The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Although Xun Zhen "honestly" cut off the head of the second messenger, in the reply letter, he agreed to Yu Du's request, but he did not set the location of Tongshi in Ye County as Yu Du said, but instead The location of Tongshi was chosen in Yudu's territory.

Xuankang didn't understand Xun Zhen's intentions, and asked, "Ming Gong, since he killed two of his messengers in order to be intimidated by poison, why did he agree to his request to open the city?"

"Uncle Ye, let me ask you, why did you ask Yu Du to borrow food the day after I arrived in the county?"

"In terms of comfort, there should be two reasons."

"tell me the story."

"First of all, he is afraid of Duke Ming's military power, and he is afraid that Duke Ming will attack him. Second, Duke Ming's appointment to the county is a big event, and he will not ignore it. He should have heard about the fact that none of the county officials went out to welcome Duke Ming. Therefore, he asked Duke Ming to borrow food the day after Duke Ming arrived at the prefecture. This should be to test Duke Ming's internal instability. , what kind of attitude will be taken towards him.”

"Yes, if he really wants to borrow food, he won't just borrow 20,000 shi, just 20,000 shi, rather than borrowing food, he is 'taking advantage of the fire'. He gave in and compromised. If I lent him the food, it would mean that I was afraid of him, and he would definitely take an inch. At this time, the more I could not back down, so I did not lend it, and killed two of his messengers in a row, but Uncle Ye, you have also seen the situation after we arrived in Wei County, in this case, can I send troops to attack him?"

"can not."

"The prefecture is safe, and the thieves are self-confident. Therefore, if the husband wants to fight against the outside world, he must first be safe inside, but now the inside is uneasy.

Xuankang understood, and said: "Yes! Gong has already refused to lend him food, and killed two of his messengers in a row. If he refuses his invitation to go to the market again, then he will be in a panic. In order to protect himself, he will Maybe he will take advantage of Duke Ming's first arrival and the instability in the county, and there will be a sudden chaos, so Duke Ming agreed to go to the market with him in order to hold him back and appease him."

Rabbits bite people in a hurry, let alone people? Xun Zhen first refused to borrow food, and then killed two couriers from Yu Du. If he refused Yu Du Tong Shi’s request, then in order to protect himself, Yu Du would probably have a bad heart, and he would simply take advantage of Xun Zhen’s unsteady footing to make another move. Start a mess.

"Of course. My Han family system was originally used for hegemony. It's the same way to govern the country, and it's the same way to govern thieves."

Killing messengers without borrowing food is domineering, allowing them to connect with the city is king, and combining leniency and ferocity is not only a state-government technique, but also a good technique for dealing with thieves.

Xuankang frowned, and said with deep sorrow: "'If you want to resist the outside world, you must first settle down inside.' This is very true. However, having said that, Duke Ming, the county officials and officials of the Zhao family, are attached to the Zhao family. It's been six days since Duke Ming arrived at the mansion, but the governors, the five officials, the cadres, and the postal supervisors from the eastern part refused to show their faces, using the excuse of being 'ill', and so far refused to come to the mansion to pay homage to Duke Ming. How is it good?"

"Do you know the story of the previous dynasty when Du Ling and Zhu Ziyuan was the prefect of Langya?"

"Prefect of Langya, Du Ling, Zhu Ziyuan? Zhu Bo?"

"Exactly."

Xuankang lowered his head and thought for a while, remembering a story of Zhu Bo's appointment as the prefect of Langya, he raised his head suddenly and said, "Duke Ming wants to use Zhu Bo's story to rectify the county officials!"

Zhu Bo, courtesy name Ziyuan, was a famous minister in the former Han Dynasty. He was born in a poor family. Like Xun Zhen, he started as a pavilion chief. The standard "started in humble beginnings". Filial piety and incorruptibility, the inspection of filial piety and incorruptibility in the two Han Dynasties is not only filial and incorrupt, but also sometimes divided into two categories, filial piety and integrity are listed separately, or filial piety alone, or only filial piety. Chalian, as the name suggests, is mainly used to select and elect honest officials. After being inspected against Lian, Zhu Bo's official career has been smooth, and he has served as county chief, county meritorious officer, county magistrate and other positions.

During his tenure as the prefect of Langya, Zhu Bo encountered a situation that was almost exactly the same as Xun Zhen's current situation. Langya is the old place of Qi, and the scholars of Qi always "soothe and raise their names", soothe and ease. , Slow means, the so-called so-called soothing and raising the name, which means that more arrogance and arrogance are used to preserve the reputation. After Zhu Bo took office, the right Cao officials in the county government, such as facial features, Gong Cao, the master bookkeeper, and the postal supervisor, all moved books. Give it to him, say he is sick and rest at home.

Zhu Bo is very strange, why are the officials of the county government of You Cao sick? When asked about the reason, the county official replied, "Frightened! It is said that when two thousand stones arrive at the post, I always have to send the official greetings first, and then I dare to get up and take up the post." Zhu Bo was furious, and he put on his beard and said, "Qi'er wants to Is this a vulgar evil?" He summoned Cao's historians, book assistants and other officials and county officials, selected those who were available, issued an order to let them fill the vacancies, scolded all Cao Ye who were sick, and took away their seals. clothes, and let them leave the house in white towel. The white turban, the clothes of the common people.

Xun Zhen has thought about it carefully in the mansion these few days~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Weijun's current situation is not stable, and there are poisons and prying eyes. In this situation, since those Cao officials in the prefecture did not cooperate with him, the Afu Zhao clan, then simply follow the story of Zhu Bo and repel them all.

In fact, for Xun Zhen, repelling these "sick officials" was a last resort, and most of the people who could become county officials were the children of famous families in the county or the "famous people" and "sages" of the county. , such as Zhong Yao and Xun Yu from Yingchuan earlier, and Wei Chang, Le Biao, Handan Rong from Zhao County, etc. Xun Zhen didn’t want to offend them when he first arrived, but the current situation could not allow him to “slowly deal with it”, but Thinking about it in turn, anyway, he cut off nearly ten heads within a few days of taking office, and he didn't care how many people he offended.

Xun Zhen waited for three more days, and on the ninth day, the story of him killing two messengers in a row had already spread throughout Ye County, and the county chief, the county five officials, the Gong Cao, and the eastern postal supervisor were all officials. Still claiming to be recuperating from illness and not coming to pay homage, he decided not to wait any longer.

Not long after, Wang Cong and other officials arrived.

They filed into the hall to pay homage to Xun Zhen.

Wang Cong took a peek and saw that Xun Zhen was wearing a high crown and black clothes, complete with seals and ribbons, with a sword in her waist, sitting high on the throne, her face sinking like water. Liu Bei, Xuankang, and Li Bo sat on both sides.

Since Xun Zhen took office, this is the first time that the county officials have been summoned to the hall. These county officials did not know what Xun Zhen wanted to do, and they all secretly guessed. Sequence of numbers, standing in the hall.

Wang Cong came out and said, "Dare to ask Duke Ming, I have summoned all the officials of the prefecture to come here, but do you have a letter to pass down?"