Reborn in the Three Kingdoms, I stole Liu Bei's uncle

Just as Liu Yu predicted, Cui Zhouping did not ask any more questions about the poetry, but fell into a long silence.

Liu Yu picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea. He felt a refreshing fragrance as the tea went down his throat and he was filled with admiration in his heart.

After a while, Cui Zhou calmed down and said slowly: "The emperor's uncle is a hero of the time, and he can make great achievements. I am a scholar, and I am weak. If I want to hold a long sword and build a name for eternity, it is not my strength, nor is it my ambition.

We just want to hide in the mountains and forests, with the breeze and the bright moon as our companions, and live out the rest of our lives."

Seeing that Cui Zhouping took the initiative to change the topic, Liu Yu breathed a sigh of relief. In order to prevent Cui Zhouping from shifting the topic back to poetry, Liu Yu decided to take the initiative.

"May I ask you three, why do you study the books of sages so hard?"

"Enlighten your mind and see your nature, and increase your knowledge."

"Knowing etiquette, one knows gains and losses."

"Understand the mysteries of heaven and earth, and understand all things in the world."

The three of them answered Liu Yu's questions concisely.

Although the answers varied in content, it was clear that they were all well thought out.

The general perception at present is that the purpose of studying is to become an official, or to better serve as an official.

They are all children of prominent families, carrying the hopes and glory of their families.

At the beginning of their studies, the head of the family would tell them the ultimate goal of studying, which is to become an official and bring honor to the family.

They study literature hard so that they can handle official documents and government affairs after becoming officials.

From this perspective, the aristocratic families monopolized knowledge, and thus monopolized the upward path for ordinary people.

But the three people cleverly avoided the question of being an official in their answers, as if to tell Liu Yu that they just wanted to retire and had no intention of being an official.

Liu Yu shook his head slowly, obviously dissatisfied with their opinions.

"Does the Emperor's uncle think that studying is for the purpose of becoming an official?" Cui Zhouping couldn't help but started asking directly.

Liu Yu still shook his head and did not answer.

Meng Jian couldn't help but ask, "Besides these, what else is there to study for? Can you please teach me, uncle?"

Liu Yu smiled faintly, acting very calm and composed.

"Establish a mind for the heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the living people, carry forward the unique teachings of the past saints, and create peace for all generations."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was stunned for a moment.

It's no wonder that Master Zhang's summary of these few sentences is so natural and magnificent, unprecedented and unparalleled. Even Confucius would have to give a thumbs up after hearing it.

It is so classic and so misleading. It is just twenty-two words, but it covers everything. This kind of guiding document makes sense no matter how you think about it.

Cui Zhouping's face was flushed, obviously not because of excitement, but because of shame.

In his mind, when Liu Yu talked about the significance of reading, he always thought that Liu Yu wanted to use the significance of reading to persuade them to become officials.

Who knew that Liu Yu had such a profound understanding of the significance of reading.

I am too superficial. Based on what Liu Huangshu said just now, Liu Huangshu has more than monopolized eight buckets. Even if he monopolized one bucket, Cui Zhouping would have no objection.

The distance between himself and Uncle Liu is like the stars to the bright moon, not worth mentioning at all.

Meng Jian and Shi Tao's faces were also blue and red. Their thoughts at this moment were similar to Cui Zhouping's. The arrogance in their hearts had long been blown away by the cold wind in the forest.

Not to mention the three of them, even Guo Jia, who had been following Liu Yu, became much more energetic in an instant.

Since he arrived in Chang'an, he has served under Liu Yu. He thought he knew Liu Yu very well. However, after listening to what Liu Yu said today, Guo Jia realized that he had never recognized Uncle Liu.

Liu Yu originally thought that conquering the world and reviving the Han Dynasty was already his ideal.

Who knew he had such high ambitions?

Just when everything was quiet, a long laugh suddenly broke the silence.

"Great!" An old voice came from not far away. "Uncle Emperor's words are very profound. Today I have seen them all. No wonder Shui Jing boasted about Uncle Emperor in front of me. He said that a person like Uncle Emperor only appears once every five hundred years."

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw an old man in leather clothes riding on a green donkey, walking slowly towards them.

Cui Zhouping and the other two hurriedly stood up and saluted.

"Greetings, Mr. Huang."

The old man got off the donkey and waved his hand slowly, signaling the three people not to be polite. He looked at Liu Yu and saluted and said, "I am Huang Chengyan, and I am honored to meet Uncle Liu."

Huang Chengyan, is this person Zhuge Liang's father-in-law?

Judging from Huang Chengyan’s age, he is at most in his forties, while Zhuge Liang is only in his teens. I wonder what the current situation of the two families is?

Since it involved Zhuge Liang's lifelong affairs, Liu Yu naturally could not ask directly, and could only slowly return the greeting to Huang Chengyan.

After a round of greetings, everyone sat down again.

Huang Chengyan drank a cup of tea and asked, "Uncle Huang is so young, yet he has such ambitions. I really admire him. I have read all the history books, but no one can say such impressive words.

If scholars like me had the same ambition as the emperor's uncle, how could the eunuchs be so monopolistic? How could the people suffer?"

Huang Chengyan recalled some past events and felt a little indignant.

When the eunuchs were in power, scholars kept silent in order to avoid disaster, which led to the deterioration of the Han Dynasty and the current situation.

Huang Chengyan didn't wait for Liu Yu to speak, and seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Not long after the emperor's uncle pacified Xuzhou, he came to Jingzhou. Could it be that the emperor's uncle is going to take Jingzhou next?"

Liu Yu shook his head slowly.

"Liu Jingsheng is also a relative of the Han Dynasty. If you think about it, he is my elder brother. He guards Jingzhou and the people are loyal to him. How could I bear to take it away from him?

Mr. Huang is a great man of the time, he should understand where the real threat to the Han Dynasty lies. "

Huang Chengyan laughed out loud.

"The Yuan family has three dukes in four generations, and their family background is prominent. Yuan Shao occupies four states, has a large number of elite soldiers and generals, and has a strong power. If my prediction is correct, the one who will compete with the emperor's uncle for the world must be this person."

"Mr. Huang has a keen eye, it is indeed so!"

The two chatted for a while, and Liu Yu remembered the purpose of this trip and asked, "Old sir, do you know where Kong Ming went?"

Huang Chengyan shook his head slowly.

"I really don't know where Kong Ming is, but his thatched cottage is not far from here. Uncle, are you interested in going to take a look?"

Liu Yu nodded and said, "Thank you for leading the way, sir."

Huang Chengyan laughed and led everyone up the mountain.

After walking for a few more miles, the originally rugged and upward mountain road gradually became flat.

There was a stream flowing slowly, and on both sides of the stream there was a row of bamboo forests. On one side of the bamboo forest, there stood a thatched cottage.

He walked forward slowly for another dozen steps, hearing the chirping of birds in the trees. Liu Yu looked at the flowing water under the small bridge and the swaying bamboos, and secretly admired in his heart, this is where Zhuge Liang should live!