The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

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Gaoyi, state governance.

The newly appointed governor of Jizhou, Wang Fen, stood at the head of the city with his hands behind his back, looking to the north.

Several state officials and a few generals guarding the city stood behind him and followed his gaze to the north.

It was an afternoon in early April, the sun was shining, the blue sky and white clouds were shining, and the vast fields north of Gaoyi City were sparsely populated with wild trees and miscellaneous flowers.

It has been more than half a month since Chu Feiyan’s incident last month. The northern part of Changshan County has already been caught in the flames of war, but probably because Gaoyi has a strong army and is near Zhao County, the area around the county seat is dozens of miles away. Peace and quiet, no trace of thieves.

Looking for a long time, eyes can not help sore.

A state official rubbed his eyes and peeked at Wang Fen, seeing that he was focused, not tired, still watching the distance with concentration, and secretly admiring him, thinking: "'Noble' is 'Noble' , the prince is so old, and he is still in good spirits after standing at the head of the city for a long time, I can't compare with me."

Wang Fen is an old-fashioned celebrity. He became famous very early. After the party was founded, he was imprisoned for 19 years. This year, he is in his fifties. He was the head of the city who brought people up at noon, and it has been more than an hour now. Not even an old man in his fifties, even a young man in his twenties can't bear it, but Wang Fen is not tired, it's really amazing.

This state official was young, in his early twenties, and when he was moving, his temperament was bright and cheerful. He did not move or speak for more than an hour. Leaning forward a little, he asked Wang Fen in a low voice, "Your Majesty, do you have anything to gain?"

Wang Fen looked back reluctantly, sighed, and said: "The talent is limited, the level is not enough, although I have seen, but I have nothing, I don't know if it's good or bad. It's a pity that Duke Xiangju is not there! If he is there, he will be able to see Chu Thief's temper."

If you want to change to an irrelevant presence, you may not understand what Wang Fen is saying, but these people behind him understand what he means.

But it turned out that Wang Fen had been standing at the head of the city for so long, not looking at the county town, mountains and rivers in the distance, nor whether there was a thief in the north, but "watching the air". "Watching Qi" is a method used by alchemists. It is said that it is possible to predict good and bad luck by observing cloud Qi.

The "Xiang Gong Ju" mentioned by Wang Fen is a famous alchemist in the contemporary era. Although this person and Wang Fen are from Qingzhou Pingyuan and the other is from Dongping, Yanzhou, Pingyuan County and Dongping County are not far apart, almost bordering each other.

The word "alchemist" was first seen in "Zhou Li·Zhiguan", which originally referred to the officials in charge of the Sifang litigation in the Zhou Dynasty. During the Warring States Period, it specifically referred to "the person who respects the ideas of immortals and respects the alchemy". After the rejuvenation of the current dynasty , gradually mixed with "Taoist", both agree.

The earliest alchemists had the sole purpose of cultivating immortality and seeking immortality, but they soon merged with Confucianism—Confucianism arose in Lu, alchemists were born in Yan, Qi, and Lu and Qi bordered each other. , merged with each other. When the first emperor was in power, he used "the alchemist of the crowd, wishing to make peace", and this "alchemist" was mostly "a Confucianist or a Confucian alchemist". The development of alchemists in this period is no longer purely Seeking immortals and seeking medicine, at the same time, "all follow Confucius", and use Confucianism for students and doctors. Since entering this dynasty, the combination of alchemists and Confucian scholars has reached a new stage. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty adopted Dong Zhongshu's suggestion to "dismiss all schools of thought and respect Confucianism only". It integrates Confucianism and alchemist culture in theory, which is called "harmony between man and nature".

In the Han generation, the alchemist belief was very popular.

The Huainan King of the former Han Dynasty and Zhang Heng of the Later Han Dynasty can be said to be the representatives.

King Huainan "likes to read" and is a talented scholar with agile writing and thinking, but at the same time "good at learning". He "invited thousands of guests and alchemists" and gathered the power of these alchemists to compile the book "Huainanzi" , he himself is also said to have soared into the sky.

Zhang Heng is multi-talented and an outstanding genius. At the same time, he also has a lot of research on art, "especially in astronomy, yin and yang, and calendar calculation".

Even Wang Chong, who wrote "Lunheng", an immortal monograph on atheism, does not deny all techniques, and also believes that divination can "help the government", but "divination cannot be used purely, and it is used to help the government, which shows that there are ghosts and gods." , you must not specialize yourself.” "Showing that there are ghosts and gods, and knowing oneself can't be special" does not mean that there are ghosts and gods in this world, but that the theory of ghosts and gods can be used, such as "there are gods three feet above the head" to restrain those in power.

All in all, the Han Dynasty was the most prevalent era of alchemy ideas, which is one of the reasons why Zhang Jiao could gain millions of followers. Not only the first people in Guizhou believed in alchemy, but many Confucian scholars also believed in alchemy. Study Confucianism.

Because alchemists first appeared in Yan and Qi, and during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the shamanistic culture of Chu State was flourishing, so the Confucian scholars in the old Chu, Qi, and Yan regions especially believed in alchemy, and there were also many alchemists in these places. Xun Zhen fought against the Yellow Turbans from Huangfu Song last year, and had seen the prosperity of the alchemists in Runan in Runan County. Wang Fen was a native of Yanzhou, and in this old land of Qi, he also believed in magic.

The government official heard Wang Fen say, "Although I have seen something, I have nothing to gain", so he said, "I dare to ask the prince, what did you see?... The servant looked far away for a long time, but did not see anything!"

Wang Fen smiled and said, "You are young, and I have never studied the study of alchemy in the past. It is not surprising that I have not seen anything. As for what I saw, this heavenly secret is beyond words."

The more he pretended to be mysterious, the more anxious the government officials and generals around him became, but no matter how much they asked, Wang Fen didn't say anything. He was the prefect, and he refused to answer, and the subordinate officials were not easy to force, so the young official changed the subject, talking about a letter from Zhao County a few days ago, and said: "Your Highness, Zhao Kingdom a few days ago. Lieutenant Xun Zhen sent a letter asking about the strategy of fair thieves, and presented the strategy of 'If you want to defeat the thieves, you must first take the giant deer', I wonder what the prince thinks of this strategy?"

"Lieutenant Xun's point of view is exactly the same as mine."

"Then I don't know when the prince plans to pass the order, ordering Lieutenant Xun to lead his troops out of the county and attack Julu Zhang Niu Jiao?"

"I originally planned to take a look at Chu Feiyan and Zhang Niujiao's anger first, and then pass on the order after seeing the level of their anger. It's a pity that after watching these days, although I can see something, I can't be sure." Wang Fen added. Once annoyed, "I knew that today, when I took office, I should have sent someone to the plain to invite Duke Xiangju. If he was there, I wouldn't have toiled for many days.

"It's definitely too late to invite Duke Xiang to the right. Lieutenant Xun's letter has been delivered for three days. Your Majesty, now Zhang Niujiao is attacking Julu and Chu Feiyan is attacking the counties in the north. These two thieves are getting bigger and bigger. It would be better to reply to Lieutenant Xun’s letter as soon as possible, to decide a plan to pacify the thieves one day earlier, and to dispatch Lieutenant Xun to go out to attack the thieves one day earlier, it will be beneficial to both Jizhou and Gaoyi.”

Wang Fen pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "Qing Yan is very true."

Since Chu Feiyan came out of Montenegro, he has seized Jingxing and conquered Zhending, and his troops have moved northward and attacked the city. Many counties in the central and northern parts of Changshan County have fallen into his hands; since Zhang Niujiao started his army in Boling, he first captured the whole county of Boling, and then went south. Enterprising Julu, it is reported that the front of his front is almost reaching Yang's. Yang's is in the north of the Gingtao in Julu County, twenty or thirty miles away from the Gallantao, and only twenty or thirty miles away from Gaoyi. In other words, Zhang Niujiao's rebels were almost at the gate of Gaoyi.

Wang Fen is a famous person at home and one of the eight chefs of the party. He is well-known, so he can't abandon the city and flee after hearing the wind, but to be honest, he is not skilled in military affairs, and now he is just fighting to the death. Seven ups and downs, or else he wouldn’t go to the city for a few days to look at the air, in order to see good and bad from the cloud air, but he is not good at learning. Right now, it seems that he hopes to judge the air of Chu Feiyan and Zhang Niujiao by looking at the air. It was impossible, so it was indeed time to tune Xunzhen out of the county.

——With so many prefectures and states in Jizhou, only Xun Zhen can be used now.

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Zhao State, Handan.

After Xun Zhen sent away the letter to Wang Fen, she pinched her fingers and waited.

On the one hand, Chu Feiyan and Zhang Niujiao were attacking like fire, and on the other hand, the prefecture kept its troops standing still.

This situation is so weird.

He was puzzled and summoned Xun You and Xi Zhicai to express his doubts and said, "My letter to the prefecture has been sent away for a few days, and it should have been delivered long ago, but there is no palindrome in the prefecture so far, and I don't know why. ?"

Xun You and Xi Zhicai didn't know what was going on.

He said: "It is reported that the north of Changshan County has been occupied by Chu Feiyan, and the only remaining counties to the south of the Yuan clan are the counties to the south. Xiaquyang and other places in Lu County are coming to Yangshi County. At this moment, Fang Bo is sitting firmly in Gaoyi, not impatient or impatient, really calm, worthy of today's celebrities, and indeed the style of eight chefs."

Xun You guessed: "Could it be that Uncle Fang has a good strategy for breaking thieves? Therefore, the strategy offered by the lieutenant is not used?"

"Even if Uncle Fang has other good strategies for breaking the thief~www.wuxiaspot.com~ he should give me a palindrome."

What Xun Zhen said was quite right. Today, in the whole of Jizhou, only the soldiers of Zhao County can be used. No matter what Wang Fen's strategy to defeat the enemy, he will always be unable to avoid Zhao County, unless he can spread beans and become soldiers.

Xi Zhicai pondered for a while, but found nothing, and was as puzzled as Xun Zhen, and finally could only say: "Maybe the prince has a different meaning."

A government official hurried outside the hall, begging to see Xun Zhen.

Xun Zhen called him in, he knelt down on the ground, and presented a volume of documents: "The palindrome from the prefecture has come down."

"Bring it to me now."

Xuankang took the letter and sent it to Xun Zhen's case.

Xun Zhen began to read.

There was silence in the hall, Xun You, Xi Zhicai, and Xuan Kang all watched him, waiting for him to finish reading.

Wang Fen's order was not long, so Xun Zhen quickly looked at it and put the order back on the case.

"What did the palindrome say? Is it about thieves? Uncle Fang doesn't have a good plan?"

Xun Zhen looked strange and replied, "Uncle Fang agreed with my strategy, ordered me to lead his troops out of the county east to Julu, and ordered me to enter the Yang family before Zhang Niujiao."

"..., since you agreed to the lieutenant's strategy, why did you delay the palindrome until this time?"

"Fang Bo said in the letter that he has been observing qi for many days, but unfortunately he is not very good at this, and he couldn't see the anger of Zhang Niujiao and Chu Feiyan. He told me to be cautious and not careless."

"...So, the reason why Fang Bo did not reply to the lieutenant's letter until now is because he has been observing the qi a few days ago?"

"It should be so."

Xun You, Xi Zhicai, and Xuan Kang looked at each other.