The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Chen Zhi said: "The other day Yu asked to see his concubine body, and said to his concubine body, rumors are spreading in the city, and in the market, there are all Taoist lords attacking Yan without an edict, domineering and not ministers, but wanting to be Dong Zhuo. Because she is a concubine. There is this question."

Tzuyu is the name of Zhuge Jin.

Zhuge Jin is now the concubine of the Marquis Xunzhen mansion.

He was following behind Chen Zhi at this time, and was also welcoming Xun Zhen.

Xun Zhen turned her gaze to him.

Zhuge Jin bowed his head and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, recently, such rumors have indeed appeared in the city, spreading all over the alleys, and people in the county have spread the rumors a lot."

Xun Zhen asked, "Do you know where this rumor came from?"

Zhuge Jin said: "When I found out that the rumor was rising, the minister reported it to the military advisor. The military advisor has already launched an investigation, but there is no result yet."

"Military division" is the abbreviation of military division and school captain, which is the current official position of Xun Yu.

Xun Zhen thought in her heart: "This rumor will not be born without a reason, it must be spread by someone. If you know in time when it is spread, if you start an investigation, you may be able to find the culprit; if you haven't found the master until now, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find the person behind it."

But there is no need to look for it, Xun Zhen knew that, nine times out of ten, this rumor came from Qing and Yan.

At present, Xuzhou is stable and there is no war and chaos. Many Qing and Yan people have fled here. At the same time, some Qing and Yan scholars are also willing to enter Xu to visit relatives and friends, as a temporary residence, and some even settle in Xu. Because of this, there are quite a lot of young people and Yanshi people in Xuzhou. Although the vast majority of Xu Shimin did not have bad intentions, there were bound to be young and Yanxiao who had malicious intentions mixed in, and in order to prevent Xunzhen from annexing Yanzhou, these subtleties would most likely spread rumors in an attempt to disrupt the Xuzhou's popular heart.

Instead of paying attention to this matter, the top priority is to coax Chen Zhi first.

Not to mention, Chen Zhi was usually gentle and gentle, knowledgeable and courteous, but this seriousness caused Xun Zhen a lot of pressure.

Xun Zhen said generously: "Young Master, you and I have been married for more than ten years. Don't you know what kind of person I am? I don't say that my Xun family is loyal and good to the Han family, and I don't say that since the Yellow Turban rebellion, I fought for the Han family from the south to the north, personally risking arrows and stones, hanging my life on the front, and not talking about the day of the Dong Zhuo, only me, Wentai, Meng De and others dared to enter the army, even if I have the heart to be Dong Zhuo, I will How can I help Yanzhou to destroy the Yellow Turbans in Yanbei? Why don't I just sit back and watch the Yellow Turbans devour Yan soil, and wait until Meng De can't handle it, then I will take the opportunity to send troops? Wouldn't it be easier to take Yan at that time than it is now?"

Chen Zhi's face softened a little and said, "My husband sent troops this time to destroy the Yellow Turbans in Yanzhou, but why did they successively capture Jibei, Rencheng, Shanyang, and Jiyin counties in Yanzhou?"

Xun Zhen sighed and said, "To be honest, after I defeated the Yellow Turbans in Yanbei, I wanted to withdraw my troops, but who knew that Meng De was careful, he thought I was going to capture his Yanzhou, so he sneaked up on Justice and Xuande. It is equivalent to Rencheng. Can I sit back and watch without saving it? Therefore, I am rushing to help Rencheng. How can I know that Mengde's trilogy is too inexperienced, and after a brief confrontation, he scrambles to escape.

"Young Master, you have gone through some of my previous battles. You should know that when you are in a great victory, it is not good for you to be the leader. Therefore, Junqing, Wenqian, Yulang and other ministries, All of them pursued bravely, and the two counties of Shanyang and Jiyin actually gained for me because of this.”

Chen Sun looked at Xun Zhen for a long time, sighed softly, and said, "Husband, do you think I'm stupid?"

"My wife Bingxue is smart, how can she be stupid?"

Chen Zhi said: "You just said those words, coax the three-year-old child!"

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "Young Master, don't you still believe me?"

Chen Zhi's tone was slightly sentimental, and said: "Fang now the Han Dynasty is declining, and the heroes are competing. Although the concubine rarely leaves the door, I also know that Jizhou Yuan Benchu, Youzhou Gongsun Bogui, Nanyang Yuan Gonggong are all cherished, except for In addition, there are many people with ambitions, but the husband, as you said, the husband's family is Zhongliang of the Han family. , The concubine's grandfather has a great reputation in the world, and the concubine only hopes that the husband will not make a dirty family voice."

Xun Zhen said solemnly, "Don't I know about Madam's good intentions? Don't worry, Madam, I am definitely not someone like Yuan Benchu, Gongsun Bogui, Yuan Gonggong! My ambition, Madam should know, to eliminate the chaos of the army and to bring peace to the people, that's all. If it doesn't work out, I will be a loyal minister of the Han family; even if I can fulfill my wish, I will rebuild the rivers and mountains for the Han family, and I will end my life as a minister of the Han family."

Chen Zhi stopped talking, and beckoned Ji Xia, who was standing behind her, to come over.

Ji Xia is the eldest son of Xun Zhen, who is four years old this year.

Xun Zhen squatted down, opened his hand at him, and said with a smile, "Son, do you want to be a father?"

Ji Xia trotted over, threw herself into Xun Zhen's arms, reached out to touch Xun Zhen's nose, and said in a milky voice, "Think!"

Xun Zhen picked him up and asked Chen Zhi, "Where is Zuo?"

A Zuo is the second son of Xun Zhen, born of Chi's maid. A Zuo is young, only a little over a year old.

Chen Zhi said, "I just fell asleep." Although Ah Zuo is not from Chen Zhi, Chen Zhi treats him equally, and treats him very much. When she mentions Ah Zuo, her seriousness and sadness have disappeared, and she has become chatty without realizing it. He got up and said, "Husband, you don't know, A Zuo can really make trouble! Last night, A Chong couldn't coax him, neither could his concubine. He started crying, and he was coaxed until he was coaxed to fall asleep." Looking at Xun Zhen's eyes, he said, "I can't wake up my husband just because he is back, right? If he wakes up, who will coax him? If your husband is willing to coax him, I will go and carry him."

Xun Zhen hurriedly stopped her and said with a smile, "It's the time to grow up, and if he falls asleep, let him sleep! I'll tease him at night."

Feeling neglected, Ji Xia grabbed Xun Zhen's short mustache and tugged it hard.

He didn't have much strength, and he didn't feel pain, but Xun Zhen pretended to be in pain and cried out in order to tease him.

Ji Xia giggled.

Xun Zhen now has a group of children, Ji Xia and A Zuo are two slightly older ones. The maid named Miao Ji that Wu Concubine and Yin Xiu gave to Xun Zhen gave birth to a daughter and a son successively this year. After all, he has one daughter and three sons.

Chen Zhi

After watching happily for a while playing with Xun Zhen and Ji Xia, remembering something, he pointed to a car that followed Xun Zhen into the courtyard, and asked, "Husband, who is in that car?"

Just now, all I was thinking about was "home and everything goes well", racking my brains, thinking that to dispel Chen Zhi's suspicions, but forgot the car. After being reminded by Chen Zhi, Xun Zhen hurriedly put Ji Xia down and said, "Madam, I'll introduce you to a daughter of a famous family."

Chen Zhi is a woman after all. Although she is usually magnanimous, regardless of whether Xun Zhen takes a concubine, she never imagined that while Xun Zhen was fighting, she would still have a leisurely heart to stir up trouble. "Okay, let me see who is the girl."

Xun Zhen knew she had misunderstood, but she didn't explain it. She went to the car, lifted the curtain, opened the door, and invited the woman in the car to get out.

Chen Zhi and the others looked over and saw that this daughter was fifteen or sixteen years old, with a normal appearance, but she had the spirit of poetry and literature, giving people the feeling of Tsinghua.

It was Cai Jun.

Xun Zhen introduced solemnly: "This is the daughter of the former Zuo Zhonglang general Chen Liu Cai Gong."

Chen Zhi was astonished and thought, "Cai Yong's daughter?" The jealousy disappeared. Looking up and down, she felt that she was indeed Cai Yong's daughter. She had a graceful appearance and dignified manner. After returning a salute, he wondered, "Cai Gong's family is in Chenliu. This time, the husband attacked Yan, but he didn't come to Chenliu. How could his daughter come to Xu with her husband?" It was hard to ask in front of Cai Jun, Didn't even ask.

Xun Zhen said, "Young Master, I'll leave her to you. You can set up a place for her, with a few maids, and she must be treated well."

Chen Zhi said: "I don't need my husband to explain, I naturally know."

A young man's eyes, like encountering a magnet, stuck on Cai Jun's body, and he was reluctant to move them away for a long time.

Cai Jun felt his gaze and looked up.

The two looked at each other.

The young man's face immediately turned red, he hurriedly turned his eyes away, looked at the fruit trees by the lower yard, raised his head, and pretended to look at the sky again.

This scene was seen by Xun Zhen.

Xun Zhen's heart moved, and she thought: "Speaking of which, Kong Ming and Cai Jun are quite the same age, and Kong Ming is probably only two or three years younger than her? What kind of woman is he not worthy of? I am worried that I can't arrange Cai Jun, if Kong Ming admires her, I can match one or two."

That boy was Zhuge Liang.

Because of Xun Zhen's invitation, the Zhuge Liang brothers and sisters now play with Ji Xia, A Zuo, especially Ji Xia, and they are no different from Xun Zhen's family. Therefore, Zhuge Liang also accompanied Chen Zhi and Zhuge Jin in Xun. Xun Zhen came out of the house.

Nowadays, most men and women get married at the age of 13 or 14. Even if it is too early, it doesn't matter if they get married a year or two later. It does not affect the development of Zhuge Liang and Cai Jun first.

However, they said that Chen Zhi and the others welcomed Xun Zhen into the back house, and Zhuge Jin and the others dispersed, so that Xun Zhen could take a bath, Zhuge Liang carried Ji Xia away.

After Chen Zhi settled Cai Jun, he came to ask Xun Zhen why Cai Jun came to Xu with him.

Xun Zhen had just taken a shower, and told Chen Zhi in detail about the ins and outs. At the end, she sighed and said, "Gong Cai died in the court, the eldest daughter Cai Yan was in the army of the thieves, and her whereabouts were unknown. The family of three was plundered by the Taiwanese soldiers, and their fate was bumpy! In the next day, the Son of Heaven was held hostage by chaotic officials, and the prefectures and counties were in turmoil. With the high name of Cai Gong and the high family of Cai, it was still difficult to protect themselves. What about ordinary people? Young master, I also know when this world will be able to end the chaos, return to unity, and bring peace to the people!"

Chen Zhi really knew Xun Zhen quite well. He knew that he always cared about the people. Hearing his emotional remarks, he said, "Isn't my husband saying that re-establishing the world for the Han family is my husband's ambition? Unremittingly, returning the peace to the people, sooner or later it will be possible!"

"What Madam just said is not bad. Jizhou Yuan Benchu, Youzhou Gongsun Bogui, and Nanyang Yuan Gonggong are indeed arrogant! Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shu are nothing more than a brave man and a fierce thief on the road, nothing to worry about. Only that Yuan Benchu ​​was quite a scholar, and Jizhou is also a strong state, which is the foundation of Guangwu's revival of the Han family! This person will really become my strong enemy."

Chen Zhi encouraged him and said, "In the eyes of my concubine, Yuan Benchu ​​is inferior to my husband."

"Oh? Where is it better than me?"

"In the past, when the princes asked Dong, the husband led the army to drive him, but he was fighting for power and profit, thinking about killing Zhang Mengzhuo. Compared with the husband, he stood above and below one of the husbands. Although I don't know how Yuan Benchu ​​was in Jizhou, how to govern the people Yes, but the husband loves the people like a son, this is my personal experience, I think Yuan Benchu ​​must be inferior to the husband, and this is not as good as the second husband."

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "Are there three more?"

"Yuan Benchu ​​does not have the heart of a minister, and everyone knows that as long as the husband is the royal family, loyal and righteous scholars will abandon Yuan Benchu ​​and gather under the husband's command, which is not as good as the third husband."

Chen Zhi mentioned "the royal family of Naixin" in the "Third". It sounds like she asked Xunzhen if she wanted to be Dong Zhuo. It seems to mean the same thing, but it is not. Shicai's main meaning in her words was that she did not want Xunzhen to tarnish the upright clan of the Xun family and the Chen family; this time, the main meaning of her words was that Xunzhen could use the banner of loyalty to the Han family to attack Xunzhen. Yuan Shao, who has a heartless heart.

Xun Zhen understood what she meant, went to her, held her hand, and said, "Young Master, you are really my virtuous wife!"

Chen Zhi's face was thin, and even though she was an old husband and wife, her face was flushed because of Xun Zhen's affectionate gesture.

Seeing her so shy, Xun Zhen didn't feel emotional.

He grabbed Chen Zhi's waist and walked towards the bed.

...

The next day, Xun Zhen got up early in the morning, Xun Yu, Chen Qun and others had already arrived at his house, waiting in the front courtyard.

In the front courtyard where Xun Zhen arrived, he recounted a little about the banquet of the Yanzhou group of scholars that day, as well as Xun You's killing of officials, and said to Xun Yu and others: "Yan soil is easy to obtain, but the hearts of scholars are difficult to gain. Fortunately, Gongda is a little more talented, and having him in charge will make me feel relieved."

Xun Yu said: "Gongda is resourceful and dares to make decisions, brother, don't worry, he will be cured! The only worry is that Cao Dongjun will definitely not give up, I don't know when he will attack Jiyin. If it is a year or two later, then there will be no worries; if it is within a year or two, Yanzhou will have to fight another battle.”

"Yuan Benchu ​​is now

Unable to help him, he should not counterattack in the near future. Speaking of Cao Cao, Xun Zhen brought up the "rumor" he heard yesterday and asked, "Wen Ruo, is it possible to find out the source of the rumor? "

Xun Yu shook his head and said, "I've traced it again and again, but I still don't know where and who it came from."

Xun Zhen asked calmly: "Aside from the rumors in the market, what are the opinions of the scholars in Tan County?"

Xun Yu said: "Many scholars believe that this rumor must have come from Yanzhou. In the wind discussion, there is no bad comment on Brother A."

After Xun Zhen took control of Xuzhou, although he killed some tyrants, on the whole, he was very polite to the scholars in Xuzhou.

Xu Shi leaders such as Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong, and Xu Shi's backbone such as Wang Lang and Chen Deng, he not only reused them all, such as Zhang Zhao, who was engaged in state governance and one of the chief officials of the state government, and Zhang Hong, who was a state official. Engaged in sacrificial wine, he is above Zhang Zhao, and he is the head of all the employees. Wang Lang, now the prefect of Guangling, Chen Deng, now the prime minister of Langya, and Mi Zhu and Mi Fang, now one is Pengcheng Cheng, the other is the supervisor of Tiedu There are more than a hundred others who served as officials in the state, county, and county; moreover, the outstanding ones were selected from the Xun family who followed him in the army, and they married the families of these scholars on a large scale, such as Xun Changzhi. The wives were Zhang Zhao's concubine, Xun Pu's wife, Zhang Hong's daughter, Xun Dao's wife, Chen Deng's sister, etc. Even Xun Zhen himself accepted Mi Zhu's sister.

It can be said that now, Xun Zhen has successfully integrated the people of Henan and Ji scholars under his account with the nobles of Xuzhou. It is a political group that includes Xuzhou scholars.

In this context, whether it is Yanzhou or Qingzhou, the rumors spread in Tanxian are most likely to be circulated among the people in the city and among the gentry in Xuzhou, and they will not care about it. Why, could it be possible to overthrow Xun Zhen and bring Cao Cao in because of a rumor? This is obviously impossible. ——I won’t say whether this can be done, but just say that Xuzhou scholars are already part of the current political group Xunzhen, in other words, they are already vested interests, so why bother? Of course they don't.

Xun Zhen was also sure of this.

That's why he didn't call Xun Yu immediately after hearing about it yesterday.

Xun Zhen nodded, thought about it for a moment, and said, "Although rumors stop at the wise, don't let this rumor spread."

Xun Yu asked, "Brother, what do you want to do? Is it forbidden?"

Xun Zhen smiled and said: "Don't you hear 'the mouth of defending the people is better than defending the river'? Prohibition is the last policy."

"Then what's your brother's idea?"

"Wenruo, today you are spreading the word about the counties in Xizhou, saying that my entry into Yan is for the purpose of killing the thieves among the people of Yan, and Meng De steals Yanzhou and feels uneasy, because it is against me, and the counties of Shanyang are for me."

"Brother, if you do this, will you?"

"Would it be too straightforward, and it would make me seem like a thief with a guilty conscience?"

"Yes."

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "These contents are only the first half of the narration. It is an introduction, and the focus is on the back."

Xun Yu slightly guessed Xun Zhen's intention and asked, "What's the point?"

"The key point is that Yanzhou urgently needs good talent and stability, and ordered the prefectures to recommend talents, regardless of officials or people. As long as they have both talents and virtues, their names can be listed and reported to the prefecture for promotion."

Xun Yu, Chen Qun and others clasped their hands and praised: "This is a sincere and wonderful strategy!"

Not only through the content of the first half, it informed the people of "how the battle of Yanzhou was fought", but also by ordering the talents of the counties, it opened a fast lane for the talents of the counties to advance, and won the hearts of the scholars.

Killing two birds with one stone, indeed.

And by the way, he poured a pot of dirty water on Cao Cao, which was a small counterattack to the rumor that "Xun Zhen wants to be Dong Zhuo".

Xun Zhen said, "I'll give another order to the counties."

"Dare to ask, brother, what's the content?"

"Order all counties to list and recruit warriors. Those who are qualified to join the army will be exempted from tax for one year, and they will be given money for food and clothing in the army, and they will be given preferential treatment."

"Giving money" is military pay.

The current soldiers, some are recruited, some are recruited, and those who are recruited are based on military service~www.wuxiaspot.com~ This is the obligation of the people; those who are recruited are recruited, and those who are recruited are , according to the agreement, to all have employment value, that is, military pay.

It is not enough to further consolidate and consolidate the minds of scholars. The people are based on the country, and the most fundamental thing is the people. Therefore, after opening the way for the scholars to make progress, they must also be gracious to the people.

"Exempt his family from tax for one year, and give him money for his clothing and food in the army, all of them are given preferential treatment." This is the kindness given to the people.

After conquering Yanzhou, Xunzhen's troops were a bit insufficient, and by taking advantage of the favorable treatment of recruiting troops to eliminate the rumors among the people, through this policy, the army could also be expanded.

This is again a two-pronged approach.

Xun Yu smiled and said, "Brother, this strategy is also wonderful!"

After talking about these two things, Xun Zhen asked, "Wen Ruo, how are you arranging for the Yellow Turban to surrender?"

"The Yellow Turban soldiers who were escorted to the prefecture, including men and women, old and weak, totaled nearly 100,000. According to Brother A's order, 10,000 strong veterans were selected and handed over to Uncle Zhi, who will conduct preliminary work. Reorganization and training, the rest were distributed to Donghai, Langya, Pengcheng, Xiapi, Guangling and other counties, and the prefects of the counties gave their fields, unified farming, and Jiang Qin and Zaozhi were in charge.”

Shuzhi is the word of Chen Dao. Chen Dao and Zhao Yun were the two most skilled soldiers under Xun Zhen's tent. Jiangqin and Zaozhi, Jiangqin is now a high-yield middle-ranking general, and Zaozhi is now a field commander. They are in charge of the field of Xuzhou agriculture.

Xun Zhen asked, "Does Tan County have any assignments to the Yellow Turbans?"

Xun Yu replied, "Yes."

"Come on, let's go and see!"

Xun Zhen got up and stepped out of the hall.

Xun Yu, Chen Qun, and others hurriedly followed him, went out to the street, got into the car, and accompany him to inspect the site.

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Just saw the leader of Xiaotianxin L, thank you!