Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 173 Loyal and Strange Man

  Zhang Miao put down the tea bowl, suddenly remembered something, and said: "I heard that you are in Guangling, and you don't care about administrative education rewards and punishments, etc., and leave it to Zang Ziyuan. What kind of person is this Zang Ziyuan?"

  Zhang Chao smiled and said, "Ziyuan is also a strange person."

   Zhang Miao was a little curious, so he asked Zhang Chao with great interest.

  Zhang Chao said: "If you want to talk about Zang Ziyuan, you must mention his father. Some things about Zang Ziyuan may often be related to his father's teaching..."

  Zhang Miao nodded and said, "I've heard about this too. Zang Ziyuan's father seems to be the Taiyuan prefect back then?"

"Exactly, his father was also a talented person back then. Later, he served as the general who protected the Huns and made many military exploits. At that time, not only could the answers be fluent, but you could also draw while talking on the spot, so you knew everything well..."

Zhang Miao said: "When you said this, I also remembered. At that time, Yuan Taiwei seemed to say, 'Zongban Mengjian's biography of the Western Regions is the same.' He is a great talent. Why, can Zang Ziyuan also in this way?"

Zhang Chao laughed loudly and said, "That's right. When I came to Guangling, whenever I had any questions, I called Ziyuan to ask them. Whether it was civil affairs, land, water conservancy, storage products, etc., Ziyuan answered immediately without making any mistakes. .”

  Zhang Miao praised, "Amazing! To be able to achieve this level is truly a miracle."

   "It's more than that, even when Yuan Sui found me at this time, it was Ziyuan who persuaded me."

  Zhang Miao rolled his eyes, oh, and then said: "Could it be..."

"Probably not." Zhang Chao shook his head and said, "Although Zang Ziyuan's father was somewhat promoted by the Yuan family, his meritorious service was obtained in exchange for real swords and guns. How could you have made great achievements in Guangling for a long time?"

  Zhang Miao nodded slowly, as if he agreed with Zhang Chao's point of view to a certain extent.

"Ziyuan has another matter," Zhang Chao saw that his elder brother Zhang Miao still didn't believe him, so he said, "At that time, Ziyuan had a good friend in Guangling, who was a scribe under the administration, because he had a relationship with the public treasury. This person colluded with someone who was corrupt, and was found out. This person approached Ziyuan privately and wanted to make up for it with money, but Ziyuan refused..."

"At this point, he was naturally sentenced to abandon the market. He thought the matter was over, but he didn't expect Ziyuan to go to this person's house alone to plead guilty, let his mother scold him, and even knelt outside the door all night. I got my mother's forgiveness..."

   "Since then, half of the monthly salary has been given to his mother, and it has been years..."

  After Zhang Miao heard this, he couldn't help nodding his head in praise: "You can be called loyal if you don't violate the laws of the country, and you can be called righteous if you serve your friends and mothers, and you can really be called a loyal person!"

  Just as the two brothers were sighing, a soldier from outside the tent came to report that it was Kong Ni, the governor of Yuzhou, who had led an army twenty miles away.

   "Kong Yuzhou? Isn't it in Yingchuan? What are you doing here?" Both Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao were a little strange, but after all they still had to greet them, so they made preparations and went to greet them.

  Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao greeted him not far away, and saw Kong Ni's army. Seeing that Kong Ni had already got off the carriage and walked forward, he hurriedly got off his horse and went to pay homage.

  Kong Ni laughed, and hurriedly helped Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao up. The three of them saw the ceremony, and they merged into one place and entered the camp.

Kong Ni was slightly worried when he came here. After all, his title of Inspector of Yuzhou has been confiscated by the order of the court. Come on, Kong Ni has nothing to do with him...

  That's why Kong Ni deliberately got out of the carriage first, as a test. If Zhang Miao and Zhang Miao are rude, then it means that Zhang Miao doesn't want to miss the old relationship...

  But at present, it seems that Zhang Miao's actions are also on the surface. He still recognizes Kong Ni as the governor of Yuzhou, which makes Kong Ni feel relieved.

  After entering the tent of the Chinese army, Zhang Miao modestly let Kong Ni sit in the middle, but Kong Ni repeatedly refused, and finally sat down when he couldn't refuse.

  Brothers Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao exchanged glances behind Kong Ni, and then sat down on the left and right.

  Kong Ni stroked his beard and said with a chuckle, "Meng Zhuo is not only good at politics, but also in military affairs. He is also rigorous and measured. He is really good at both civil and military affairs."

  Zhang Miao bowed his hand and said: "Kong Yuzhou is absurd. Miao's insignificant ability, wouldn't it be ridiculous in front of Yuzhou?"

  Kong Ni laughed, obviously very useful.

  Zhang Miao said: "I heard that Yuzhou was recruiting volunteers in Yingchuan, and I should have gone to join them. However, the army's food reserves were insufficient, so I had to choose this place randomly, and set up camp first before planning other plans. I hope Yuzhou will not be blamed..."

Although Zhang Miao also knew that the imperial court had issued an edict to withdraw Kong Ni's position, he still pretended not to be clear. After all, the court is now controlled by Dong Zhuo, so it is not really the imperial court's intention to issue an edict to withdraw Kong Ni's official position. It was still Dong Zhuo's idea, so I simply pretended not to know about it.

Besides, there is another aspect to consider. Kong Ni is very happy, and Zhang Miao knows it, so he deliberately let Kong Ni sit in the first place. First, the rank of governor of Yuzhou is higher than his own. Another and more important thing is to let the blame on yourself have someone who can dump it, in case that...

  That's why Zhang Miao also said it very humbly, as if he really apologized for not being able to rush to Yingchuan in time to join Kong Ni's army.

  Zhang Miao's attitude obviously surprised Kong Ni a little bit, and at the same time he was a little proud, so he stroked his beard and said, "It's all for state affairs, Meng Zhuo doesn't have to be too modest."

   As long as you have this sentence, it will do. Zhang Miao thought to himself, originally he was a little worried that things would fail, but now that there is a big flag with the Chinese character Confucius standing in front of him, even if things go wrong, I can still say that I was just being coerced...

  Of course, if the big event is successful, then the credit will naturally be given to Kong Ni, but compared with the risk, Zhang Miao feels that it is safer to do so, not to win, but to seek defeat first, so as to survive!

Of course, it is said that the governor of Yanzhou also raised his troops, but after all, Kong Ni is a native of Chenliu County, and he was born in Chenliu, so he also has a certain influence. However, Liu Dai, the new governor of Yanzhou, has not had much contact with him before, so he is not very clear about the situation. And I heard that Liu Dai had disagreements with the former governor of Yanzhou and the current prefect of Dongjun as soon as he took office, and he had a good relationship with Qiao Mao before. If Liu Dai can't handle Qiao Mao, he will use himself to demonstrate , it’s not very fun, so in comparison, Zhang Miao is more willing to fly the banner of Kong Ni...

"I don't know why Yuzhou came here this time? Can you let Miao do some little work?" Zhang Miao noticed that Kong Ni didn't bring many soldiers and horses, it seemed that there were only about 2,000 troops, which was obviously a bit different from the number of troops he had heard before. incompatible.

  Actually, Zhang Miao felt a little uneasy in his heart, and it was not the case for Kong Ni.

  Don’t look at what Kong Ni said is very good, but it’s the first time to do this kind of thing. If it sounds good, it’s called Qing Jun’s side, eliminating adultery, and if it’s not good, it’s simply an open rebellion. How can you not worry?

So when he heard that the two brothers Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao were gathering troops in Suanzao, he came here. Let's talk about the relationship with Zhang Miao. After all, he is from Chenliu, and Zhang Miao is the prefect of Chenliu...

   More importantly, I heard that Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, has brought people here...

   Historically, it was not Cao Cao’s appeal to Dong, but Qiao Mao’s fake Sangong documents, and then Zhang Chao of Guangling was the first to respond, and Zhang Chao raised troops under the persuasion of Zang Hong and Zang Ziyuan. As for Yuan Sui... Hehe, his original position was an official directly under the Taifu's mansion, so...

  (end of this chapter)