The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Le Jin looked around and saw that all the followers on the left and right were close to Xun Zhen.

Xun Zhen was startled again, just thinking that Le Jin was a kind-hearted person, but unexpectedly he said this, because he asked, "If you don't want to bring it, why do you bring it?"

Le Jin replied in a low voice, "Those people came to us because of their admiration for your majesty and reputation. If we refuse to accept it, we may damage your majesty's reputation."

Only then did Xun Zhen understand it, and she said in her heart, so you are thinking about me.

The most important festival for the people of the Han and Han Dynasties. No matter the high-level scholar's "challenging the turbulent and promoting the clear, not afraid of strong imperialism", or the rural chivalrous people's "admiration for the chivalrous, light death and heavy promises", in the final analysis, they are all three words "respecting the name and festival". Especially in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Sima Guang of the Song Dynasty once said: "Since the three generations have died, the beauty of weathering has not been as prosperous as the Eastern Han Dynasty." In the nearly 20-year-long disaster of the party, hundreds of people of integrity would rather have their families ruined than tarnish their own names, which is a proof of their reputation. Because of this, some later generations have tasted the saying: "The famous festival people of the Han Dynasty are not as prosperous as the party."

There are many reasons why people from the two Han dynasties, especially those from the Eastern Han Dynasty, formed such an atmosphere. The most important thing is nothing more than two, one, the two Han folk customs are simple, and the other is also because of the advocacy of the ruling class.

Not to mention the Western Han Dynasty, the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty learned the lessons of Wang Mang's usurping power, and from the beginning of Emperor Guangwu, they paid special attention to commending famous festivals, and at the same time vigorously advocated the study of Confucian classics. When Confucianism developed to the Eastern Han Dynasty, it attached great importance to moral behaviors such as loyalty, filial piety, justice, righteousness, honesty, and surrender. In addition, the employment system of the Eastern Han Dynasty also had an important influence on the formation of scholars and folk customs. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, scholars were mostly selected through inspection and elimination, and one of the two was based on the family, and the other was the reputation of the township song, that is to say , If you want to be an official, you have to have a good name.

Xun Zhen has been traveling for more than ten years, and she has a very good understanding of the customs of the Han and Han Dynasties. It is quite gratifying to hear Le Jin's words at this time. It is not for anything else, but because Le Jin is in an extremely dangerous situation while traveling behind enemy lines. I can still think about him next time.

He patted Le Jin's arm and said with a smile, "I'm a former post supervisor, today's soldier Cao Rong, and only a hundred stone officials. What kind of prestige and good name can I have in the county?" He turned his head and looked across the river, waiting to cross the river. The common people of the village turned their heads and said, "But you are doing very well, but in times of war, it is the common people who suffer. Alas, how innocent the common people are."

Although the Yingshui is not wide, it is not narrow either. In a hurry, the pontoon cannot be built.

Prefect Wen was still waiting in the mansion for a reply, so he couldn't be kept waiting for a long time. Xun Zhen ordered Xu Zhong to stay and explained, "After Xiao Xia and Jiang Hu have brought people across the river, tell them to take Shen Rong and Fan Sheng to the prefect's mansion immediately."

Xu Zhong promised.

Everyone goes to the prefect's mansion first.

Not only were Le Jin and others safe and sound, but they also brought thousands of people. Xun Zhen was very happy. He hadn't laughed much in days, but now a smile appeared on his face. Talking with Le Jin all the way, outside the prefect's mansion, Jiang Qin and others were left behind, and only Le entered the mansion.

Entering the mansion and ascending to the hall, Xun Zhen told Prefect Wen all the things that Le Jin, Xiao Xia, and Jiang Hu had experienced, and told them the truth about bringing thousands of people to help them.

If Xun Zhen expected, Wen Taishou was overjoyed and praised Le Jin in a loud voice: "A true loyal and brave man!" People went to the treasury to get fifty gold coins and rewarded Le Jin, Xiao Xia, and Jiang Hu. .

Zhong Yao, Du You, and Xun You were also very happy.

At this critical time of life and death, one more person means more strength.

Le Jin and others brought thousands of people at once. Although nearly half of them were ordinary people, the remaining half, no matter the iron officials, the tyrants who joined the army, or the strong men, were all strong and strong. , as long as a little armed can become an army.

If nothing else, Yangzhai City will be stable from today onwards.

Of course, not everyone was happy about it, and Han Liang was worried.

Han Liang was from the Han family in Wuyang.

He turned pale and said, "Iron officials, prisoners too. It is not a case of amnesty, nor is there an edict from the emperor, so it is against the law to rashly take it into an army! If the court will investigate it in the future? The crime is not light!"

Xun Zhen said: "There is a long-standing practice in recruiting prisoners and prisoners to join the army. When Emperor Xiaowu of the former Han Dynasty, he once 'raised the world's death penalty to attack Korea' and 'issued the world's seven subjects to exile'. I have passed 'exiled soldiers' and 'relaxed criminals'. Now the demon thieves are in chaos, Yangzhai is almost in danger, and things are urgent. Although there is no imperial edict, but with a simple view of virginity, it is appropriate to follow power and not to be bound by common sense. If there is a guilt, Zhen alone will bear it!"

"Seven Sections Banished". "Excommunication" refers to the banishment system, a system of banishing and punishing people with special status to join the army on the sidelines. This system existed during the Warring States Period. The seven categories of excommunication refer to the objects of seven types of excommunication, in short: criminal officials, desperadoes, sons-in-law, and Jiaren.

"Relaxing prisoners", relaxation, solution, prisoners who have removed the instruments of torture.

Prefect Wen still had some responsibility, he said: "Xun Rong said very much: follow the power in a hurry. Now it is urgent, you should follow the power. There is only one point, the Tieguan and the disciples are all vicious sinners, and they are used to guard Yangzhai. , is it reliable?"

Xun Zhen had thought about it for a long time, and he replied: "Tieguan's headmaster Le Jin is brave and capable of conquering the public. Many of Tieguan's disciples have received his favor. With him, Tieguan's disciples should not be in chaos. Don't worry, Zhen can mix up the guests under the Zhenmen with the Tieguan disciples. Although there are more than 200 guests under the Zhenmen after days of fierce battles, the number of Tieguan disciples here is only a thousand. There are more than 200 guests under the watch of Zhenmen, so it is enough to be safe."

Prefect Wen nodded and said, "That's very good."

With his approval, Xun Zhen was secretly happy.

There are more than 200 guests under his family, not only "enough to ensure everything", but also enough to ensure that the team will not be in chaos, and "enough to ensure that this team is under control."

To be honest, he was quite apprehensive when he proposed this method, for fear that Prefect Wen would be suspicious and reject him, but he never expected that Prefect Wen would agree so readily.

When you think about it, it's not surprising.

First of all, the Yellow Turbans have all reached the door, and Prefect Wen is so exhausted that he can't take care of himself. How can he still have time to figure out the military power of these thousands of "criminals"? Secondly, Xun Zhen knew that the Taiping Dao uprising was the beginning of chaos in the world, but Prefect Wen did not know. In his opinion, although the Yellow Turban Rebellion is fierce, as long as the reinforcements from the imperial court arrive, it will definitely be pacified in a blink of an eye. At that time, the thousand or so people will naturally be disbanded. Sooner or later, it's not the county soldiers who will be disbanded. What's the point of this military power?

After talking about Tieguan's disciples, Zhong Yao remembered something, he said: "Ming Fu, the subordinates just heard Xun Rong and Le Zhu's book: there are many heroes and warriors from the north of the county who volunteered to join the army. As the saying goes: ' Within one mile, there must be loyal and good people. My county has jurisdiction over 17 counties, with a population of more than one million. Among them, there are inherent rebels like Yaodao, but there are definitely more loyal and good people. The thieves have also retreated, and taking advantage of this spare time, Mingfu might as well go down the road and recruit heroes from the county to fight the moth thieves together!"

Prefect Wen agreed and replied, "Good!"

As soon as he said it, he immediately ordered Wang Lan, the chief clerk, to write an order according to Zhong Yao's intentions, and handed it over to Zhong Yao, asking him to immediately select qualified officials and send them to various places in the county. In such a big place in the middle of the county, one oath is not enough. Zhong Yao took the letter, left the table and said goodbye. He first went to someone to copy it, and after copying a few more copies, he picked bold and capable officials to pass it on to various places.

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While speaking, an official outside the hall came to report: "There are several people outside the mansion asking to see the Ming mansion."

They were called Xiao Xia, Jiang Hu, Shen Rong, and Fan Sheng.

Shen Rong was wearing a black official uniform and a black sash with a copper seal. Although she stood at the front, she was trembling.

Xiao Xia and Jiang Hu were in coarse clothes and cloth shoes. Before entering the hall, they took off their sabres and held one person behind Shen Rong. They haven't seen each other for a few months, but the two of them haven't changed much, just like Le Jin. When they entered the hall, Xun Zhen smiled slightly and nodded to them, but she quickly retracted her gaze and did not look sideways.

The person being held by Xiao Xia and Jiang Hu was Fan Sheng. He had the worst appearance, with a blue nose and a swollen face, and was **** with five flowers.

Prefect Wen and Fan Sheng were both from Nanyang, and they belonged to the township party. At the beginning of the year, after hearing about Zhang Jiao's rebellion, Xun Zhen once asked Zhong Yao to go to the prefect of Shangyan Wen, hoping that he could arrest Fan Sheng. forced labor.

The words at the time were still in my ears, but Fan Sheng actually intended to rebel as Zhong Yao said.

Seeing each other in the hall at this moment, even though one is a prefect and the other is a prisoner, he is still embarrassed.

Fortunately, Zhong Yao went out just now, which relieved some of his embarrassment.

Xun Zhen noticed his face, noticed that he subconsciously glanced at the seat before Zhong Yao left, and said to himself, "Fortunately, he didn't know that Zhong Yao was speaking for me. Otherwise, he never liked me. , now I meet Fan Sheng again in front of my face, it's like slapping myself, maybe I will be angry and angry."

Wen Taishou calmed down and said: "Fan Sheng, Er also studied since childhood, you should know the truth of sages and sages, and now he is a Tieguancheng. Even if you have no loyalty to the monarch, you should know the laws of the Han family, aren't you afraid of being tortured and killed?"

"Loyalty to the king? Hahahahaha."

"why are you laughing?"

"In today's world, there is a smog and a miasma, cats and mice sleep together, the rich are always precious, they eat without labor, the poor are always poor, and there is no place to stand. Yingchuan is a rich county, but Duke Wen, you go out and see what the people eat. What, what are you wearing! The people can't talk about life, so what is the Han family's nostalgia? 'The ruler regards the people as grass, and the people regard the ruler as an enemy'! Now the great virtuous teacher started in Hebei, the heroes of the world responded, and all the people were affected. From. Heaven is dead, and Huang Tian stands! I miss being captured, what is the fear of death? I just wish I could no longer serve the great teacher!"

Xun Zhen looked at Fan Sheng in surprise~www.wuxiaspot.com~ He remembered that when he first met Fan Sheng, Fan Sheng said that it was because the master of Taiping Dao saved his life from the epidemic many years ago, so he believed in Taiping Dao . I thought he was just a fool, but unexpectedly, he replied to Prefect Wen like this. Xun Zhen said in his heart, "This Fan Sheng is not an idiot. Listening to his voice, he is also an ambitious person."

It doesn't matter if you have ambitions or not, this way of peace will never work.

Xun Zhen said in her heart, "It's just his ambition... oh, it's a pity."

If it was him who was in charge of the house today, he might have forgiven him for Fan Sheng's remarks, but it was a pity that Prefect Wen, who was in charge, could only hide this pity in his heart and said nothing.

Han Liang's face was pale, his voice trembled with anger, and he said repeatedly: "The words are outrageous, the words are outrageous! Mingfu, please quickly push him out of the house and cut him!"

Han Liang is not a bold person. In fact, his character tends to be cowardly, but after listening to Fan Sheng's words, he could not hesitate to ask Prefect Wen to put him to death.

Guo Tu remonstrated: "Fan Sheng is an iron official in this county, and his status among the demon thieves is definitely not low, so he should not be killed easily. In the opinion of the following officials, it is better to put him in jail first, and wait for careful torture. It's not too late to deal with it."

Prefect Wen nodded and wanted to say a few more words to Fan Sheng, but looking at him kneeling on the ground, looking up and laughing wildly, he swallowed his words, sighed, and said, "Someone, bring him here. Go down, put in jail, and interrogate well!"

Fan Sheng did not struggle, but the officials outside the hall pushed him out.

Xun Zhen watched him go out.

As he staggered along, he laughed wildly and sang: "The time has passed, and you and I will die together! The sky is dead, and the yellow sky will stand. The long night will be bright, and the long night will be bright!"

He staggered out a long way, and had already left the courtyard, and the singing was still in the hall.