At this moment, Zhuge Gui was looking through the papers of the current Magistrate Mou, who was also the former Magistrate Fei. The more he read, the more he felt that this person must be dealt with thoroughly.
The former County Magistrate Fei was born in Xiaolian. After serving for three years, Shangshu Lang was sent to their Taishan County to serve as County Magistrate. After three years of serving, he moved to the left and moved to Mou County Magistrate. It can be said that his official career was prosperous.
Now this person is just County Magistrate Fei and dares to embezzle Mo’s army salary. Later he will be in Mou County and go to the central government. How much Mo Mo will he embezzle and how much people’s support will he amass? Therefore, this seedling must be strangled in the bud, otherwise sooner or later
Harm comes from it.
Logically speaking, ordinary people know that this gentleman has a bright future, so they will form a good relationship with him if they can. They also know that their children and nephews may need this person to promote filial piety and honesty in the future.
But Zhuge Gui is not an ordinary person. The Zhuge family is a pure family and would rather not join the officialdom than receive such humiliating promotion.
He was about to call the Eastern Supervisor to come over and ask him to go to Mou County to inspect the county. Although the post of the Supervisor is just a hundred-stone official, it is an important position. He has the power to supervise the county magistrate, the county chief, and the county.
Officials at all levels have the right to arrest and interrogate the county magistrate, but they cannot kill without authorization. Of course, if the postal governor wants to risk his own life, it is not uncommon for him to kill the county magistrate after being arrested.
Although the postal governor in the east was established by Zhang Ju, the prefect, I have always had a good relationship with him and he is courageous in taking on tasks. If you leave this matter to him, you will not be disappointed.
But at this moment, Zhuge Gui saw Shi Bianwei coming into the recording office. He immediately showed his face and stood up to greet Bian Wei.
Although Bian Wei was a member of Prefect Zhang Juna, his friends, Zhuge Gui, never looked at who he belonged to, but only who he was. And Bian Wei was undoubtedly the type of person he admired. His family background was innocent.
, elegant prose and argumentation, rich in rhetoric, a talent.
Zhuge Gui stood up to welcome Bian Wei to his seat and said with a smile:
"Shizai, why do you have time to come to my place today? You came just in time. I recently got a cursive calligraphy by Zhang Boying. Come and take a look."
After saying that, Zhuge Gui took Bian Wei to the quiet room in the side chamber and took out a volume of calligraphy. He handed it back and praised:
"I didn't expect that the son of Old Sinong who spent his whole life as a soldier would be as good at writing as a saint. Shizai, you don't know that Zhang Boying's calligraphy and stickers can be said to be rare in Kyoto. This calligraphy was also given to me by a classmate of Taixue University.
My great gift."
Bian Wei had a city mansion, and even though he was thinking about what Zhang Ju had ordered, his face remained calm. He opened the calligraphy sticker, took a closer look, and saw that his writing skills were exquisite, and he praised:
"Although this cursive calligraphy method was only developed in this dynasty, it is not a small way. First there was Qi Xiang Du Du, who was known as a good calligrapher. Later, there were Mr. Cui Yuan and Mr. Cui Shi, also known as both Gong Gong. I have been fortunate enough to see several people calligraphy and writing.
, Du's calligraphy has strong bones, while Er Cui's calligraphy is skillful. Now I look at Boying's calligraphy, it can be said that it has both, extraordinary and holy!"
Zhuge Gui laughed loudly:
"As expected, I said you must like it, Shizai. Come on, let's sit down and talk. You don't really come here to read any words."
Bian Wei took his seat, gathered his clothes and bowed:
"Ashamed, I have been entrusted by others and I do not hide my loyalty from Lord Zhuge. There is indeed something I want to discuss with you."
"Speaking."
"There is something. The prefect asked me to ask if the former Fei County Magistrate Zhang He could make up for all the money he had inked. Let's just forget about it. You know, if this is really done, Zhang He will be dead.
.Jun Cheng, you can't bear to let the talents cultivated by the country go to waste."
Upon hearing this, Zhuge Gui stood up and scolded:
"What's the use of it? These thieves and traitors should be punished by the law. If they are allowed to continue to run free, I don't know how many people will be harmed. Five hundred thousand dollars! You know if you accept this five hundred thousand dollars, the Li Shu below will
How many deaths will it cost? The Guizhou family has to bury their children and spoil their daughters just to save a few dozen dollars. Five hundred thousand dollars! How many deaths will it cost? You, Bian Shizai, don’t know?"
Bian Wei's face turned green and red after being scolded. He knew that this matter was a hard job, but he had no choice. Not only for himself, but also for Zhuge Gui in front of him, it was best to handle this matter according to the prefect's method.
He tried hard to persuade:
"Jun Cheng, I have something that feels stuck in my throat and I won't spit it out quickly. These are my words from the bottom of my heart. Please listen to me."
Seeing Bian Wei's solemn words, Zhuge Gui, who had already fluffed his sleeves, sat down again. He wanted to listen to what Bian Shizai had to say.
Bian Wei solemnly said:
"Jun Cheng, the way to be an official is to ask for orders from the people, but in reality we are herdsmen for the country. Whether we herdsmen are good or not depends essentially on how the superior officials judge us. No matter how much things are done at the lower level, the superiors will not see it.
If you don't want to see it, what's the use? Therefore, the most important thing for an official is to be harmonious and harmonious. For example, if the mutiny of the soldiers in Feixian County is brought up, it will not be a matter for Feixian County alone.
, but it is a matter of our entire Taishan County. Now that the governor is in a very critical period, why do you, Commander, have to be strong and go against the entire Taishan County officials. Now, as long as the general's salary is paid, then this matter
Why not just pretend it didn’t happen?”
Seeing that Zhuge Gui was about to explode, Bian Wei suddenly said:
"Brother Jungong, listen to me, I am doing you a favor. In this officialdom, you are blocking other people's way, and some people will be really ruthless. You may not be very clear when you come to Mount Tai to be an official.
It is said that the people of Taishan County are unruly and unruly, and killings of officials happen from time to time, but don’t really think that they are all mountain people!"
To be honest, Bian Wei's reminder was very obvious, which was to ask Zhuge Gui to bow his head to the prefect Zhang Ju, otherwise there would be real danger of killing.
Zhuge Gui was silent now. The great advice over there was effective, and it immediately became a hot topic:
"Brother Zhuge, I know that you are the only official in the Zhuge family now. Your younger brother is still studying at Taixue, and you have two sons who have not yet grown up. Therefore, the future of the Zhuge family depends on Brother Zhuge."
Zhuge Gui remained silent.
In the end, Bian Wei knew that the matter was probably done. Seeing that Zhuge Gui didn't say anything, he just thought that he was a proud scholar and was not too pushy, so he said goodbye.
After a long while, Zhuge Gui moved. He stood up and wrote five words on the ruler book:
"A Letter of Farewell to My Brother"
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Taishan County, Mou County, Changshaowei.
Changshaowei is located 70 miles northwest of Mou County and 100 miles east of Ying County. It is the most important mountain pass in and out of Lushan. So it is natural that a Wei market has been formed here to trade mountain goods. From Ying County
Business travelers from Mou County and Fenggao came here to exchange coarse salt and coarse cloth for mountain products with the mountain lairs in Lu Mountain.
However, unlike other polder cities, a battalion of a hundred people is stationed here. The reason for this is because of the extremely tight geographical situation of this place.
Since ancient times, there have been three routes to attack Qingzhou from the Central Plains. One is to enter along a narrow passage at the northern foot of Mount Tai on the south bank of Jishui River. Here, the two cities of Zhu'a and Lixia serve as fortresses to defend this passage. In history, Geng Yan
This is the path that Va Zhang Bu took.
The other two routes were taken by Lu State in history. One is through the mountain road between Mount Tai and Mount Lu in Ying County. From Tugu County, you can enter the Lubei Plain in the hinterland of Qingzhou. The other is from Mou.
The county road goes through the mountain road between Yishan Mountain and Mengshan Mountain, and when you leave Linqu County, you can go straight to Linzi, the important city of Qingzhou.
Both of these passages are located between the Laiwu Valley on both sides of Wenshui River. It can be said that the Laiwu Valley is the most important throat area between Qilu and Qilu.
Therefore, in this valley, the three cities of Fenggao, Yingxian, and Mouxian formed a "pin" shape and tightly surrounded the Laiwu Valley.
There are three thousand standing troops in Taishan County. Five hundred of them are stationed in Fei County to guard the Nimeng Pass and control the eastern passage from Xuzhou into Taishan County. Then the county government has a standing camp of one thousand troops to protect the county government. After that, Ying County garrisoned
Five hundred soldiers were stationed to guard the mountain road between Mount Tai and Lu. Five hundred soldiers were stationed in Mou County to guard the mountain road between Mount Lu and Yishan. The rest were stationed in other counties, either fifty soldiers, one hundred soldiers, or even
There are no places like this in some places. However, Changshaowei, a small city, can actually station a hundred soldiers, which shows how much Taishan County officials attach great importance to this place.
Today is a big fair in Changshaowei. Households from nearby villages and villages all flocked to this fair, making it very lively.
At this moment, there was a street stall selling small muddy objects, including gun heads, copper arrow clusters, and even rusty copper swords. At first glance, they looked like old objects dug out of the soil.
.
This attracted two men wearing black turbans. They squatted in front of the stall, pulling at these small objects and asking:
"Where did this come from? Look at some years."
The vendor was dozing off with his eyes squinted. The midday sun was shining directly on him as he dozed off. After being awakened by these words, the man hurriedly said:
"What I dug up here are all good things. Put them at home to ward off evil spirits."
"He came out of the soil? And he can ward off evil spirits?"
When he heard that these two people didn't believe it, the merchant became anxious. He must refute this, otherwise his goods would not be sold here. He said anxiously:
"It's him in this soil who can ward off evil spirits. Don't you know that the weapons in this soil are used by ghost generals and soldiers, specifically to kill wandering ghosts. If you put these weapons and spears at home, how can ordinary evil spirits dare to come?"
This makes some sense. A man with a black scarf next to him touched the mud on Ge's head and said to his companion:
"This thing is probably a relic from the battlefield when Qi and Lu fought in the past. We've all come here. Buy one and take it back. There's something to be said for it."
As he spoke, he turned back and asked the vendor:
"How much does this gig cost?"
When he heard that there was business, the merchant held out three fingers:
"This number."
"Thirty dollars?"
The merchant shook his head and made another gesture with his three fingers.
The two black scarves understood, and then they stood up in unison and walked to the next vendor.
Are you kidding, three hundred dollars? It costs three hundred dollars to break the sword, why not grab it?
When the two of them were about to leave, the vendor grabbed one of them by the hand and said mysteriously:
"Man, I, Sun Er, have never missed it. The two of you have a dragon and a tiger sitting on your head. You will definitely be the generals in the future. This ancient gun will make you two more powerful, and it will help you two increase your killing power."
, if you pass by, you will miss it.”
After hearing this, Erhei Turban's eyes froze, one of his hands was already tucked into his wide sleeves, and he said solemnly:
"Then you must see through it and don't tell it, otherwise..."
This person was about to threaten, when suddenly there was a noise outside Wei City, and then a burst of guard drums was heard, and the soldiers guarding Wei City shouted: