The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

When Cao Cao withdrew from Dongjun, many local subordinates in Yanzhou did not follow him.

After all, like Cheng Li, not only did he see Cao Cao as a great man in the world, but he was also deeply tied to Cao Cao, or a minority; he was like Wan Qian, who had surrendered to Xunzhen and betrayed again. , and he is the only one who can only follow Cao Cao.

A considerable number of Cao Cao's original works, especially those Yanzhou officials who were put under his account when Cao Cao succeeded Liu Dai and entered Yanzhou, are hard to leave their homeland, and their loyalty to Cao Cao has not been enough to abandon their parents and wives. For good reasons, they were all unwilling to leave Yan with him.

Even Li Xiang and Liang Kui tried to assassinate Cao Cao after he was defeated, in order to turn to Xun Zhen.

But Li Gan, as a town tycoon, really needs to show his righteousness. Although he definitely won't do something like Li Xiang and Liang Kui did to assassinate Cao Cao, he still doesn't want to leave Yanzhou. One of the people who did not want to leave their hometown with Cao Cao.

In fact, even if he wanted to, his minions wouldn't.

When Cao Cao evacuated Dongjun, Li Gan and his troops were stationed in Dongjun, so he surrendered to Pan Zhang after Cao Cao left.

——This Li Gan is the same Li Gan who was originally from Juye County, Shanyang County, and then went to Chengshi County, Jiyin County, where thousands of families gathered, and later joined Cao Cao and followed Cao Cao to fight the Yellow Turbans in Yanzhou. Juye is located in the western boundary of Sanyang County, bordering the Cheng clan.

Xun Zhen was not familiar with Li Gan's name at first, but he had a nephew, who Xun Zhen had heard of in his previous life, Li Dian.

However, Li Dian is not very well-known now, and he is not paid much attention to. This is because, firstly, he is Li Gan's son, and Li Gan has a son named Li Zheng; secondly, Li Dian does not like the military, he likes to read since he was a child. Zuo's Biography, that is to say, he specializes in the "Spring and Autumn Zuo's Biography", and he has read a lot of books. He is more like a Confucian than a general. Li Dian is not very old now, so his fame has not yet been revealed.

Li Gan, Li Zheng, and Li Dian do not need to say much for the time being.

...

Just saying what Xuankang said, "I just received Li Gan's military newspaper, and Li Gan said that he would have to wait a few more days before his troops could leave the camp" and so on.

This is to say that after Xun Zhen decided to transfer Xu Rong and his troops to attack Yin in Henan, in order to supplement the troops of Guangling County and at the same time learn the lesson of Li Jin's rebellion, he ordered Li Gan to lead him. His part was changed to be stationed in Guangling County.

The part, put on a country hero like Li Gan, has two meanings.

One is a soldier who can fight on the battlefield, in other words, the young and strong under his command; the other is all the people who follow someone, in other words, it is the thousands of people that Li Gan summoned, including men, women, the old and the weak. all of them.

Xun Zhen gave Li Gan's order to "Lead Buqu to be stationed in Guangling." The "buqu" in this order refers to the former.

As for the latter, the fathers, mothers, wives, sons, daughters, etc. of the old and weak, that is, the "young and strong", Xunzhen specially set aside a place near Changyi, Yanzhou County, for them to live. allotted to fields.

Obviously, Xun Zhen was trying to transform Li Gan from a tyrant of a separatist village into an ordinary general under his account.

When Cao Cao was under Cao Cao before, Cao Cao was at the time of employing people, and he was very accommodating to Li Gan, who brought thousands of families and tens of thousands of people to the township, and allowed them to continue as usual, young and strong, old and weak. They all live together, and those people who join Li Gan are still under the direct jurisdiction of Li Gan, and Cao Cao will never interfere.

——In fact, this attitude of Cao Cao is also the general attitude of the "lord" to the tyrants in today's troubled times. If nothing else, Xun Zhen, Xun Zhen treated Li Tong of Runan County exactly the same way Cao Cao treated Li Gan. Even now, in Ruyin and other counties, Li Tong is still like a king of the earth, and his tribes and people are still under his direct command. This is also a last resort. Small separatist forces such as Li Tong and Li Gan have now spread far and wide. If they take away their guests when the situation is not stable, it is very likely that Will provoke their rebellion, only slowly.

However, he said that when he suddenly came to Xun Zhen and changed Cao Cao's treatment of Li Gan, would Li Gan agree?

No way to disagree.

Xunzhen is not comparable to Cao Cao. Now not only is there no enemy of Xunzhen in Yanzhou, but Xunzhen has also conquered Qingzhou. Qing, Yan, Xu, and Yu are all connected together. It can be said that, The vast area east of the Yellow River, Luoyang, and north of Jianghuai is now the land of Xunzhen, and he is well-deserved to call him the "Southeast King"; there are only thousands of trilogy under his hands, Li Ganzai. If he didn't want to, how dare he not obey Xun Zhen's order? Just follow it honestly.

But having said that, Li Gan's army is still different from the regular army after all. The soldiers under his command need to say goodbye to their families before going south to Guangling. Therefore, he asked Xun Zhen to give him a few more days. time.

As a matter of fact, this delay still has to be given to him.

After hearing Xuankang's report, Xun Zhen said, "Okay, then give him a few more days." Asking Xuankang, he said, "Are all the grain seeds, cattle, and various pensions given to Li cadre Qu? "

This "department" naturally refers to the latter, the weak and weak people of Li Gan Quzhong who will be relocated to the vicinity of Changyi.

Xuankang replied: "It has already been sent."

Xun Zhen said: "Explain Gongda, hurry up, let them settle down, and re-incorporate them into Qimin."

This is civil affairs, Xuankang did not answer, Xun Yu responded and said, "Brother, don't worry, I have already issued a document to Gongda."

On the other hand, Xun Zhen remembered another thing about the fact that the people who migrated and joined Li Gan came to the vicinity of Changyi, and asked Xun Yu, "How is Gongda's implementation of the government affairs of migrating Cheng's Li's family? Why is there no return?"

Xun Yu replied, "Brother, there are a thousand or two thousand family members and guests of the Cheng Clan's Li Clan. It is not easy to migrate. The last time Gongda came to the letter, he said that he had already migrated for most of the time; Yudi went to Gongda again two days ago. A book asking him about the latest migration situation, and the palindrome that he wants to come to Gongda will be delivered in two days."

Li Jin's influence in the Cheng clan was very strong. Although Li Jin was defeated, he had already been executed. However, there were still many members and guests of his clan in the Cheng clan.

The geographical location of Cheng's family is very important. To the east is 200 miles. After Dongjun is Jizhou. Less than 100 miles to the west, it is Zhichangyi, Yanzhou Prefecture. To the north is the vast Dayeze, and to the south is Shunji River. At the bottom, Baishili is the county seat of Jiyin Dingtao.

She had already suffered the loss of Li Jin's rebellion against the Cheng clan. Of course, Xun Zhen had to take precautions to completely cut off the risk that the Li clan might cause chaos again, so she ordered Xun Yu to relocate all the Cheng clan and the guests of the Li clan. Li Cheng's family, arrange to go to the border of Yan and Xu, and do another resettlement.

Xun Zhen nodded and said, "After the Li family's move, the Cheng family's important land will be solid. When the battle against Benchu ​​comes to Japan, Dongjun will be able to worry about it."

Xun Yu said, "Yes."

Xun Zhen's thoughts turned back to Li Gan's side, and after pondering for a while, he ordered Xuankang to say, "Go to Xu Rong to the Taoist court, and tell him that there is no need to wait for Li Gan's part to arrive at Guangling. He only needs to call his part together. All right, then you can lead your troops to Yuzhou, go to Yingchuan first, and wait for our army's order to take Henan Yin!"

Xuan Kang promises.

Xu Rong had already come to Tan County to meet Xun Zhen, and had just returned to Guangling a few days ago.

When the two met, Xun Zhen told Xu Rong in detail why he wanted to fight Henan Yin.

And he also carefully instructed him on the matters needing attention.

After ordering Xu Rong to return to Guangling, he immediately gathered his troops and tried to pull out the camp at the end of May or early June and go to Yuzhou.

...

As mentioned above, Yingchuan County is next to Henan Yin. If you attack Henan Yin, Yingchuan County will be the rear base. Liu Bei has also started to prepare for the war now. While building granaries and receiving grains from all over Yingchuan, he actively dispatched scouts to go deep into Yin and other counties in Henan to investigate the specific enemy situation, and to get in touch with the current Henan Yin Luoye to test the situation. his attitude.

Sun Ce's room was also preparing to fight with Xu Rong.

As for the excuse for attacking Henan Yin, there is a secret purpose of the emperor, but Xun Zhen doesn't need to think about it any more.

Li Jue, Ma Teng, etc. fought endlessly in Chang'an, and the safety of the emperor was in danger. As a loyal minister of the Han family, according to the emperor's will, he dispatched troops to serve the king, as it should be.

Of course, this excuse cannot be announced yet, because if it is announced too early, it will inevitably attract the attention of Li Jue, Yuan Shao and others, which will have a negative effect. Li Jue will definitely send troops to reinforce Hongnong County, and maybe he will The troops were sent to Yin, Henan; and Yuan Shao would definitely ask Zhang Yang to make a military deployment in advance to prevent Xun Zhen's troops from entering Yin, Henan.

Speaking of publicity, may wish to say one more thing.

Xun Zhen was aware of Zhang Yang's embarrassment and embarrassment. Xun Zhen knew that Zhang Yang was not willing to obey Yuan Shao's orders, so he planned to send someone to see him when Henan Yin was officially deployed to see if he could bring him to his side.

To achieve this goal, it is estimated that it will be difficult.

Yuan Shao was a resistance. Now that he had fled to Hanoi, Zhang Miao, who was treated as a guest by Zhang Yang, might also be a resistance. Although Zhang Miao was at odds with Yuan Shao, Xun Zhen seized his territory, and in comparison, Xun Zhen was his enemy.

...

Not long after Xuankang left, Chen Qun came to the hall again, reporting something related to Li Gan.

Li Gan was forced to take the soldiers to Guangling County, and left the civilians, who were controlled by Xunzhen like hostages. It is conceivable that he and his soldiers would inevitably be dissatisfied, or Uneasy; at this time, a stick in one hand and a sweet date in the other are obviously essential. Xun Zhen was ordered to give him and his soldiers some rewards.

Chen Qun is currently serving as a sacrificial wine for military resources. He is in charge of the army's revenue, expenditure, and finances. Every reward must be in his hands.

He is here to report the reward to Li Gan and his soldiers, and it has already been sent.

The rewards were not small. Those who were rewarded to Li Gan were rich in money and silk, and those who were rewarded to his soldiers were included in money, rice, and meat.

After listening to Xuankang and Chen Qun's report, it was already night.

Xi Zhicai waited for their respective resignations, and Chen Qun also said goodbye and left.

Looking at the back of Chen Qun leaving the hall, Xun Zhen suddenly remembered something.

But just a few days ago, Chen Qun asked Xun Zhen privately and told Xun Zhen that Chen Ji asked him about Kong Rong.

Chen Ji and Kong Rong are friends. When Chen Qun was a teenager, he actually knew Kong Rong. The so-called "friends of Ji Qun" are also. Kong Rong was between Chen Ji and Chen Qun. He first became friends with Chen Ji and then with Chen Qun, and because he was friends with Chen Qun, he changed his nephew to meet Chen Ji. Therefore, Chen Ji was still very concerned about Kong Rong's death.

Before arriving in Xuzhou, he was still in Yuzhou, and when he was on his way to Xuzhou, Chen Ji heard about Kong Rong's death.

After arriving in Tan County, he once hesitated to say anything. At that time, he wanted to ask Xun Zhen what happened to Kong Rong's death? But he was a kind person, and he probably didn't want to embarrass Xun Zhen, so he didn't ask him face to face after all.

Instead of asking Xun Zhen face to face, Chen Ji then turned to Chen Qun.

Chen Qun truthfully explained to Chen Ji that the poisoning of Kong Rong was not at the behest of Xun Zhen, but at Qin Xiang's own initiative.

After the question was clear, Chen Ji was heartbroken, but when he saw Xun Zhen again, he did not continue to ask about the matter.

But although he didn't ask, and after the news that Kong Rong was poisoned by Qin Xiang, Xun Zhen was already worried, would this matter damage his reputation? Because after hearing Chen Qun's private report a few days ago, Xun Zhen's worry can be said to be even bigger now.

Do you want to explain to Chen Ji in person?

Watching Chen Qun's figure go away in the Yexia courtyard, out of the courtyard gate, and eventually disappeared.

Xun Zhen thought about it, and she was a little undecided.

After sitting alone in the hall for a while, Xun Zhen decided to go back to the back house and ask Chen Zhi for her opinion.

...

When they entered the back house, Chen Zhi was not in the house.

After asking the two maids, Xun Zhen knew that Chen Zhi had gone to Chen Qun's house and accompanied Chen Ji.

Xun Zhen had dinner in her room and waited for her.

After waiting for a long time, Chen Zhi didn't come back.

The night was getting dark, and the maid outside entered the newspaper and said, "Everyone, there is a slave from the Chen family to report. The mistress is staying at the Chen family tonight."

Xun Zhen came out of Chen Zhi's house.

Just as he was about to go to the study, one person walked along the corridor and came towards him.

This person has a bun like a cloud, curved eyebrows, rosy lips, wearing a pale yellow sur skirt with a ribbon around his waist. Zhen's height has grown, but she is Chi's maid.

Chi's maid Yingying saluted and said, "I have seen everyone before."

"Ah, get up, why are you so polite."

Chi Mai got up, looked at Xun Zhen, and asked, "What's wrong with everyone?"

Xun Zhen said, "What happened to me?"

The maidservant Chi said: "How does the concubine look at everyone, as if she is very preoccupied?"

Xun Zhen felt that there was no strange expression, and when she heard what the maidservant said, she asked, "Do I have something on my mind?"

Maid Chi showed seriousness in her beautiful eyes and said, "Yes."

Xun Zhen smiled unconsciously and said, "You know me. Yes, I'm worried about something."

The maid asked: "What is it, can you tell the concubine?"

Maid Chi is different from Chen Zhi. Chen Zhi is knowledgeable and reasonable, and she is Chen Ji's daughter, so if you want to explain to Chen Ji, you can ask her opinion. Maid Chi had never been in contact with Xun Zhen's official business, because even if she told her, it would be of no use.

Xun Zhen called her forward, took her hand, and smiled, "Tell me, can you help me out?"

Maid Chi didn't know what to think, her face flushed slightly, and she said, "I may not be able to help you relieve everyone's troubles, but she can temporarily relieve everyone's worries."

Looking down at the red lips that the maid pursed lightly, how could Xun Zhen not know what she meant?

It has been more than ten days since she hasn't been to Chi's maid's room, so Xun Zhen stopped going to the study, and went to her room with her slender hands.

The door of the house was closed, Xun Zhen sat on the couch, the maid Chi half unfastened Luo Chang, knelt on the ground, opened her cherry lips, and fell on Xun Zhen's lap.

It was hearty, but it really was a little relief for Xun Zhen.

That night, he slept in the late servant's house.

...

The next morning, Chen Zhi came back.

When Xun Zhen saw her, she told her what Chen Qun told herself two days ago about Chen Ji asking Kong Rong about it, and asked Chen Zhi, and said, "Young Master, do you want me to explain to Duke Chen in person?"

Chen Zhi thought for a while, then asked Xun Zhen, and said, "Dare to ask your husband, how will you explain it?"

Xun Zhen thought for a while, then said, "It's really hard to speak."

Chen Zhi said: "When I saw the cheap concubine yesterday, my father didn't ask about the death of the cheap concubine Kong Beihai. Since the husband has not thought about how to explain it, the cheap concubine is stupid, so why don't you explain it."

Xun Zhen sighed and said, "That's the only way." Immediately, she sighed again.

Chen Zhi asked, "Why did your husband sigh again?"

Xun Zhen said: "I think of Kang Chenggong. I asked Kang Chenggong to come to Tan again and again, but he refused. Now that Kong Beihai was poisoned by Qin Xiang, I want to invite Kang Chenggong to Tan again. It's even more difficult."

To be honest, Qin Xiang poisoned Kong Rong, although it did cause a lot of trouble for Xun Zhen, but in fact he also reduced a lot of trouble for Xun Zhen in the future.

Just imagine, with Kong Rong's temperament, self-esteem, and arrogant, if he was not poisoned by Qin Xiang, but was invited to Tan County by Xun Zhen, how would he treat Xun Zhen after he arrived in Tan County? Constant reproach and even humiliation are inevitable. If so, what should Xun Zhen do? Is it respecting him? Or alienate him? Let him be free, or punish him? It's bound to be a dilemma.

And Kong Rong is very famous, he is very likely to unite a group of scholars around him~www.wuxiamtl.com~ This is all trouble in public opinion.

Therefore, it is said that Qin Xiang's poisoning of Kong Rong has caused all kinds of troubles to Xun Zhen at present, but in the long run, Xun Zhen may have more advantages than disadvantages.

It's just that Kong Rong, a well-known person, can't die without understanding. Someone has to come out and take responsibility. Xun Zhen asked Qin Gan to write a letter to Qin Xiang, ordering Qin Xiang to commit suicide, which was also a last resort. ——But it was Qin Xiang who was young, and because of his father Qin Gan, he had been working smoothly under Xun Zhen’s account, so he didn’t know the dangers of politics, and he lost his life because of this, and he could sigh.

But when he was talking to Chen Zhi, he suddenly felt the light in the room dimmed, and then he heard the exclamations of the maids in the courtyard.

Xun Zhen and Chen Zhi stepped outside, and after only a moment of effort, they saw that the courtyard was already pitch black, as if it was late at night.

Chen Zhihua's face turned pale, her former stability and grandeur disappeared, and she subconsciously hid in Xun Zhen's arms.

Xun Zhen quickly reacted and raised her head to look at the sky.

I saw that the original round of the sun disappeared at this time, but a solar eclipse occurred.

Perhaps because she was thinking about Chen Ji and Kong Rong, an inappropriate thought suddenly appeared in Xun Zhen's mind.

It is time to replace the three princes of the court.

...

From Tanxian County to the northwest, it passes through Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Jizhou, and reaches Youzhou, which is more than a thousand miles away.

Upper Valley County.

On the prairie that was as dark as night, thousands of people raised their heads to look up at the sky.

One person raised his arms to the sky and shouted: "The thieves are rampant, and the emperor is covered in dust; Liu Youzhou was murdered by Gongsun Zan, and the sky is also angry, and there is food every day!"

Several people next to them drew their knives in their hands, raised them to the sky, and shouted in unison, "I vow to kill Gongsun Zan and avenge Liu Youzhou!"

Thousands of people raised their weapons and shouted in unison, "I vow to kill Gongsun Zan and avenge Liu Youzhou!"