The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

This is today's update.レm♠思♥Road♣客レ

——

After the snow fell, a few days later, the winter solstice came.

The Winter Solstice is one of the "holidays" of the Han Dynasty. The so-called "holiday" is the "legal holiday rì" in later generations.

In the former Han Dynasty, there were two holidays a year: the summer solstice and the winter solstice. When I entered this dynasty, I added a "fu rì". Usually it is five days and one rest, and one day off every five days. During holidays, up to Sangong Jiuqing, down to the village pavilion, everyone can have five consecutive days of rest.

Fu rì vacation is probably because the weather is going to be hot, and the winter solstice and summer solstice holidays are because "the yang qi of the winter solstice begins to move, the yīn qi of the summer solstice begins to rise, the antlers of the elk are released, so I sleep on the drums, my body is peaceful, and my mind is quiet, so I don't listen. thing".

During the Han Dynasty, the winter solstice was an important festival, "the winter solstice is like a big year", which is similar to the Chinese New Year. On this day, it is necessary to "recommend the millet lamb, first Xuan Ming, and the ancestors; the wine and food, and the congratulations The monarch, the teacher, the elder, is like Zhengdan." Xuanming is the ancient **** of winter. On this day, he will sacrifice to the sky and ancestors, as well as to congratulate the emperor, teachers and local elders.

For Xun Zhen, among these etiquettes, the most important to him now is the last one: "Congratulations to the elders, teachers and elders", and among them, "Congratulations to the elders" is the most important.

As a chief official of a county, in order to gain local praise and public praise, it is a very important aspect to be virtuous and corporal, especially in the era of the Han Dynasty. Respectfully.

On the winter solstice, Xu Zhong, Xun Cheng, Xin Ai and other members of the army, Xun You, Gong Cao Wang Cong, and the chief bookkeeper Shang Zheng, and other county officials all came to the hall of the county hall to congratulate Xun Zhen. He ordered the car to leave the house, and made a famous Confucian elder in Ye County in the snow.

Xun Zhen did not know how to clone himself, so he could visit the famous Confucian elders in Ye County in person, but he could not visit all the other counties in person, so he ordered Xu Zhuo (Xu Fu), Xun You, Shang Zheng, Chen Yi and others to go to each county on his behalf. Visiting famous Confucian elders from all over the world—these people he sent out were very particular, Xu Zhuo was the "son" of his "Yingyīn Houfu", Xun You was his nephew, and one of them belonged to him. A retainer, a member of his clan, is enough to represent him, and Shang is the master, and Chen Yi is the master of history.

There was a lot of snow, and there was a lot of snow on the road and on the house.

Whenever snow falls in winter, the local officials in charge often do two things. One is to send people to clear the snow on the road to facilitate people’s travel, and the other is to send people to inspect the county and township to prevent any houses from being crushed by the snow. , or some poor people were frozen to death or starved to death because of road closures due to heavy snow.

Xun Zhen was a responsible chief officer. As early as the second day of the snowfall, he sent a message to the counties, ordering the counties to clear the snow in time to avoid blocking the road. If there are poor people who are frozen, they must be rescued.

Speaking of helping the poor in Fongnei, an incident happened in the early days of this dynasty: a person named Yuan An lived in Luoyang. One year, Luoyang snowed heavily, and the snow covered the ground for more than 10 feet. Lu saw that everyone had cleared the snow that had accumulated in front of the door, and went out to walk. There were people begging on the roadside. When they arrived at Yuan An's house, the snow outside Yuan An's house was so high that the door was blocked, and there was no way to walk. Luoyang Ling thought that Yuan An must be dead, either from freezing or starvation, so he ordered the snow to enter the house. When he entered the house, he found Yuan An curled up on the bed, shivering with cold. Although he was cold and hungry, he was not dead. Luoyang Ling asked him why he didn't go out after removing the snow and asked others to borrow food? Yuan An replied: "The snowmen are all hungry, how can I disturb others?" Luoyang made him a virtuous man, so he named him Xiaolian. As a result, Yuan Ansui's reputation gradually became famous, and his official career was smooth from then on, and he later became Situ.

This Yuan An is Yuan Shao's great-grandfather.

It can be said that if the Luoyang Ling of that year was not a responsible officer, and there was no case in the county, then Yuan An might eventually freeze to death and starve to death, and there would be no Runan Yuan Shi after rì. .

Xun Zhen did not expect such "merit" to "prosper a large clan with a single thought." He ordered the counties to send people to inspect the county and township, but it was purely out of love for the people.

On the road in the city, Xun Zhen lifted the curtain of the car and looked out.

Since the Ye County magistrate was caught by him, he was very in awe of him, and all his orders were executed "resolutely" by Ye County. Although today is the winter solstice, it is supposed to be a holiday, but along the way, I still see officials and soldiers from the county temple in Ye County leading people to clear the snow on the road, and I see an official in Ye County dressed as a hundred stone officials. With two or three entourages, they were knocking from door to door.

Cheng Jia and Xun Zhen sat in the same car, he pointed to the Baishi official who was knocking on the door, and said with a smile: "The snow is heavy and cold, and the poor have no food and clothing. This should be done in previous years, only this year's event. Xuebian doesn't know how many people will freeze and starve to death, but this year there is a ruler in Wei County, and the poor can live!" - The Baishi official who knocked on the door along the way was the Ye County magistrate who was sent to inspect the county and township and help the poor. one of the officials.

"Alas, the so-called relief is just a drop in the bucket. Junchang, you and I have no worries about food and clothing, while the poor people have wives and children. I am the prefect of Wei County, and I have a heavy responsibility for the country. , It is really ashamed to bear this salary, like sitting on needles and needles."

Cheng Jia disapproved of his words and said to himself: "'Those who work hard govern others, and those who work hard govern others'. How can we scholars be compared with Qian Shou? The princes and lords are good everywhere, but sometimes they are too lenient. Benevolence."

Cheng Jia had been by Xun Zhen's side for a long time and knew that Xun Zhen had this "problem". Although he didn't take it seriously, he did not refute, and said with a smile: "Confucius said: 'Benevolence is far away? If you are like a monarch, you can be said to be benevolent and benevolent."

This horse was too obvious, and Xun Zhen smiled and dismissed it.

In the afternoon, Xun Zhen visited several senior scholars living in Ye County.

The second time, he went out of the city in the snow again, and without leaving the road, he visited the elders and celebrities in the townships of the county. It took two days to travel all over the townships, and all the elders in the townships who were "valued by the locality" were all visited. visited again.

The prefects of Wei County in the past have also attached great importance to the famous Confucian and senior citizens in the county and township, but it is rare to see Xun Zhen who braved the heavy snow and traveled all the townships in person.

After the two-and-a-half-day visit, when Xun Zhen returned to the prefecture, he was praised and praised by all parts of Ye County. Previously, the small disturbance caused by Li Hu's arrest and death in prison was in Wei County. It's completely gone.

The death of Li Hu scared Zhao Ran to flee. He wrote a letter to Zhao Zhong, but at the time of calculation, his messenger had just left Wei County, and it was too early to deliver the letter to Luoyang. Now that he was afraid of Xun Zhen, then Before Zhao Zhong's reply came, he would naturally be honest and would not dare to do provocative things again. Even Zhao Ran was temporarily subdued, not to mention others, these days, the county is calm.

Once the winter solstice is over, it is officially winter.

Winter has always been a time when the people are free and the county is free.

The people are at leisure because summer harvesting and autumn planting have been completed, and winter is the time of slack for farming. For example, on both sides of the Qishui River in Hanoi County, it may be busy at this time, because the end of the year is the season for cutting bamboo and trees, but Wei County does not produce crops. Bamboo, and there are no large forests, the people of the countryside can finally take a breath after working hard for a year.

Since the people are free and not busy with farming, the county government will naturally be free.

It can't be said to be completely free, because there are still two important things that must be done by the county government.

One is to order young children to go to school. When the farming season is slack, it is the time when children from rural farms go to school. Xun Zhen attaches great importance to culture and education. More children should be admitted to school. If it weren't for the limited grain reserves in the county government, Xunzhen would even use the "subsidy money and grain" as a temptation to encourage rural farmers to send their children to study in rural schools.

One is to organize farm implements, raise cattle, and select field workers, "as soon as farming begins."

Today is November, and after December, the next year will be the chūn category, and all kinds of chūn matters must be prepared in advance.

With this year's experience in governing the people, persuading the farmers, and organizing farming and mulberry farming, coupled with the much more abundant grain in the government's stockpile than last year, as well as far more agricultural tools, cattle and household registrations than last year, the agricultural tools are mostly new, and the cattle are mostly new. Most of them were captured from the thieves' army, and the increased household registrations came from refugees who were resettled on the spot in various counties.

After Xun Zhen took office in Wei County, he successively appointed two farmers to encourage farmers, one was the earlier appointed eastern government to encourage farmers, and the other was later appointed to the west to encourage farmers. He performed very well in the middle school, and his grades were excellent. He used to be the history of the county water clerk. Water conservancy and agriculture are closely related. He already knew the agricultural situation of Wei county, and he was steadfast and hardworking. He has at least half the credit. Because of his achievements, Xun Zhen promoted him again, gave him the word "East", and directly appointed him as "Persuading Farmers", entrusting him with all the matters of persuading farming in the whole county.

Kang Gui received this important task and was very grateful for Xun Zhen's trust in him. "Scholars die for confidants." He patted his chest and assured Xun Zhen that he would definitely manage next year's farming better than this year, and that next year would be a year of good harvests. .

A perfect political group needs all kinds of talents, including those who understand the military, those who are capable of prime minister's internal affairs, those who understand agriculture, those who understand the law, those who are good at numbers, and those who are good at rhetoric. , must understand the laws and regulations, and so on.

After so many years of hard development and recruiting talents, Xun Zhen's account is now a small scale, and a political group has gradually taken shape.

On the military side, Xun You, Cheng Jia and others are available. In terms of farming, there are existing Kang regulations available. Of course, Kang regulations can not be regarded as a member of the small group of Xun Zhen, but as early as the first half of the year, Xun Zhen asked Xun Cheng to select children from several clans from the army. They followed Kanggui to learn farming, and these people have also learned a little now. In terms of law, Xun Zhen himself was familiar with civil law, Xun You also studied civil law, and scholars from Yingchuan were always Confucian and legal. In terms of Lan, law and military affairs, Xun Zhen was the most useful. In the aspect of "number", there is no shortage of talents. Number is one of the six arts. Many people under Xun Zhen have learned "number", which is enough for rì. In terms of "being good at writing", Xun Zhen's subordinates are relatively lacking, and now there is only one Chen Yi. "Writing" should not be taken lightly. Take Chen Yi's "Writing to Kill Thieves" as an example, everyone thinks that Li Damn it, how much pressure has it relieved for Xun Zhen? Chen Yi, like Kang Gui, is not yet a member of the small group of Xun Zhen, but as the chief historian of Xun Zhen, Chen Yi has been deeply branded as "Xun Zhen's confidant"~www.wuxiaspot. com~ Maybe in time, he can be included in the small group.

There are two types of people missing.

One is familiar with the rules and regulations, but at present, Xun Zhen's influence is not large, and there is no urgent need for such people; the other is the prime minister's internal affairs, which is the most lacking, Xun Zhen does not know how much he has committed for this. Looking back, I don't know how many times I thought about Xun Yu about it.

Xun Zhen was an official in a different county and could not return home to worship his ancestors during the winter solstice. He wrote letters to the clan and Chen Zhi in advance, including a letter to Xun Yu. He really missed Xun Yu.

After the children go to school and prepare for next year's chūn farming, they are free to relax.

Xun Zhen was used to being busy, and she was very uncomfortable when she was free.

Some of his sons did not go to the army, so Suo xìng took this opportunity to leave the county house after the snow stopped and went to live in the barracks for a few days.

The negligence has reached the middle of December, and this rì Xunzhen returned to the prefecture from the camp and sat in the palace hall for a while, with nothing to do, and called Shang Xun You, planning to go to the back house for a while, and at this time, Cheng Jia came in from outside the hospital with mixed joy and sorrow, and met Xun Zhen.