The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

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After leaving the Zhang family's house, the entourage who stayed in the alleys surrounded them. Xun Zhen didn't have time to say anything to them, so she ordered, "Return to the house." Back home.

Zhang Zhi is different from Shen Xun.

Shen Xun seriously violated the law, and resisted arrest, killing him. At least Zhang Zhi didn't violate the law tonight, he just "feeled" Xun Zhen, Xun Zhen had no excuse to kill him, he couldn't kill him, and he was in Zhang Zhi's house again, so it was great to be able to ensure that he would not be humiliated, so he temporarily suppressed Zhang Zhi. After the straight momentum and smooth departure, Xun Zhen was afraid that he would become angry with shame, and couldn't wait to return to the house first.

Fortunately, the journey went smoothly, and until I returned to the dormitory, no one from Zhang Zhi's family was chasing him.

Xun Zhen only had time to answer the rambling questions of the followers. He was calm on the outside, but smiled bitterly in his heart: "This is really 'the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop'. It was just over a month after he came out of Xixiang, and he offended Zhang Rang's family and Zhao Zhong's family one after another."

The government is dark, the current situation is corrupt, and it is not easy to do something. Although they are not afraid of their revenge, they can't help but feel a little pressure. In addition to the pressure, he continued to look for his thoughts in pain and pleasure: "Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong are the two most powerful eunuchs in the dynasty, and the scholars and officials all hate them. I first killed Shen Tiao, and tonight I will stand up to my sword and scold them angrily. Zhang Zhi, the reputation of 'not avoiding the strong' will definitely not be able to escape."

In this era when fame means everything, it is definitely a worthwhile business to exchange a little pressure for a moment to be praised by the world in the future.

As he guessed. The next day, at the Zhang family night banquet, he "reported to" Zhang Zhi, "Report to your step, you must live in peace and abide by the law in the future, if you don't follow my teaching, even though Zhang Chang will serve your son, Wang Fu, Chunyu Deng, the lessons from the past" spread like wildfire. It spread all over Yangzhai.

After hearing about it, most of the people in the county praised him and praised him. However, there is no perfect person in this world, and there is no thing that can be praised by everyone. Some people praise him, and some people disagree with his words and deeds at the banquet, saying that he is "not wise enough", and looks on the sidelines. Prophecy: "Let's wait for it to fail".

Whether it's "the luck of the county people" or "waiting for their defeat", they are just verbal praises and criticisms, but in reality, one of the most intuitive consequences of this incident is: from this day on, the The wealthy and powerful families in Zhai City, such as the Chunyu clan, Huang clan, etc., and even the servants and guests of Zhang Zhi’s family have all restrained a lot; the public security in the city has also improved significantly, and the light chivalrous and rogues in the market have also put away their minions. . Sometimes when I met Xun Zhen's car on the street, whether it was a son of a strong man or a scoundrel, everyone avoided it.

The people got the greatest benefit, and the nursery rhyme "Xun Zhenzhi, why did you come?" became louder and louder.

The prefect Yinxiu also heard about this incident, and specially summoned him to the hall to ask him how that night had passed.

After the question, Yin Xiu didn't make any comments, didn't say anything, just said with a smile: "A few days ago, Fei Cheng came to me and said that the reason why it hasn't rained for days since April is all because the emperor killed him. It is so serious that people's grievances are boiling, and you are disturbing the secret, please I remove you. This is pure nonsense! I rejected him face to face. If any rumors spread, don't take it to heart. "

Xun Zhen thanked her and respectfully agreed.

From what Yin Xiu said on the surface, he seemed to support Xun Zhen, but from his subsequent actions, it could be seen that he actually couldn't bear Xun Zhen's "upright hatred, not avoiding nobles" temper. For a month, he did not let Xun Zhen go out to the county again.

Xun Zhen was already mentally prepared for this.

Yin Xiu is a person who can promote good, but cannot eliminate evil. It is not bad that Xun Zhen was dismissed and punished because he offended Zhao Zhong’s family and Zhang Rang’s family one after another. Slashed and killed.

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The prefect refused to let him go to the county, and Xun Zhen was happy to relax.

Every day, I go to my own post office to take a seat. After the shift, I will read and recite scriptures, practice shooting swords, or invite Xun Yu, Xi Zhicai, Zhong Yao, Du You and other familiar relatives, friends and colleagues to have a chat. .

After being busy for more than two years, I suddenly became idle. Although I was a little uncomfortable, on the bright side, this was also a rare opportunity to expand my network.

He is now considered a not-so-small "celebrity" in Yingchuan County. "The trip to the counties in the north of the county" made him officially appear on the stage of the gentry, and appeared in front of the gentry; Gradually, in addition to Xun Yu, Xi Zhicai, Zhong Yao, Du You, etc., Yang Zhai or foreign scholars began to visit in his "Supervisor's Post House".

Among them were old acquaintances, such as Xin Pi, Xin Ping, Zao Zhi, Du Xi, Fan Qin, Li Jian and other young talents whom he had met in Xixiang, as well as the children of the gentry who had never met before. Some of these people came here because of his fame and came to visit him specifically; Whether it was an old acquaintance or a first meeting, he greeted him politely and elegantly, but it was a pity that the result of the reception was not satisfactory.

After all, he is not a great scholar, nor is he good at poetry and writing. These visiting scholars, such as Fan Qin, a well-known talent, got their name from the prefecture and county as early as adolescence with "literary talent, machine debate"; and Du Xi and Li Jian, their ancestors and fathers were famous in their previous lives, and they were well-dressed from generation to generation. , scripture heirlooms, all deeply familiar with Confucian classics. When the guests confront each other, talk about poems and essays, or sit and discuss Taoism, his shortcomings are fully revealed. Most of the time, Xun Yu, as his younger brother, the most famous young son of the Xun clan, is also present, which makes him less knowledgeable.

As a result, there will inevitably be scholars who look down on him, criticize him for not being good at studying the classics, judge him politely with "insufficient knowledge", and talk to him bluntly. Tall, arrogant and acerbic, behind his back he despised "shuzi can also become famous".

Where there is praise, there is always devaluation, and where there is devaluation, there is no shortage of praise. Just as in the case of "angrying Zhang Zhi" before, some people in the county praised him for being "upright" and others said he was "inadequately wise", the scholars' evaluation of him was not just belittling. People like Li Xuan who paid more attention to practical study but not scriptures and poetry, praised him greatly, such as the handsome Zaozhi from Ben County, Yangzhai.

After chatting with him for a day and a night, Zao Zhi left the courtyard of the post office and sighed: "There is no virtuous person under the reputation."

When he got home, his father and brother asked him, "Where did you go yesterday? You didn't go home all night."

He replied, "To see the later leader of our county."

"Who was the later leader?"

"Northern Postmaster Xun Zhenzhi."

His father and brother were very surprised: "Fan Qin, Du Xi, Li Jian all said that although Zhenzhi is heroic, but he has no knowledge, he is far inferior to Wenruo and Gongda. Why do you only say that he is the 'later leader' of my county. ?" Later leaders, the leaders of Yingchuan County, this evaluation is too high.

Zao Zhi said: "I first talked with Zhenzhi about the study of the classics, he was not as good as me. Then we talked about poetry and poetry, and the two of us were equal. Then we talked about the local customs, mountains and rivers, but I was not as good as him. Finally, I talked about the politics of the previous dynasties and dynasties. Gains and losses, the pros and cons of the current state of affairs, he is a thousand miles ahead of me, and I can't keep up with it. Xiangcheng County Li Xuan said that the conversation with Zhenzhi "makes people forget tired, and does not realize the passage of day and night", it is true!"

The so-called "authority fans". When talking about classics and essays, Xun Zhen is not as talented as the current generation, but if you discuss the entire historical trend, compare the political gains and losses of the previous generation and the current dynasty, and look forward to the future, infer what direction the country and society will develop in, but he is the current one. The most vocal. This is the biggest advantage of the traversers. This "foreseeing the future", like the ability of a "prophet", may be nothing to scribes, but it is earth-shattering and amazing to a "skilled man" like Zaozhi.

Having said that, Li Xuan and Li Yan are both descendants of Li Ying, but their evaluations of Xun Zhen are different, which is also interesting.

When Xun Zhen was not famous, his clansmen had mixed praise and criticism for his "self-appointed pavilion chief". Now that he is famous, the county people and scholars still have mixed opinions on him. There are Xiao Xia, Xiao Ren, and Cheng Yan who are all ears and eyes ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ praised him, he heard it, and demeaned him, he also heard. He has no ability to stop other people's comments, the only thing he can do well is his own attitude. His attitude is simple: praise and criticism are up to people.

Not long after Zhang Zhi's family banquet passed, he got a message. This news was inquired by Xiao Xia: "Someone saw Liu Deng on the street yesterday."

"Oh?"

Xiao Xia said cautiously: "He rode a horse and followed Bo Lian."

"Oh."

"It looks like he was recruited by Polian."

"Oh!"

"Do you want the little people to do something?"

"Huh? What to do?"

"Ayan and the others are very angry. Liu Deng knew that Bolian had a good relationship with Zhang Zhi, but he still voted for him! It's outrageous."

"Did I say that no one is allowed to mention Liu Deng's name in front of me in the future?"

"Yes Yes."

Xiao Xia peeked at Xun Zhen's face, and when he saw his face sinking like water, he couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry, and he couldn't guess what he was thinking, so he didn't say anymore.

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By mid-April, it was still raining.

After Yinxiu fasted for a few days, he took all the officials in the prefecture and traveled all the way to Songshan to pray for rain. It was exposed to the sun for a while, but it didn't work. It was not until the beginning of May that a few drops of rain fell, and a light rain fell.

Whenever Xiu Mu returned home, Xun Zhen would inspect the wheat fields along the way. Although the counties and townships have organized a large number of people to transport water for drought relief and disaster relief on the orders of the prefect, but the results are not very good. Fortunately, Yin Xiu listened to Xun Yu's advice and started to buy grain from other places as soon as possible.

At the beginning of May, the day after the rain, an edict was sent to the county house, and the new chief Tieguan was appointed, it was Shen Rong.