The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Whether Yin Xiu has any regrets, no one can know except himself.

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When Xunzhen and the others left the prefectural mansion, Guo Tulue bowed to them, summoned the lantern-carrying boy who was waiting in the school beside the door, and left first.

Zhong Yao watched his back disappear into the night, and said, "Guo Gong has a reputation for wisdom and talent, and in the past he was also quite famous in the county, but now, in order to take the three bureaucrats, he abandoned it for his own selfishness. Lord, disregarding the suffering of the hundreds of thousands of people living in the north of the county is sighing!"

Xun Zhen asked: "In order to get the official of the three bureaus? How do you say this?"

"The system of the State Dynasty: every year, the officials are appointed as officers. At the end of each year, the officials of the county and the state are often left in the court and worshipped as the officers. Although there is no abnormality in Guo Gongze's predecessor when he was in the five official rafters, he still It's just because he was appointed as a strategist by the lord of the government, and he will go to Beijing to see the minister at the end of the year. Taking the three officials is like picking up mustard, and will be determined to be in the court, for your own sake, so you don’t want to offend the nobles and officials in the court!”

The "Three Departments" that Zhong Yao referred to was one of the two types of officials in this dynasty. The officials of this dynasty are divided into two categories and seven departments: Tiger Ben, Saburo Yulin and Sanshu. The former two were exclusively in charge of the military and the expeditions, while the latter were the reserve officials of the dynasty. Although they had no specific duties, they were assigned to the general staff, but they were the only way for most high-ranking officials. The beginning is the county magistrate, the county chief, and the prime minister of the state. During the reign of Emperor Ming of this dynasty, Princess Guantao asked for her husband, and Emperor Ming would rather give her tens of thousands of dollars, but did not agree, which shows the importance of her position.

Today, Zixiyuan sells/officials. Although there are officials in the officials who sell them, Chen Fan wrote: "Your Majesty will give you a piece of vegetables." The high-ranking Sanshulang, Langguan is still a good position.

Zhong Yao said: "The Master said: 'The gentleman is compared to righteousness, and the villain is compared to profit'. Now I believe in my husband! I believe in my husband!"

This is to compare Guo Tu to a villain who forgets his own interests.

Xun Zhen and Xun Yu agreed, but neither spoke. In terms of being cautious in words and deeds, they are in agreement. Zhong Yao paused, then said to Xun Yu again: "Wen Ruo, thanks to you tonight, I was able to talk to the ruler of the government."

Zhong Yao asked Xun Zhen, "Zhenzhi, the lord of the government has already said that after he finishes writing the official decree, he will send you to patrol the nine counties to exorcise the evildoers. Do you have the confidence to do this well?"

"Zhen will do her best."

"Huh? I think you look worried? But why?"

Xun Zhen told the truth, and said: "All the county magistrates are from outside. The long one is a few years, and the short one is a few months. They will be transferred to other places. It is harmful, but it is only a few months or a few years. They are all local people, where they grew up, and they have remained unchanged for a hundred years. Compared with the filthy officials, they are more harmful to the people! But tonight in the hall, the lord of the government only agreed to write a letter, expel the filthy officials, and did not mention the tyranny of rectification. . . . , that's what worries me."

"If you don't accumulate silicon, you can't go a thousand miles. After you drive out those unjust officials in Jiu County, I will ask Fu Jun again!"

"That's all it takes."

Having said that, Xun Zhen was still worried.

Not only was he worried about the tyrants, that Zhong would not be able to persuade Yin Xiu, but he was also worried about whether Xun Yu's strategy of rectifying the officials in the north of the county would work. What if the unscrupulous officials in the north of the county were unscrupulous and shameless, and after reading the official decree handwritten by Yin Xiu, they did not resign themselves as Xun Yu said? Looking at the meaning of Xun Yu's plan, it should be the policy of "first rituals and then soldiers", but looking at Yin Xiu's meaning, "first rituals", it is clearly his limit to write a public letter, and then invite him to "later soldiers" and punish him? Almost impossible.

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He was very worried, not only pity the people, but also worried that these people would become "anti-people" in the future. After breaking up with Xun Yu and Zhong Yao, he returned to the post office. In the front yard, Cheng Yan, Xiao Ren, Xiao Xia, and the other Qing Xia hadn't slept yet, they were chatting and laughing under the tree while waiting for him.

He fought hard, talked to them for a while, and asked them what they had done these days. He learned that they had followed his orders and had been shooting arrows and practicing martial arts in the house. Yan: "I will go to Junbeixing County in a few days, and I will take you with you. I have been in Yangzhai for a long time, and I can't always be bored in the house. You can go out for a walk tomorrow."

Cheng Yan and the others were all light chivalrous warriors. They were active but not quiet. They stayed in the dormitory for 20 days without ever leaving the house. They had long been bored. After hearing Xun Zhen's words, they were very happy and agreed.

When Xun Zhen returned to the backyard, Tang Er had prepared hot water for him to bathe.

Being served by Tang Er, he happily took a bath, but although the dust and dirt were washed away, he did not wash away the worries in his heart. Tang Er was the closest to him, sensitively aware of his strangeness, and asked him what happened? Renovating the north of the county is a major event, and it involves too much to be cautious. Xun Zhen said carefully, but refused to say anything, and only fooled her with a few words. In order to prevent her from asking further questions, she inevitably used some means. For a time, the room was full of spring, and I could only hear the light breathing and the occasional coquettish/yin whisper, nothing more than: "slow down" or "faster".

After taking a shower, Xuan Kang and Li Bo didn't sleep either. They came out of the house, and the three of them talked under the tree in the middle of the night, mainly talking about what Xun Zhen had seen on this trip. Talking about the tragic situation of the people in the north of the county, Li Bo also stroked and sighed. Just when they asked what the prefect had to say when they met the prefect tonight, Xun Zhen, like Tang Er, did not say a word, but said, "I will travel to the county in the future, and I will have to rely on the two of you in the future. Power." Li Bo and Xuan Kang were not stupid, they heard his overtones and stopped asking.

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The next day, getting up early, Xun Zhen changed into an official robe, put on a seal ribbon, and went to the post office alone without a single person.

In the prefect's mansion, the Post Office is divided into two small courtyards, one is the northern post office and the other is the southern post office. Compared with other Cao Cao in the county, there are not many subordinate officials in the post office. Because the postal supervisor often patrols the counties within the department, the hospital is often deserted. When Xun Zhen arrived, there was no one in the Southern Governor's Postal Court, and the door was locked.

Xun Zhen came to the northern post office, and showed the removal and dispatch of books, and the clerks in the courtyard hurriedly gathered in the hall to bow down and pay their respects. Xun Zhen counted the heads, there were seven or eight minor officials, called them up, asked them their names in a pleasant manner, and said, "I was the postal supervisor at the beginning of this day, and I don't know the customary stories. ."

Although his words were very polite, the little officials did not dare to despise him in the slightest. Xun's milk tiger's name has long spread throughout the county. In Fanyangting, he saved the neighbouring pavilion at night; Ren Xixiang had a rank for less than a month, and he destroyed the third clan. Who would dare to despise such a "killing star"? Although they all wondered why he took office more than 20 days after he was dismissed, none of the clerks in the hall dared to ask.

The postal supervisor's job is mainly to go to the county, in the local area. When he is in the county seat, he is very leisurely and has nothing to do. Xun Zhen didn't like a group of people around him, so after meeting the little officials, she asked them to bring the official documents left by the previous post supervisors, pile them up on the couch, and then send them back to each other. Sit", sitting alone in the hall, flipping through and watching.

What he focused on was the copywriting left by the former Northern Governor, Free Post. Not many, about ten scrolls of bamboo slips.

Among them, some were ordered by the prefect to go to the county to investigate the case; some were called by the provincial governor and inspected the good and evil of the county magistrates in the north of the prefecture; some inspected the post offices in various places and reviewed the accounts; some were chasing thieves; Some recorded prisoners; others urged rent for the county government. ——The post supervisor's job is to supervise the various counties within the Ministry of Supervision and to manage the post office of the headquarters. However, because he is outside all year round and works in the supervisory county, he is responsible for matters within the scope of his subordinates, such as chasing thieves, recording prisoners, and urging rent. Ordering soldiers, arresting criminals, etc., can also be dealt with by edict.

Xun Zhen watched it and saw that most of the trivial matters recorded on the slips were trivial matters, and knew that this must be the reason why Fei Chang neglected his official duties.

He thought, "If you only read the papers, the nine counties in the north of the county can be called a peaceful and prosperous age." Thinking of this, he raised his eyes and looked outside the hall, thinking, "Fei Chang has been the postal supervisor for many years, and many small officials in the hospital have also I don’t know if they have all joined the same cause with him? When I go to the county in a few days, I will take a closer look.”

There are strict regulations on the time for officials to be on duty. They must not be late, and they must not be late for no reason. There is no clear regulation on the time to get off work. He planned to visit Xi Zhicai again while he had nothing to do these few days. When he was discharged from the hospital, he explained to the official: "When the former northern governor was free, he reduced some of the monthly payments from Xixiang to Xixiang, right?"

"Yes."

"Jun Fei is in the same county as me. Before I came to serve as the post supervisor, I was also a rank husband in Xixiang, and Xiao Gui Cao followed. The reduction or exemption for Xixiang is the same as when Fei Jun was there."

"This, Xixiang is in the south of the county, and it should belong to the postal supervisor in the south."

"I know, I'll tell him. . . . I'll tell you about it first, just in case I forget it when the time comes. Remember to remind me when the Southern Superintendent comes back."

"promise."

The little officials sent him out of the hospital respectfully. When he was far away, they gathered in one place and whispered: "Xunjun is called a milk tiger by the county people. I thought he was a ferocious and evil character, but he was so gentle and easy. Looking at his behavior and speech today, he first told a 'conventional story'. , just now he said 'Xiao Gui Cao Sui', comparing the former post supervisor to Xiao He and himself to Cao Can, it seems that you don't intend to change the system of the former post supervisor?"

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1. According to the system of the state, those who are capable of planning officials will be worshipped as Lang.

"In the fourteenth year of Yongxing (Han Hedi): 'Fujun and the country's plan to supplement the official'. ... Since the cloud is restored, there is a system of worshiping the official."

At the time of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, because there were too many strategists who stayed as Lang, after Yang Bing's advice, the system was once abolished. "Since the end of Emperor Huan's life, there has been no more strategist to stay and worship." Mr. Yan Gengwang thought: "If the text says: 'The end of Emperor Huan's world', then Emperor Ling's world may be restored to the old system."

2, Langguan.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was already a Langguan, called Langzhong. "Lang" is the provincial text of "Gang", and "Gangzhong" refers to the corridors of the palace where the monarch lives. Originally, he was the monarch's private official and served as the guard.

In order to strengthen the monarchical power, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up the inner and outer dynasties, formed the inner dynasties with some of the officials as the backbone, and used some of the officials to serve as ministers of the outer dynasties. Langguan is thus divided into two categories. By the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the internal and external dynasties system had been completed, and it was no longer necessary for the Langguan to provide services. Therefore, the Langguan who served the Inner Dynasty became an independent official, and was transformed into a permanent official position in the Inner Dynasty, such as Shangshulang, Huangmen Shilang, and Shilang. In the middle class, the officials who were assigned to the foreign court were transformed into the officials of the foreign court, and they also became the permanent official family members of the ministers of the foreign court, such as Zhililang, Wanglang, and Jilangzhong.

Then in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu carried out a streamlining and reorganization of Langguan, and reorganized the Langguan in the Western Han Dynasty into seven departments, namely Sanshulang, Hu Benlang, and Yulin Saburo~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The three departments are composed of the five senses, the left , Youzhonglang will be led respectively, Hubenlang will be led by Hubenzhonglang, and Yulin Saburo will be led by Yulin Zhonglang and Yulin Zuo and Right Supervisor respectively.

Among them, Hu Ben and Yu Lin were exclusively in charge of the chief guards, the former was in the Hall of Halberds, the latter was a chariot and cavalry, and Yu Lin Lang often participated in the expedition as a forbidden army. The three bureaus are the training reserves of reserve officials, and "going into the three bureaus is the only way for most senior officials to go through."

Because Sanshulang is a reserve official, he does not have a fixed position. He takes the post of scattered staff. If he is replaced as an official, usually between 300 and 600 shi, he can be the Shangshulang, the attendant, and the imperial secretary in the court. , officials of the imperial family, generals and rafters of the public mansion, etc., but more of them are the county magistrates, the prime ministers of the state, the prime ministers and the chief officials of the county. (Yu Lin Lang can also be an official, but usually it is only a three-hundred stone chief and a lieutenant.)

The source of the three agency officers: the election of the election, the doctor's disciples, the election of the division of Shece, the election of the shadow, and the election of the court.

Among the four categories, the election of the judiciary is the majority, and it is further divided into: the election of filial piety and integrity of the year, the election of the strategy of the imperial election, and the election of the official of the plan. These three can be divided into Xiaolian Lang and Zhao Bai Lang. The public opinion at that time attached great importance to Xiaolian Lang and despised Zhao Bai Lang. Han Yuefu: "The eldest son is two thousand stones, the middle son is Xiaolian Lang, the boy has no official position, and he is dressed in Luoyang." Having a son as Xiaolian Lang is the honor of the family. Most of the time, Xiaolian Lang has more opportunities to fill in as officials. This is because Xiaolian Lang was elected by local elections, while Zhao Bai Lang was appointed and removed by the emperor's edict. The bureaucracy naturally wanted to suppress the imperial power for its own interests. However, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the powerful relatives and eunuchs often used the imperial power to suppress the bureaucratic group for their own interests, so the way out of Zhao Bailang was often better than Xiaolian Lang.

Among the heroes at the end of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Dong Zhuo, Liu Yan, Gongsun Zan, Gongsun Du, Tao Qian, Zang Hong, etc. were all born in Langguan.