The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

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【Author of the novel】: Zhao Ziyue

The book "The Loveliest of the Three Kingdoms" was first published: Vertical and Horizontal Chinese Network

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[Nature of novels]: works

[Fiction category]: Travel through history

[Introduction]: A young man travels through the end of the Han Dynasty, starts from the pavilion, and strives for the world.​​

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Early the next morning, Xin Ai and Yao Sheng each left the prefecture and went to Yingchuan and Danyang.

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In order to ensure that there will be no chaos in Guangling County in the future after responding to the grievances against Dong and raising troops to leave the county, on the one hand, hard power is required, that is, effective control of Guangling County’s political, military, agricultural and other aspects, and on the other hand, soft power is also required. That is to say, to get the support and support of the majority of the nobles and tyrants in Guangling County, even if they can't get their "loyalty", at least they must not oppose him.

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In terms of hard power, Xun Zhen is proceeding in an orderly manner, and in terms of soft power, he must also actively do it.

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After sending Xin Ai and Yao Sheng away, Xun Zhen left the county mansion immediately, and under the pretext of "Dong Zhuo abolishes the emperor, and the new emperor ascends the throne", he once again visited Zhang Hong and other famous people in the county.

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Xun Zhen first visited Zhang Hong when he first arrived in the prefecture. Now he has been in Guangling for some time, and he has implemented some government measures, such as attaching importance to Confucian literature, such as refusing to supply excess food to the prefecture, In order to reduce the burden on the scholars, such as purchasing grain, cattle, farm implements, etc., vigorously restoring and developing agriculture, etc., these measures of his are not only in line with the interests of the scholars in Guangling, but also in line with the Confucian concept of governance, then the second The second time I met Zhang Hong, Zhang Hong's attitude towards him was very different from the first time.

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Zhang Hong was very enthusiastic, and no longer had the "courtesy" that he had when we first met. Knowing that Xunzhen's wife Chen Zhi was pregnant, he even called out his wife and ordered her to give her a family heirloom recipe for rejuvenation. To Xun Zhen.

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Due to the harsh natural conditions and the economic environment that is far inferior to that of later generations, in this day and age, unborn fetuses and maternal dystocia are very common. Therefore, Xun Zhen has always attached great importance to Chen Zhi's pregnancy. The arrangement also asked the county doctor to check Chen Zhi's body every day, and now he has obtained the secret recipe of Zhang Hong's family, which is the icing on the cake.

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But the most important thing is: when Zhang Hong met Xun Zhen last time, he looked at her speech and behavior. Although he was not arrogant, he still regarded Xun Zhen as a "foreign guest", but this time he asked his wife to take out this Taoist school. The rumored secret recipe for miscarriage shows that he has recognized Xun Zhen's governance in Guangling, or in other words, he has recognized Xun Zhen as a person, and no longer regards Xun Zhen as a "foreign guest", but as "a foreigner". my own".

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Xun Zhen was very happy about this.

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Since the ZTE, the power of local gentry and tyrants has always been very strong, and it is getting stronger and stronger. If the chief officials of a county, a county, or even a state want to manage the territory well, the gentry and tyrants in the territory cannot be avoided. In the past, they were either suppressed by coercion or soft-touched by name and virtue, and there was no other way. Even with tens of millions of ambitions, it is still difficult to carry out an inch within the jurisdiction, and it is difficult to pass government orders, especially for people like Zhang Hong, who have the right surname of the prefecture and the county, and who are well-known outside the county. object to be won.

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Now that they have Zhang Hong's approval, and through the conversation with Zhang Hong, the two have the same political philosophy, and they both oppose Dong Zhuo's abolition of the emperor, so it is foreseeable that this kind of political "comradeship" relationship will be beneficial to Xun Zhen. A lot of things will not only be very beneficial to "the stability of the Guangling area" after he leads troops out of the country in the future, but it will also be very beneficial to the recruitment and preparation of troops in Guangling that he is about to start.

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After visiting Zhang Hong, Xun Zhen went to Sheyang again, and visited Chen Lin's clan again.

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Chen Lin was the head of the General's Mansion for He Jin. After He Jin's death, he attached to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao did not go alone when he left Luoyang and fled to Jizhou. He was used by his cronies, such as Fengji, Xu You, and others. Chen Lin is also on the list.

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Therefore, Chen Lin not only knew about Yuan Shao's plans to raise an army against Dong, but also participated in it.

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His literary talent is outstanding, and Yuan Shao used his classic articles. The earlier letter from Yuan Shao and Cao Cao inviting Xun Zhen to join the army was actually written by Chen Lin. Therefore, Chen Lin is also very clear about Xun Zhen's response to Yuan Shao's attack. He not long ago He wrote a letter to the clan, asking the clan to cooperate with Xun Zhen. On the one hand, they should help Xun Zhen gain a foothold in Guangling and Sheyang.

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Because of Chen Lin's relationship, Xun Zhen was very rewarding when she visited the Chen family in Sheyang for the first time, and now she has added this letter from Chen Lin "requesting the people to cooperate with Xun Zhen in all aspects", then he is the second. The next visit is naturally more successful and more rewarding.

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The Zhang family in Guangling County and the Chen family in Sheyang County, these two surnames are among the top crown clans in Guangling. The "soft power" of the country has become a seven-seven-eight-eight.

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In addition to these two families, Xun Zhen kept nonstop, and again visited the imperial family and Hua family in Jiangdu, Xu family in Haixi, Liu family in Dongyang, etc. Some of them either had similar political stances, or had close contacts with party members during the party's period. The county home of the nobility.

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Because the object of his visit this time is different from the last time, he visited all the famous people in Fan County last time, and this time he visited all carefully selected, so his intensive visit this time is of course the same. Zhang Hong and Chen Lin's family were very successful.

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With the support of these nobles and tyrants all over the county, and the political, economic, and military control of the counties in the county were steadily progressing, Xun Zhen was immediately determined.

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It can be said that everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

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During Xun Zhen's intensive visits, a series of news came from Luoyang.

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Most of these news are the follow-up actions after Dong Zhuo deposed the emperor.

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First, on the third day after the new emperor ascended the throne, Dong Zhuo poisoned the empress dowager He Miao, who had been moved to Yong'an Palace. He Jin and He Miao's mother, Wuyangjun, died and threw their bodies in the citrus garden by the imperial hedge.

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The He family in Nanyang, which was once prominent and held the power in the world, has since been wiped out and no longer exists.

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After completely destroying the He family, Dong Zhuo immediately used the emperor's decree to appoint the children of the court officials and the following officials as rank officials, to fill the positions originally held by eunuchs and serve the emperor in the palace.

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Later, Dong Zhuo manipulated the court and successively appointed Taiwei Liu Yu as the Grand Sima, appointed the Marquis of Xiangben, appointed Taizhong doctor Yang Biao as Sikong, appointed Yuzhou Mu Huangwan as Situ, and he himself served as Taiwei and former general. He also bestowed the symbol representing the emperor's power, as well as the axe and tiger guard as a guard of honor, and he was enthroned as a marquis.

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After appointing a new Sangong, he led the Sangong and other ministers to submit a letter requesting that the cases of Chen Fan, Dou Wu and the party members be re-examined, all of them should be restored to the titles of Chen Fan and others, and envoys would be sent to mourn their tombs. Their descendants are officials.

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Dong Zhuo's actions are very particular.

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First of all, there is no need to say more about poisoning Empress Dowager He and Wuyang Jun. This is the eradication of political enemies.

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Second, excavate He Miao's coffin, take out the body, dismember it, cut it into segments, and throw it on the side of the road. This is a demonstration to the hostile forces in China. Those who go against me will not only die, but also make you feel uneasy after death. pregnancy.

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Once again, after the demonstration, it was Shi En: "The sons of the officials of the imperial court and below were appointed as officers to fill the positions formerly held by eunuchs"—the sons of ministers and officials served the emperor in place of the eunuchs, so to speak, This is what the nobility have long dreamed of. What He Jin and Yuan Shao could not accomplish, Dong Zhuo accomplished it for them.

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Once again, "Leading the three ministers and other ministers to submit a letter, requesting that the cases of Chen Fan, Dou Wu and the party members be re-trialed, all the titles of Chen Fan and others will be restored, envoys will be sent to mourn their graves, and their descendants will be appointed as officials." This is also the dream of the scholars. This is to reverse the verdict of the party members, to affirm and praise them politically, and to promote the descendants of the party members as officials.

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Again and again, it's about the appointment of the Grand Sima and the Third Duke.

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First, Dong Zhuo appointed himself as Taiwei.

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Although Taiwei has no real power, he is nominally the supreme commander of the national army. Dong Zhuo appointed himself as Taiwei, and also served as a former general. He also bestowed a symbol representing the emperor's power. With the power of commander-in-chief, he has the actual commander-in-chief power, and with the power to command the army in hand, the political power will emerge from the barrel of a gun, and the officials and ministers of Luoyang will not be able to make waves.

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The second is to change Liu Yu's position as Taiwei and worship him as the Great Sima.

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The Great Sima is an old official. He had this position in the three generations. He was in charge of the military affairs of the state. He entered the former Qin Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Wu, he gave up the Taiwei and changed it to the Great Sima. The Han family then had the position of Great Sima. Before the end of the Han Dynasty, this position was often granted to the foreign relatives in power. Xuan was changed back to Taiwei, and from then on, there was no longer the post of Grand Sima in the court, until this time Dong Zhuo changed Liu Yu's Taiwei to Grand Sima.

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It stands to reason that the powers and responsibilities of the Grand Sima and the Taiwei are the same. They are both in charge of the country's military affairs and the country's army. With the Taiwei, there is no need to set up a big Sima, but why did Dong Zhuo set this position again?

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But it was because: Dong Zhuo knew that his prestige was insufficient, but he didn't want to hand over the post of Tai Li, who "in name to the national army", to someone else, so he probably followed the advice of his advisors and changed Liu Yu to be a great leader. Sima, and at the same time let the big Sima sit above the three princes. In this way, he can show his "humility" and "willingly live under Liu Yu" through this move, and at the same time, Liu Yu is far away in Youzhou and not in the court, so he has the position of the Great Sima and is beyond the reach of the whip. , and can't control the DPRK-China military, in fact, it is useless.

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It's the best of both worlds.

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Liu Yu was a clan, with great prestige and high reputation, and was highly valued by Emperor Ling. His original position of "prefect" was appointed by Emperor Ling before his death. Sima, on the other hand, this is also to appease him.

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Third, he worshiped Yang Biao as Sikong and Huang Wan as Situ.

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Yang Biao is from the Hongnong Yang clan. Like the Runan Yuan clan, the Hongnong Yang clan is the third prince in the past and a famous family in Tokyo. Yang Biao’s great-grandfather, grandfather and father all served as the imperial captain. His great-grandfather Yang Zhen Jing studied "Ouyang Shangshu", was well versed in scriptures and read a lot of books, and was even called "Kanxi Confucius" at that time. In terms of clan celebrity alone, Yang Biao's family is not inferior to the Yuan family in Runan.

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Now Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo are fighting against each other. Although Yuan Hui is submissive on the surface, he knows that it is only "superficial". If there is a chance, Yuan Hui will definitely spare no effort to overthrow Dong Zhuo. Luoyang's foundation is too shallow, of course it is a good choice to worship Yang Biao as Sikong and show his favor to the Yang family.

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Even if Yang Biao doesn't stand in the same boat with Dong Zhuo because of this, people in low positions are different from those in high positions. People may not have too many ideas when they are in low positions, but once they are in high positions, it is for their own power, for the sake of family and family members. The interests of the disciples, maybe some ideas will come out, then Yang Biao may have some conflicts with Yuan Wei, and as long as there are conflicts, Dong Zhuo will be able to benefit from it.

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He worshipped Yang Biao as the Scholar, and worshipped Huang Wan as the Situ.

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Huang Wan is also from a famous family. His great-grandfather, Huang Xiang, was a famous filial son. He was the protagonist of the "Fan Pillow Warming Quilt" in the twenty-four filial piety. He has an official position and is in charge of all the decrees in the court. His grandfather Huang Qiong is also famous all over the world, and he served as the emperor of the court. However, this time Dong Zhuo worships him as Situ, but it is not like Yang Biao is Sikong. Because he took a fancy to his voice, but because the location of Yuzhou was too critical.

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Yuzhou is in the east of Luoyang, and borders on the commander of the Sili School. It is only a few hundred kilometers from Yingchuan in the west of Yuzhou to Luoyang. If the cavalry is coming, Yuan Shao has fled to Jizhou in the north of Luoyang and Sanya in the west of Luoyang. In addition, Huangfu Song was stationed with heavy troops, and Gai Xun had "bad intentions". In order to stabilize the situation in Luoyang, Yuzhou, which is east of Luoyang, must not be in trouble anymore.

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Huang Wan's reputation and high reputation made him a "Yuzhou Shepherd" with a high position in Yuzhou and a state with real power. Dong Zhuo was worried.

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Therefore, Dong Zhuo worshipped him as Situ, summoned him to the court, and chose Kong Ni to take office in Yuzhou. He no longer set up Yuzhou shepherd, and changed back to Yuzhou prefect.

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Speaking of which, although Kong Ni's reputation is not as good as Huang Wan, he is also a son of a famous clan, famous at home and abroad, but Kong Ni is only famous. He's a good player, but he doesn't have any real materials, not in terms of ability, not in terms of ability, and he doesn't have the title of "Yuzhou Shepherd". If Dong Zhuo wants to come, Yuzhou should be relieved for the time being.

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This time Xun Zhen visited the nobility in the county for the second time, and Xi Zhicai accompanied him.

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In the car, Xi Zhicai said: "I heard that there is a man under Dong Zhuo's command, named Jia Xu, who is a man of wisdom. Yan Zhong praised him for his 'goodness and peace'. Looking at Dong Zhuo's recent actions, it is wonderful to take into account both the military and the government. Thinking about it, it probably came from Jia Xu's hands."

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Dong Zhuo's series of measures are indeed wonderful, not only the thunderbolt method of eradicating the He family, but also the specific measures to show favor to the scholars, and also take the opportunity to take military power both in name and in reality. In the hands, at the same time, to a certain extent, the hidden dangers in the military around Luoyang have been alleviated.

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Xun Zhen asked herself, if he was Dong Zhuo, he could only do so much.

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It's a pity that although Dong Zhuo's actions are wonderful, they are both kind and powerful, but he is not Yuan Shao. Even if he can gain the support or neutrality of some scholars, Yuan Shao, who has been picked from his hands by him, will never be. That's the end of it.

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After Yuan Shao raised his army~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Dong Zhuo killed Yuan Hui and dozens of other Yuan family members who were still in Luoyang. He also killed several scholars he had trusted before, and looted the city before he was forced to leave Luoyang. Luoyang, all kinds of atrocities are hard to describe. Among them, there are inherent reasons for Dong Zhuowufu's cruel nature. However, Xunzhen puts himself in his shoes and thinks about it. I am afraid that there is an element of "revenge" in it.

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"I gave you everything you scholars want, but you are not satisfied, you still want to make trouble, raise your army to attack Laozi, if you insist on driving Laozi to death, whether you can bear it or not, Laozi will kill you all And if I can't get it, don't even think about it."

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In fact, after personally experiencing the dispute between Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo, there is a saying that has been lingering in Xun Zhen's mind: the one who disturbed the Han family is not only Dong Zhuo, but also Yuan Shao. In the final analysis, the root cause of the turmoil at the end of the Han Dynasty was that the gentry, relatives, and eunuchs had fought for their interests for more than a hundred years, and finally they were unable to return. The dispute, to put it in a big way, was a conflict of interests between some of the scholar class represented by Yuan Shao and part of the martial class represented by Dong Zhuo.

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From June to September, Luoyang rains continuously.

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In October, the rain in Luoyang stopped, and Xun Zhen, who was in Guangling, also ended his trip and returned to the county seat of Guangling County. Soon after, another news came from Luoyang.

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Last year, the Yellow Turbans, Guo Tai and others, who had revolted in the Baibo Valley of the Xihe River in Bingzhou, and thousands of cavalry troops from the Southern Xiongnu Shanyu Fuluo Department joined forces to attack Hedong County. Dong Zhuo sent his son-in-law Niu Futong. Soldiers hit it.

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