The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

On the day that Xun Zhen entered the manor, Cao Hong was beheaded by Shilling, and he went to Anzhou Zhong.

These two things, Zhao Yu and Wang Lang did it on the same day.

Cao Hong's head was hung on the street pavilion in the city to show the public, and Wang Lang's own proclamation was sent to the counties.

The next day, nearly half of the officials from the prefecture and Tan County left with their seals on their ribbons.

After the proclamation was delivered to the counties and counties, nearly one third of the county magistrates also printed the ribbons and resigned.

Xi Zhicai laughed and said to Xun Zhen: "In the past, Zhu Wenzhong was the prefect of Jizhou, and the county magistrate of Jizhou heard that he was about to cross the river, and more than 40 people removed the seal. Purifying it is even more powerful than Wen Zhong! Once the filth is removed, the river will be clean."

Zhu Wenzhong is Zhu Mu, and "Wenzhong" was the posthumous title given to him privately by Cai Yong and his disciples after his death.

In the Han family system, the posthumous title is only given to those who have a rank as a marquis, even if they are the crown prince. Because there is no marquis, they cannot get a posthumous title after death. Therefore, ordinary scholars or officials cannot get a posthumous title after their death. , especially compared with the previous Han Dynasty, the number of posthumous titles given in this dynasty was greatly reduced. The former Han planned to give more than a thousand posthumous titles, and this dynasty removed the imperial family's posthumous titles. There are only 40 or 50 people who have received posthumous titles so far, only one-tenth of the number of former Han officials who have received posthumous titles. There are few public posthumous titles. Although the "private posthumous" is not "from the superior", many people of the time, such as Xun Shuang, think it is not in line with the etiquette, but it has been popular since the ZTE, even high-ranking officials in the court will also participate in it, such as Chen Yu The private posthumous title "Mr. Wen Fan" received after his death was jointly drafted by He Jin, who was then a general, and a disciple of Chen Yu.

Zhu Mu was a famous minister in the time of Emperor Shun and Emperor Huan. He was upright and righteous. He wanted to eliminate eunuchs. His disciples gave him the posthumous title of "Mr. Wenzhong".

In the first year of Emperor Huan's Yongxing reign, the Yellow River flooded, the people were desolate, and there were many thieves in Jizhou, so Zhu Mu was promoted to the prefect of Jizhou. He has always had a good reputation. Hearing that he came to Hebei, the county magistrates in Jizhou knew that he had done it, and they would definitely be impeached by him. Therefore, more than 40 people put their seals on them. Some of the officials who left without their seals committed suicide because of this.

Xi Zhicai compared the story of Zhu Mu's appointment as the prefect of Jizhou to Xun Zhen's current situation, and he praised it greatly.

Xun Zhen was not happy about this.

He sighed: "The prefecture is half-empty, and dozens of prefectures and counties have left. Within a prefecture, there are five prefectures in a mere five prefectures, and there are so many people who are greedy and filthy and remnant! It can be seen that the people of Xuzhou have suffered a lot in recent years. What a sin! Corrupt officials are easily driven away, but the vitality of the people who are injured is not easy to recover!"

After acquiring Tanxian County, Xunzhen immediately passed the text to Guangling and summoned most of Xun Yu and others.

At this time, with Xun Yu by his side, he said: "Although the vitality of the people and the people is not easy to restore, it is fortunate that the monarchs are already in charge of the state. one day."

Xun Zhen nodded and said, "What Wen Ruo said is also good." After pondering for a moment, he added, "I heard the proverb: A horse loves stack beans. Although there are quite a few people in the counties and counties who have left their seals today, I am worried that there will be There are also the greedy and filthy generation who are lucky and will not go to the store, ... Zhicai, Wenruo, Gongda, I intend to select a number of well-rounded and capable officials to inspect the county and county for me, and rectify the lawlessness, what do you think?"

Xun Yu and the others all said, "That's how it should be!"

Xun Zhen said: "Xu Baojian has a straight and bright personality, Lv Dinggong is pure and honorable, Snow is well versed in the law, Li Xu is honest and honest, these four people can use them, and there are five counties in the prefecture. ?"

Xu Baojian, named Xu Xuan, a native of Haixi, Guangling, was as famous as Sima Chen Jiao, who joined the army. Duke Ding of Lu, named Lu Dai, was from Hailing, Guangling. When Xun Zhen took office in Guangling, he was already a county official and was used by Xun Zhen as the history of soldiers.

Snow and Li Xu don't need to talk much, they are both old friends of Xun Zhen when he was in Xixiang in the past. Enough is enough. In this attack on Xu, the two of them, Xuankang, Cen Rong, and others oversee Guangling County. Although they did not have any military exploits, they also worked hard for peace. Now that they have defeated Xu, it is time to reward them for their merits. It's time for a mission.

Xun Yu said: "Brother Chen/Yuanlong both have famous prefectures and prefectures. From Yu's shallow view, it seems that they can choose one of them, and choose one person."

Hearing Xun Yu's words, Xun Zhen immediately understood his intention.

Xu Xuan and Lv Dai were Xun Zhen's officials when he was the prefect of Guangling, and Shi Nuo and Li Xu were Xun Zhen's old friends when he was in Xixiang in his early years. These four people were very suitable. The officials, both the villagers from Xunzhen and the local scholars from Xuzhou, were well balanced politically, but there was a little lack: there were no recent meritorious people. It would seem that Xun Zhen was somewhat "nepotism".

Therefore, Xun Yu suggested that one of Chen Deng's brothers should be selected for this position.

Xun Zhen agreed immediately and said, "I heard that Yuanlong has a younger brother named Ying, who lives in Huaipu's house and has never been an official. I will send a letter to him and summon Pi to enter the palace."

After the five people were selected, Xun Zhen said again: "Xiapi and Donghai counties are newly acquired, and there are many military and political affairs, so I can't always pay attention to this inspection. I want to choose another person to take care of me. ... What do you think of Wenzhi?" ?"

Wen Zhi was the father of the civil servants. He was a county official in Yingyin in his early years. Because of his acquaintance with Xun Zhen, he returned to Nanyang. After Xun Zhen raised the army, he led more than 600 strong men to join him. Xun Zhen first took him as his other department Sima, who was later transferred to a civil service, is a man who has read the scriptures, is gentle and modest, and because of his age, he has a deep understanding of the world, has been a county official, and is familiar with political affairs. It is indeed suitable to use him as the general manager.

Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu, and Xun You all had no objection.

Xun Yu said: "Since the prince entered the government, he has been busy with military affairs for several days. The state government is half empty, and many duties are unattended. It is acceptable for a short time, but the government is stagnant for a long time. Make up for the vacancy in government office?"

Although Xun Zhen had a grand plan to get rid of Tao Qian's old malpractices and implement a new policy to restore Xuzhou's vitality, the military was the foundation of politics. Before finishing the work, he really couldn't take care of government affairs for a while. Fortunately, Xun Yu and others were there, so there was no need to delay the daily administration of the state.

But having said that, although Xun Zhen hadn't dealt with political affairs in the past few days, it was not that he had not thought about the candidates to fill the vacancies in the state government office, and he already had a rough list of candidates.

Seeing that Xun Yu brought up this issue at this time, Xun Zhen stopped delaying the matter and said, "Alright, make up the vacancy as soon as possible, and take up their respective roles, Wen Ruo you can relax a bit."

"There are two people who are engaged in the ministry, county and state in the prefecture, and the rest have their seals on it. In the past few days, I have talked with the government officials, especially listening to Biejia and Zhizhong's evaluation of these two people is not high, although they are not high. Corrupt people, cowardly and ignorant, and not competent people. Now that the monarchs and lords have already decided on the candidates to inspect the various counties and states, should the remaining two ministries and counties be transferred to other positions?"

"Ministry of State Engagement" refers to State Engagement, which is responsible for supervising the illegal acts of various counties and states in the state department.

Xuzhou has a total of five counties and states, so the state government has five ministries and counties, each of whom is responsible for a county.

On the day Xunzhen entered the city, he saw the two remaining ministries and states in the hall. Through a few simple conversations, at that time, he felt that the two of them were both obedient and upright. This time, when choosing people to inspect various counties and states, there was no plan to use them at all. Hearing what Xun Yu said, Xun Zhen agreed immediately and said, "Okay. Transfer these two people away, free up the seats, and give Xu Xuan and the other five to sit."

"Yes. Just, Junhou, how should Wen Zhi arrange it?"

In the prefecture, there is only "the ministry of the county and the state", and the ministry of the county and the state is directly responsible to the governor of the state, but there is no other superior between the governor and the governor. Therefore, Xun Yu asked Xun Zhen Wenzhi how to arrange it, which is to ask, what should I do? Give Wen Zhi a title.

"You can work for the right county and country by Wenzhi."

Right, respect also. "The right county is engaged in", which means that it is above the one that does not belong to the county and is their superior.

Xun Yu replied, "No."

The reason why Xun Zhen thought of working in the ministry and the county and giving them a superior who would oversee the affairs of the county and country was not just because he would be very busy in the near future, and he might not care about it, but also because he was very busy. The reason is that for long-term and healthy development, Xun Zhen wanted to set up an independent supervisory agency for her "little imperial court", imitating the imperial censor's desk in the court.

He currently has a preliminary plan. The first is to set up the post of "Rule and Country Engagement in the Right", to be in charge of supervising the political and civil aspects of county officials, local tyrants, etc., and secondly, to set up another agency to be in charge of the military's internal generals and schools. , military officers to monitor the lawless affairs.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to set up the position of "the right part of the county and the state", Xun Zhen expressed her thoughts and asked Xi Zhicai and others for their opinions.

Xi Zhicai and others all agreed.

In fact, there are officers in the army who are in charge of military law affairs, called "junzheng". The military law in Xun Zhen's army has always been in charge of Zhao Yun's fellow villager Xia Houlan. However, since Xunzhen was not only a general in the army, but also a local chief, and now he has a prefecture, it is necessary for him to set up another institution at a political level to Government control army.

Xi Zhicai asked, "Has Junhou set a name for this institution?"

"My name is 'School Army'. This position does not belong to the state capital, but is placed in my shogunate."

"School" means inspection and correction. "School Army" means to be in the army.

Xun Zhen, as General Xingjianwei, can open the mansion, so now he not only has the prefecture, but also the shogunate. The prefectural officials are the subordinate officials who govern the state government for him, while the shogunate officials are the subordinate officials who manage the military for him.

In addition, as the Marquis of Yingyin, he also has retainers, but retainers mainly deal with the internal affairs of the Hou's mansion for him and cannot openly participate in military and political affairs, so they have little impact on official affairs. Served in the Houfu.

"Who is Junhouyi using as his chief officer?"

"How's the fashion?"

Fashion is also an old friend of Xun Zhen when he was in Xixiang. When Xun Zhen was the husband of Qiang in Xixiang, he was a prisoner. If you have the ambition of Qingyun, you can be of great use." He promoted him as a village chief, although he had the power to recommend, but because he didn't want the favor of the city, he kept it a secret, and it was useless to tell him. Although at the beginning, he didn't know who appointed him in fashion, but he finally found out, so he was full of gratitude to Xun Zhen, and then got Xun Zhen's help. the county official. Later, when Xun Zhen raised an army, he gave up his post and followed him.

Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu, and Xun You are all very familiar with fashion.

Xi Zhicai said: "Fashion understands the law, is aware of internal sensitivity, and is selfless. It is suitable for this position."

Because of this, it was decided to add a "School Army Cao" in the shogunate, with fashion as Cao Ye.

After deciding on this matter, Xun Zhen went on to discuss with Xun Yu and others about the candidates for the supplementary positions of the state government officials.

In the end, it was decided: Zhao Yu was still working for Biejia, Wang Lang was no longer working in Zhizhong, and there would be another appointment. As for Zhizhong’s post, because Xunzhen had newly entered the prefecture, in order to stabilize his rule, he would definitely need to recruit famous people in the state. , so this position is temporarily vacant, waiting for someone to come.

Among the officials of the prefecture, Biejia was the most expensive, followed by the government, followed by Cao Cao, ministers and states, and so on.

There are a lot of vacancies for the Cao Cao, or they are promoted from the talented low-level officials in their own government, or they are used for the Guangling County officials who have made contributions in this war, and the right surnames who cooperated with Xun Zhen and Xu in various counties and counties. Sheng's sons filled in, Xun Zhen only left two Cao without any appointments, one was the book Cao and the other was the soldier. Xun Zhen planned to leave the book Cao to the sergeant from the prefecture who he recruited, and decided to hand over the Cao Cao to Chen Duan to manage.

Chen Duan, a native of Guangling, shares the same name as Qin Song, and is now an official of Guangling County. - This soldier in the prefecture said that he was the army of the main state, but that was under normal circumstances. Now the four seas are in chaos, the states are constantly using troops, and there are more than tens of thousands of soldiers. Since it is impossible for a soldier to take charge of the state All the soldiers and horses are gone, but even so, this Cao can at least participate in the military affairs of the state, and can understand the actuality of the troops and horses in the state, so his position is still very important.

Cao Cao was appointed, followed by the commandery and state, and Wen Zhi and others were appointed.

Next, there is the filial piety teacher, who supervises the examination of the scriptures, the Yueling teacher, who is responsible for the ancestral worship of the season, and the lawyer who is in charge of the law.

Among these positions, there is no shortage of filial piety teachers, and there is no shortage of Yueling teachers and lawyers.

One person with high moral character in the house was selected as the Yueling division, and Xuan Xian was appointed as the lawyer.

Xuan Xian is also an old man of Xun Zhen when he was in Xixiang. He is of the same clan as Xuankang and is the father of Xuankang. In "Little Du Lu", Li Bo, Fashion, Snow, Xuan Kang and others are all outstanding among his disciples. Xun Zhen raised the army, Xuan Bo ordered all his disciples to join the army, Xuan Xian was also among them, and Xun Zhen started to join the army. From the battle of Zhen to the present, Xuan Xian has a family heritage in the field of law, and there is no problem with him taking up this position.

In addition, there is also the chief of the pavilion, the main gate of the state government, and the meritorious Cao Shuzuo, who is a subordinate official who is engaged in the governance, the main selection, the commander of the county, and the clerk of the various counties. It is decided whether to retain the position or not, and if there is a vacancy, a person will be selected to fill it.

Xun Zhen and others have grasped two principles when selecting candidates to fill vacancies.

One is to use the amount, and the other is to balance the parties.

After deciding on all the candidates to fill the vacancies and replace them, Xun Zhen immediately invited Zhao Yu and Wang Lang to come, show them the list, and ask them to give their opinions. After Zhao Yu and Wang Lang watched, they saw that Xunzhen chose these people, regardless of whether they did not know them, such as Xuan Xian, etc. They only said that they knew, but they were famous outside and talented inside, so they had no opinion. . Xun Zhen then asked them to write a proclamation and pass it on to the palace.

This time, the inscription was not General Jianwei, but Xuzhou Mu.

This is because Sun Jian, the prefect of Yuzhou, and Xianglejin, Xiapi, have jointly signed up to represent the imperial court and Xunzhen as the general of Xuzhou and Zhendong.

Will Zhiruo Chaozhong agree after receiving this statement? It doesn't matter. As long as the procedure of "listing to the court" is completed, even if the court has "said hello", it can be regarded as an announcement to the world, and these two positions will be confirmed. Wasn't that how Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Xun Zhen, Sun Jian, etc. were named generals when they challenged Dong people?

So far, the government officials have generally settled.