The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Zhang Miao asked, "Is it time to take Jiyin?"

Chen Gong was refreshed, and his expression was excited, but when he saw his high-ranked Confucian robe, one hand behind his waist, and Wan Qian's reply in the other, he stood upright in the hall, quite like a jade tree facing the wind, and his tone was full of joy that a major event was about to happen. , said: "Yes, Duke Ming!" He shook Wan Qian's letter in his hand twice, and said, "Master Ming, this is the reply letter from Wan Qian to me, and he is willing to be Duke Ming's inner response!"

Hearing this, Zhang Miao was also slightly overjoyed, and said, "Oh? Is that so?" He settled on Wan Qian's letter.

Chen Gongqu stepped forward and presented Wan Qian's letter to him.

When Zhang Miao was reading the letter, Chen Gong said, "Ming Gong, Wan Qian said in the letter that Zhang Chang, a member of the Gong's clan, was killed for Gao Su for no reason, but Xun Zhendong was not convicted, and he was only ordered to replace him. , Xun Gongda is even more silent! Liu Fu was in Jiyin, and he killed Li Cao, a hero of the Cheng clan! And I heard that Xu Zhuo was in Jibei, attracting thieves, and he gave him the land of the good people, and he really made Jibei. The complaints were full of complaints. Xu Zhuo took away a lot of the fields in the Ming clan in various names. The gentry in the Jibei kingdom tried to persuade him, but Xu Zhuo didn't listen. All these things are impossible to do, Xun Zhendong's tyranny Unkindness, driving tigers and shepherding sheep, through these things, they showed it most vividly!

"Wan Qian suddenly came to his senses and changed his past. He felt sorry for Bao Yuncheng's heroic death rather than surrender, and he felt sorry for my Yan people who were ravaged by the iron hooves of Xuzhou, and the county and county were ruined, so I wanted to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, put the chaos in order, and never surrender. Duke Ming, be willing to respond to Duke Ming!"

"Xu Zhuo is in Jibei" and so on. The content written by Wan Qian in the letter is not a rumor, but it is only a conclusion from his standpoint and point of view. "If you look at it from the standpoint of waiting, then the conclusion you draw will be that Wan Qian's conclusion is completely different, completely different.

Those so-called "thieves" in Wan Qianxin are actually not real thieves.

Yes, these thieves also disturbed the place and plundered the people, but not long ago, these thieves belonged to the people too! It was only because of the Yellow Turban invasion, burning, killing and looting that they were already impoverished and suffered from the scourge of war, and after the soldiers from Yanzhou who fought with the Yellow Turbans arrived in Jibei, although they were state soldiers, they were later supplied by logistics. There are many reasons for not being able to keep up, but many of their actions are no different from the Yellow Turbans. The same is true of looting food and other things from the people everywhere, and forcibly pulling the civilians, etc., so they suffer from military disasters again, and it is really impossible to survive. , and had nowhere to go, because it was only because they gathered a crowd that they turned into thieves.

After Xu Zhuo arrived in Jibei Kingdom, after a serious investigation, he found out the origins of the large and small groups of thieves in the territory, and learned that they are not the same thing as "Yellow Turban thieves"--although the Yellow Turban Army was scorned by the court and the official army. They are thieves, but in fact they are essentially different from "thieves". What is a thief? Robbery, murder and arson, bullying and infringing upon the common people, can be called thieves; the Yellow Turbans are different. The Yellow Turbans also endanger local areas, but these are not their mainstays. If you are dead, Huang Tian will stand." It means to change the dynasty, and in the words of later generations, it means to overthrow those who oppressed and exploited them, although their former leader Zhang Jiao Fubi was actually one of those who oppressed and exploited them. One member, but in any case, their call to raise troops is to build a new world based on the ideal state described in the Taiping Jing, with clear political goals and political programs; Compared with the thieves, there is also an important difference in the behavior of the thieves, that is, the targets of the thieves and thieves are mostly ordinary people, while the Yellow Turbans are mostly the nobles. When talking about the "brutality" of the Yellow Turbans, the scholars usually point out that "where they passed, the county was broken." It is exactly the same, but there is one thing to be aware of. This "county is broken" mainly refers not to the fine people, but to the nobles and crown surnames in the county.

Now that I have figured out the thieves of all sizes in the territory, they are also good people. Unlike the "Yellow Turban thieves", they are not going to rebel. That is to say, the two are not in conflict with the local county officials. It is an "internal contradiction". Xu Zhuo, because of the fact that Yanbei has gone through the war, the civilian households have withered, and urgently needs to enrich the people's strength in the county and township, so different from Liu Fu in Jiyin County, he did not take the means of armed annihilation, but instead The policy of attracting good care is to hang posters in various counties, townships, and pavilions, expressing that as long as they surrender voluntarily, they will forgive the past, and they will also be given land. Allow him to join the army.

However, in the territory of Jibei, there have been many wars. First, the Yellow Turbans invaded, and then Li Zan, Jiang Hu, etc. fought against Bao Xin at Shouzhang. The people in the country suffered heavy casualties, and there were many empty fields without owners. Xu Zhuo was very good. Instead of allocating these fields to the thieves who are willing to surrender and obey the good, according to the words in Wan Qianxin, why did he "grant it with the land of the good people"?

In fact, the fields that Xu Zhuo used to confer on the good thieves and bandits were originally those without owners!

However, after these fields lost their owners, local tyrants and right surnames, relying on their power, took the lead, and grabbed most of the rich and beautiful land into their own clan. But if you grab it, is it even theirs?

Xu Zhuo has been around Xunzhen since he was a child, and he was greatly influenced by Xunzhen. Although due to the reasons of the times, it is a historical period when the aristocratic family is gradually taking shape and flourishing. The foundation of the regime, "the essence of the state", exploitation and being exploited, etc., told Xu Zhuo, but after all, the love of the people, the people and even the common people, were deeply imprinted in Xu Zhuo's heart. Of course, the act of taking advantage of the powerful and powerful surnames and taking advantage of the small people will not be approved!

Therefore, he returned all these unowned fields to the government, and some were reserved for future farming and school fields, and the reserved fields were distributed to the common people or refugees who were willing to no longer belong to the tyrants. Some were distributed to the government. The thieves who came to descend.

In the eyes of the bandits and the common people, this is undoubtedly good governance, but in the eyes of the local tyrants and the political representatives of such tyrants as Wanqian, or in other words, in the eyes of these vested interests, it is It's absolutely abusive, it's not benevolent.

The same political measures are considered by one group to be good governance, while another group considers it to be abusive. Between the good and the abuse, it represents two directions of governance, and it is a choice of two different positions for the common people and the tyrannical. Just like Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu did in Jizhou and Nanyang, they completely and thoroughly chose to stand on the right surname of the tyrants, "for the sake of government lenient", and let the civil and military ministers under the tent gather wildly, and let the tyrants of the prefectures and counties be allowed to do so. To annex land, or to change the way, to a certain extent, restrain the tyrants, stand on the side of the people, help the poor, so as to restore the people's livelihood and the vitality of the economy and other aspects within the governance as soon as possible? Xun Zhen and Xu Zhuo, including all members of the political and military group Xuzhou with long-term vision and lofty aspirations, would choose the latter.

Even if I knew that this would lead to dissatisfaction and resistance from some local surnames, there was no way to do it, and I would not hesitate to do so.

Therefore, Xu Zhuo had reported to Xun Zhen about this policy of taking over the land without the owner and sharing it with the bandits and bandits, but when Xun Zhen received his report, he told him at the time. firm support.

Even if Xun Zhen had anticipated that this might arouse hatred among the local or even some crowned and powerful people in Yanzhou, people who want to do things, especially big things, cannot be comprehensive and exquisite, and they will always offend some groups. , then at this time, it is necessary to make a choice, whether to choose a temporary profit or a long-term profit? Not to mention that dividing land for thieves, apprentices, and refugees will greatly help Xuzhou to enrich its people and financial resources, which will be beneficial in the long run, but why did the Yellow Turbans rise up? Isn't it just because the phenomenon of land annexation is too serious? The rich have even Tianqian Mo, and the poor have no place to stand! In order to restore stability to the world, this phenomenon must be stopped and severely cracked down. Therefore, from a longer-term perspective, it is imperative to emphasize the merger of tyrants and suppress tyrants.

It is better to offend those stubborn tyrants who are holding on to their interests and refuse to let them go, rather than letting them go like Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu did. This is the consensus of Xun Zhen, Xun You, Xun Yu, Chen Qun and others in this regard.

——In fact, Xun Zhen and others have objected to this attitude within the Xuzhou Group. However, because Xun Zhen’s territory was all made by him with one knife and one shot, he fought hard and hard to get rid of the Xun clan from the group. In addition to the clan, he firmly supported him, or in other words, he was loyal to him. His best friends such as Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, Xu Xian, Le Jin, etc., were also civil and military. Therefore, the dissenting voices could not be formed, and they were all suppressed. At most, Xun Zhen, in order to show his courtesy and virtuous corporal, listened humbly to those who were quite prestigious among the dissenters, and then praised them a few words, Gu Duo left and right, and praised them for "knowing the rise and fall of the virtuous, honoring the clothes and honoring the virtuous," and giving them a face, that's all.

Having said that, Xu Zhuo was in Jibei, suppressing tyrants, reclaiming the land without owners and returning it to officials, and giving it to thieves and bandits to attract and appeal to Sui, then why did Liu Fu not do this in Jiyin County, but instead mobilized troops to exterminate Da Ye Ze's thieves?

Two reasons.

One is that there are a large number of bandits in Dayozawa, and Dayozawa is their support, so it is difficult to attract them; the other is that Jiyin is adjacent to Dongjun in the west and Chenliu in the south, and is at the forefront of fighting against Cao Cao and Zhang Miao at the same time. Therefore, for the time being, it is not appropriate to severely suppress the tyrants in the county.

This can also be regarded as a flexible application of what kind of policy measures to take in different environments and situations.

But he said that in the hall of the Chenliu Prefecture.

While listening to Chen Gong's words, Zhang Miao read Wan Qian's letter and finished it quickly.

Returning the letter to Chen Gong, Zhang Miao slowly stroked his beard and said to himself, "Zhang Chang was killed? This son was born mad, and he must have been killed for no reason."

Zhang Miao is a stable elder, and his impression of Zhang Chang is not very good. Therefore, Zhang Miao is relatively well-known in Yanzhou and is Zhang Miao's clan son, but Zhang Miao stayed in Chen as a long official for several years. I never thought of calling him to Chenliu to help me.

Zhang Miao then thought: "Whether there is a reason or not, the fact that he is now killed by Gao Su, a soldier, will indeed damage Xun Zhenzhi's reputation in Yanzhou. Even our family's fields have been robbed by Xu Zhuo. Now? Jibei gentry will be deeply dissatisfied with Xu Zhuo and Xuzhou Ding. As the matter spreads, the clear stream of gentry in Shanyang, Jiyin and other counties will inevitably panic. This is indeed beneficial to me. also.

"Only Xun Zhenzhi's remaining in Yanzhou, Xun Gongda and Le Wenqian, are the first-class civil and martial arts under his account, and should not be underestimated! If we attack Jiyin now, I am afraid that the outcome is still unpredictable."

Chen Gong observed Zhang Miao's expression after reading the letter and guessed what he was thinking.

Chen Gong said: "Duke Ming, now that we attack Jiyin, our army has three victories!"

Zhang Miao became interested and asked, "Which three wins?"

Chen Gong talked eloquently and said: "Now there are Wan Qian who is the Duke of Ming as the inner responder, and the truth of the yin is relieved. Duke Ming can know everything. The art of war is cloudy, knowing oneself and knowing the enemy, and I will win a hundred battles. I have been willing to form an alliance with Duke Ming. Lv Bu is a sturdy man and his generals are brave and elite. With his help, Duke Ming is like a tiger with wings. This is my second victory! Wen and Qian, although they are small and wise and brave, the Xuzhou soldiers they commanded are only a few thousand people, and they have been fighting hard, and they have not yet recovered. They are exhausted soldiers, not my Chenliu soldiers The enemy, this is my three victories!"

Zhang Miao agreed with Chen Gong's first two "wins".

But for his third "win", Zhang Miao "couldn't agree with it", the third point Chen Gong said was actually his biggest worry.

Zhang Miao pondered for a long time, but finally expressed his worries and said: "The soldiers of Xun Gongda and Le Wenqian are all elite soldiers of Xuzhou, who have suppressed the Yellow Turbans and defeated Mengde. They are invincible. After more than a month of rest, the public station called it 'tired soldiers', in my opinion, it doesn't seem like it? Just taking my old soldiers and attacking them... I'm afraid it's hard to say the outcome."

Zhang Miao's younger brother, Zhang Chao, was in the hall.

In addition to Zhang Chao, there are three or four scholars.

There is one scholar, in his forties, with a sturdy appearance, a long face, raised eyebrows, small eyes, but a bright expression, with a splayed beard on his lips, a beautiful beard under his chin, and wearing a black with wide sleeves. Ru skirt, not very dignified knelt on the seat.

This scholar is the former Jiujiang prefect Bian Rang.

Bian Rang, courtesy name Wenli, lives in Junyi County, Chenliu.

This person was famous in the county and county when he was young. He was erudite and eloquent, and his articles were excellent. However, because of his "old orphan" and early orphan, despite his fame, and at a young age, he was able to win the match with Li Ying at that time. The scholar leader Guo Taizhi admired him, and once again in the third year of Guanghe, when he was in his twenties, he wrote a piece of "Zhanghuatai Fu". He was famous for a while, but in his early years he could not be the same as others, relying on family power or other opportunities to be an official.

It was not until the first year of Zhongping that the general He Jin was in power, and Bian Rangnai was only able to get his way, but he was only appointed as a "Lingshi" official by He Jin. Ling Shi's position, under his subordinates, is just an ordinary clerk.

But after all, Bian Rang is talented, good at shooting shots, and good at saying goodbye. He Jin's mansion is full of guests, all of whom are impressed by his style. Wang Lang, who is now an important minister of Xuzhou, was a clerk in He Jin's shogunate at that time. After reaching his talent, he waited for him in the thorns, instead of respecting his own status, he took the initiative to make friends with him. Kong Rong was also working as a clerk in He Jin's shogunate at that time. Kong Rong and Bian Rang are old acquaintances. When they were young, they were equally famous in the world. The intersection is irreversible.

Cai Yong, a fellow from Chenliu in Bianrang, was still "desperate in the river and sea" in order to escape the persecution of the eunuchs. He traveled between Wujun, Kuaiji and Mount Tai. It's a matter of pushing hard and letting go. After hearing that He Jin was only allowed to be a fighting officer of the history, he also wrote a book to He Jin and wrote a well-known "Book of Recommending and letting go".

He Jin promoted him several times.

In the sixth year of Zhongping, that is, three or four years ago, Bian Rang was appointed by the court as the prefect of Jiujiang. From his entry into office, to being appointed as the prefect, he started as a fighting official, and jumped to a two thousand stone official, because Cai Yong, Kong Rong and other celebrities have repeatedly recommended and promoted him, and it took only a short six year time. But it was Kong Rong and Bian Rang who became friends by chance, not without reason. Not only are the two of them about the same age, Bian Rang is only one or two years older than Kong Rong, but their personalities and abilities are also very similar. Contempt of vulgarity, but failed to achieve governance." Both of them are arrogant, arrogant, and proud of the world, but they are divorced from reality and have no practical ability. Therefore, after Bian Rang was released as the prefect of Jiujiang, he "doesn't think he can do it". I don't think he is capable of the position of prefect. From this point of view, he is still somewhat self-aware of his own abilities. Therefore, three years later, in the second year of Chuping, when he saw the chaos at home, he was incapable of governing the situation. After hanging the seal, he returned to his hometown and returned to Chenliu. This also led to the fact that Xun Chen was later worshipped as the prefect of Jiujiang by the court controlled by Li Jue and Guo Si. After returning to Chenliu, Bian Rang had just passed the age of not being confused, and it was time to consider Liyan's age, so he lived in seclusion at home and devoted himself to teaching apprentices.

Although Zhang Miao has a high reputation among the scholars and is one of the "Eight Chefs", Bian Rang's reputation is not less than his, or even more famous than him, and he also served as two thousand stone. Therefore, although Zhang Miao Chen Liu's chief officer, but he couldn't let him be a county officer. The relationship between the two was purely a guest-host relationship. Junyi is located in the northwest of Chenliu County under the jurisdiction of Chenliu County. The two counties border each other. At the invitation of Zhang Miao, Bian Rang would sometimes come to Chenliu Prefecture to spend a few days with him.

This time, Bian Rang was at the invitation of Zhang Miao and came to the prefecture the day before yesterday, because Chen Gong took Wan Qian's letter and came to advise Zhang Miao that when the time to attack Jiyin had arrived, Bian Rang should be in the hall.

From the time Chen Gong came in, to Zhang Miao's words just now, Bian Rang's mood changed three times in a short period of time.

The first emotion was that he was full of indignation when he heard the contents of Wan Qian's letter recited by Chen Gong, and said how cruel Xun Zhen's subordinates Gao Su and Xu Zhuo were; then the emotional change was after listening to Chen Gong. When he said "Three Victories", he greatly agreed and took it for granted; his final emotion was that after hearing Zhang Miao's hesitant remarks, he couldn't hide his anger.

Bian Rang then waved his sleeves, using too much force and moving too much, and accidentally brought the tea bowl on the case to the ground, which was suddenly broken. Bian Rang ignored it. Zhang Miao was taken aback, turned his eyes and saw the tea bowl that had been broken into pieces. Looking at it again, his face was full of anger, and he quickly asked, "Wen Li, what's wrong?"

Bian Rang said fiercely: "Xun Zhen is tyrannical and cruel, and oppresses our Yanshi people! God and people are angry together. Mingfu Jun is also my Yanren, and now sits in Chenliu Dajun, with strong troops and horses, but he doesn't want to be Yanshi. Relieve the suffering of hanging upside down, and be afraid of Xun Gongda's juniors and Le Wenqian soldiers! Although he is not virtuous, he is still despised!"

A young man in the seat then said loudly: "My teacher said this with compassion and compassion! To be benevolent and to seek righteousness, this is what my generation should do! The name of the emperor of Mingfu is 'Eight Chefs'. Famous in the world, today he has a strong command of the county and has thousands of troops. Younger sons of Jun Jun would dare to be despised by the ruler of Mingfu!"

This young man's name is Yang Jun, a Hanoi winner. He is the most outstanding one of Bian Rang's current disciples. ——Junyi County is adjacent to Hanoi County in the west, and there are quite a few students from Hanoi under the door of Yibian Rang.

Although the words of the two masters and disciples are different, the meaning and tone are exactly the same, and they are carved out of the same mold. Hearing Zhang Miao's ears, he couldn't bear it, so he explained to himself, saying, "Wen Li, why wouldn't I feel sad that my Yandi scholars were bullied by Xuzhou? But Xuzhou Bingcheng is brave, Meng You also know the defeat of Virtue, if I am rashly raising an army, if I fail, I am afraid that not only will I not be able to relieve my suffering, but this Chenliu County will also be in danger!”

Chen Gong said: "Duke Ming, the palace has a strategy to solve this concern of Duke Ming!"

Zhang Miao asked, "What is it?"

Chen Gong said: "Yuan Benchu ​​has already defeated Gongsun Bogui, and now Jizhou has spare power to help me in Yanzhou! Yuan Benchu ​​regards Duke Cao as his wing, but he is not happy to see my Yanzhou under Xuzhou. As long as Duke Cao goes to Jizhou to ask for help in the name of counterattacking Yanzhou, Yuan Benchu ​​will definitely send elites to Dongjun to help him even if the black mountain thief in the state has not yet been settled!

"There is already Lü Bu responding to the south for Duke Ming, keeping Sun Wentai in check, Duke Cao getting Yuan Benchu's elite troops, attacking Yin in the west for Duke Ming, and getting Wan Qian to sneak news for Duke Ming, it's the right time, Duke Ming only You need to send a good general, lead 5,000 troops, and send the troops to Jiyang, along the Jishui River, and go northeast, hundreds of miles and even Dingtao, and you can pull it out with a single drum! Dingtao is publicly owned by Ming, and Yuxian is not a concern! Recover Ji Yin, it is really easy to spit and palm!"

Zhang Miao said: "You mean, ask Meng De to send troops with me? ... Will he agree?"

Zhang Miao and Yuan Shao are at odds, and although Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are not of the same mind, they have the same political interests at this stage, so the two of them are still very decent on the face, and Yuan Shao is indeed impossible to let Xuzhou occupy Yanzhou. Therefore, if so, If Zhang Miao asked Yuan Shao for help, Yuan Shao would probably ignore it, but as long as Cao Cao asked Yuan Shao for reinforcements, as Chen Gong said, Yuan Shao would definitely not refuse.

Then, if Cao Cao sent troops together, Zhang Miao would dare to fight this battle.

But the problem is his question: Cao Cao has lost several battles to Xun Zhen, and his strength has not recovered yet. Will he dare to provoke Xun Zhen again and attack Jiyin?

Chen Gong said with certainty: "Cao Gong will definitely agree."

Zhang Miao asked, "Why?"

Chen Gong said: "Dong Cao has more than 30,000 ministries, and the land is only a corner of Dongjun, and Dongjun alone cannot raise so many soldiers. There is a shortage of food; at that time, Duke Cao has only two choices, either dismiss the soldiers or beg for food in Ji. If he begs for food in Ji, he is like a general of Yuan Benchu, and from then on, he can only be honest To obey Yuan Benchu's order, Duke Cao is definitely not willing; but if the soldiers are disbanded, with 30,000 soldiers, and it is not enough to defend Xuzhou, if there are fewer soldiers~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Dongjun will not be able to protect it! Duke Cao is also not sure I will choose this method. In this way, in order to solve this problem, he has no choice but to counterattack Yanzhou. Therefore, Gong concluded that as long as it is clear that he will attack Jiyin together, Duke Cao will agree."

This analysis makes sense.

Zhang Miao thought and thought, and with the full support of Bian Rang, Yang Jun and others, he finally made a decision and said, "Then please ask the public platform to contact Lu Bu first, and then go to Shumengde to test this. If the two of them are willing to respond, I will send troops to help Yin!"

Whether Chen Gong chose Cao Cao or switched to Zhang Miao, it has nothing to do with personal likes and dislikes, but to achieve his political intention, that is, to be able to keep the local peace of Yanzhou in this chaotic world, so as to avoid Yanshi's " tyrant" attack. For this purpose, he can resolutely abandon Cao Cao and attach Zhang Miao, and naturally he can also contact Cao Cao to send troops together.

Chen Gong happily agreed.

Tangtang wrote two letters to Lv Bu and Cao Cao.

After Zhang Miao looked at it, he expressed his approval and sent people to Lv Bu and Cao Cao respectively.

...

It has been four or five days since the letter arrived in Dongjun.

Cao Cao was secretly discussing a matter with Shi Huan and Ding Fei, two henchmen.

He knelt on the seat, twisted his beard, raised his face, thought for a moment, and said, "What about the name Mojin?"

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