The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Supplement for May 15th.

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Getting married is a big event, especially for the nobility like Chen and Xun. If you get it wrong, if you marry someone who is not a human being, it will be trivial to make people talk about it and be ridiculed by others. In a serious way, it may even smear the name of the entire family. Fame is the foundation of a family, if the family name is tainted, the whole family will be finished. Chen Qun was young, and the matter of marrying his sister was not in his place. Therefore, although he made this suggestion, it is still unknown whether Chen Yu and Chen Ji will agree to it in the end.

When in the night hall, Chen Yu was noncommittal, and only after Chen Qun, Hua Xin and others stepped back, he said to Chen Ji: "Yuan Fang, when you are fine, you can pay more attention to Xun Zhen and inquire about his behavior." Chen Ji Yingnuo.

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Chen Qun and Xun Zhen met only once, and because of "strange" their behavior, they decided to marry their sister and wanted to become a marriage-in-law. This may sound reckless, but it is not surprising.

During the reign of Emperor Huan, the famous minister Li Gu died in prison because he offended Liang Ji, causing disaster to all the sons. When Li Xie was thirteen years old, he was taught to read. The owner of the hotel was "different" to him, "not a constant person", so he married him. A humble helper can be favored by the shopkeeper, why? Isn't it just because he was taught to read that he got "different" from the shopkeeper? Although Xunzhen was a side branch, he was also born in the Xun clan, and although his official position was low, he still has a rank of hundreds of stones. Looking closely at his behavior, there is indeed something unusual about him. It is not surprising that Chen Qun is highly regarded because of his background and unusual characteristics.

Chen Qun's thoughts and Chen Hao's thoughts are the business of the Chen family, and Xun Zhen will not know until they make a final decision. After sending off the prefect and getting drunk with Gao Su and Feng Gong, he returned to his daily work.

The county has already sent someone to give him a pass. The new official has three fires. This spring, there are two major events in the county, one is the spring festival, and the other is "fake food." Now that the spring season in this township is over, the rest is fake food. The food to be lent to the villagers was delivered to the village on the third day after Yin Xiu left.

Since modern times, there have been constant natural and man-made disasters in the empire. Only from today's son's accession to the throne, there have been more than a dozen earthquakes, epidemics, floods, and locust plagues in the thirteenth or fourteenth year. The people are in constant riots, the buildings will collapse, the internal and external difficulties, the wind and rain are precarious, the court has long been stretched, and the treasury is empty. During the reign of Emperor Huan, Chen Fan once said: "In today's world, there are three emptinesses." What is Three Spaces? The fields are empty, the court is empty, the warehouse is empty. What about today? The year before the Great Year, the Son of Heaven issued an edict that clearly marked the price, and the West Garden was sold/official. The reason for its greed and wealth accumulation was inherent, but it could not be ruled out that the treasury was empty.

Yingchuan County is located inland, which is a little better than the frontier, coastal and southern counties where people are in chaos. Last year was not bad. It was a good year and it was a good year. There is not much food left. Moreover, although the county governor has financial power, except for those allocated to the county government, the rest are generally not allowed to be used without authorization. Relief to the people and the poor needs to be reported and can only be done with the permission of the imperial court. Yin Xiu has asked the court for instructions, and the court also supports his good governance, but there is so much food in the treasury, and it is impossible to take out all of it. What if there is another disaster year? Can only take out a small portion. This small portion was then distributed to seventeen counties, which were then distributed to the subordinate townships by the counties. A county, dozens of townships, how much can a township get? Very few.

The person who deposited the grain was an assistant historian of the county Tingcang Cao, who brought ten carts of grain in total. Xun Zhen received him personally, and it was fashion who handled the handover procedures. After finishing the work, this Zuo Shi smiled and said: "The other townships are all eight carts of grain, and only Jun Township has ten carts of grain. The township has the largest population of people, and eight carts of food are definitely not enough, so ten carts were sent here.”

Among the Cao Cao in the county court, Cang Cao mainly collected the rent from the people. In matters such as grain distribution, Cang Cao has no power, only the county magistrate can have the final say. The reason why this Zuo Shi said this is nothing more than to please Xun Zhen. Xun Zhen took some money out of her sleeve, handed it to him, and said with a smile, "It's hard work." This Zuo Shi insisted not to accept it, and when the fashion commander unloaded the food, he smiled and said goodbye.

Xun Zhen sent him away, and said to the fashion: "Mingde, you are the village chief, you should handle the fake food. There are more than 2,000 households in our village, with a population of tens of thousands, and there are only ten carts of grain. Who should be given and who should not be given, you have to know in your heart. Set a charter, and no one with a large surname, a big family, or a family with surplus food will be allowed to borrow money, and make sure that the food is lent to the poor households who really need it.”

Relief to the common people is divided into two categories: one is relief, which is given free of charge; "Fake planting food" means fake loan, which is lent to the common people and has to be repaid after the next year's harvest. Although he had to pay it back, the conditions for the "fake seedling food" this time were very favorable, and Yin Xiu did a good job. He didn't need to pay back all, but only half. In this way, it is very likely that the big households will collude with the village officials, and they will use their hands to get the grain that should be lent to the poor. ——In previous years, this kind of thing often happened during the fake planting.

Fashion replied: "Yes."

It was early spring, and it was already February. The poplar and tung trees on the roadside outside the Guansi pulled out their young leaves, swaying in the wind, bright green and lovely, and the Guansi on the roadside was also a little brighter.

Xun Zhen, dressed in green and black, with a sword in her hand, stood under the spring light. The afternoon sun was warm and pleasant.

He watched the grain cart go further and further along the official road, and finally disappeared. He turned his eyes and glanced at the many village officials behind Gongli, and then said to the fashion again: "'Shuoshushushushu, if there is no food, I will eat millet. '. Today is unstable, and disasters are clustered in the four seas. In the past ten years, our county has suffered two major epidemics, the people are struggling, and the county is in ruins. You are a native of the town, you should know the affairs of the town, we are only one town, How many people have died because of the disease and lack of food in these years? The county general Yingong came to the county. As soon as he got off the car, he wrote to the court to ask for leave to grow food. The emperor loved the people, so he allowed it. These grains are all in the county. What I gave is the love of the people from the Son of Heaven and Duke Yin.... Mingde, all the officials in the township, if there is anyone who dares to be a big rat, greedy for the public and private, and makes a profit from it, you should report it to me immediately. I will report it to the county. , cut it."

The county governor is also known as the county general because he has the power of generals and soldiers. Xun Zhen specifically called Yin Xiu this way, in order to deter the officials, so as not to collude with the big households and make money for personal gain. The fashion promises awe-inspiringly, and the village officials are silent. Someone thought bitterly: "You wiped out the entire third clan as soon as you took office in your hometown. You have the courage, and I don't dare to profit from your favoritism!"

Xun Zhen's remarks are from the bottom of his heart, which is different from his previous "playing".

In the past, when he was in Fanyang Pavilion, he also did things such as caring for the orphans and widows, buying mulberry for the elderly, etc., but those things were more for the sake of the city and the people, to get the people to die, and to "gather the crowd." life."

Now, after his hard work, he has a hundred and ten trained Limins under his command, dozens of light chivalrous men who have served, and he has also won the service of Le Jin, and he has made a good relationship with Wenpin. Still the top priority, but not as urgent as before.

Since he is not in a hurry, he has the mind to think about other things. In fact, since the end of last year, his thinking has begun to change. In addition to continuing to gather people, he also began to pay attention to people's livelihood. Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect. Seeing that the poor households in the township are living in such hardships, while the big households, big surnames, and rich households in the township are all extravagant, all dressed in fresh clothes and angry horses.

He had thought before that the life of the common people is so difficult, the clothes can't keep warm, the food can't satisfy the stomach, and the epidemics and disasters are frequent, and the day is precarious, how can they not rise up and rebel? Anyway, it is death, how can death not be death? As the folk song sings: "The hair is like a leek, and it is cut and reborn; the head is like a chicken, and it is cut and sings. Officials don't have to be fearful, and the common people should never be taken lightly." Rather than starve to death while becoming enlightened, it is better to create and die instead.

Substitute yourself into those poor households, and if it is him, he will rise up and rebel. On the one hand, he understands why the Yellow Turbans got up. On the other hand, he cannot participate in it. The Yellow Turbans must be defeated. Participate in it and seek death.

It's funny. Recently, for some reason, he always remembered a sentence he learned in school in a previous life: "Everyone has a class nature, and every class has class interests." He can't remember the original words, because he didn't feel it when he was in school. But now he felt it, felt it. He is "Xun's family son", he is "aristocrat". The gentry could love the people, but the gentry and the Qianshou people were by no means of the same class. Sometimes he would have trouble sleeping at night, and he would often laugh at himself: "I am standing on the opposite side of the people, right?" However, he is not smart enough, and he is not strong enough to subdue tigers. What can he do? Even if you feel uneasy, even if you feel guilty, you can only do your best to help the people. The most important thing is to try to save your life first. that is it.

His thoughts, his contradictions, his unease, fashion and the villagers would certainly not be unaware. What the fashion and local officials saw and heard were his stern words. After instructing this matter, he let go completely and left it entirely to fashion.

Turning around and returning to the backyard, he summoned Xiao Xia and Xiao Ren: "I handed over all the work of planting food to Mingde. Although Mingde is a native of the township, he was originally a supervisor of the ward and was the first villager. Zuo, Wei has not yet established. Those village officials are all years old and may deceive him. The two of you, help me keep an eye on it." Xiao Xia and Xiao Ren looked at each other and understood, and said, "Little man, you understand. "

"Do you really understand?"

"I really understand. Xun Jun, please rest assured." On the surface, Xun Zhen told them to keep an eye on the villagers, but in fact, she wanted them to keep an eye on fashion as well. After all, Xun Zhen and fashion are still shallow, and it is unknown who he is. Fashion's family is also very poor, otherwise he wouldn't go to Ganli to serve as a prisoner, with ten carts of food in front of him, and Xunzhen let go of power again, will he be greedy? This requires observation. This is also one of the main reasons for Xun Zhen to release power. Take this opportunity to observe this person to see if he is worthy of credit.

- Another reason for his delegating powers: He is very busy.

Since the extermination of the Third Clan, and after the "Spring and Autumn Period", his prestige in the village has far surpassed that of the village father Xuanbo, and people come to him every day. Not only those who are in lawsuits are looking for him, but those who should have gone to find him when they lost something, and those who lost a chicken and a dog also came. Or if there is a conflict between brothers and relatives, instead of going to the patriarch or the chief for mediation, they also come to him. Most of them are trivial matters, but the common people may not think it is a trivial matter, and, because they came all the way, doesn't that mean they trust him? Does it mean that his prestige in the village is getting higher and higher? He can't always refuse. Almost every day, half a day is spent on these things, busy with "listening to complaints and pacifying complaints". At the same time, he was busy compiling and training Jiang Qin and the twenty people sent by Chen Bao.

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Among the 20 people, there are 12 Qingxia and 8 Limin trained.

Qingxia aside, these eight limin also came here voluntarily. Xun Zhen only stayed in Fanyang Pavilion for four months, but "Wenzhi Wugong" is outstanding in every way, and it can be said that he has already won the hearts of the people. Some of these eight li people admire him, such as Liu Deng and Jiang Hu (the younger brother of Jiang Qin), some are daring people, such as Shi Juxian, and some are ordered by their parents, such as the li li chief of Anding Shi Tiao's nephew Shi Jue. The reasons for the casting are different, but the common point is: all of them have courage, are good at swords and guns, can ride and shoot, and they are all strong men. ——This is also the standard for Xun Zhen to choose people. Chen Bao, who was in charge of this matter, strictly implemented his requirements.

Because the official residence was small and there was not enough room to live, Xun Zhen temporarily borrowed a yard from Gao Su's house and settled them in. It is not a long-term thing to be under the fence of others, and it is not conducive to calling nearby, so Xun Zhen has decided to build another courtyard next to the official temple for them to live in. The land has been bought. Most of the fields near the Guansi belong to Gao Su's family. Gao Su gave him a low price and bought a total of five acres of land with half sale and half free.

The purpose of building this house is to live in people, and there is not much particular about it, as long as there are enough houses, enough stables, and a martial arts field. There are also many people in the village who can build houses. Xun Zhen asked Xu Zhong to go to each pavilion and each li to find a hundred and ten people, manage food, and pay wages. The villagers are very motivated.

Wen Pin came from the county on the day when Fashion compiled the register of poor households and started to grow fake food. He had a juvenile temper and had never seen building a house before, so he was very interested, and under the banner of "disciples in need of their work", he rubbed Xunzhen on to ask for errands.

What can he do as a young man without a crown? Xun Zhen couldn't be helped by him, so he had to find something for him: "It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. It is impossible to build a courtyard without materials. Soil, stone, brick, tile, and wood must be prepared. The Xixiang was swept away, and everything that could be bought was bought." As he spoke, he pointed to the various materials piled up on the ground, and then said, "But it is not enough. I planned to wait for me to rest in a few days. Now, I'll go buy some more at the big market in the county. Since you're so active, I'll leave this to you to handle it, right?"

Wen Pin was very happy and said, "Okay, okay! Xunjun, don't worry, I will definitely be able to do it well." He looked around at the many Qingxia and Hu warriors who were helping on the construction site, and said, " Xunjun, can you leave a room for me when your yard is finished?"

"You should still study hard in the county. You always come to me every now and then. I already feel ashamed of your father, Wen Zhigong. Will you save a room for you? You want Wen Zhigong to come here. Are you scolding me?"

"Xunjun, my father has never stopped me from coming to you! Mr. does not teach every day, and he also said that a gentleman has six skills, only read scriptures, and can be an old Confucian at most. Xun Jun, you have so many brave warriors here. When my husband gives me a holiday, I can come and stay for a day or two to practice my horsemanship and fencing.  … Hou traded horses between Yan and Ji, and made all the heroic contacts. Some people praised him and said: 'Wu Ziyan is also an excellent scholar'. Although he is young, he is not willing to become an old scholar, and he is willing to be an excellent scholar." Wu Ziyan, Wu Han , Nanyang Wan people, is a fellow of Wenpin.

Xun Zhen didn't realize that he laughed, touched his head, and said, "Does Ruzi also have the ambition to become a lord?"

Wenpin was not very happy, and said, "I have already tied my hair last year~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I am not a child." In the past few months, he has often come to Xunzhen, and he has seen each other more often, and they are familiar with each other. Gradually, it is no longer restrained. Originally, he respected Xun Zhenquan, but now he gradually became more intimate, and he was no longer always serious, and sometimes revealed his youthful nature.

Xun Zhen laughed, looked at him admiringly, and said to herself, "Is this clerical appointment originally a Hou? I forgot it." He said, "Since you have such ambitions, of course I will support you. You. Okay, when the house is built, I'll leave you a room."

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1. West Park Sold/Official.

Selling/official in the Eastern Han Dynasty was not only in the reign of Emperor Ling, but it began with Emperor An, and prevailed in the two dynasties of Huan and Ling, mainly in the period of Emperor Ling. Emperor Huan issued only one sale/official edict, and the officials sold were only low-level military positions and titles, in order to relieve the country's urgency and put money into the treasury. Emperor Ling had been selling/official for more than ten years, expanding the scope and rank of selling/official to public officials, and most of the proceeds flowed into the West Garden treasury.

Emperor Ling "belongs to the family of a marquis, and lives in poverty. Every time he laments that Emperor Huan cannot make a home, he gathers it as a private collection, and sends tens of millions of money to the permanent servants of Xiaohuangmen." The young emperor of Lingdi came from a poor family, and because of fate, he suddenly ascended to the throne. He may have a feeling of worrying about gains and losses, as if in a dream, and accumulate wealth because of greed. In addition, his biological mother Dong, probably because of her poverty in the past, also showed an extremely strong greed for money after entering Beijing.

There must be a reason for the sale/official in the West Garden, but the empty treasury at that time should also be a reason. In the time of Emperor Huan, there were already three disasters. From the time of Emperor Ling's ascension to the first year of Guanghe, there were more than a dozen earthquakes, epidemics, locust plagues, floods, and the Qiang people violated the border every year. Internal and external difficulties. When even the money for relief victims was not available, and even military spending had to be moved from east to west, the official system was corrupted early in the court and the public, and corruption was rampant.