The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

For several days, Xun Zhen met with the people under the tent and the door, or with the elders and peers of the clan. Although it was a "sneak home", it was very busy, even the door of the back house. Rarely entered, and only after a few days did he have time to be alone with Chen Zhi, Chi Mai, and Tang Er.

However, as soon as he sat down, he hadn't been able to say a few words with Chen Zhi. There were footsteps outside, and Dian Wei came to report, "Mr. Xun, there is a letter from Luoyang."

When Xun Zhen left Changsha, he specially sent someone to Luoyang to tell Xun You and Zhao Yun about the incident, and at the same time informed Zhao Yun's elite riders in various counties along the way to either return to Yingyin, or go to Luoyang to the county seat between Yingyin. Change the news to Ying Yin.

This was the first letter he sent from Luoyang after he arrived in Yingyin.

Xun Zhen looked apologetically at Chen Zhi who was kneeling in front of her, shook her slender hand, and said, "I wanted to talk to you for a while, but another letter came from Luoyang."

Chen Zhi knew that the political turmoil in Luoyang was the direct reason for Xun Zhen's return, so even though he hadn't seen Xun Zhen for many years, he really wanted to spend some private time with Xun Zhen, but he restrained himself and said with a gentle smile: " Luoyang has come here, this is an important matter, and the lord of the government will ask you to do it yourself, and if you talk to your concubine, why not?"

Xun Zhen put down her hand and put her hand on her cheek for a moment.

This small gesture of tenderness caused Chen Zhi's cheeks to blush, causing Tang Er and Chi's maid, who were sitting beside him, to snicker.

After leaving the inner room and entering the outer room, Dian Wei sent a letter.

Xun Zhen unfolded it.

The letter mainly talks about one thing.

In June of Xinhai, that is, on the seventh day of the first month of this month, "the Empress Dowager Dong collapsed violently".

Empress Dowager Dong's health has always been good, but the sudden "collapse" for no reason is obviously related to Dong Zhong's suicide and He Jin's request to move her to Hejian. No matter how healthy she is, she is still an old man in her fifties. Not long after her son died, she failed in a political battle. First, Dong Zhong, whom she relied on as a strong aid, committed suicide at home, and then Empress Dowager He squeezed her even more, inside and out. Disadvantage, embarrassment, and pampering are accustomed to being pampered, but in her later years, she will experience great psychological pressure, and it is not surprising that she will die violently.

However, her death has pushed He Jin and the Empress Dowager He's family into a disadvantageous situation. She was the biological mother of Emperor Ling and the mother-in-law of Empress Dowager He. Emperor Ling had just passed away, and it was only a few months ago that Empress Dowager He's family "forced her to death" for being unfilial and unfaithful.

In addition to this incident, Xun You mentioned another person below, who was Fu Xie's "old official" Gai Xun.

Gai Xu wrote a letter to Yuan Shao a few days ago, asking Yuan Shao to be careful about Dong Zhuo.

In October last year, shortly after Ling Diping's optimistic military parade, Gai Xun was recommended by Zhang Wen as Jing Zhao Yin. Gaixun won the trust of Emperor Ling, but because he was outspoken in his special summons to him after the military parade, he was outspoken and denounced the calamity of eunuchs. Under the pressure of Jian Shuo and others, they still let him go to Jingzhao Yin Shanglu.

When he arrived in office, there were 5,000 soldiers in the middle of the county. Just as Shang Kingdom and Bianzhang were besieging Chencang, Gaixun went to the court and asked for permission to recruit soldiers to fill the number of 10,000 people. The court agreed. He then recruited 5,000 troops, and with this, 10,000 county soldiers cooperated with Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo to relieve the siege of Chencang. After resolving the siege of Chen Cang, this spring, the imperial court had several times to pay homage to Dong Zhuo, but Dong Zhuo refused to take up his post or surrender his military power, and led his troops to Hedong to watch the situation in Kyoto. After Gai Xun heard about it, he knew that Dong Zhuo had unexpected intentions.

While Gai Xun ordered the county to guard against Dong Zhuo, he wrote a letter to Yuan Shao, reminding him to pay attention to Dong Zhuo's movements.

At the end of the letter, Xun You wrote: Luoyang was in chaos, Dong Zhuo's troops were stationed in the east of the river, watching like tigers and wolves, and what Gaijing Zhaozhi said was very true. However, I heard that the generals and Dong Zhuo seem to have written letters to return them. The generals are not wise, don't they know that Dong Zhuo is hiding evil intentions? How could it be done!

After reading the letter, Xun Zhen thought to herself, "He Jin doesn't know what Dong Zhuo meant? It's just a last resort."

Putting down the letter, Xun Zhen counted the time and thought, "In a few days, Gongda should be able to come back, right?"

Back in Yingyin, on the day when Xun Qian was worshipped, Xun Zhen wrote a letter to Xun You, calling him home. This letter was sent away early the next morning. After calculating the distance, it should have arrived in Luoyang by now. Perhaps at this time, Xun You had already embarked on the road to return to his hometown.

Xun Zhen ordered Dian Wei: "Go to Junqing and tell him to send more knights to wait at the junction with Sili. Once you see Gongda returning, he will quickly **** him back home."

Although there were no major thieves in Yingyin, and even though Xun You was protected by Zhao Yun and others, Xun You had not returned home for many years.

Dian Weiyinguo.

After dealing with this matter, Xun Zhen wanted to go back to the inner room and talk to Chen Zhi's daughters again, but saw Xu Zhuo, Wen Pin, Xuan Kang, and Xu Ji coming in from outside the door.

Among the people under Xun Zhen’s account, Xu Zhuo, Wen Pin, Xuan Kang, and Xu Ji were all about the same age. They all studied scriptures and learned Confucianism. Half of Xun Zhen's disciples had passed away, so they had a good relationship. After Xun Zhen came back, they often came to see Xun Zhen together.

If Xu Zhong, Xun Cheng, Xin Ai, Xun You, Cheng Jia, Xi Zhicai and others are compared to the backbone of the Xunzhen clique, then these people are the young forces within the Xunzhen clique. Xu Zhuo and Wen Pin were both famous in later generations, and they were outstanding people in the world. Although Xuan Kang and Xu Ji were unknown in later generations, they each had their own strengths. He gave up the idea of ​​returning to the inner room, and smiled and ordered Yuan Zhongqing and Zuo Bohou, who were waiting outside the door, to serve hot soup, and greeted them to sit down and chat.

Seeing Xu Zhuo, Xun Zhen thought of a person—Guo Jia.

In the past few years, although the world has been in chaos, one is that Yingchuan County is relatively stable, and the other is that the Xun family is famous. Therefore, the private school that Xun family started a few years ago has developed fairly well, and it has recruited a lot of disciples. , Guo Jia also came to study two years ago.

However, Guo Jia only studied for more than a year, and after less than two years, he said goodbye and returned home.

Xun Zhen specially asked Le Jin to inquire about it in Yangzhai, Guo Jia is now at home.

As a desperate person, Xun Zhen had no way to see Guo Jia, so she could only ask Le Jin to pay more attention.

When Xu Zhuo and his family were young and they talked a lot, they had always been close to Xun Zhen. They regarded Xun Zhen as both a "family head" and a teacher. When I came to see Xun Zhen, as long as Xun Zhen had nothing to do, I would talk until nightfall.

Today was no exception. They were chatting and playing chess. They didn't think to say goodbye until night fell.

Xun Zhen would not let them go just like that, so she left them behind for dinner.

After the meal, Xu Zhuo and the others left. Xun Zhen thought that she could finally relax and go to accompany Chen Zhi to appreciate the moon and talk, but Liu Bei, Cheng Jia, and Wei Guang came again.

Xunzhen's house was small and there were not many free houses, so he borrowed several spare houses from the clan to provide for Xu Zhuo and other young people who did not have family burdens to live in, while Liu Bei, Cheng Jia, and Wei Guang suffered from too many houses. Because they were dragging their family along, they did not live in the village, but temporarily stayed in the village outside the county. They came this evening and had nothing else to do but came to Xun Zhen for a drink.

No way, although Xun Zhen wanted to accompany Chen Zhi, at this time she could only instruct the kitchen to prepare the meal again, and drink with Liu Bei and Wei Guang at night instead.

It was June, and the sky was already hot. Instead of drinking in the house, everyone put the table under the tree in the courtyard, lit candles, and drank to the moon. Because it is already night, there is a cool breeze, the wind is cool and the wine is beautiful, the moon and stars are sparse, and the good friends are full, which is very happy.

Not long after Liu Bei's wedding, Xun Zhen, Cheng Jia, and Wei Guang all had to make a few jokes about him in the process of changing cups.

Drink some drinks until dawn.

Xun Zhen woke up in the afternoon, and another visitor came from outside, but it was Xun Yu, who came home to get a change of clothes, and stopped by to meet him.

If this happened again and again, almost every day, it was impossible to have time to talk to Chen Zhi all the time.

Xun Zhen originally thought that Xun You would be home in a few days, but there was no news from Xun You for a long time. Not only did he not return, but the letter was also broken, making Xun Zhen suspicious, and even wondered if it was because of his arrival that he caused the so-called so-called Butterfly effect, so what happened to Xun You? Just when he couldn't sit still and planned to send someone to Luoyang to find Xun You, Xun You came back in a hurry.

At this time, it was almost mid-July.

Hearing the news, Xun Zhen immediately ordered to prepare a car and went out to greet the minister in person.

In order to avoid the trip, Xun Zhen didn't go far, and waited for each other not far outside the county. After waiting for a long time, he saw two cars and several horses approaching from a distance.

Xu Zhuo, who followed Xun Zhen, saw and recognized the knight who was leading the way: "Yan Kuanji!"

——Yan Kuanji, that is, Yan Meng, he was Zhao Yun’s fellow countryman. In the first year of Zhongping, Xun Zhen went to Changshan before going to Zhao State to take office, and met Yan Meng in the house where Zhao Yun lived. When Zhao Yun was in a town outside the county, Yan Meng led Xun Zhen and others there. At that time, Yan Meng was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and he was still a teenager. Later, Zhao Yun joined Xun Zhen, and Yan Meng also followed. He is now one of Zhao Yun's subordinates.

The 15- or 16-year-old simple boy who was still a little childish back then has grown into a majestic young man who is over the age of ten. Because he has been in the army for a long time and has often gone on expeditions, the honesty of the past is still there. Outside of it, he has a few points of mighty demeanor earlier.

"Since it's Yan Meng, then there must be Gongda in the car behind."

Xun Zhen ordered to drive forward.

In the road, the two sides meet.

Xun Zhen's car stopped first. There were no pedestrians on the road, so Xun Zhen didn't have to worry about being seen, so she got out of the car, smiled and patted Yan Meng who had already got off the horse, then shook her hand and got off the horse, followed behind Yan Meng, Zhao Yun's hand, who was approaching quickly, said "hard work", holding Zhao Yun's hand and walking with him towards the two carriages that were parked by the road.

Xun Zhen said in his heart, "There is only one Gongda, but why are there two carriages?"

Just as he was about to ask Zhao Yun, the two carriages stopped and the door of one of them opened, revealing a person's face, it was Xun You.

When Xun You saw that Xun Zhen greeted her in person, she hurriedly jumped out of the car.

"Gongda..." Before Xun Zhen said anything, the door of the second carriage opened, and a person came out of the car.

Xun Zhen looked at it and was stunned for a while, then she was surprised and said, "Uncle Qian, why are you here?"

Uncle Qian is Yao Sheng. When Xun Zhen was the lieutenant of Zhao State, Yao Sheng was the magistrate of Xiangguo County in the county, and Chen Wu was a pavilion chief in his county at the time. After they met, they often exchanged letters, until after Xun Zhen moved to the prefecture of Wei County, the letters between the two of them were not cut off, and they knew each other well and had a very good relationship.

Yao Sheng's appearance is very majestic. He hasn't seen him in these years, and his beard and hair are growing more and more.

He greeted Xun Zhen with a smile, bowed a long bow, and said with a smile, "Don't you welcome me, Lord Xun?"

"What are you talking about!... But, before I left Wei County, I read it in your letter: You said that you were recruited by the court to be your boss. But why didn't you do your best job in Luoyang, and come to Yingyin for me? already?"

Yao Sheng let out a long sigh, looked up at the sky, pointed at the blue sky and white clouds, and said, "Longyou heaven, who is this!"

"Youyou heaven", God; "Who is this", who is this!

The connection is: God, what kind of person is this!

Xun Zhen was inexplicable, not knowing what he meant.

Xun You explained with a smile on the side, "Uncle Qian tried to remonstrate with the generals and the clerks. The generals and the clerks couldn't listen. It was the old uncle Qian who sighed."

"What's the advice?"

Yao Sheng shook his head and said, "I won't talk about mine first, Xun Jun, let's talk about yours first."

"What's the matter with me?"

"The court has pardoned your sins, and I heard that you want to call you into the court and worship you as a general of Zuozhong."

Xun Zhen turned to Gu Xun You and asked, "What's going on?"

Xun You replied: "The reason why I didn't return immediately after receiving Junxin, and came to the township late today, is mainly because of this. After receiving Junxin, I felt like I wanted to go home, it was Yuan Sili, Cao Xiaowei persuaded me to stop me. The two of them said that although the general has heard your name for a long time, he has never met him, so he may not know his talent. I beg you to persuade the general to petition the court and forgive the monarch's sins. .

"I see! ... Then what happened to this 'Zuo Zhonglang'?"

"Yuan Sili originally wanted to make your ruler Jinwu, but if he couldn't get it, he would retire as a general in Yulin, and he would tell the general, but the general thought that your reputation was as high as you would be a general in Yulin. , then you may subdue the king, and hold the two thousand stones in the Jinwu rank. With the name and ability of the king, he is worthy of this position, but he is afraid that the permanent servants in the court will obstruct it. When Uncle Qian left the capital, the queen mother had already approved the general's petition and restored the emperor's position as Marquis of Yingyin, probably the edict will be delivered to Yingyin soon."

For the position of Zhonglang General, the foreign officials such as "the Xiongnu Zhonglang General" were removed. There were originally three permanent positions in the court: the five official Zhonglang generals, the left middle generals, the right middle generals, and later Hu Benzhong was added. The general, the general in Yulin. With the addition of Hu Ben and Yulin, the first three Zhonglang will no longer have the responsibility of being the servants of the guards. They have changed from palace officials to outside palace officials, and are also known as the "Three Generals of the Lang Department".

In total, these five generals, although they have the same rank and salary, are all worth 2,000 shi, but in terms of real power, the most important ones are Hu Ben and Yu Lin. These two are officials in the palace, and both have relations with the province. Being close and leading the power of the palace guards is a very important position, especially Hu Benzhong Lang. Whenever a foreign relative is in power, Hu Benzhong Lang will definitely be served by a foreign relative. For example, when Dou was in power, Ren Huben There are Dou Xian and Dou Du among the generals in the middle. When Deng was in power, there were Deng Shan, Deng Kui, and Deng Hong who served as the generals of Huben. When Liang was in power, Liang Ji was the general of Huben. Jin was in power, and it was the brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu who successively became the generals of the tigers. Among them, Yuan Shao and He Jin were inherently allies, but there were also scholars who were so powerful that He Jin was difficult to overwhelm and had to make concessions.

In one of Xun You's previous letters, it was mentioned that Yuan Shao wanted to make Xun Zhen the commander of Jinwu or Yulin. Now, Yuan Hui is still a prefect and a secretary of the clergyman, and the armed forces of the Xiyuan, Beijun, Chengmen army and other Jinglucheng are now under the control of Yuan Shao's party members, which means they have fallen into the hands of Yuan Shao, why? How could Jin hand over the position of Jinwu or Yulin Zhonglang to Yuan Shao again?

Xun Zhen cannot be given the two positions of General Jinwu and General Yulin Zhonglang, so let Zuo Zhonglang give this position to Xun Zhen.

The third general of the Lang Department is an old-fashioned general. Although it is not as important as Hu Ben and Yulin, its rank is higher than that of Hu Ben and Yulin, and because it is responsible for commanding the three officials, the five senses The general leader of the five officials, the leader of the left middle leader, the leader of the left department, the leader of the right middle leader, the leader of the right department, - therefore, in terms of "reputation and prestige", it is also above Huben and Yulin. Before Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun demanded the yellow turban , is to lead the army in the position of the left and right middle generals, and to appoint Xun Zhen, not only shows importance, but Yuan Shao can't fault it.

After Xun Zhen heard Xun You's words, she understood the twists and turns.

At the age of 30, he was awarded the position of the left middle general, which was a great honor, but he was not happy at all.

Why?

Before Yuan Shao asked He Jin to invite the court, pardon Xun Zhen and exhort Xun Zhen to enter the court, He Jin did not agree. The more important reason is that they don't want to be backed by the permanent servants such as Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang, but now they agree to Yuan Shao's request, what does it mean? This shows that Yuan Shao has prompted He Jin to make up his mind to execute the eunuch.

It is precisely because of the determination to execute the eunuch~www.wuxiaspot.com~ that he is no longer afraid of causing a backlash from Zhao Zhong and others, so he forgives Xun Zhen's sin and worships him as Zuozhong's general.

——Xun Zhen was only half right. He Jin was indeed persuaded by Yuan Shao, but to say that he "has made up his mind to execute the eunuch", he has not yet, and he is still hesitating. Zuo Zhonglang's fundamental intention is not to declare war on Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang, but to put pressure on Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang, imagining that Zhao Zhong and Zhao Ran will take the initiative to surrender and make concessions.

Of course, after all, this is He Jin's mind, and it's not surprising that Xun Zhen can't guess everything right.

Xun Zhen said in his heart, "Since He Jin was persuaded by Yuan Shao, I think there will soon be a call for heroes from all over the world to lead troops into the capital. I have to prepare early." Thinking of this, she smiled at Xun You and Yao Sheng. He said, "I went back home latently because of my homesickness. I didn't expect that before I got home a month later, the imperial court would forgive me my sins!... It's just that I don't want to do this as a general of the left."

Yao Sheng asked, "Why?"

"I have been away from the county since the first year of Zhongping, and spent five years in Jizhou.

Yao Sheng didn't believe his words at all, he laughed and said, "The Lord Xun I know is a husband in the world. Such words about loving family and hometown are definitely not the sincere words of Junhou."

Xun Zhen smiled and asked Yao Sheng, "Gongda said that you have tried to remonstrate with the generals and the clerks. The generals and the clerks can't listen to them. I don't know what your remonstrance is about?"

"The general and the Sili want to call the generals and heroes from all over the world to lead troops to the capital. This is the act of bringing tigers and wolves into the capital, which is a self-disrupting move in Luoyang! I insisted on it, but the general and the Sili did not listen."