The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

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The person who took the lead in donating 500 acres of fertile land was Chen Ji, the chief minister.

Chen Ji's family was in Xu County, and Xun Zhen wanted to set up farms in Xu County. As the most famous representative of the local family, Yu Zi, of course, had to express his support. At the same time, Chen Ji is now worshipped by the DPRK as the Dasinong. The Dasinong is in charge of the national finance in name. All the revenue and expenditures of the state, such as the money and grain rent and taxes, are all under the responsibility of the Dasinong. If there is a harvest, it is also related to his position. From a public perspective, it is also very suitable for him to stand up and offer 500 mu of fertile land. It is also a statement made by him as the highest official of the country's financial affairs on behalf of the court. In short, the act of dedicating the land, firstly, let the gentry and people in Xu County know that the court strongly supported the farmland, and secondly, it also set a model for the people of Xu County to emulate. .

But it was said that since Da Sinong was prominent among the nine ministers, and the Chen family had a close relationship with Xun Zhen, since Chen Ji wanted to express his support to Xun Zhen, he would only give up 500 mu of fertile land. not enough? In fact, it is quite a lot, at least for the Chen family.

Chen Ji's family was not a wealthy family with the right surname like Yang Biao and Yuan Shao, and their family was originally humble.

In his early years, his father Chen Yu was just a servant in the county temple, doing things similar to servants, and his status was extremely low. The pavilions include street pavilions, gate pavilions, and flag pavilions. "Du Pavilion" is the official in the pavilion. It is not as good as the post of the pavilion chief of Fanyang Pavilion, which was held by Xun Zhen when he started. He is not a hundred stone officials. He was only an official, but he was still humble. Later, although Chen Hao relied on his willingness to learn, sitting and reciting, he won the appreciation of the county magistrate at that time, and was sent to the Taixue for teaching. Based on his virtue, he gradually gained fame. Because his family was ranked among the scholars, and even at the time of Chen Ji, he was worshipped as Jiuqing by the imperial court, but after all, it was not developed for a long time, and its background was insufficient, and it paid attention to virtue and neglected wealth. It can be seen that the family style of the Chen family is not based on widening and cultivating fertile land. It is because the family's land production is not much, and it is a lot to spend 500 mu.

Immediately following Chen Ji's contribution of 500 acres of land, within three or two days, several of the gentry in Xu County successively contributed land to the imperial court.

These people are either the in-laws of Chen Ji's family, or the old friends and in-laws of Zhong Yao, Xun Yu, Xin A and others. The mobilization of Ai and others led to the dedication of the fields.

It should be because Chen Ji only donated 500 acres of land, and the amount of land contributed by these people did not exceed 500 acres.

In addition to Chen Ji's donation, the total number of acres of land donated is less than 2,000 acres. In terms of numbers alone, the number of acres of land needed for the farmland can be said to be a drop in the bucket, but to be honest, whether Chen Ji and others donate more or less, Xunzhen doesn't really care about the number of acres of land they donate. . What he mainly wanted was such a momentum, and what he wanted was a public opinion environment in which "people in Xu County actively supported the settlement of farmland in Xu County", and as soon as Chen Ji waited for the donation of farmland, this momentum was obviously created. Therefore, after Xun Zhen learned about it, he expressed This is quite satisfactory.

Xun Zhen was satisfied, but others were dissatisfied.

...

On the night not long after Chen Ji and the others offered their fields, a distinguished guest came to Yang Biao's house.

He was the father of Concubine Dong Gui, who was worshipped as an auxiliary general by the court because of his meritorious escort, and was worshiped as Dong Cheng, who was in charge of Jinwu after arriving in Xu County.

When Yang Biao heard Dong Cheng's request, he first asked his servants to ask him to stay in the hall for a while, and after a while, he came out of the back house and met him in the hall.

After the ceremony was over, the two took their seats.

Dong Cheng went straight to the point and said to Yang Biao, "Yang Gong, Da Si Nong took the lead in offering 500 mu of fertile land to fund the farming, did you hear about this?"

Yang Biao said: "I have heard of it."

Dong Cheng asked, "Since you have heard about it, you dare to ask, how does your grandfather feel about this?"

Yang Biao hesitated for a while, but without answering, he asked Dong Cheng, "What do you mean?"

Dong Cheng showed dissatisfaction on his face, stroked his beard, and said: "Yang Gong! This move by Da Sima, Cheng secretly thinks, is very inappropriate!"

Yang Biao said "Oh".

Dong Cheng continued: "Yang Gong, Da Sima knows that you are not in favor of developing farmland in Xu County, but you donate your farmland at this moment. It is not clear that you are fighting against you, Yang Gong, and you are giving the chariot a boost. Is it?"

Yang Biao was silent for a while, then he stroked his beard and said, "The wife of the charioteer is the daughter of Dasinong, and the son of Dasinong, Chen Qunjiu, is Cao Ye in the charioteer military mansion. The strong momentum is also reasonable, so why is it strange?"

Dong Cheng was one of the ministers linked by Yang Biao who wanted to join forces behind his back against Xun Zhen.

not only among

One, because Dong Cheng's daughter is Liu Xie's concubine, she herself has military power, some soldiers and horses, and she is also currently serving as Jin Wu, in charge of the "capital" security responsibility, so although he has "subordinate". He was a thief in the past, but among these ministers who are now colluding against Xun Zhen, he is still a very important one, and Yang Biao also values ​​him.

But he said that Yang Biao's opposition to Xun Zhen was out of fear that the imperial court might be manipulated by powerful officials again. He was quite respectful to Xun Zhen, but why did he suddenly change his previous attitude, his position changed drastically, and he also joined the list of opposing Xun Zhen when he was "respectful before and anti-back"? The reason is not difficult to understand, there are two reasons.

Dong Cheng originally hoped that through his **** skills, Liu Xie would make his daughter the queen, but because of Xun Zhen's listing, Liu Xie made Fu Shou the queen, although in fact Liu Xie was also good and courtier. In the middle of it all, I was biased towards establishing Fushou as the empress. Xun Zhen's proposal was just a smooth sailing, the icing on the cake, but Dong Cheng didn't think so. After Fushou was established as the empress, he was furious. All the reasons why her daughter did not become an empress was pushed to Xun Zhen, because she resented Xun Zhen.

The resentment that Xun Zhen's daughter could not be made queen is one of the reasons.

Since this dynasty, foreign relatives have been in power almost as a rule. Although you, Xun Zhen, have the merit of being a diligent king, are you a foreign relative? If he can overthrow Xunzhen together with Yang Biao, and then rely on this skill to make Liu Xie change his daughter as queen through Yang Biao and other high-ranking officials, then he, Dong Chengke, is a serious child. If he is a foreign relative of the country, wouldn't he be like Liang Ji, He Jin and other "predecessors", he can be worshipped as a general in the court, as a recorder, and then he will be slaughtered in the court? This is the second reason.

Therefore, Dong Cheng was not only willing to conspire with Yang Biao against Xun Zhen, but also quite proactive.

Hearing Yang Biao's answer at this moment, Dong Cheng said angrily: "Yang Gong! The chariots and cavalry are determined to go their own way, and they insist on cultivating farmland in Xu County, and do not listen to Yang Gong's good words and persuasion! ... Yang Gong, there is one more thing, I don't know the public ownership. Unheard of?"

"What's the matter?"

"Then Chen Deng, the prefect of Yingchuan, who searched the land for chariots and horses, bought the land at a low price. Worst of all, the money he paid was only 30 to 40% of the usual market price. Duke Yang, how is this different from the Ming robbery? The hometown of Xu County There are many sages and gentlemen who have resentments, and this is sincere to hurt the people and plunder the people's ruined government! I believe that if things go on like this, the resentments of the people will boil over, and at that time, I am afraid that the sanctity and virtue will be damaged, and Yang Gong's name will be stained!" Speaking of indignation, Dong said Cheng took a photo of the case, raised his hand, and pointed his fingers in the air, and said, "Also, Mr. Yang, what did he do to those families who donated their fields, including the Dasi farm family, who did he ride? He actually Excuse more of the children of those clans! Duke Yang, isn't this selling an official rank? What is the difference between this move and the Xiyuan selling an official back then? It's just that when the West Garden sold an official, he paid money. Now it's Tian! Yang Gong, 'Only weapons and names can't fake people', the state's official equipment, the chariots are actually given to private ministers! Yang Gong, Yang Gong!" Dong Chengyue said the more indignant and heartbroken, said, " If we don't stop it in time, I'm afraid that the disaster of selling officials in the West Garden will be repeated today!"

Yang Biao also heard about the matter of "removing the children of Chen Ji and other families".

However, this matter is not as serious as Dong Cheng said at all.

In fact, none of the official positions Xun Zhen appointed to the children of these gentry families were court officials, and none of them were long officials, or Xun Zhen used them for an official in the General’s Mansion, or Chen Zhen. It was used for the purpose of an official in the Yingchuan Prefecture, in other words, the exchange of land for an official, or more seriously, such as Dong Chengzhi's accusation that he was selling an official. It cannot be said that there is no such suspicion, but there is no such suspicion. The serious danger that Dong Cheng said? Absolutely not. The story of Xiyuan selling an official will certainly not repeat itself.

Yang Biao knew that Dong Cheng would be alarmist, but he was originally opposed to Xun Zhen's move to settle the farmland, and he ruled out the "selling official" article, which Dong Cheng mentioned earlier "Chen Deng buys farmland at a low price". In Yang Biao's view, it is indeed enough to prove that Xun Zhen's squatting measures are indeed a bad government that harms the people. Even if the selfishness of why he opposes Xunzhen's slaughtering of the fields is removed, it is only from this point of view that he and Dong Cheng et al's objection to Xun Zhen's planting the fields is not wrong, it is right, because it does not point out that Dong Cheng's accusation is exaggerated.

——As far as the price of purchasing land is concerned, it is now a war-torn year, and the price of this land must not be compared with the price of the normal peace time. First, the price of the land itself has dropped. Second, Those wealthy family names, the number of disciples under their sect is far less than before, and many of those fields in their hands are actually abandoned, or in a semi-abandoned state, because they are sold from them at prices below the market price. In fact, it is reasonable to buy it in hand, but Yang Biao and Dong Cheng obviously will not take this into account.

Yang Biao frowned, stroked his gray beard, and said, "I don't agree with this policy, but I have already made progress towards the sage.

Exaggerated, the sage will not listen to my words, now, do you have any good plan? "

When Dong Cheng came to see Yang Biao, he had already thought of a countermeasure.

Hearing Yang Biao's question, Dong Cheng explained his countermeasures and said: "Yang Gong, I have made a statement earlier, so the Holy One has not adopted it, because the evil results of the farmland haven't been manifested, and now things have reached this stage, and the people are complaining. In addition, the chariots and cavalry have also sold their officials and rank, and they have confused the government. In order to inherit my ignorance, if at this time, I will give advice to the sage again, maybe the sage will change his mind and change the following edict to prohibit the colonization of fields!"

Yang Biao felt that Dong Cheng's suggestion was unreliable. He pondered and said: "The policy of cultivating fields has already been decided. At present, the allocation of land is already in progress, and the soldiers, civilians, and chariots and cavalry used in the fields have already gone to Xu Xu. , Yan, order to gather together to come to Xu, I heard that some of them are already on their way to Xu County; grain seeds, cattle, farm implements and other items are also being prepared in Xu, Yan, and Henan, and they will arrive in a few days. , this political trip is already on the string! I wait for this time, if I write to the emperor again, I am afraid that it will be useless!"

"The arrow is on the string" is the secondary reason why Yang Biao is afraid that his advice will be useless.

The main reason is that Yang Biao knew that the evidence for the crime of selling an official and a vassal is too insufficient to be established at all, and the so-called "common people's resentment" and "people's resentment" are not enough. Besides, Chen Ji and other local people in Xu County or Yingchuan The ministers are here, and Liu Xie will definitely only believe what they say, but not what foreigners like Yang Biao and the others say.

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Dong Cheng also had a plan, he said: "Yang Gong, the letter is only one of them."

Yang Biao asked, "What is the second?"

Dong Cheng said: "Yang Gong, as Cheng Shicai said, now the gentry and village sages of Xu County have much resentment towards Chen Deng for buying land at a low price. Since this is the case, then Yang Gong, why should I wait?"

Yang Biao's heart moved, and he said, "Why not...? What do you mean?"

There were no outsiders in the hall, but what he said was a conspiracy. Dong Cheng couldn't help but lowered his voice and said, "Why not instigate it? Let them jointly file a lawsuit!"

"...Dong Jun, will they be willing to do this?"

Dong Cheng was full of confidence, and said, "You have Yang Gong's approval, and Cheng is running, so why not?"

After all, Yang Biao is much more mature than Dong Cheng in politics. After the initial heartbeat, he touched his beard and thought about it for a while, and then he felt that this strategy was a bit daunting, and probably would not have any effect, but since Dong Cheng proposed it, and it sounded like a solution, then it might as well be. After giving it a try, he agreed with Dong Cheng's strategy, and according to Dong Cheng's initiative, he handed over the matter to him.

Only two days later, Dong Cheng came to see Yang Biao again.

Compared to the meeting two days ago, this time, Dong Cheng was very angry.

As soon as he saw Yang Biao, he hated the iron and said: "Yang Gong, forgive me for being rude and outspoken.

Yang Biao was stunned~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and asked himself, "Why did you say this?"

Dong Cheng said: "The villagers of my generation have suffered a big loss, and they complained about the chariots and riders in private, but as soon as I explained the purpose of my visit, I turned a deaf ear, or looked around, I said a few more words, and some even bowed and resigned. ! Yang Gong, obviously suffered a big loss, now that adults like me are willing to be the masters of their generation, and they are not grateful for Dade, but they are doing such a hateful act! What a villain and a pariah! Isn’t this a dog who can’t be on the table!”

This result did not surprise Yang Biao.

These Xu County gentry are not fools. They complain a few words behind their backs, and that's fine. If they really want to make a joint complaint and lend them ten courage, they don't dare. Not to mention that Xun Zhen is currently in power in the DPRK, the surrounding area of ​​Xu County is still full of his troops and horses, and since Xun Zhen is from the county of Yingchuan, the influence of the Xun family in Yingchuan is already great. Yao, Xin and other county officials, Wang and You, have clearly expressed their stance. On his side, how could they not understand the situation?

And, just before Dong Cheng wanted to persuade them to file a joint petition, Chen Deng had just cleaned up a family in Xu County.

The reason why this tycoon was cleaned up was because he was dissatisfied with the price offered by Chen Deng, and in turn wanted to rob Chen Deng and asked Chen Deng for money that was twice the market price. Arrested and imprisoned—now he is still in prison in Xu County!

Seeing Dong Cheng's angry expression, Yang Biao couldn't help but comfort him.

While the two were talking, an official from the outside came in, beaming with joy, and said, "Ming Gong, Dong Gong, the subordinate just learned of a good thing."

Yang Biao asked, "What's the good thing?"

"Tuntian soldiers from Xuzhou and the villagers in Xu County fought!"