The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Xun Zhen was a lieutenant and had no right to participate in civil affairs. The matter of raising grain from the people of the county had to be approved by Liu Heng, the prime minister of the state.レm♠思♥Road♣客レ..Welcome to reading

With Liu Heng's consent, Xun Zhen bid farewell to the lieutenant's mansion.

Xi Zhicai, Handan Rong, Xun You, Cheng Jia and others have been waiting in the mansion for a long time.

Seeing his return, Handan Rong asked eagerly, "What did Xiangjun say?"

"Xiangjun agreed." Xun Zhen took out the grain-raising letter written by Liu Heng and handed it to Handan Rong".

Handan Rong took it to look at it, was overjoyed, and asked Xun Zhen, "I wonder when the lieutenant intends to pass on this letter to all the Handan surnames?"

Xunzhen raised grain not only from the big names in Handan County, but also from five counties in Zhao County, but the matter involved too much, so he couldn't spread this letter to the five counties at the same time, so he planned to first. Test the water in Handan, and after Handan is settled, we will start with the other four counties. He did not answer Handan Rong's question, but instead asked with a smile: "In the opinion of the public servant, when is it appropriate to spread this letter?"

"Sooner rather than later!"

"Then according to the will of the slaughter."

Handan Rong said happily: "Nuo! Rong will go to the homes of the various surnames in Handan to announce this order."

"This matter is no trivial matter, and the public ruler must not be too hasty."

When Handan Rong was dismissed by Xun Zhen as the lieutenant at the beginning, he volunteered and offered to raise food for Xun Zhen, but Xun Zhen declined because he was new to Zhao County because he had no foundation in the county, and he endured it. Up to now, on the one hand, on the one hand, on the one hand, with the prestige of "fighting thieves" twice, on the other hand, on the other hand, because of the support of He Yong and Yuan Shao in the court, he decided to attack. As a result of the incident, the strong surnames in the county united to resist, so Handan Rong told Handan Rong: Do not act hastily.

For Handan Rong, since he was appointed by Xun Zhen as the lieutenant's chief clerk, Xun Zhen treated him very kindly and discussed everything with him. All of them were adopted, but compared with Xi Zhicai, Xun You, and even Xun Zhen's old friends like Xuan Kang and Li Bo, Handan Rong always felt inferior to him, thinking that he had not been able to integrate into Xun Zhen's inner circle, and he had already raised enough. He worked hard to complete the big event of raising food, hoping to establish his position in the Xunzhen circle.

He has been preparing for this for a long time, and has discussed with his father many times, and has a mature plan. He stood up from the seat, walked to the hall, faced Xun Zhen, stood up with his sword, and said loudly: "Lieutenant, rest assured, Rong will be able to do this without fail!"

Xun Zhen smiled and said: "Okay, then I will wait for your good news."

Handan Rong didn't say much nonsense. He bowed down and bowed. He exited the hall, put on his shoes, and went to preach and raise food.

Xi Zhicai looked out of the hall and saw that he was far away from the hospital, turned his face and smiled and said to Xun Zhen: "Lieutenant, the public servant is strong and daring, and the family is the crown clan of this county, and there is a letter from the prime minister, and he personally cāo. Do it, the matter of raising food is like looking at the lines in the palm of your hand, and you can catch it." After a pause, he said, "But then again, you can't be careless."

As Liu Heng said, there is no harvest this year, and food is already in short supply. Those rich and powerful households are not good men and women. Asking them for food is like cutting their flesh with a knife. The gentry might be able to say that if Handan Rong came forward, even if they were unwilling, they probably wouldn't cause chaos, but such tyrants as Yang and Han were not necessarily.

Especially the Yang clan, because of the fact that Xun Zhensha eliminated the soldiers of the county, the Yang clan chief was very dissatisfied with Xunzhen, and he went to pay homage to Duan Cong and other county officials many times in private, as well as the big and small tyrants in the tandem county. The intention of resistance, the letter of the grain-raising, it is foreseeable that it will arouse even greater dissatisfaction, and maybe it will take the opportunity to cause chaos and cause some disturbances.

Xun You agreed and said, "Lieutenant, do you want to call Li Cang and Jun Qing?"

Before Xun Zhen attacked Huangbeard, he took over the security of Handan County and handed it over to Xi Zhicai. Not long after Xi Zhicai came to Zhao County with Xunzhen, if you want to control the local security, you must have the cooperation of the local county magistrate. . Zhou Liang, with Duan Cong as his backstage, often invaded Li Cang's power. Li Cangxian hated him for a long time. After receiving Xi Zhicai's support, he in turn invaded Zhou Liang's power, and now he has controlled most of the law and order in Handan County.

Most of the security in the county is under the control of Li Cang, while the defense of the county and the security outside the county are under the control of Xu Zhong.

Xun You suggested to call Li Cang and Xu Zhonglai, but he was taking precautions and advised Xun Zhen to prepare the military first, in order to prevent the Yang family and other powerful surnames from rebelling against the order.

The surname of Haoqiang has always been powerful in the local area. Since the rejuvenation of this dynasty, there have been many cases of local Qiangzong right people besieging county officials and even besieging county temples. Cong Qi, it would not be surprising if something similar really happened.

Xun Zhen nodded and said, "Gongda is very concerned."

Even Dian Wei, Yuan Zhongqing, Zuo Bohou and other personal guards outside the Guard Hall sent people to summon Li Cang and Xu Zhong.

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However, it was said that Handan Rong left the lieutenant's mansion, and went to the houses of various surnames in the county to convey the order.

During this period, he had already figured out how much grain each family in the county had in stock, and after conveying the order, he immediately asked each family to pay the amount of grain. one.

Although the nobles such as the Wei family and the Le family were indeed dissatisfied, they didn't say anything in person, they just made a perfunctory promise.

Handan Rong didn't talk to them any more. After reading the order and saying the amount of food they were asked to pay, he said goodbye and left, and hurried to the next house.

The lieutenant's mansion who followed Handan Rong to each house to read out the order could not help but ask Handan Rong on the road, and said, "Master, although the Wei and Le families of Shicai did not refuse in person, you can see their appearance and hear their words. , but they are all perfunctory words, ..., if they refuse to pay, what should they do?"

Handan Rong sneered and said, "Don't you hear 'kill the chicken to warn the monkey'? Find a chicken and kill it, and they will know what to do."

After conveying the order to the nobles and tyrants living in the county, such as the Wei family and the Le family, Handan Rong and others went out of the city to the Yang family.

After entering the Yang family's manor, he passed the order and said the amount of food that the Yang family was required to provide.

Handan Rong said, "Is Yang Gong unwilling to pay?"

Yang Shen was dissatisfied with Xun Zhen's damage to the interests of the Yang family. These days, he has been in close contact with Duan Cong and other county officials, as well as with the big and small tyrants in the county. It was not uncommon for local tyrants to drive out Xunzhen and the chief officials of two thousand stone in the early and middle years of this dynasty, just as tyrants besieged county and county officials. It's common, but it happens occasionally, but before he could talk to Duan Cong, Xun Zhen came to ask for food first.

If it is said that Xun Zhensha eliminated the county soldiers and placed the Yang family in the army, the officers were almost eliminated and only damaged the strength of the Yang family in the county, then Xunzhen now asked for food, and one of them was five of his Yang family's reserves. One percent, this is already harming the fundamental interests of the Yang family.

With a cold face, he said to Handan Rong: "Master Handan, don't you know how many people the lieutenant will offend? The master is from the county, so why bother to offend the county for the lieutenant?"

Handan Rong Zheng said: "Although Rong is a native of this county, he is now serving in the lieutenant's mansion, and he is the lieutenant's official. The lieutenant's purpose of raising food is to attack the thieves in the mountains and to protect the safety of Zhao County. Share your worries for the lieutenant."

"The state's army is stationed in Gaoyi. There is an incident in Zhao County. The morning of Gaoyi is coming, and there are a few thieves. Why should you be afraid? Now that the Yu people are selling wine, why do they ask the Zhao people for a price?"

"Why did the people of Yu ask for the price from the people of Zhao County when they bought wine?"

Yang Shen is mocking Xun Zhen, meaning: You want to be promoted, so you lead the army to fight, but why do you ask us for food?

Handan Rong was furious, he suddenly left the table, pressed his sword and approached him until he was opposite Yang Shen, and said angrily: "Although the lieutenant is from Yuzhou, the thieves are in the border of Zhao! Although Gaoyi is near, there are also thieves in Zhongshan and Changshan. If something happened to Zhongshan, Changshan, and Zhao, and the state chief cares about one and the other, how can they save me in time? Besides, Gaoyi is hundreds of miles away from our county, and the thieves are less than fifty miles away from our county. , is it possible to save Gaoyi? Now the king is a crowd of thieves, and he also led Chu Feiyan into our Zhao land and invaded the counties. Yang Gong did not think about protecting himself. , wouldn't it make the wise be ashamed and the brave to laugh?"

Yang Shen didn't care that Handan Rong was suddenly angry, his face changed slightly, his body moved back a little, then he straightened his back again, facing Handan Rong's angry eyes, and said: "If the court has an edict, I will The whole family is with you, but do you have the imperial edict? You want my family to pay grain just by a letter from the prime minister’s government? Did my family’s grain fall from the sky? "

The so-called "imperial decree", when confronted with border chaos and the need to fight, but the treasury is empty, the imperial court will often issue an decree to ask local gentry and tyrants to borrow food. For example, when the Qiang was attacked a few years ago, the imperial court borrowed grain.

He could even say something like "I only know the imperial edict, but I don't hear the court order", but Yang Shen showed his attitude of resistance to the end.

Handan Rong stared at him for a long time, then smiled back and said, "The respected family prides itself on being a strong sect, and they usually run across the county, and raged in the villages and pavilions. Not only did they attract people's grievances, but now there are gangs of thieves and displaced people everywhere, and they are also stingy. Grain, regard wealth and wealth as more important than life, and the public is killing himself!"

Although Handan Rong said this with a smile on his face, his tone was cold, as if squeezed from between his teeth. After he finished speaking, he turned around and strode away with the servant.

Several of Yang Shen's sons were also in the hall. Seeing that Handan Rong was so "domineering" and all lost, one of them said, "The lieutenant has been in the country for less than three months. Wouldn't it be possible to reject his order to raise food like this?"

Another person said: "Handan Rong is also right. There are many thieves in the western mountains of the county. If they are not defeated early, they will eventually become a serious problem for our county."

Yang Shen said with a sullen face, "Because of this, the food cannot be borrowed!"

"What does Aon mean?"

"Although the yellow turban is broken, thieves are swarming, and the roads in the county are full of refugees in groups sooner or later. I don't know how long it will take for the world to settle down! At this time, grain is life! He Xun What did Zhen raise food for? To recruit soldiers! If my family lent him the food, he would be able to recruit soldiers, but what about my family? Most of my family members and guests who were placed in the county soldiers were expelled by him. Now the only one I can rely on is the 100th clan soldier, who was finally pulled up. If my family lent him the food, my family would not have enough food. I am afraid that the clan soldiers will disperse tomorrow! Once they disperse, who will be our fate? to protect?"

Yang Shen stood up from the seat, walked to the door of the hall, watched from a distance as Handan Rong waited out of the gate of the manor, pointed to the outside of the manor, and then said: "Don't talk about the thieves in the west of the county~www.wuxiaspot.com~ just outside the manor Those stray people on the road can ruin our lives!"

"Having said that, but if the lieutenant is angry because of this? He has more than 2,000 cavalry in his hands."

"How about there are more than 2,000 cavalry? He still dares to send troops and horses to destroy my family? If he dares to do so, he will surely arouse public anger. Unless he does not want to stay in Zhao County, he will never dare to do so. ."

What Yang Shen said was right, not to mention that the Yang family lived in Handan for a long time, with relatives and friends all over the county. If Xun Zhen dared to do this, he would not be able to stand only the nobles and powerful rabbits and foxes from all counties in the county.

"Aon is right."

"However, I heard Lang Zhongling and others talk about the past deeds of Xun Zhen, a child of Yuzhou. Although this person looks elegant, he is very decisive and ruthless. Since he dares to ask Xiangjun to write a letter and borrow food from other surnames, he will definitely There is a back-up, but my family has to prepare as soon as possible."

"How to prepare?"

"I'll go to the county now to see Mr. Duan, the commander in chief. You can quickly go to the Han family and other families to invite their parents to come to our house tonight. I want to discuss this matter with them in secret."