition is successful.
Why?
Liu Acheng suddenly realized the subtext behind Luo You's question, and then he smiled and admitted it, "Master Zhai Ren is right. I am Northern Migrants rabble after all, and there is always a kind of uneasiness in my heart. I always want to climb up. If I have the chance, I can go up beyond the palm of Duke Huan, and I will naturally do it. However, even though I have received such a great favor from Duke Huan, I will never do Fan Wang, or even Sun Anguo..."
Next to him, Gao Rou was confused. He was talking about marriage and why not Jingzhou, and suddenly it changed to whether he would leave Huan Wen in the future? But he knew that Luo You and Liu Cheng must be talking about something inside Western Expeditionary General's Office, so he didn't interrupt.
"Tsk." Luo You heard this and shook his head, half-smiling. "Where did you think you were going? I'm just curious... Besides, Sun Sheng is already the most trustworthy type of person among Qiaozu to Duke Huan. If you even want to learn from him, that's a sign of your loyalty."
"Then what are you talking about? I thought Master Zhai Ren was going to test me for Duke Huan." Liu Acheng also laughed. "Master Zhai Ren, no matter what you do next, you can be idle for a month and follow Elder Gao to Qiuting's place. I'll let you Wu Fusheng has prepared a lot of seafood and cleaned Fiddler Crab for you. You can eat it if you are not afraid of death... Fiddler Crab steams it with eggs, it is still more delicious... I will go to Zhejiang first to do that Manor matter."
Luo You nodded repeatedly, but asked one more question, "Who is Wu Fusheng?"
"He's my wife's nephew." Gao Rou quickly explained.
Luo You nodded. He has always had a photographic memory, so he should have remembered it.
He said nothing that day and returned to the camp, where everyone rested together and prepared to go on their way tomorrow.
Of course, Liu Acheng cannot help but walk to the Orchid Pavilion corridor to seriously think about how to make the next itinerary and how to trick these Literati into Jingzhou...Sun Chuo When was Emperor Wenzong, it was certainly good that he was willing to go through Jingzhou, but if he could coax four or five of these people, wouldn't he have overfulfilled the second main task of this trip? By then, if Prince of Kuaiji went crazy and was unwilling to marry, he would be able to explain himself.
However, these South of the Yangtze Qiaozu celebrities are the hardest to take care of. They just have to wait until the weather gets cold before they are willing to move. So what should we do? We can't make it in time.
Don't mention it, the most important thing is to be serious in everything. Liu Acheng thought about it for a long time and slowly figured out a clue. At least it seems to be feasible in theory. Of course, it is only in theory, and there is still not enough power to promote it.
When he came back to his senses, it was already evening, and he had to go back to rest. Anyway, he could do Manor's things first.
As a result, when I turned around, I suddenly found that I had unknowingly arrived at the Orchid Pavilion Stone Inscription that I hosted that day, and at some point, there were many miscellaneous monuments around me. Looking at the records above, it should be that many people came here to watch Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection in the past year or so. After using the corridor to make Floating Cups Along the Winding Stream, they made high-end Metaphysical Poetry by themselves.
It's just that the scale is limited, and we don't dare to invade the originally neat stone carvings, so it looks like a messy foil.
Regarding this, Liu Acheng couldn't help but smile. As time goes by, the reputations of these Orchid Pavilion Collection people will inevitably become bigger and bigger, and they will become more and more stable.
Suddenly, just when his eyes fell on the names at the gathering, his heart moved, and he remembered an incident that he had heard repeatedly before, which caused a lot of fuss in Kuaiji, and he suddenly became enlightened.
Liu Acheng is the kind of person who does what comes to his mind. Now that he thought of a way, he did not hesitate, turned around immediately, and rode into the city. Although the weather was fine because of summer, the city gate was closed, so he did not worry about it, so he immediately returned to the Orchid Pavilion, found another boat, and headed directly to the city ferry next to Mirror Lake.
This time when we entered the city again, the sky was already dark. Liu Acheng went straight to Xu Xun's house, which he had officially visited before. The Xu family was confused and thought Liu Cheng I wanted to see Xie An for something important, but Liu Cheng said it bluntly and wanted to see Monk Zhi Daolin who lived with Xie An in the Xu family.
Monk Zhi Daolin Although I'm surprised, there's no reason why I can't see it... We all see each other every day. We're all good friends on the surface, right?
But I don't know why, the most successful young monk from Northern Migrants was still panicking. He couldn't help but call his protective umbrella and close friend Xie An, and then come to see Liu Cheng together.
Liu Acheng didn't care when he saw Xie An. He just raised his hand and immediately looked at Monk Zhi Daolin: "Master Zhi, I was at before. Jingzhou then received a letter from South of the Yangtze, saying that you were acting like Northern Migrants, intending to unify Kuaiji Buddhism, and annoying everyone; come here this time, in Jiankang, I also heard someone laughing at you; when I arrived at Wuxing, I passed by Master Du Ming, and Master Du Ming also said that you were overbearing and actually wanted to devour Master Shen and the others then went to Kuaiji and asked everyone about this in private. Everyone said that you were aggressive and just like me, Northern Migrants rabble, but you just didn't learn how to hold a knife like me... What's going on?"
Zhi Daolin opened his mouth to speak, but for a moment he didn't know what to say. It wasn't that he didn't make perfunctory remarks, but he knew that the person in front of him was also like Northern Migrants. If he insisted on prevaricating, it would only be more embarrassing if he was exposed. More importantly, he was really anxious before and made a lot of excuses. He himself had heard the jokes that ridiculed him.
All I can say is that luckily I called Xie An to come over.
"Yulong, this is what happened." Xie An quickly defended Zhi Daolin. "Master Zhi is really not to blame for the cause of the matter..."
Liu Cheng has heard the whole process many times.
The first step was to debate the scriptures, and the outcome of the debate was very obvious.
According to what those people said, Liu Acheng also roughly understood that Master Shen (Zhu Faqian) is the old Buddhist teachings translated from decades ago. It only knows one color and one emptiness. Nowadays, the popular color is emptiness and color. Finally, it is also understood based on the two phases of color and space; but Zhi Daolin is young after all, and has been exposed to the latest version from the North, and knows that there is not only color and emptiness, but also the state between emptiness and color, so his color is emptiness, emptiness is color, which is based on the three phases.
When everyone heard that this three-phase theory was definitely more advanced than the two-phase theory, they all agreed that Zhi Daolin was superior.
But Zhu Faqian was old and could act rogue, so he stiffened his neck and pretended not to understand, and then reread his own version. Finally, Monk Zhi Daolin got off his guard, stood up and ran to the other party, banged his head on the ground and asked, "I said this, why don't you understand?"
Therefore, this incident became an embarrassing joke for Monk Zhi Daolin.
Then came the famous mountain buying incident.
Since the opponent in the debate was acting rogue, Monk Zhi Daolin decided to go south to Shan County, directly to Zhu Faqian and Yu Fakai built a temple in his base camp and had a black tiger dig out his heart. When he got there, he discovered that all the good fields below had been blocked by Mr. Xi, and the good mountains and forests had also been blocked by Zhu Faqian over the years.
There was no other way, so Monk Zhi Daolin had the attitude of giving it a try, hoping to find Zhu Faqian to buy a temple built on a mountain, saying that he would live in seclusion here. Then Zhu Faqian ridiculed him. "I have never heard of Xu You and Chaofu (famous hermits) buying a mountain to live in seclusion."
As soon as this statement came out, it was obviously Zhu Faqian who circled all the mountains, but it turned into a joke about Monk Zhi Daolin, a fake celebrity who needs to buy mountains.
Of course, the essence of the matter has been made very clear by Master Du Ming. Monk Zhi Daolin has actually conquered Kuaiji celebrities in Buddhism before, but he is Northern Migrants style, insisting on gaining power and not sparing others, and wants to monopolize Kuaiji's right to speak in Buddhism, which in turn triggered a backlash from Kuaiji celebrities.
Xie An is Zhi Daolin's best friend and confidant. The two of them are basically neighbors in Kuaiji. They are in love with each other, so naturally they have to defend Zhi Daolin.
After patiently listening to Xie An's nonsense, Liu Acheng directly criticized Monk Zhi Daolin: "I understand, Duke Xie is Dharma Master's best friend, and the result is that he is so deliberately protective that he cannot cover up Dharma Master's eagerness for quick success and instant gain shows that Dharma Master has indeed lost his temper before, and is not even as good as me, Northern Migrants rabble... I at least got things done, Dharma Master, what does this mean, stealing a chicken but losing a lot of rice, or losing the wife and losing the army?"
What did you accomplish? What did you accomplish? Wang Xizhi Paying Respects Without Offering Condolences? And why didn't my words cover up Zhi Dun's eagerness for quick success? What kind of allusion was it that he lost his wife and lost his troops?
Xie An was extremely speechless, so he had to speak again.
Unexpectedly, Monk Zhi Daolin suddenly held the rosary and said, "Yulong left and came back again, rushing to see Pindao before we leave tomorrow. It must not be just to scold me, but to have another lesson, right?"
"That's right." Liu Cheng immediately laughed. "Duke Xie thought I was here to embarrass you... I'm actually here to offer advice."
As he said that, he looked at Xie An: "Duke Xie, do you still remember how I evaluated Brother Jili's ambition that day in your mansion?"
Xie An's heart moved slightly, he had woken up, but he instinctively frowned, and then he opened his mouth to persuade.
However, this celebrity who really liked lying Eastern Mountain motionless did not say a word, because he knew that his Buddhism friend was very enterprising at heart and wanted to promote Buddhism, so the other party would definitely be moved, and it would be useless to try to persuade him.
As soon as he thought of this, the man repeatedly wanted to speak but stopped, and finally turned around on the couch and said nothing.
"Here's the thing."
Seeing this, Liu Acheng smiled at Zhi Daolin, but explained that he believed that his brother Liu Jili's ambition to restrain the nobles was not enough to be implemented directly, but that Northern Expedition needed to expand the space of the kit before he could turn around and deal with the nobles, and then gave suggestions:
"Master Zhi, your current situation is just like the situation imagined by my brother. He thinks that he has authority in a proper place and can clean up the local taxi trend. However, if you don't even have a place to move around and do something forcefully, it will only arouse the united resistance of everyone in this measured place.
"However, things are not in a dead end. Since Dharma Master already has enough troops at this time, why not take advantage of it Northern Expedition Jiankang?
"If you can spread Buddhism in Jiankang, South of the Yangtze will all know your type of Buddhism, and Kuaiji the remaining enemies here will either sit back and wait for death, allowing you to defeat them., so that they can be defeated without defeat, or they can only bite the bullet and go north with you. At that time, you only need to maintain your demeanor, show your exquisite Dharma, and attack cities and territories on a large scale. Although they can also open up, they will eventually be defeated without defeat.
"Actually, this is the reason why our Duke Huan is bent on the Northern Expedition but the imperial court does not allow it, because everyone here in Jiankang knows that once Duke Huan is allowed to make the Northern Expedition like the lower reaches, the lower reaches will probably be at a disadvantage, and they will be defeated by then.
"But Dharma Master, what about you? Can anyone stop you Northern Expedition Jiankang?"
Zhi Daolin already woke up after hearing it halfway. He felt like he was being slapped. Hearing the discussion behind him, he even started to toggle the rosary beads in his hand very fast.
"Liu Yulong, what a wonderful Buddhist teaching, why are you talking about swords and weapons?" Xie An, who had been pretending to turn away and ignore it, couldn't help but turn around and scold him.
In an atmosphere like Kuaiji, Liu Acheng was not afraid of Xie An, and directly responded, "Duke Xie, don't deceive yourself, I said you Elder Brother Northern Expedition is bound to fail, everyone laughs, thinking that I am pretentiously speaking out for the sake of fame, but you are the only one who knows in your heart that Chu Pou is in front, and you, Elder Brother, may be in an ordinary situation, but that is Brother Cong who is one level away. You don't know where to persuade me.
"Therefore, after I came here and told those Northern Migrants stories about the brutal killings in the north, I don't know how many nights you slept peacefully these days? Why are you pretending to be lying here? Eastern Mountain?! These days, Right General Wang has done such a thing, and you have run away time and time again. Is it really impossible? Or do you think this matter is as ridiculous as a child throwing tiles at the overall situation of the north? You are too upset to pay attention to it?"
Xie An was so angry that he got up and left.
As soon as the person left, Monk Zhi Daolin simply came to ask, "Yulong is looking for me so nervously, so what benefit does this Northern Expedition strategy do to you?"
"Because I have two small matters, public and private, that I need to use Dharma Master Northern Expedition to accomplish." Liu Acheng knew that at this time, he was just facing a Northern Migrants rabble, but he didn't even pretend to be. "Dharma Master should also know that the official business I came to Kuaiji this time was to take care of Kuaiji's business. It is one thing for Duke Huan to invite South of the Yangtze Qiaozu celebrities to go to Jingzhou. It is another thing to ask Kuaiji all of you to go to Jiankang to help stabilize and mediate the relationship with Lower Reaches. But no matter which one, you have to get all the celebrities to take action..."
Monk Zhi Daolin also laughed, "Pindao only goes to Jiankang to spread the Dharma. Kuaiji all your relatives and friends go there with Pindao only to help Pindao spread the Dharma. It has nothing to do with Yulong. Of course, what Yulong says to your relatives and friends has nothing to do with Pindao."
Liu Acheng naturally nodded with satisfaction. "In addition, a private matter, after I return this time, I will probably get married in the Jingkou area. Dharma Master also knows that I, a Northern Migrant Shan Family, have always been looked down upon by others. It would be great if all Kuaiji celebrities come to congratulate me."
"This is what it should be. There is no room for rejection." Monk Zhi Daolin smiled even more happily. "Yulong Public and private matters are compatible, and private matters are suitable for both public and private matters. We are Shangsi Festival Orchid Pavilion friends, and we are all Northern Migrants, so naturally we should help each other."
Liu Acheng nodded again and again. "In this case, I will go see Sun Xinggong now. He feels that Shanyin City is boring. Please ask him to organize contact. How about we all Northern Advance together in June and July?"
"Then please trouble Yulong." Monk Zhi Daolin also nodded quickly.
After Xie An left, the two actually reached a cooperation with just a few words... It was really Northern Migrants rabble's style.
-----I am the dividing line for happy cooperation-----
Emperor Taizu After Shanyin, when Wang Lantian Ding Jin stopped mourning, Kuaiji all the people gathered together. In the fifth month, Monk Zhi Daolin suddenly visited Emperor Taizu late at night, asking about Buddhist matters, and stayed up all night.
Emperor Taizu laughed, "Dharma Master wants to help Liu Jingsheng's son get out of the house? Why not tell him earlier!"
Zhi Daolin is gradually claiming that its category is booming, but it does not exceed Shan County, so Zhu Faqian is deeply involved in Kuaiji.
Emperor Taizu smiled more and more, and Fengce said, "Don't you see that Jing and Yang is fighting for the north, but Duke Huan has repeatedly failed to do so? The court knows that once Jing and Yang come out together, Yang will be weaker than Jing. By then, Jing will win without defeat, and Yang will lose without defeat. You and Master Shen are absolutely the same as Jing and Yang in Kuaiji, but no one can tell you not to Northern Expedition."
Zhi Daolin realized this and decided to Northern Advance Jiankang.
-- "New Account of Tales of the World".Quick Perception, Chapter Eleven
PS: Thank you Mr. Xue Luofeng for your kindness, I am grateful.