The portable magic tower of the Three Kingdoms

Yes, busy, technically everyone is busy...

"Both and each other, Liu just came to Luoyang, he is not familiar with the place, and he doesn't know where to go, so it's not good to invite me casually, and I hope Brother Benchu ​​will not take offense." Liu Tao must be polite.

The two of you said something to each other, as if they had suddenly become friends who hadn't seen each other for many years, it was almost not to the extent of being directly sworn brothers.The guests around are naturally very strange, who is this young man?

Fortunately, most of them came here with the elders, the younger ones didn't know, but the big bosses at the level of the three gongs and nine ministers must have recognized Liu Tao.Looking at the doubtful eyes cast on his son, he introduced in a low voice.

A clan member of the Han Dynasty, a military official, and a student of Lu Zhi, these three identities are indeed a bit shocking.Regardless of the number of great achievements in half a year, there are countless minor achievements, but becoming a general of Habayashi from nothing, this is the manifestation of hard power.

Looking at them again, they are basically Lang Guan, and some of them have not even become officials, after all, they have not yet reached the crown.

"Isn't it just luck, taking advantage of the yellow turban thieves making trouble..." Inevitably, there were one or two bitterness, I just think Liu Tao was lucky and caught up with a good time.

The key point is that as long as there are more than two people with this kind of thinking, they will form a tandem, and suddenly a small team has formed vaguely, intending to make things difficult for Liu Tao in this literary meeting.

After all, although Liu Tao is a student of Lu Zhi, he was appointed as an official because of his military merits. As for Wen Tao, he doesn't know what to do.

Of course, Liu Tao didn't know about this. He was still thinking about what Yuan Shao's plans were for being so enthusiastic.It is estimated that he will never have such a brain-dead idea of ​​​​wooing him. After getting along for so long, he must know that he is on Liu Hong's side.

Then there is the deduction of interests in terms of political affiliation, for example, commercial profits...

Thinking of this, Liu Tao understood that there was a high probability that Yuan Shao should have come here for the papermaking workshop.After all, under the name of the Yuan family, there are actually two paper-making practices, the scale of which is larger than that of the royal family, and the key is the almost monopolized acquisition of raw materials.

It is because of the crowding out of these two workshops that the Royal Manufacture Workshop has been losing money. Otherwise, why would Liu Hong transfer it to himself with a wave of his hand?

So, is Yuan Valve interested in the profit of toilet paper?Liu Tao couldn't help but maliciously speculate, was he planning to ask for the craftsmanship, or to buy shares directly?Having said that, this concept should be proposed first, right?

Strictly speaking, the concept of shares should have only existed in the Song Dynasty, right? !

Yuan Shao was not just here to receive Liu Tao, but seemed to be responsible for receiving other guests as well.At the same time, there was another young man who was receiving guests, who was somewhat similar to him, and it should be his younger brother Yuan Shu.

Originally, one was the elder brother of the concubine, and the younger brother of the concubine.But as Yuan Shao adopted Yuan An, the eldest son of the concubine became the eldest son of the collateral line, and the half-brother became the clan brother.

Cai Yan was already mixed with other female relatives, so naturally it was impossible to come over to say hello.Liu Tao didn't talk nonsense, the three foster brothers, according to Yuan Shao's arrangement, just sat down and waited.

There are two seats in each building, and more than 70 guests are invited, plus the female relatives, at least six to seventy people.It's just that the female relatives don't seem to eat here.

"Women are not allowed to eat at the table?" Liu Tao asked in a low voice.

"Separate seats for men and women." Lu Yan didn't know where Liu Tao heard about it, so she explained in a low voice.

From "Book of Rites Internal Rules": For seven years, men and women have different seats and do not eat together.Confucius advocated this, and the rulers are all Confucian disciples, so in some more formal banquets, the female relatives arrange the banquet in other places, separate from the male side.

Taking a step back, a man can talk about a woman in ten sentences, and it will be embarrassing to talk about which girl in a brothel is talented and talented in front of other women's family members.If you don't talk about it, the atmosphere will not be lifted, and it will seem boring.

"It means that there are fewer female hooligans these days..." Liu Tao sighed a little after hearing this.

As the guests arrived one after another, the court food was served one after another.What made Liu Tao dumbfounded was that the ones served were white flour steamed buns, steamed stuffed buns and soybean milk fritters.In front of yourself, the 'creator', show this stuff, are you embarrassed?

The key point is that those who feel surprised, or have never seen these things, Liu Tao looked around and found that there really seemed to be none.Now you can see ghosts, these things, could it be that everyone has unknowingly become known? !

Meow, you haven't paid me the patent fee yet, okay?At the beginning, Liu Tao made it out by himself to satisfy his own appetite, and then he was afraid that Liu Hong would be greedy, so he offered it to the palace.

According to this logic, it is said that the palaces of all dynasties are sieves, and it seems that there is no problem with this sentence.It might not even be a sieve, but a funnel at all!

"It's not as delicious as what my brother made..." Zhang Fei muttered after eating a few mouthfuls of buns.

The key point is that the atmosphere is very bad. In the past, in the army, eating such buns in two or three bites, and then pouring a bowl of soy milk, that feeling is called cool!But here, if you eat too fast, you will look too rude, and if you eat one or two slowly, it will be uncomfortable to watch!

Fortunately, it's not 'eat without talking', we also chat with each other, otherwise it feels weird to eat quietly like this.

More officials were talking, talking about the situation of the Han dynasty.Chatting and chatting, it is unavoidable to talk about the deficit of the national treasury. The reason for the deficit of the national treasury is that the eunuchs have caused the local people to live in poverty. The survival of the people is still a problem, and how to pay taxes.

Still sighing, every time taxes are collected, I don’t know how many people are forced to sell their children and daughters, and their families are ruined...

Liu Tao just looked at them silently and said, secretly said: Approval, just criticize, I don't know that the poor life of the people is the fault of the landlord annexing the land.

The real culprit is the weather. In the past ten years, there have been droughts and floods.The people themselves are on the food and clothing line, and those who can survive a few years ago must have been rich peasants a few years ago.A few years ago, the farmer was probably either dead or sold himself.

The words are not speculative, but they have different positions. Liu Tao simply kept silent and let them say whatever they like...

Chapter 207: Straight Talk

"General Liu Zhonglang, you don't seem to be very interested?" Liu Tao didn't speak, but others might not plan to let him go.Seeing that the four of them were eating in silence like this, they couldn't help but ask questions, with a slightly teasing tone.

"Since it's the time of the meal, you should enjoy it. Let's talk about this white flour steamed bun. I don't know how much time it takes from grinding the flour to sifting. It takes a while to add yeast to the flour to achieve such a soft taste. ..." Liu Tao tore off some steamed buns, looked at it and said.

He put the steamed buns in his mouth, looked at everyone, and said: "Compared with traditional cooking cakes, wheat bran is a waste. The more you make, the more wheat bran you waste. Besides, soy milk, fried dough sticks, whether they are made Both the process and the materials are wasteful."

"General Liu Zhonglang means..." Yuan Kai stepped forward, and he vaguely guessed what Liu Tao meant.

"In the past few years, the climate has been unstable, and many people have problems eating. We eat such delicate food here, and talk about the suffering of the people...Anyway, I can't see where the 'benevolence and justice' is." Liu Tao replied casually. road.

"The celestial phenomenon has changed, but..." It is rare that someone intends to refute it with the induction between heaven and man.

"This kind of remarks, which are used to deceive ignorant people, and to trick His Majesty, are brought up at this level of literary conference... Are you stupid in reading?" Liu Tao directly turned back.

When he said those words, he knew that someone was going to use the telepathy between heaven and man to deal with him.

The man smashed his mouth, felt that Liu Tao was a bit rebellious, but looking around, although Sangong Jiuqing looked weird, he didn't seem to intend to refute this statement.

In fact, everyone knows some things, but this thing is good for them, so we should promote it.

"Besides, you didn't seem to have thought about the risks when you set the trap." Liu Tao looked at everyone, "It is true that there is something wrong with the weather, that is, there are treacherous officials in the court. But this has been the case for a while. , then who is the villain, the villain is the treacherous minister? In the end, it is interesting to put yourself in it?!"

There are advantages and disadvantages, and it is really easy to kill a certain enemy through the induction between heaven and man.But the problem is, like this, once every few years, is it necessary to find someone to take responsibility every two years?

Speaking of which, Liu Tao remembers that among the three men present, none of them will be able to survive next year, and all of them will be dismissed from their posts, just in different order.

Yuan Kui was dismissed in February, and Taiwei Deng Sheng was dismissed in April; Zhang Wen was lucky, not dismissed, but transferred to General Cheqi in August, which also means that Beigong Boyu rebelled, and it should have happened in July Up and down in August.

Later, because of this, he was promoted to Taiwei in 186, but unfortunately he was dismissed the following year.Interestingly, from this year onwards, all the Sangongs were dismissed after almost a year in office.The three men are all like this, so can Jiuqing be spared?

In this era, there is no one like Liu Tao who has made things clear.When he said that, most of the younger generation were not convinced, but the old foxes began to think.

Many people do realize that the weather in recent years has not been normal.Either earthquakes, floods, droughts, or migratory locusts... There are natural disasters every year. According to the meaning of the induction between heaven and man, it means that there are traitors in the court.

"That can also be said to be the ten permanent attendants!" A young man next to Zhu Jun stepped forward immediately.Judging by his appearance, he has several similarities with Zhu Jun, so he should be Zhu Jun's heir.

Considering the eldest son Zhu Fu's official position as governor of Jiaozhou, it should be Zhu Hao who later served as the prefect of Yuzhang, right?

"Heaven-human induction is not only used by scholars. Your Majesty insists on saying that he is a certain minister, and he insists on replacing them one by one to try and see. Who can do it?" Liu Tao retorted, "Could it be that God, who is the traitor by name? Whose and so?"

Heaven and man induction is not only used by the gentry, it is like putting a dog on a leash, if it is a Pekingese or something, then naturally it will be led away obediently...

But the problem is that it must be attached to a large one like Erha, and it can jump off the hitch... Who can guarantee that the one who walks the dog will not be dragged to death by Erha?Thinking about it carefully, Liu Hong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, is indeed a bit out of character.

No, Liu Kuan immediately thought about it, thinking that this thing seems to be really useful.Maybe, after the literary meeting, it will be passed on to Liu Hong, which is what Liu Tao wanted.