The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

It's almost June, and it rains continuously.

There are a lot of rivers in Wei County. In the Warring States period, Ximen Bao ruled Ye, and he managed Zhangshui in Ye, and built the early water conservancy projects, which greatly contributed to the agricultural development of Wei County.

Agriculture is inseparable from water conservancy. Xun Zhen also attached great importance to water conservancy.

After he took up the post of Wei County, although the government treasury was empty last year, he also specially allocated a lot of money and grain to the water officials in the county government. It was rebuilt. Because of these orders from last year, the water officials in the county government did a good job, so despite the heavy rain this year, the river has not yet burst its banks.

However, although the embankment has not yet burst, as the prefect of a county, Xun Zhen needs to pay great attention to this.

He just turned regular in February this year. At this time, there must be no problems in the county. Once a problem occurs, he will give his enemies a handle, such as Zhao Zhong, who wants him to have a problem. It has been officially mentioned on the agenda, but in the face of this heavy rain, he had to temporarily put down the matter of destroying Zhao, and devoted all his energy to flood control.

He not only ordered the magistrates of the counties to pay attention to the flood situation at all times, and specially ordered Xun You to represent him to inspect the counties along the river, and ordered Xu Zhong and other members of the army to be ready to rescue the floods at all times. When there is a flood situation in the place, the troops must arrive at the first time.

With his perfect preparation, although the heavy rain continued for several days, there was no serious flood.

However, although the flood situation did not appear, there is still one thing that needs to be paid great attention to.

That is the wheat in the wheat field.

At the end of May and the beginning of June, many counties and townships have already finished the harvest of wheat, but in some places the harvest has not been completed. It has been raining heavily for several days. If the stagnant water cannot be removed in time, the wheat that has not been harvested will be submerged. question.

Xun Zhen did not wait for the rain to stop, and even ordered the county to persuade the farmers and the county officials to go to each county to urge the county to carry out the drainage work. .

Under his strong attention and supervision, the drainage work of the counties went well.

If you take a bird's-eye view from the sky at this time, you will find that the fields in many counties and townships are full of farmers and officials who are braving the pouring rain to drain waterlogging.

Where there is effort, there is gain. With Xun Zhen's great attention and arrangement, the continuous heavy rains for several days not only did not damage the river embankment, nor did flooding occur, but also the drainage work of the wheat fields in the counties went smoothly without any trouble. It's not really "a single wheat plant can have problems", but at least overall, it is guaranteed that this year's summer harvest will have good results.

The torrential rain continued until the beginning of June, and the rain had not stopped. A strange news came from Luoyang.

But it is: Luoyang Minsheng male, with both ends of the same body.

This is not the first time this kind of anecdote has appeared. There have been similar anecdotes before, which also happened in Luoyang. It was also a person who gave birth to a child and grew two heads.

It happened again this year.

In the eyes of Xun Zhen, this kind of thing is a genetic mutation, which can be explained by medicine, but in the eyes of the people of today, it is a bad omen. What is a double head? Does this not mean that there will be two days in the sky?

The head, also called Yuan, is the so-called "head of state", which is the head in terms of people, and the Son of Heaven in terms of countries. Where is Luoyang? capital of the empire. In the capital of the empire, babies with "one body and two heads" appeared one after another. Is this what God is implying?

People all over the world are suspicious when they hear it.

Even the wise men like Xun You and Cheng Jia, after hearing about this incident, could not help but sigh in private, worrying about the future of the empire.

As if to prove that "there will be two days in the sky", not long after the news of Luoyang people's birth and two heads spread to Wei County, they heard that Zhang Chun, a native of Yuyang, and Zhang Ju of the same county rebelled and attacked Liu Zheng, the prefect of Youbeiping. , Liaodong prefect Yang Zhong and Wu Huan school captain Qi Chou, etc., Zhang Ju claimed to be the emperor, Kou You and Ji Zhou.

In the past, Zhang Jiao called himself "General of Heaven", and "Heaven" was actually the epithet of the emperor. Now, Zhang Ju calls himself the Son of Heaven. Isn't that "Two days in the sky"?

Looking at the gloomy sky outside the hall, like the heavy rain, not only Xun Zhen, Xun You, Cheng Jia and others also felt that the world of Han was precarious.

Zhang Jiao's rebellion against Fang Ping, Bian Zhang and Han Sui's rebellion have not yet subsided, Ma Teng has revolted again, and now Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju are raising their troops to rebel again, and in Jizhou, Zhang Feiyan's power is becoming more and more uncontrollable. I heard that In Qing, Yan, and Henan, the rest of the Yellow Turbans were active, and in the south of the Yangtze River, there were also gangs of thieves, many of them big thieves with tens of thousands of troops, and the world of this big man was afraid that there was going to be a big chaos.

The heavy rain continued for more than ten days and gradually stopped.

As soon as the rain stopped, the heat hit.

People suffered from heat stroke one after another, and even the elderly died of heat. Just after he was busy with flood control and drainage, and before he had time to rest for a few days, Xunzhen had to start busy with "overcoming the heat". Supervise the counties to take care of local people to cool off the heat.

The prefects of the Han Dynasty had great power, and great power meant heavy responsibility.

Military, political, and civil matters, no matter how small or small, you have to take care of everything. To be honest, even though Xun Zhen had only been in Wei County for over a year, his abilities had greatly improved, and even he himself felt much stronger than before.

After summer is harvested, it is summer seed, and after summer is planted, it is autumn harvest.

One thing after another.

Soon, it was September, and it was the autumn harvest season.

With the development and experience of last year and the first half of this year, this year's autumn harvest is very good. Whether it is the autumn harvest of the counties or the results of the farmland, it is better than last year or even this year's summer harvest. The treasury of the county government is full. Not only has the food borrowed last year been repaid, but also there is enough money and food to handle government affairs and civil affairs, and to pay salaries to officials, and the military food is also sufficient to support thousands of people. Never stress.

There is a surplus of grain in Wei County, but there is a shortage of grain in other places, such as Zhao State.

Zhao Guo's harvest this year was not good. Among them were the heavy rain at the end of May and early June, and also the reason for the ineffectiveness of the Prime Minister Zhao, who was in office last year. It just formed a sharp contrast with Wei Jun: When Xun Zhen left Zhao State, because he had already quelled all the big thieves in Zhao State, the situation of Zhao State at that time was much better than that of Wei County. Last year, Zhao State also sold iron tools to Wei County and supported Wei County. Some food was taken, but this year, the situation was reversed, and the situation in Zhao State was not as good as that of Wei County.

Last year it was Xun Zhen who wrote to Xi Zhicai asking for help from Zhao State, but this year it was Xi Zhicai who wrote to Xun Zhen asking for help from Wei County.

Between states and counties in the world, especially between neighboring counties and states, when one county is in trouble, other counties help each other. This is a tradition that has existed since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Moreover, Zhao State is the former place of Xun Zhen. Last year, Zhao State also He helped Xun Zhen a lot, and it was Xi Zhi who came forward to ask for help. Xun Zhen would definitely help Xun Zhen, so he ordered people to **** grain carts and transport them there. Zhao country.

On the day of Dingyou in September, the imperial court sent an decree that the world was bound to be imprisoned and the crime was pending.

This is the court's amnesty.

Xun Zhen was very fortunate to have killed Li Hu, otherwise he might have to be released at this time.

It's just a pity that the imperial court only pardoned the "unresolved prisoners in the world", that is, the prisoners in custody, but did not include the "desperate", that is, the wanted criminals such as Xu Zhong and Dian Wei. It was not among them, so the two of them could not use this to get rid of their guilt and restore their original identities.

But it doesn't matter if Xu Zhong and Dian Wei are free now.

How can the two of them escape their crimes? Especially Xu Zhong, Xu Zhong had an injury on his face. According to the official law of the Han Dynasty, a person with a wound on his face could not be an official. Even if he was freed from the crime, Xun Zhen could not arrange for him to serve as an official, and he still had to stay in the army. middle.

As for Xu Zhong and Dian Wei, they were loyal to Xun Zhen, and it didn't matter whether they could get off their guilt or not.

Although the two of them were wanted, their lives, let alone those of fugitives in exile, were much better than ordinary officials. One held thousands of elite soldiers, stood up powerfully, and the other was a servant. Xun Zhen was around, and no one dared to look down on him. Since he already had such a status and status, it really didn't matter whether he could get rid of the crime.

Not only the rebellion in Beizhou is uncertain, but Jiangnan is also constantly rebellious.

In mid-October, Sun Jian was made the prefect of Changsha.

Sun Jian originally joined the military in the army of the former captain Zhang Wen. Later, he returned to Luoyang and was worshipped as a minister. After staying in Luoyang for a while, he was finally promoted again and served as the prefect of two thousand stone.

There was a reason why the imperial court worshipped him as the prefect of Changsha.

Because a big bandit appeared in Changsha County.

Just earlier this year, Changsha people from Quxing rebelled, claiming to be a general, gathering more than 10,000 people, besieging cities and towns, and the prefectures and counties were unable to rule. Sun Jian was able to conquer and fight well, was known for his knowledge of soldiers and bravery, and was from the south, so the court appointed him as the prefect of Changsha, and went to destroy it.

Speaking of which, when he followed Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun to ask for the yellow turban, Sun Jian’s contribution was not only no less than that of Xun Zhen, Fu Xie, and Cao Cao, but also much greater than that of Cao Cao. The one who went to gilding was promoted to Prime Minister Pei after a short walk in Yingchuan, but Sun Jian, because he was born in the cold, has only now been awarded two thousand stones after Cao Cao, Fu Xie, and Xun Zhen.

As long as anyone who can make some achievements, ability and luck are indispensable.

Sun Jian is capable and lucky.

His first luck was that he and Zhu Jun were fellow villagers and boarded the big boat to get the Yellow Turbans.

His second luck was that Zhang Wen and Zhu Jun had a good friendship. Back then, Zhu Jun asked for the Nanyang Yellow Turban, but he did not go down for two months, so the court proposed to return Zhu Jun, but it was because of the opposition of Zhang Wen, who was Sikong at the time, that it could not be done. That's why Zhang Wen deliberately appointed Sun Jian to join the army when he was discussing Bianzhang and Han Sui.

His third luck was naturally that not long after he became the speaker, there was a thief disorder in Changsha. If it wasn't for the thief disorder in Changsha, it was the Qing, Yan, Ji, and Henan prefectures and states in Beizhou. When there was a rebellion, the court would never think of asking Sun Jian to be the prefect. Sun Jian was from the south, and only when there was a rebellion in the south would it be his turn to be the prefect.

When the news reached Wei County, Xun Zhen was quite happy about it.

To tell the truth, although the relationship between Xun Zhen and Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, He Yong and others is good now, it is not comparable to their background, especially the matter of "destroying Zhao" has not yet been done, in front of them, Xun Whether she likes it or not, she is one head short of them, but it is different from Sun Jian. Objectively speaking, he and Sun Jian are both Sun Jian and one head short of him, so Sun Jian is now able to serve as the county two thousand stone, For Xun Zhen, it was also a significant ally in politics.

Not only has one more ally in politics, but at a deeper level, there is also one more retreat.

If something goes wrong with the "destroy of the Zhao family in Ye County", Xun Zhen will definitely not sit still and want to flee, so where will he go? Before Sun Jian was appointed as the prefect of Changsha, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, He Yong and others could arrange a place for him. He could also hide his name and escape into the mountains and rivers. Now that Sun Jian is the prefect of Changsha, he can Go straight to Changsha County.

On the day she got the news, Xun Zhen personally wrote a congratulatory letter, selected ten sets of armor and five sets of horse armor, and ordered someone to send it to Sun Jian immediately.