Three Kingdoms

When Xu Zhi reappeared in the eyes of those monitors, those monitors almost shed tears.

This is like checking accounts. If there is more or less, it means there is a big problem. Only when it is just right can it be considered the best result.

The few monitors in front of the posthouse seemed to have their eyes glued to Xu Zheng, and then watched him staggering over. When he got closer, he seemed to be able to smell the smell of rouge and alcohol on Xu Zheng's body.

Oh, it turns out this guy has gone...

It seemed that there was no need to say more, as the monitor had an answer in his mind.

But Xu Zhi did not go directly through the door. Instead, he walked in front of several monitors, and then stood face to face with the monitors with big eyes and small eyes.

"Ask a question..." Xu Ju said.

The monitors looked at each other, and then the older one spoke hesitantly: "What's the matter?" 』

Xu Ju scratched the back of his head, as if he was reminiscing or thinking, "I just want to ask... this, well, in addition to Taipingli and Shengpingli, and Fanjia Alley, in the past two years, Is there nothing good in Xu County? 』

"Taipingli..." The expression on the old watcher's face was a bit wonderful.

The younger monitor on the side also had a somewhat distorted face.

Someone once said that the oldest profession of mankind is actually inseparable from desire.

The Taiping Lane, Shengping Lane and Fanjia Alley mentioned by Xu Ju are actually the locations where these specific industries operate.

"No, I don't know!" ” The old monitor blushed, “These... I don’t even know what you are talking about! 』

"Hi! Stop pretending..." Xu Ju said with a smile, "Oh, look, you are not pretending at all. Look, besides the robe you are wearing, what else does it look like? Like a farmer? Ahaha, don't be angry, are you just eating for free... I just want to ask, after all, I finally came back, so I can't just go back like this, right? If this is not fun, how can I brag about it to my brothers? Tell me, if you tell me a good place, it will be easy for you to find it wherever I go, right? Otherwise, if I ask others on the street where I have gone, you may not be able to find me..."

Hearing this, the old monitor and the young monitor couldn't help but look at each other. After a moment of silence, the old man whispered: "This... I really don't understand..."

"Taikangli..." the younger supervisor said, "I just heard... that it was Taikangli, and it was said that some new...new goods..."

"I understand, Tai Kangli!" ” Xu Ju clapped his hands and said, “Okay, I got it, thank you... When will you two take action? If you're interested, can we go together then? Isn’t it better to be happy alone than to be happy together? Hahaha……"

"..." The two monitors were speechless.

After Xu Ju wandered back to the post house and told Wang Chang about the expressions of the watchers at the door, who looked like pig liver, both of them burst out laughing.

"So..." Wang Chang pondered for a while after hearing what Xu Jue said about the meeting and discussion between him and Xu Ping, "This Kong family child can only die once?" 』

Xu Ju nodded.

Wang Chang frowned, "In this case, we must send him away first, otherwise if he stays around the post house for a long time, there will inevitably be mistakes..."

In addition to Wang Chang's ostensibly coming to celebrate the emperor, the other thing that can be made public is to welcome Xun You's family to Chang'an. Of these two things, one is related to the emperor's face, so no one dares to stop it, and the other is an internal matter of the Xun family. As long as Xun Yu nods, the people of the Xun family will not jump out even if they have opinions. , unless those people want to go head-to-head with Xun Yu.

Therefore, these two things are relatively suitable to be put on the table and followed step by step. However, for Kong Rong's children, it is not suitable to follow the official route, and it is not convenient to mix them together, otherwise they will interact with each other. The impact has made things that were easy to do become difficult. Isn’t this self-defeating?

Xu Ju nodded and said, "It's really not convenient for us to come forward in this matter." Within three or two days, there will be a conclusion. 』

"Two or three days?" ” Wang Chang was slightly surprised, “So fast? 』

Xu Ju nodded and said: "If you, a knight-errant, can't do it all at once, I'm afraid... so you must be quick..."

There is one more thing that Xu Zhi didn't mention, even the rangers are often a loser. If there is no action here for a long time and there are no practical benefits, then the rangers may be sold to the other side. Don't think that just because a knight has the word "xia", he can abide by any moral principles.

People who talk about benevolence, justice and morality every day are probably not as abiding by benevolence and justice as those men who are silent on weekdays.

From a certain point of view, rescuing Kong Rong's children is a "benevolent" and "chivalrous" thing, so the rangers must be willing, and with the financial stimulation, of course they are very motivated, but the opposite is true If it is not done well, or if it is delayed for too long, and the tone continues to be relaxed, it is one thing whether the people involved in the matter are strict or not. There will be conflicts over eating and drinking, and the sharing of the spoils... well, conflicts abound due to uneven distribution of money. Yes, so it must be fast, from forming a team, um, well, from gradually forming a team to specific implementation, it is best to solve the problem before internal conflicts arise.

Xu Ju knew the advantages of the ranger, and naturally also understood the shortcomings of the ranger, so he said that once this matter needs to be done, it must be done quickly and must not be delayed.

At the same time, if Xu Ping does this, it means that Xu Ping is on the bed, er, on the boat...

"Um. Wang Chang nodded, saying that he could understand it, but moving too fast may not necessarily be a good thing. For example, if it is too fast, it will easily leave some loopholes. "If you act in a hurry, if this happens...do you have a plan?" 』

Xu Ju shook his head and said, "As long as you bribe the jailer and then report a sudden death... As long as you delay it for a day or two, the person will be gone..."

Anyway, in the feudal dynasty, it was normal for some people to die suddenly in prison from time to time.

Wang Chang sighed. Although this matter is not in line with Wang Chang's habits, he prefers to plan everything carefully and prepare everything before acting. Acting without any plan really makes him a little uncomfortable.

"Let me think about it..." Since there is no plan prepared, Wang Chang, as the decision-maker, of course needs to add, "Kong Wenju... after the change, you must inform Kong Wenju, otherwise you can hide it from others, how can you hide it from yourself?" people? As for the Kong Wenju clan, forget it... If you really had the intention, you wouldn't have done anything while Kong Wenju was in jail..."

Relatives are sometimes worse than friends. This friend must be a real friend. An ordinary dog ​​meat friend is not as good as an ordinary relative. Of course, ordinary relatives are just a little better than dog meat friends. For example, if something happened to Kong Rong, they didn’t see the Kong family running around, as if the person who was caught was a stranger, regardless of what they had sworn before. Indicates that they are related to Kong Rong.

"Second, don't be stingy with money. Wang Chang said, "If you want people to sacrifice their lives, you have to give them enough!" But you can’t give too much, otherwise it will be easy to cause trouble... If you give 10% on weekdays, we can almost achieve it by giving 12%..."

Xu Ju nodded and smiled.

If a problem can be solved with money, it is not a big problem. There are indeed problems in the world that cannot be solved with money, but the remaining 99% can basically be solved with money.

"Third, pay attention to the follow-up when rescuing people," Wang Chang said to Xu Zhi, "If there is someone... you know what to do..."

Xu Ju showed some white teeth and said, "Don't worry about doing this!" If someone really doesn't want to open his eyes, then you can only help him open his eyes! 』

"By the way, you should hang around more these two days," Wang Chang confessed, "You saw it when you came in, there were a lot of people..."

Xu Ju smiled and said, "Isn't this to be expected?" I was being watched closely, so I was able to provide cover for Director Chen and others! 』

Wang Chang also smiled, and then nodded, "Okay, if you need anything, go make a list." 』

Xu Ju bowed his hands and stepped back without mentioning it.

Wang Chang was sitting in the hall, meditating.

This time, in addition to the obvious things, we also need to build three sets of "chariots and horses". One set is naturally from the Xu family, the Ranger route, and the other set is from Wang He, a Mohist who is engaged in some handicrafts. manpower, and another set of routes that Chen Bin himself runs in Xu County.

If divided according to the number of people, Chen Bin's management has more people, followed by the rangers, and the Mo family has the least people, but if it is divided according to the stable level, it is the other way around. Therefore, the truly important and secret matters must be focused on the Mohist family.

The subordinates developed by Chen Bin have a mixed staff, and their confidentiality is similar to that of the ranger. However, the ranger's kind can keep secrets for a short period of time, but they will be ruined over time. However, if Chen Bin's subordinates are used by Cao's people, Penetration means that confidentiality is poor in both the short and long term.

Therefore, youxia and others can only be used to do things such as saving Kong Rong's children, and after they are accomplished, they are often the easiest to attract others' attention. The ranger has an innate ability to control his words. Even though he was told to keep it secret, he couldn't possibly brag about it when he was drinking heavily that day.

As for the monitors outside the post house, Wang Chang said that the more monitors he attracts here in the post house, the more blind spots there will be for the monitors in other parts of Xu County. After all, monitoring is a very hard and tedious job. In addition, Wang Chang discovered that there is no so-called shift system among them, so as long as they make some moves from time to time, these monitors will be exhausted. , over time, it becomes difficult to concentrate.

While Wang Chang was planning and arranging, Xun Yu, who was at Shangshutai, also received relevant information.

Xun Yu didn't pay much attention to Wang Chang and his party at first.

Usually there are some envoys coming and going between Shandong and Shanxi, which may not be as grand as Wang Chang's trip. There are also some communication and delivery on weekdays, but now, some of Wang Chang's behaviors made Xun Yu feel something unusual. .

Xun Yu was very busy, so he didn't have time to keep an eye on Wang Chang. He just ordered people to do this.

His subordinates summarized the surveillance information every day, and Xun Yu soon discovered that Wang Chang was more active than Zhuge Jin and others who came before. At least in Wang Chang's contact with the Yingchuan noble clan's children, he was more proactive or less avoidant.

For the Yingchuan nobles, they actually don't mind having another road, even if it is just a superficial road, they can eat, drink, hold banquets, etc. For these noble children of Yingchuan, it is basically equivalent to zero investment. Because even if the nobles didn't entertain Wang Chang, they would entertain someone else, so why not do it? There is nothing to lose anyway. What if we can find a way out if something really happens?

In the past, Zhuge Jin and others could not be invited, but now Wang Chang is attacking everywhere, and has also brought some of the latest scriptures and the revised annotations of the Qinglong Temple. These things are very popular among the gentry children. After all, Even if the Shandong gentry are usually dissatisfied with the serious interpretation of Qinglong Temple's Great Theory, the core of their dissatisfaction is actually that they failed to participate in it...

Just like the Xiping Stone Scripture, although many Shandong people criticized it, there were not a few who copied it and made rubbings.

Soon, Xun Yu received a formal notification from Wang Chang, saying that he would take Xun You's family to Chang'an. At the same time, some Yuzhou disciples in Chang'an also wanted to transfer their families to Chang'an, so Wang Chang suggested Establish communication channels between the two parties and a formal talent exchange platform to provide necessary help to solve the problems of the families of these personnel.

This is Wang Chang's superficial reply to Xun Yu...

But Xun Yu instinctively felt that things might not be that simple.

It is obviously not appropriate to ban this.

Because Wang Chang had announced this matter at the banquet, if Xun Yu's side imposed a unilateral ban, on the one hand there was no proper reason, and on the other hand it would only make these families resentful.

It was already dark, but there were still dots of candlelight in Xun Yu's study.

The thin moonlight streamed in through the gaps in the window panes, slightly diluting the viscous darkness, and seemed to be joining hands with the candlelight to fight against the darkness.

Xun Yu sat calmly at the table, like a lonely night watchman.

Facing the darkness alone, looking forward to the dawn.

There is tea on the table.

When the tea is hot, the tea aroma is stronger, but after the tea is cold, there is a bit more bitterness behind the tea aroma.

Xun Yu didn't ask his servant to warm the tea again or make new tea. He picked up the herbal tea. The slightly bitter aroma lingered on the tip of his tongue, making him seem to taste something at this moment, and his frowned brows relaxed slightly. .

The moonlight outside the window was still clear. Xun Yu put down his teacup and stroked his beard. A faint sigh slipped out of his lips, "The tricks of the hussar are really... endless..."

What is most important for the 21st century?

Uncle Ge believes that talents are not just one, but many.

So for a feudal dynasty like the Han Dynasty, what was also important was talents.

Talent is the cornerstone of a dynasty. The palace that carries the glory of the dynasty records the splendid times of the dynasty. If a dynasty loses its talents, then the dynasty will naturally gradually lose its color and fall into dust.

Although Wang Chang said that this is a two-way comrades, if someone wants to go to Chang'an, they go to Chang'an, and if someone wants to come to Yuzhou, they come to Yuzhou. Both parties provide convenience, and neither party deliberately blocks it. On the surface, it seems fair, but in fact Shang Xunyu knew that this was actually one-way.

In Chang'an, unless someone like Xi Liu, whose reputation is greater than his talent and knowledge, would think of coming to Shandong, the question is, can someone like Xi Liu do anything practical? All I want to think about all day long is to attract attention and talk about something. Even if I am wrong about something, I will hide for a while and then pretend to be nonchalant and continue to hang out...

If these people control the top of the academic world, how can they allow truly talented people to climb up? In addition, Cao Cao wanted to control the court, the military, and the local area...

Xun Yu sighed.

It will be a huge earthquake for the talents of Yingchuan, and even the talents of Shandong as a whole.

Xun Yu could imagine that after the news was announced, he would go to Chang'an to make a living, and then take the slogan of making his father, his wife, his wife rich together, and he might be shouted at by the lower-level talents, and their heads would be broken. flow……

The apparent forced ban will not have much effect. Could it be said that no one came to Guanzhong before Wang Chang suggested setting up a platform for communication between the two parties?

Therefore, the only way to truly compete is to improve one's own treatment of talents. Regarding the promotion, reuse, and corresponding benefits of real talents, everything else is illusory. People can't live without faith, but people can't live by faith alone. They can't live by eating, drinking, sleeping with their wives and children, and they can't just rely on family justice and the emperor's call to survive without eating, drinking, or wearing clothes.

The Emperor is not wrong in being in Shandong, but the Emperor cannot give these people the treatment they deserve. Naturally, no matter how much he calls for or how great his righteousness is, he cannot retain them.

But……

These people in Shandong, whether they are the so-called heirs of scriptures, virtuous families from generation to generation, or Cao Cao who has always claimed to be meritorious and regardless of fame, in fact, what they can give is very limited.

On one side are fragrant chariots and angry horses, on the other side are three melons and two dates.

Xun Yu's eyes fell on the memorial beside the desk. It was written to Cao Cao, suggesting that Cao Cao improve the treatment of talents and give them more practical positions. However, Xun Yu also knew that this memorial was delivered to Cao Cao. At that time, Cao Cao would inevitably wonder whether Xun Yu was taking the opportunity to expand the power of the Shandong gentry and hinder Cao Cao's process of invading the Shandong gentry.

Xun Yu reached out and touched the memorial, and then sighed softly again.

Do your duty.

It's just blessings and misfortunes. How can a gentleman cherish his life because of blessings and misfortunes?