Three Kingdoms

There are many people in this world, but not all of them know their place.

At the beginning, I thought I was the center of the world. When I grew up, I realized that I was not even the edge of the world.

The same is true for Liu Bei.

When he was a child, an alchemist once visited his village and sat under the crooked-neck tree at his door. Then he said: "This tree is like a canopy, and it will definitely produce noble people."

Then the traveling alchemist was warmly received.

Liu Bei's parents also regarded this sentence as their expectations for Liu Bei's future and kept mentioning it. Even Liu Bei himself believed it to be true, especially when he had the opportunity to join Lu Zhi's disciples...

However, when Liu Bei came into contact with other children of the noble clan, this self-inflated glory was like a soap bubble under the scorching summer heat. Although it was brilliant for a while, it was eventually destroyed.

In the Pingyuan County government office, Liu Bei put down the book in his hand and pondered silently.

"Brother, are you looking for me?" Guan Yu walked in from outside the hall.

"Yun Chang, sit down." Liu Bei put the scroll on the side of the table and asked, "How many new soldiers have been recruited now?"

Guan Yu said: "The number of refugees has increased in the past few days, and more than a thousand new soldiers have been recruited, but the physical fitness of these new soldiers is a bit..." After finishing speaking, he stroked his long beard and did not continue.

Liu Bei nodded, then changed the topic, patted the scroll on the table, and said, "Does Yun Chang know what this scroll is?" Then, without waiting for Guan Yu's answer, he continued, "This is the scroll of Tai Shigong... "

The plain is also an area with a strong tradition of scriptures. When Liu Bei arrived here, he naturally either saved money or received gifts from others. He did obtain some books, including some manuscripts of Taishi Gongshiji.

Although Liu Bei himself knew what his identity was, he was still proud of Liu Bang, and naturally he was very concerned about the study of the period of history when Liu Bang made his fortune.

"Yun Chang, I gained something from reading this book..." Liu Bei said, "Beside Taizu, there are Xiao Cao, Fan, Chen and Zhang accompanying him... They all have something in common, does Yun Chang know why?" Because they are all the same. He was his brother, so Liu Bei didn't hide it, he said it directly if he had anything to say, and he didn't mean to hide his ambitions.

"I...don't know." Guan Yu answered honestly.

"In the rise of Han Dynasty, there were disciples of Zhu Jia, Tian Zhong, Wang Gong, Ju Meng, and Guo Xie. Although they defended the literary world at that time, they were worthy of their reputation for their personal integrity, integrity, and concessions. Their names are worthy of their reputation, and their scholars are worthy of their title..." Liu Bei patted the scroll gently, and then recited a passage from it.

Of course, people who don’t know history don’t know the meaning of this sentence at all. This is actually Tai Shigong’s description of some commoner knights in the early Han Dynasty.

In the early Han Dynasty, there were two main types of knights. One was the old aristocrats of the traditional Six Kingdoms, and the other was the commoners. Zhu Jia, Tian Zhong and others were representatives of the commoners.

Liu Bang's men gathered the old nobles of the Six Kingdoms, as well as two types of knights, commoners.

Liu Bei is not considered a nobleman.

Even if he tried his best to wear the same clothes, practice the same etiquette, read the same books, and eat the same food, he was still not regarded as the same kind by the nobles.

Can Liu Bei be considered a royal?

This seems to be an answer that even Liu Bei doesn't want to think about or face.

Liu Bei is just a knight-errant.

China seems to have had a good impression of the word "Xia" since ancient times. It is a hot-blooded man who is ready to fight injustice. Perhaps because of Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, the level of the ranger became a very strange level in the Han Dynasty.

Because throughout the Han Dynasty, the legal system was imperfect and incomplete, so many matters among the people could not be handled and mediated relatively fairly, so the Rangers were born, and the Rangers' attitude of drawing swords and singing songs, rejoicing in grudges and grudges, also They often become idols worshiped by passionate young people, so the ranger flourishes.

When Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were in Luoyang, they often made friends with the rangers, drinking, singing, and being debauched with each other. This also showed from one aspect the recognition of the rangers by the children of the gentry.

However, rangers are not nobles after all, and true noble children do not value rangers in their bones.

This was something Liu Bei gradually understood after a long, long time.

But it was already too late. The name of a ranger had already been placed on his head. At first, he thought that this was not necessarily a bad thing...

But with this name, Liu Bei once felt proud of himself, but now he feels more and more restricted.

If Liu Bei himself wants to follow in Liu Bang's footsteps, then he can have the temperament and habits of a ranger, but he must not be just a ranger...

After the Zhou Dynasty, with the collapse of the entire social structure, the status of the old nobles who originally lived in the lower classes gradually rose. Especially after the Warring States Period, the original leadership class of the older generation basically declined and gained new say. The status of the gentry was gradually rising, so those who had mastered certain knowledge of literature and martial arts before the pre-Qin period began to seek their own position again, so those who were good at literature became wanderers, and those who were good at martial arts became knights.

Moreover, from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, no matter whether it was internal or external, disputes had never been cut off, so there was a necessary and sufficient condition for warriors and knights.

"Belief and trust are both duties, and both are right and wrong." This is the evaluation of Liu Bang's ministers Ji Bu and Luan Bu. It also laid the foundation for the knights in the Han Dynasty. Therefore, it is also the issue Liu Bei wants to explain.

Guan Yu thought for a while and finally understood what his brother Liu Bei meant.

Part of the reason why Liu Bang was able to win against Xiang Yu was that he not only won the support of two types of knights, including the old nobles of the Six Kingdoms and the grassroots commoners.

Although Xiao Cao, Fan, Chen and Zhang had different identities, they all had a kind of chivalry in their behavior. This temperament was consistent with Liu Bang. It was precisely because of this that many people were attracted and stayed. In the end, Liu Bang's great cause was achieved.

But what Liu Bei lacks now is people. No one comes to the plains at all. How can he talk about development without anyone coming? How big of a scene can he support by just relying on his three brothers, even if they work tirelessly?

In fact, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei both had the temperament of a knight-errant, so they gathered together with Liu Bei and valued promises over life and death. Therefore, after Liu Bei obtained such a scroll of Tai Shigong, he realized this and couldn't wait to call Guan Yu, the only one who could still understand him, to discuss it.

"Brother's intention...but you want to start with Xia?" Guan Yu said.

Liu Bei nodded slightly, "If you want to be famous in the world, you should do it for the world..." Liu Bang successfully transformed from a pavilion chief, a prodigal, and a knight-errant into a leader, a leader, and a spiritual representative. , so today, Liu Bei, can’t he?

I don’t know if I will be scolded if I define it this way... I personally feel that during the Three Kingdoms period, the custom of knights was still very strong, and the attitude of the nobles towards knights was also very subtle, they both accepted and excluded... …Liu Bei is an ambitious man who wears the appearance of a knight-errant... Gongsun Zan is full of knight-errant style, but he is not accepted by the nobles...