Three Kingdoms: I am not Liu Bian

Chapter 98 The prince is an unfilial and unfaithful beast!
December 25, the sixth year of Guanghe
It had been two days since the Yellow Turbans were defeated, but Liu Bian was not in a hurry to return to Luoyang.

There are many famous scholars in Hebei. How could he not enrich his Prince's Mansion when he came to Hebei?

The first stop was the Julu City in front of him.

After a brief meeting with Julu County Prefect Guo Dian, Liu Bian ordered Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan to station the Yulin Cavalry outside the city, and only brought Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Qian Zhao and ten guards from the Prince's Palace into the city.

Although he was in the city to visit talented people, Liu Bian also intended to investigate the people's livelihood in the city, so he was wearing a dark and gorgeous suit today, acting like a young man from a noble family.

Although Julu City experienced war after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the main body of the city wall did not suffer any damage, and the towering city walls still stand tall.

Liu Bian rode his horse on the street. Although it was no longer as prosperous as before, there were people on the street.

In the market in the west of the city, cloth banners swayed gently in the breeze. Under the faded banner of "Zhang's Silk Shop", old weavers washed and separated the jute cloth seized by the county soldiers into warp threads. When the wooden shuttle passed through the newly stretched loom, it brought up fine dust fibers that fluttered like snow.

Outside a tavern on the street, a man removed the elm boards that had sealed the door during the war. The sour aroma of pickled turnips wafted from the kitchen, mixed with the sweetness of overnight liquor. The sour and sweet aroma was quite tempting.

Liu Bian nodded slightly, and was quite satisfied with the living conditions of the people in Julu City after the war. He also recognized the political achievements of Guo Dian, the prefect of Julu County.

After walking another three hundred steps, Liu Bian and his party finally stopped outside a mansion with a plaque on the door that read "Tian's".

In front of the mansion gate, a scholar in Confucian robes had already been standing outside waiting, and this person was also the target of Liu Bian's visit to Julu City today.

Since you are visiting a wise man, you should respect him.

Yesterday, the Crown Prince sent the Crown Prince's Groom to deliver his business card to him and arranged for a visit today.

"Tian Feng greets..."

Tian Feng leaned forward to salute, but was stopped by the prince, who shook his head slightly to signal Tian Feng not to salute.

Tian Feng noticed that the prince was wearing a dark casual suit today and was accompanied by only twelve guards. He thought he was entering the city in a low-key manner.

Subconsciously, Tian Feng's impression of the Han crown prince in front of him changed a little.

Tian Feng did not say anything more. He led the prince half a body ahead to guide the way and sat down in the main hall of the mansion.

Sitting in the main seat, the prince looked at Tian Feng who was sitting at the lower right. Tian Feng had sharp eyebrows and eyes, and regular features. Although he was a scholar, he had a face that looked as if it was carved by a knife and an axe. Combined with the beard under his chin, he looked quite majestic without even being angry.

Tian Feng was also looking at the prince. There seemed to be a gentle smile on his handsome face all the time. That smile seemed to have a bewitching effect, making people unconsciously want to get close to His Royal Highness the Prince.

However, despite not wanting to disturb the people and disrupt their livelihood, Tian Feng had many opinions about this extremely friendly Crown Prince.

"I have heard that there is a wise man in Julu named Tian Yuanhao. I have come to visit him today and hope to go back to Luoyang with Yuanhao." Liu Bian smiled and extended his hand to Tian Feng, bluntly expressing the purpose of his visit today.

Tian Feng was somewhat surprised by the Crown Prince's direct solicitation, but he did not accept it. Instead, he turned sideways to face the Crown Prince, his eyes sharp as a torch, and said, "I have three questions for Your Highness."

"Your Highness, as a son, you imprison your own father; as a minister, you imprison the emperor. Is this filial piety? Is this loyalty?" Seeing the prince nod, Tian Feng stared at the prince with a slight gaze and uttered a sentence that shocked everyone present.

"How dare you, you lowly scholar!" Xu Chu stood beside the prince with his eyes wide open. His scolding and the sound of drawing a sword reached everyone's ears.

"Xu Zhongkang is so outrageous!"

Liu Bian shouted, and a hint of coldness flashed in his calm eyes. Even a fierce general like Xu Chu, whose hands were stained with the blood of countless enemies, could not help but tremble slightly.

"But this person..."

Xu Chu glared at Tian Feng hatefully. His behavior just now was not just the reaction that a prince's guard should have when the prince was insulted like this, but like the equally angry Dian Wei, he really wanted to kill the man in front of him.

"Ok?"

Liu Bian glanced at Dian Wei and Xu Chu, and the two of them immediately stopped and dared not to do anything else, but a hint of murderous intent still flashed in their eyes.

"Ha, ha ha ha."

In fact, Liu Bian was also a little angry in his heart. He had been in power for more than eight months, and no one had ever dared to question him or insult him in person. He couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, and actually laughed in anger.

"Is this filial piety? Is this loyalty?" Liu Bian's chest heaved violently. He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. He looked at Tian Feng with indifferent eyes and pointed at himself with his right hand. "Yuan Hao can say it bluntly, 'The Crown Prince is an unfilial and disloyal beast!'"

Qian Zhao, who was standing outside the main hall, looked at the prince with some concern, fearing that the prince was so angry with Tian Feng that he would not scold himself.

"Well, I've spoken your heart out. Does it make you feel better?" Liu Bian slowly stood up and walked steadily to Tian Feng's side. He pointed to the historian writing furiously behind Xu Chu and said, "Look, the historian has already recorded Yuan Hao's words and mine in the history books. Future generations will despise me as an unfilial and disloyal son."

"But so what? I don't care!"

"What is 'filial piety'? Does it mean that I must watch my father, the Emperor, lose his ambition, indulge in sensual pleasures, neglect governing the country, and hand over the country and people passed down by our ancestors to me?"

"What is 'loyalty'? Does it mean to sit by and watch the Qiang, Hu, Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Xiongnu of the north oppress the people of the Han Dynasty, to watch insects and worms eat away at the foundations of the Han Dynasty, and to watch the Han Dynasty perish like this, only then can it be considered 'loyalty'?"

Liu Bian took a step forward, pointed at Tian Feng's nose and angrily scolded him, "Your filial piety is just a small filial piety, and your loyalty is just a small loyalty. I am different from you. I want to be a person with great filial piety and great loyalty!"

"Even if the world can't understand me, all they can do is give me the posthumous title of 'Li' after I die!"

Qian Zhao, who was standing outside the door, looked at the historian writing freely with his white brush. He really wanted to come in and stop the prince from continuing.

"Li" is such an evil posthumous name, how could one accept it?
Killing innocent people is called Li, being tyrannical and cruel is called Li, being stubborn, cruel and rude is called Li.

Liu Bian flicked his sleeves, snorted coldly, and suddenly turned his head to look at the historian. He said, "However, the history books should record that 'Emperor Li raised the crumbling house and restored the ancestral throne. Internally, he cultivated civil governance and brought peace to the country; externally, he repelled the barbarians and expanded the territory by thousands of miles. The barbarians submitted to him, and the eight wildernesses came to pay homage. Wherever his banner pointed, everyone bowed their heads and respected his rule.'"

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PS: I have added one extra chapter (2,000 words) so far. I wanted to add more chapters today, but my boss suddenly decided to go to Shanghai in the afternoon without telling me in advance. I was busy all morning preparing matters for the boss's business trip (I am his assistant), including adjusting and planning the itinerary and asking others to prepare the materials needed to meet with clients.

Anyway, I was incredibly busy all day today, and the only time I could relax was on the high-speed train. I should have another update later this evening or tomorrow morning, so please bear with me, as I will definitely not miss out on the updates I need.

(End of this chapter)