The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

There is a saying, "Being famous is worse than meeting, and meeting is worse than being famous".

Most of the heroes are heard in the rumors, which makes people excited and fascinated, but if they meet in reality, after getting to know each other, no matter how big the heroes are, they are also human, and they also have various shortcomings, which may make people feel I don't think it's better than being famous.

Xun You knew everything about Xun Zhen, and when he heard that he wanted to annihilate the Zhao clan, he was shocked, and his admiration fell to the ground. Those who had never seen Xun Zhen, if they heard that Xun Zhen killed the Zhao clan, would admire and even revere Xun Zhen. As you can imagine.

Xun Zhen has spent a lot of effort since he was a senior official, self-disciplined and self-cultivation, promoted the virtuous, thought twice, humbly retreated, faced wars, faced dangers and difficulties, and walked on thin ice to the present step by step. The county is well-known.

Regardless of fame or official status, he is now only "second-rate".

Let’s talk about fame first. There are many heroes in the world. Wang Yun, Xun Shuang, Kong Rong, etc., he can only look at. Yuan Shao is far inferior to Yuan Shao. .

He Yong became famous early. When Xun Zhen was still a boy, He Yong was a famous party member in the world. When Xun Yu was a child, he became famous immediately because of He Yong's praise, and he couldn't compare with He Yong. Zhang Miao was one of the "eight chefs" of the party, and Xun Zhen couldn't compare with him. More than ten years ago, when Cao Cao was only 20 years old, he was promoted to Xiaolian and worshipped him as a man. He immediately served as a lieutenant in the northern part of Luoyang. In his post, he made a five-colored stick and killed the uncle of Xiaohuangmen Jianshuo. No one dared to violate his law, and Xun Zhen could not compare with him.

In terms of fame, he is at most a "second-rate celebrity", and more strictly speaking, he may only be regarded as a third-rate person.

As for the status of official positions, there is no need to mention the high-ranking officials in the court, such as generals, generals of chariots and cavalry, Sangong, Jiuqing, and Shangshuling. There are more than 100 provincial governors in Yu County, and Xun Zhen is only one of them. Even if he is more famous now, he is not ranked among the hundreds of local officials.

These local officials are inherently incompetent, but there are also many capable officials. For example, Jia Cong, a native of Liaocheng, East County, who was appointed in the first year of Zhongping and served as the governor of Jiaozhi, was a well-known capable official. After the ban on the party was lifted in the first year of Zhongping, a large number of party members became officials. Compared with these old party members, Xun Zhen was even worse, such as Li Ying's son Li Zan, who is now the minister of Dongping, and Xun Zhen is the same two thousand stone. , but Xun Zhen is his junior, even if his ability is stronger than him, his fame and qualifications are far inferior.

Among the more than 100 local officials, his status can only be ranked second-rate. If you add those powerful and important officials in the court, and if you are stricter, I am afraid that he is now in the third-rate at most.

The chaos is about to come, and it is almost impossible for him to stand in the front line of the chaos without falling behind, and to establish his position as soon as possible, just by virtue of his reputation and status as the third-rate and barely second-rate. But once the Zhao clan in Ye County was killed by him, all this would change.

Party members and eunuchs have been fighting for decades, and they have suffered a lot and took less advantage.

Why did Zhang Jian flee? Only because he wrote a letter to impeach the local **** family Hou Clan, that is, Hou Lan's clan, for being domineering and lawless when he served as the postal supervisor of Shanyang, and angered Hou Lan, he was arrested and died. With only one impeachment, the Hou family was unscathed, but Zhang Jian had to go to the rivers and lakes, and also caused more than a dozen gentry to be exterminated, which was too great a loss.

Even if one or two eunuchs were killed, such as Yang Qiu and Guanghe in the second year, the school captain Ren Sili killed a few eunuchs such as Wang Fu, the general servant of the middle school, but he was soon arrested because of the slanderous words of the eunuchs such as Cao Jie. The emperor removed Sili Colonel and was replaced by Weiwei. Sili Colonel, known as "Crouching Tiger", was in charge of the important place in Gyeonggi and had great power. It was a position that the party and eunuchs competed fiercely for. Eunuchs have to lower their eyebrows. If eunuchs get this position, party members will not be able to show their ambitions. Yang Qiu’s loss of this position is a major political failure for party members. He was imprisoned and executed for his slanderous remarks, along with Situ Liu He and others who died at the same time.

When Yang Qiu died, he was the Weiwei, one of the Nine Ministers, Liu He was the Situ, and one of the Three Dukes. These are all important positions in the court. However, the two died because of the execution of the official, and the power of the party members suffered a major blow. , this loss is not small.

Zhao Zhong is now the "leader" among the eunuchs. Xun Zhenru killed his clan, even if he couldn't do it all, but as long as he could bring all those who had committed wrongdoings to justice among the children of the Zhao clan in Ye County. , for the party members and celebrities, it is a "rock-breaking" victory, and his name will surely spread all over the world, and his fame will surely rise from barely second-rate to first-rate.

As long as there is first-class fame, first-class status is not far away.

With a first-class reputation and a first-class status, people, land, soldiers, food, etc. will not be difficult to obtain, and in the coming chaos, he will also be able to maximize the benefits of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others. Treat them equally, establish themselves as soon as possible, and become a family of their own.

Is there any risk in killing the Zhao clan? have.

Compared to the harvest, this risk is negligible.

All in all, killing Zhao is imperative and must be done.

However, before doing so, confidentiality is the first priority.

Although he knew that Xun You was not someone who didn't know the importance, Xun Zhen still explained a few words to him.

Xun You remembered something and asked, "It's very important to kill Zhao, do you want to send a letter to Yuan and He Zhujun in the capital to let them know?"

This letter is definitely to be written, but it is hard to say how much effect it will have.

Xun Zhen knew that Xun You's question meant that he wanted Yuan Shao to do his best to minimize the harm to the Xun clan due to Xun Zhen's execution of Zhao. In the struggle between the party and the eunuchs, the Shang Sangong not only did not suffer the slightest loss, but instead became richer and richer. One of the most important reasons is that Yuan Shao's grandfathers "understood the current affairs", not only did they not oppose the eunuchs and powerful people, And interact with them, even close to them.

Yuan Shao's father Yuan Cheng.

Yuan Shao was Yuan Feng's concubine, and Yuan Cheng was Yuan Feng's second brother. He died early and had no children. In order to continue his incense, Yuan Feng succeeded Yuan Shao to Yuan Cheng's name. Yuan Cheng was very popular in the capital at that time. "The nobles and the arrogant general Liang Ji and the following are all good friends, and there is nothing that can't be said. Therefore, the capital said as a proverb: 'If things are not in harmony, ask Wen Kai'", Wen Kai said. , is the word of Yuan Cheng. Liang Ji even dared to poison the emperor. He was a lawless and domineering official, but Yuan Cheng had a good relationship with such a domineering official. From this, you can see the family style of the Yuan family in Runan.

Yuan Shao can be said to be an anomaly of the Yuan clan in Runan. After hearing that Zhao Zhong said to the eunuchs, "Yuan Benchu ​​was sitting on a pedestal, and should not be called to raise dead soldiers. I don't know what this son wants to do." From his father, Yuan Wei, who was the Taiwei at the time, immediately called Yuan Shao and warned him not to oppose the eunuch. From this, it can be seen that even if Yuan Shao can get help from Yuan Shao, it is only Yuan Shao's personal help, hoping to get Runan. Yuan's help is impossible, so it is estimated that even writing a letter to Yuan Shao will not have much effect.

Xun Zhen said: "This letter

It is not advisable to write early. It is not too late to go to the capital when you and I are ready and ready to start. "

Xun You nodded and said yes.

Xun Zhen had already made a decision about the execution of Zhao. He knew the trend of history and knew that the risks were not large, so he seemed calm and relaxed. Although Xun You was an outstanding man, he was still young now, and he was just beginning. Hearing this, it is unavoidable that the heart is shaken, and it seems that the pressure is heavy, sometimes frowning, sometimes pondering.

Xun Zhen smiled and said: "It's still a long way from doing this, and it's useless to think about it at this time. You and I haven't played an elephant show for a long time. It's rare that the weather is so beautiful today. You might as well sit on the pavilion in the palace, facing the pond water. And raising a child, fighting with the breeze, wouldn’t it be fun?”

Xun You admired Xun Zhen even more: "Ming Gong is calm and unhurried when facing this important event, Yan Ran is the same as before, and this person who puts life and death aside, is really heavy as light."

The two walked out of the hall hand in hand, and went to the Fuzhong Pavilion on the waterfront, not to mention chess, and said that they were in the Zhao family's house.

Zhao Ran was shocked and looked incredulous: "What did you say?"

There were two people sitting across from him, both young, both in their early twenties. Both of them are the children of the Zhao family.

One of them triumphantly repeated what he had just said: "The Yuancheng thing was done by the two of us."

"Can you say that again?"

"Brother, I've said it twice... Yuancheng was the one we both called..., oh, oh! Brother, what are you doing!" Zhao Ran grabbed the Shi Yan, who was in charge of the case, smashed over and landed right in front of his seat. He jumped up from the seat in fright, slanted a few steps in embarrassment, and almost stepped on the hem of his clothes and fell to the ground.

Zhao Ran was furious, stood up from behind the case, grabbed the bamboo slip on the case, and smashed it.

This person was unsteady, unable to escape, and was being smashed by the bamboo slip on the waist. This man was wearing a shell belt around his waist. The belt decorated with shells was smashed by the bamboo slip, and several pieces of the shell fell to the ground, together with the sound of the bamboo slip falling to the ground.

The other person sitting opposite Zhao Ran was startled at first, then saw the embarrassed state of the smashed person, turned his surprise into joy, covered his mouth with one hand and chuckled, and pointed at the face of the smashed person with the other: "Tu. Spent, painted."

The fashion of the two Han Dynasties, the former Han Dynasty was simple and martial, and it was good in the early days. Maybe it was because the rigid pole was soft, and the positive pole was yin. , Noble children are fumed with powder and incense, and their clothing has also changed to feminine. For example, the shell belt on the waist of the person who was smashed, the shell belt is a more feminine decoration.

The smashed man not only had a shell belt around his waist and a Zen robe incense, but he also smeared powder on his face. There was some residual ink in the stone inkstone just now, and a few drops were splashed on his face, and the powder was white. , the ink is black, and it looks ridiculous.

Zhao Ran was angry, but the man sitting seemed to be watching a play, covering his mouth and making fun, which made Zhao Ran's anger even more difficult to contain.

He drew his sword out of its sheath, kicked the case over several times with one foot, and was about to go to the man who was sitting.

Seeing this, the man was so frightened that his face changed color. The person who was smashed also winked a little. Seeing Zhao Ran's anger, he didn't dare to say more, and he turned around and ran away.

Zhao Ran chased to the door of the hall. He didn't wear shoes, and he claimed to be his own identity. He couldn't go out of the hall barefoot like the two of them, but if he wore shoes again, he would definitely not be able to catch up with the two of them. Footsteps, raised the sword, rushed to the back of the two running and fled, and lost the past. The two had already escaped far away, and the sword could not hit them.

There were also a few people sitting in the hall, some were Zhao Ran's disciples, some were the children of the big clan that he befriended in the county, and the Weijun county chief was also present.

The county chief spoke out and persuaded: "The young children in the family don't know the seriousness, but since this matter has been done, it seems that the young master does not need to be angry about it."

Zhao Ran turned around and said angrily: "Two idiots! The county food was robbed, why won't Yuzhou'er be held accountable? When the two of them are found, let's see what they will do! Yuzhou'er has never dealt with my Zhao family. , would you forgive them lightly?"

Zhao Ran is not a no-brainer. Xun Zhen has passed through Ping Thieves and Xing County, and now has a high prestige in the county. At this time, although he is full of resentment and anger towards Xun Zhen, he wished to kill Xun Zhen today, but he knew the current situation. It's not a good opportunity to seek trouble, but I didn't expect that these two children in the clan would be so stupid, and they actually committed the crime of robbing the county at this time!

With Xun Zhen's temper and style, these two disciples were obviously seeking their own death. It doesn't matter if these two children seek death, but if these two children are executed by Xun Zhen, it will obviously be a blow to Zhao's prestige in the county, which Zhao Ran does not want to see.

The county chief said: "Just before I came, I heard that Yuzhou Ergang had just sent Shenbei out of the county to investigate the case in Yuancheng. Shaojun, do you want me to catch up with Shenbei and give him a few words?"

Zhao Ranqiang suppressed his anger and said to the county chief, "Your Excellency is an official in my county, and I don't know who to match!"

"What? Could it be that he dared not to obey the orders of the young master?"

"In the seventh year of Emperor Yanxi, Xiapi Chen Qiu was relocated to the prefecture of our county, and Shen Pei was summoned by him to serve in the county court..."

"Shen Pei is Chen Qiu's former official?"

"Yeah. You said, how could the matchmaker listen to me?"

Chen Qiu was a famous party member. In the second year of Guanghe, Yang Qiu and Liu He plotted to execute the eunuch. Chen Qiu served as the Yongle Shaofu in the middle of the court, and also participated in it, and was eventually sentenced to death together with Yang Qiu and Liu He. Shen Pei is Chen Qiu's old official~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Chen Qiu died at the hands of the eunuch, Shen Pei was a strong and loyal person, of course he would not listen to Zhao Ran's words. It would be better if Zhao Ran didn't send someone to ask Shen Pei to cover up the two Zhao family's children.

Hearing that the match was Chen Qiu's former official, the governor was at a loss.

A visitor in the hall said: "Shen Pei does not listen to the young master, but the food robbing family in Yuancheng will definitely listen to the young master. Otherwise, the villain will go to Yuancheng and instruct the food robbing family, such as When being questioned by the censorship, it is absolutely impossible to say who was instructed.”

Zhao Ran said: "That's the only way. You go now and tell that family, if his family confesses this crime, I will not treat them badly."

"Yes."

"If they are on a business trip, I won't let them go."

"Yes." The doorman agreed and left the hall.

Seeing that Zhao Ran was still angry, the county chief said comfortably, "Those two children in the family are also trying to vent their anger on the young master, so they did this. I just heard from the two of them that they did it very neatly and didn't stay. If you give any clues to the county court, the trial partner may not be able to find out who did it at all, so please bear with me, Young Master, and don’t worry about it.”

"hope so!"

I don't know if Zhao Ran's words played a role. As time passed, the case of the county grain robbery seemed to be an unsolved case. Shen Pei stayed in Yuancheng and Wei County for more than ten days. The powerful clansmen and evil young men in these two counties were interrogated by him again and again, but there was no news that the case had been solved. At the end of June, Xun Zhen seemed to have reluctantly accepted this fact and recalled Shen Pei to Ye County.