The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

That night, Xu Zhong, Xun Cheng, Xin Ai, Liu Deng, Zhao Yun and others, Xun You, Cen Rong, Cheng Jia, Shen Pei and others, as well as Xu Fu, Xu Ji and other teenagers, went to the back house of the county mansion.

Chen Zhi had prepared a banquet for Xun Zhen. Everyone took a seat and shared a drink in the hall.

Although Xun Zhen is now 2,000 shi, but when he feasts with Xu Zhong, Liu Deng and other old people from Xixiang, he is the same as in the past, without the slightest pretence.

When the wine was drunk, Xun Zhen took the initiative to stand up and dance, and invited people to dance. At the request of everyone, she played the long song on the table, accompanied by Xin A, and Liu Deng and Zhao Yun danced swords.

After drinking happily until the middle of the night, the feast was over.

There was a curfew in the city, and Xun Zhen did not allow everyone to leave the city, so they stayed in the county for one night.

The next morning, Xu Zhong and others retired one after another, either happily returning to the camp, or going to the hospital in high spirits.

The subordinate officials of the county and county are on duty for five days and take a day off. The county governor and county magistrate are the chief officials. The court has no rigid requirements. It is also possible to just ignore the matter, or simply not to act as a director. It is also possible to entrust all the affairs of the prefecture and county to the officials such as Gong Cao. For example, when Zong Zi and Cheng Yu were the prefects of Runan and Nanyang, they delegated all the political affairs to their respective meritorious officials. Fan Pang and Cen Long thus got the rumor of "Fan Mengfu, the prefect of Runan, Huanuo, the patron of the Nanyang sect; Cen Gongxiao, the prefect of Nanyang, Hongnong Chengyuan but sitting and screaming".

Xun Zhen had no previous experience in governing a county. He had never run a county before. He knew that he was not enough, so he was very diligent in his administration. He went to court every day when he was busy, and once every two or three days when he was not busy.

I drank a lot of alcohol last night, and I woke up this morning with a hangover and a headache. The maid Chi served the hangover soup, Tang Er called warm water, and Chen Zhi helped him straighten his hair and wrap it in a towel. Xun Zhen washed, After warming the forehead and drinking the soup, the headache was relieved a little. Taking advantage of the opportunity to return the soup bowl to Chi's maid, she patted her jade hand twice, and smiled, "I was tired last night."

Last night, Xun Zhen lived in Chi's maid's house after she was drunk, and she vomited all over the place, tossing Chi's maid badly.

The maid Chi felt distressed for Xun Zhen's body, and complained, "The sky is getting hotter and hotter, and the wine is also hot. For the sake of your body, it's better for you to drink less in the future."

"You can't drink some wine!" Xun Zhen smiled and said, "I remember the words of a good wife, and I will definitely drink less in the future."

Xun Zhen left the back house and went to the hearing hall in the front yard under the worship of Chen Zhi, Chi Mai, and Tang Er.

Entering the main courtyard where the hearing hall is located, and looking up, Xun Zhen was taken aback, but saw more than ten officers and staff standing under the trees in the courtyard.

At this time, although the sun was already poisonous in the morning, these officials did not know how long they had waited, and many people were sweating on their foreheads.

Seeing Xun Zhen's arrival, the officials all bowed down and shouted, "Ming Gong is sympathetic to the situation, and the officials and others are grateful, but I don't know how to repay."

These officials are all poor officials in the county government. I saw Xun Zhen's letter yesterday and learned from Wang Cong that Xun Zhen will subsidize them on a monthly basis from this month's salary, and they are all grateful. To, because I came early this morning to wait for thanks.

Xun Zhen helped them up one by one, and said: "All the lords are Wei Junyan, who are talented people in my county. If it wasn't for Luan Qing, I would not have known that you were so poor, and this would be my dereliction of duty. Whatever dereliction of duty, no matter inside or outside, I hope you can rectify it for me."

After hearing this, the officials were even more moved, and they all said, "Ming Gong is so kind, I have nothing to repay, and I will not bear it."

When the officials said goodbye and went out, Xun You and Cheng Jia, who had come a while earlier than Xun Zhen, approached.

Cheng Jia said with a smile: "I just talked with the officials, and they all compared Duke Ming to Huang Xiang, the former prefect of Wei. The name of Duke Ming's virtuous and excellent scholars will surely spread throughout the county in the near future."

Xun You smiled and said: "In the past, it was clear that justice was decided against poison, and Wenpin and others were ordered to clear up the thieves in various counties, and the people could rely on it. There was a song in the county and county that said: 'Before there was Lord Cen, and then there was Lord Xun, to cut thorns and stop thieves I have compared Duke Ming to Cen Xi, and now the county officials have compared Duke Ming to Huang Xiang. Although Duke Ming has only been in the county for a few months, he has already won the respect and love of officials and people. You will definitely pass the exam!"

Huang Xiang and Cen Xi were both famous ministers of this dynasty, and both served as the prefects of Wei County.

Cen Xi is the successor of Cen Peng, a hero of this dynasty.

"Huang Xiang" is the "Huang Xiang" in the twenty-four filial piety. He served as the prefect of Wei. One year Wei suffered a flood and famine. He was divided into salaried classes to support the poor. Huang Xiang's son, Huang Qiong, was also a famous minister of the dynasty. Like his father Huang Xiang, he successively served as Shangshuling and Weijun prefect. During the reign of Emperor Huan, he was worshipped as the Three Dukes many times. . Huang Qiong's grandson, Huang Wan, was also a famous official of the dynasty. He was imprisoned for more than 20 years. In the last years of Guanghe, that is, before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he was re-used by the court due to the recommendation of the Grand Commander Yang Cizhi. In just a few years, from Yilang was promoted all the way to the Shaofu, one of the nine ministers, and is now an important minister in the court.

In Yingchuan in the past, Xun Zhen got people to sing: "Xun Zhenzhi, why is it too late"! After being in Zhao County, the common people sang it again: "Liu Yuanzai, plant my fields, Xun Zhenzhi, and let me live in peace". Now in Wei County, after arriving in the county for a few months, there are people who sing praises.

He can also be regarded as a road official, leaving a road name.

He was quite complacent about this, but facing Xun You and Cheng Jia, he put on a modest look and said calmly: "Zhen Yi, a rustic idiot, has gained the trust of the emperor, and he worships the nearest county, honors him for thousands of miles, When above, relieve the worries of the Son of Heaven, and let the people live in peace below.”

Cheng Jia admired him immensely. He was so low that he had to look up at Xun Zhen. This act further increased the admiration on his face. He said, "For example, Duke Ming is a person who is both heroic, talented, and gentle. , Jiasheng for more than 30 years, and what he saw, only Ming Gong heard." These few words of flattery sounded very sincere.

Xun You knew Xun Zhen well, but he knew that he was just pretending to be Yan Ran.

What is being discussed today is the distribution of grains and farm implements.

After the autumn harvest is the autumn planting. According to the inspection findings of Xunzhenxing County and the reports reported by the counties, all the counties and townships are in embarrassment due to lack of grain seeds and agricultural tools. In order to ensure this autumn planting, the county government needs to help them. , and another, Xunzhen is still preparing the farmland, and the farmland also needs grain seeds and agricultural tools. Although the grain of Dongjun has not been delivered, the agricultural tools produced by Zhaojun and the iron officials of this county have only been transported to Fuzhong, but these two things We cannot wait for the arrival of grain in Dong County and the arrival of agricultural tools in Zhao County and this County. We must plan ahead.

Today's court meeting is related to the production of agricultural tools in this county, and the order and the prime minister of the iron official also attended the meeting.

Another person came uninvited, Li Hu, the governor of the county.

Li Hu and Zhao Ran have a close relationship. They are the lackeys of the Zhao family. Xun Zhen is too lazy to pay attention to him. He never called him during the court meeting. coming.

When Li Hu came, the Tieguan's decree, the prime minister, and all the officials of the county government had already arrived. Seeing him suddenly come to court, everyone in the hall looked at each other, many people's eyes shifted back and forth between Xun Zhen and him, and a few people whispered.

Before Wang Cong left work, he turned to the people and said with a stern face, "Above the courtroom, don't make any noise!"

The few people who were whispering hurriedly shut their mouths and did not dare to speak any more, but their eyes could not stop looking at Xun Zhen and Li Hu.

Xun Zhen looked at Li Hu and asked Wang Cong, "Who is this?"

When this sentence came out, many of the officials in the hall almost laughed out loud.

Xun Zhen was the prefect of a county, and Li Hu was the chief of the county, but Xun Zhen asked Wang Cong who this person was, showing a contemptuous and insulting attitude.

If it were to change to the past, Xun Zhen said these words, there may be some officials in the county officials who would come out "to speak bluntly" and criticize Xun Zhen for disrespecting the county chief. However, most of the officials in the hall today are appointed by Xun Zhen himself. Of course, no one would stand on Li Hu's side, but no one came out, no one made a sound, and there were a lot of people snickering.

Li Hu came to court this time at the order of Zhao Ran.

Xun Zhen has been promoted to the court for several days in recent days, and she is very motivated. She is arranging the autumn harvest, planting vegetables, and rebuilding the school. The county government seems to be in full swing.

In particular, Xun Zhen sent several county officials to go to the county, mobilizing the energy of the counties, and then transferred 3,000 soldiers to Shangzheng to go to each county for construction, and welcomed the scholars and scholars of the county and county. praise.

Although Zhao Ran was relieved after Shen Bei was recalled to the county by Xun Zhen, he no longer worried that the children of the two clans would be punished by Xun Zhen, but seeing this scene in the county, Xun Zhen seemed to have held the county in his hands. In his hands, he seemed to have all the counties under control, but he was inevitably worried, and he couldn't sit still anymore, so he called Li Hujin to come to court to hear what Xunzhen wanted to do again, and see if he could disrupt it and make trouble.

Li Huwan did not expect that the first sentence Xun Zhen saw him was to ask Wang Cong, "Who is this?" His face turned blue and then red again, both ashamed and annoyed.

Although he was from the Zhao family, he was also from a noble family. He had the pride of a scholar. Under the eyes of the public, in the crowd, he was insulted like this by Xun Zhen, and his blood rushed upward. He couldn't help holding the sword hilt tightly. To come forward.

Before he could take a step, he looked up and saw in time a young soldier with a sword standing behind Xun Zhen's seat.

This young soldier is majestic and handsome, with eyes like stars. He didn't know it was Zhao Yun, but he knew that he was definitely a warrior.

Zhao Yun noticed his change and looked at it with anger.

Forced by Zhao Yun's gaze, he did not dare to move forward, let go of the hilt of his sword, took a step back, and said angrily to Xun Zhen, "Young Prefect, I am also a doctor at the court! How can you humiliate me like this!"

Li Huyin, the county chief, ranked six hundred stone and ranked as a doctor, said this.

Xun Zhen said indifferently: "I went to the county, I didn't know that there were doctors in the imperial court, but I heard that the Cheng is the running dog of the Zhao family." At this point, Xun Zhen suddenly remembered that the word "lacking dog" is not a derogatory meaning at the moment, and laughed again with the others. The official said, "Everyone has their own preferences, this is not surprising, but there is a group of people who do not like the fragrance of orchids, but only like the smell of road toilets. Beautiful, amazing!"

Road toilets are roadside public toilets. This sentence is harsh. Li Hu was trembling with anger.

Xun Zhen didn't know that Li Hu was afraid of Zhao Yun, and was quite surprised by his "calm" attitude, and said to herself: "This Li Hu's endurance is quite strong, I've insulted him enough, yet he still hasn't lost his temper? Then he smiled again and said to the officials, "I used to be at home, and I once talked with my brother Wen Ruo and Yu Lang when we talked about the matter of Duke Jing of Jin, and it was funny. Looking for food and toilets, I am afraid that sooner or later, I will follow the same mistakes as the Marquis of Jin."

Duke Jing of Jin was the most useless monarch ever died. Before eating, he felt bloated and went to the toilet. He probably didn't squat properly and fell into the cesspool and drowned.

Some of the county officials couldn't help it. They didn't care about being rude and laughed out loud.

Li Hu was extremely angry, lost his temper, and said angrily with his halberd: "You!"

"Where is Gong Cao?"

Wang Cong replied, "The officials are here."

"My servants do not respect the monarch, what should I be guilty of?"

Wang Cong was embarrassed. Xun Zhen was the prefect, so he couldn't offend him. Li Hu was the lackey of the Zhao family, so he didn't dare to offend him. He said, "This..."

"Forget it, please forgive him for his first offense. Where is Dian Wei?"

Dian Wei responded loudly outside the hall: "Wei is here!"

"Kick this stinky fly out of the hall!"

Before Dian Wei could come in and drive Li Hu away, Xun Zhen ordered Yuan Zhongqing outside the hall: "Bring some water."

Yuan Zhongqing is a smart and interesting person. He promised loudly outside the hall and asked, "I dare to ask Ming Gong, what is the purpose of fetching water?"

"The hearing hall of the county government is a place for honest discussions, and it cannot be tainted by dirty and stinky people."

But it is to fetch water to swept the ground.

Li Hu was so angry that he felt his cheeks get hot, and he felt that the gazes from the county officials on both sides were like stabbing swords. He was angry and deeply humiliated. dare not step forward.

Although it was only a short moment from Dian Wei's order to entering the hall~www.wuxiaspot.com~ to him, it seemed like a long, long time had passed.

Dian Wei entered the hall, grabbed his collar unceremoniously, dragged him out of the hall, and threw him into the courtyard.

Li Hu got up from the ground, ignoring slapping the dust on his body, pointed at Xun Zhen who was sitting high in the hall, wanted to scold a few times, and recovered his face. He turned around and was discharged from the hospital, and went to find Zhao Ran to complain.

To the Zhao family, Xun Zhen couldn't make a fool of himself, but he couldn't give in too much, "too far too much". If he changed his previous attitude and changed his tolerance towards the Zhao family and their lackeys, it would definitely arouse Zhao Ran's suspicions. Therefore, he has humiliated Li Huzhi today. First, it will not cause Zhao Ran's suspicion, and secondly, it will save this person from being an eyesore in front of him.

After driving away Li Hu, Xun Zhen acted as if nothing had happened, and asked Wang Cong to list today's issues to the officials and Tie Guan Lingcheng, and continued the court meeting happily.

The North Korean meeting held for a long time and agreed on the distribution of grain seeds and agricultural tools. At noon, the court was dispersed, and the Tieguan Lingcheng and the officials of the prefectural government paid their respects and left.

Tieguan is not in the city, and Tieguan Ling and Cheng are not mentioned when they leave the city.

However, it was said that when the officials of the county government returned to the official residence, there was a lot of discussion about Xun Zhen's expulsion of Li Hu today.

Among the officials, like Wang Cong, there were those who did not want to offend him on both sides, and there were also those who hated the Zhao family and their lackeys. Cen Rong is now the chief clerk's office, and also lives in the official's house. As early as when he retired from the court, he received a secret order from Xun Zhen to write down the names of the county officials who hated the Zhao family one by one. To Xun Zhen.