The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

The elder Li Yang, who greeted him with Hui Hui, knelt down on the ground and greeted Xun Zhen.

Xun Zhen and Xun You quickly stepped forward and helped them up one by one.

The oldest man among the elders had white hair and beard, and he was in his seventies to say the least. He insisted on not getting up, and insisted on finishing the ceremony. Xun Zhen bent down, held his hand, and said with a smile, "Zhen Zhen What virtue and what ability, dare to be gifted by the elders?"

The old man was a little deaf, so he couldn't hear Xun Zhen's words.

Xun Zhen was not impatient at all, and repeated it aloud.

The old man squinted his cloudy eyes, looked up at Xun Zhen carefully, and said tremblingly: "In the past, when Duke Xun was in charge of Liyang, the common people set up county temples, Duke Xun came to understand things, persuaded farmers to cultivate mulberry, and the people praised him. I miss it to this day. Xiaomin still remembers the demeanor of Duke Xun to this day. Forty years of neglect have passed, and Xiaomin is this year. The county, to govern again, drive out the thieves and destroy the pirates, and restore the people of the county to the Lang Lang Han family, this is really a lucky thing!"

"In the past, Duke Xun" was referring to Xun Shu. During the reign of Emperor Andi, more than forty years ago, Xun Shu served as the county magistrate in Liyang, and left a good name here. This old man was a county official who had been appointed by Xun Shu when he was serving as Liyang Ling, and he was Xun Shu's former official.

Not only this old man, among the elders who came to welcome Xun Zhen, all the people over 60 years old were mostly Xun Shu's former officials, and some were people who had received Xun Shu's kindness when Xun Shu ruled the county.

Xun Zhen heard that he was an old official of Xun Shu. Although Xun Zhen had not been born when Xun Shu died and had never seen this "grandfather", he immediately felt close to this old man and said: " A Weng is the old official of the family ancestor? Please get up, please get up."

In the Qin and Han dynasties, not long after the ancient times, "therefore, their people still have their hearts to be loyal to their monarchs", especially in the later Han Dynasty, because the chief officials have the right to appoint their own officials, and the subordinate officials have a stronger personal dependence on the chief officials. The relationship between them is not so much the relationship between subordinate officials and chief officials, but rather the relationship between ministers and monarchs, similar to the relationship between "lord" and "family ministers" in the Spring and Autumn Period.

This kind of monarch-subject relationship was especially valued by the contemporaries. For example, Yu Fang, a famous minister in modern times, once served as the prefect of Runan, and later resigned for some reason. Runan County sent Hu Yi, the head of Runan appointed by Yu Fang, to welcome the new prefect. What about the court?" The court, that is, the Runan County Dynasty, thought he was an official of Yu in Runan's time, and refused to make a minister to the newly appointed Runan prefect, so he refused to go out to meet him, and instead went to Chen State to serve as an official. Another example is that when Yuan Shu became emperor later, Sun Ce wrote to him, criticizing him: "Those who neglect to obey the Tao and have a strong desire to forge ahead will say that the people in the world are not family officials and disciples. Who doesn't follow me?" The "old official" was directly referred to as the "family official".

There is such a relationship, although Xun Shu was appointed Li Yangling more than 40 years ago, this old man and Xun Zhen had never met before, and they had never met each other, but they immediately formed a natural bond with each other.

Xun Zhen picked up the old man and asked Xun You to come forward, and ordered Xun Cheng, who was guarding him this time to go to the county, to also come from the army to introduce him to the old man and the remaining old officials of Xun Shu, saying: "This is my clan's younger brother Zhongren, this is my clan's nephew Gongda." He also introduced these former officials of Xun Shu to Xun You and Xun Cheng, "The princes are the former officials of our ancestor, Duke Xun, when he was in charge of Liyang."

The two sides met each other and bowed to each other.

It was lively and lively here, and the guard Li Yangling over there seemed to be a little left out with a group of county officials.

Xun Zhen selected and appointed the Liyang Guard from the officials of the county government. Seeing that he was quite embarrassed by his side, Xun Zhen greeted him and said with a smile, "Tonight, I want to borrow the county temple in Guixian to entertain the ancestors of our clan. Old officials and village elders, can you?"

There is no reason not to accept Li Yang's orders.

That night, at the temple in Liyang County, Xun Zhen set up wine, cloth and vegetables, and entertained Xun Shu's former officials and elders in the county.

Those who could be turned into officials by Xun Shu were either from the surname of Li Yang or a well-known local scholar. If more than forty years ago, most of these people were only the new force of Li Yang, and a few were the backbone, then the four More than ten years have passed, and they have already taken over the class of the older generation in the clan and become the head of their respective clans. They have the status of the Big Dipper of Mount Tai in Liyang. With them there, Li Yang can be said to be true to Xun Zhen. A county with the best governance.

As he expected, whether he ordered the Siqing in Liyang County to suppress the remnants of the Poison Ministry, or he ordered to organize land and farmland in Liyang, they all received the full support of Liyang.

In return, Xun Zhen selected some young children from these families who were "skilled in writing, accounting, and knowledgeable about laws and regulations". Those who have not completed their studies and are not enough to serve as official officials are designated as reserve officials in the county and county respectively.

"Bei Li" is a system of training officials in the Han Dynasty. It is similar to the school disciples in the former Qin Dynasty. The so-called "Xue Shi" is a place to study official affairs. , in the official temple, follow the official staff to learn, after completing the study, you can fill the vacancy and become a true official. However, unlike the disciples of the school, although the main task of the preparation staff of this dynasty is to learn the official affairs , but some of the preparatory officials can already be listed as official officials, that is, they can be included in the sequence of official officials, and they can get stipends.

After all, the positions of the county and county officials in the temple are limited. Although Xun Zhen expelled most of the officials from the original county and court, there are fifteen counties in Wei County. The county court was to win over those local big clans who could win over. This time, in the county that he passed through, many of the children of his clan were removed from those families who had clearly expressed their intention to join him. There were too many people. It may be possible to arrange a ministry for each person, and only some of those with less seniority and age may be designated as reserve officials.

Having said that, since the ministry is full, why not use these junior and young people at all? But there is a reason. This is because some of those who were designated by Xun Zhen as backup officials were the direct descendants of the county surnames and gentry families, and some were juniors who were loved by the county surnames and gentry parents. Li Yang's surname, the dear son of a gentry patriarch.

After staying in Liyang for four days, he decided on the location of the farmland. After seeing off Yiyi from the elders of Liyang, Xun Zhen set off in a car, and then went to the county.

After passing through Neihuang, turning to the northwest, and traveling a hundred and sixty li to Sheguo, the westernmost part of Wei County, where he stopped for a few days, after comforting the local people and checking various political affairs, Xun Zhen returned to the northeast, traveling nearly a hundred times. It was Wu'an, and he stayed here for a few days.

Wu'an was the last county that Xun Zhen visited this time.

After leaving Wu'an, he drove south and returned to Ye County.

Wu'an was a hundred or ten miles away from Ye County, and it took two days to travel forty miles a day. On this day, it was more than twenty miles away from Ye County. A horse came from the direction of Ye County, but it was for Xun Zhen. sent a letter.

Xun You took the letter to Xun Zhen's car and presented it to him.

Xun Zhenlan was overjoyed and said, "My work is done!"

This letter was written by Xun Qian.

Xun Zhen had been waiting for this reply from Xun Qian for a long time. In the letter, Xun Qian explained the reason for his late reply. It turned out that he was very quiet and thoughtful a few days ago. He ordered Xun Yu and the others to accompany him by car to visit friends in Runan. He just returned not long ago. Ying Yin.

After returning to Yingyin, he saw a letter from Xun Zhen, and when he saw the letter, he went to Yangzhai by car to meet the county governor. The county governor agreed to Xun Zhen's proposal, agreed to sell grain to Xun Zhen, and agreed to help Xun Zhen transport it to Dongjun, but Xun Zhen had to pay for the freight.

After all, the Xun clan is a famous family in Yingyin, and they have a great influence in Yingyin. Now they are married to the Chen clan in Xu County, and their influence is even greater. In addition, now that the party has been resolved, Xun Shuang is serving in the state, and Xun Zhen is serving in Wei. In the county, I heard that someone in the imperial court proposed to enlist an outstanding son of the Xun family, such as Xun Yu, to join the court.

Xun Qian also said another thing in the letter, that is, Xun Zhen wrote to the old friends of the clan, Chen clan and Yingchuan, hoping that they would choose a few descendants of their own clan to come to Wei County to help him. Xun Qian and Chen Yan discussed it and gave Xun Zhen a reply:

Xun Yu couldn't go, because Xun Yu was now an official in Yingchuan County, and Yingchuan was the hometown of the Xun family, so there was no reason to abandon Yingchuan's official position and go to Wei County. Chen Qun couldn't go either. Kong Rong and Chen Qun's father Chen Ji were friends. When they met Chen Qun at Chen's house, they were amazed at Chen Qun's talent. It is equivalent to Chen Ji becoming Kong Rong's elder. This shows that Kong Rong values ​​Chen Qun, and also shows Kong Rong's open-minded and virtuous character. Under Kong Rong's recommendation, Chen Qun is also going to serve in the county, and he can't come. Wei County. However, Xun Yu and Chen Qun could not come. There are many children of Xun Yu and Chen, and a few other children can come.

Food, children, these two are good things.

With the former, Xun Zhen could settle the fields, and with the latter, the situation of lack of literati under Xun Zhen's account could be improved.

——When the children of aristocratic families left Shizhou County, after ruling one party, it was not uncommon to invite scholars from their hometown to help. For example, after Han Fu from Yingchuan became the minister of Jizhou, he sent a horse to Yingyin to welcome Xunyu.

Xun Zhen asked Xun You to get in the car and handed him the letter.

After reading it, Xun You also said with joy: "If there is grain in Yingchuan, you can get grain in Dongjun; if you can get grain in Dongjun, you can do the farm work! Mingjing wants to show his strength in Weijun, and the children of the clan and the Chen family come. If the tiger has more wings, it will not be difficult for the county!"

He put away the letter, returned it to Xun Zhen, and said, "At present, the fields and grains are available, but the farm implements and cattle are not enough, but Duke Ming has transferred the book to Zhao County and gave orders to the iron officials of Wei County, and the rest are lacking. The farm tools should be ready within half a month, and the matter of planting the fields can be put on the agenda. If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first use a sharp tool, and if a husband wants to help his work, he must first appoint someone else. ?"

Xun Zhen seized a batch of farming cattle and farm implements from Yu Du's army. He has decided to hand over all of them to the farmland for use. Although there are few farming cattle, he only needs to wait for the farm implements from Zhao County and the farm tools from Wei County's Tieguanli to be built. , delivered to the hand, at least there will be no shortage of farm tools.

No matter what you do, things are done by people, and hiring people is the first priority. If you use the right people, you get twice the result with half the effort. .

"I want to appoint Bo Qin as the farmer, Yuan Pan and Ren Du as the left and right historians of the farm, what do you think?"

"Although the Ming government is a civilian village, it uses thieves and soldiers to surrender. It should be led by a brave man, and Jiang Qin is suitable for it. Originally, he was a citizen of Fanyang Pavilion and was familiar with farming. Ren Du is a diligent person. In the past years, he was in charge of money and grain around Duke Ming for a long time. It is also a good person to use him as a supplement! However, nearly 10,000 people have cultivated fields, and they have to take care of their food, clothing, housing, and transportation, so I am afraid that only three of them are not enough."

"Indeed, that's why I plan to appoint Wang Cheng and others as officials in the field."

"Wang Cheng and others", Xun Zhen refers to those Xixiang scholars who came to him from Yingyin along with Xun Cheng, Chen Bao, Chen Zhi, Chi Mai and others from Yingyin when they were in Zhao County, namely Xuankang, Li Bo's classmates and brothers.

Xun You nodded and said: "Zi Ziyun, the teacher of all the people, learned from the Guo family in Yangzhai in his early years, and he is familiar with the law. Although I don't have much contact with Wang Cheng and others, they are quite a teacher, and they are quite proficient in the law. By assisting Jiang Qin, Yuan Pan, and Ren Du, not only can they manage documents, but they can also formulate regulations to assist Jiang Qin and other restraints in managing Jiangzu. It is very suitable for the Duke of Ming to choose them to assist Jiang Qin."

"As the minister said, nearly 10,000 thieves have surrendered their troops to reclaim the fields. Although they are divided into several counties, they have to prevent them from causing chaos. Therefore, I also plan to allocate 200 righteous congruences to Uncle Qin, and the rest. All the hundreds of county soldiers in the army were also allocated to him to guard against the oppression, how about that?"

"Of course this is the best way! Duke Ming, You have a word, and you want to feed Duke Ming."

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "Just say it."

"Guanzi" says: 'The people want to be lost, and they are taught to work hard, the people want to live, they are taught to die, the country is prosperous when they are set up in labor camps, and the death is set to teach them to be powerful'. We have to use Guanzi's words to govern the fields."

The people Xunzhen used to settle the fields were all thieves and bandits, and there were definitely some who liked leisure and hated work, and probably some were unruly. labor".

Xun Zhen agreed ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and said, "Your remark is very true, I should tell Bo Qin."

Xun Zhen and Xun You had a strong conversation in the car, and they talked about the specific details of the village. They didn't stop talking until the car drove outside Ye County.

It was getting late at this time, Xun Cheng came over and asked the servants to stop. Xun Zhen ordered him to bring the servants back to the camp outside the county.

When the officials of the county government, such as Kang Gui and Shang Zheng, heard the news, they came out to greet him, and the magistrate of Ye county also came out to greet him. Xun Zhen accompanied them into the city and went to the county hall.

Xun Zhen came out of Ye County in late April. She traveled around the county for a total of 1,450 miles. It took more than a month on the road. Now it's late June. After traveling in the county for two months, Rao was young and strong, and he was really tired.

When he arrived at the county house, he sent away the county officials and the magistrate of Ye County, and asked Wang Cong to be responsible for arranging the children from various counties who had newly arrived in the county. , asked Xun You to go back to rest, while Dian Wei and other servants went back to the backyard.

Now that night has come, Chen Zhi, Tang Er, and Chi Mai greeted at the gate of the courtyard under the light of the lights.

After two months apart, Chen Zhi, Concubine Chi, Tang Er and the daughters miss Xun Zhen very much, and Xun Zhen misses them very much. Seeing their bodies and their heartfelt happy smiles, Xun Zhen seems to be tired. Also missing three points, stepped forward to help them up. She helped Chen Zhi first, followed by Tang Er, followed by Maid Chi, and after supporting Maid Chi, Xun Zhen was stunned, and saw that there was still one person bowing down behind Maid Chi.

This person is wearing a silk embroidered skirt, with misty temples and clouds. From a close look, he has a splendid appearance. It seems that he has been carefully dressed up, but it is Wu Concubine.