The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

As Zuozhong's general, Xun Zhen has his own office and residence, but now is an emergency, and he has no plans to stay in Kyoto for a long time, so after leaving Xianyang Garden, he did not go to Zuozhong's office. Still back to Taifu's mansion.

At the moment when Dong Zhuo entered the capital, the strong army was overwhelmed, and the scholars in Luoyang were happy to stop, and suddenly the black cloud overwhelmed the top. But they were all gone, and neither was Cao Cao.

Xun Zhen returned to her residence and summoned Xi Zhicai.

"Your Majesty, how is the situation?"

"Dong Zhuo is ambitious and unpredictable! He actually told me that he wants to imitate Yi and Huo!"

"..., does he want it?"

"That's right, I think he already has the intention of abolishing the emperor!"

Xi Zhicai took a deep breath: "If this is the case, then the capital will change greatly! Lord, leave Luoyang quickly!"

Although the emperor is young, he has just ascended the throne, and he has not lost his virtue. If Dong Zhuo wants to abolish the establishment, he will definitely arouse the opposition of many loyal people. In this way, the already unstable situation in Kyoto will definitely become more chaotic , and may even cause a disaster.

Under such circumstances, Xun Zhen had two choices.

The first is to stay in Luoyang, stand firmly on Yuan Shao's side, and fight against Dong Zhuo.

The second is to leave Luoyang, get out of it, watch the changes from afar, and then deal with it.

Both options have their advantages.

Comparatively speaking, the latter choice is more stable, at least it is an unbeaten game, while the former choice is more risky. Xi Zhicai suggested that Xun Zhen leave immediately.

If Zhong Yao was here, faced with this situation, he might be filled with righteous indignation, shouting "the thief escorts him", but Xi Zhicai was not a Confucianist in essence, but a wise man, so he would be very concerned about today's son's life and death, and even Luoyang's life and death. He didn't care much about safety, he only cared about the future of Xun Zhen and the members of the Xun Zhen clique, including him.

Xun Zhen was silent.

"Could it be that Junhou still wants to help Yuan Benchu ​​to seek Dong?... Junhou, Yuan Benchu ​​was once a hero. He can be called a hero at home, but he might not be easy to help!"

What kind of wise man is Xi Zhi? Only from the fact that "Bao Xin advised Yuan Shao to attack Dong immediately but Yuan Shao hesitated", we can see that Yuan Shao is not an easy person to help.

If Yuan Shao had the courage to break it, then Xun Zhen would be fine to stay in Luoyang. There were Cao Cao, Xun Zhen, He Yong, Wu Qiong, and if Bao Xin did not leave, there was also Bao Xin, and a group of wise and brave people, plus The elite soldiers under their tents, as well as the support of officials such as Yuan Wei and Lu Zhi in the court, plus Fufeng, Chang'an's Huangfu Song, and Gaixun echoed outside, even if Dong Zhuo's army was brilliant, he could still fight him. , and had a great chance of defeating him, but Yuan Shao was hesitant and had no choice but to miss the opportunity.

Xun Zhen shook her head.

Xi Zhicai immediately woke up and said, "Do you want to wait for news from Cao Xiaowei?"

"Exactly."

Cao Cao agreed to ask for a visit to Jingda County for Xun Zhen, but he didn't know if he could do it.

Xi Zhicai thought for a moment, then said, "Even if Dong Zhuo has arrived in the capital, although he intends to abolish the establishment, it will be difficult to do it in a short period of time, but it is fine to wait for a few days."

That night, Cao Cao came to the Taifu's mansion to find Xun Zhen, and said to Xun Zhen, "I have already told Ben Chu about the matter of your minister. Benchu ​​said that he would ask the Taifu's advice, and try his best to find a beautiful county for Qing. ."

Most of these counties and states near Beijing are densely populated, economically and culturally developed areas, and it is not easy to get one of them.

The difficulty lies in two aspects.

First of all, these counties and states now all have state ministers who are prefects, and they have been transferred for no reason. They need to give them an explanation, at least to find a new and suitable location to place the transferred person.

Secondly, Xun Zhen was from Yuzhou. According to the "Three Mutual Law", he could not take office in many prefectures and counties near Beijing.

The "Three Mutual Laws" is a system of avoidance of local officials established by Emperor Huan. .

Emperor Huan had a similar system before, but the system at that time was relatively simple. It only stipulated that the marriage family and the people of the two prefectures were not allowed to face each other in prison. People from different two prefectures could not serve as chief officials in the prefectures on both sides of each other. Later, when Emperor Huan came, the scope of restrictions was expanded, so the "three mutual laws" appeared.

The scope of the Three Mutual Laws is very wide, which has led to the "difficulty in selecting people" for the imperial court. Earlier, there was even a situation where "you and Ji states have been lacking for a long time and cannot be filled". Thirteen states in the world, according to the Three Mutual Laws It was stipulated that people from eleven states at that time could not be the chief officials in You and Ji. For this reason, Cai Yong wrote to Emperor Huan, the emperor at that time, and asked Emperor Huan to relax the ban, but Emperor Huan ignored him.

To be honest, the Three Mutual Laws implemented by Emperor Huan have disadvantages, but more of them are advantages, not to say that the phenomenon of favoritism has been reduced, but only to say that after Dong Zhuo's rebellion and when a group of heroes emerged, these " There is not a single example of the heroes who started from their own origins. It can be said that the Three Mutual Law has indeed effectively delayed the emergence of local separatist forces.

But these are all things that happened later. Now, what is being placed in front of Xun Zhen, or mainly in front of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, is that "what county should be sought for Xun Zhen is in line with the regulations of the imperial court, can be done, and also can best benefit oneself” headache.

After Cao Cao said goodbye, there was nothing to say at night, and the next day, Xun Zhen stayed in the Taifu Mansion for a day.

There was nothing to say on this day. The only thing worth mentioning was that at noon, Yuan Shu sent someone to invite Xun Zhen to a banquet, but Xun Zhen politely declined.

Although Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao are brothers, from the patriarchal point of view, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are brothers, but Yuan Shao was adopted to Yuan Cheng. He and Yuan Shu are actually the sons of Yuan Feng, but they are only half-brothers. But even so, the relationship between the two of them was not harmonious. Yuan Shao's mother came from a humble background, so even though he was Yuan Shu's elder brother, Yuan Shu never looked down on him very much.

Yuan Shu, like Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, etc., also had Ren Xia Qi when he was young, but his Ren Xia Qi was different from Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and even Xun Zhen's friends, but he mostly concentrated on breaking the law and discipline. In his early years, he often Along with the sons of the family, he was a hawk and a domineering dog. In the past, when he was the captain of Changshui, he had a nickname and was called "Yuan Changshui, the tough ghost on the road". It can be seen that he acted as a person at that time. However, it was far inferior to Yuan Shao's expectations of scholars and Confucian scholars, and because of this, Yuan Shu was extremely jealous of Yuan Shao.

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It's not that he didn't try to dig Yuan Shao's corner. He Yong and others, he tried to dig a corner, but He Yong and others did not switch to his side, not only did they not switch, they even There were very few perfunctory people, which made him even more jealous of Yuan Shao.

He came to invite Xun Zhen to the banquet this time, just as he expected to make friends with He Yong and others, he also came to dig Yuan Shao's corner.

Xun Zhen and Yuan Shu were not familiar with each other, so they only heard about his past bad deeds, and actually had no serious distaste for him, because they knew that Yuan Shu had also achieved a "domination" in Huainan in the future. ” thinking, looking at Xun Zhen’s original intention, he actually did not want to offend Yuan Shu, but “people are in the arena and can’t help themselves”, he is already a member of Yuan Shao’s party, facing Yuan Shu’s invitation, but he can only “decline”. "That's it.

This is the Taifu's mansion. Yuan Shao's eyes and ears are mostly in the courtyard where Xun Zhen lives. That night, after Yuan Shao returned, someone told Yuan Shao that Yuan Shu invited Xun Zhen and was rejected by Xun Zhen.

When Yuan Shao heard it, he stroked his beard and smiled.

Although he didn't say anything, everyone around him could tell that he was very satisfied with Xun Zhen's actions.

For the benefit of the family, at a critical moment, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu can go out side by side, but there is only one power.

He instructed left and right: "Go and invite Xun Hou."

Xun Zhen heard the call and arrived.

Yuan Shao smiled and said, "Zhenzhi, what Meng De entrusted to me is fortunately not humiliating."