The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Compared with Zhang Niujiao and Zhang Feiyan, Yu Du is neither a "state and county hero", nor a famous state and county, nor a "smart general". Respond to Zhang Niujiao and obey Zhang Feiyan again.

Of course, he also has his own strengths, such as bravery, daring to take the lead when fighting, such as being light on wealth and righteousness, and being chivalrous, but these strengths can only make him a leader of the grass, but they are not enough to support him to become a "first army". Lord".

A general is the courage of a soldier, and the leader of an army is the courage of the whole army.

To become the leader of an army, two conditions are required.

One is the character of perseverance. Only with perseverance can he inspire soldiers in the event of a momentary defeat, so that the entire army will not lose their fighting spirit due to defeat. For example, Liu Bei never said defeat, persevered, and finally achieved great things. The other is that, like Zhang Feiyan, you must have enough strategy and vision. Only with enough strategy and vision can you make wise judgments in complex situations, seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and lead the entire army to victory. Become the pillar of an army, so that the soldiers of the whole army are always full of confidence.

These two conditions are indispensable. If there is only the former, without the latter, no matter how much you persist, you may not be able to win the final victory. If there is only the latter, then you may be defeated by an unavoidable defeat before you can win. Lost fighting spirit.

Taking Liu Bei as an example, Liu Bei said after Zhuge Liang: "The loneliness has Kongming, just like a fish has water." Liu Bei himself has a persevering character, but his strategic vision is not enough, so there is this saying.

Yu Du is obviously not as strong as Liu Bei in character, and not as strong as Zhang Feiyan in strategic vision, and he has no advisers like Zhuge Liang to help, so when Wei County has no strong enemy, he attacked the city and conquered the land, seemingly invincible. After arriving in Wei County with the prestige of forcing Zhang Jiao to death and Zhang Feiyan's retreat, he immediately became uneasy and lost his ground.

When Xun Zhen beheaded his first messenger, he smiled and said to his subordinates: "The reason why Xun Jun killed Lao Deng was because my last letter was really rude." His first letter was indeed for temptation Xun Zhen's attitude, but "the two countries are at war, do not kill the messenger", Xun Zhen beheaded his messenger without saying a word, and in the reply letter asked him to send another messenger to Ye County, so that he could kill him again , This is an insult. He dared not attack but said this sentence. The bottom line is that his character is not strong enough, and he does not have the capital to become the leader of an army.

Now, after hearing about the turmoil in the barracks in Ye County, and then the fact that many gentry and elders in Ye County did not go to Xun Zhen's banquet, he was not thinking about it and had a good heart, and it also showed that he did not have enough strategy and vision.

Before the first messenger who killed Yu Po, Xun Zhen once said with a smile to the officials of the prefect's mansion, "You are afraid of many Poison soldiers, but in my opinion, he is just a dog." Although this sentence was meant to inspire and enhance the courage of the government officials at the time, it is right now.

Ye County, in the prefect's mansion.

Xun Zhen asked Tan Ma, "What's going on in Wei County?"

"I heard that Ming Gong held a banquet, but many of Ye County's gentry, elders and elders were not invited to attend, so they poisoned the show and set up a high-level wine party."

Xun Zhen turned to Gu Xunyou and Liu Bei, and asked with a smile, "How?"

Xun You smiled and said, "Ming Gong's plan has already become six points."

Seeing Liu Bei frowning and brushing his beard, Xun Zhen lowered his head and said nothing, looking unhappy, and asked, "Xuande, Yu's poison has been tricked by me, and gradually entered my lap, this is a pleasure, why is Qing not happy? , instead frowning? What are you worried about? I would like to hear it."

"Ming Gong, although Yu Po has thousands of troops, Ming is not enough. This small gangster is not an enemy of Gong, so there is no need to worry. The person who is worried is the surname of You in the city. This time the Duke of Ming held a banquet. Most of the gentry are not called, and this can certainly relax the guard against the public, but it is very detrimental to the public's prestige in the county."

Xun Zhen smiled and said: "I expelled the government official Taiban before, and most of the government officials who were expelled were from the famous clans in the county. , how can I set up wine and food, and invite them to a feast?"

It can be said that Xun Zhen held a banquet this time, and called the county's big surname to have a banquet. It can be said that it was the practice of the new prefect at the beginning of his appointment. Without the support of the county and county surnames who control the political, economic, and cultural power of a county, the new prefect ruled. It will be as hard to move, and secondly, it is precisely to achieve the purpose of "most of the gentry refuse to go to the banquet", precisely to disintegrate Yu Po's guard against him, and not to treat Yu Po against him. Once the alert was dismantled, his strategy of "pacifying the poisonous chaos without leaving the country with soldiers" could not be carried out as a last resort.

That is to say, this time he held a wine banquet under the premise that most of the gentry and elders in Ye County would not be called to the banquet.

Liu Bei said: "Of course, it is indeed helpful for them not to come to the banquet, but this is not a solution! There are so many right surnames and gentry who are hostile to the public. Eliminating it will be very detrimental to the public administration in the future."

Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the struggle between the county magistrates and the local tycoons has never been interrupted, and it can be said that it runs through the entire Han Dynasty. Before Xun Zhen went into office, looking at the history of this dynasty, whether it was a famous official of the former Han Dynasty or a cadre of the current Han Dynasty, whoever left a "capable name" for later generations, when they ruled a county, most of them were He has done things such as killing the powerful surnames of the counties and counties, such as Zhidu, who was known as the "Goshawk" in the former Han Dynasty. There is a big surname in Jinan with more than 300 clansmen. He is cunning. Zhidu was the prefect of Jinan, and when Zhidu arrived, he killed the first evil, and the rest were all stubborn, thus reversing the previous situation where the tyrants overwhelmed the county governor. It is also like Zhou Yangyou, "the county where he lives must be barbaric." As the prefect of the county, he must destroy the local tyrants.

The tyrants control the politics, economics, and literature of the county and county. Some tyrants also keep dead soldiers, clan soldiers and family soldiers. If a foreign prefect wants to make a difference, he must suppress the local tyrants. Xun Zhen had already been prepared for this. He knew that most of Ye County's gentry and surnames would not be called to the banquet, so he would "disgrace himself". Of course, it was in order to achieve disintegration against poison. The purpose of his vigilance, the second is also the meaning of "throwing stones to ask for directions". The strategist said "know yourself and the enemy". Only by figuring out who are the surnames of the tycoons who are hostile to him will it be convenient for him to "prescribe the right medicine to the disease" in the future. ".

Hearing that Liu Bei was worried, Xun Zhen smiled and said, "So, in your opinion, what should I do to eliminate the hostility of the families towards me?"

"When the Duke of Ming first came, no government had left the government. The reason why the families were hostile to the Duke was because of the expulsion of the Duke, the reason for the departure of officials from the government, such as the Five Officials, the Gong Cao, the Chief Bookkeeper, etc. Might as well work on that.”

"Oh? How do you work?"

"Therefore, the officials of the five senses, the meritorious officer, and the chief clerk are disrespectful to the public, and they should be expelled. However, there are many well-dressed families in the counties and counties, and there must be children of their families who are polite and respectful, and who understand political affairs. Ming Gong can choose the best. Take it. In this way, it can not only enrich the county, but also resolve the hostility of the surnames."

After Xunzhen expelled the old government officials such as Wuguan, Gong Cao, and Zhuzhu, he only selected some of the existing officials to replace the vacated positions. He elected not many people, and the vacant officials in the government There are still many positions, ranging from the prefects who are close to the subordinate officials, such as the chief secretary, etc., down to the column cadres who handle specific affairs in the house, such as household, bi, time, field, water, warehouse, gold, collection, water, law, etc. Soldiers, captains, thieves, decision-makers, councilors, doctors, etc., are all short of people, especially Cao Cao. More than half of the Cao Cao today do not have a leader, that is, Cao Ye, and some Cao Cao even have insufficient numbers of Cao history. Half of the county was occupied by Yu Po, and political affairs were not the most important thing. However, after Xun Zhen quelled the Yu Po Rebellion, in order to make the government clear, he had to fill these vacant official positions first, at least Cao Ye, who was listed as Cao Cao. superior.

Liu Bei's suggestion is only superficial, but it kills two birds with one stone.

However, what he said was not in line with what Xun Zhen meant, and Xun Zhen smiled and said nothing.

Liu Bei saw Xun Zhen's disapproval, and said, "Bei is stupid, dare to ask Duke Ming, but don't you have a good plan?"

Xun Zhen calmly said: "In the past, when Zhu Bo was in charge of the county, he said: 'It is like the prefect of Han officials, who obey the three-chi laws and regulations.' I also have this intention."

Zhu Bo was upright and righteous by nature, and started from humble beginnings. He was young and poor. He had not read Confucian classics very much. It is understandable that he emphasized the law and ignored Confucianism. Liu Bei was quite surprised when he tried to imitate Zhu Bo and said, "According to the order of three feet," Liu Bei was quite surprised.

After all, Liu Bei followed Xun Zhen Riqian, and he had only heard about Xun Zhen's style as an official in Yingchuan in his early years, but had never seen it with his own eyes. What he saw was only the Li Xian corporal that Xun Zhen was serving as Lieutenant Zhao. When trying to imitate Zhu Bo in governing the county, he couldn't help but be surprised, but Xun You already knew about Xun Zhen's style of "respecting the law", and he was not surprised by it.

Xun You did not actively support Xun Zhen's style of attaching importance to law and discipline, but he did not oppose it either.

On the one hand, although Confucian officials talk about the Spring and Autumn Period, and engage in the theory of motivation, if the motivation is good, then even if they violate the law, they can be punished lightly. Confucius said: "If the government is broad, the people will be slow; if slow, the people will be sluggish; if they are violent, the people will be disabled; “Government is based on harmony”, but he did not blindly advocate loose governance.

Second, Yingchuan was influenced by famous legalists such as Shen Buha and Han Feizi during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The scholars in the county have always been "Gao Shiguan, focusing on grammar", such as Yangzhai Guo and Changshe Zhong who are all the world's bestowed laws. The famous door of the law, the local taxi style has never been "empty talk and clear discussion", but pays attention to the practice of the world.

The third rule is that the Han family has its own system, which is originally Confucianism.

It can be said that Xun Zhen, or Xun You, or Xun Yu, they are not political parties, as long as they have the opportunity to become county magistrates, they must be able to combine Confucianism and Law in governance, at least because of their own Relationships, either Confucianism is more important, or Law is more important—Xunzhen came from later generations, and in this life, he was influenced by Yingchuan scholar style. Obviously, it is the latter, which is more important to Law.

Therefore, when Xun You saw Liu Bei's expression of surprise, he smiled and said: "Xuande knows how the name of Duke Ming's 'Milk Tiger' came from? It didn't come from the conquest battlefield, or because he was in the past. In Yingchuan, it was obtained by 'obeying the three-footed decree to engage in it'!... But Xuande is relieved, although Duke Ming relied on the decree, he would not dismiss Cao Cao as Zhu Bo did."

Zhu Bo did not like the empty talk of Confucian scholars. Every time he went to a county, he often stopped to discuss Cao Cao. Those who discussed Cao, as the name suggested, were the Cao of the discussion, and it was the place where the Confucian scholars were placed in the county for them to express their opinions.

Zhu Bo was a native of the former Han Dynasty. At that time, the dispute between Confucianism and Law was fierce. The famous Salt and Iron Theory was in the final analysis the dispute between Confucianism and Law. Later, the emperors of this dynasty vigorously advocated the study of classics and used classics and techniques to recruit scholars. Up to now, Confucianism and law have gradually merged. For example, the Zhongyao family, who taught the law, was obviously a family of law, but also studied Confucianism. Classics, like the Xun family, although a famous school of Confucianism, Xun Qu taught Xun Zhen to read, but he also taught him the study of the law. Under such a background, Xun Zhen certainly could not and would not be as contemptuous of Confucian scholars and dismissed as Zhu Bo did. Stop discussing Cao's.

In fact, Liu Bei was not a person who took Confucianism as his standard. He was just surprised that a person from a famous Confucian family like Xun Zhen would say "to work according to the three-foot rule".

He put away his surprise, frowned again, and said, "It seems appropriate to combine leniency and brute force in governing the county. The gentry of the county and county are more hostile to Duke Ming. Can……."

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "I'm afraid it will provoke civil revolt?"

"...It's not possible, but I'm afraid it will deepen the estrangement. If there are no gentry and assistants of the surname, it will be difficult for the Duke of Ming to govern the county."

Being a prefect is different from a lieutenant. A lieutenant only needs to be in charge of the military, but being a prefect must be responsible for both the military and the government. A civil prefect who only knows how to fight and can't do well is not a qualified prefect. Without the support of the local surnames, Xun Zhen might be able to win in military affairs, but in civil affairs it is very likely that he will fail. Dismissal from office is a big deal.

Xun Zhen had his own opinion and said: "Wei is close to Jingji, the county is full of arrogance and cunning, and now there are many thieves, and the local area is particularly strong, this generation is like the thorns of thorns, if you want to govern the county, you must destroy it completely. , if this is not the case, the decree cannot be communicated. Xuande, the advice of the minister cannot be wrong, but if you want to do it, you need to slow down first. This is the same as 'the soldiers first, then the rituals'."

Xun Zhen had just expelled a large number of government officials, and if he immediately recruited children from the tyrants and the right surnames, he would not say whether these disgruntled tyrants and the surnames would accept his appointment, but only said: ", will only fuel the arrogance of these powerful and powerful people, so Xun Zhen planned to "first soldiers and then rituals", and then give them sweet dates after repairing a batch of big names.

In addition, there is another most important reason, which Xun Zhen did not say.

Zhao Zhongquan was in control of the government and the opposition, and many powerful families in the county depended on the Zhao family. This can be seen from the embarrassment that Xun Zhen encountered when he first took office. It is also not the head of the powerful Wei clan in Handan. It is not appropriate to act lightly. If you want to kill him, you have to talk about strategies. You have to clear out the powerful clans that are dependent on the Zhao family. These wings, and then can act slowly.

——Although Zhao Zhong’s family is hostile to Xun Zhen, but then again, why is Xun Zhen not coveting Zhao Zhong’s family?

So far, Xun Zhen's greatest achievement has been in the military. The turbulent times are approaching, and military achievements alone are not enough to make him stand out. Etc., they are all veteran generals of the empire, and he is not as famous in terms of reputation. Secondly, among the "peer", there are also people like Sun Jian and Fu Xie who came to prominence through the Yellow Turban Rebellion. He is not the only one who is famous for his military exploits. Therefore, if he wants to gain enough prestige and political capital to stand in the troubled times and make him attract the attention of the world, he must do something that will shake the world. For now, the most suitable one is to kill him. Zhao family.

Xun Zhen thought about it carefully: From the perspective of harvest, Zhao Zhong is the leader of the eunuch, and all the scholars in the country hate it~www.wuxiaspot.com~ If he can destroy the Zhao family, he will definitely be famous all over the world. Maybe he will become the object of worship of young scholars; from the perspective of harm, if he kills the Zhao family, he will definitely summon Zhao Zhong's wrath and be framed, but what does it matter? He knows the direction of history, the chaos in the world is imminent, and the eunuch's demise is not far away. At most, he will abandon the official and abscond, and he will die for a while.

Compared with the harvest, the harm is almost insignificant.

With this in mind, in order to achieve his goal, he will not take seriously the powerful surnames in the county who are hostile to him either because of their attachment or because of fear of the Zhao family, and he doesn't mind getting rid of them at all.

Because Liu Bei did not know the direction of history, he never thought that Xun Zhen had such intentions, so he would "care about chaos". He was worried about Xun Zhen's future governance. He thought about it carefully, and said: "The public announcement is very serious, but it is not well-prepared."

When the discussion between Liu Bei and Xun Zhen came to an end, Xun You smiled and said: "Governing the county and administering the government, and subduing the tyrants, what will happen in the future, Duke Ming, this Duke's plan has already been poisoned six points, and the remaining four points, I don't know Duke Ming. When are you going to implement it?"

"I'll pretend to be sick from tomorrow... Gongda, how are Junchang and Chen Wu doing in Neihuang?"

"Cheng Jia was on a study tour in the past, and he has been to Wei County many times. He is also a ranger. He is very familiar with the scholars of the inner yellow and the heroes of the city. , often have the opportunity to enter and leave his house, and donate wealth and beauty."

"Very good, in another two or three days, you can disguise yourself and go to Neihuang in secret, and see Junchang in secret."