The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Not long after Sun Jian was made the prefect of Changsha, Zhong Yao received another letter saying that he had been sent by the imperial court to be the Order of Yangling.

Zhong Yao was originally a Shang Shulang, a position with a low rank but a lot of real power. In addition, Zhong Yao was born in a noble family in Yingchuan, so it is not surprising that he was sent out as a Yangling.

Yangling is the tomb of Emperor Jing of the former Han Dynasty. Because it was built in Yiyang County at that time, it was named Yangling, which is near Chang'an.

There are usually counties around the tombs of the emperors of the Han Dynasty, Yangling County is one of them, with a large population of more than 10,000 households. Mausoleum orders are not something that ordinary people can do. Most of them choose famous and reputable people to serve. Duan Jong, one of the famous generals of this dynasty "Liangzhou Sanming", made Yangling orders in his early years.

To put it in the past, this is a beautiful job. With this qualification, the promotion in the future will probably be much smoother. However, now that the rebellion in Guanzhong is uncertain, this is not a beautiful job.

Xun Zhen wrote back to Zhong Yao, persuading him not to go to the post, and simply say that he will not go.

When facing the appointment of the imperial court, the officials of the Han Dynasty had a lot of autonomy, and they could completely refuse any unsatisfactory appointment. Of course, they could not directly say: "I do not accept the appointment." , such as sickness.

The court usually acquiesced to this, and it would not affect the future future of the official.

With Zhong Yao's excellent resume as "Shang Shulang", if he doesn't go to Yangling to take up the post, he will probably get a better appointment in a short time.

However, Zhong Yao is not a character who retreats when he is in distress. He is in his prime, and when the country is in turmoil, it is the time of his ambition. Xun Zhen expected that he would not accept his own advice. Eight days later, Zhong Yao's reply letter arrived, but he was already on his way to Shanglu Ren in Yangling.

Zhong Yao and Xun Zhen were "people from the same county", and the two of them used to be officials in the Yingchuan county. Dozens of brave and reliable people from Yingchuan ordered them to leave the county immediately and chase after Zhong Yao, so as to protect An Luquan on the road of Zhong Yao, and in case of a thief in Yangling, they could also protect Zhong Yao's well-being.

However, this is similar to giving armor and horse armor to Sun Jian.

Although this effort is not big, it is better than being affectionate and sincere. In the future, it will surely be rewarded.

After finishing this matter, at the end of October, I heard in Yin Xiu's letter that Guo Tu had been worshipped as the official.

When Yin Xiu was the prefect of Yingchuan, both Xun Zhen and Guo Tu were officials in his mansion, so he mentioned this in his correspondence with Xun Zhen.

Guo Tu had long wanted to be a high-ranking official. In the past, when Xun Zhen was with him as an official in the Yinxiu Mansion, he was a high-ranking official. At that time, he was wholeheartedly looking for an opportunity to become a high-ranking official in the imperial court.

Sanshulang is different from county officials. Even if the county officials are the first, they are only one of thousands of county officials. Sanshulang is a court official and a reserve official of the court. For Sanjulang, his worth is even more valuable than Xiaolian.

If there is a vacancy in the office of local prefectures and counties, Sanshulang will be the first to fill the post. Only when there is no suitable candidate in the Sanshulang, will the court consider recruiting candidates such as "old officials" in the past, or Maocai, etc. Or filial piety, etc., among others, choose appointments.

Therefore, for scholars who are interested in official careers, Sanshulang is an undeserved beauty.

Guo Tu has long been looking forward to being selected as the official of the three departments, and even for this reason, when he was in Yingchuan at that time, he did everything possible, and now he has finally been removed from the three departments. The career path should be smoother.

However, it is a pity that now the time of chaos in the world is approaching, whether Guo Tu can be further promoted by the court before the chaos occurs is still between the two.

In any case, it is always a good thing to be a member of the three bureaus. First, with the experience of the three bureau chiefs, even if the world is in chaos, you can get a high-level look from the local lords. Second, Luoyang is a scholar-official. , where the powerful and powerful gather, and go to Luoyang to be the official, there will be more opportunities to hand over the powerful and famous, which is also helpful for future development.

Xun Zhen vaguely remembered that Guo Tu seemed to be serving as a counselor under Yuan Shao in the future, and he didn't know whether he and Yuan Shao had known each other long ago, or did they meet in Luoyang after being worshipped as the chief of the three departments?

It's just a matter of thinking about these things.

Although Xun Zhen and Guo Tu were both officials in the Yinxiu Mansion, not only did they have little friendship, but Guo Tu was quite hostile to him. Now Xun Zhen is already the Marquis of Yingyin and the Prefect of Erqianshi. However, Guo Tu had just been worshipped as the third bureau chief, and the gap between the two was no longer a matter of calculus. Since Guo Tu and Xun Zhen did not deal with each other, Xun Zhen was not very fond of Guo Tu's character, then Naturally, he would not treat Guo Tu the same way he treated Sun Jian and Zhong Yao, and he would not have the feeling of "condescending" to write a congratulatory letter to Guo Tu.

Unconsciously, the weather gradually turned cold, and it was November.

From the summer harvest, the summer planting, to the autumn harvest, although the situation in Weijun County has experienced some minor twists and turns, such as summer rainstorms, heat and so on, but overall it is smooth sailing.

Without the rebellion, Xunzhen vigorously restored agriculture and education, and the people of Wei County could live and work in peace and contentment. Xunzhen visited the county several times, and saw that ordinary people in the township and village could actually buy meat to eat. Wine, you must know that the current economy is underdeveloped, and ordinary people cannot even eat three meals a day. It is still two meals a day. It is not easy to eat meat. Most of them will buy some meat and sell some wine during the Chinese New Year. , making a tooth sacrifice, and just less than two years after the encounter with the Yellow Turbans and the Yudu Rebellion, the common people of Wei County were able to eat meat and drink wine again. This can be said to be an insult to Xun Zhen. The greatest compliment of performance.

Wei County is said to have good weather and a peaceful wife, but the empire outside Wei County is full of scandals and riots.

Speaking of scandals, the biggest scandal in recent months should probably be Taiwei Cui Lieba, and Cao Cao's father, Da Si Nong Cao Song, was worshipped as Taiwei.

Cui Lie was born in the Cui clan of Zhuo County, and the Cui clan in Zhuo County is a famous clan in the northern region. Cui Lie himself is also famous in Beizhou. Situ did not get it based on his prestige or seniority, but bought it with five million dollars. This "taiwei" was also bought, probably because Cui Lie's reputation was not enough, and his family name was far less than that of Cui Lie in Zhuo County, so Cao Song paid much more than Cui Lie, a full 100 million yuan. Although many people have paid for the position of the third prince since they sold the office in Zixiyuan today, like Cui Lie and Cao Song, the former and the latter two paid money to become the third prince. But rarely seen.

Since the imperial court is so dark, it will naturally be difficult to quell the chaos of thieves outside.

As if to echo the gloom of court affairs, after learning that Cao Song bought the position of Taiwei for 100 million yuan, not long after that, just in December, he heard that Xiu Tu Gehu rebelled again. It was not the first time that the Hu Tu Hu people had rebelled, but against the backdrop of the beacon in the north, this rebellion was undoubtedly worse.

Having said that, in the past few months, Xun Zhen has been numb to the briefings about the rebellion in the foreign county. She must tell the good news. Probably only after Sun Jian arrived in Changsha, it didn't take too long to quell the Ou Xing rebellion. Sun Jian lived up to the reputation of being brave and good at fighting. The district and county could not quell the chaos in District Xing. After he arrived in the county, he personally led the soldiers and set up a strategy, and in just ten months, he broke the chaos of district Xing and other troops.

And he not only quelled the district star rebellion, but also helped the neighboring county to quell the bandit army.

In the story of the Han Dynasty, two thousand stones cannot leave the country without an edict, not even leaving the country, let alone leading troops to leave the country? However, Sun Jian was a fierce predator by nature, and he came from a light chivalrous background. He did not abide by the system like the scholars did. Therefore, even if the county clerk advised him not to leave the country, he still decided to cross the border and attack the thieves, saying to the lord: "I have no virtue, only Taking expeditions as merits, and cross-border conquests, is to protect the county and the country, if I am guilty of this, I will not be ashamed of the world." Then the army galloped and attacked the counties, and successively quelled the rebels in Lingling and Guiyang counties.

In this case, it is said that there is a situation in violation of the imperial system, and you may be convicted, but there are also gains.

The reward is: I can get the praise of some scholars in Nanzhou.

The scholars in Lingling, Guiyang and other thieves and chaotic counties will not talk about it. They must be grateful to Sun Jian for his help, including the scholars from other southern prefectures and counties. Clan, Lu clan is a famous clan in Wu County, and Lu Ji, who later became an official in Eastern Wu, came from this clan. Among the clan, there were many who served in Zhou County, some of whom were two thousand stones, such as Lu Kang, the prefect of Lujiang, who was an order of thousand stones. There are some, such as a nephew of Lu Kang, who happened to be the commander of Yichun at this time. Yichun was attacked by thieves. This nephew of Lu Kang asked Sun Jian for help, and Sun Jian rushed across the border for help. This action will obviously be grateful to the Lu family,— -Why Sun Jian's son Sun Ce was able to sit in Jiangdong in just a few years later, because of his daring and bravery, but also because of the shadows that Sun Jian left him.

Sun Jian was born in Qingxia, and what he lacked most was the connections among the scholars. In order to gain the gratitude and praise of the scholars in Nanzhou, what was it to violate the system of the imperial court!

What's more, the world is in turmoil today, and when the court is employing people, they are thirsty for knowledge of generals who can conquer and fight well. This is indeed the case. After Sun Jian committed a blatant violation of the rules of the court, the court not only did not punish him, but also recorded all the credits he had made since he asked for the Yellow Turbans, and worshipped him for the Marquis of Wucheng.

When the news reached Wei County, although Xun Zhen was happy for Sun Jian, she had to sigh in secret.

He said to Xun You, Cheng Jia and the others: "The only big things in the country are the sacrifices and the Rong. Since ancient times, the emperor has been conquered. Two thousand stones have not been ordered to lead troops out of the country to conquer neighboring counties. This is a big taboo for the imperial court. Not only did the imperial court not blame him, but instead worshipped him as a prince, how could he drink poison to quench his thirst, and abandon his heavy weapons! From now on, the imperial court's majesty will no longer exist."

Five years into Zhongping, more bad news came one after another.

In the first month of the month, Xihe slaughtered the Hu Kou Xihe and killed the county governor Xing Ji.

In February, there is a star in the Purple Palace. The rest of the Yellow Turbans, Guo Tai et al., originated in the Baibo Valley of the Xihe River, Kou Taiyuan and Hedong. In Jizhou and Guannei, the two big thieves "Black Mountain" and "Baibo" from the north and south of Taihang Mountain have all appeared.

In March, the rebellion of Xiutu Gehu intensified, attacked and killed Zhang Yi, the governor of Bingzhou, and then joined forces with the southern Huns to kill his Shanyu.

From April onwards, the rest of the Yellow Turbans began to rise one after another. First, the Yellow Turbans in Gepi in Runan attacked the prefectures and counties. Then in June, the Yellow Turbans in Yizhou attacked and killed Shi Xijian. , killed the county governor, fortunately, Yizhou engaged in Jialong's attack and beheaded him.

In June of this year, heavy rains fell in many places, causing seven floods in the county.

In the floods and the wind and rain, the Han family went to August in the fifth year of Zhongping.

This month, a big incident happened in the DPRK.