The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

After Xun Zhen came to Changsha, he could hardly stay in the back house, and rarely met with the officials of the county government. There were not many county officials who knew Xun Zhen's true identity, and Huan Jie was one of them.

Huan Jie was a native of Linxiang, Changsha, and he was well-known as a young man. Although Huan Jie was a scholar, he was different from vulgar Confucianism. He knew people with a discerning eye and had a righteousness. He did not despise Sun Jian because of his low rank, but actively cooperated with Sun Jian. Yang and Lingling rebels, both of them have the merits of Huanjie.

Huanjie cooperated actively. Of course, Sun Jian reciprocated, and he valued Huanjie very much. By October of this year, that is, this month, Sun Jian will be in Changsha for one year. In the list of cheap people, the first one is Huanjie.

As soon as Xiaolian's list went up, Huanjie was not only Sun Jian's subordinate, but also Sun Jian's "student", and the relationship between the two was not the same as the normal relationship between senior officials and subordinate officials. Because of this, Huan Jie was able to know the true identity of Xun Zhen.

Seeing that Xun Zhen was also there, Huan Jie bowed first to Sun Jian, and then to Xun Zhen.

Xun Zhen smiled back.

Sun Jian said: "Bo Xu, you came just in time! I have a few things for you to do."

Huan Jie replied, "Please make it public."

Sun Jian informed him about the affairs of the few scholars who had just been in the past, and instructed him: "Just these few things, you can choose Cao Li today and do it as soon as possible."

Huan Jie agreed.

Sun Jian asked, "You are in a hurry just now, but what's going on in the mansion?"

Huan Jie frowned and said, "Everything is fine in the mansion, but there are two news from Luoyang."

"what news?"

"One is the rise of Qingxu and Yellow Turbans, and Kou plunders the county."

Xun Zhen and Sun Jian looked at each other. Both of them were veterans who had been on the battlefield. They usually cared about the military and were very familiar with the rebellions in various parts of the country. The situation with the Yellow Turbans is even clearer.

In the first year of Zhongping, although Qing and Xu also raised yellow turbans in response to Zhang Jiao, their momentum was not as great as that of Jizhou and Yuzhou, and even Nanyang in Jingzhou was not as good. Therefore, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun did not lead troops to attack, mainly relying on Qing and Xu state and county soldiers pacified it.

However, this is not to say that the Taiping Road cannot be influenced by Qing and Xu.

In fact, the influence and cohesion of Taiping Road in Qingxu is very strong, not inferior to Ji and Henan. The Taiping Road passed on by Zhang Jiao first originated from Langya County in Qingxu region, and the influence of Taiping Road is here. , How can cohesion be weak?

Not only are they influential, but to a certain extent, Qing and Xu actually have a more popular base for rebellion than Ji, Henan, because on the one hand, the folk customs of Qing and Xu have always been strong and light, and the dynasty was founded. Since then, the Qingxu area has been in constant chaos. On the other hand, not to mention, only after Zi ascended the throne today, the Qing and Xu areas have been plagued by constant disasters, or sea invasion, droughts and floods, or locust plagues. , most of the time, it is impossible to give relief, which makes Qing and Xuliu a lot of people, and there are a lot of resentment.

On the one hand, the folk customs are fierce, and on the other hand, there are many resentful people. This is like a fire that burns at one point. Coupled with the leadership and organization of Taiping Road, then there are sparks that ignite this fire. The uprising of Xu Huangjin should be very loud, but why in the first year of Zhongping, the scale of Qingxu Huangjin's uprising was not as large as that in Henan and Ji, and not as good as in Nanyang, Jingzhou?

The reason is very simple, because before the uprising, Tang Zhou, the commander of the Taiping Road in Jinan, Qingzhou, betrayed, and he informed the court. As a result, the Taiping Road organization in the Qingxu area was destroyed at once, and the uprising has not yet begun. In the past, most of Qingxu's Taiping Dao Qu Shuai were captured and killed by the prefecture and county. The snake had no head, and once the organization was destroyed, without the leadership of the Qu Shuai and echoing each other, the followers of Taiping Dao in Qingxu No matter how much more, it is a mess of sand, so the scale of the uprising was not large at that time.

Small scale is good and bad for the court.

The advantage is that a lot of effort was saved during the Yellow Turban Uprising in the first year of Zhongping. The disadvantage is that the foundation of the Taiping Road in Qing and Xu areas is still there. A momentary silence does not mean eternal silence. This fire will still be lit sooner or later. Now is the time to erupt.

The names of Qing and Xu Huangjin were known to Xun Zhen in this life and also in previous lives. Didn't Cao Cao's famous Qingzhou soldiers come from Qingxu Huangjin? Precisely because the Qingxu Huangjin uprising broke out late, it was especially noticeable, especially its powerful force, and compared to Zhang Jiao’s uprising who had crossed the road first and spent the Han Dynasty’s strength, Qingxu Huangjin also insisted on it. take longer.

In Jizhou there are the Heishan Army, the Baibo Army at the junction of Ji, Liang, and Sili, Liangzhou has the Kingdom, Han Sui, and Ma Teng, and Youzhou has Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju, and Qiu Liju. The Xianbei are staring at the outside world. In April this year, the Yellow Turbans were raised in Runan, Yuzhou. Now, the Qing and Xu Yellow Turbans, which had hundreds of thousands of people at their peak, were added. Although the Jiangdong area is relatively stable, barbarians, officials and people are also occasionally present. Rebellion, if the world of the Han family was precarious before this year, then now it is crumbling.

Xun Zhen let out a long sigh.

Huan Jie misunderstood what he meant, thinking that he was sighing because "although he has the will to pacify the world, but he is useless", he also sighed, and said: "The eunuchs in the country today are in power, and the traitors are filled within, and they cannot be used. Xianneng, Huang Zhong ruined and abandoned, such as Xunjun, who is both civil and military, and the world's outstanding people, but he was arrested because of his loyalty and righteousness, it is really hateful and deplorable!

Sun Jian also sighed and said to Xun Zhen, "I know the talents of your ministers. If the country can choose talents and use their talents, trust and trust loyal ministers, and with the skills of ministers, five thousand members of the officials can run amok in Qing and Xu, and attack them. Thieves will be in chaos!"

Xun Zhen originally just sighed that the Han Dynasty was about to die, and didn't mean it, but after hearing what Huan Jie and Sun Jian said, he couldn't say that he didn't mean to bring troops to attack Qingxu and Huangjin, so he had to follow their words. The head answered two sentences, changed the subject, and asked Huan Jie: "Jun Shi just said that two things came from Luoyang, I don't know what the other is?"

"The practitioners in the capital looked at Qi, thinking that there would be a military disaster in Luoyang, and the two palaces would bleed.

The two palaces are the imperial palace. The imperial palace where the emperor lives is divided into the south and the north, and there are two palaces in total. Tired of victory is the loathing of victory, using spells or prayers to defeat demons and enemies. Yaobing means reviewing troops. Pingguangguan is the name of a temple outside Luoyang City. In the former Han Dynasty, the emperor built a Pingguangguan in Chang'an. When he entered this dynasty, Emperor Ming took Chang'an's Feilian and Bronze Horse and moved them to the west gate of Luoyang. He also built a Pingguangguan. .

When Xun Zhen heard this, she was immediately surprised.

He wasn't surprised by the Emperor's Yaobing, but he was surprised that there would be a military disaster in Luoyang, and there would be bloodshed in the two palaces, but these two things could be seen in advance by the hopeful warlocks?

On second thought, he wasn't surprised anymore. At the moment of the chaos in the sea, even though Luoyang is the capital, it is not without the possibility of military disasters. Wasn't there a thief in Xingyang? Xingyang is not far from Luoyang. Therefore, it is not surprising that the warlock was lucky enough to be right.

When the state of Chu was destroyed, it was said that "Although there are three households in Chu, Qin must be destroyed by Chu." How can you know that there are no similar words when the other five states are destroyed? It's just that the people who killed Qin in the end were indeed people of Chu, so this sentence was passed down, and the phrase "Luoyang military disaster" is probably the same.

Xun Zhen was distracted, Sun Jian and Huan Jie made a few comments on the matter, Xun Zhen suddenly heard Huan Jie mention "Gai Xun", and hurriedly retracted his thoughts and listened attentively.

But I heard Huan Jie say, "The Son of Heaven called Gaixun..."

Xun Zhen interrupted him and asked, "Gai Xun?"

"Yes."

"But Dunhuang Gai Yuangu?"

"Exactly."

"Isn't he the prefect in Hanyang?"

Gaixun is a native of Dunhuang, with the character Yuangu.

Xun Zhen knew not many people from Liangzhou, except Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo, and Fu Xie, Gaixun was one of them. However, unlike Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo, he did not meet Gaixun, but only heard of him in Fu Xie's letter. When Fu Xie was the prefect of Hanyang, Gaixun was Fu Xie's long history. After Fu Xie died in the battle, Gaixun was promoted because of his military exploits and took over Fu Xie's position.

Huan Jie saw Xun Zhen's appearance, and knew that he hadn't listened to him just now, so he went back and explained: "Yes, he used to be the prefect of Hanyang, not now being worshipped by the imperial court as a commander of prisoners, the son of the emperor. When he was fighting, he just arrived in the capital, so the emperor summoned him after Yaobing."

"Oh! So it is. What did the Son of Heaven say after summoning him?"

"Gai Xun has been in Liangzhou for a long time. He witnessed and experienced the rebellion between the Qiang Hu and Bianzhang and Han Sui in the north. The emperor asked him: 'Why is the world so troubled? Of'."

The so-called "fortunate ministers" are the eunuchs and regular servants around the emperor.

Gai Xun's family background was prominent, with a family background of 2,000 stones. His family was the Guan family of Liangzhou. He was upright and upright, so he dared to scold Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang, Jian Shuo and other eunuchs in front of the emperor.

The ministers denounced many eunuchs in front of the emperor. The emperor sometimes listened to him, and sometimes he didn't. I don't know how the emperor would react to what Gai Xun said. Xun Zhen asked, "Why did the Son of Heaven answer that?"

"At that time, Jian Shuo, the captain of the military academy, was present, and Jian Shuo, the emperor's advisor, was afraid and didn't know what to do."

It turned out that Jian Shuo was also there! In terms of qualifications and status among the eunuchs, Jian Shuo may not be as good as Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang, but in terms of the trust of the emperor, Jian Shuo is not inferior to Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang, especially after the establishment of the Eighth Commander of the West Garden. , Jian Shuo was worshipped as a lieutenant colonel because of his sturdiness and martial arts. He had a powerful armed force in his hands. Even the general He Jin had to obey his orders. Rang and Zhao Zhong were small, even stronger than Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong.

Gaixun's courage is really not small.

Xun Zhen sighed: "Wentai, so Fu Nanrong, the prefect of Hanyang, a friend of you and me, died of loyalty and righteousness, and he was a prisoner. Nanrong's reason is a long history. In front of the emperor and the captain of the army school, he righteously rebuked the eunuch. No, is it because there are so many righteous people in Liangzhou, or is it because the two of them are similar?"

Back then, Fu Xie was under Huangfu Song's account and was one of Huangfu Song's favorite generals, and Sun Jian knew him.

Sun Jian was silent for a moment, then replied, "If there is a virtuous prefect, there must be a virtuous and long history."

Speaking of Fu Xie, Xun Zhen felt heartache. He closed his eyes and pressed down the pain that had struck him. After he had calmed down, he asked Huanjie again, "Jian Shuo doesn't know what was right, and the emperor said again. Is there anything?"

"The emperor asked again: 'I have been optimistic about Chen Shiyu Ping, and I have more wealth and soldiers in the West Garden, how about it?' Gai Xun replied: 'I heard that the former king Yaode did not watch the soldiers, but now the pirates are far away, but they are showing off their troops in Kyoto, why? Benefit the country?

Xun Zhen and Sun Jian agreed.

Sun Jian sighed, "What Gai Kuolu said is very true!"

Xun Zhen sighed again and said, "The chaos between Ji, Liang, You, and Union is yet to be settled, the green, Xu and yellow scarves are rising again, and the northern region is in danger. Fu Yu is now watching soldiers without showing off their virtues, Wentai, Huanjun, the current situation is such that you have to talk too much!"

If the first year of Zhongping is regarded as a key year for the turning of the Han Dynasty, then this year is also a key year.

It was not because the Qingxu and Yellow Turbans had revived, nor because the warlocks were in the wrong of Luoyang and there would be a military disaster, but because in March of this year, at the suggestion of the imperial clan Liu Yanzhi, the imperial court issued an edict to reset the state shepherd.

When this edict was published, Xun Zhen, Xun You, Cheng Jia and others discussed it, and they all thought that the disadvantages outweighed the advantages. After arriving in Changsha, there was nothing to do in his spare time, and when discussing political affairs, Xun Zhen also discussed with Sun Jian and Huan Jie. After this edict, Sun Jian was not sensitive to politics. At first he didn't see the disadvantages of this edict, and Huan Jie didn't see it that far, but after listening to Xun Zhen's analysis, both of them agreed with Xun Zhen's opinion.

At this time, when Xun Zhen mentioned this matter again, Sun Jian and Huan Jie looked at each other, then stopped talking, and only sighed at each other.

Gai Xun was only mentioned here. The next day, Xun Zhen received a letter from Luoyang, in which Gai Xun was mentioned again.

When Xun Zhen fled from Wei County, he did not tell any outsiders where he was going. After arriving in Changsha, he wrote several letters, some to the clan, others to Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others.

This letter from Luoyang is the reply from Yuan, Cao and others.

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1. Fei Lian and Bronze Horse.

Fei Lian is the ancient **** of wind, and the bronze horse is the horse made of bronze. It is probably that Emperor Ming brought the bronze statue cast by the former Han to Luoyang in Chang'an, imitating the story of the former Han, and built a flat temple with the same name as the former Han. ——However, these Feilian and Bronze Horses brought by the Ming Emperor were probably destroyed by Dong Zhuo in the end. At the time of Dong Zhuo, "I have taken Luoyang and Chang'an Bronze People, Zhonghao, Feilian and Bronze Horses to fill them up. ".

The two Pingtians of the Han Dynasty were very large, with a large square, which was a place for large-scale events. In the former Han Dynasty, some large-scale activities were held in Chang'an Pingyang. For example, during the Yuanfeng period, "Xia, The Jingshi Minguanjiao arrives at Shanglin Ping and is optimistic."

2, Gai Xun.

Gai Xun and Liangzhou engaged in Su Zheng and hatred. The prefect of Wuwei relied on power and acted greedily. Su Zhenghe reported his crimes. Liang Hu, the prefect of Liangzhou, was afraid of offending the backstage of the prefect of Wuwei and wanted to kill Su Zhenghe, but he was undecided. However, because the Gai family was of the Liangzhou Guan family, and Gaixun was upright and righteous, and had a reputation in Liangzhou, Liang Hu went to him and asked him for his opinion. Someone advised Gai Xun to take revenge, but Gai Xun refused, saying: "Murdering the good is not loyal; taking advantage of danger is not benevolent", so he advised Liang Hu, "The purpose of feeding eagles and kites is to hunt, because hunting And if you kill the eagle and kite, what will you use to hunt after that?" Liang Hu followed his words. Su Zhenghe was happy to be spared, so he visited Gaixun to express his gratitude. However, Gaixun did not see the door behind closed doors, and asked the door to spread the word, saying, "I plan for Liang Shijun, not for Su Zhenghe," and resented Su Zhenghe as before.

From this story, we can not only see Gai Xun's upright conduct, but also have a glimpse of the world style and scholar style of the two Han Dynasties: on the one hand, he is loyal and loyal, on the other hand, he has revenge and complaining. It will not be dismissed for personal reasons.

Like Fu Xie, Gai Xun is also a loyal and upright man.

In the first year of Zhongping, Liang Hu resigned, and Zuo Chang took over as the governor of Liangzhou. When Bei Gong Boyu and Li Wenhou rebelled, Zuo Chang embezzled tens of millions of military expenses by taking advantage of the conscription. Jixian, the prefecture of Liangzhou, was also the prefecture of Hanyang. When Gaixun knew about this, Zuo Chang was furious and ordered him to guard Ayang County, Hanyang Prefecture, facing the rebels. Zuo Chang originally thought that even if Gai Xun did not die in the battle, he would definitely be defeated, and if he was defeated and fled, he could be executed by military law.

The rebels could not defeat Ayang, so they attacked Jincheng County, killed the prefect of Jincheng, and forced Bian Zhang and Han Sui to join them, with Bian Zhang as the leader.

Gai Xun persuaded Zuo Chang to save Jincheng, but Zuo Chang did not. Soon, the rebels surrounded Zuo Chang in Ji County, Zuo Chang panicked and summoned Gai Xun to rescue him. Xin Zeng and Kong Chang, who were in Liangzhou with Gai Xun, were afraid of the rebels' momentum and hesitated to go. Gai Xun said angrily: "In the past, Zhuang Jia failed, and Sima Rangju beheaded him, today you two Is it still higher than Zhuang Jia's status as a military supervisor?" Xin Zeng and Kong Chang feared and followed.

Gai Xun led his troops to help Ji County, and rebuked Bian Zhang and Han Sui for their betrayal. Bian Zhang and Han Sui both said, "If Zuo Shijun listened to your words and sent troops to rescue Jincheng, maybe we can correct ourselves, so as not to start a rebellion, but now we have committed a serious crime, and we can't let it go!" Although he couldn't surrender, he respected Gai Xun, and Bian Zhang, Han Sui and others left the siege.

Zuo Chang asked Gai Xun to die, but Gaixun turned to save Zuo Chang, showing his loyalty and bravery; Bian Zhang and Han Sui were relieved by his arrival, showing his reputation in Liangzhou.

Zuo Chang was dismissed and convicted for corruption, sent to the capital, and Song Xiao took over as the prefect of Liangzhou.

Song Xiao wanted people in Liangzhou to copy the "Book of Filial Piety" to quell the rebellion. Gai Xun admonished him, saying that doing so would only make the people of Liangzhou resentful and the imperial court to laugh at him. Song Xiao didn't listen, and asked the court to do this. As a result, he was rebuked by the court's edict~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and sent him to the capital again on the charge of "false arrogance".

Yang Yong took over as the prefect of Liangzhou. The Qiang Colonel Xia Yu was surrounded by the rebels in Youfufeng. Gai Xun and the prefecture joined forces to rescue Xia Yu. When he arrived at Hupan, he was defeated by the Qiang people. Gai Xun collected more than a hundred people to form the Yuli Formation. The Yuli Formation is to put the chariot in front and the infantry behind the chariot, or attack the enemy, or use this to fight the enemy. attack. Gai Xun insisted on the fierce battle, and the Qiang's elite cavalry attacked and attacked quickly. Gai Xun was in charge of the three creations and stood still, pointing to the wooden sign of the Han army and saying, "I will be killed here!" He stopped the Qiang people with weapons and said, "Xianren Gai Chang Shi, if you kill him, you will be in awe of the sky." People were amazed by his courage and heroism. Dianwu dismounted and gave up his mount to Gaixun. Gaixun did not ride, so he was held by Qiang thieves. But the Qiang people obeyed his bravery and did not dare to harm him, so they sent him back to Hanyang. After Fu Xie died, Yang Yong expressed that Gai Xun took over as the prefect of Hanyang.

Before Fu Xie died in battle, the Xiongnu cavalrymen besieging the city were like Dianwu, because they respected Fu Xie's integrity and righteousness, and at the same time, in order to repay the kindness of Fu Xie in the past, they also tried to dismount outside the county and kowtowed to beg Fu Xie to surrender." Please send Xie back to his hometown."

Fu Xie was like Gai Xun, he knew he was going to die, but he still persevered.

Fu Xie and Gai Xun are the prefect of Hanyang and the long history of Hanyang. They can be said to be the prefects worthy of the long history, and the long history is worthy of the prefects. (To be continued)