The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Liu Bei was shocked when he heard the words. Although he had not been in the county for a long time, he heard about it every day, but he also knew that the Yang family was the biggest tyrant in Handan County. The house was looted!

Jian Yong saw him standing still in front of the door, he knew that he should be shocked by the news, and reminded him: "The lieutenant is in charge of military affairs. The refugees are in chaos, and military affairs are also. You are the lieutenant, and you should go to the lieutenant and discuss it. countermeasures."

Jian Yong got up early and heard this from other people's mouths. At that time, he thought of Liu Bei's position, so he hurried over to find him, the purpose was to urge him to see Xun Zhen quickly.

Liu Bei came to his senses and replied, "Xianhe said yes."

He had never served in a county or county before. Lieutenant Gong Cao was his first official position, and he had not been in office for a few days. Under the shock, he was forgiven for not remembering his own position for a while, but he was not a stupid person. When he came back to his senses, he immediately realized that it was a bad thing for Yang's family to be looted by the refugees, but it seemed to be a good thing for him, especially for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. It just happened to be in chaos, isn't it God's help? He greeted Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and said to both of them, "Yun Chang, Yide, you two will come with me to meet the lieutenant." He took Jian Yong's hand and hurried to the front hall of the mansion.

Mao Xue was on his way to the mansion, and he asked Jian Yong, "Where did you hear about this?"

"Dongxue is delightful, so I got up early this morning, enjoying the snow and the scenery, and pacing outside the guest house. I saw the guards on duty outside the courtyard whispering, and it seemed that something had happened, so I asked him and knew about it."

"How many refugees are in trouble? Where are they now?"

"According to the officials, there are thousands of refugees who are in trouble. The incident happened around 3:00 last night. They took advantage of the dark and snowy night, when there was no news between the village pavilion and the county, and they invaded the Yang family's farm. , ransacked and looted the Yang family! After that, most of them scattered and fled."

"Ran away?"

"Yes."

Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief and said to himself, "Since most of the rioters have fled, then Handan County should be safe." He asked, "How is the Yang family now?"

"Listen to the officials, all die in chaos."

"All dead? Not a single survivor? Didn't the Yang family support some sectarian soldiers? It's not enough to resist the rioting refugees. Could it be that even the Yang family couldn't save them?"

"This turmoil came too suddenly, without the slightest warning. Although the Yang family has been on guard these days because of the gathering of refugees from outside the county, there are not many clan soldiers in his family, but only a few hundred, and it has been snowing for days. It was freezing cold in the middle of the night, so the clan soldiers on the night watch would inevitably be lazy. How could they be the opponents of thousands of refugees? I heard that the Yang family’s clan soldiers hardly did anything to resist, and the refugees attacked the village without much effort. Alas, the Yang family Said to be the first-class tyrant of Zhao County, he was not destroyed in the Yellow Turban chaos, but died in the hands of the refugees."

Guan Yu frowned and said, "The county is far from Yang's house, so there is no news, but the lieutenant's barracks outside the county is not too far from the Yang's house, only twenty miles away. Thousands of refugees will be riotous, and there may be fires. , in the dead of night, the fire is enough to shine far, and the noise is enough to spread far, it is impossible not to see and hear in the barracks, but why didn't you go to save the Yang family?"

"There is no military order from the lieutenant, Jiang, Jiang, Liu, and Xin were not in the camp last night, and they all had a banquet in the lieutenant's mansion. There were only two or three military officers in the barracks. There is no master general to give orders, and the outsiders do not know the truth of the thief's feelings, and the road is covered with snow and it is difficult to travel at night, how can it be adjusted, and how dare to mobilize the lieutenant's righteousness to leave the camp without authorization?"

Liu Bei nodded and said yes, and said, "That's right." He shook his head and sighed, and then said, "It can only be said that the time for the refugees to make trouble is too good, just in time for Xun Chen Zhujun to return from Yingchuan, and my brother held a banquet to wash away the dust. , when the monarchs in the camp are called to accompany you."

Xunzhen borrowed grain from the surnames of the county and county, but Yang did not borrow it. Liu Bei, Jian Yong, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei all heard people mention it after they came to Handan. Zhang Fei spat and said: "This Yang The family also deserves it, it is up to you to take the blame! That day his family was willing to lend food to the lieutenant, and the rioters would not rob other families, but only rob his family!"

Among the great surnames in Handan, the Yang family was the one with the most grain, and other families took out half of the grain to lend to Xun Zhen, and only the Yang family did not lend, even a fool would know that among the great surnames in Handan right now. The one with the most grain must be the Yang family.

Liu Bei sighed: "The lieutenant divided 30% of the grain borrowed from each family to the prime minister's house, which was used to build porridge sheds and provide relief to the displaced people. It can be said that the food the displaced people eat these days is the food of their families. In this chaos, none of the families who lent food to the lieutenant suffered damage, only the Yang family who refused to borrow food broke down and perished.

When they arrived at the front hall, Liu Bei ordered Jian Yong, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to stay on the corridor, take off their shoes, and enter the hall.

Xun Zhen was the first to know the news that the Yang family was destroyed last night.

When the news came, he hadn't woken up yet. After smelling it, he looked surprised on the surface, but in fact he wasn't surprised at all. In the eyes of outsiders, this incident was caused by refugees, but Xun Zhen knew that it was Handan Rong's "masterpiece".

But last night at the banquet, Handan Rong asked him to change his clothes during the banquet.

In the toilet, Handan Rong said to him: "Rong thinks a plan, and can destroy the Yang family."

Xun Zhen asked.

Handan Rong gave all his plans and said: "There are tens of thousands of refugees gathered outside the county today, and Rong thought that he could use the power of the refugees to destroy the Yang family. If you agree, Rong will now send slaves to sneak out of the county and mix with the refugees. In the middle, it was spread that the Yang family's grain storage was piled up like a mountain, and they were provoked to attack it."

After listening to Handan Rong's plan, Xi Zhicai's earlier evaluation of Handan Rong's "strong and daring" words came to Xun Zhen's mind. I thought that Handan Rong had captured two powerful patriarchs from Handan County to raise food. He was brave and brave, but after hearing his offer, I realized that he could be even more vigorous and brave.

"The Han family has its own system, and it was originally mixed with hegemony, but why is it pure morality and Zhou government?"

This is what the former Emperor Xuan of the Han taught his prince who was "soft and benevolent and loves Confucianism". Governing a country should be a combination of Confucian kingship and Legalism's hegemony, not all Confucian benevolence. Officers should do the same. There should be "benevolence and righteousness", but when it should be ruthless, it must be ruthless. If you blindly use benevolence and righteousness, then you will repeat the mistakes of Duke Xiang of Song and laugh for future generations.

Xun Zhen dared to kill the third clan when he was in Xixiang, and when he was the postal supervisor of Yingchuan County, he aggressively chased and arrested the filthy officials and lawless tyrants in the north of the county. More importantly, in order to avoid being in a dangerous situation after Huangfu Song was transferred from Jizhou, he had already thought of destroying the Yang family and Wang Dang first, so there was no resistance to Handan Rong's plan.

With his permission, Handan Rong temporarily left the banquet. He selected a few eloquent and good words from the dead soldiers and guests he raised at home, taught them face-to-face opportunities, and sent them to sneak out of the city to stir up trouble among the refugees.

Originally, Xun Zhen thought that this matter would not be done so quickly, and even if it were faster, it would take two or three days to see results, but she did not expect that it would be done in just one night.

After getting the news this morning, he immediately got up, left Chen Zhi's beautiful and gentle township, and rushed to the front hall, where Handan Rong was already waiting for him.

Handan Rong couldn't hide his joy. Seeing that there were only the two of them in the hall and no outsiders, he said, "I only sent people out of the city last night, but I didn't expect the Yang family to be destroyed this morning!"

"Gongzai, your merits are boundless!"

"Ah? What does the lieutenant mean by that?"

"We sent people out of the city last night, and this morning the Yang family has been destroyed. What does this mean?"

"this means……."

"This shows that the refugees outside the county have long wanted to make trouble! You sent people out of the county to coincide with the meeting, so you can destroy the Yang family overnight! If you don't throw out the fragrant bait of the Yang family, tens of thousands of refugees! If it doesn't work out, they will attack our Handan county town, or even if it doesn't work out, they will loot the four townships, causing harm to the people of the township."

Handan Rong suddenly realized, and then he figured out why he was able to destroy the Yang family overnight.

Thinking about it, even if the few people he sent out were able to speak well, it was impossible to persuade thousands of refugees in a short period of time. This only means that some people among the refugees were organizing and preparing for chaos long before that.

Xun Zhen knelt down and sat on the table, laying out paper and grinding ink.

Handan Rong asked, "What is the lieutenant doing?"

"I will send a message to the counties and order them to strengthen their defenses to prevent the refugees in various places from causing chaos again."

After writing the letters to the counties, he ordered them to send them quickly on horseback. Xun Zhen also wrote the military orders to the county soldiers and Yi Cong. At the same time, he ordered Xu Zhong, Jiang Qin, Liu Deng, Chen Da, and Xin Ai to come and wait for them. When he arrived, he issued a military order and said, "Last night the refugees made a riot and destroyed the Yang family, do you know?"

Some of the people answered that they knew, while others who had just been sent by Xun Zhen called up and answered that they did not know.

"Now you all know. There are thousands of refugees who are in trouble. After attacking and destroying the Yang family, they fled in all directions. It snowed for days and the road was difficult to travel. They also brought looted grain and goods. , you will return to the camp immediately, Bo Qin, A Deng, Shu Zhi, Yuan Qin."

Jiang Qin, Liu Deng, Chen Dao, and Liu Deng responded, "Yes."

"The four of you lead troops and horses each and pursue them in four directions."

Having said that, Xun Zhen paused. He is the lieutenant of Zhao County, and he is responsible for the security of Zhao County. The refugees are in chaos, and he cannot ignore them. Even if the disturbed refugees have scattered and fled, he has to send troops to pursue them. But what should he do after catching up with these refugees? Although these refugees have long been ready to cause chaos, in fact it has nothing to do with the "provocation" of him and Handan Rong, but if it were not for lack of clothing and food, these refugees would not have embarked on the road of chaos, and they would not bear to kill, but if they did not kill, The counties and counties have no food relief, and sooner or later they will fight again in order to survive.

Liu Deng saw that Xun Zhen was silent, waited for a moment, and asked, "Lieutenant?"

"..., after catching up, he will be punished first. As for the coercion..."

Xun Zhen said here and paused again. At this time, Liu Bei had just entered the hall. He bowed to the hall and said: "Be prepared to think that the reason why the refugees are in chaos is because they can't survive, how can thousands of refugees who are in chaos do nothing? Dao villains? In the middle of winter, there is no food and clothing. In order to survive, most of the refugees do it as a last resort. Although their actions are evil, their feelings are pitiful.

Handan Rong disapproved and said: "Yuzhi is easy, but the county does not have enough food to provide relief. This time, what should they do next time because they have no clothes and food in the deep winter?"

In fact, Xun Zhen thought about what to do with the rioting refugees. After Handan Rong offered a plan to destroy the Yang family last night.

It's just that he has never been in troubled times, and he has no experience in making trouble with refugees. According to his original estimation, it may be great that the few people dispatched by Handan Rong can provoke thousands of refugees to "make trouble". There are not many people, and when the time comes, turn one eye and close one eye, pretend to let them go, but I didn't expect that the refugees are already intending to make trouble~www.wuxiaspot.com~ There are thousands of people participate. Once the number of people is large, and it means that "the refugees have long wanted to cause chaos", the nature of this matter will change, and it has to be dealt with seriously. Otherwise, it will not be said that the prefectural Mu Huangfu Song will reprimand him, nor the county. The officials and people in the county will criticize them. They only say that as soon as this opening is opened, the refugees in the other counties in the county will also rise to chaos. At that time, it will not be whether he can use the help of Yuan Shao and He Yongzhi to be promoted to Mei County, but whether he can still sit in the position of Lieutenant of Zhao County, and even whether he will be convicted for it.

Handan Rong was the lieutenant's chief, and his status was comparable to that of Liu Bei. Liu Bei respected that he had been in the mansion longer than himself, and that he was a son of a famous family in Zhao County, Ya was reluctant to have a dispute with him, but it was about the lives and deaths of thousands of refugees, but he had to speak. He said: "There are thousands of refugees who are in trouble. If you don't get rid of them, the county government will be short of food, and the prison will not be able to hold so many people. You can only kill as many people as you can. Kill thousands of people at a time, lieutenant, this is It may damage the reputation of Lieutenant Renhou."

?Xun Zhen cared about the "benevolent and clear name" that Liu Bei said, but compared to the lives of thousands of refugees who had nowhere to go and caused chaos, at this moment, the "clear name" didn't seem to be that important, and he was more concerned about it. Thousands of lives.

Looking back at Xun Zhen's past experiences, he killed the third clan, chased down the filthy officials, attacked the Yellow Turbans, killed the Yang family, etc. Many people died indirectly or directly at his hands, but he had a clear conscience about these matters. , And what if all these thousands of refugees who had nowhere to go and were in chaos were all killed? He raised his head to look at Luoxue outside the hall, and murmured, "If you let it go, it will cause trouble later. If you kill it, how can you bear it?"

(To be continued)