The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Then I asked for votes, it was almost 150 votes, and there were two more.

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Xun Zhen personally helped Chen Zhi get out of the car.

The long journey was long, the wind and snow were swaying, and although there was a brazier in the car, it was unbearable for the cold. Chen Zhirou was cold.

Xun Zhen took off her cloak and put it on her carefully.

Chen Zhi and Xun Zhen have not seen each other for nearly a year. In the first half of the year, they were worried about him. In the second half of the year, they knew that the Yellow Turban had been leveled, and they thought about him day and night. They were separated in Yingchuan in the early spring. Today, I finally got to meet in Handan on the day when the snow fell. Hundreds of days of worry, lovesickness, joy and happiness at this time are all in one place. My thoughts are intertwined and tactful. Thousands of words poured into my mouth, but I didn’t say a single word. When he didn't come out, he just held back his shyness, pretending that he didn't see many people outside the mansion crowded and watching, he clung to Xun Zhen's hand tightly and refused to let go.

"Have you received my seven words?"

"received."

"Three hundred days of Acacia, today is the solution."

What Xun Zhen was talking about was a letter he wrote to Chen Zhi a few months ago. In the letter, he wrote a few lines of poetry: "Three days of hitting lice full of armour, the drum urges you to forget your death and work hard. Only when the bright moon and lovesickness night, Pillow Ge and no sleep are destined to be ministers."

——This poem he wrote can only be said to be a mediocre work, but if future generations see it, they will know that it is a seven-character quatrain at first sight. However, there is no poetic style of Qijue at present. Not only is there no such style of poetry, but only Only four characters, five characters and sao style were regarded as authentic poetry by the people of the time. Seven characters could not even be called poetry, but could only be called "words". It was not until Cao Cao's creation and after Cao Cao that seven characters poems were considered to be on the board. Therefore, Xun Zhen called the poems he wrote "yan" instead of calling himself "poetry".

The two were chatting in a low voice, trying to figure out their lovesickness. One of them got off a carriage behind them and walked quietly to Xun Zhen's side.

In the cold snow, the scent of body heat came. It was half-cool and half-warm, tempting and thought-provoking. Xun Zhen didn’t even have to look at it to know that this must be Tang’er. Tang Er was much older than Chen Zhi, in her thirties, if Chen Zhi was compared to Xiulan blooming on a spring night, then Tang Er was a ripe Begonia in summer. Compete, each wins the game.

Tang Er pulled his sleeves down and bowed, and his mouth opened slightly, but he only said two words, "Xun Lang."

Although there are only two words, but with her happy and resentful emotions and her soft Jiangnan accent, it can be heard in her ears, but it is full of affection.

Xun Zhen had a great heart, helped her up, and looked at her carefully. She saw that she looked a little haggard. She should be taking care of Chen Zhi on weekdays, doing housework and traveling hard, and said with a smile: "I am away from home these days, thanks to your care Azhi, thank you for your hard work!"

"It's my duty to serve the lady,... but I haven't seen you for a long time, and your skin seems to be a little darker."

"Since leaving Yingchuan, I have not left Yingchuan every day to fight the military, and I am always in the army, so how can I not be black?" Xun Zhen smiled and looked at Chen Bao, Xun Cheng and the others, and said with a smile, "Besides, how can a man be as white as jade? , can't help but be weak? Black is the true nature of a hero."

Chen Bao, Xun Cheng and the others did not have a white skin, and Xun Zhen's words won their hearts, and they all laughed and said yes.

Xun Zhen let go of Chen Zhi's hand, called Liu Bei over, and said to Chen Zhi with a smile, "Azhi, this Zhuo County Yingjie Liu Xuande I met a few months ago, although I haven't known him for a long time, but my love is more than flesh and blood." He smiled at Liu Bei, "Xuande, this is my wife."

Liu Bei had heard for a long time that Xun Zhen had a wife, the Chen family, who was the daughter of the Chen family in Xu County. His grandfather was Chen Hao, who was famous in the world. Chen Zhiying returned the gift.

It is said that Liu Bei was in his early twenties, when he was young and admiring Ai, but through his contacts these days, Xun Zhen found that he seemed not to be very interested in women's lust, and he had nothing to say about the women he was in daily contact with, not to mention Xun Zhen's wife? He was even more speechless. Xun Zhen didn't take it seriously, and introduced him to Wen Pin and Gao Su.

Everyone did not mention the ceremony, but only said that Liu Bei was envious and thought: "I am a son of the Xun family, and my wife is the daughter of the Chen family. All the people I make friends with, whether they come from a famous family or a poor family, are all proud and proud. Haoying." Quietly looked at the hundreds of soldiers standing behind the car, and then thought, "When you travel thousands of miles, hundreds of soldiers call in front of you, is this the style of everyone's children?" Feeling ashamed.

Xun Zhen greeted Wen Ping, Gao Su and the others to approach, and said, "The street is cold, not a place to talk, so please come with me into the palace!"

Wen Pin pointed to the hundreds of soldiers standing behind the car and asked, "What about these soldiers?"

"I was about to ask you, why did you bring so many soldiers here?"

"Wen Jun was appointed Lieutenant of Zhao Jun. In order to give Jun his prestige, Wen Qian specially selected these three hundred soldiers from the soldiers of Yingchuan Jun, and ordered us to bring them to serve Jun Qian."

Xun Zhen said in his heart, "I said where did these soldiers come from! It turned out that it was not the old army I stayed at home, but the former iron officials and disciples."

At the beginning of the year, Xunzhen left Yingchuan, before Huangfu Song went to fight against Runan, and transferred the Tieguan apprentices obtained from Tieguan to Yingchuan soldiers and handed them over to Le Jin. This time, in order to help Xun Zhen's reputation, Le Jin specially selected Fu Yu Wen Ping and Gao Su, who fought bravely among the three hundred elites, and ordered them to bring them to Zhao County. It's just that he's already a county soldier, so how could he be brought out by Gao Su and Wenpin?

Xun Zhen asked, and only then did he know that a few months ago, the county had abolished a group of soldiers, and Yue Jin used his power to include all three hundred soldiers in the list of abolition. Xun Zhen frowned and said, "Although the yellow turban is broken, and the country is not safe, why did the lord of the government abolish the army?"

Wen Pin replied: "It's because of the lack of food. But please don't worry, although hundreds of county soldiers have been abolished, there are still more than a thousand soldiers. With Wen Qian and Feng Gong, there is no problem with the security of the county."

"So that's the case. So, these soldiers are also my old friends! In Yingchuan, Bo Cai and He Man were besieged, thanks to them sneaking hundreds of miles from Wenqian to save Yangzhai.  … There is no room for these many people in the mansion, Uncle Ye, take them to the camp outside the county, and have Junqing and Bo Qin allocate the barracks to them, and set up a banquet for them to wash away the dust!"

After Xuankang received the order to leave, Xun Zhen called him again, and ordered, "Junqing, Boqin, A Deng, Yulang and others have also parted ways with A Bao, Zhongren, Zhongye, Zixiu, and Youjie. See, after the three hundred soldiers are settled, except for those who will be on duty tonight, you pass my order and ask the rest to come to my mansion. Tonight I will hold a feast, and enjoy the snow, and don't get drunk. "

Xuan Kang promised to go to the front of these soldiers to pass the order of Xun Zhen's army, and take them out of the city to the camp outside the county.

The soldiers raised their spears and gave a military salute to Xun Zhen.

Xun Zhen straightened her clothes, returned the salute with her sword, and watched them march away. Only then did she lead the people into the mansion, walked to the servants and servants who were worshiping in the snow, waved her hand slightly, and said, "The snow is cold and wet, You wait."

Before the order, the government officials and servants respectfully greeted Chen Zhi, and under the order, dozens of people stood up in unison.

Du Mai, Fan Tan, and Fan Shang, who followed Xun Zhen among the crowd of Wen Pin and Gao Su, saw such a scene, and they were all deeply envious.

Du Mai was originally a thief of Fanyang Pavilion. Later, Xunzhen was promoted and recommended him to succeed Fanyang Pavilion as the head of the pavilion. Later, he was promoted to the village. The head of the pavilion was a small official, and the village was not a high-ranking official. The brothers did not even fight for food. The government officials who bowed down and greeted Chen Zhi were mostly Hundred Stones. Many Hundred Stone officials put their ears to their ears in front of Xun Zhen. For high officials and nobles, this scene was not worth mentioning, but it could fall to them. In the eyes of the three, they only felt that Xun Zhen was majestic.

Everyone entered the palace from Xun Zhen.

Xun Zhen first asked her maid to lead Chen Zhi and Tang Er to the backyard, and then went through the courtyard with Wenpin, Gao Su and others to the hall.

He had too many doubts in his heart to ask, and after everyone sat down, he said a few happy words about seeing each other again after goodbye, but turned back to the topic and said with a smile: "It's a happy event to meet you after a long absence, but it's not a good thing. Concealing all the ministers, I have some doubts when I see you here."

Gao Su was blunt and said, "You must be wondering why Zhong Ye and I are here too?"

"good."

Before Xun Zhen left Yingchuan, Gao Su and Wenpin were both arranged to serve in the county, one was arranged in the soldiers of the Yingchuan county, and the other was arranged in the army of the county soldiers, but how did the two of them come to Handan? Was it because he committed a crime and was dismissed by the county governor, or was it for some other reason?

Gao Su said: "You are now a lieutenant of a country and a noble person. What are I and Zhongye still doing in Yingchuan? Zhongren and A Bao arrived in Yingchuan, and Zhongye and I resigned from the county post."

Gao Su's confession made Xun Zhen laugh, but he didn't think that Gao Su and Wenpin came from the county for this reason. Gao Su's frankness also made everyone in the hall laugh, but although everyone laughed, no one thought he was wrong. The township party, the township party, and the people of the township are born into one party. There is one high-ranking foreign official in a township, and there is nothing wrong with the townspeople going to defect. Especially now that the transportation is inconvenient, and the communication between people is far less convenient than that of later generations.

Xun Zhen asked with a smile, "However, Lord Wenfu is willing to let you and Zhongye leave their jobs?"

"Don't you know yet? The lord of Yingchuan is no longer the lord of Wenfu, but the lord of Wangfu."

"Oh?"

"After the Yellow Turban was set, in the late summer and early autumn of this year, Lord Wenfu was summoned to the Tingwei because he sat on the Yellow Turban and was ineffective in his governance. The Duke of Dongjun, Jihuan, took over as the prefect of Yingchuan."

Xun Zhen expected that Prefect Wen was convicted. When Prefect Wen was in office, he suppressed Xun Zhen and Xun Yu a lot. Xun Zhen never had a good opinion of him. Hearing this, he sighed twice and said, "Wanghuan of Dongjun took over as Prefect of Yingchuan?"

Chen Bao was careful, listening to Xun Zhen's words as if he knew Wang Huan, and said, "Do you have an old relationship with Wang Fujun?"

"I don't know Wangfujun, but this summer, when I was attacking Dongjun from General Huangfu, I met his father in General Huangfu's tent." In Dongjun that day, Xun Zhen entered Huangfu Song's commander's tent and congratulated Huangfu Song. During the great victory, there was a famous person in Dongjun named Wang Cong in the tent. This Wang Cong was Wang Huan's father.

Xun Zhen paused for a while, then continued: "At that time, when we were talking about Wangfujun, Wangfujun was named Xiaolian when he was not yet thirty years old. I was promoted to Jingzhou the year before and moved to the prefecture of the county, but this year I didn't expect to move to Yingchuan again and become the county governor of my parents."

Chen Bao suddenly realized, and said: "No wonder Wangfujun uses Wen Qian and Wen Ruo very much. It must be his father who praised him in his letter at home, so he used this to repay him for his efforts to pacify Dongjun."

"Very reused?"

Although Wen Pin and Wen Taishou were of the same clan, they were distant relatives and were not close. Wen Ping was recruited to Tingwei. He did not have too much sadness. At this time, he was full of joy when he met Xunzhen again, and said with a smile. : "The lord of the palace has entrusted all the military affairs of the county to Wenqian, except for Ren Wenruo, who is the county's meritorious officer."

It is not surprising that Le Jin was entrusted with military affairs, but Xun Yu was eliminated as the county meritorious officer? Xun Zhen was astonished and said, "Wen Ruo has become a county meritorious officer? What about Yuan Chang?"

Gao Su grabbed the conversation and said, "Yuan Chang was promoted by the prince of the palace as Xiaolian, and then he was worshipped as Shang Shulang by the court. It's going to the capital."

Having said this, Xun Cheng remembered something, took out a few letters from his pocket, got up and presented them to Xun Zhen, saying, "This is a letter from the family, Wen Ruo, Yuan Chang and others to you."

Xun Zhen took it and looked at the envelopes one by one. There were letters from Xun Wan, letters from Xun Qu, letters from Xun Yu and Zhong Yao, and letters from Du You, Guo Jun and other old colleagues in the county. When he was not looking at it closely, he put it away for the time being, and said happily: "Yuan Chang was named Xiaolian, and was recruited by the court as Shang Shulang? Good, good! This is really a happy event, just based on this. , I'll be a big idiot tonight!"

He was happy for Zhong Yao, but also for himself.

Needless to say, Xiaolian is equivalent to a later scholar. Once Xiaolian is the same as leaping over the Dragon Gate, the future is bright. Although the rank of Shang Shulang is low, with only 400 stone, it should not be underestimated. First, this is a court official, an official in the court, the head of the small counties with 400 stone in the Feizhou County, and the leader of the big counties. The county magistrate was comparable to the county magistrate. Second, Shang Shulang served in the Shangshutai and had great power.

In the pre-Han Dynasty, Shangshutai "its responsibility is still light", after entering the dynasty, because Emperor Guangwu, in view of Wang Mang's lesson of usurping power, took all the power of the state to the court, that is, concentrated on Shangshutai, "Although the three princes are placed, the affairs will return. "Taiwan Pavilion", Shangshutai has become the center of the prime minister's state affairs, to use an inappropriate analogy, it is like the State Council in Xunzhen's previous life, but its power far surpassed that of the State Council, not only participating in state secrets, cashing out the king's orders, but also having elections, The power to appoint, punish, and examine officials, and to question and impeach ministers, and even the censors, who had the power to impeach and picket, were also subject to the Shangshu.

The great authority of the Shangshutai can be seen from a custom of this dynasty: "All the three princes, Lieqing, generals, doctors, and five battalion school captains are returning to the carriage when they encounter Shangshu's order, Pushe, and left and right officials. To avoid, the guards should not disobey the Taiwan officials, and the Taiwan officials should pass them." During the reign of Emperor Guangwu, the Shang Shuling, the imperial censor Zhongcheng and the Sili school captain all sat at a special seat. Respect so.

The Shangshutai had the highest authority in the court, but in line with the principle of "taking the light to control the heavy", the officials in the bureau were not of high rank.

The rank of the chief official is only a thousand stones. If a person who has served as the third prince is appointed as the minister, the rank will be 2,000 stones, the next is the minister of servants, the rank is six hundred stones, and the third is the sixth Cao Shangshu, who is responsible for the specific items. In this matter, the monks and the ministers and the servants were called "eight seats", and all major national affairs required "eight seats". These six cadres later developed into the six ministries of officials, households, rituals, soldiers, punishments, and work. , The third is Shang Shucheng, there were four people in the former Han Dynasty, two people in the current dynasty, divided into left and right, rank four hundred stone, mainly assisting Shangshuling and Shangshu Pushe, mainly in charge of the internal affairs of the Shangshutai, Gangji, Qian Gu and so on, the next one is Shang Shulang.

There were four Shangshulangs in the former Han Dynasty, thirty-six people in the current dynasty, six Cao, each with six people, who were in charge of drafting documents.

In the Shangshutai, although the Shangshulang is only one level higher than the 200-stone Shangshulingshi, there are only a few dozen officials in the entire Shangshutai, and the competition for the Shangshulang is very fierce. For the selection, go to the Shangshu desk for the exam. For each vacancy, five people will be tested. First, the paper will be tested. The first time you enter Taiwan is called the master, and when you reach the age, you are called the servant.” For every vacancy, five people will come to the interview. The children of the famous family or the talents of the world can only get the job if they stand out from the five people.

Zhong Yao was only named Xiaolian this year, and then he competed to become Shang Shulang. It is because of his prominent family background, and more because of his own talents. The status of Shangshutai is so important, and Shangshulang is so hard-won, so the promotion of Shangshulang is naturally incomparable. During the reign of Emperor Andi, he defeated tens of thousands of rebels from Liangzhou with three thousand soldiers and horses. Yu Xu said: "Taiwan As long as the term of office expires, the minister can be appointed as the county magistrate and other officials of Qianshi.

The order of a thousand stones, and if you go up, it will be two thousand stones.

In this way, in the Taiping era, with Zhong Yao's family voice and his own talents, from now on, he will be able to be the prefect of a major county at most ten years.

After serving in the county for many years, once he became Tailang, this is why Xun Zhen was happy for Zhong Yao; therefore, he was given the right to enter the imperial court and participate in the Taipa, which is why Xun Zhen was happy for himself.

Among the people in the hall, Du Mai and the Fan family brothers had the furthest relationship with Xun Zhen, and they were seated closest to the hall door. Seeing that Xun Zhen was happy, Du Mai took courage, put his hands on the ground, walked away from the table, knelt down in the hall, bowed his head and said, "Buy the courage, I have something to tell the lieutenant."

Xun Zhen looked at him cautiously and smiled without realizing it, and said, "You and I are old friends, and I used to rely on Junli a lot in Fanyang, so you don't have to be so cautious. What's the matter?"

"I wonder if you remember Liu Weng from Bo Ting?"

"Liu Weng? How could I not remember it!" Xun Zhen once rescued the neighboring pavilion when he was the head of Fanyang Pavilion. It was this Liu Weng's house that was attacked by the thief at that time. He asked, "Liu Weng is still in good health. ?"

"Liu Weng died of illness shortly after Junli County fought against the Yellow Turbans from General Huangfu." Du Mai took out a bamboo slip from his bosom, held it high above his head, and presented it to Xun Zhen, saying, "Before Liu Weng passed away, he gave all his family property. Sell ​​it, have someone call to buy to buy, hand over all the money from the sale, and the old house Zi, to buy again and again, order buy to lieutenant, saying that this is to repay the lieutenant for saving his life in the past."

Liu Weng's children all died in the thief's murder. Although no one inherited his family business, he still had clansmen, relatives and friends. However, he donated all the family wealth to Xun Zhen. He can be called a righteous man. . Xun Zhen sighed for a long time and asked Du Mai, "All Liu Weng's children have passed away, can someone take care of his tomb, and can someone keep filial piety for him?"

"Xun Gong Cao also knew about this matter, Gong Cao had ordered Bai Ting Ting to take good care of Liu Weng's tomb, and took half of the wealth Liu Weng gave to the lieutenant, and distributed it to the Liu clan, and ordered Liu Weng to keep filial piety. "

Xun Yu did this very well. The Han people regarded death as life, but Liu Weng did not care about what happened behind him, and bequeathed all his family wealth to Xun Zhen. This was Liu Weng's "righteousness". Liu Weng kept his filial piety and was able to sacrifice to his tomb every year. This is Xun Yu's generation Xun Zhen repaying Liu Weng's "righteousness". Xun Zhen nodded and said, "The one who knows me is Wen Ruo."

Seeing that Du Mai presented a list of Liu Weng's family assets brought by this trip, but still refused to retire, and seeing the brothers of the Fan family kneeling at the bottom of the hall, restless and seeming to be very uneasy, Xun Zhen knew what the three of them were thinking. , thought: "This must be because I don't know how I will place the three of them, so I'm uneasy."

In the past in Fanyang Pavilion, Du Mai and the Fan family brothers did not cooperate with Xun Zhen very much at the beginning, and they were also thick-skinned, and now they dared to go to Xun Zhen for wealth and wealth. However, Xun Zhen would not have the same knowledge as them, so he asked Du Mai with a smile, "Is this time you came from Zhongren and A Bao, but are you a gift from Weng Liu for me?"

"Yes."

"Are you still going to leave?"

Du Mai blushed and said awkwardly: "Dong Xue is piercing to the bone, and there are many thieves. Although Mai wants to return to his hometown, he is afraid that it will be a long way to go, ... and, besides, before this time, Mai has already resigned. The position of Saigo~www.wuxiaspot.com~ If that's the case, then stay!"

Xun Zhen pondered for a while, and said, "You gave up your career as a beauty artist in Xixiang, and did not leave the long way to go, and made a special trip to send Liu Weng's bequest for me. You can't help but repay your affection, but it's just that you didn't do anything in the first place. Sudden promotion, temporarily Qu Jun as Lieutenant History, how?"

Du Mai was overjoyed and kowtowed to the ground, saying, "Thank you Lieutenant, thank you Lieutenant!"

Seeing how happy he was, Xun Zhen suddenly remembered that when he was in Fanyang Pavilion, he once talked about his future future. Du Mai said that he "doesn't even dare to think about Baishi officials", and said to Du Mai like a joke: " Although Lieutenant History is not a high official, he is also a hundred stones, Du Jun, are you satisfied?"

Du Mai had long since forgotten what he had said, and replied happily: "In the past, King Huaiyang became immortal, and chickens and dogs ascended to heaven. Today, you are a lieutenant, and villains also ascend to heaven." He died, but after his death, it was rumored among the people that he attained the Tao and ascended to the immortal, so there was a saying that "one person attains the Tao, and a chicken and a dog ascend to the sky". This story was widely circulated in the Han Dynasty, and Du Mai also knew it.

When everyone in the hall saw his appearance as a villain, Gao Su couldn't help laughing at first, and Wen Pin, Xu Fu, Xi Zhicai, Liu Bei and others also laughed, but Chen Baoyin was in Fanyang Pavilion in the past. It was Du Mai's "old official". Although he also thought it was funny, he forcibly restrained himself from laughing.

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1. Shang Shulang was promoted quickly.

"At the beginning of the establishment, it was the decree of the Shangshu. In the old system, the Shangshulang was limited to the full complement of the county magistrate's order Shi Chengwei. Hongzuo thought that although the position in Taiwan was respected, the reward was very low. As for the election, there are many people who are not happy, please ask the lang to make up Qianshi. Make history long. The emperor follows it." At first, after the expiration of his term of office, Shang Shulang sent a supplement to the county magistrate of less than 400 stone.