The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Choosing Liu Ru to go to Chang'an was not a whim of Xun Zhen.

But when he decided to send officials to Chang'an, Xun Zhen had already decided on Liu Ru as the candidate.

This is because, although Liu Ru may not be as famous in terms of fame compared to the Xunzhen shogunate and all the celebrities and officials under the tent, Liu Ru also has an advantage that no one else can match, that is: he is a member of the Han clan, And at the same time is a native of Yingchuan County, a fellow of Xun Zhen.

The identity of the Han clan makes it easy for him to gain the trust of today's son.

Being a native of Yingchuan County and a fellow villager of Xunzhen, it is convenient for him to gain the trust of Zhong Yao, Yin Xiu and others who are currently in the court.

Looking at Xun Zhen's subordinates, there are only a few Xun Yu, Xun You, Xi Zhicai, etc., who can probably compare with Liu Ru's second advantage, but Liu Ru's first advantage is Lian Xunyu. etc. are also incomparable.

Therefore, after consulting Xi Zhicai, Xun Zhen decided to use Liu Ru to go to Chang'an.

In the carriage where the snow was rolling slowly, Xun Zhen told him succinctly the purpose of appointing Liu Ruxi to the court in Chang'an.

After listening to Liu Ru, he pondered and said, "I heard that Yuan Benchu ​​is now attacking the Jizhou Heishan thieves with troops. Yuan Benchu ​​defeated Gongsun Zan twice. His foundation in Jizhou has been stabilized, and his reputation has spread far north and south. In addition, his family is in our Han family. After he has defeated the Black Mountain thief, he will indeed become a great enemy that Xu has never seen before! Duke Ming took precautions and made arrangements ahead of politics. It is indeed wise. Duke Ming is in this position, and Confucianism dare not quit. only"

Xun Zhen asked calmly, "What is Wei?"

Liu Ru replied sincerely and sincerely: "Only Confucian scholars have short names. If this person goes to the court in Chang'an, he is worried that he will not be able to fulfill what Duke Ming entrusted."

Xun Zhen stroked his beard and smiled, and said: "Gongwen, you don't have to be humble, I know your abilities. Let me go to Chang'an on my behalf, make plans for the court and pay tribute to the emperor, it's not just my personal opinion, Zhicai I also agree. You can go with confidence and boldness! After you go to Chang'an, everything else can be said, there are only three points, you must pay attention to them."

Liu Ru asked: "Dare to ask Duke Ming, which three points are, please publicize them."

Xun Zhen said: "Since the emperor took the throne, he was first coerced by Dong Zhuo, and now he is under the control of Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou and other thieves. Is the emperor only ten years old this year?"

Liu Ru said, "The Son of Heaven was born in Guanghe four years ago and is thirteen years old this year."

This thirteen-year-old, according to the customs, is a false age in terms of later generations.

Xun Zhen calculated with her fingers and sighed without realizing it, and said, "In the sixth year of Zhongping, Dong Zhuo was good at rejuvenating and abolishing. The child, said to be born in a family of heaven, is now the honorable man of Ninety-five, but since he succeeded to the throne until now, he has either been displaced or threatened by Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and others all day long. , From this, it is speculated that the emperor must not dare to believe people now. Therefore, after you arrive at the Chang'an court, don't be impatient. You must first gain the emperor's trust as a clan, and then discuss other things. "

Today Zi was nine years old when he ascended the throne, this "nine years old", Xun Zhen said is also a false age, according to the actual age, in fact, that year Zi Liu Xie was only eight years old. He ascended the throne on September 1 of that year, and Liu Xie's birthday was on the second day of April. In other words, when he ascended the throne, it was less than half a year after Fang's eighth birthday. In fact, one of the reasons why Dong Zhuo deposed the young emperor Liu Bian and made him the emperor was precisely because of his youth. He was five years younger than the deposed young emperor Liu Bian. Liu Bian was fourteen years old and his mind was already relatively mature. In order to control the power of the dynasty, Dong Zhuo abolished Liu Bian and established Liu Xie as emperor.

Liu Ru replied, "Yes."

"In terms of seniority, what is your relationship with today's son?"

Liu Ru replied: "According to the lineage, Confucianism can be regarded as the uncle of today's son."

Xun Zhen smiled unconsciously, looked Liu Ru up and down, and said, "In this way, Qing can be called Uncle Huang."

Liu Ru felt that Xun Zhen's eyes were rather strange, so he couldn't ask any questions, so he just smiled and said, "It's the family of ordinary people, except for the five clothes, they are also alienated, what about the royal family? The Han family is four hundred years old. , There are more than ten thousand descendants of the ancestors? Although the Confucian family is a clan, but in terms of branch lines, it is really far away from today, so how can you dare to be called the emperor? Duke Ming must not make fun of Confucianism."

This is true.

Xun Zhen put away her smile, continued the topic, and continued: "Don't be in a hurry, get the trust of the emperor first, this is the first point. The official document, the second point is that you suddenly went to the court on behalf of me, Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, etc. may be suspicious of your intentions. All thieves are brutal. When you arrive in Chang'an, you must be cautious, be cautious in your words and deeds, and never arouse their suspicion. You must protect yourself and pay attention to you. Your own safety!"

Liu Ru replied, "Yes."

Xun Zhen said: "The third point is that the thieves Li Jue, Guo Si, and Fan Chou may have conflicts with each other in order to compete for power. I heard that Yang Feng, the captain of Heishan, is also in Chang'an, and he is Li Jue's subordinate. The background is different from that of Li Jue and other thieves, and may be crowded out by other thieves. After you arrive at the Chang'an court, quietly learn about these things and see if there are any of them that we can use in the future."

Liu Ru replied, "Yes."

Yang Feng, captain of Montenegro, was born in Baibo Yellow Turban. Among the Baibo Yellow Turbans, he is a person with some political savvy. Before that, he was the same as Zhang Feiyan, the most politically minded leader of the Montenegrin Army. He took the initiative to send envoys to the DPRK, expressing his willingness to surrender to the imperial court. Later, together with Zhang Feiyan, he was appointed as a "Colonel of Montenegro" by the DPRK, and he was appointed as a "Lang-General in Peaceful Difficulties". Just like Zhang Feiyan, he has the powers of superior planning and filial piety.

Strategies and filial piety are the powers of the state and county magistrates. Zhang Feiyan and Yang Feng possessed these powers, which is equivalent to the consent of the court for their administrative and civil powers in their respective territories.

As for Yang Feng, who was born in Baibo Huangjin, why was he appointed as "Heishan Colonel"? There are two reasons. First, the base camp of Baibo Yellow Turban is in the west of the Taihang Mountains. Therefore, the relationship between Baibo Yellow Turban and the Montenegrin Army is relatively close, and sometimes they are regarded as one. , which is probably also some intention to provoke his relationship with Zhang Feiyan, the leader of Montenegro.

When the number of Baibo Yellow Turbans was the largest, there were more than 100,000 people, and now there are tens of thousands. Yang Feng is not the total leader of the Baibo army, and he does not think that the Baibo army can do anything big in the end, so it was not long after he was appointed by the court. , he led his troops to leave Baibogu, and joined the Liangzhou warlord group that held the power of the dynasty, and now he is under the command of Li Jue.

Xiapi County, the county seat of Xiapi County, is close to the junction of Xiapi and Pengcheng counties, and is only forty miles away from the county boundary.

Let’s talk about it, Xun Zhen’s car arrived at Xiapi County after dark.

That night, Liu Ru held a banquet at the county house to wash away the dust for Xun Zhen and others.

He Yi was originally the commander of Runan Huangjinqu. In the first year of Zhongping, he surrendered to Xun Zhen, and now he has been under Xun Zhen's account for seven or eight years. In terms of qualifications, he is only older than Xu Xian and other Ying Yin. People are worse. When Xun Zhen was attacking Huang Qian in Zhao County, He Yi fought bravely, his stomach was badly wounded, and his intestines came out. Thanks to Chen Wu's recommendation of Hua Tuo's disciple Li Dangzhi, his life was saved. Because of this, Xun Zhen laughed with him several times later: "If you don't die, you will have future blessings. Encourage it! You will be successful."

This time I saw He Yi in Xiapi, and I didn't talk to him much on the way. At the dinner party, Xun Zhen called him over, had a drink with him, and said with a smile, "You did a good job in Xiapi, the governor's office is this year. In autumn, officials patrolled the counties, inspected the armaments, and praised your county soldiers in Xiapi, saying they were mighty and majestic! Very good!

He Yi bowed down and said, "Don't you dare to die for Duke Ming!"

"But there's one thing you didn't do well."

He Yi asked in panic, "Dare to ask Duke Ming, what is wrong with the last general?"

"I told you a few times before, asking you to learn more words, but nothing else. You are in the army, and you have some military secrets that you can't let outsiders know about. You don't know books. How can you keep this secret? How is your literacy achievement now? I haven't received a letter written by you until now."

He Yi scratched his head and said, "Reporting to Duke Ming, it's because the commander refuses to read, maybe the commander is too stupid, or he can't learn."

"Show your enthusiasm for killing the enemy on the battlefield! You only need to know a word, what's so difficult? It seems that I won't do it without giving you a military order. Within half a year, I want to see your letter written by yourself! If Can't do it, military law is engaged!"

When everyone in the hall heard Xun Zhen's words, they all laughed.

Amidst the laughter, He Yi gritted his teeth, straightened up, gave a military salute, and said, "The last commander will take orders!"

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "That's right!" He raised the wine bowl and shared another bowl with He Yi.

The next day, starting early in the morning, accompanied by Liu Ru, He Yi, etc., Xun Zhen started from Xiapi County and inspected the counties in Xiapi County.

Xiapi County is much larger than Pengcheng County, with an area more than twice that of Pengcheng County.

Its county is bordered by Donghai County in the north, Pengcheng County and Pei County in Yuzhou in the west, Guangling County in the east, and Jiujiang in Yangzhou in the south.

Similar to other counties in Xuzhou, there are not many mountains in the territory, but the river network is dense. There are two large rivers, one is Sishui flowing in the northwest and southeast, and the other is Huai River flowing in the southwest and northeast. Sishui is near Suiling County, which is adjacent to Guangling County. The so-called "Huaisi", Xiapi County can be said to have two waters at the same time.

When inspecting the counties in Xiapi Prefecture, Xun Zhen paid more attention to two things besides inspecting people's livelihood.

One is the military deployment in the southern part of Xiapi County and the border with Jiujiang. If something goes wrong in Jiujiang, Xu Rong's troops in Guangling County will certainly be the main force to help, but the soldiers of Xiapi County are also a force to help.

One is the status quo of Buddhism in each county of Xiajun. The prefect before Xiapi, Zherong, believed in Buddhism. He started Buddhist affairs and built temples in Xiapi. Influenced by this, many people in Xiapi County originally believed in Buddhism. Xun Zhen had no prejudice against Buddhism, but now the war is raging, the people are basically weak, and the finances are tight. If the people believe in Buddha again, and spend all their money on making Buddha statues, building temples, and organizing festivals, it will be no different. It will make the situation of people's power and finances that are quite urgent now worse, so after Xunzhen laid down Xiapi and ruled Xuzhou, he reiterated the consistent attitude of the Han family towards Buddhism, that is, not to exclude, but not to allow the Han people to become monks~ www.wuxiaspot.com~ and added an article prohibiting counties and counties from holding Buddhist services, prohibiting county people from dedicating their fields and family wealth to temples, and abolishing the system of exempting Buddhist believers from corvé service according to the ill-fated government of Zherong.

The inspection results of the two matters were good, and Xun Zhen was quite satisfied.

In terms of the county soldiers, it is indeed worthy of the praise of the inspectors of the Governor's House this autumn. Xun Zhen deliberately put them under the wind and snow, and let them suffer from the cold for a long time. At the end, most of the soldiers were still standing upright. The road is crooked, from the military appearance, from the strict guarding of the military orders by the soldiers, it can be seen that when the battle is coming, this Xiapi county soldier can certainly be trusted.

Among the soldiers of Xiapi County, many of them were the headquarters of He Yi, that is, the former descendants of the Runan Yellow Turbans. He Yi's contribution could not be attributed to the fact that they could be trained to this level.

In terms of the status quo of Buddhism, among the 14 counties, it cannot be said that the private ordination of Han people and the private donation of land or money to local temples are completely prohibited, but at least on the surface, there is no such situation. The monks Xun Zhen met were all Hu monks from the Western Regions. A few years ago, the whole county of Xiapi believed in Buddhism like crazy. Every time there was a "Buddha Bathing Meeting", the county government set up seats for dozens of miles, and set up wine and food for everyone to eat. was vigorously stopped.

It has been more than half a month after the tour of the counties. On this day, Xun Zhen will leave Xiapi and go to the last stop of this tour. It is also the place where he made his fortune in Xuzhou, Guangling County, a military report from Yanzhou. , rushed to his hands.

This military report is still related to the Jizhou army attacking the Heishan army.

The army newspaper said: "Chunyu Qiong and the others have broken through the Luchang Mountain Black Mountain thieves, followed the mountain north, and attacked Liu Shi, Qing Niujiao, Huang Long, Zuo Jiao and other Black Mountain thieves in succession. ."