The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

County thieves Cao and Jue Cao are easy to handle, as long as there are suitable candidates, Yexian County Temple is difficult to start.

As a senior official at the next level, Xun Zhen was not allowed to interfere in the personnel affairs of the county at will when the county magistrate had no fault. After all, the county magistrate was also a "commander" and was appointed by the imperial court. The "private officials" who are removed by themselves are different. There was no chance to start, Xun Zhen was not in a hurry, anyway, the time was still long, and only secretly told Cheng Jia and others to pay more attention to the developments of the county temples in Ye County.

In late July, most of the wheat in the counties has matured, and the counties have started the autumn harvest one after another.

Before the autumn harvest, Xun Zhen was busy, but after the autumn harvest started, he became more leisurely.

All the preparatory work that needs to be arranged by the county government has been deployed, and now it is the county temples in the counties, as well as the officials of the county government such as Kang Gui. Speaking of which, the county of Kanggui persuaded Nongyue and several other county officials who were sent by Xunzhen to patrol the counties was the busiest period. I didn't come back, and it was very hot to turn around the counties, and I was very tired.

Wenpin, He Yi and others were also very busy and tired.

Wen Pin, He Yi and others were ordered by Xun Zhen to clear up the "group thieves" in the county, and they have not stopped since the day they received the order. They are almost the same, but when the harvest arrives in autumn, in order to prevent accidents, such as desperate refugees, such as resurgent pirates, they divide and determine the block, patrol each wheat area day and night, and protect the autumn harvest.

In the sweltering heat of July, wearing a heavy armor and holding a long spear, cruising on foot in the countryside under the scorching sun, day after day, I don’t say anything about the dust on my face, I don’t say anything about sweating, my clothes and armor are all over the place. He was so hot that he didn't dare to touch it. One can imagine the hard work involved. Thanks to Xun Zhen's strict management of the army, the soldiers of the righteous soldiers also appreciated his kindness, but no one complained.

Chen Bao, Liu Bei, etc. were all first-time guards and chiefs, and they caught up with the autumn harvest not long after they took office. They may be lacking in experience. In order to ensure that everything is safe, Xun Zhen, before the start of the autumn harvest, asked the county government households Cao He to persuade the peasant officials. The li selected a few reliable officials who were experienced, knowledgeable about agricultural affairs, and had previously served as officials in the county for a long time to go to the county where Chen Bao and Liu Bei were located, and asked them to assist in command and fill in the vacancies.

Although Xun Zhen had a lot of leisure time compared to before the autumn harvest, he did not completely relax. From time to time, he went out of the prefecture and went outside the county to inspect the progress of the autumn harvest in Ye County.

Ye County has never been occupied by Yu Du, but it has been besieged by Yu Du for a long time, and the damage to the wheat fields outside the county is not small.

Parking on the side of the road, climbing high and looking into the distance, I saw the vast land with mixed colors of yellow, green and blue.

The yellow ones are mature wheat, and the green and green ones are either weeds or low shrubs.

There are old people and children going in and out of the village pavilions in the distance and nearby from time to time, and on the village road leading to the wheat fields, there are women carrying water urns from time to time. Nose pants, a farmer harvesting wheat. The harvested wheat is piled up on the road beside the field, and the places with little damage will pile up like mountains, and the places with big damage will appear to be sparse.

Xun Zhen attached great importance to this year's autumn harvest, which made the counties not to be careless about this year's autumn harvest. Mostly patrolling the fields. Mixed with the shirtless peasants, wearing only trousers and sweaty peasants, their neat clothes are different, they stand out from the crowd and are very eye-catching.

Xun Zhen built a pergola and watched for a long time, then suddenly sighed and said to the attendants: "The sun is shining, and the farmers are harvesting wheat endlessly. When I saw this scene, I suddenly felt something, and wrote a poem."

The officials had long heard that Xun Zhen was a "poet". When he was in his hometown in his early years, he "wrote" the masterpiece "The moon is rare, the magpie is flying south". Your servants, please hear it."

Xun Zhen then recited: "It is noon on the day of hoeing the weeds, and the sweat drips down the soil. Who would have known that every meal in a plate is hard work."

Xun Zhen had recited four-character poems and seven-character poems before, and this was the first time he had recited five-character poems.

The poetry of the Han Dynasty emphasizes five characters, but ignores seven characters. This poem "The Noon on the Day of Hoeing and Harvesting" is in line with the current style of poetry, and the words are simple, but the feelings of pity and sympathy for the farmers' hard work contained in the poem are from the bottom of the heart, and they are genuine feelings, but they are not Even literate farmers can understand it.

When Xun You, Shen Pei and other officials heard it, they all recited it again and again in a low voice.

Xun You sighed: "Ming Gong's poem is compassionate and compassionate, and it can be passed down to future generations."

Xun Zhen recited this poem not because it was "poetry flourishing", but plagiarism after repeated consideration. He pretended to ponder for a moment and said, "It is better to show it to the present rather than to be passed on to future generations."

"What does Duke Ming mean?"

"When the county was rioted by thieves, it was not me who suffered the most, but the leader of Guizhou. I would like to order this poem to be sent to the counties, and the magistrates of the counties to hang it in the hall and see it day and night, so that they will not forget to pity the farmers and use them in practice. Benevolence."

The Yellow Turbans rioted and the Montenegrin riots broke out. Although the wealthy family, the big surnames, and the gentry suffered heavy losses, it was the common people who suffered the most. The poem "The wine and meat of Zhumen stinks, and the road has frozen bones" is not only applicable in peacetime, but also in times of war. As far as Xun Zhenzhi saw and heard, although Wei County suffered from thieves and riots, and many tyrants and gentry were exterminated, those who survived, because of their solid family background, are still living a good life. In the days, just like the Zhao family in Ye County, I don’t know how many delicacies and delicacies that can’t be eaten and thrown away every day.

But the common people are different. The common people have no family background. Even in peacetime, they just endure hardships. Once there is chaos, they will immediately become extremely poor. Where do so many refugees come from? Not even a grain of food could be found in his hometown, so he had to leave his hometown in exile.

Xun You was born in a family of Confucian scholars. Confucianism is about benevolence. He was also very sympathetic to the suffering of the people. He nodded and said, "Ming Ming wants to use this poem to wake up the county magistrates, and tell them not to greed and pervert the law and oppress the good."

"Exactly. Besides, I have a poem that I plan to pass on to the counties."

"Yu please hear it."

"One grain of millet is planted in spring, and 10,000 grains are harvested in autumn. There is no idle land in the four seas, and the farmer still starves to death."

This poem and the previous poem were both written by Li Shen in later generations, and are called "Being Mercy". From a poetic point of view, this second poem should be continued with two more lines. The poem talks about "there is no idle land in the four seas", assuming that it is about peacetime. Now it is after the chaos, and it seems that it should be continued with two more lines after the war. However, firstly, Xunzhen did not have this talent, and secondly, when you think about it, even the peasants in Taiping starved to death, not to mention now just after the war? Leave a blank, it is fine to not continue, and leave a space for the imagination of the readers of the poem, maybe the effect is better.

Xun You and the others chanted again and again in a low voice.

The trial match said with admiration: "It's a really good poem."

Xun You sighed, "Dong Zhongshu said in the past: 'The rich are in the fields, and the poor have no place to stand'. In today's world, the merger of the powerful and powerful is still as strong as in the past. With ten thousand plans, the poor work hard all year long, rely on others to feed themselves, and can't support them, isn't it that even when there are no thieves and fashion and 'there are no idle fields in the world', 'farmers still starve to death'?

Cen Rong and He Yi, as the officials of the chief recording room, were accompanied by Xun Zhen, and the two also greatly admired them. He Yi said: "Yi is arrogant about his own words. Now that I have heard these two poems by Duke Ming of caring for farmers and worrying about the government, I know that Yi is good at it. It is a small way. I dare to ask Duke Ming what the names of these two poems are?"

"It's called "Min Nong", ... He Qingshan's book, these two poems are written by you and passed on to the counties."

He Yi promises.

When he returned to the prefecture on the same day, He Yi cheered up and wrote down these two poems seriously. They wrote 15 copies in total. The prefectural government sent people to each of the fifteen counties in the county. The county officials of the poems paused every time they passed a township along the way, and showed these two poems to the township Qiangfu, who ordered them to be copied and hung on the hall of the township temple.

In this way, during the ten-day period, the two poems were already known to all parts of the county, so the two poems are easy to understand and catchy. On the way back, the county officials who sent the poems to the counties, they were already able to find the poems. In the countryside I heard children chanting.

The nobles and surnames in the county heard Xun Zhen's two poems, and their expressions were different.

Some disagree, some admire it.

Whether you disapprove or admire the two poems that Xun Zhen copied, these two poems are correct in their meaning and stand on the commanding heights of morality. Those who disapprove, such as Zhao Ran and Li Hu, the governor of the county, have no way to slander them. Because of this, for a while, the public opinion in the county, whether it was a peasant, a Qianshou, or a gentry or a surname, praised Xun Zhen for his pity for the peasants and benevolent people.

Wang Fen in Gaoyi also heard these two poems.

Wang Fen's family is rich and noble, and he does not have such deep and strong feelings for the people at the bottom as Xun Zhen, but he is one of the eight chefs of the party. , praised Xun Zhen. He wrote in the arrondissement: "The Qing to the county Xunyue, pacified in the poison, can be said to know the soldiers; the writing of these two poems, benevolent to the farmers and persuade the government, can be said to be benevolent to the people. With the Qing in Wei, the state can rest easy."

If Xun Zhen was just a "literary scholar" who wrote these two poems, he might only be able to recite them for a while under the background that the current mainstream is still "scriptures and meanings" and poems are not so highly valued by orthodox Confucian scholars and scholars. The identity is the prefect of Wei County, which is different.

Humans are political animals, especially local officials, whose words, deeds, and actions are all related to politics.

When Xun Zhen wrote these two poems as the prefect of Wei County, he revealed one of the fundamentals of his governance from the side, that is, what Wang Fen called "sympathy for the farmers and benevolent people". , these two poems come out, enough to be the benchmark for the state and county, arousing appreciation and attention from all over the world.

That's the power of words.

Xun Zhen worked hard and worked hard for the autumn harvest for so long, but because this was his job, he was unknown and unknown to outsiders. As soon as the two poems were spread, they were immediately praised by the state.

This is exactly the purpose of Xun Zhen, who copied these two poems out of political considerations.

In the final analysis, he still wanted to reverse the impression of the state and county on him~www.wuxiaspot.com~ He didn't want others to think that he was just "skilled in fighting", and he also wanted others to know that he could also rule the people, because after all , the military serves politics. Politics comes first.

Huangfu Song, the shepherd of Jizhou, wrote to the court, asking for a year's rent reduction in Jizhou, and was praised by the people of the state. In some people's opinion, his letter was even better than his pacification of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Worthy of praise, why? It is for this reason.

No matter how much he can fight, he is only a "general". It is easy for the generals, and difficult for the "good side" of governing the country and the people.

However, his governance measures in Wei County have not been heard by the outside world. Therefore, after thinking about it, he came up with these two poems. Compared with when he was just a fledgling, he was an official in Fanyangting and Xixiang. Politically matured a lot.

The result was pretty much what he expected, not only was he praised in the county, but most importantly: in the state. Most of the state officials were excluded from the famous scholars of the various counties. Since they have been praised by the state government, it will not be long before all the counties in the state will be able to know his two poems. Maybe it won't be long before even the neighboring states of Jizhou will know his two poems.

With these two poems outside, he made a name for himself. If the scholars from all over the world have a little understanding of his governance measures in Wei County, they should be able to change his image in their eyes. The Han people have a strong sense of territory and are very xenophobic. Xun Zhen does not know if he will have the opportunity to rule one side after the chaos in the future, and he does not know where he will rule. If he has the opportunity to rule, he will rule. If he is located in places other than Yingchuan or Yuzhou, then by virtue of the prestige of "Renmin", the local rejection of him can be reduced at least a little. (To be continued)