Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2671 Fame, fortune, love and hatred are all reasons

   Among Sichuan and Shu.

   All kinds of weird events that happened during the construction of the road were reported to Chuanzhong immediately.

  If there is a problem, of course it must be solved.

  To solve the problem itself, not the person who asked the problem.

  Xu Shu, as an important decision-maker of backup support, naturally wants to solve problems for Xu Huang who is on the front line, even if it is a new problem that Xu Shu has never encountered before.

  Xu Shu heard about Ma Heng.

  Chuanshu has a branch of Wensi, and the person in charge is Ma Heng.

  Ma Heng has been traveling around in the past few years. He was in Hanzhong at the earliest, then went to Longyou, and then returned to Chang'an to report on his work.

Because there is a double line of light and dark in the news department, it is easy to say on the bright side, some clerical work, passing on writing, collecting files, so it is also very easy to recruit and resettle. Xu Shu assigned some civil servants to Ma Heng, and Ma Heng found some on his own. People are also built.

  But the people behind the scenes are generally not very easy to find.

  Ma Heng has been busy with this matter for a while.

   "Meet the envoy..." Ma Heng bowed his hands to Xu Shu, "I am late, but I hope the envoy forgives my sins." 』

  Xu Shu said with a smile, stretching out his hand to invite, "There is no need to be too polite, please sit down." 』

  Xu Shu glanced at the dust on Ma Heng's face, "Zhong Chang has worked hard. Can you get something in Guanghan County? 』

  Before Ma Heng came to see Xu Shu, he set up the framework of the Wen Department in Guanghan County. On the one hand, he visited the countryside and on the other hand, he searched for talents with dark lines. After receiving Xu Shu's order, he came from Guanghan County.

  『The subordinates are in Qi County, and found the descendants of Wang Luoyang... 』Ma Heng smiled, 『It can be said that he is a virtuous person, and he can be appointed to his position for a long time, and the effect can be seen...』

  『After Wang Luoyang? "Xianzai Xianzai, the king of my county"? Xu Shu asked.

   Ma Heng smiled and said, "Exactly. ’ Then he said, ‘Wang Luoyang is clean and honest, he doesn’t take people’s wealth, he doesn’t accept offerings, so his family is poor, he has no land, and he is almost hungry and thirsty. ...'

  Xu Shu also nodded and said: "I once heard that Wang Luoyang was in office for three years, and the civil affairs were completely cleared. There were no officials who demanded the market, and no officials were greedy for money. It is a pity that he died in the middle way." When Wang Luoyang died, some people paid homage to him on the road, lamenting the injustice of the heavens, accepting this sage, and lamenting that for three years in Luoyang, no official has plundered the city, the death of a sage, the evil will be born again...』

  Ma Heng also sighed.

  Xu Shu waved his hand, "Since you are a sage, if you can use it, you should treat it kindly." Alright, call Zhongchang here today, I really have something important to discuss...』

  『My envoy, please speak. ” Ma Heng said with his hands clasped.

  『Can Zhongchang know about the labor in Nanzhong? Xu Shu asked.

   Ma Heng frowned slightly, "Your envoy is talking about...the labor epidemic? 』

  Xu Shu nodded slowly.

   "The envoy's intention is..." Ma Heng asked in a low voice.

  Xu Shu stroked his beard, "After General Xu got the news, he attacked swiftly and violently to make up for the chaos. However, I always feel that this matter is a little strange, and I hope Zhongchang will investigate it in many ways, and find out one or two...』

  Ma Heng bowed his head and accepted the order, "This is the job of the subordinates. 』

  …()…

  What are the best places to spy on news?

  Perhaps people in later generations will say, drivers, bodyguards, secretaries...

  But in the Han Dynasty, there was only one person who could get access to important news and whose position was not dangerous.

   Shuzuo.

  Shu Zuo is the assistant who hosts the documents. Also known as Menxia Shuzuo, he was in the position of Shixia and Shixia.

  Not only are there book assistants in the central court, but also in general prefectures and counties, which are removed by the governors of the states and counties. Sometimes it is divided into internal and external shuzuo. Nei shuzuo is a close subordinate of the governor of the state and county, and is called shuzuo under the door. The foreign shuzuo who handles general documents is called shuzuo with two words less.

  Zhang Ye is such a secretary.

  He has been in Sichuan and Sichuan for a long time. As early as Liu Zhang's time, he had already served as a small official in Guanghan County. Later, he was transferred to Mianyang. He recently arrived in Chengdu as a secretary in Chengdu.

  Zhang Xun was wearing a scribe robe, which should have been dark blue in color, but it had faded and turned white after being rinsed many times. He hung a cloth bag around his waist, which probably contained some things, and slowly left the residence, heading for the market.

  『Zhang Shuzuo, are you busy? 』Fang Ding saw Zhang Ni and said hello.

  Zhang Yan nodded, smiled, didn't say anything, let alone explained why he appeared here, and what he was going to do...

  Is Zhang Ye a fool? Obviously not. So unless he needs the cooperation of this Fang Ding to do something, or wants this Fang Ding to disclose some news, otherwise a normal person will not explain in detail what he is going to do next with a nodding acquaintance .

   Zhang Xuan is very careful.

   Be careful to live long.

  Chengdu is very prosperous now, with people coming and going on the streets.

  The common people like this kind of prosperity, and they also enjoy this kind of prosperity. Zhang Ye also likes it, but there is a problem, that is, to enjoy the prosperity, a lot of money is needed.

   Only when you have money can you enjoy the prosperity, otherwise the prosperity belongs to others, and it has nothing to do with Zhang Ye, right?

  Zhang Xuan bypassed the intersection, and then arrived at the market.

In the market, there are more people coming and going, and there are more interesting goods, such as mellow wine, high-quality mutton, and if there is more money, there are even big horses from Xiliang, bearded women from the Western Regions, It's all possible...

What? Book?

   No, Zhang Ye is not interested in books.

  For Zhang Ye, the book is just a tool for him to climb, so he has no interest in further research on this tool.

It's just that he is still a clerk now, and he was just transferred to Chengdu. He must be careful in everything, so he walked into the bookstore, searched around, found the cheapest anthology, and paid for it. Money, walked out with hands in hand.

Turning the corner again, Zhang Xie walked into a small restaurant, ordered some food and tea, and then ordered a small pot of good wine, a small plate of lamb leg, and slowly ate and drank while flipping through the anthology .

  With the gradual enrichment of social materials, the rule of two meals a day has gradually lost its original restraint.

In fact, in the ancient times and tribal ages, because the productive forces were underdeveloped, people were not bound by any system of ideas, nor did they have any worldly concepts, so they basically ate when they had something, when they were hungry, and when they were not hungry, there was no The term eating at a fixed time and at a fixed time. It was not until the Shang and Zhou dynasties, with the birth and improvement of the etiquette system, that people began to eat regularly and at fixed points, and slowly began to form a system of two meals a day.

Since there were no electric lights in ancient times, candles, etc. were too expensive, so except for special days such as the Shangyuan Festival, you can go out to play at night. The average ancient people did not have nightlife. The previous day has passed, which is why the ancient people only ate two meals a day, after all, there is not so much time for activities.

But this is only for ordinary situations. In fact, in the Han Dynasty, those relatively wealthy gentry, especially the emperors, had already started the "four meals a day" model. These four meals were "Dan Shi" and "Day Food". , "Evening Food" and "Evening Food" are breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper respectively.

For example, the current restaurants in Chengdu are basically due to the needs of merchants. Sometimes some people eat early, and sometimes some people have something to eat later. In the end, they burn the stove for most of the day, cooking and eating whenever they arrive. . The cheap ones have porridge and soup cooked in a big pot, the better ones have side dishes, and the better ones are like the wine and marinated pork that Zhang Ye eats...

   No matter how good it is, then go to the big restaurant.

  Zhang Xun never went to big restaurants, he only came to this relatively inconspicuous small restaurant.

  『Brother, this book is good...』 For some reason, there was a middle-aged businessman next to Zhang Ye, who seemed to be looking for something to say.

   Zhang Ye heard about it and put down the anthology, "It's really good... well, do you want to read it?" 』

  The middle-aged man with the appearance of a businessman smiled and said, "I'm sure what you want, but I dare not invite you." 』

  Zhang Xun handed over the anthology, then lowered his head and continued to eat and drink. Eat a sip of barley rice, grab some vegetables, drink a sip of wine, and eat a small piece of meat. Eat slowly and very attentively.

  The middle-aged man flipped through it for a while, and said with a smile, "It's really good. I'll return the original book. Thank you very much... Uh, let me ask you, did you buy this book in a bookstore?" Is there any more in the library? 』

  Zhang Yan raised his head, took the anthology with a smile, and nodded, "Of course I bought it at the bookstore, the one not far away. When I went to buy it, there were still a few books..."

  The two people seemed to be very interested in the content of the anthology, and began to discuss.

   Zhang Ye seemed to have deliberately flipped through the sentences and paragraphs in the anthology in order to verify them, and then more smiles appeared on his face...

   After a while, the middle-aged businessman left first.

  Zhang Xun collected the anthology and continued to eat.

  He speeded up his meal.

   After a while, he also finished eating, called the shopkeeper to settle the bill, and walked home unhurriedly.

When he got home, he closed the courtyard door, then entered the house, and closed the door again. Then Zhang Ning took a breath, and somewhat impatiently took out the anthology from his arms, held it in both hands, and then took out the anthology in the anthology. After picking up a piece of flying money that was sandwiched between him, he threw the anthology away, and then put his face on the flying money, took a breath intoxicated, and laughed foolishly, his face flushed a little, as if he had drunk a jar of money. The most delicious wine.

After a while, Zhang Ye took a long breath, and then walked to the corner of the house. One person moved a cabinet a little bit, and then moved away the blue bricks under the original cabinet, and took them out from under the blue bricks. A lacquer box wrapped in oiled paper.

   Inside the lacquer box, there is still oiled paper wrapped, and some lime powder that prevents insects and corrosion.

   In the center of the box is a cloth bag.

  Zhang Xun carefully took out the cloth bag, took out another stack of flying money from the cloth bag, and then happily counted it. Although Zhang Ye knew the number of flying money in his heart and counted it for countless times, he still counted it again very carefully, put the newly obtained flying money on it, and put the bag back in satisfaction. Go back into the lacquer box, and then do what you did just now in reverse...

Zhang Ye stood up, then patted the cabinet, as if patting a guard guarding money, then picked up the anthology again, then opened it, took out another note sandwiched in it, and glanced at it Then he frowned, "Why is this?" 』

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  Ma Heng was a little annoyed.

  He is in charge of the news department in Sichuan and Sichuan, not because he has any specialties in anti-spies, but because Ma Heng has relatively old qualifications on the one hand, and is loyal enough on the other.

  As for things like being calm, they are actually relatively secondary requirements. After all, there are actually many people who are calm. If this is the primary requirement, wouldn't Dong He be the most suitable?

  Dong He's work is unsteady. Clean and steady, isn't it the most suitable? In fact, it is not suitable, because no matter how calm Dong He is, he was under Liu Yan and Liu Zhang, so Dong He can serve as the prefect, or even the governor, but he cannot serve as the news department.

  Because the power controlled by Wen Si is far greater and more terrifying than what you see on the surface. If it is controlled by someone with a different heart, the consequences will inevitably be unimaginable.

  If Ma Heng had come to Sichuan earlier, it would have been better to face the current situation, at least the deployment of personnel would not be so stretched.

  There are too many points that need to be deployed and controlled, and there are too few people. In any case, each person has twelve hours. If it is used to focus on this aspect, it is impossible to keep an eye on another person in another place at the same time.

  And if you entrust the matter to ordinary soldiers, or inspectors or something, you may leak the news if you are not careful, so that you will be noticed by spies...

  Xu Shu felt that there are some spies in Sichuan and Shu, after all, there are all in Chang'an, so it doesn't make sense to say that Sichuan and Shu would be a pure soil. So this time after Xu Huang arrived in Central Sichuan, the outbreak of the epidemic in the labor camp may not have been man-made, or it may have been sabotaged secretly.

What Ma Heng has to do now is to not only screen the officials in Sichuan and Shu, do a thorough investigation, and establish a complete file while establishing the Chuanshu Youwen Department, but also cooperate with Xu Shu and Xu Huang to deal with the current emergencies. In this way, the establishment time of the news agency is relatively short, and the problem of insufficient manpower is more obvious.

  At the same time, Ma Heng will not only plan to deploy in Sichuan and Sichuan in the future, but also need to extend his tentacles, so in fact, although Ma Heng responded readily, he is actually troubled.

   Even if you are troubled, you still have to eat.

  When the sun was setting, Ma Heng returned home.

  Because of the continued political instability in the Jingzhou area and Cao Cao's blood-drawing strategy for Jingzhou, the Ma clan, like the Pang clan and the Huang clan, began to move to Guanzhong and other relatively stable areas.

  Some of the Ma family members went to Chang'an, some went to Sichuan and Sichuan, and of course some continued to stay in Jingzhou.

  Most of the noble families are like this, and they never say to put all their eggs in one basket.

  Ma Heng, as the builder of the Chuanshu Youwen Department, basically if there is no unexpected situation, he will stay in Sichuan and Shu for a long time, so he settled his own home in Chengdu. At the same time, besides Ma Heng's own family members, his fourth brother was also at home.

  Ma Heng's eldest brother stayed in Jingzhou, his third brother went to Chang'an, and his fourth brother came to Sichuan.

   It is considered a regular configuration for noble families.

The boss inherits the family business in his hometown, and the rest of the children are scattered, like seeds, maybe withered, or maybe grown into a taller and more majestic tree than before. At that time, it will not only be the one in the hometown that represents the family. Supported...

  Chengdu has a school, and Ma Heng's fourth brother also went to school in the school, and he came back earlier than Ma Heng.

  During the meal, Ma Heng's fourth brother seemed to notice that Ma Heng's expression was a little off, but he didn't say anything directly. Instead, he asked Ma Heng what happened after the meal.

  Ma Heng waved his hand, "Fourth brother, you can study at ease, and there is no need to worry about these matters." By the way, in fact, I have always wanted to ask you, why don't you go to Chang'an? The academy in Chang'an is definitely better than the one in Chengdu. 』

   On the one hand, Ma Heng is keeping it secret, and on the other hand, he does not want to distract Ma Liang from his studies.

  Ma Liang smiled, "But Chang'an has a lot of people... and there will be more and more people..."

"What's the meaning? Ma Heng frowned and said, "Isn't it good that there are so many people in the academy?" Please benefit each other and promote together. 』

Ma Liang nodded, "No, there won't be any mutual favors soon...they have to take exams, it's not the old way of being a filial piety, reputation and so on are no longer useful, so...hehe, I heard that Chang'an The students who pass the exam will basically go to Longyou... So even if I go to Chang'an, I won't be able to stay, so I might as well come to Sichuan. 』

  『Is that so…』 Ma Heng thought for a moment, then nodded, 『So, you are planning to serve in Sichuan and Shu? Why? Longyou is actually not bad...』

"No," Ma Liang shook his head and said, "Sooner or later, there will be problems in Longyou... Sichuan and Shu are better, and looking at the layout of the hussars, Sichuan and Shu are the most important places. You can go to Jingzhou in the east and Jiaozhou in the south. Can be traded, herded, plowed, defended, fought, no matter what I do in the future, I will have a chance...a bigger chance than in Chang'an...』

  Ma Heng thought for a while, nodded, and then asked: "You said Longyou will have problems sooner or later, what do you mean?" Now that Longyou has been awarded the title by Beigong, what else could be wrong? 』

"Beigong is dead, and there are Nangong, Xigong and so on..." Ma Liang said with a smile, "Xiqiang is different from Dongqiang after all. Raw barley rice needs to be cooked for a while...it must be cooked." There will be Qiang people who don't like it, or are not used to the rules of the Han family, so...it's like the Southern Huns...Well, since you don't want to say what your worries are, second brother, it must be a secret thing, so I won't ask more questions , but, the little brother has some suggestions, would the second brother want to hear it? 』

   "Tell me..." Ma Heng nodded.

  『The key to government affairs is nothing more than personnel affairs. And in personnel affairs, when a person does something, he must have a plan. Ma Liang said slowly, "Fame, fortune, love and hatred are nothing more than that." If things are not fixed, if you seek the result from the cause, you will not get what you want. If the thing is fixed, it is easy to deduce the cause from the result. Does the second brother think so? 』

  Ma Heng listened, frowned and thought for a moment, nodded, and then smiled: "I have been taught now!" Haha... Fame, fortune, love and hatred, it is true, it is true...』

  (end of this chapter)